Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu [Web Novel/Light Novel/Manga]

[Applehell]

^ I am the only that thinks that Petra is looks very cute in that image? :D

I doubt there are many who don't, me included. :)

BTW, some amusing bits from latest chapter, Arc 4 ch10:

Swinging his hand, he placed the emptied cup down on the table with [Thanks for the treat], and continued,

[Subaru: It was neither good or bad but, what kind of tea was this?]

[Echidona: Considering it was something formed out of my Citadel. If I put it into words, it’d be my bodily fluid]

[Subaru: What the hell did you make me drink!?


&
Echidona: Alas, to be treated so cruelly really hurts my feelings. As you can see, I am only a meek and gentle girl, you know? If a boy looks at me with those eyes, it’s not like I wouldn’t get any ideas]

[Subaru: You aren’t talking about the girl who’s got “DEATH FLAG” written in big red letters on it, are you? Just so you know, ever since I got here my caution sensor’s been acting up like crazy]



Well that certainly didn't disappoint, Echidna is turning out to be really entertaining character.
:heh:

[beast 666]

^ Yeah, those were bits too funny, no doubt Echidna is a very incredible character :D.

[tuckersister]

I wonder if we will ever see Echidna again after the Santuary Arc. There should be a short story about her adventure after that arc.

[Applehell]

We don't have a thread for videos, so I'm unsure where to post this, but I leave this here for now.

Arc 4 Fanmade PV
https://mobile.twitter.com/wawaka1212/status/811181829365460992

[RDNexus]

Interesting, really made me wish that were official and an actual PV for a new series :p

[tuckersister]

Re:Zero will definitely get another season. Just a matter of time.

[Mizo]

vol.11 illustration

http://imgur.com/a/V3OQu

that bunny :3

[Triok123]

vol.11 illustration

http://imgur.com/a/v3oqu

that bunny!!!!!!

[Mizo]

re:zero vol 11 full illustration

https://twitter.com/kiyoe_sans/status/812084074491711488

[Applehell]

https://i.redd.it/gshfjj9kk85y.jpg

https://twitter.com/MF_bunkoJ/status/812131116253519872
BTW the Re:Zero wiki has the rest of the scans up.

QUOTE=tuckersister;6000869]Re:Zero will definitely get another season. Just a matter of time.[/QUOTE]



At the very least it sold well enough for one.

[BladeMancer]

Re:Zero will definitely get another season. Just a matter of time.
I don't want it unless Whitefox fixes their mistakes. They shafted too many things from arc 3 that it would adversely affect the series. What Re:Zero needs is an OVA that retcons the animes Arc 3, or perhaps a redo of Arc 3 filled with all the missing details. If they don't do this, Subaru's devotion and love to Rem will be seen as unusual and sudden.

[RDNexus]

Dude, you know the arc was too long for the airing time they had available for it, right?
At this point, you're asking for too much.

[bakato]

I don't want it unless Whitefox fixes their mistakes. They shafted too many things from arc 3 that it would adversely affect the series. What Re:Zero needs is an OVA that retcons the animes Arc 3, or perhaps a redo of Arc 3 filled with all the missing details. If they don't do this, Subaru's devotion and love to Rem will be seen as unusual and sudden.

They weren't mistakes. They were necessary.

[Serovectra]

I don't want it unless Whitefox fixes their mistakes. They shafted too many things from arc 3 that it would adversely affect the series. What Re:Zero needs is an OVA that retcons the animes Arc 3, or perhaps a redo of Arc 3 filled with all the missing details. If they don't do this, Subaru's devotion and love to Rem will be seen as unusual and sudden.

As someone who only watched the anime, I don't see what would be unusual or sudden about it..

[BladeMancer]

Dude, you know the arc was too long for the airing time they had available for it, right?
At this point, you're asking for too much.
No. Tell me, how will Whitefox deal with Subaru's relationship with Rem? I mean they already turned Rem's character into waifubait even though in the source she was something more. They also removed a lot of world building scenes, skipped Subaru's rise to power, skipped Al's scene, shortened the candidate scene to just a simple sentence and skipped, made the whale fight excessively big, and made a happy ending instead of the tragic end (which would ha e been fitting for the show). I'm pretty sure they missed more details than the ones I listed here, but a season 2 would be hard to make with how many tie ins there are.

[Roxanne]

I want a Ova about Emilia's past :( I hope author will do it!

[Sparteh]

What is current situation of Subaru's gate (I think this is what it was called)? I mean his ability to use magic.

[Applehell]

No. Tell me, how will Whitefox deal with Subaru's relationship with Rem? I mean they already turned Rem's character into waifubait even though in the source she was something more. They also removed a lot of world building scenes, skipped Subaru's rise to power, skipped Al's scene, shortened the candidate scene to just a simple sentence and skipped, made the whale fight excessively big, and made a happy ending instead of the tragic end (which would ha e been fitting for the show). I'm pretty sure they missed more details than the ones I listed here, but a season 2 would be hard to make with how many tie ins there are.

