Talk:Natsuki Subaru/@comment-46152398-20200806152723/@comment-178.164.203.162-20200905111744

I'd certainly be happy, If his gate would have been or would be fixed. I dont want him OP as fck, but He could certainly be way more stronger and still die a lot of times. There are a lot of very powerful characters in Re zero that could still obliterate Subaru. Its like Subaru is underleveled compared to the average level and his enemies are the people who are way above the average level. He is underleved while fighting enemies that are overleveled.

What I dont like about him being too weak is that He can barely ever rely on himself in combat. Him not being strong and relying on his knowledge gained from RBD and on his allies is one thing that makes the anime very good, but I think He is "overnerfed" to an unnecessary level. As I said He can barely ever rely on himself in combat and what He always does is planning through RBD and moving the chess pieces at the right places so He gets to an outcome which he is happy with, so basically He is like the player, but has no inherent combat value like a chess piece.This makes him very vulnerable, which helps the anime a lot, but I think He could atleast be a pawn or something as He is fighting against Queens all the time.

Okay, He might be a pawn, Its just He seems so weak, because He is always against very strong characters, who knows. I am certainly happy that He does develope and get a little bit stronger later, but I think the narrative of him not having talent and working hard and continuing forward is unnecessarily strong. While It is a main cog of the anime and It is true that we shouldnt give up very easly just, because things dont go our way as I said, I think He is just overnerfed so hard.

He is around a cast of characters that are very talented or have traits that make them formidable and He isnt just talentless, but his mana gate broke too. It really is as If the world is against Subaru and the one who equalizes his misfortune and gives him a chance in this world is Satella.

Pretty ironic that one of the main antagonist of the series is the one who actually favors Subaru and gives him a chance in that Magical world. Would It not be for Satella, Subaru would be long gone dead and the whole " Work hard, dont give up, even, If you are talentless" narrative wouldnt work without Return By Dead. Subaru is only able to keep going forward, because of Return By Death and in a way, this makes Subaru special and really not an average person, which contradicts the message that we should keep going even, If things dont go our way and we fail at times.