The Election That Really Matters
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- Let's talk Re:Zero politics.
Who would you vote for?
There are five Royal Selection Candidates competing to be the next ruler of Lugunica:
Crusch Karsten seemed like the most viable candidate in Season 1, but then in the first episode of Season 2 her memories were eaten by Lye Batenkaitos' authority of Gluttony. Anastasia Hoshin would at least keep the kingdom out of a war, however her only goal is to make money. Priscilla Barielle is even more self-centered than Anastasia though, and would rule the kingdom with an iron fist, forcing the public to obey her every command. Felt wants to end the government altogether and reject all social hierarchy, leaving Lugunica in anarchy. Emilia's wish is for all citizens to be treated equally. It's a noble goal, but very unrealistic due to the current social climate in Lugunica.
TL;DR all five Royal Selection candidates are awful choices, but some are less awful than others. I took the gamble and voted for Emilia, but your opinion might be different than mine. Share your thoughts in the comment section and let me know who you want to vote for!
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I've already voted for Otto
The best choice i ever seen
Same
@@rafabenh2389 The only choice
HELL YEA
Vote for our boy boys
Echidnut
Real election: I sleep
Re:zero election: Real shit
Who cares about reality, let's vote for who is the best waifu in anime, the debate will be more intense than the Presidential Debate lmao
@@markallieu7097 bruh this is unironically true. I get more excited reading the WN then watching literally anything on tv.
@@Azubjourni Lol same
Lol
@Lionard Kirsch just what i was about to type. No one's interested in voting some 50 year old man/woman, we need the candidate to be like that russian woman
Edit: Her name is Natalia Polkonskaya
Crush: dictator
Percilla: an oppressive monarch
Anastasia: capitalist pig
Emilia-tan: communist waifu
Felt: crazy anarchist loli
@@Puistokemisti that is if you are strong
@@Puistokemisti I respect your choice but anarchy is just that, chaos. There would be no wrong or right and the nation would suffer as a consequence, felt really has no idea what she's doing. Emilia is the best option tbh, when I said she was a communist i was joking she seems more of a Democrat, she's a great person, extremely kind and hard working I feel like she'd be a great rulee who puts the people and others needs before herself. She just needs more tactic and experience. You go emilia-tan!
@@zelktheinvader7874 Well Subaru did it the Pleiades Organisation defeated most potential rivals and and has the best of the best mercenaries and it became a huge threat enough for the sword saint be deployed and killed thousands of people and some of those are done by a coin flip and in the canon route Anatachia think he actually make a very good merchant.
@@uncanny3637 who knows how many times Subaru died during that time and you don't get a dude who can injure Reinhardt for free on the streets.
@@uncanny3637 well subaru has return by death that answer everything
I will vote Patrasche. She is the one true queen of Lugunica
The rightful heir
@@Echidnut yes
Patrasche best husbando.😥
@@Azubjourni Patrasche is female y'know.
Thank you
Priscilla actually is the most lauded candidate for election currently, attracting the highest favours from the citizens of her territory (according to both the author, and the story itself). She transformed the tyrannically ruled Barielle Territory after Leip died, and she's adored by her citizens. Despite her attitude, she answers her citizens pleas for help, such as when she went to deal with the Zombie infestation.
Thank you, I didn't know that! I guess I'll be a Prisca supporter then
@@Echidnut Yeah, I think I'll vote her because her size is the bigfest- I mean because of the reason above, totally based
Monarch babe all the way!!
Wait, when did the zombie infestation happen?!?! I NEED to know
@@cjchow7216 arc 5, the arc after season 2
I'm writing in Satella. Her "engulf the world in shadows" policy is the bold kind of change Lugunica needs.
Ah, indeed... The most radical change of all... Truly a great candidate
Satella engulfed half the world already so she's her own sovereign nation, thus she's ineligible for the election.
Oh, so you're a Re: Zero fan?
*Name every divine protection Reinhard has*
Drinking game: take a drink every time you see "All of them" in this comment section
That is a bit harsh, hahaha
Yes . No
Idiots! he has only one..
Divine protection of the author!!!
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There you go, now gimme like
yes it is a copypaste lmao, that's why I miss actually a lot
Plot armor!
Crush has my vote all the way, sorry emilia your not ready to be politician, Pricilla youre gonna dictate the empire to the ground, Anastasia your a money grabbing merchant you might bring the economy to the country with great prosperity but maybe youll might get a vote, and felt well.....youre just a kid
I choose Crusch cause felix
Emilia need one or two more development after her first development in Arc 4, if Emilia truly will be the King, Tappei need to develops her by Arc 11, if she still the same as she is now, I still vote Crusch
@@e-male896 same
I choose felt or Priscilla . For some reason I feel tappei will makes priscilla leader
Felt may be the most based candidate, she may just say "get the fuck out, I'm not your mom, go figure shit by yourself, you're a fucking adult for the fuck sake."
*All Girls*
"Competing to be the King of Lugunica"
*what*
Turning themselves to a reverse-trap? I agree, why so confused? It's even better with the stick
Give Subaru the position nyahahaha
Historically that IS the title for a woman taking the highest position by herself in some cases, only becoming the queen once married
There were a few female rulers who used king as their title like Jadwiga of Poland.
@@joelperey3962 nonooononl not the forbidden butterfly if
Felt had more luck with the selection than Screen Time
Yeah, she got Reinhard and he was wasted. Honestly, if I was Felt, I literally would beat all the mabeast first to gain popularity, then work together with Emilia's camp that has Subaru to kill some Sin Archbishops cuz Subaru really understand the abilities of them due to his RBD
@@markallieu7097 she a kid so she isnt going to think that
@@zelktheinvader7874 Yeah, I know, I only said that what will I be doing if I had Reinhard in my deck
Your pfp scares me
I'd vote for Echidnut, because he's obviously the superior candidate. But in all seriousness, I'd probably go with Emiria and her camp.