Nothing you listed stops a 2nd season from happeing. Most of the bits regarding Rem and Subaru are there and if go back and watch ep 21 he more or less he accepts feelings and she tells she will hold to that. Rem's gonna come off like waifubait entire because of her dynamic with Subaru. She's even talking about marriage and kids at one point. Her archetype tends lend in that direction. Honestly it's really what makes her popluar among otaku. I agree there is a bit more to her, but this is the aspect most people care and feisthize her about. The reavel about AI can easily bandaid in aa wasn't super relvant to the arc anyway.

I want a Ova about Emilia's past :( I hope author will do it!

No need, the next arc covers that.

What is current situation of Subaru's gate (I think this is what it was called)? I mean his ability to use magic.

Completely inopearable post Arc 4. He can still draw mana I think, but can't use it. That said, he became a Spirit User at the end of Arc 4, so that's compsenates for it.

[Applehell]

Vol 11 Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Maid Maid Maid
Chapter 2: The Young Girl's Gospel
Chapter 3: Friend
Chapter 4: Value of Life
Chapter 5: The Witches' Tea Party
Chapter 6: Love Love Love Love Love Love You

The pacing seems to moving at pretty good clip and that's heck of a cliffhanger the book is gonna end at.

[beast 666]

wow, I wonder which chapters of the web novel includes the Chapter 1: Maid Maid Maid of the LN?

[BladeMancer]

I'm actually getting quite worried. Reading some info about the latest volume, they've been changing a lot of things. Now I do believe that Arc 4 was unnecessarily big, but they've cut and changed so much that arc 4 might become smaller than Arc 3. Considering Arc 4 was about 50% bigger than Arc 3 that is a staggering amount of content removed/changed.
EDIT: For those who read the LN are there any significant details changed?

[Applehell]

The Arc has been streamlied, but nothing major has been cut from what I know of the spoilers. It's been mostly just unimportant or redundant coversations or scenes with nothing much going on in them to improve the flow and the pacing. Beyond that some exposition has be cut regarding Frederica and Emilia which are mostly going to come up later. In Frederica's case, she and Garfiel's backstory have been modified a bit. Ram and Petra get much more screentime this time around, some of Subaru's deaths have changed, Ram has a scene with Rem and lastly certain things have rearrange and introduced early to setup the arc better.

Meili reaveled much earlier instead almost coming out of nowhere in the last loop of Arc 4 in the WN.

There is still too much content left to cover which take about 3-4 more books. All of Arc 4 books are individually longer than Arc 3's too, so I wouldn't worry about rushng.

[Applehell]

https://i.redd.it/plws9njodw6y.jpg

[BladeMancer]

The Arc has been streamlied, but nothing major has been cut from what I know of the spoilers. It's been mostly just unimportant or redundant coversations or scenes with nothing much going on in them to improve the flow and the pacing. Beyond that some exposition has be cut regarding Frederica and Emilia which are mostly going to come up later. In Frederica's case, she and Garfiel's backstory have been changed. Ram and Petra get much more screentime this time around, some of Subaru's deaths have changed, Ram has a scene with Rem and lastly certain things have rearrange and introduced early to be setup the arc.

Meili reaveled much earlier instead almost coming out of nowhere in the last loop of Arc 4 in the WN.

There is still too much content left to cover which take about 3-4 more books. All of Arc 4 books are individually longer than Arc 3's too, so I wouldn't worry about rushng.
I hope the LN isn't changed to suit the anime. This would be the first time the success of an anime would destroy the source.

[RDNexus]

"Changed to suit the Anime"? What do you mean?

[BladeMancer]

"Changed to suit the Anime"? What do you mean?
The anime was very successful, but Whitefox couldn't keep a lot of details because of Arc 3 being so large. By changing the LN to suit the anime it could make it easier to adapt, and thus make a potential season 2.

[Applehell]

I hope the LN isn't changed to suit the anime. This would be the first time the success of an anime would destroy the source.
Tappei's been planning to do this for some time.

That’s because, when the light novel was made, the first three volumes were consecutive publications with the contents written in around half a year. At the same time, I was also proceeding with arc 4. It was difficult for my brain to switch between the start and arc 4, but during that time I did have free time to update.
And when I have time to update, I would sadly go “I forgot the contents of my previous update.” As a result, I would write the same kind of thing. I would forget what I was trying to say. When that issue arises, the quality/crispness of the story is gone. I thought arc 4 was quite interesting, but had a lot of waste [pointless content?].
I think that was the biggest reason that [regarding arc 4 issues] happened

http://re-library.com/translations/rezero/extra/nagatsuki-tappeis-tweets-on-rezero-after-the-anime-ended/

Moreover the changes make sense. Tappei also said he wanted LN to be a bit of new and surprising experience but still enjoyable.

