Rem (Re:Zero)

Rem is a female anime and manga character who features in Re:Zero.

Biography

Rem (Japanese: レム)

Rem lived with her father, mother, and her elder sister Ram in an Oni village. Initially, because they were born with one horn each, it meant they were defective in the view of the Oni community, who believe in individual strength above all else, and were despised for it. They were to be killed as part of the custom of Oni to protect their pride as the strongest of the demi-humans. However, just before the execution, Ram displayed the potential of her power to protect them both, which shocked the community. Being allowed to live thanks to her older sister, who had an aptitude that had not been seen in a millennium among Oni kind, Rem spent the rest of her days in her shadow. Despite the presence of her sister also raising expectations for herself in the community, she could never meet them or surpass her sister in any area, which earned her disappointment from the other villagers. However, Rem loved her sister and accepted her place behind her and her parents still cared for them both deeply, even if she herself found it difficult to believe in front of the brilliance of her older sister. One night Rem's life changed forever when the village was attacked by the Witch Cult around 6 years before the beginning of the story, during which her sister's horn was cut off by Faust. The whole village got destroyed and her parents and the other citizens were killed, except for her and Ram.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Rem was a female human appearing oni with medium length sky blue hair that covers her right eye, large light blue eyes, and young features. She also has hair clips towards the left side of her hair, a flower-shaped ribbon on the same side of her hair, and a maid hairband. She looks nearly identical to her sister apart from her hair, eyes, and ribbon colouring. She usually wears a maid uniform, and since her chest was slightly larger than her sister's, she secretly changed the measurements to hide it.

Rem tends to speak in a superficially polite manner and sometimes acts without thinking. She holds both respect to the point of worship and guilt toward her sister as a result of a past incident. Because of her respect and guilt toward her sister, she used to think of herself as inferior.

After Subaru saved her, Rem came to falls deeply in love with him, becoming one of his most loyal followers. Rem will stick with him no matter what happens, even if Subaru rejected himself.

Powers and abilities

As she is an Oni, Rem can enter her Oni form, manifesting a single white horn on her forehead. As an Oni, Rem, like the rest of her race, has physical attributes that surpass that of regular humans. She is capable of killing witchbeasts with her bare fists and showed no strain in carrying Subaru. Onis were also capable of manifesting a pair of pink energy-like long-curved horns out of their foreheads. While manifesting the horn, vibrant pink energy exudes from Rem's forehead. Despite appearing to not have a physical form, the horn still acts like a physical part of the body, as Ram's was sliced off by a dagger. While manifested, an Oni's horns would awaken their instincts and act as a gate that allowed the Oni to absorb mana from the atmosphere, significantly increasing its ferocity and physical abilities. If an Oni over-exerted themselves while manifesting its horns, it was likely that the recoil would render them weak. As a twin, Rem was born with a single horn that appeared smaller than an average Oni's, meaning her power in her Oni state was lower than her kin's.

Rem is skilled at Water Magic. Roswaal, who taught her how to use it, estimates her skills being above average but nothing exceptional. She is able to attack and heal using her magic.

In terms of weaponry, she wielded Morningstar (モーニングスター, Mōningusutā) in combat. The weapon took the form of a giant metal spiked ball on long metal chains. She can use the Morningstar for offense as it's capable of dealing devastating injuries to her opponents.

Notes

• Rem was created by Tappei Nagatsuki where she featured in the setting of the Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World universe.

Appearances

• Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World:

External Links

• Re:Zero Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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