Recaps

Subaru and Rem fled a giant crocodile Witchbeast and took shelter in a cave, where Rem tried to sacrifice herself to save him. Subaru persuaded her to stop blaming herself, but the beast found their hiding place and began breaking into the cave.

• Subaru carried Rem through the forest as Antares boosted his speed, but the crocodile pursued them and injured his leg.
• Subaru used Antares's ice magic to make the crocodile skid, then pulled Rem into a cave too small for the beast to enter.
• Rem covered Subaru in mud and offered to lure the crocodile away, believing it was after her because her sister had killed one of its kind.
• Subaru rejected Rem's plan and reminded her how she had cared for him, convincing her that he wanted her to live and return home with him.
• The crocodile rammed the cave entrance until cracks spread through the stone, so Subaru pulled Rem deeper inside.

Subaru used magic ore to blast the giant crocodile, but the Witchbeast retaliated with magic that made him unbearably heavy and caused Rem to float. The purple light filled the cave as Subaru and Rem lost control of their bodies.

• Subaru followed Antares's guidance and uncovered magic ore in the cave wall.
• Subaru infused the ore with mana and hurled it at the crocodile, then fired magic bullets to detonate it.
• The explosion burned and injured the crocodile, but it roared and filled the cave with purple light.
• The Witchbeast's magic made Subaru unbearably heavy while Rem and the sweet potato basket floated into the air.
• Purple light engulfed Subaru and Rem as he watched her reach toward him.

After the purple light transported Subaru and Rem deeper into the forest, Subaru tended his worsening leg while Rem roasted him a sweet potato. When Rem dropped it and broke down crying, Subaru ate it anyway and reassured her that her effort mattered.

• Subaru and Rem found themselves in the forest after the purple light faded, and Rem bandaged Subaru's badly reopened leg.
• Subaru asked Rem to roast the sweet potato from her basket while he rested beneath a tree.
• Rem tripped while carrying the cooked sweet potato, dropping it into the dirt, and began sobbing over her failure.
• Subaru picked up the sweet potato, explained that its inside was still clean, and ate it with genuine enjoyment.
• Rem watched Subaru finish the sweet potato and thank her for the meal.

Rem apologized to Subaru and promised to return to the village with him, but the giant crocodile attacked before they could escape. Subaru broke the yin magic affecting Rem, then the crocodile swallowed him.

• Rem confessed that she regretted telling Subaru they were not friends and asked to stay by his side.
• Subaru promised Rem they would return together and imagined her, Ram, and him sharing meals.
• The giant crocodile used yin magic to slow time and pin Subaru and Rem in place.
• Subaru fired mana at Rem to dispel the magic affecting her, sending her crashing to the ground.
• The crocodile lunged at Subaru and swallowed him while Rem watched helplessly.

After the giant crocodile swallowed Subaru, Rem awakened her Oni power and attacked the Witchbeast in a frenzy of grief and vengeance. Her final strike cracked its horn, but the battle remained unresolved.

• The giant crocodile swallowed Subaru, and Rem repeatedly charged it, demanding that it give him back.
• Rem formed an icicle and stabbed at the crocodile, but her attacks barely marked its scales as it began to weaken and move sluggishly.
• Rem's white Oni horn appeared, awakening her power and healing her battered body.
• Rem unleashed a storm of icicles that shattered the crocodile's scales while its body convulsed from pain within.
• Rem leaped at the crocodile with a blade of ice and struck its horn, cracking it.

Rem defeated the giant crocodile and found Subaru alive inside a ball of ice. As Witchbeasts closed in, Ram arrived to protect them, and Rem collapsed after finally feeling that Subaru was safe.

• Rem tore open the giant crocodile’s body in search of Subaru and found him alive inside a ball of ice.
• Subaru emerged from the melting ice and reassured Rem, who checked that he was really alive.
• Witchbeasts gathered around them, and Rem stood in front of Subaru to protect him.
• Ram arrived and killed the attacking Witchbeasts with overwhelming power.
• Rem smiled at her sister, then collapsed from exhaustion as Subaru called her name.

After Rem woke from the fight with the giant crocodile, Subaru explained how she and Anta had saved each other and persuaded her to stop blaming herself. Rem agreed to stay by Subaru’s side, while Ram watched them embrace from outside the window.

• Ram brought the unconscious Rem and Subaru safely back to the village after defeating the Witchbeasts in their path.
• The next morning, Ram questioned Subaru about what had happened and sent him into Rem’s home to explain himself to her.
• Subaru told Rem that Anta had protected him inside the crocodile, but Rem’s fighting had helped make their survival possible.
• When Rem called herself a burden, Subaru reminded her of the ways she had helped him and said he needed her in his life.
• Rem accepted Subaru’s request to keep helping him and threw herself into his arms, while Ram watched them through the window.