With SeaTactics as my running mate, together we will conquer Lugunica!
@@Echidnut our campaign will be built upon extreme corruption. No justice for anyone, we'll say offensive things, throw loliz into volcanos as well. But we'll somehow win.
@@SeaTactics take my vote
@@SeaTactics dunno why but you got my vote
LOL
I'd actually vote for Priscilla.
After reading Arc 5, I feel like there's something reassuring in her choices. There's always a good reason behind her actions (despite her acting all proud and douchbagy). In summary: She is wiser than she looks.
True. Plus, Al would keep her in check
hell nah, develop that shitty as country and give freedom for all ;)
Patricha 2020
make Lagunia great agai- now!
@@teku6266 Bruh
Basically gilgamesh but feminane
@@Echidnut i forgot what sin path was al? I remember it to be subaru with lost memories that has one of the sin route clothes, but i'd appreciate if you remind me about his actual sin
Bruh, Priscilla has them curves... I know my choice.
im glad someone said it
I think it is canon that she has the biggest "curves" in the entire re:zero franchise
@@vicic2779 It is canon
Priscilla: "Sorry Felt, this is for Big Girls only. "
Anastasia: "Your behavior is unfit for leadership."
Emilia: "Tell it to yourself."
Crusch: "Emilia, I know more political figures than you do. Out"
Felt: "Fools, I am them. Out!"
TrespassinNo's vote goes to...
I don't know anymore, they all have flaws.
It's like real politics you don't vote for who you like you vote for who you would dislike the least
None of them mention an assembly system where they all get representation to vote on laws. This is the best solution for everyone to get some of what they want. A good ruler would implement and compromise on some of their ideas.
Vote Emilia! Crusch has lost all her memories, Emilia is our best chance to end Elfism, bring justice to all half-humans!
@@gabehere well, you see maybe new Crusch has some other plans that could beat the old one
I'd go for Emilia + Crush alliance.
They are on good terms right now and their goals aren't mutually exclusive (Emilia cares about social aspect of the country, while Crush cares about military strength, self-sufficiency and independence of the country) so it's not too far fetched in case of Emilia being chosen.
The direction in which Emilia wants to go is the right one, but i doubt she would be capable of doing anything alone with her camp, since she is basically going against the whole ruling class. With backing from Crush, authority and respect that she posses in the ruling class, aswell as her divine protection, i think they could pull it off.
When it comes to Crush I'm not sure about the deal with the dragon, but if Crush actually cares about the country aside form the dragon, and wants to make it stronger, I don't see why she wouldn't accept Emilia's request for help.
this sounds like the best, plus meritocracy (promotion/rewards based on skills and effort, ie crusch) is the basis for the best form of equality (equality of opportunity), the allaince would create a stable and fair society, while Emilia by herself could become socialist/communist which can only end badly, and Crush by herself could work (but the dragon thing might not be the best idea)
Yes! Emelia would make sure that the government always worked for the good of the people while Crusch's political experience would make up for Emelia's naivety. This is the best option
"Priscilla was born with extraordinarily good luck, aS yOu CaN SEe"
The only politics I care about is in Re:zero
@@vaifram8843 pure entertainment
Truth
@@vaifram8843 like in the real life
@@kaelvm__ truer words havent been said especially as of lately lmao
So to put it simply:
Crusch-Militarism
Anastasia-hyper capitalism
Priscilla-Tyrannical rule
Felt-Anarchism
Emilia-Communism
Crusch is more meritocracy
I think Emilia can be interpreted both ways, she's either communist or has a hard on for democracy where everyone is given equal opportunity no matter where your from or how your born.
I'm not sure why you'd say Crusch would lean to Militarism, I thought she was leaning towards capitalism
Emilia: Gets elected
Soviet anthem EXTREME earrape *i n t e n s i f i e s*
Felt initial idea is anarchy.. but smal spoiler(arc 5)
really she leans more on meritocracy though not the same as crush
I think social democracy is more accurate for Emilia.
Spoilers I guess
Priscilla isn't all bad, you see in arc 5 when Heinkel threatens to kick Felt and Rinehart out of the Astrea lands, that Priscilla clearly says that the people won't follow him just cause he's the lord, especially after Felt came in and made everything better. So she clearly understands that she can't be a total asshat and will adress the problems that are brought up.
She literally almost killed Heinkel for making a comment.
@@lesdodoclips3915 Heinkel was a dick tbh
@@lesdodoclips3915Everyone wants to kill Heinkel for making a comment. His comments are awful & so is he. It's natural to want to kill him.
NGL I care about this countries politics more then Americas.
pretty sure most Americans would agree.
@@davidlewis6728 as an american i agree
lmao me too
No wonder your country is forecasted to die in the future.
Rezero is so fun to talk about!
Felix has my vote
Felix is willingly to destroy Lugunica to get stepped on by Crusch, so no
@@markallieu7097 I can relate
@@markallieu7097 I can relate
Felix best waifu?!
A socialist, cute, pure hearted half elf cinamonroll?
My slavic blood is boiling! I was made for this.
We will paint the world red comrades, our squats will spread fear to bourgeoise, our tables will be filled with vodka and mayonnaise, condiment our champion Natsuki Subaru and his glorious leader Emillia aprowes. Time for change is now!
lmao
The baths will overflow with warm meyonez
Priscilla is completely selfish and it would be a bad idea to give a country to someone who already has everything.
Anastasia seems like a good idea at first but I believe that in the end she will only care about money and forget about ordinary people.
