What Are Sage Candidates? | Re: Zero Explained

[@underrated2064]

“To become a sage candidate you must be built different” -Reinhardt Van Astraea

[@rajputa_na]

Yes

[@subhadeepadhikari6326]

He is subaru . A gathering star .

[@instagramstar5928]

Ahh well subaru was made in a different world sooo

[@vendalts]

Yes

[@aishi_rei]

Goku GT: Your wish has been granted because of your bravery. Be pure and make a different path for your good deeds.

[@VaradMahashabde]

4:58 "Collect all 7 Witch Factors and summon Satella for one free wish" That's my crack theory

[@skullknight8106]

Is this Dragon Ball? 🤣

[@synthima]

@@skullknight8106 lmao

[@somethinginteresting5578]

fucking gym badges

[@reintempest2552]

Infinity Stones?

[@nucleus691]

There are 9 witch factors because vanity and melancholy exist

[@kingcrimson-yl6gi]

subaru has the coolest title "lolimancer"

[@arthurgomes1343]

That is what I was going to say

[@hideogayjima5699]

Obviously , not even debatable

[@sofaking5821]

Unexpected Harem anime

[@Lala-sf4tl]

To be honest its sound cool. Lolimancer.

[@manban2457]

Ok that is Epic

[@parhelionhalo]

I personally call Julius "Rainbow Man".

[@bryantguevara183]

HA GAAAAAAYYY (Not sorry)

[@natewentafk]

Yes

[@bryantguevara183]

TASTE THE RAINBOW

[@hideogayjima5699]

Basically gay guy

[@alinastanescu4430]

@@hideogayjima5699 But for who?

[@howardbaxter2514]

Here's my theory. The real sage is the Appa shop keeper.

[@catking7901]

Appa shop keeper = fluggel

[@megalucario4909]

Sounds like "the ramen guy is a god" theory

[@14megasxlr]

I will be so happy if I never have to see Reinhardt be called the "Master Swordsman" ever again. Sword Saint is just a billion times cooler.

[@andrew-rn9ui]

Isshin Ashina wants Reinhardts @

[@no_eies9018]

If becoming the sage requires all the witch factors then dosent that mean than other than subaru no one else can become the sage because subaru already has the sloth, greed (envy factor) and the transfer of factors requires killing the current holder he will always live in the final loop so dosent that kinda lock him into becoming the sage eventually

[@mattmagliocca956]

Tough to say. We know from the Gluttonies that apparently multiple people can hold the same factor (unless something weird is going on and the 3 archbishops of gluttony are actually in some weird way the same person) and Satella apparently has the the Envy witch factor so either Flugel didn't have it or they both had it.

[@no_eies9018]

@@mattmagliocca956 true it seems that multiple factors of the same kind can exist in the world at the same time also dont know about flugel but subaru definitely has the envy factor in him as shaula said some thing about him having 3 keys at the time so I think satella is somehow sharing her factor with him, based on this I think it's possible to share authorities so satella could easily have shared envy with flugel.

[@no_eies9018]

@@mattmagliocca956 also al kinda also has his own version of rbd(the teritory thing ) which I think is also the envy factor so.......yeah

[@mattmagliocca956]

@@no_eies9018 My theory is the envy witch factor can be used to mimic the other authorities and gain weaker forms of their powers. That's why we see Satella using so many different times of powers. I think Satella uses her envy authority to give Subaru RBD by using a weakened form of Al's Pride Authority. As a minor point, we can't be sure if Subaru has the envy factor or if his RBD is simply Satella activating her own authority on him. The number of authorities that Subaru possesses appears to have gone from 4 down to 3 between the Web Novel and the Light Novel so it looks like Subaru doesn't personally possess Envy yet.

[@no_eies9018]

@@mattmagliocca956 hmm the ENVY authority does make more sense mimicking abilities than RESETTING THE FUCKING WORLD ITSELF AND CHANGING FATE TO ONES DESIRED RESULT..... so yeah good theory

[@edfmed1080]

The saddest thing about Subaru is that even if he becomes a sage, he probably won't git gud.

[@seankrkovich2869]

Funnily enough, for all the arse whooping Subaru recieves, he's actually a top tier boss. Both the big good and, by our mortal standards, an absurdly good warrior.

[@edfmed1080]

@@seankrkovich2869 If i remember correctly he incapacitated the three Roberts one time, yeah...not many people can fight three other people.

[@asheqabeer1798]

He is getting good eventually

[@aleksamomcilovic220]

@@seankrkovich2869 Yes he has great pyhsical ability by rl standards but in this world you need magic to suceede and subaru doesnt know 1 offensive magic move.

[@dexrim643]

@@aleksamomcilovic220 technically unseen hands is an offensive attack

[@goldenangel158]

I like the checklist it sounds like getting the dragon balls but you collect the witch factors instead 😂😂

[@goldenangel158]

@DiaKorrus 18 yea the only wish is going insane and satella saying I love you over again 😂😂😂

[@skullknight8106]

someone said if you collect all witch factors, you will become a HUMAN.

[@goldenangel158]

@@skullknight8106 that's interesting

[@skullknight8106]

@@goldenangel158 Source: docs.google.com/document/d/1RNuXKeAxHABlVxS2ueSnccdSCc1QNuwfkgalpuQJZT0/edit

[@matthewbraymer1136]

5:15 died while reading the checklist

[@Jay-ol1tl]

Same

[@sengurren]

stop dying while reading it and git gud

[@TheManWhoIsNamedDave]

Something I noticed in that section of LN you brought up is that immediately after that Echidna essentially says that Subaru should know a lot more about the witches and the current situation than he actually does. That Subaru’s entire situation is very weird and something of a massive exception to the norm. This implies that getting invited to a tea party would usually be what someone with the necessary works toward getting the qualifications for it. With how hard it seems to become a sage, Subaru has been going through this process just by naturally going through events. We’re probably just being trolled by Tappei and there’s just too little information to go off of.

