@TannerSmith87 @ReZero_En While your point is completely va…

@TannerSmith87 @ReZero_En Subaru admitted to Otto that it was following them specifically because of him so his survival instincts kicked in and that’s what led him to try to kill Subaru.

@TannerSmith87 @ReZero_En Ok, so I have decided to finish what I started, but spoiler warning to anyone reading. As I was scrolling through the replies, a couple of points came up that I did not take into consideration, specifically Otto’s blessing and Subaru’s mental state.

@TannerSmith87 @ReZero_En At that time, the whale was whaling pretty loud but thinking about how it sounded with Otto’s Soul of Language blessing, this indicates that he could understand exactly what the whale was saying and maybe it had a harder on him because of that.

@TannerSmith87 @ReZero_En His backstory in the latest episode gives some evidence that this could happen, but that was from before he could control it so take that with a grain of salt. Now, let’s talk about Subaru’s behavior through Otto’s eyes in that loop.

@TannerSmith87 @ReZero_En Subaru was not mentally sound during the time. The White Whale done killed Rem with its Fog erasing all traces of Rem’s existence, including in Otto’s memory. So to Otto, Subaru was ranting about an imaginary person, assaulting Otto for not believing him, and trying to go back.

@TannerSmith87 @ReZero_En Add that to my previous point that Subaru admitted that he attracts the whale, at this point Otto would view Subaru as a madman making perfect logical sense to get rid of him for his own survival and whether or not Otto was in his right mind is up to debate.

@TannerSmith87 @ReZero_En Now, if we happen to think about how Otto views Subaru in Season 2, it’s drastically different than Subaru’s crazy loop. Back in Season 1, Ricardo saves Otto off-screen and gave the credit to Subaru and when he is captured by his rescuers, Subaru sets them straight.

@TannerSmith87 @ReZero_En So now, Otto views Subaru as his hero, but Subaru doesn’t realize this. We wouldn’t have known at the time, but with the new evidence of the latest episode, Otto revealing his blessing to Subaru at the end of season 1 shows how much he trusts Subaru at that point.

@TannerSmith87 @ReZero_En Lastly, we know that Otto wants to be Subaru’s friend and on Season 2 Episode 8, he shows that he is willing to die in order to protect Subaru, a stark contrast to the crazy loop. Considering the fact that he’s also past that checkpoint means this was his view throughout S2.

@TannerSmith87 @ReZero_En Thus, this shows that there are major differences to account for from when we first met Otto to his current disposition and while I am not refuting because like I said at the start, it is a valid point, there is sufficient evidence to prove the unlikeliness of it happening again.