Crusch has lost all of her memory and she may never come back 100% so putting something that needs to be very responsible doesn't seem like a good option
Felt looks like he is going to destroy the monarchy but I believe it is impossible to be elected as the wealthiest and most important people will do everything to prevent it. Not to mention that she just wants to destroy everything she doesn't even say what would be the next step
Emilia is the best option for all the inhabitants of the country of course I agree that it will be terrible and difficult for everyone initially but in the end the future looks good if she is the queen. I don't know what the selfish reason is to become queen but I have faith that she will do whatever it takes for people to have a good life
But in the end we all know that the Butterfly King is the best of all.
I'm not sure about Subaru being the king
When you put it that way it really seems like the only valid candidate is emillia, maybe crusch if she gets her memories back some day.
@@Shanghai-Doll-With-a-Hat It was just a joke but it would be cool to see the technology of our world with the magic of the world of Rezero
The most ironic thing is emilia's selfish reason has some selflessness to it too lol
Spoilers:
She agreed with roswaal to help her become king so he can finish some "business" with the dragon (everyone wants his head damn) and so she can save the elves she accidentally froze when she was a kid in the Elior Forest.
@@estelle6528 I won't read it because it's a spoiler so I can't argue about it but could you tell me when it is revealed? Does this happen in arc 4,5 or 6?
Emilia is way to indecisive to rule a kingdom. If we're talking about a new regime made from the ground up Emilia's best asset would be Subaru's knowledge about democraties.
You can still have a pseudo-benevolent dictatorship with a democratic system voting system which has meritocracy, capitalism, and socialism.
@@animeweng Isn't that basically modern representative democracy?
Idk. Her social intelligence is not only sorely lacking, but is also 100 years out of date, & there are times where she struggles to make up her mind, but in spite of that, she's won the trust of a former assassin & a Witchbeast queen, & formed an alliance with a former Sin Archbishop. She's also saved Regulus's wives & formed an alliance with Volakia. She's also formed potential friendships with a number of Princess Candidates. She's far more capable than her lack of social skills would have you believe.
I'm vote felt. Can't wait to see her burning the kingdom.
Press like if you voting felt
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Def Emilia. I'm interested by how Subaru would effect things, even though he is a bit of a dolt, he has a better understanding of what system of governments work. though he would need to learn a lot more about politics and how to run a country, but if he did it would be cool to see him become somewhat of an adviser. Truth be told I could see all 5 of them would start a revolution, so there really isn't any safe option. Crush would have a smaller revolt than the others, but because she wants to cut ties with the dragon I would think that a large portion of people would either fear the Dragons Wrath or just be straight up more conservatives in there thinking.
I thought a little about how Emilia could subdue the racist minds of the people. The reason people are so bigoted is really because of the evil presence of the Witch Of Envy, so what if Emilia just became the opposite of that. It would be hard but if Emilia become one of the greatest leaders in Lugnica history then she could act as a counter balance to the Witch of Envy. Though that would be near impossible I believe it would be the most effective way, without starting another war and winning, besides if the demi-humans won a race war than they would just become racist towards human. Demonically hard goal for Emilia
@@dappa6366 i dont think Subaru is educated enough to understand political nuances, also recall that Subaru was a SHUT-IN who didnt do well in school...
Thats why Emilia would instead have to be schooled on how to handle political things
Furthermore, if Emilia really plans on making a new system of government, the Emilia camp REALLY needs to get together to design what they want their country to be
They must also look for a way to slowly transition the kingdom to their chosen system of government
Problem is... A version of the age of enlightenment didnt happen to these people yet... The common people are also not as educated so establishing equality to me seems a bit too reckless
After all, we dont want a Rezero version of the French Revolution
Subaru can essentially savescum to the perfect revolution
@@matthewvillanueva4420 Well, the society does look like the 1700s rather than the 1300s
@@mvalthegamer2450 the nobles are the ones in power though(With the exception of Kararagi), I also dont notice schools and such... Quality of life might be better, but in terms of mindset, I think theyre more akin to like 1300-1500s
(exception of Kararagi influenced people of course)
As such, I dont think people are educated enough to have a democracy or something like that
CRUSCH 2020
For me it's either Crusch or Emilia
Yeah she has felix on her team
Otto
Its actually crusch 2023
Do you like flowers ?
Yo be honest I’m thinking of voting for echidnut. He’s the best looking prospect to me
I think you are a good prospect too.
Crusch: Uncle Reid wants you to enlist in Lugunica's army!
Anastasia: Demi human lives matter!
Priscilla: I'm the embodiment of entitlement!
Felt: Down with the Aristocracy!
Emilia: I'll just let Otto handle the political stuff.
There's no *l* in Japanese!!
It should be: "The *Erection* That Really Matters"
I know I didn't change the "l" in "Really" but it's for a joke soooo
underrated comment
Personally I’d vote for crush,she’s smart,strong,and right full person and with a divine protection like her one,she probably could rule well.despite her loss of personality I think she could be reminded of her good qualities and be not told of her less good opinions.
Edit:forgot to add a few things,I think Emilia is my 2nd choice but the only problem is she would probably only make citizens feared of her plotting something and forever accidentally making people live in fear,and the Demi human war is another thing,once you have read the EX volumes you will know how grim they were.
Also crush would have amazing protection for lagunica because of Wilhelm and her nights
And its kinda cheezy that we know a lot of Emilia
ikr we love emilia but shes pretty useless specially for her to be ruler
Let me say each potential rulers ideals in 2 ways. The first will be the nicest way I can put it and the second is the worst way I can say it.