[@PizzaDwight]

Sounds like tappei hammering home how not special subaru is. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are other(and better) sage candidates roaming around

[@natewentafk]

People who have the qualifications to become the Great Sage

[@hideogayjima5699]

Bro that is some "People die if they are killed" type shit you just said man.😂

[@alinastanescu4430]

@@hideogayjima5699 Hello Ricardo

[@hideogayjima5699]

@@alinastanescu4430 who dat?

[@andreryujinchamoun]

Rimuru intensifies

[@crab_computer]

@@andreryujinchamoun DAIKENJA

[@Ricard5098]

There’s a good chance that currently Subaru is the only Sage candidate we’ve met so far. 1. We do know that Shaula recognized Subaru as Flugel by their sense of smell. It’s pretty obvious that what she’s talking about is his miasma since from the beginning Subaru has had it. 2. If we assume for a fact that Flugel had multiple witch factors and is needed to become a safe. Than so far right now Subaru is the only one who can become one. Since the archbishops have witch factors we can’t just say they’re all sage candidates if we look at someone like Betelgeuse. 3. It might be mandatory to at least have relationships with a witch. Not exactly romantically but any type of relationship. We know from Volcanica that Reid, Flugel, and Satella knew each other. And if we assume that Flugel had something with Satella then that might be another requirement. Since we know Satella loves Subaru. 4. Finally someone has already said this but Subaru seems to be the only person to resist Witch Factors to an extent. We do know that he can remember people even if they’ve been erased from reality and as well as Pleiades tower is also able to remember people who have been erased as we look at Emilia. This can cross out Al since he can’t remember Julius after his name was eaten.

[@mattmagliocca956]

My theory is that a sage has mastery over their sins and by extension the authorities associated with them. Conversely, a witch of an archbishop is controlled by their sins and their authority. No one calls Subaru a sage until he has both acquired the sloth factor and rejected the sin of sloth by not running away with Rem.

[@subagoat2238]

If I recall correctly the light novel changed that scene with al and made it so Subaru never asked Al about Julius

[@alinastanescu4430]

@@subagoat2238 Al is sus

[@spoiledaphiddoeseverything6755]

Emilia being a safe sound off because you must at least be compatible with the factor statella is a perfect example of that plus of the death of greed with reainard Emilia and Subaru there the witch gene went straight into Subaru instead the other other

[@bukkegayo]

"Git Gud and stop dying" LOL! XD

[@Mama-jn2xk]

The story will last 11 arcs and we are already at the 7th one with little informations whatsoever... it looks like everything will be revealed at the very end or maybe arc 10 at least

[@mattmagliocca956]

We're mostly still assuming that Pandora is the big bad. 7 arcs in and as far as we know Subaru and Pandora haven't even been made aware of each other.

[@CenturyBoyLanding]

Can’t forget all the tie ins

[@Pichu-zm9qk]

Is it really only supposed to be 11 arcs

[@alinastanescu4430]

@@Pichu-zm9qk Yes

[@llollth]

Always cool to see Re: Zero content growing on KZbin,

[@marvindolloso3287]

Finally someone made a video about the meaning of sage in Re zero

[@billebrooks]

I think being a sage candidate means you can back up in time, remember what happened, and then learn from that. That makes the candidates Subaru and Al, but not Emilia.

[@hideogayjima5699]

I had a hella baby mode theory: If you're a sage candidate you're compatible with witch factors and you gotta colllect them all and , if you get all of em ' you're a sage😐😐

[@arthurgomes1343]

Do you think Flugel had the Envy factor?

[@alinastanescu4430]

@@arthurgomes1343 Yes

[@mattmagliocca956]

@@arthurgomes1343 We know that the gluttonies each have a witch factor so apparently more than one person can hold it (unless we're about to be told something weird like the gluttonies are really one being or something). So that does suggest that Satella and Flugel could have both possessed the envy witch factor. That being said, there's no proof that Flugel had any witch factors beside Sloth.

[@arthurgomes1343]

@@mattmagliocca956 Yeah, but from what the name " Envy" sugests, i don't think it's possible to have 2

[@hideogayjima5699]

@@arthurgomes1343 @Alina Stănescu whe know at least he smelled like da witch , or he just smelled reeeaaally bad and subaru has the same smell , or maybe she just meant the SMELL OF A MAN!!!!!

[@MrXQAZPLMX]

Bruh I love your videos you answer questions everyone google but no one knows answer too.

[@doublehit9165]

for what i could find in the novel materials, extra stories included, we know that: 1) flugel which is a sage did possessed at least 2 witch factors -- emilia second trial when petelgeuse and regulus talk to eachother it is inferred he used the same box with sage bones to acquire the authority of greed 2) in the extra story after tea witch party, we get to now that a sage can resist the effect of every miasma from every witch, which is the same power archbishop have by the way (see petelgeuse fight and his Sloth miasma inducing crazyness). also a sage can use the power of all the witches, as stated by echidna herself. (this can be methaporical or phisical) 3) the pleiades watchtower rules ignores the effects of authorities, since emilia is recognised by raid as someone who beaten the trial despite the authority of greed stripped her from her name. since that tower costruction is connected to the sage we can infer a sage has resistance/immunity to authorities as well. We can say that a sage probably has the duty to keep authorities sealed away from the world so that nothing bad could happen. Thats all we can say for now

[@ericshaun343]

Then Subaru wouldnt be able to become a sage, cuz he is not inmune to Sirius and Carmilla, Capella and Gluttony

[@doublehit9165]

@@ericshaun343 give him time. At every rbd he gain a bit of resistance after all

[@我妻由乃-v5q]

@@ericshaun343 He seems immune to glutonny though.

[@demothiguillermo2059]

​@@我妻由乃-v5qand sloth, remember he could see the unseen hands

[@midknightshade330]

I’m gonna laugh if it turns out that time travel doesn’t happen at all. That would destroy almost every theory in existence about the sage.

