

After watching his friends die over and over again, how does Natsuki Subaru
stay mentally sane?

For example: watching his friend die once may already have dire consequences
on him. It may emotionally break him down. But repeating it over and over is
insane! His perspective on friends could change and he may distance himself
due to going through the death of his friends. But how does he remain so
positive and mentally sane?


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How does Natsuki Subaru manage to stay mentally sane?


**Note:** This contains spoilers toward recent episodes.

**The simple answer** : He doesn't.

**The more in depth one** : He keeps up the farce of not being 'insane' by
convincing himself that what he is doing is for a good cause, to " _save
Emilia_ ". It's stated multiple times throughout the series by Subaru himself,
that everything he is doing is for " _her sake_ ". This gives him the
motivation to keep his sanity to a certain point, though even he slips up at
times, for example, when he wakes up in the bed before Ram and Rem, he appears
sporadic and flustered, showing signs of being 'not sane.'

As we have seen in recent episodes (14 through 17), he has broken down his
sane demeanor and become... as I'd like to put it: **A Sniveling Madman**.
This is especially the case when he has to watch Rem mutilated before him
(episode 15), as well as the moment in which he is infuriated at Otto (episode
16/early 17).


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