[beast 666]

well, here are illustrations of re:Zero kara Hajimeru Konosuba Seikatsu, apparently at the beginning has a manga and for obvious reasons i not it will put, to avoid inconveniences, it better is send me an inbox if want the manga, after the manga comes Japanese text with 2 illustrations
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15726472_987223541422599_6920453924165899064_n.jpg ?oh=3c4536446149abb51a9f8337c71cb0d9&oe=58DC7ABChttps://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15780893_987224878089132_1137096486239484819_n.png ?oh=18be468b3bfc4a971165b8628ee9a13a&oe=591D467Fhttps://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15727270_987225108089109_8101967904036184553_n.jpg ?oh=8b704e9d71d4074979e074bff94971ed&oe=58EA4BD0

[Sparteh]

Does Subaru have any longer meeting (with some actual dialogue instead of him jus dying) with Satella after tea party and that witch of envy going insane soon after?

[YbKWzNEb]

Does Subaru have any longer meeting (with some actual dialogue instead of him jus dying) with Satella after tea party and that witch of envy going insane soon after?

iirc nope. cmiiw though

[Sparteh]

Since I am already spamming questions today, I might as well ask this.
When Subaru drank "Tea" aka bodily fluids (I really wonder which...), if I remember correctly it had something to do with witch genes (I might be wrong, I tried reading in Japanese). Did that effect reset with death?

[Applehell]

Nope. Just stablizing the Witch Genes Subaru took into his body as well as marking him as Echidna's Apostle/Disciple.

[BlackCockDown]

Was there actually a part when the gang punches Roswaal after the Arc 4 mess he made?

[Applehell]

Yep! Not till the very end of the arc of course.

[BlackCockDown]

Can't wait to see that part translated Roswaal really takes the position of asshole supreme.

[Applehell]

WintryOne from r/re:zero translated Tappei's meeting with fans for Rem's birthday that happened last week. A lot of interesting infomation in there about how some of things in the series came to be.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fRUxMDEJp0A-sQe_b1ye82z7RnXlyhZlCCuP91TwYvI/edit?usp=sharing

[BladeMancer]

Unrelated but apparently an artist who drew a Rem NTR doujin had his house set on fire, had his 2 cats die in said fire, was hospitalized by said fire and now his hard disk is dead.
God really likes Rem guys...

[XFire]

Unrelated but apparently an artist who drew a Rem NTR doujin had his house set on fire, had his 2 cats die in said fire, was hospitalized by said fire and now his hard disk is dead.
God really likes Rem guys...

Shit.

I'm not exactly a fan of NTR, but no one deserves that.

[BladeMancer]

Shit.

I'm not exactly a fan of NTR, but no one deserves that.
Not even kidding, but the things that survived in his house were 2 copies of that Rem NTR doujin...

[BladeMancer]

Oh my god
god won't stop punishing the poor artist, the guys got the japanese cold now

[tuckersister]

What are the chances for S2?

[RDNexus]

If there are any chances, it won't be anytime soon.
The Anime blazed through 9 of the currently 11 released volumes, so it's gonna take a nice while for the LN to have enough material for a new season.
And, most surely, the WN won't be taken into account for a possible Season2.

[Mizo]

Good new all the author tweeted that he will start updating the WN YAY no more waiting but maybe he will be slower this time since he still busy

[BladeMancer]

So from what I could gather, we finally get Sehkmets backstory. Quite chilling...

[tuckersister]

No wonder she is the strongest of the witches, despite being lazy. I wonder if Subaru will meet her again in a future arc. Looking forward in see her picture when it comes out. I really want to see the seven witches again.

[Applehell]

New WN chapter is out!

Also Arc 4 is almost fully translated, but the other who's doing it besides TranslationChicken.

[Applehell]

Before the group headed up the stairs, Subaru wondered if the stairs had been there in the first place, causing the others to recall that they had unconsciously avoided searching the room the stairs were in. Ascending the stairs soon after, the group arrived in a white room that looked exactly the same as the one on the layer below, making them question if they arrived at the correct layer. Fortunately, the room was different, as instead of a monolith, there was a sword stuck in center of the room. Subaru made his way to the center of the room, and upon grasping the sword, a voice told him that as a fool that arrived at the heavenly sword, he needed to obtain his forgiveness. As he looked to where the others were looking, he noticed that a man with long red hair had appeared, who kept on repeating what the voice said. Hearing a sound from behind him, he saw that Shaula seemed to be afraid of the person. However, after repeating the phrase a couple times, the man suddenly started screaming, causing the frightened Shaula to latch onto Subaru. This made him accidentally let go of the sword, and she subsequently lost consciousness. Picking up the sword Subaru dropped, Julius confronted the man, who stopped screaming to survey his surroundings. Following a brief talk, the man noticed that they were in the white room, then told Julius to try and move him from his position if he wanted to get him to talk, later introducing himself as a simple "stick swinger".