[@horence2360]

There's a connection between Echidna, The Sage, and Being an isekai character for sure which can bridge the possibility of becoming a Sage-Candidate. Speaking in terminologies the sage is a long-living magic-caster who is more known for their exceptional wisdom and incredible foresight. Wisdom and Foresight is not the thing we readers would imagine when looking at Subaru, but to the other characters of the franchise? he will be seen as that one guy who has incredible foresight that leads his allies out of danger's grasp. It hasn't been confirmed, but the first sighting of a sage ONLY APPEARED in the time of the witches. If you think about it Echidna should be qualified as a Sage but instead became a witch of Greed because not once she's used her foresight at the guise of wisdom, but rather Greed. I think I heard somewhere that Flugel has a connection with Echidna, and it just might be that the Sages has to have Echidna's "Approval" (a lack of a better word) to become proper Sages. Whether it be the form of a trial like Subaru, or a QnA so to speak about the life of the Isekai character before arriving in the Re: Zero World. The reason why Emilia wouldn't qualify for a sage in her trial, would be because Echidna already knows about her and/or does not find her story interesting, as compared to the isekai characters who have lives outside of Re: Zero world and outside the reaches of Echidna's seemingly omniscient mind. That part's an assumption based off of Witch authorities not having as much a conceptual effect on Isekai characters, see the batenkaitos plundering of names and memories. Needless to say every Isekai character in Re: Zero are nothing short of amazing, absolutely phenomenal. Hoshin started an entire nation with his Wisdom as a merchant, and Flugel saving the world alongside two other heroes. Aldebaran has a reality-affecting ability and Subaru has a time-looping ability. However you look at it, each one can easily be associated with the traits of a Sage, it being wisdom and foresight. Echidna could have been a Sage, but she is no Hero, she is a Witch of Greed. Note: I'm fairly certain Echidna and The Sage knows each other judging by Kasaneru Echidna's remarks about help from the sage being unrealistic. Other Note: These are all an educated guess lmfao.

[@lusion5480]

Interesting

[@nathanielshawtheoverclocke7045]

4:30. I am looking forward to the future tea parties, primarily the one from the trailers with Subaru walking up the hill between two large piles of corpses. I would like some background on that scene.

[@theblackrockwolf3543]

There is no backround on that scene, the corpses are just symbolism of RBD or the second trial.

[@nathanielshawtheoverclocke7045]

Honestly, I forgot about this scene until now. I feel kinda disappointed that it was not used in the show, yet also kinda intrigued that they made that scene just for the trailer.

[@nathanielshawtheoverclocke7045]

@@theblackrockwolf3543 Thanks for the info.

[@90piterr]

"qualifications to attend the witche's tea party" said x33745346 times

[@arthurgomes1343]

I thought you was going to say "lolimancer"

[@JavaScriptX]

"What must you do to become a Sage Candidate?"... Gets an Amazon AD... Plot twist

[@Otakruz]

Jakez the sage

[@Dia-Sabah]

This might explain why Pride Subaru didn't receive any authority (possibly witchfactor) since he never met Echidna in the tea party so he never became a Sage Candidate.

[@mattmagliocca956]

Well he got the first witch factor when he killed Petelguese before he met Echidna but you do raise a point. Pride Subaru didn't seem to acquire any witch factors in spite of killing at least two sin archbishops that we know of. It's kind of odd that he didn't get their factors. One possibility is that for each witch factor he obtains there is a complimentary IF story that shows Subaru overcoming that 'sin.' Perhaps the problem was that the Pride Subaru never overcame his Sloth or his Greed and thus was not compatible with the witch factors in this time line.

[@Dia-Sabah]

@@mattmagliocca956 He might have had the Witchfactors, but due to him being incompatible with them he hadn't gained any Authorities .

[@no_eies9018]

I think he has all the factors he just cant activate the authorities because he never met echidna still its wierd that his authorities dont activate without dona tea

[@Dia-Sabah]

@@no_eies9018 You underestimate the power of body fluids.

[@feenickstv4209]

Another great video! Good job man!

[@SilverYPheonix]

I'm personally sure on this idea of mine that says anyone who has the potential to overcome all the sins either through curse or blessing is someone candidate to being a Sage. There are people that can only live their lives through the lense of one sin, they can't become a sage, people who *can* experience all since but get drowned in life by one could have been a candidate but they won't become one either. Subaru is an exception because, with RBD he can live the intensity of any of the sins, dying breathing that concept and come back to a checkpoint with his sanity safe. He's reached the point where in concept he's a supernatural figure in the re: zero world, normal people would dread in their souls to the sight of Gospels and Witches, yet as someone basic and virtually zero blessings he's still fine despite it all.

[@saudbintalib2567]

Thanks for the information bruh...

[@s.m.g.2391]

I have a theory that 1 of the major battle in the final arc will be Subaru vs all the archbishop soul inside citadel of shadow(when he lose control of all the witch factor) where Subaru overcome every flaw he have up to that point, he will keep dying, revive and fighting the never endings fight until he defeat all of them and mastered all the authority he have in the process. Unlock his full potential in term of power and using it to turn the tide of the final battle. That would be the moment everyone in the battlefield see him as the great sage. As for what lead up to that point, I have absolutely no idea. Ps. That might be the last transformation of Subaru as a Protagonist.

[@kauan5581]

well the autor said subaru cant get strong by loops of dead because its just a memory or something and the body muscle memory wont actually remember it

[@s.m.g.2391]

@@kauan5581 I'm not meaning the power of physical body. I mean the power of Authority inside his soul.

[@bigmaxporter]

“From arc 6” Oh ok not for anime onlys

[@joooja]

"Must be qualified to attend the witches tea party" Oh no Lilliana is a Sage Candidate

[@МагжанЖаксылык-м1с]

Lol

[@alifewhereeverythingmatter5704]

can u explain why? I didn't understand

[@alinastanescu4430]

Don't summon that monster here

[@joooja]

@@alifewhereeverythingmatter5704 she entered Typhons tomb in a side story

[@alifewhereeverythingmatter5704]

@@joooja ooooh, but does that not mean she entered all the witches tomb at the same time?

