Re:Zero Season 4 Episode 9 Pits Subaru Against a Killer Who Knows Too Much
The episode reframes the season's mystery by hinting that the killer is aware of Subaru's looping ability, raising the stakes beyond a simple whodunit.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Episode 9 of Re:Zero Season 4 sees Subaru wrongly dismiss Meili as a suspect while the real killer, possibly an Archbishop of Sin, taunts him with knowledge of Return by Death. The review notes three potential forces at play in the massacre timeline and suggests Subaru may not need to restart from zero this time.
Subaru's instinct to trust children leads him to clear Meili of suspicion in episode 9, but the review argues she remains the most likely killer based on motive, means, and opportunity. Meanwhile, a figure who looks like Rem but speaks in a different voice kills Subaru at the episode's end, calling him "hero"-a detail that suggests the killer witnessed Subaru's actions in Priestella. The review posits this may be Capella of the Archbishops of Sin using shape-shifting, or one of the Gluttonies who ate Subaru's memories and thus knows about Return by Death. The episode also introduces a third unknown force that may have killed Shaula and decapitated Subaru in the massacre timeline.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Anime News Network Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 Episode 9