Beatrice
Beatrice is an artificial spirit in Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World who guards the Forbidden Library inside Roswaal's mansion. She is known for her drill-shaped twin tails, her proud way of speaking, and her 400-year wait for "That Person". She is voiced by Satomi Arai in Japanese and Kira Buckland in English.
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Full name | Beatrice |
Age | Over 400 years; looks 11 or 12 |
Birthday | Unknown (celebrated on March 17) |
Height | 130 cm (4'3") |
Race | Artificial spirit |
Affiliation | Natsuki Subaru, Emilia Camp |
Occupation | Contracted spirit; formerly keeper of the Forbidden Library |
Family | Echidna (creator and mother figure), Puck (older brother figure) |
Magic | Yin magic (main), water and wind magic |
Voice actor (JP) | Satomi Arai |
Voice actor (EN) | Kira Buckland |
First appearance | Light novel Volume 2; anime Episode 4 |
Appearance
Beatrice looks like a young girl of about eleven or twelve. She has large sky-blue eyes with pink butterfly-shaped pupils and long, pale cream-blonde hair tied into frilly drill-shaped twin tails that bounce like springs. In the anime, the tips of her twin tails are dyed pink. She usually wears a frilly pink dress and a small crown. Her body and clothes are formed from mana, so she can change them freely.
Personality
Haughty: she looks down on most people and comes across as proud and aloof.
Speaks in her own style: she calls herself "Betty" and ends many sentences with "I suppose" (kashira in Japanese).
Proud of her knowledge: she takes great pride in her mastery of yin magic and in being Echidna's daughter.
Mischievous: she likes to trap people in looping hallways as a prank.
Lonely and soft-hearted: behind her prickly manner, she has spent centuries alone and cares more than she admits.
Background
Beatrice was created by Echidna, the Witch of Greed, as the last of her artificial spirits. About 400 years ago, Echidna told her to guard the Forbidden Library and wait there for "That Person", who would one day bring her salvation. Beatrice kept that promise alone for four centuries.
Spoiler warning: the rest of this section covers Arc 4 and later.
When Subaru arrives at the mansion in Arc 2, she treats him with scorn but helps him more than once. At the climax of Arc 4, as the mansion falls apart, Subaru admits he is not "That Person" and asks her to choose him anyway. Beatrice leaves the library, chooses to live, and becomes his contracted spirit. From then on she fights at his side, including in Priestella and at the Pleiades Watchtower.
Abilities
Yin magic: her specialty, including Shamak, which blinds and confuses, and Minya, a powerful attack spell.
Door Crossing: she can link the library's door to any other door, and is one of very few people in her world who can use teleportation magic.
Mana drain: she can drain mana from others with a touch.
Healing: she can heal serious wounds.
Book of Wisdom: she once kept a Gospel hidden in the stepladder she always sat on.
Relationships
Natsuki Subaru: her contractor. She starts out scornful of him, and he becomes the person she chooses to live for. He calls her "Beako".
Echidna: her creator, whom she calls "Mother".
Puck: another of Echidna's spirits, whom she treats as an older brother.
Emilia: a fellow resident of the mansion, and later an ally in the same camp.
Shaula: the tower guardian, who calls her "Ankle-Biter Number One".
Roswaal L Mathers: the owner of the mansion, who calls her the "four-hundred-year-old child".
Likes and dislikes
Likes:
Anything sweet
Puck
Her yin magic
Dislikes:
People who disrespect yin magic
People who try to get too close to her
Trivia
The author has said her real birthday is a spoiler that will be revealed in the final arc. Until then, fans celebrate it on March 17, the day the anime episode "Choose Me" aired.
She and Subaru share the same yin attribute, which is why they are so compatible as spirit and contractor.
The crown on her head was added by the illustrator, not planned by the author.
She is tone-deaf, just like Emilia and Echidna.
The first living thing she ever killed was a silver dragon, about three years after she was created.
Subaru gives her an allowance in Arc 5.
Frequently asked questions
Who is "That Person" Beatrice waits for?
Echidna told Beatrice to wait for "That Person" who would bring her salvation. Subaru tells her he is not that person, but asks her to choose him, and she does.
How old is Beatrice?
She is over 400 years old, although she looks like an 11- or 12-year-old girl.
Is Beatrice Subaru's contracted spirit?
Yes. She forms a contract with Subaru at the end of Arc 4.
Why does Beatrice say "I suppose"?
It is her verbal habit. In Japanese she ends sentences with "kashira", which the English dub translates as "I suppose".
Who voices Beatrice?
Satomi Arai in Japanese and Kira Buckland in English.
Age 400+ (looks 11 or 12)
Also known as Betty, Beako (by Subaru), Great Spirit of the Forbidden Library
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