[@darkas916]

Thanks for all your videos about Re:Zero Theory! I like It a lot!

[@skullknight8106]

Others: *Theorize why satella looks like emilia, al is pride, flugel is reincarnation of subaru* Me: How the hell Re:Zero world was created?

[@parhelionhalo]

Volcanica's grandpa farted and unknowingly created a planet.

[@CaptainKa101]

@@parhelionhalo imagine if you're right lol

[@skullknight8106]

Base on wiki, the world of re zero is flat.

[@alinastanescu4430]

@@skullknight8106 It's considered flat because Satella destroyed the majority of it

[@instagramstar5928]

@@alinastanescu4430 really so how does the world even work now like gravity? And other stuff

[@Hensley_Jb]

7:42 can Subaru have anything 😭

[@andresgutierrezlopez5487]

"actually git gud and stop dying" lmao

[@OBURERU]

Thinking that Emilia could possibly be a sage candidate makes me want to puke

[@spacemonkey2322]

agreed.

[@greyscale8137]

Why?

[@fire-ro1wm]

Agreed.

[@randomnigga-kun8471]

She already had the title of witch and possibly king in the future.

[@alinastanescu4430]

@@greyscale8137 Because it just doesn't feel right, think of it like enchanting in minecraft your armor with sharpness and your sword with protection

[@mattmagliocca956]

Nice video. I don't have much to add but truthfully I do hope Subaru becomes the Sage rather than Emilia. I know the whole series is about Subaru being weak and Subaru suffering but I like the "hero's journey" and I'm hoping that by the end of the series Subaru actually does obtain some real power. RPGs in general and isekais in particular tend to be power fantasies. I love how Subaru doesn't have power at first but I think the best ending would be if by the end Subaru does gain power and can stand beside Emilia as an equal because by then he has earned that power. It wasn't given to him on a silver platter he fought and leveled his way up throughout the series and in arc 11 he should be able to help fight the raid boss once he's geared up at max level.

[@s.m.g.2391]

I agree. Right now, Emilia is important enough for the main plot. She have her own mystery about her parents, being the witch’s daughter(Told by Echidna), Have the 1 of 2 key of ??? in the frozen forest, being the ruler candidate etc. Even if Emilia is Tappei’s waifu(I believe it’s a fact), I doubt he would just make her become too perfect, too powerful or stole too much spotlight from other character(Especially Subaru). Only the bad writer would have done that and I would be so pissed if he done so.

[@mattmagliocca956]

@@s.m.g.2391 Relationships should be matches of equals. Emilia is extremely powerful but she is also currently an overgrown child who is slowly becoming wiser and more determined due to her experiences and Subaru's influence. Prior to Arc 4 she seemed willing to give up very easily and was also cripplingly naive. Subaru is actually fairly wise and his determination is inhuman. I'm not sure he really has a lot of character growth left to go through, he really has established himself as a hero in a pinch already. I really want to see Subaru gain the kind of power Emilia possesses because arguably he has earned it and Emilia growing as a character while Subaru does not have much character growth to experience and he would need to grow in terms of capability. The only remaining character growth I can think of for Subaru is deciding that he needs to let the people he cares about go 'for the greater good' and I SO don't want to see that ending. I've often wondered if the end of re:zero was intended to be Emilia making a heroic sacrifice for the sake of the world at the cost of her life or existence in this world and Subaru needing to accept that. Come on Tappei, don't be cruel. The poor kid has suffered enough already.

[@s.m.g.2391]

@@mattmagliocca956 I believe Subaru next character development is to truly love himself. It's true that Satella already taught him in arc 4 but I think arc 4 is about Subaru stop rely on RBD and let others take control of their own life and bear their own burden instead of trying to solve their problem for them and sheild them from everything like what Puck did to Emilia(That why Puck broking the contract is one of the cause of Emilia's growth) . The moment that snap Subaru out of wanting to keep abusing RBD is the realization he have the people that love him and not that he should love himself. The evidence is mention of self harm in arc 6 and the fact that everyone else grow so fast that Subaru felt inferior to them. I think Arc 6 is about Amnesia Subaru learning to believe in himself instead of trying to murder and get the Subaru that he believe is the hero back. I believe it will motivate him to train even harder because remember, the royal selection have 3 year and it's currently 1 year where the WN left off. This mean that Subaru will be stronger as time pass and arc 5-6 development of everyon else serve as a motivation for him to keep improve his capability. Arc 7 and 8 might be where Subaru improve a lot but still see himself as not good enough and start to fall under depression that he don't deserve his people's love. That when the suffering kick in just like Arc 3 where he become emotionally unstable, but the one taking Ep.18 Rem's role this time is Emilia who confess her love for him(I predict that it will happen at Arc 8 because 1. Following the pattern that 2 arc always happens immediately after one another 1-2/3-4/5-6. And Tappei Q&A state that Subaru will get kidnapped by the witch cult at some point. If arc 7 and 8 are connected then Subaru likely get kidnapped at the end of Arc 7 because petra will appear again in Arc 8 signifies that arc 8 might be about Emilia's camp. 2. Remember that Sirius get captured in arc 5. I think Sirius will be the one leading Emilia's camp to rescue Subaru at the witch cult so that they would be defeated by Capella and possibly pandora. 3. The reason arc 5 didn't have theme of sin vs virtue for Subaru is because it have to highlight Subaru's growth after 1 year instead. I believe that if these arc follow the same pattern, then Arc 7 would be the same as Arc 5 and Arc 8 would be the theme of LUST and Love. If thing follow this pattern, then this prediction will match perfectly. Arc 8 will be hell loop of Subaru try to Survive the witch cult and Capella alone like arc 3 and Emilia would be the one snap himself out of the self hatred by point out what she love about him just like Rem did, but this time it will make more impact on Subaru because Emilia will be the one confess to him and trigger his SECOND TRANSFORMATION AS A PROTAGONIST Tappei mention) I believe that I just went overboard there but well... I like theorizing sometime.