Before their battle, Julius threw the trial's sword to the man for him to use, however he rejected his offer, kicking the sword back past the knight. The fight began with Julius' attack, though the man effortlessly stopped it with a pair of chopsticks, then kicked him away, following up by repeatedly attacking him with a chopstick in both hands. Seeing this, Anastasia tried to help by using Jiwald, but to her surprise the man easily cut through the magic with a chopstick. She tried increasing the amount of Jiwald she cast, causing him to drop down to the floor with Julius, then drag the knight along the ground by placing the tips on his solar plexus, all the while taunting her to aim properly. Eventually, Anastasia's body reached its limit, prompting Julius to try to force his way over to her. At first the man was happy that Julius was taking it seriously, nonetheless he began mocking the knight when he began to disappoint him, labelling him as an ugly failure. Agitated by his words, Julius was unable to stop the man as he broke his sword in two and punched him, sending him flying over to where Anastasia was.

As he looked around to find his next opponent, Emilia activated Ice Brand Arts: Icicle Line, creating a barrier of ice particles around the man, and confronted him. She pointed out that he'd been running around despite mentioning to Julius to try and move him, to which he answered that he only said that as a part of the mood and wasn't serious about it. Regardless, she tried negotiating with him to keep his original promise, and, after thinking about it for a while, agreed to make it her win if she managed to move from his position. Using Icicle Line, she formed countless numbers of weapons around him, which she launched all at once, but he easily destroyed them with his chopsticks. Noticing that the barrage of weapons had no effect, she attacked him herself with a huge battleax, though like the ice weapons he easily dealt with her, deflecting her attack down onto the floor. Not giving up, she used the various weapons formed through Icicle Line to attack him again and again, nevertheless they also proved to be ineffective. She soon missed an attack, forcing her to take a step back as recoil, and the man took the opportunity to attack by stroking her breasts with his chopsticks from below. With him distracted by her breasts, she took the opportunity to smash her ice glove covered fists down on his head, making him flail around in pain. He quickly became angry with her, demanding to know why she didn't get embarrassed by having her breasts stroked, then directed that anger to Subaru, telling him to do his job properly as her attendant. Despite this, he admitted his defeat, but only to Emilia, as she was the only one so far that was able to move him.

From the wiki. Aside from that more of the witches back story has been reaveled. Sekhmet and Daphne's pages have been updated with them.

[Applehell]

As Subaru began despairing over the fact that there was no way the rest of the group could win, Beatrice pointed out that Emilia had said "our win", meaning that Emilia's win counted as the whole group's win. The man protested their reasoning, mentioning that he "woke up" since he didn't like being at the beck and call of the trial, leading Subaru to realize that the trial had changed because of him "waking up" to its current conditions. At that point, Meili suggested for them to retreat for the time being, and the man agreed, stating that he had gotten bored and would "close shop" for now.

Back on the fourth layer, the group discussed their situation with Ram. While they did so, the topic shifted to Julius and Anastasia, causing Beatrice to inform him that Anastasia's gate couldn't absorb mana just like Subaru's own, which meant that she needed to use od to use magic. He wondered why Echidna would risk Anastasia's life to save Julius but decided to forget about it to think about the trial. The group began to wonder who the long haired man was, as Ram had pointed out that there were only three others that were around Reinhard's level: Cecilus Segmunt of Vollachia, the "Crazed Prince" of Gusteko, and "Admirer" Halibel of Kararagi, though none of them looked like the man in question. Fortunately for them, Shaula soon woke up, and with Ram's help, they succeeded in getting her to reveal that the man was Reid Astrea, however she also mentioned that her master had informed her that Reid had died. Immediately, the group returned to the Green Room to come up with a strategy with Julius, nevertheless they were surprised when they saw that Julius' bed was empty. The knight himself had gone back to the second layer to challenge Reid for a second time, and upon hearing Julius name himself again, Reid told him that he couldn't even hope to be his playmate as long as he kept using his boring title.

Since his sword had been destroyed in their previous battle, Julius used the trial's sword. He attempted to fight like usual, nonetheless it proved to be of no use, and eventually Reid became tired of his antics, deciding to finish him off with a sword strike. As the attack hit him, he heard Subaru yelling his name, making him wonder if he still deserved to be referred to by his name.

Now it was Carmilia story was told in Ch 27.
http://rezero.wikia.com/wiki/Carmilla

Here are the links and summaries for Sekhmet and Daphne's backstories from the previous chapters:
http://rezero.wikia.com/wiki/Sekhmet
http://rezero.wikia.com/wiki/Daphne

Preview of Carmilia's (aka the Witch of Lust) LN design
http://i.imgur.com/CMNNcba.jpg

Volume 12's cover, really liking Meili's new design.
https://i.redd.it/qjpljg336shy.jpg

[tuckersister]

Still no picture of Sekhmet. Maybe save the best for last. Which one of the witches makes sick jokes?

