I've been enjoying Re:Zero greatly. It was a major surprise for me, as it's easy to write off when you learn that it's an Isekai. But truthfully it's a lot less like Isekais and a lot more like Fate/Stay Night. I could write a whole post about the similarities and some scenes that are ripped almost exactly from FSN, but that's not why I'm here. Just saying that if Re:Zero was inspired a lot by my favorite thing AND could also establish itself as its own thing, that would be really great.
Unfortunately I just finished Season 2 Part 2 and I'd have to say that things went greatly downhill. Part of this might be the fault of the delay between part 1 and part 2. Part 1 sets up the time loop and shows all the stakes, while Part 2 is dedicated to resolving them. Unfortunately, in practice this means that after months of not watching the show you come back to LOTS of exposition and backstory. Everything gets dumped here and it takes several episodes to do so, and I'd be lying if I said I could pay enough attention (I will need to rewatch from Season 2 start).
As for actual resolution, everything is resolved depressingly easy. Part 1 introduces a bunch of threats in different locations, and they each just get beat up easily by different characters and then teleportation resolves the rest. One good way to compare this to Season 1 is that there, to defeat one of the Great Mawbeasts, Subaru needed to grow as a person, make complex political arrangements, and bring an army to beat the thing. Even then it came at the cost of the best character in the show. The second Great Mawbeast? Dead in 5 minutes of screentime.
Subaru is far too wise now. Much of the charm of the show was how flawed he was as a character, and while it would be frustrating if he never grew, I just don't know where we go from here dramatically. If he can talk his way out of anything without putting his foot in his mouth or suffering, then I dunno, it feels shaky. (let's not even get into his growing army of platonic girlfriends)
But at least in a vacuum his character development is good. I don't know what the FUCK is going on with Emilia, who went from a Saber/Tohsaka hybrid "I don't need no man to put me on a pedestal" in Season 1 to a quivering useless piece of shit in Season 2. And while she's supposed to have gone through an arc to get past that and become a more confident person again, I don't like, get it. Kinda just seems like she needed a man to mack on her until she got over herself, which is a stark contrast to Season 1. But the show really tries to make you think she's gone through the mental journey. Ok, so, everyone she knew died... but she forgot. And then she remembers... and she's suddenly just fine now.
Also, say what you will about "People die when they are killed" out of context (the context being that he's a person who can't die ffs), Emilia thinking that babies come from kissing is the dumbest fucking in an otherwise good show I've seen in a long time. I just can't.
I'd hardly say it's bad, but it's strayed far from the 10/10 show I wanted it to develop into.