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Originally Posted by Traece

She admits to disregarding Puck in the same scene she agrees to go on his "date." I would call her general demeanor toward him in the most recent episodes as being in contrast to Puck's assurances about Subaru as well. What was it that he can do? Read a person's feelings and motives? Emilia questioned his reasons for helping her like he does, but she's fully aware of why he does it. It was never a secret. He's been very transparent about things throughout the series, yelling his thoughts and feelings out loud for all to hear.

In arc 1, he appeared from out of the nowhere and helped her. She's grateful to him so she didn't question his origins but... it's really suspicious right?

In arc 2 she is only aware of what happened in the last reset.

- Spends all the time trying to fake being happy-go-lucky, fooling no one
- Breaks down into tears, talking about all sorts of problems that she doesn't know anything about.
- He asks the maids to go to the village, insists in fact. Shortly after he comes back from the village, he insists on returning but doesn't explain why. When they arrive they learn that the barrier around the village has been broken and the villagers have been kidnapped. Both him, Rem and Ram almost get killed until Roswaal saves them at the last minute.
- He never explains anything

In arc 3.

- Subaru promised to stay in the house. He immediately breaks that promise, for no good reason, and makes a big fuss at the meeting
- The one time she took Subaru out of the city, she leaves Subaru alone for about 10 minutes and finds him in the presence of Priscilla, another candidate for the throne. Later on, he somehow gets Priscilla to bring him with her into the meeting. He never explains this
- Subaru kept insisting that he did everything for her. However, he's doing it, at least partially, for his own satisfaction.
- He keeps saying that she should understand, that she should be willing to accept him no matter what. Because she's "Emilia".
- He never explains anything

How is it reasonable for her to blindly trust him?

I don't think it would be as much as a problem if trusting Subaru didn't require so much trust. If Subaru acted more sensibly then she wouldn't need to invest as much trust.

Originally Posted by Traece

You would perhaps have a good point here if not for the fact that there's not a single person in this series beyond Emilia that has these problems with Subaru. Everyone else seems fine with Subaru and the explanations he's given, and especially the actions he's taken which show his allegiance. Not to mention her best friend in the whole world is a magical spirit that can say with complete certainty whether or not Subaru is a bad person, and he totally vouches for him. Puck even wanted her to help him save Roswaal's village in the previous arc. We're shown a very clear contrast between the way she treats Subaru and the way other people treat him. Additionally, in the previous arc Emilia still had a nasty tendency to baby Subaru the way she did in these last couple of episodes. She has good intentions, but she doesn't seem to realize how dismissive she is of him and his character. Most people would snap at her if she talked to them the way she talked to Subaru in the capital, telling him to stay and be good and trying to confine him to his lodging.

It's truth that being dismissive like that was kind of rude, I didn't consider that. However, the fact is that Subaru is kind of acting like a child. He kept insisting that he should come despite not having any real reason for coming. He completely refused to listen to her, ignoring her perfectly valid reasons for him not coming.

On that last bit, your claim that Subaru has made things more difficult for her, that's actually untrue. It was specifically established that his outburst forced Emilia to actually respond to the racist remarks that were made. Whether the outburst with the duel made a difference or not, given the dismissive tone of everyone in the room, I doubt they really cared all that much if Subaru got the shit kicked out of him.

Perhaps you are right about his outburst helping. Him claiming to be a knight didn't though.

Originally Posted by Traece

Roswaal doesn't trust him? Roswaal, Rem, and Ram all trust him plenty. You're misreading their reservations about him. They trust Subaru, they just don't fully understand the curse he's under. After he saved Roswaal's village they've pretty much run out of any reason not to trust him as someone that is allied with their interests. If Roswaal doesn't trust him, he has a strange way of showing it. Ram definitely trusts him now.

We didn't see any interaction between Ram and Subaru after he woke up. I suppose it's not unreasonable to say that she trusts him, though. I wonder exactly how much though.

Where have you gotten the idea that Roswaal trusts him? Roswaal himself is entirely untrustworthy. Didn't you see that evil smile when Subaru started making a fuss? He wanted him to do that and force Emilia to take her distance from him.