Crush is an experienced ruler who already knows how government works so she knows who and what to appease. Anastasia is a businesswoman who knows how to make a buck and manipulate others to Luganica's benefit. Priscilla is high-ranking and willing to lend an ear to the troubles of the people. Emilia wishes to give as many people a happy ending. Felt wishes to give the poor a chance to catch up to the rich.
Crush wants to get the rich richer and the poor poorer. Anastasia wants to sell her people for a few extra bucks. Priscilla is too high-ranking and is willing to sacrifice the country for her esteemed self. Emilia wants to create a country where everyone has an equal chance to be fucked. Felt wants to make everyone a lawless criminal.
Crush seems like the best bet just due to the inequality of Luganica. Overall, Crusch seems like the best bet but I think Volcanica was just horny when he chose who to make potential rulers.
Thank you for "volcanica was just horny"
10:48
Ahhhh the "Peter grill" timeline☠😂
Somebody has been Slothful and My Brain Trembles...
My brain trembles
Man... I've missed this channel
NOTA.
All of them need to grow as of now.
It will be decided on Arc 11 eventually, until that, just wait and hope that the WN will be continued cuz the English LN is slow af
@@markallieu7097 Yeah, and I believe that by end of Arc 11, Subaru would be the best possible ruler you could get.
@@vineeshkante9958 yea I agree that arc 11 will end with the vote of a ruler since there are only 11 arcs but we have to wait until the light novels get translated to English because the Japanese version is already in arc 6 and so only 5 more arcs to go
Eh! A fellow Indian with the NOTA.
@@vineeshkante9958 will there be more arcs or 11 is THE end?
At first, i wanted to vote for crusch, but then u said that i would have to kiss priscila's foot for the rest of my life sooooo... Prisicilla for king! Also oppai is truth
Facts.
Also flat is justice, but Priscilla is lucky so I'll make an exception
Flat is justice and thighs are truth
Also fang make my heart bang
This election on rezero basically divides peoples taste on a CHARACTER/WAIFU every candidate represents something also still team Crusch without memorys u can basicly train her
it is confirmed, Echidnut loves comminism
It's ok if the people starve as long as Emilia is the ruler
I'd rather call it Emilianism.
Overall, none of the candidates are focused on libertarianism and free market, aside from Felt, which doesn't really count since she's a child who doesn't know nothing, pretty much. So I'd go for Crusch, she's the one who suits the most for leadership, aside from her great experience in politics, management and her blessing, that allows her to know whether anyone is lying or not.
In a political spectrum, Crusch seems to be more towards a conservative monarchism. She doesn't seem interested to change the status quo and is only focusing on her modus operandi. Using the existence of current Establishment to her and nation's benefit is her goal, more and over.
Emilia lacks experience only. She'd be a good leader, very likely to lower taxes and use public incomes to help the needing people. With low taxes, the poor people would get more money to their own, the entrepreneur would benefit as well lowering their product cost production and selling for lower prices. More job surveys would happen and the Kingdom's economy would prosper.
The sames goes for Crusch in a lower percussion.
Emilia's sociopolitic point of view is a mixed centered hybrid. Unbelievably social democratic and libertarian. She probably never heard of Anarchocapitalism, so she wouldn't be in such a mess. EMT
Looking at the politics of a pre-industrial feudalistic society through the lens of free-market libertarianism just seems misguided to me. A pre-industrial society functions in a vastly different way than a post-industrial one. When most people live off subsistence farming then all of this free market stuff becomes kinda meaningless.
@@FeCyrineu According to you, it's not a good idea the free-market on a feudalistic society. Fortunately this isn't the case, let's understand together why and how. When we look at history, we understand conclusively that European feudalism has ended upon the arrival of a revolutionary economic system, prefigured by the Age of Enlightenment. Some intellectuals at time has come to the conclusion of a superior freedom based on individuals, free economy and private property. Those ideals has bring greater standards to future societies economic overview. After that, the world migrates timidly from feudalism to the industrial revolution which had a big impact from there onwards.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”-George Santayana
Basically, the Modern World as we know has expanded and grown due to the socioeconomic revolution of an old, archaic and unethical system.
It is worth mentioning that the State as an institution isn't that far away from a feudalistic society. The State is a monopolistic, non-producer and non-contractor, only surviving through coercion and expropriation of non-contracting third parties. The State doesn't produce anything, but redistributes other people's goods. Who really makes economy grow is the market itself. The market nothing more that the common people, the individual owners, the micro, small and big enterpreuner, the economy is made by people by their own. There isn't something more expensive on Earth that something the State gives you "for free".
In a feudal society, most of the economy is dominated by subsistance farming. People produce just enough food to survive and have little surplus. Capitalism is based around surplus production. You produce not to survive, but to sell and adquire capital. People in feudal societies can't do that because there is no surplus to sell!
Admittedly, I know very little of the economics of the Re:Zero world. It is possible that their farming techniques would be enough to produce a significant enough food surplus to kickstart a capitalist economy, but even so, how would you propose that happens? It's a feudalistic society, remember? The vast majority of people don't own land but rather work in the land of their lord under a contract. If feudalism were abolished and capitalism implemented without any sort of land reform then life for the average peasant would barely change. Istead of working under a feudal contract that allows them to work the land and feed themselves in return to providing services to their lord, now they work the land of their boss while receiving just enough money for them to survive. The words change, everything else stays the same.
For a capitalistic society to prosper, the lower classes needs to have enough capital to purchase products and invest in their own small enterprises. In a feudal society, that's just not the case.
@@spzl the government does produce, it produces soldiers, police and firemen. it produces infrastructure and often schools/universities and thus knowledge. ie its a service provider, one that provides services to all and thus all must pay (taxes)
Well to be honest I would vote for miss Crusch.
