I recently finished the first season of Re: Zero and it's safe to say I love it.
I'll start with that, the things I love.
I love how brutal it is every time Subaru dies, and I love how his deaths are always taken seriously despite the fact that he'll just respawn, and I absolutely love how much every one of his deaths MESS him UP, because obviously! Dying isn't something you can just walk off, ever since he was transported to this world, it's been buckets upon buckets of trauma, and the show displays all that and the struggles Subaru goes through SO perfectly, I love it!
I wasn't expecting to like Subaru as much as I did, but I got really invested in him as the show progressed, he's very likable and his growth throughout the first season was really well done.
I freaking love the mansion arc, I freaking love Rem (I think everyone does, in fact), and for good reason, I love the first time he dies, and it's just so confusing and upsetting, it was such a great moment! There are so many twists and turns all throughout the mansion, or at least, that's what I would say if I hadn't predicted BOTH times who the perpetrator was! first I guessed Rem, and then Rem freaking brutally killed Subaru and it was a really upsetting but amazing scene, and then when Subaru's trying to figure out who cursed him, I was spot on with the dog, they just gave the dog way too much attention for it not to be important! My predicting these things only improved the experience, it was so much fun, man.
I don't think I need to explain why I love Rem, do I?
Oh, I also love Beatrice and Roswaal, I still don't really know how to feel about Ram.
My biggest issue with this anime so far is Emilia, I just don't care about her at all, she is easily the weakest character in the show, she's usually just the damsel in distress and it could not be more boring. My lack of investment in her is a pretty big issue I'd say since she's... y'know... the romantic interest and one of the people trying to become the ruler or whatever? I'm all for romantic sub-plots, I think they can be really fun, I think they can bring a lot of good stuff to a story, I think they can help really explore 2 characters, the 2 characters maybe grow stronger together, or maybe it doesn't work out in the end, who really knows? It's very tricky getting a romantic sub-plot just right, and it is quite easy for one to fall flat, for me, the romance between Subaru and Emilia is very much so falling flat at the moment, I kinda just wish Rem was the romantic interest for Subaru since I'm extremely invested in both her and Subaru already so...