[@mattmagliocca956]

@@s.m.g.2391 I thought Tappei said that Emilia was the one who would go through transformations as a hero. Did he say it about Subaru too? Not sure about the self love angle, I mean it makes sense but it also kind of feels like we're retreading ground after arc 4 and 6.

[@s.m.g.2391]

@@mattmagliocca956 I think he did say it. He also stated that arc 7 8 and 9 will be the one where Subaru suffer the most so it should trigger somekind of character transformation right? Because if only Emilia keep growing , then Subaru won't be equal to her. Also we only at like 55% of the story or something with 5 arc left so it's a pretty fair assumption to make.

[@the_2nd_fool674]

Maybe another condition is to be from another world, since Flugel had knowledge about the stars which is common in our world plus the way shaula knows about google.

[@kennethangelo4924]

Subaru the next flugel Reinhard the new sword saint Emilia the next witch of envy What if in the end they have to seal Emilia, the sage, the dragon and the sword saint

[@echidnanatsuki882]

The Next Dragon: Patrasche

[@greedysourceofgod4819]

Rem : next shaula :v

[@rapp3219]

Only one thing, jakez 123, : where did you find the banner for your channel? It's so fucking adorable that I needed at all cost. I need to find it!!

[@notme8652]

@Ger0 Gear made it for him

[@Argalipete]

I thik a qaulification is where a person is given a chooise between a sin and a virtue and they have to pick the virtue for subaru he took the 3 virtues in the first 3 arcs then when arc 4 he chose the sin instead of a virtue the sin of greed wich is represented of his will to save everybody that needed him instead of one person and roswaal comments on this at the ceremony where he states instead of becoming a sage canidate he became a fool instead.

[@Argalipete]

This could be for now but has a possibility to change in the future

[@blocks4857]

He chose Charity, not Greed (Charity as a virtue means to love man, which includes yourself)

[@ericshaun343]

So Aldebaran and and Hoshin of the wilderness could be sage candidates?

[@NoobPro-cd2fz]

Bro really took that "*don't pronounce " T" Real Serious

[@aleksamomcilovic220]

Simple you need to achieve sage mode.

[@Brex_667]

0:22 jesus works too

[@jinx3241]

I personally think that Satella is also a sage candidate because of the watchtower handprints. Maybe there was a past Garfiel equivalent so Flugel, Satella and the garfiel equivalent could be the Sage trio? Maybe this garfiel equivalent might be whom Volcanica refered to as Patrasche. Also what if Subaru and Emilia become the sages. These could be the hero/ heroine transformation tapei refers to?

[@mattmagliocca956]

Well we have to do a lot of speculating here because I'm really sure we don't know what the hell happened four hundred years ago or how Satella was involved in it. Personally, I really hope that in arc 11 Subaru does gain real power and become someone who can stand beside Emilia as an equal by gathering all the Authorities. I think that would be the perfect way to pay off the hero's journey since by arc 11 by most estimations Subaru would have earned the right to be an overpowered badass. RPGs are all about slowly gaining power and skills until you're ready to fight the boss.

[@jinx3241]

@@mattmagliocca956 yep agreed. 'Gathering' all authorities is imo the best route to go showing Subaru's character growth considering how all the sins could be found in subaru and yet subaru chooses virtues. Also i don't think Subaru would be a owerpowered badass since the authorities come at a price (cause exhaustion and fatigue upon use). Maybe the main route is overcoming those and tapei could make an if route in which Subaru loses control of the authorities

[@mattmagliocca956]

@@jinx3241 My theory is that its not that the authorities come with a price (as a matter of fact if your compatible with the factor I'd argue that we really have seen no evidence of the authorities extracting a price), it's that the the wielder becomes corrupted by them because they are so powerful. The authorities can only be used safely to their full potential by someone who has overcome those flaws in themselves; i.e. a sage. Subaru does struggle to use his authorities but he has only had them for a few months at most. I assume like anything else he'll be able to use them easily with more practice.

[@LuckySevn717]

@@mattmagliocca956 Well, by the time he escapes Sanctuary to the beginning of Arc 5, a year passes so he has had his Authority of Sloth for a little over a year. Although, I do like your prediction where they can be used by someone who has overcome their sin. That would prove to be an interesting concept.

[@mattmagliocca956]

@@LuckySevn717 True but by then he is able to use it effectively to crush Regulus's heart when its in Emilia. Subaru's unseen hand is not a weapon (or at least not an effective weapon yet) and we can debate why it seems weaker than Petelguese's version and if that might change. Petelguese was explicitly not compatible with the witch factor so this might be a hint that because Subaru can control his witch factor (as opposed to the factor controlling him) it's going to be weaker until he achieves mastery over it. Just an idea. A possible alternate theory might be that he struggles with unseen hand because that is NOT his sloth ability. The author claims that the witch factor gives everyone an ability based on their personality. Subaru didn't get a 'new' version of a sloth ability. At the moment Subaru is trying to copy the arts of the bag guys instead of using the Authorities organically so his versions of the bad guys abilities are limited. Subaru's mastery over Greed seems to be pretty significant in Arc 6 and it may also be worth noting that he's using a power Regulus didn't seem to have (or would never have bothered to use due to his narcissism) and is in fact a complete reversal of how Regulus used his power.

[@B10-HAZARD]

I might be wrong since I read Arc 4 Webnovel so long ago so I highly doubt im right. But, didn't Roswaal or someone told Subaru that losing someone special to him was important for becoming a sage? Again I don't remember this very well and I'm probably gking crazy.