Rem eagerly sought Subaru’s praise after making him lunch and cleaning his newly rented house, while Ram worried that Rem was becoming too attached to him. The chapter left Ram intending to warn Subaru that Rem wanted to move in with him.

• Rem repeatedly asked Subaru to praise her, while Ram contrasted Rem’s elaborate lunch for Subaru with the single sweet potato she had made for her.
• Rem announced that Subaru’s new house was finished and that she had cleaned it, then led him away to see it.
• Subaru had spent half a month distributing lighters around the village and officially renting a house with a living room, kitchen, and bedroom.
• Ram remembered that Rem had first asked to live with Subaru and the sisters, then suggested moving in with Subaru after that arrangement proved impossible.
• Ram realized she had forgotten to warn Subaru and resolved to stop him from taking Rem away.

Subaru settled into his new house with Rem, who warmly reflected on how much their relationship had changed. When Subaru spoke about going on future adventures, Rem asked to join him and confessed that she loved him, leaving Subaru flustered as he insisted it was too soon.

• Subaru displayed the broken horn of the Shadow Crocodile Zartoa after learning that the Witchbeast’s remains had little practical value.
• Rem showed Subaru the spotless house, and he praised her and reminisced about her former prickly behavior.
• Rem imagined comforting her past self by promising that she would meet someone kind who remembered her efforts.
• Subaru explained that he chose an ordinary house to save money for future adventures, and Rem asked to leave the village with him when he went.
• Rem said she loved Subaru and wanted to spend her life with him, and Subaru blurted out that he had to turn her down because it was too early.

Subaru told Rem he would not consider romance until they were both adults, but assured her that she was important to him and agreed they were childhood friends. They made a promise that he would give her a proper answer when she grew up, and Rem continued testing what affection she could ask for in the meantime.

• Subaru reassured Rem that he liked her but would not pursue a romantic relationship while she was still young.
• Rem said she was serious about her feelings and argued that Subaru owed her because she had saved his life.
• Subaru admitted that Rem was important to him and that he wanted to travel with her, though he could not define their relationship.
• Rem called them childhood friends, and Subaru agreed to reserve a proper answer for her when she became an adult.
• Subaru and Rem hooked little fingers to promise that Rem would grow up and become someone worthy of him.
• Rem asked for head pats, hugs, and kisses on the forehead and cheeks, while Subaru agreed to some affection and cautioned her not to push too far.

Subaru spent the day apart from Rem after Ram discovered her collection of keepsakes and kept her at home. That night, Subaru woke to find the Oni village burning, its people slain by attackers in black robes.

• Ram pulled Rem away from Subaru and took her home to discuss her condition.
• Ram found Rem's hidden chest of Subaru-related keepsakes and confronted her about her obsessive attachment.
• Subaru waited for Rem until nightfall, then went to sleep in the room she had prepared for him.
• Subaru woke in a sudden heat, opened the window, and saw the village engulfed in flames.
• Subaru saw familiar villagers dead and black-robed figures attacking amid the burning houses.

Subaru and Rem fought Witch Cultists attacking the village, but Subaru realized that the Oni were dying because the Cult had contaminated the Mana in the air. The chapter left Setanta dead in flames as Subaru understood the cause of the village’s destruction.

• Subaru defended himself from the Witch Cultists with Antares until Rem arrived and helped kill the attackers.
• Rem recognized the assailants as Witch Cultists and led Subaru through the burning village to find Ram.
• Subaru noticed that most of the corpses were charred and questioned how the Cultists had overcome the Oni.
• Subaru and Rem found Setanta fighting Witch Cultists in the central square.
• Setanta suddenly burst into flames and died, revealing the danger posed by the contaminated Mana.

Subaru, Rem, and Ram were overwhelmed when contaminated Mana made the Oni burn from within, and a Witch Cultist stabbed Subaru through the heart. A mysterious figure destroyed the attackers, and Subaru awoke back in his new home with Rem beside him.

• The village chief died from contaminated Mana, and Ram arrived to protect Rem and Subaru from the Witch Cultists.
• Subaru realized that contaminated Mana made Oni who absorbed it burn from within, forcing Ram to stop fighting.
• Subaru was struck by the Witch Cult’s fire magic, and Rem used her horn to fight despite the contamination burning her body.
• Ram knocked Rem unconscious to stop her from dying, while a Witch Cultist stabbed Subaru through the heart and Ram begged the attackers to spare Rem.
• A mysterious figure descended in a massive fireball and destroyed the Witch Cultists as Subaru lost consciousness.
• Subaru awoke in his new home with Rem nestled against him.