Definitely Crusch (assuming she eventually gets her memory back). Her vision is solid and paves the way to a lot of future changes. I'm also confident that she's the most capable in implementing their vision, regardless of what they are.
My vote's been sold for years now, and from my pfp you can tell who it will go to - Felt. As much as I like Emilia (and every other candidate), I believe Felt would still make the best candidate. I don't wanna go into spoilers, but it's safe to say she understands the poor and unfortunate people. Were Reinhard to influence her (which in itself would be quite hard, even for Reinhardt, as Felt is pretty stubborn), she could become a great ruler who accepts the government. Hell, even without Reinhard's influence she would make for a pretty good ruler. I don't believe she would endorse crime, as she was forced by life to become a thief, despite not wanting to. In Arc 1 she says she has no other choice, other than selling her body. My vote goes to her and I hope she wins, although Tappei seems to be biased towards Emilia.
Well, I'm biased towards Felt too, so I'm not exactly one to speak...
Also, I believe Emilia's goals could be achieved another way. Be it ending racism or fixing that certain something about her past could theoretically be achieved without becoming a ruler. As much as I like and support her, she's my number two.
Sorry for the long comment, stay amazing man, keep making Re:Zero content, I love your videos!
I am a little stupid but I watched the 2 seasons and both Ovas and I forgot what that certain something was?
@@philenloe2555 It's not directly said in the anime, but you can speculate what it is based on the 2nd OVA - Frozen Bonds
@@MinendTL I will for sure rewatch it then thank you man cause I'm dying to know but cant remember
@@philenloe2555 If you're really dying to know, you can read the Web Novel! Echidnut made a video on where to start recently, so you could check that out! If it's not your cup of tea though, have fun with the OVA and maybe tell me what theories you came up with afterwards!
@@MinendTL dont get me wrong I like webnovels,reading tower of god right now, it's just not as enjoyable as animation
I would vote for Emilia, but deep down everyone knows that Otto is going to be the king
In all honesty, Crusch is more fitting as she could easily be a great ruler. Felt and Emilia’s reasons are for one purpose alone and to not necessarily benefit the citizens. I started reading the web novel to understand Emilia’s motives
Honestly i think Crusch is the best to have my vote. Albeit im team Emilia for best girl.
For a country that has its problems like Lugunica, someone like her suits better than the rest.
Great content and thank you! You recommended we vote, not WHO to vote for. A positive and welcome message that is unfortunately rare to find on UA-cam.
Emilia: Too dumb and Naive
Felt: Too angry and Naive
Crush: Too recently memory wiped
Anastasia: Perhaps, I don't need my leader to be kind, just effective.
Priscilla: For some reason I feel like shit would just go well for her, as it apparently always does.
Anyway, it has to be either Anastasia of Priscilla, just because they think with their heads instead of their hearts.
Honestly I can see felt revising her views some but I agree with abolishing the nobility. And if she is actually part of the royal family she should get in.
Emilia's goal is good but I just don't see her being effective, she is too naive and could easily be manipulated. But I agree, abolishing the monarchy would be best. Monarchies can have good rulers but then they can also have someone terrible.
not abolishing the monarchy limiting their power, constitutional monarchies are statistically the best and most stable societies.
ideally you want a constitutional monarchy with democratic elements (ie an elected prime minister), exactly how limited the monarch is and how powerful the elected leader is is debatable
(as both can result in terrible leaders [see Hitler and Robert mogaby for an examples of democratically elected terrible leaders, or Jacob Zoomer for a different kind of terrible leader] and really good leaders, amongst other strengths and weaknesses, finding the balance is the best answer)
edit: the most important thing is to have a constitution that the leader is beholden to (which most monarchies had to some extent, in europe anyway), ie limited power of government.
@@matthiuskoenig3378 That's actually really interesting! It reminds me of a different fantasy world I read. One of the characters in the book said that if he could set up a government he would want a monarchy to maintain stability and a democratic government to represent the people.
Emilia as the ruler is the best choice I'd vote for her 100%
I remember when u were at 15k subs and now look at u almost at 100k, so proud
Thanks :)
@@Echidnut Thank you for making these amazing re zero vids, I've gotten into the Anime more now and started reading the web novels thx to u bro. 👍
@@Echidnut YEA SAME WITH ME BRO ABOUSLTY BEYOND WORDS ON HOW GREAT UR VIDS ARE
yet another amazing vid! still waiting for another if story :)
lmaoo this video was hilarious, amazing content as always!
I appreciate it!!
I enjoyed the video but I thought it would have been more interesting if you included what we know from the novels. especially in arc 5 since we get a gist of what the other factions were doing outside from Subaru's point of view
If Crusch don't get her memories back (Sorry, I didn't read the LN, please don't give me spoilers) I would vote for Emilia.
Ironically Crusch seems to have more potential after her memory loss.
Trust me the author hates Crusch for some reason every arc... I don't want to spoil.
@@dimensionalblade2778 i havent read the novels , im anime only but to me it seems a little like Crush was clearly the best pick for the kings seat so he had to bring her down with memory loss and whatever happens next. The author of the video picks Emilia as his candidate bexause she will make the kingdom a better place with good intentions alone xd she cant even get a few villagers to like her without Subarus help and shes gonna unite the kingdom under her leaddrship and solvet its problems? Dont think so. As of know Emilia strikes me as the most incompetent from the candidates exdept from blonde loli. She has good intentions and nothing elese which makes her a good person I guees? But definately not a good ruler
@@lewicy165 All 5 candidates have pure good will however they all have completely different intentions. We know Felt, Crusch and Emilia's intention. Anastasia if only wanted to become rich I don't think Julius would follow her. Priscilla seems like someone with a dark and sad past who wants revenge or to end something. After arc 5 I think I'd call her the current strongest and wisest of the candidates. She was able to do something that even Reinhard Subaru and Emilia combined couldn't accomplish while she just casually did it with a seemingly useless non-combatant.