[@alinastanescu4430]

Well then Subaru is the most qualified sage candidate since he lost everybody close to him multiple times

[@mattmagliocca956]

I don't recall Roswall ever mentioning being a sage. He's told Subaru that losing the people important to him was important in Subaru hardening and becoming perfected (i.e. just like Roswaal)

[@huynhvuongviet2410]

Roswaal specifically said that he created the situation in arc 4 to harden him and turn him into a knight ridden in wound so that he will walk the path of a "Sage". However, Subaru chose to save everything, which is a much thorny path so the path of a "Knight". From my understanding, what Roswaal tried to do is to make him walk that path because Sages usually suffer a lot while Knights are more keen on protecting.

[@j562gee0hdeewestsdegethemuLa]

And we cant forget The little girl user

[@polaristheprotoss6]

Not particularly relevant, but I wonder what How Subaru ended up in the middle of Luginica, no one really reacted like he just appeared out of no where, and he had his phone and bag of food, but what if his memories had been erased, and he had actually went though a while life without dieing, met satella, fell in love, but made some contract and gained rbd, but after during for the first time, he sent back to when he first entered the world, so without relaxing had actually met satella, somehow, the entire existence of such an idea is mostly based on how it would explain him knowing satella, just wanted to throw some Subaru ideas out there

[@alinastanescu4430]

When Emilia said her name was Satella Subaru told her that's a nice name

[@gsgaming6976]

Hasn't Emilia been called The Witch of Glaciation? Are we sure she doesn't have her own, natural born, Witch Factor? I haven't read all the side stories, but I have heard that there were other Witches besides the "sin" witches. Also, does Garfiel actually have the qualifications to attend a tea party? Iirc he only took the 1st trial in Echidna's tomb, I don't remember him actually attending a tea party in the webnovel, light novel, or anime.

[@sandro5535]

Echidnut made a video stating that Satellas shadow arms are not invisible like Petelguise or Sekhmet.

[@Jakez123]

I agree, they aren’t invisible.

[@Door_to_Door_Hug_Salesman]

Can anyone expand upon this theory : We now know that Ram (2nd coming of Oni God people say so ) power are not joke so I thought Who was the original Oni God and having someone as Powerful as it will have left some trace one history/Lore of Re zero and would have participated event transpiring witch's Who do u Think is Og oni god? My personal guess is Witch Skehmet 1) By here book of the Dead 2) she was had the power to Drove divine dragon Beyond waterfall and dies (falling below waterfall) which parallel Rosawal plan to use ram (crackpot theory) Tell ur thought in Comment

[@mattmagliocca956]

Sehkmet might not be human but I'm not sure if she's supposed to be an Oni or another race. One note is we're not even sure we've ever heard of the Oni God. For all we know they could have lived tens of thousands of years ago

[@Door_to_Door_Hug_Salesman]

@@mattmagliocca956 there were Historical witch's ( witch's before current current by author qna ) of course having an Powerful figure as Oni God will not go unnoticed by witch's

[@fire-ro1wm]

@@Door_to_Door_Hug_Salesman Sehkmet isn't arrogant. Ram says in Arc 6 that the Onigod's arrogant voics constantly warped away her sanity and she would have just become an incredibly arrogant narcissist if it weren't for ■■■ being her ■■■■■■ (Rem is first ■■■ and ■■■■■■ is sister. Ram can't no matter how hard she tries properly recall Rem's existence, but the Mark's are still there.) Anyway, Sehkmet isn't arrogant, and there's no way she'd go to the trouble of doing something as troublesome as trying to warp Ram's mind into her own.

[@Door_to_Door_Hug_Salesman]

@@fire-ro1wm But form what we know Skehmet is Not arrogant but why the hell did she attack Volocanic in first place ,according to Wiki [ Over 400 years ago, Sekhmet drove Volcanica past the Great Waterfall just so she could rest, following into a fight between the two with Sekhmet falling from the Great Waterfall while fighting, concluding into her death.] Shekmet should had known proper idea of consequence of facing of against Volocanic (here is were crackpot theory starts ). Pandora had similar thing to sekhmet which she had done to petelguse where he attacked Fortuna who know ( this is just trying to bullshiting try explain everything in by using Pandora )

[@fire-ro1wm]

@@Door_to_Door_Hug_Salesman It was made clear why Sshkmet attacked Volcania. Volcania wasn't letting anyone past the Great Waterfall, and Sehkmet wanted to go beyond the Great Waterfall. Shs wanted to find a place where she could finally rest and never have to do anything, or something like that. We don't know why whatever place she is searching for is beyond the Great waterfall, or even what exactly that phrase meant.

[@azariyahisrael3059]

I think him being a sage has somethingto do with being able to withstand or being able to see or understand witches authorities. There has been some hints that Subaru somehow is immune to certain influences of the cultist powers. Like seeing the hands and the control of the witch of lust. Also I dont think Echidnut saying people vomit when they first meet her, was in jest. Subaru dint bc he has something that most dont ....making him a sage candidate!

[@rushalias8511]

It was actually.comfirmed in a short story after Echidna possessed ryuzu and became Omega...they ran into a group of scavengers and Echidna merely revealed her spirit from with ryuzu. With ryuzu alone the people didn't react but when Echidna appeared....let's say in addition to vomit they also suicide or died from shock...and I'm talking about a group of 30 something people and it all happened withing 20 or 30 seconds. The witches are borderline eldritch horrors if that's how people react

[@erikstiknuss8376]

@@rushalias8511 Actually, when Echidna reveals herself, she also activates her miasma, which is why those people were going crazy, and using her own miasma that way seems to be exclusive to Echidna.

[@rushalias8511]

@@erikstiknuss8376 wow...that actually makes sense....miasma is corrupted mana and since Echidna is a master of magic she probably knows how to control the miasma better than anyone else since it should be like controlling mana for spells.

[@lukasvillar9328]

So if you capture all the Pokemo... I mean all the factors, will you become a sage ? Go Subaru, get them all !!!

[@afkd9210]

you can thank Lutgardis for this videos existence

[@gaelheartt]

you mentioned that you have to be an isekai character to be a sage candidate and then for some reason mentioned emilia and Garfiel who aren't isekai characters?

