Thread:Angelo Gabrini/@comment-44708598-20200215050310/@comment-44708598-20200731202600

100 Megaton Tsar Bomba wrote: First, Tappei has plainly stated that Reinhard's birthday falls on new year's even in the world of Re:Zero:

Q: What sort of New Year's celebration did Reinhard and Felt have?

''A: A picture popped into my head of them seated at a kotatsu, with Reinhard peeling oranges for Felt, but I haven't decided on any particular way of celebrating New Year's in the Re: Zero world, so I'll think one up soon enough. For the moment, it's Reinhard's birthday, so I think they'd be doing something along those lines.''

Q: How does the Astrea family spend the New Year?

''A: In that world, Reinhard's birthday seems to me it would be on the same day as a new year's day sort of event, so I think he'd have a slightly elegant meal with his uncle and aunt. His aunt would be very enthused, after all.''

Second, just because it's more recent doesn't mean it's more accurate. In the Battle Ballads Tappei serialized the name of Theresia's uncle as Redrick even though he had already named him Fribal in EX 2. That's a big fuck up. How about another one?

In Some Like it Cold (Memory snow) it was stated that the doggo attack took place a few days ago, meaning that Subaru has been there for a bit over a week:

''It was a snow sculpture of the mabeasts that caused an unprecedented dilemma where they were chased away from the mansion and village just a few days ago. The source for his goosebumps wasn’t just the cold, as the fear and the tension from the incident were still fresh in his mind.''

But in Another Memory Snow which takes place at the same time but just from other characters' perspectives it was stated that Felt had been with Reinhard for about a month:

''In truth, Felt had already tried to escape Reinhard’s mansion countless times over this past month, and he had foiled her attempts every single time. To attempt to count how many times this had occurred would be a fool’s errand.''

It also isn't the first time that Tappei has messed up a character's age like this, in The Oni Sisters of the Hidden Village which takes place 10 years prior to Subaru's arrival Frederica was stated to be 14-15 making her significantly older than she actually is:

''She was around 14-15 years old. She had blonde hair that would glisten in the sunlight, and clear white skin. Combining that with her refreshing, jade green eyes gazing at Rem that sparkled like gems made her looks have a latent, captivating charm. However──''

Should we now correct her age to 24-25 just because Tappei made a fuck up?

I also don't understand how you can just overlook official statements of his age like that, if you need more you should know that he was stated to be 5 when Theresia died which is 14 years prior to Subaru's arrival. Bring up all the Q&As you want, the actual story will always hold more weight. The fact that Felt has tried escaping multiple times over the past month doesn't necessarily imply she was there for a month, ~2 weeks is still within a month.

Though Frederica's case is a mention in passing and a direct contradiction to a story source so yes, it is an error. And you make a sound point with Theresia's passing as he was 5.

If it's an error, it's a pretty careless one tbh considering the point of that SS was to reveal more info about the Astreas and Reinhard, & it wasn't some mention in passing or vague description but a direct question about his age.