@@dimensionalblade2778 Having a ''good will' is desirable when looking for someone to fit a position of a king but even more so is being competent/ the ability to get sh!t done, and Emilia strikes me as someone incapable/ unfit from what I've seen from her so far.
I don't hate on Emilia, I just think that she doesn't possess qualities to be a leader, at least at her current stage shown in anime
I was wondering when will you release the next video and boom! Today is the day.
Why isn’t Re:zero's world more like Canada?
Subaru's life would have been a lot easier.
Then Re:Zero won't be Re:Zero, Re:Zero without suffering is like jerking but it couldn't come out, well what one of the aspects that I love is how dark and crazy the world is. The Witches morale are totally twisted, the Sin Archbishops are crazy too and the mabeast is scary af. If I was in Re:Zero's world, I will be dead 5 hours in lmao
I don't get it. What's it like in Canada?
@@sentrinovan7099 very fucking cold.
@@RedMan-vf3ck cap its not even that cold, stereotypes be like
@@Wicked_Gaming_ I northern BC it gets as cold as -35°C, so at least for me living here is cold as fuck.
I would definitely say Emilia or Crusch. Emilia wants equality for all the people in Lagunica, but she also lacks the mental stability to be the ruler. I fell like Crusch knows what she would be doing as the ruler, because she knows what its like to be in positions of power. Her motivation also sets her apart from other. But on the other hands, she basically wants survival of the fittest in terms of the people. Priscilla legit wants just a dictatorship, Anastasia just wants fucking money, and felt could give less of a shit. Overall I would most likely go for Emilia
survival of the fittest, ie she wants meritcracy. which is the best form of system, it encourages equal treatment (as to find the best you need to look at everyone), and you also end up with free market capitalism (as the best survive, thus only competent businesses survive, no over arching monopolies as those collapse without government help, and anyone can start as buisness for similar reasons to equality)
it also results in public education, as to find the best you need to reach everybody. ie equality of opportunity.
no safety nets also encourages well thought out plans and hard effort.
nations that adopt policies like this end up as free and fair and even the poor become wealthy by the standards of other systems.
Emilia's mental stability vastly surpasses Crusch's at the moment, so...
How i wait for this vid echidnut, it literally felt ages without ur vids
I got the notif for this video when I was actually on the line to vote... nice.
My vote is for felt
To not be king of lugunica.
I actaully vote for felt
She is the one that will win, felt is special
lmao
This may be an unpopular vote, but I'll say it just for argument's sake. I'd vote for Anastasia. While I agree that Crusch is probably the best person to elect in the short term, I think Anastasia would have more long term benefits. While her company would be the primary beneficiary of her rule, the boosted relation and economic leverage over foreign entities combined with the significant wealth increase to the country would bring more wealth to the country as a whole. While this wealth will most likely be centered around the top during Anastasia's rule, after her rule, it would most likely disperse throughout the other classes, especially if someone like Emelia follows after her. The nature of how her corporate interests expand within the country itself is another thing to consider. As Anastasia is an intelligent businesswoman, I think she would most likely use her leverage and funds to buy out smaller businesses, essentially absorbing them and their employees. While this may not be the best for the people, again, I am thinking about how it turns out after her rule. Crusch would simply lead to more of the same and Emilia's views could spark a revolution that may and or may not succeed. Felt and Priscilla aren't even worth considering since their desires and intents would simply lead to a downfall of the nation. So overall, this is my opinion on the matter, I do agree that morally speaking, Crusch and Emilia are probably the better picks, but with stability and forward looking growth in mind, I think Anastasia would probably be the better pick overall. I do like to play devils advocate as well, so maybe the love for Crusch and Emilia is why I'm going this way too haha.
I have my disagreements, but great video XD. Love ya.
We all know that the best choice is a triumvirat with Crush, Anastasia and Emilia
I think that would be too unstable, with 3 people all wanting different things. However, if we could put Crusch in charge of military stuff, Anastasia in charge of Economic stuff, and Emelia in charge of making sure that the government works for the good of the people, they'd be unstoppable.
@@andynonymous6769 Yeah you're right, I was thinking about such balance of power. But after all, "it's a foolish answer, if someone wants that, he must be the indecisive, adulterous type"
When considering the Kingship one thing that needs to be analyzed is the power brokers in the kingdom. Lagunica appears to have a powerful nobility as well as a strong merchant class and the King does not appear to be an unquestioned ruler so the broader question is which candidate is capable of gathering support from the powers that be in the kingdom in order to solidify their rule. Even dictators are subject to being deposed if they don't keep their power base happy (it appears to be unlikely the Dragon would intervene on the King's behalf). While the selection is talking about which candidate is the most accomplished, more broadly there are likely a large number of political factors behind the scene which are hard at work making sure the selection only goes to a candidate that will benefit them, or at least isn't hostile to their interests. So in analyzing the candidates, the question becomes which candidate can accrue a sufficient power base among the nobility and mercantile classes to avoid being deposed quickly.
There is a very informative video on the subject of maintaining power bases (if largely over simplified) here: ua-cam.com/video/rStL7niR7gs/v-deo.html
Crusch is probably the most likely candidate. She is a Lagunican noble who doesn't want to do much in the way of reforms that would effect the nobility. Her desire to end the pact with the dragon is questionable but it wouldn't impact the nobility or mercantile class very much so they'll be comfortable supporting her. Crusch offers continuation of the existing power structure and that works for the powerful men and women of the Kingdom.