[@Jakez123]

No. I’m saying that it’s a common interpretation that you need to be an isekai character to be a sage candidate. But that’s conjecture. There’s no evidence for it. So I was explaining both possibilities

[@gaelheartt]

@@Jakez123 ohhhh okay sorry xp

[@Genji-Agito]

People say AL is pride, but is it wrong that I thinks it a red hairing......Personally I think henkei is pride.

[@dvanepope5602]

There is literally nothing to prove that. While it is almost confirmed already that Al has pride factor.

[@theonewhoasked7254]

@@dvanepope5602 it's yet to be proved we don't know what the power is could be an Envy factor kinda like the fingers with petelgeuse.

[@mattmagliocca956]

@@theonewhoasked7254 I think Envy allows you to make weak copies of the other Authority powers. If Al is Pride then he has the ability to redo certain phenomenon at will. Satella might be using the same trick on Subaru but since her replication of the Authority of Pride is weaker, Subaru needs to die to trigger it and it's a flat temporal rewind rather than forcing people to experience their enemy coming back over and over again. We've also seen Satella replicate the Unseen Hand and her immortality might be a weaker form of Pandora's authority. It's just an idea. P.S. The story says that Satella consumed the other witches but we know how they each died and Satella doesn't appear to have been involved. Maybe people thought she consumed the others purely because she has the power to copy their abilities and a legend sprung up around that.

[@theonewhoasked7254]

@@mattmagliocca956 it's still just a theory we don't know for sure if he's pride

[@no_eies9018]

@@mattmagliocca956 I mean authorities manifest differently in each holder so if satella copies pride from anyone it would be typhon her ability is breaking the sinful? Or some thing why would a weaker version of that be reversing time

[@davidhabda9797]

so HowlingWolfJoey is a candidate ???

[@subhadeepadhikari6326]

1:57 Doesn't it becomes a Paradox .

[@Atmic-tg4zk]

When is arc 7 coming out?

[@saudbintalib2567]

Probably sooner than you think.

[@rajputa_na]

Dont know

[@rmz_ledger4475]

Tappei will start arc 7 probably January 1st sence he just finished the ln yesterday

[@mndfst9433]

I'd like to hear your thoughts on why certain authorities don't work on Subaru

[@lobster9059]

I think it would be more interesting if Garfiel became the sage

[@harry619]

Can anyone help me track out the timestamp on where they mentioned subaru being a sage canditate? already finished the anime at this point and digging here and there. I didn't remember that being said at the tea party.

[@Jakez123]

from memory it was when sekhmet appeared, since she either stated it or told someone else to be quiet.

[@kadeemheron5041]

garfiel may not be a sage candidate because if one of the requirements is to be able to use a witch factor he couldn't because in a q and a it was said that people with Divine protection could not have a witch factor

[@Jakez123]

this is actually incorrect, what the QNA stated was that if you had a DP and you obtained a witch factor, the DP would disappear since DPs and Witch factors are anti thesis of each other.

[@WokeandProud]

Subaru is the reincarnation of flugal change my mind.

[@mattmagliocca956]

Volcanica recognizes Pastrasche and calls her by name. That name isn't from the new world it's Japanese and a fairly obscure anime reference. I don't think there is anyway for the series to tie that together except by time travel shenanigans. Even if Subaru was Flugel's reincarnation it wouldn't be possible for the land dragon to have the same name because the anime reference only goes back to 1997.

[@carlhilber2275]

This video in a nutshell; Im going to say the same thing over and over and over again.

[@theonebeyondall7719]

I have two theory Maybe Subaru father is flugel Maybe Subaru was Flugel 400 year in the past and help Satella, he knows he is back will not remember any of his journeys when back to his World A lot of things happen 400 years ago

[@get170]

At what point it was said that Flugel died with the Sloth Witch Factor?

[@brettgriffin415]

Who would win in a fight post arc 6? Julias or garfeild?

[@mattmagliocca956]

My money is on Garfiel

[@alinastanescu4430]

@@mattmagliocca956 My money is on garfeild, because he is more powerfull than Garfield

[@cfh23666]

One, on your sage candidate checklist there was a souls born reference that I found on point. Get gud, seriously subaru would’ve done better if he played some bloodborne before he got transferred. Second, doesn’t Roswell give examples on the state of mind a sage has to be in to? Something along the lines of loosing everything so his mentality is harder to break? Let me know if I’m wrong but I think it’s in the sanctuary during one of their arguments and he tells subaru how he’s sposed to become a sage for his plans.

[@masculineman123]

Sage mode

[@saynotololi]

Does he still have the qualifications though ? Remember she herself revoked them. What are the qualifications to attend?

[@no_eies9018]

I mean he did enter it so he does have some sort of qualification at least I think what echidna did was ban him from entering the tomb and doing the trial

[@mattmagliocca956]

Echidna took away his ability to take the trials but I personally doubt that she has the power to revoke his sage potential. Remember the author says that being a sage requires the ability to attend the tea party, not actually getting invited. I'd speculate that it has more to do with some kind of connection with the Witch's powers that allow them to bring the person into Echidna's 'dream.'

[@jaieregilmore971]

Would Sun Wukong count for a sage candidate.

[@Exotic_fefe]

Plot twist: Naruto is flugel because he’s a sage and he dresses to subarus clothe colors.

[@shakir1200]

Lmao

[@shakir1200]

Cracked*

[@colehutchens3940]

Emilia never went to the witches tea party. She only took the trial it’s different. She never sat around just talking with Echidna in that grassy field. Echidna hates her and would never invite her. The qualification for being invited to the tea party is wanting to “know” with all your mind and body. She has the qualification for taking the trial, which I believe you may have confused with going to the witch’s tea party.

[@Jakez123]

That isnt the case, in volume 15 emilia tells minerva that she looks forward to meeting and having tea together with all the witches in the future, and from memory in the WN emilia drank the tea.