[Applehell]

Eh I remember anyone like that. Echidna would probably closets I guess. She likes messing with Subaru. :heh:

[tuckersister]

Yeah, Echidna is one of the few witches that has the closest relationship with Subaru.

Someone give me the idea of introducing a speedster enemy that would be after Subaru after a certain point. Speedster is so fast that it's a moving light when it run. And most importantly...it can outrun magic. I guess it would be okay as long as the character is well written. I bet a speedster in Re:zero will be scary as hell if written in a certain well.

I do agree that Subaru repeated use of his ability will inadvertently back to bite him in the ass. My idea was his repeated use of Returns by Death slowly manifests an entity of his own doing. Every time he dies and use his ability, the entity will keep get stronger. Anyway, that's my idea.

[BlackCockDown]

I do agree that Subaru repeated use of his ability will inadvertently back to bite him in the ass. My idea was his repeated use of Returns by Death slowly manifests an entity of his own doing. Every time he dies and use his ability, the entity will keep get stronger. Anyway, that's my idea.
There's a chance that with every death instead of going back in time to fix things he merely goes to another alternate dimension (hence leaving the previous world in ruins). This was what ruined him in the 2nd trial of Arc 4.

And he also speculates that he's seeing a clearer image of Satella in his recent demises, and that the day where he sees the full image would be the day his death is permanent.

[tuckersister]

Thanks for clarifying. I really thought there would some creature stalking Subaru that only he can see. A wraith would be perfect. The creature would appear and disappear under certain circumstances (doesn't chase him all day).

Anyway, nice to see the web novel progressing. I really want the witches to return especially Echidna(Omega) since she is currently in the living world. I wonder what she's been up to during the volumes.

[Applehell]

First images of Heinkel and Joshua.
https://i.redd.it/f45s7466osiy.jpg

[BlackCockDown]

Lol one of them isn't alive cough

[wavehawk]

Someone give me the idea of introducing a speedster enemy that would be after Subaru after a certain point. Speedster is so fast that it's a moving light when it run. And most importantly...it can outrun magic. I guess it would be okay as long as the character is well written. I bet a speedster in Re:zero will be scary as hell if written in a certain well. - Especially if the Speedster can run fast enough that he can go back in time and undo whatever good Subaru has done. You would have to make the speedster pretty smart, though. Unlike Subaru who resets once he dies, if the speedster does something stupid and tries to go back in time he could end up getting killed if he doesn't plan it out.

Even better: the speedster's goal is the same as Subaru's: Ensuring Emilia becomes the king. So the speedster will work with him at some times and against him at others, but still be working to his own ends.

...yeah, you need only look at my avatar and see why I love this idea.

[Applehell]

^Feel like Elsa kinda of fits that role already though. We haven't anyone as fast as her yet.


Lol one of them isn't alive cough

They're both alive though,

Has because the latest victim of the Archibishops of Gluttony


EDIT: Official v12 cover

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5_HUY9U8AIBgq5.jpg

[BladeMancer]

- Especially if the Speedster can run fast enough that he can go back in time and undo whatever good Subaru has done. You would have to make the speedster pretty smart, though. Unlike Subaru who resets once he dies, if the speedster does something stupid and tries to go back in time he could end up getting killed if he doesn't plan it out.

Even better: the speedster's goal is the same as Subaru's: Ensuring Emilia becomes the king. So the speedster will work with him at some times and against him at others, but still be working to his own ends.

...yeah, you need only look at my avatar and see why I love this idea.
Why are we talking about speedsters in this series? I have read comics and you have no idea just how broken a speedster could be.
However I would like the eventual Archbishop of Pride to do he same thing

[tuckersister]

I still like the wraith idea. It give Subaru something to worry on the side other than Satella and the Witch of Envy. The wraith is a manifestation of Subaru's emotions from all the resets and something else. The thing would probably scare the hell out of him (FYI he's the only one who can see it). It appears and disappears after certain time. The wraith will continue to haunt Subaru more and more as he can keep using "Return by Death". Basically, Subaru is his own worst enemy. The wraith is kind of like a grim reaper.

[BlackCockDown]

They're both alive though,

Nah I'm talking about the roster in general, the one between Ferris and Wilhelm, bah you know who

[wavehawk]

Why are we talking about speedsters in this series?- I'd like to think I know how broken a speedster can be in ANY reality. That's why many stories/shows put (sometimes weird) limits on their speedster characters--a speedster with absolutely no limitations is practically a god.

But that aside, we can probably just dump the speedster idea altogether and just have someone who can reverse time--eg not like Subaru's LiveDieRepeat but actively reverse time of their own volition. It'd be interestingly scary--Subaru resets after another event gets him killed, but for some reason things happen radically differently in this timeline even if he takes no action. He clues in that there is someone else out there who changes the way things go.

He later clues in that this has been happening since he came to this world, he just never noticed it until now.

