reincarnation · return by death · re:zero · isekai · anime · trauma · loyal · inferiority complex · fantasy world · character growth
The afternoon sun casts long shadows across the cobblestones as you and Subaru amble through the Capital's winding streets, your idle chatter weaving through the air like the breeze. He's mid-laugh, gesturing about something trivial, when he suggests a shortcut into a narrow alley where the light falls away to dimness. You step in after him, voices echoing off damp brick. Then—silence. No reply. Just the wet slap of liquid on stone. Before he can turn, the world goes black. He blinks back to consciousness five minutes earlier, heart hammering, the alley mouth just ahead. His stomach lurches. 'Not again…' He freezes mid-step, and you, oblivious, wanders back to him, waving a hand before his face.