After Return by Death reset the morning, Subaru rushed to warn Setanta that the Witch Cult would attack the Oni village and poison its Mana that night. Setanta acknowledged the coming calamity but refused to evacuate or abandon the Oni’s horns, leaving Subaru unable to convince him that everyone could be saved.

• Subaru woke after Return by Death with Rem alive and affectionate, remembering the village’s fiery destruction and resolving to save everyone.
• Subaru hurried to Setanta’s house and warned him that disaster would strike the Oni village that night.
• Setanta said he had sensed a calamity coming and explained that the forest offered no safer place for the villagers.
• Subaru revealed that the Witch Cult had polluted the Mana and warned the Oni not to use their horns, but Setanta challenged his claims and refused to give up their means of fighting.
• Rem defended Subaru when Setanta shouted at him, and Setanta told Subaru that some people would have to die for others to survive.

Subaru entered the forest to find a way to protect the village from the Witch Cult, but the cultists he encountered unexpectedly knelt before him and departed. After confirming the village was not yet surrounded and the Mana remained uncontaminated, he planned to gather the Oni and strike the cult before its attack that night.

• Subaru sent Rem away and entered the forest alone to look for a safe route for the villagers.
• Subaru encountered Witch Cultists waiting in the woods and considered killing them before they could attack.
• The Witch Cultists knelt before Subaru, then stood and disappeared into the forest without speaking.
• Subaru confirmed that the Witch Cult had not completely surrounded the village and that the Mana in the air was normal.
• Subaru planned to gather the Oni's strongest fighters and attack the Witch Cult before it moved against the village.

Subaru rallied the Oni villagers to attack the Witch Cult before it could strike, warning them that the cult had poisoned the Mana in the air. Ram agreed to join him, and as the villagers prepared for battle, Baren promised to protect Subaru.

• Subaru told the villagers that Witch Cultists were in the forest and urged them to attack before nightfall, claiming the Lesser Spirit Antares had warned him that the Mana was contaminated.
• Ram entered the village square and announced that she would go with Subaru to kill the Witch Cultists, prompting the hesitant villagers to prepare for battle.
• Baren laid out weapons for the villagers and joked about selling them, then promised Subaru he would stand between him and danger.
• Subaru remembered finding Baren's corpse near his home in a previous loop and hid how deeply Baren's promise had moved him.

Subaru and Rem searched the forest for the Witch Cult and encountered the black-robed cultists. After Subaru killed one and the others attacked, Antares sent up a signal for reinforcements as Subaru and Rem prepared to fight.

• Subaru and Rem entered the forest together while the Oni spread out to search for the Witch Cult.
• Rem sensed that the forest carried the same unpleasant smell as Subaru and warned him that something was ahead.
• Black-robed Witch Cultists emerged and asked why Rem was with their target.
• Subaru shot and killed one cultist, prompting the others to charge at him and Rem.
• Antares sent a red signal into the sky as Subaru and Rem readied themselves for the battle.

Subaru, Rem, Ram, and the Oni fought an overwhelming Witch Cultist force, but the cultists turned their bodies into sources of mana contamination. The chapter ended as flames erupted from several Oni fighters.

• Rem noticed that the Witch Cultists carried a faint version of Subaru’s scent as the Oni reinforcements joined the battle.
• Subaru sensed mana contamination and charged through the enemy ranks while Ram supported him with wind magic.
• Subaru killed Sergei, the Witch Cultist contaminating the mana, and Rem pulled Subaru back with an ice chain.
• The Witch Cultists activated miasma magic stones in their bodies, spreading contamination throughout the sky.
• Subaru warned the Oni to put away their horns, but several fighters burst into flames before he could stop it.

Subaru and the Oni villagers struggled against Witch Cultists whose contaminated mana ignited anyone using their horns. Antares saved Rem by freezing the mana in Ram, but Ram and the village defenders were left helpless, and Rem fled with Subaru as Baren and Setanta fought to protect them.

• Subaru realized every Witch Cultist spread contamination, while Oni who used their horns burst into flames.
• The Witch Cultists targeted Subaru, and Ram cut down those surrounding Rem, causing Rem to catch fire from the contamination.
• Antares cooled Rem's flames by freezing the contaminated mana in Ram, leaving Ram unable to fight.
• Setanta and Baren defended the sisters and Subaru as the Witch Cultists overwhelmed the village defenses.
• Baren urged Subaru to escape, and Rem carried Ram while leading Subaru away from the burning village.

