I didnīt mind Betelgeuseīs over-the-top craziness, because what he said about Subaru was spot on: Subaru hadnīt really gone insane. He experienced something that depressed him and he felt the need to express that depression by not-caring-about-the-world. Itīs a state of being spiteful to everything, because you feel like everything goes against you. But itīs not real insanity, which Subaru was sort-of pretending to have entered. Betelgeuse basically gave Subaru a very needed real-talk, that was necessary ever since his embarrassing behavior at the candidate meeting-hall and the following outlashing against Emilia. Betelguise made it clear to Subaru that being "like that" wonīt help him any bit. And in the end it worked out in Subaruīs favor, as we could witness.

I didnīt think of Puck. Might be him, yeah. Would make it even better. Although why would he refer to Emilia as "daughter"? Maybe itīs a similar spirit like Puck, but nit exactly him.

My biggest complaint right now remains that it feels we could easily go 50 episodes right now. Subaru still has to find out what really happened inside the mansion. We know that there are members for every deadly sin, akin to Fullmetal Alchemist. And thereīs still the overarching plot, the priestess choice and the mystery behind Subaru. How are 10 episodes enough to conclude all that? Wah!