KEY POINTS

  • Subaru meets his parents in the upcoming episode
  • Emilia is facing the trial at the Sanctuary
  • "Re:Zero - Starting Life In Another World" Season 2, Episode 4 will air Wednesday, July 29

The promo for the new episode teases Subaru’s backstory and life in Japan. "Re:Zero - Starting Life In Another World" Season 2, Episode 4 will see the family reunion. The upcoming episode is titled "A Long-Awaited Reunion."

This article contains spoilers from episodes 3 and 4

A voice tells Subaru to face his past before he can save Emilia from the trial. "Re:Zero - Starting Life In Another World" Season 2, Episode 4 will showcase Subaru’s past before he landed in the fantasy world.

The official preview trailer for "Re:Zero - Starting Life In Another World" Season 2, Episode 4 shows Subaru spending time with his family. Toward the end of the last episode, Subaru passes out and a voice tells him to confront his past. Later, he wakes up, in what appears to be his bedroom, to find his father. The scenes are hazy when Subaru is with his parents indicating he is in a dream-like phase. Meanwhile, the trailer also shows Emilia.

This is the first time "Re:Zero - Starting Life In Another World" anime will explore Subaru’s origin.

Meanwhile, in the previous episode, Subaru and Emilia are on their way to the Sanctuary. However, they bump into Garfiel, who knows about the Sanctuary. He reveals Sanctuary is the same place where Echidna was buried.

When they reach the Sanctuary, Emilia and Subaru reunite with Ram. She tells them how they cannot leave the place without a trial.

However, only a creature with mixed blood is eligible to face the trial. Emilia steps up to be a part of the trial and save the villagers stuck with Ram and others in the Sanctuary.

The cast of "Re:Zero - Starting Life In Another World" anime includes Rie Takahashi as Emilia, Yusuke Kobayashi as Subaru Natsuki, Aimi Tanaka as Ryuzu Birma, Chinatsu Akasaki as Felt, Kana Ueda as Anastasia Hoshin, Inori Minase as Rem, Keiji Fujiwara as Aldebaran, Kenyuu Horiuchi as Wilhelm van Astrea, Yumi Uchiyama as Puck, Yukari Tamura as Priscilla Barielle, Yuichi Nakamura as Reinhard Van Astrea, Yui Horie as Felix Argyle and Takuya Eguchi as Julius Euclius.

"Re:Zero - Starting Life In Another World" Season 2, Episode 4 is scheduled to broadcast Wednesday, July 29. The episode will be available for live streaming on Crunchyroll. Currently, the episodes are available in Japanese with English subtitles.

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