The kicker is he doesn't even know who that person is or what he or she has in mind or their goals.

It'd be interesting to see how much paranoia this would play up.

[BladeMancer]

- I'd like to think I know how broken a speedster can be in ANY reality. That's why many stories/shows put (sometimes weird) limits on their speedster characters--a speedster with absolutely no limitations is practically a god.

But that aside, we can probably just dump the speedster idea altogether and just have someone who can reverse time--eg not like Subaru's LiveDieRepeat but actively reverse time of their own volition. It'd be interestingly scary--Subaru resets after another event gets him killed, but for some reason things happen radically differently in this timeline even if he takes no action. He clues in that there is someone else out there who changes the way things go.

He later clues in that this has been happening since he came to this world, he just never noticed it until now.

The kicker is he doesn't even know who that person is or what he or she has in mind or their goals.

It'd be interesting to see how much paranoia this would play up.
If everything he did was invalidated, there's no question Subaru would slaughter that fuck.

[wavehawk]

If everything he did was invalidated, there's no question Subaru would slaughter that fuck. - He'll have to find him first. This has potential for a great story arc. One that doesn't involve a psychotic villain, but one that actually thinks ahead.

Put yourself in Subaru's shoes: You've done this dying and repeating thing for so long you've just about gotten the hang of everything...then you find out that someone has been messing with your timeline. You later find that this isn't a new thing, this guy has been messing up your timeline since the beginning. You don't know who it is, you don't know how he does it, but you KNOW.

There's no threats. There's no clues or letters or any sort of outward bragging from anyone that you think might be the culprit.

Someone out there knows about your ability and is doing their damndest to make sure you fail. Or succeed. You can't tell because the things that change are sometimes beneficial to you and at other times harmful to you. There's no rhyme or reason to it, no logical sense.

Or maybe that's the whole point. He's trying to drive you crazy.

[Applehell]

Nah I'm talking about the roster in general, the one between Ferris and Wilhelm, bah you know who

Ah, okay. I see who you're talking about.

Actually on slightly related note I hope see we Reinhard's mother at one point, especially with Astrea family dynamics/situation becoming more and more important to plot.

I still like the wraith idea. It give Subaru something to worry on the side other than Satella and the Witch of Envy. The wraith is a manifestation of Subaru's emotions from all the resets and something else. The thing would probably scare the hell out of him (FYI he's the only one who can see it). It appears and disappears after certain time. The wraith will continue to haunt Subaru more and more as he can keep using "Return by Death". Basically, Subaru is his own worst enemy. The wraith is kind of like a grim reaper.

You're forgetting he already has plenty to worry about other than her with the Witch Cult, Pandora, that assassin group that who Elsa and Meili belong to, keeping a certain heterochromia asshole in line and if I'm reading what Tappei implications towards Arc 7 correctly then there is the potential threat of the Vollachia Empire making a move in that arc. His plate is full bruh. :heh:

- He'll have to find him first. This has potential for a great story arc. One that doesn't involve a psychotic villain, but one that actually thinks ahead.

Put yourself in Subaru's shoes: You've done this dying and repeating thing for so long you've just about gotten the hang of everything...then you find out that someone has been messing with your timeline. You later find that this isn't a new thing, this guy has been messing up your timeline since the beginning. You don't know who it is, you don't know how he does it, but you KNOW.

There's no threats. There's no clues or letters or any sort of outward bragging from anyone that you think might be the culprit.

Someone out there knows about your ability and is doing their damndest to make sure you fail. Or succeed. You can't tell because the things that change are sometimes beneficial to you and at other times harmful to you. There's no rhyme or reason to it, no logical sense.

Or maybe that's the whole point. He's trying to drive you crazy.

Funny you should mention this since something that like does happen.

[BlackCockDown]

Someone out there knows about your ability and is doing their damndest to make sure you fail. Or succeed. You can't tell because the things that change are sometimes beneficial to you and at other times harmful to you. There's no rhyme or reason to it, no logical sense.

Or maybe that's the whole point. He's trying to drive you crazy.

You haven't read arc 4 have you?

[Applehell]

More Carmilia art, basically today is her official unveiling. All under tags due to size.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6EeiSGU4AAK5GP.jpg:largehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6EfJBOVAAE8YY6.jpghttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6EfdzDVMAEjK5w.jpghttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6EfyMmVUAEdGOD.jpg:large

From the official twitter:
https://twitter.com/Rezero_official

[tuckersister]

She's actually cute.

[wavehawk]

You haven't read arc 4 have you?- ...yeah. not yet...:heh:

[Applehell]

"Re:Zero" Gets New Prequel And "Konosuba" Crossover Short Stories (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/03/02/rezero-gets-new-prequel-and-konosuba-crossover-short-stories?utm_campaign=crunchyroll&medium=facebook&utm_source=community&referrer=community)

She's actually cute.