[@theblackrockwolf3543]

I think i figured it out, The requirement is to be able to attend a witches tea party. So what if the requirement is to be able to stand infront of witches without losing your sanity? Emila never looked at minerva, and echidna was said to look different from the corpse in the tomb. So what if she never showed her true face?

[@AemilianaRosewood]

Wasn't it clearly once said that Subaru won't become *the* Sage, because a Sage is someone that saves *everyone*? Can't pinpoint the source anymore. Was prolly WN by translationchicken. Don't believe Tea Party means anything as "you are able to enter the dream castle". More like it refers to being able to endure the witches, especially multiple witches as one Also remember that Beako and Roswaal always avoided the topic of Sage candidate when Subaru asked. Sometimes wonder, don't spirits and contractors share their memories or sth like that? Atleast Puck had quite an impact on Emilia memories. Anyways, thats beside the point. Back to sage candidate stuff. Does anyone know if Subaru ever asked Shaula about it?

[@Chronics_]

When is arc 7😩😩😩😩

[@akiramystic3596]

I'll be angry if we subaru doesn't get the title

[@waitingforamiracle1788]

I may be wrong, but Flügel was not a sage. He aspired to be (5:00)

[@Jakez123]

Yea you’re wrong about that.

[@waitingforamiracle1788]

@@Jakez123 If this is true, then I apologize. However, somewhere there was a theory that Flügel was given the title of sage for the conquest of Satela. He himself was not a “True Sage” who collected all the “witch factors”

[@JaydenBelieves]

Lolimancer, Subaru. Puller if children, Creator of Harems

[@jordan9503]

how would flugel have all the witch factors when satella was still alive???

[@rajputa_na]

Yaa i guess they had spiritual connection

[@mattmagliocca956]

I don't know that flugel necessarily did have all of them. That being said, we currently have 3 copies of gluttony spread among the archbishops so it does at least appear to be possible.

[@1toolaj]

Do the qualification becoming a sage candidate even include having the knowledge necessary from the world you are from

[@doublehit9165]

perhaps

[@themelancholyofgay3543]

Wait, Felix is the best in all of lugunica?

[@soloz5053]

Now subaru is different from flagella subaru. Becoming a sage he gave up everything to make emilia the most important person to him which hurted him. Thats why satella aka emilia +envy, travel back to time to give him in second chance, do things selfishly, greedily, making sure everyone stays alive. Thats what I think. Satella mention come and kill me meaning there cannot be two emilia in this world this one must go. Meaning satella who is corrupted by envy choose herself. Btw just a theory of mine

[@Manny-hd1bv]

yo that’s actually a good ass theory

[@acermozz]

Are there othe sages present in subaru's time?

[@rajputa_na]

No

[@lordblackstar944]

I really want him to become a sage but not flugel

[@somethingsomething3974]

For all LN readers, I have a question to ask. This question is kind of a spoiler as I have come up to date with the LN. Anime-onlys plz do not even read this comment. Question: Because Beatrice didn't know the word 'loli' even meant, I just assumed the word didn't exist in the world's vocabulary. Does the people in this world even know what the word 'lolimancer' even mean? Not only, did I laugh so hard at that title. But seriously, do they even know the meaning behind the word, also how did people start calling him that. Who gave him that title? That's all. I would appreciate it if someone answered this question for me.

[@QuinSkew]

Arc 5 nuff said

[@somethingsomething3974]

@@QuinSkew in more detail plz . I'm still half way to in arc 5. Right now, I still taking a break from the intensity of arc 5. The blonde singing girl was the first to mention it. and apparently Julius and crushe called him that too. What I want to know is who gave him that title into he first place and do they know the meaning of it.

[@shayne7843]

@@somethingsomething3974 It was mentioned in a side story that Hoshin of the Wastes introduced the term.

[@somethingsomething3974]

@@shayne7843 can you give me more details about that side story. I'm not really in the mood in reading side stories because I don't really have time because of my studying.

[@fire-ro1wm]

No, They call him "Little Girl User" and Subadu COMPLAINS that they are basically calling him the Loli-Mancer. They never called him the Loli-Mancer. Some people from Kararagi do know what Loli means though. Lugnicans don't.

[@theclub7491]

i get spoiled every time i watch one of these videos :(

[@Jakez123]

well from the 1 minute mark when i showed ice's translation and he mentions Shaula it's obvious that it's LN/WN territory. But i cannot answer these questions if I use anime info alone.

[@GoblinLord]

Actually git gud and stop dying that killed me, guess I gotta go back to my last bonfire

[@echidnanatsuki882]

Why do always assume that it's Naruto your talking about everytime you mention the word sage?

[@gregoriobarachina2477]

we'll be surprise if the insignia will shine more brightly if subaru holds it

[@raku132]

Another qualification for becoming a Sage: -be a virgin for 30 years

[@Jakez123]

Isn’t that a wizard? Unless wizards and sages are the same?

[@raku132]

@@Jakez123 oh yeah so 50 years for the sage, 30 years for the wizard

[@sengurren]

@@raku132 wasn't sage from a separate branch? magician->wizard->high wizard magician->sage->professor

[@MrIrvash]

Emilia will become "sage" if requirements for being sage is to pass "trials" and have abiliti to go to tea party with a witches emilia is only candidate that first sed criteria but then again do a "sage" have to be 1 person in first place? I mean Subaru him self sed grate erudite means cauntsil of wise then you can think that emilia + Subaru =sage alone they cant but together they can After all only ppl who got isekai or have abiliti to solve sages tower first trial are people that have knowledge of a stars only

[@mattmagliocca956]

Emilia went through the trial but she wasn't invited to the tea party. She did meet with some of the witches as an element of going through the trial but that doesn't seem like the same thing.

[@vanitykillsfr]

171th

[@micramism6431]

apostle is pronounced with a silent “t”.

[@rsfakqj10rsf-33]

Just git gud