[k//eternal]

Originally Posted by chronotrig

Spoiler for ep3 first half:

Actually, I think there's a good chance that Rosa did recognize the Beatrice in ep2, but only vaguely. Remember, in ep3, it took her forever to recall that she was the one who killed Beatrice, and only after being made to think deeply on the subject. It was as though she had repressed her own memories somehow (not surprising for an unwitting middle-school murderer).

Just seeing Beatrice in ep2 wouldn't have been enough of a shock to jog her memories by itself, because she had seen that face in the portrait every day that she went to the mansion.
Furthermore, the main thing that she had noticed about the Beatrice in her memories had been her childish attitude and fancy clothes, neither of which were shared by the Beatrice she saw in ep2, who was dressed in the clothes from the second portrait.

Finally, there's one line in ep2, when she's trying to figure out who this person is.
And even so, I never encountered a witch like that, ......never, ......supposedly................

The interesting thing here is that there's a good chance Rosa would remember that whole flashback scene in every world, which might explain why she was the only parent to survive the first twilight in ep2

Ah, so you're saying it was repressed. That makes sense, although I'm having trouble following the last thing you said, so could you elaborate a tad?