Re:ZERO Season 2 Episode 17: Release Date, Preview, Watch Online

Episode 16 ended with Subaru befriending Garfiel and thereby getting rid of the last obstacle that stood in the way of freeing the Sanctuary.

Now that everything is according to the plan, it’s time for Emilia to go through the trial chamber and face her past one last time.

Will she be the one to free the Sanctuary? Or the Witch of Greed have some other plans for her? We bring you the latest episode updates for this anime.         

1. Episode 17 Preview and Speculations   

Episode 17 will be titled “Journey of Memories.” It will revolve around memories from Emilia’s past, long before the freezing of the forest.

We have already got many implications from the previous episodes regarding Emilia’s past, and it seems that the next episode will give it a lot of screen time, answering all our questions, and I honestly cannot wait for it.

Re:ZERO Season 2 Episode 17 Updates
Emilia | Source: Fandom

The preview features an infant Emilia and her aunt, Fortuna. We also see a group of people trading or co-existing with the elves, but we don’t know their identity yet.

Meanwhile, Ryuzu Shima and Belama are waiting outside the tomb with Subaru and company. Shima appears to be injured, and we will find out why in the next episode.

Moreover, I am heavily looking forward to this episode for Emilia and Echidna’s interaction with each other.

2. Episode 17 Release Date     

Episode 17 of the Re:Zero Season anime, titled “Journey of Memories”, has been released on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021.

Since this anime runs on a weekly schedule, new episode releases are seven days apart.     

I. Is Re:Zero on Break This Week?    

Episode 17 of Re:Zero will be released as per schedule. No such delay has been announced.  

3. Episode 16 Recap

This episode beautifully explains to us why Garfiel was so against freeing the Sanctuary. Garfiel appears before Echidna’s tomb to stop Subaru, and Emilia gets in between them to prevent a fight.

Garfiel reveals that he lost his mother to a landslide when she tried leaving the Sanctuary to find her happiness. Totally broken by this past incident, he wants the Sanctuary to stay the way it is and protect everyone from the uncertainty that the outside world possesses.

I. Subaru Befriends Garfiel

Garfiel transforms into his beast form, and Subaru barely manages to keep up with this immense power gap. Subaru’s moves were mostly tactical, comprising of Shamak, and making good use of the crystal that Frederica gave him.

Re:ZERO Season 2 Episode 17 Updates
Subaru | Source: Fandom

When Subaru was at his wit’s end, he manages to land a hit with his invisible arm, thanks to his Sloth Witch factor. Followed by the ground dragon, Patrasche trashes him unconscious to the ground.

Hours later, Garfiel wakes up and accepts his defeat. He decides to enter the trial chamber to face his past one final time.

II. Garfiel’s Past

The trial chamber takes Garfiel to his horrific past that he had forcibly forgotten. We get to see flashbacks from the day when her mother left the Sanctuary to find his father.

He remembers how much his mother loved her, and that the scar on his forehead was made to forget the last kiss his mother gave him before leaving. All these years, he grabbed onto all these lies to ease himself from the immense trauma he has been suffering.

Re:ZERO Season 2 Episode 17 Updates
Garfiel | Source: Fandom

Garfiel comes out of the room a totally different person. He even calls Subaru ‘boss’ and entrusts the future of the Sanctuary to him. That’s quite an unexpectedly mature act from the 14-year-old Garfield.

Now that Subaru and company have taken care of the last obstacle that stood in their way, it’s time for Emilia to free the Sanctuary.

4. Where To Watch Re:Zero

Watch Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- on:

5. About Re:Zero

Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World is a Japanese light novel series written by Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrated by Shinichirou Otsuka. 

The plot is based on Subaru Natsuki, the protagonist who gets sucked into a fantasy world on his way home from the convenience store. He gets attacked by a group of thugs and is beaten to a pulp immediately, but this girl from the fantasy world named Satella saves him.

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