Anastasia is a foreigner which is one count against her as far as the nobility is concerned, and her being a commoner is another strike but her "rags to riches" story is likely inspiring to the merchant class and the underclasses so we'll call that one a draw. Anastasia mostly appears to be concerned with financial matters and she is not likely to institute any kind of sweeping socio-political reforms that would damage the profits or the privileges of the powerful. As long as she continues to profit she'll likely be ok with most decisions advocated by the Lagunican powers that be, and the nobility and powerful merchants can work with that.
Priscilla is not likely to be favored by the powers that be. She's a foreigner, and a hereditary enemy to Lagunica to boot, but what's worse from the view of the nobility and the merchants is that Priscilla cannot be controlled. Priscilla does whatever she wants and she's indifferent to it benefiting anyone but her. She trusts her luck to carry her through. She's nearly impossible for the nobles to control and manipulate because she simply doesn't care what they think or want. They can't try to counsel her or even buy her off like they could with Crusch and Anastasia because she simply doesn't care; so they have no means of manipulating her rule. She's also too abrasive in terms of personality to be popular with the underclass so it's likely that Priscilla's reign would be characterized by an unstable alliance with various powers and her rule would end abruptly if and when her whims crossed their interests one too many times.
Felt is openly dangerous to the powers that be. Her entire platform is dedicated to curtailing their power and their privileges. She's popular with the lower classes but without established support from the nobles or major merchants, it would be very hard to motivate the commoners to actually take effective action in her favor. That said, she is likely a child of the old royalty and that gives her status. If Felt got the throne, I would strongly expect the nobility to keep throwing men at her hoping to get her a consort or husband who could influence and control her. If he proves unable to 'tame' her, then the next best thing would be to try and get Felt pregnant as quickly as possible. Once she produces an heir, Felt can be killed off and the kingdom given over to a regent selected from the nobility until the baby grows up; a baby who will be carefully groomed to support the existing status quo and the interests of the nobility. This puts the nobility in direct control of the country and is not an unattractive position for the nobility to be in.
Emilia is probably in the worst position of all. Her goal of creating an egalitarian utopia is threatening to the nobility for political, social, and economic reasons. She's literally threatening to upend the entire social and that's horrifying to the powers that built it and profit from its current configuration. Worse, she's a half elf so the nobles can't even get her to produce an heir and then kill her off to solidify the situation because a quarter elf on the throne would be an enduring reminder of the upended social order and thus would be intolerable to the nobility. If Emilia came to the throne, unless she had developed powerful alliances to stabilize the situation, she would probably be facing down a coup or a civil war very very quickly.
Exaaactly, to be honest, beyond her half elven heritage, the thing to fear most about Emillia succeeding the election is the possibility of something akin to the events surrounding the french revolution will occur... Except this time magic is involved, making everything WAY WORSE
How u write that long
@@fan4every1lol89 its because analyzing fictional worlds from cartoons is very serious business and must be treated with utmost respect
Priscilla is currently the most popular candidate tho. Also, the Lugnicans don't actually know she is the daughter of the previous vollachian emperor, since she's supposed to be dead.
I, E M I L I A, H A V E A D R E A M.
I cant wait for The Prophecy of the Throne to come out so we can get some more in depth knowlage on the election. I doubt its canon but im still excited.
Appreciate the video :)
as much as i love Re:Zero, the dub made me cry inside a little bit
Same, tears of joy because it's so good
Concept: The presidential debate but it's Priscilla and Felt just telling at eachother.
great video!
i honestly wasn't expecting video right now, but im not complaining
edit: i would vote for emilia,
Been waiting so long for an upload from you
could you maybe review the light novel continuing from where the anime ended like you did with the IF stories?i think you have a very pleasant voice and i d love to watch you do so
Would love to see the Greed IF story!
He’s finally back !!!!!
Echidnut should make a vote poll in the community section
I'll have one up on November 3rd
I think the LUST IF is the true way to save the kingdom.
I'd vote for Emilia, for pretty much the reasons you outlined here; Her pro-equality policies would do a lot to help Lugunica, and heal the wounds of the Demi-Human War, and I think she's also wise enough to transition the Kingdom to a Republic or Constitutional Monarchy upon or even before her passing, and that's not something I think any of the other candidates would do, except maybe Felt, and her methods would probably be less of a peaceful transition than a violent civil war.
If I had to rank the other candidates, it'd probably be (Pre-Memory Loss) Crusch > Priscilla > Anastasia > Felt. I can't say I'm the biggest fan of Crusch's pro-military policies, but she's at least a decent person, and smart and skilled enough to run the Kingdom well. Priscilla is basically the status quo candidate, which isn't great, but her luck would at least ensure that Lugunica prospered economically, if nothing else. Anastasia seems decent at first glance, but I absolutely don't trust a crossover between business and government, even if she herself seems to have a good head on her shoulders. Lastly, while I agree with at least some of what Felt is saying about abolishing the Nobility, her trying to actually put any of it into effect would start a civil war, and without any plan for what comes next, the country would fall into anarchy and chaos.
Well done🤝‼
You predicted more or less everything I've been thinking about the royal selection in the candidates before you even got started with your Rem if videos back then Echidnut = congrats!
Yep, I'd go with Crusch Kartsten first any day, Emilia second = If Crusch still had her memories intact, she'd be my first choice as she is dedicated to the kingdom + its people, organization and discipline of all throughout.
Emilia might have good intentions for all, but it will come back to bite her and her allies later on with all the troubles that will follow immediately all the time in attacks + opposition and violence on them.