Subaru fled the Witch Cultists with Rem and the unconscious Ram, escaping on the Ground Dragon into a fog-filled forest. The Cultists abandoned the chase, but Subaru and his companions encountered a gigantic creature with a yellow eye.

• Subaru discovered he could use Ram’s wind magic after Antares absorbed the wind-aspected mana from her horn, and he used it to fight off the Witch Cultists.
• A black Ground Dragon Subaru had rescued charged in, lifted Subaru, Rem, and Ram onto its back, and carried them through the woods as the Cultists pursued them.
• The Ground Dragon fled into dense fog, where the Witch Cultists stopped at its edge and gave up the chase.
• Antares warned Subaru that the fog’s mana had been contaminated for a long time, while the Ground Dragon sensed danger and raced onward.
• Subaru lit a fireball and saw a gigantic yellow eye beside them; the creature roared, and he urged the Ground Dragon to run.

Subaru and Ram escaped the White Whale after Rem jumped off the Ground Dragon to draw the Witchbeast away. Once they reached clean air and Ram recovered, she asked who Rem was, leaving Subaru shocked that she had forgotten her sister.

• The White Whale chased Subaru, Rem, and Ram through the forest, destroying trees as the Ground Dragon tried to escape.
• Rem told Subaru she wanted a future with him and leaped off the Ground Dragon to lure the White Whale away, accompanied by Antares.
• Subaru considered using his handgun to start over but continued onward with the weakened Ram.
• The Ground Dragon reached a safe area where the air was unpolluted, and Ram began recovering her strength.
• When Subaru urged Ram to return and save Rem, Ram asked who Rem was.

Subaru discovered that Ram no longer remembered Rem as he tried to return and save her. A Witch Cult Sin Archbishop appeared after the Ground Dragon sacrificed itself to save Subaru and Ram from a deadly blast of air.

• Subaru insisted that Rem was Ram’s twin sister and said he had to return to save her, but Ram denied knowing anyone named Rem.
• Ram grabbed Subaru and stopped him from running back into the forest, insisting he would not throw his life away.
• The Ground Dragon sensed a strange current of air and slammed Subaru and Ram aside, but the blast turned it into a bloody mist.
• Ram moved in front of Subaru and raised a barrier of wind as a man in a white robe emerged from the dust and criticized their escape.
• The man identified himself as Regulus Corneas, the Witch Cult Sin Archbishop representing Greed.

Ram confronted Regulus after he claimed he had come to kill the villagers who escaped, but he killed her instantly and left Subaru helpless. A clown-faced man then killed Subaru while mentioning his planned objective, and Subaru awoke at the start of a third loop with Rem in his arms.

• Ram accused Regulus of orchestrating the village attack, and Regulus said he had come to eliminate those who escaped without permission.
• Ram attacked Regulus with powerful wind magic, but he killed her in an instant without being injured.
• Regulus turned on Subaru, but a white dove appeared and Regulus vanished before Subaru could understand what had happened.
• Overcome by despair, Subaru tried to shoot himself, but a clown-faced man appeared and said he could not save a dead child.
• The clown-faced man killed Subaru with a beam of light, and Subaru grasped that he had an objective before dying.
• Subaru began a third loop, waking while Rem rested in his arms.

Subaru struggled to find a way to save everyone from the Witch Cult, the White Whale, and the Sin Archbishop, then accidentally revealed Return by Death to Rem. A mysterious figure killed Rem for hearing the secret, and Ram attacked Subaru before Rem’s final words stopped her.

• Subaru searched for a way to defeat the Witch Cult and save everyone, but saw no way to fight, escape, make weapons, or summon reinforcements.
• Subaru told Rem about Return by Death, and the living room vanished into darkness around him.
• A silver-haired figure in a black robe killed Rem, and Subaru realized the punishment had followed his confession.
• Ram found Rem’s body and choked Subaru, blaming him for her sister’s death.
• Rem briefly regained consciousness and told Ram not to hurt Subaru before she died.

After Rem died in Ram’s arms, Subaru was thrown from the house and, consumed by grief and hatred, attacked the Witch Cultists with Antares. Subaru died in the fight, but the chapter ended with a familiar voice reaching him again.

• Rem died after asking Ram not to hurt Subaru, and Ram’s grief unleashed a violent storm that destroyed the house.
• Ram’s conflicting desire to avenge Rem and obey her last wish led her to hurl Subaru out of the village.
• Subaru tried to shoot himself, then blamed the Witch Cultists and went after them when they appeared in the woods.
• Subaru and Antares fought the Witch Cultists, killing several before Subaru succumbed to his wounds.
• As Subaru died, he urged Antares to leave him, then heard a familiar blue-haired girl’s affectionate voice.