Indeed and I can't wait to see Sekhmet's design! After her it will just Satella, Pandora and Hector left till all the Witches are done. The last two should show up in v13.

[Roxanne]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fRUxMDEJp0A-sQe_b1ye82z7RnXlyhZlCCuP91TwYvI/edit?usp=sharing

Dr.cat is Tappei Nagatsuki?

[BladeMancer]

He should be

[Applehell]

It's Grey Cat actually...

[Applehell]

Someone finally got a hold of these! As from general details about the sidestories inside it's got a lot of character and world-building information. A fair number of these are characters are on the wiki (with slightly different spelling of their names) so you can look most of them up if you want a image to go with name.


Felt-chan, Royal Selection life beginning from Zero

Covers from the day after “Felt-chan, the Formation of a Gang” up to Felt leaving the capital for the Astrea domain.

Characters appearing: Felt, Reinhard, Old Man Rom, Grim, Carol, Ton, Chin, Kan

Depicts a scene where a blond, red-eyed man who looks like Felt’s father entrusts a baby to someone who seems to be Old Man Rom. The one who looks like Rom appears to owe a debt to the one who looks like Felt’s father.

This is speculation, but the one who looks like Felt’s father may be different from the older brother, and have the same disposition as Fourier, and may have been entrusting Felt due to fears about the future.

Also has a scene where Carol and Grim meet Old Man Rom before he changes to a giant in the castle fight during the Sword Demon’s Love Ballad, and ask why he’s helping Felt. During the conversation, Rom remembers he’s met them before.

Kararagi Girl · Meets · Cats

After “Anastasia’s Way of the Kararagi Merchant”, in Banan of Kararagi, Anastasia and Ricardo meet Mimi, Hetaro, and Tivey for the first time.

Characters appearing: Anastasia, Ricardo, Mimi, Hetaro, Tivey, Chuden, Razcrew, Didori

Anastasia (supplement): The narrator indicates she’s 11 or 12 years old. An orphan born in an extremely poor town in Kararagi.
Having been raised in an underground room is the reason she uses this name. Previous job was waitress in a bar. Releasing Ricardo’s collar is one of her goals.

Ricardo (supplement): Self-proclaimed dog-man (kobold) demihuman. Also known as “Beast Dog”. Saved Anastasia when it looked like she would become a slave in an extremely poor town, and found her a job. A former slave, he deliberately keeps his slave collar. Has confidence in, and dreams for the future about, Anastasia’s talent, and decides to stand beside to watch her legend grow. Currently working as a bodyguard for the Chuden company.

Mimi (supplement): At this time, she’s half again as tall as Anastasia. Cat person.

Hoshin (supplement): Rumored not to have been blessed with valor, exceptional at conversing, knows how to lead the human heart, was known as a person of rare wisdom. Having won the confidence of the ruler after helping the small country of Kararagi with the bloodless recapture of a fort, he now quietly held the reins of the country’s business. With plotting, friendship, and business talent, he expanded the (always insufficient) circles of friendship with other countries, and in the western portion of the continent, became the head of a national alliance that Vollachia, Lugunica, and Gusteko became aware of when it was too late, and in the end founded the city-state of Kararagi.

Chuden: A merchant chief who hired Anastasia as a (merchant) apprentice when she was working in a bar. Fox-eyed. Around 30.

Razcrew: slave trader

Didori: A rare multi-armed person born in Kararagi. Holds an axe in each of his four arms. Wears a fur he skinned off of a Wolfen he killed. Called the “skin wearer” by Ricardo’s group because of that. Even taller than Ricardo. A user of dark arts that hides in the shadows.

Slavery: Legal in Kararagi. In Banan, it’s illegal to enslave someone whose existence is secured. Conversely, it’s legal to enslave vagrant children who get caught.

Banan: Name of a city in Kararagi. Also the setting of “Natsuki Rem”.

Chuden Group: A medium-sized organization with Banan as it’s base of operations. Mostly sells trade goods. Predecessor of the later Hoshin Group.

Lifaus Group: Chuden Group’s parent corporation.

Razcrew Group: a slave trade company.

Ryokcha: A Kararagi drink.

Wolfen tribe: A demihuman tribe on the verge of extinction. Rumored to be raised to call themselves kobolds instead of wolfen.

Slave collar: Metia. Connected to the owner’s gate by a spell, the owner can cause the wearer pain simply by willing it. In this story, the slave collar was paired with the owner’s bracelet.

Prologue to the Royal Selection, Imperial Diplomatic Bloodshed

After all the royal family fell to sickness, and several months before the royal selection, Miklotov and Bordeaux of the council of wise men head to Lupgana, the capital of the Holy Empire of Vollachia, for negotiations; Reinhard, Julius, and Feris accompany them as security.

