Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32250238-20170610053046/@comment-5224367-20171116050514

Angelo Gabrini wrote: Six to seven volumes could work to fill another 25 episode season like Arcs 1 to 3 did, except they wouldn't need to rush it as much

Arc 1-2 was 11 eps. Arc 3 was 14. At the LN's current pace they could pretty much fit into another 14 eps like they did Arc 3, if Arc 4 officaly ends in vol 15. 25 eps for just Arc 4 is a bad idea becasue not only is there less material to work in the LN, the arc is far too long transtion everything well into visual medium to begin with. Tighter pacing is imperative to keeping interest and not fatiguing the audience from watch Subaru be stuck in same place for two cours. If S2 is just two cours for Arc 4 only then I can guarantee al lot of people will feel not much happend regardless if is actually true or not because perception is almost everything on TV. That's gonna affect the series popluarity much than some condense and cut content wiil. Besides Re:Zero at end of the day is an adapatation, it has no obligation to follow source word by word or panel by panel. It's need to present the similar information own becasue anime have much constriants they have to work with than text.

Rushing or condenseing some things often times is just a necessary evil to a more cohesive overall product. So it would be for S2 as whole to do Arc 4 and 5 together especially certain major characters like Ley and Regulus will barely be introduce and vanish for rest of season otherwise without some sort of resolution.