To me she doesn't have the full education + experience + training and understandings on how to rule such a nation as I've seen thus far, she needs more time to prepare for the long run of things with more years or a decade, and with the right people in support too...or they could both agree to co-rule together... that way Crusch can maintain a strong form of leadership throughout, while Emilia can get what she wants for her people and help others throughout as well in her goals.
Anastasia: No way, she might be more trustworthy than the last two next = but she's the prototypical corporate capitalist merchant business woman in medieval guilds that will ruin the country and people overall for the far foreseeable future, all for her faction + people first above all else... you could try to negotiate with her out of it in a compromise that might satisfy both sides to some lesser degree for the betterment of all to enjoy with perks = but overall it won't last, as she'll try to break it quietly behind your backs with exceptions to the truce.
Felt: Yeah, she's a bit crazy + impulsive, stupid in her actions with others, but good deep down for her type of people who've been belittled throughout the ages at the bottom = but it will make many more people like her come about and suffer worse than even she had it rough, and it will change nothing for the long run as others will rise to take those at the top's place, and there will be more deaths + destruction and violence all across the lands.
Even if she took the throne seriously and decided to do what could be considered right in managing the kingdom in her own ways without ruining everything = she's still going to have opposition and not be trained ready for it at first, other than her supporters guiding her in the right directions in knowing how.
Priscilla: Hell no, she's the red demon devil version of Aqua right here brought up to 11 in disaster level in trouble making... the kingdom will certain decline and fall much sooner than the others taking the throne = even if she never becomes tyrannical and tries her best of reason to rule, she would mostly leave the important matters to her supporters and the upper classes to help govern it all = while she goes off and does her own things.
Rem if choice: If Rem was a royal blood candidate for the selection process as well like Felt was upon discovery to also be as a new unexpected 6th candidate = you can absolutely guarantee that all us Rem fans throughout our whole world will happily support her to the fullest in the absolutes in voting for her as queen and she would most certainly be the next greatest candidate after Crunch to be the best of choice, and even right ahead of Emilia in dedication to the state and discipline in the know how if prepared to do so in readiness with her perfectionist work style.
She would immediately make Subaru her husband as king under royal decree, with Emilia as her other co ruler as well if she didn't mind + she would happily help out both Emilia with her two tasks in life for her people and the nation, while also ensuring that the royal couples had heirs to the throne for the foreseeable future immediately after they had won the throne and got married afterwards.
Unless you all want to go with the butterfly dream Lust if route instead.
Emilia has my vote :v
*hears revolution music*
Welp time to get ready
Marseillaise starts playing
He he
víva la revolucíon!
Imagine Echida being selected
Free tea for all ;)
Let me drink the tea >w
A new Re Zero video one then we get WN Arc 6 Chapter 80 the next day,
What a truly wonderful week
Love this video. Because after saying how good and bright future of democracy is, you are still mentioned mess it comes with.
> Felt is only appealing to a very small percentage of the population
You mean lolicons. Would I really simp her all the way to the throne? Hell yes, I would
It was at this moment that I realized I've been a Felt-supporter all along
I'm definetly a Priscilla simp, hell yea
Side note here but i think it'd be cool if you made a timeline of the major events. Stuff that happened with the witches and dragon stuff ages ago and then the 400 years ago stuff and then emilia's stuff and then the ex novels and the present events. I don't know much yet and even arc 6 ppl won't know everything but yeah I think it'd be neat and prob worth starting early on
Hey Echidnut It's me again! Same as always love your video's and always looking forward to your new video's. I'm with you Echidnut I vote Emilia even though this racism would still continue I'm pretty sure something would happen to change it. Sorry but that's all I gotta say Echidnut! Stay safe.
straight facts
*Everyone-- Expressing their likens and giving fairly adept reasons for who they think would be the greatest King.
*Me-- Priscilla, step on me.
Jokes aside, I can't wait to see more of Prisca and Aldebaran in Arcs Seven and Eight, it will give me more of a reason to love Priscilla. Do note, that I really do love characters like Gilgamesh if they are well written. I just hope Al can be her Enkidu or something of that sort.
I wanna know more about Als ability it is kinda mysterious and it wasn't said what it is by the author
@@jawharnisha3350 The author has stated that Al's backstory and the circumstances surrounding him will reveal one of the three greatest mysteries of Re Zero.
I enjoy the video, but a spoiler alert for the video would be nice for the anime onlys. There’s a lot of things that haven’t come up like crusch’s past and felt’s appearance
The starting of the video I was laughing because I knew what will happen
Considering both pros and cons of each candidates, I would vote for Emilia camp. We will see Emilia's motive more clearly by the end of SS 2. And I personally love that scene.
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Otto is on Emilia camp too, so that's a plus.
Why cant it be a joint venture? Kinda like branches of government. Emilia can be the Voice for the people, Crusch can be in charge of the military and so forth.
Anarchy in real life typically is mistaken for abolishment of government but is actually abolishment of state, the police and military, to what extent this would be is on different levels depending on who you ask, but most people agree we still need peace keepers/social workers, but not gunslingers whose sole purpose is too protect property. It would be best if a council of the three were elected, Anastasia, Felt and Emilia, but hey that's just my opinion.
10:18 oh I see you're a comrade of a culture as well
we all know who we voting for
yes getting stepped on is worth the vote
my heart is for emilia but she is not ready, i think she have to past the trials first and like mark blamm said she have to be developed in the others arc.
I think crush is for the moment the best candidate.
Yes exactly Luganica is not ready for a revolution and equality yet. If Emilia was elected it would go somewhat like the French revolution and that was a complete chaos with a lot of murder
Maybe bit late to the party... but just wanna say, that I agree with the title. Tis' the only election worth fighting for
Man we need more if stories im hyped for envy :3