Following the broadcast, Director Masahiro Shinohara updated his X account. He shared a photo of the script for the scene between Subaru and Julius and revealed a behind-the-scenes secret: "I let Mr. Kobayashi and Mr. Eguchi perform this exchange at their own timing/pacing." He added reflectively, "It was such a passionate performance..."

The Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- anime series is based on the popular light novels from MF Bunko J (Written by Tappei Nagatsuki / Illustrated by Shinichirō Ōtsuka). It is a dark fantasy follows Subaru, who is suddenly transported to another world and must confront a cruel fate using his "Return by Death" ability to rewind time whenever he dies.

Episode 72: "Julius Juukulius"
[Synopsis]
Waiting as the examiner of the second floor was a man in red calling himself a "Stick-Swinger." Against Julius, who took the lead, the "Stick-Swinger" pulled out a pair of chopsticks resembling a tree branch as his weapon. Julius’s top-tier swordsmanship was easily parried, and the knight was trampled by an overwhelming difference in power. After barely escaping back to the fourth floor, Subaru and the others try to deduce the examiner’s identity based on his appearance and Shaula’s information, but in the midst of it all, Julius disappears...

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