Characters appearing: Julius, Reinhard, Feris, Miklotov, Bordeaux, Marcos, Vincent, Cecilus, Balroy, Goz, Groovy, Moglo, Belstets, Gramdart

Vincent Vollachia: 77th emperor of the Holy Empire of Vollachia. Looks around mid-20s in age, dressed plainly, large eyes, pale skin, supple-bodied, black hair, handsome young man. His appearance and the light in his eyes give one an overpowering dreadful feeling. Attained the throne several years ago. Holds no particular feeling towards demihumans. He asserts that the loyalty of subjects is simply a result of being a ruler. Not actually looking for a war with Lugunica at this time. Unusually rational, and thus able to make very quick decisions, is what Miklotov said.

Balroy Temegrif: One of the nine divine generals. Tall, pale, and droopy-eyed, a gentleman with his nearly-black brown hair slicked back. Winged dragon user. His loyal dragon is Kariyon. Using light and wind magic, he generates optical camouflage, and making free use of the winged dragon’s mobility, he specializes in long-range attacks with transparent light bullets. The downside is that he can’t hear his surroundings while camouflaged. He’s not only capable of sniping, but also varying the bullet speed to carry out sweeping attacks from multiple directions at once. The brother-in-law of Miles, who appeared in ex1, he learned how to fight and bond with flying dragons from him. Has vowed revenge on the Master Swordsman for Miles’ death.

Goz Ralfon: One of the nine divine generals. Has a sword scar on his face.

Groovy Gamlet: “Land” (sixth) of the divine generals. Schauzer-man (hyena-man) demihuman. Compact body covered with gray fur, black spots here and there. Belts all over his body, carrying a large number of weapons.

Moglo Hagane: “Handling” (eighth) of the divine generals. One of very few confirmed steel men. With long limbs and a wide torso, his entire body is covered with covered with hard red copper, and he’s a giant that reaches nearly three meters in height.

Cecilus Segmunt: “First” of the divine generals. Age 20. The man who can fight a thousand. According to the text, his true strength lies in his aberrant speed, said to reach the speed of lightning, and he uses sayings that refer to lightning, such as ‘It doesn’t feel like lightning’ and ‘I’ll raise the lightning’. Groovy calls him battle-crazed. With his fifth sword broken by Julius, he fights with his third and fourth swords the size of short swords, against Reinhard, who uses the blade and grip of the fifth sword.

Belstets Fondalfon: Imperial Prime Minister. An old dwarf. (Note: Not sure if dwarf is referring to a short human, or a fantasy dwarf here.) A wise old man rumored to always be ahead of the game. Able to pass through the ability of the light sword.

Gramdart: A minister who tried to steal the imperial throne.

Reinhard (supplement): Feels that a knight should always take a defensive stance, even after being attacked, and they cannot act on vague fears. Has the Blessing of Wind Protection that only ground dragons should have.

Julius (supplement): Balroy notes that based on his strength, he could be the second divine general or higher.

Marcos (supplement): Son of Razack, who participated in the Demihuman War.

Eight-armed Kurgan (supplement): Deceased. Strongest hero of Vollachia’s previous generation, and thought to have been one of the nine divine generals.

Holy Empire of Vollachia (supplement): An older country than Lugunica. Was continually at war until Lugunica’s Farseil formed a treaty with the divine dragon 400 years ago. Skirmishes continued after that. Blessed with fertile land and mild temperatures, the temperature doesn’t vary much through the year. The teaching that “The people of the empire are superior” is spreading. The national flag is a wolf pierced by a sword (it’s eyes are still alive). The general atmosphere is not that fear leads to defeat, but that fear leads to death. A nation that admires those who attempt to take the throne by coup d’etat. Skilled magic stone craftsmen are common. On the other hand, spirit arts users are almost unknown.

Lupgana: Imperial capital.

Crystal Palace: The castle of Emperor Vollachia. Uses magic stone everywhere, so the interior is filled with an excess of mana.

(speculative name) magic stone bracelet: A bracelet that Reinhard was ordered to wear for the visit to Vollachia. Seems to limit the wearer’s abilities.

emperor selection ceremony: The method of selecting Vollachia’s emperor. The emperor marries many wives in all the parts of the country, and has children with them. Those children vie for the throne, and the last survivor becomes emperor. An initiative recommended by the emperor himself as following the ideals of Vollachia, it has the support of the people.

The Guillotine of Magritsa: Classical literature. Situations such as “The old wise man’s conversation with the former king” and “The old king plots against his treacherous servant, to have him kidnapped by his own hired assassins”. At the end of the story, the main character who conspired with the king’s father disappears along with the dew of the guillotine.

Nine Divine Generals: Ranks in the Imperial Vollachian Army.

The ranks rise in this order: soldier -> superior soldier -> third general -> second general -> first general. Those who become generals are not required to wear armor. There are only nine first generals, so they are called the Nine Divine Generals. In Lugunican terms, they would be comparable to the commanders of the various knight orders. The Nine Divine Generals are numbered from one to nine, smaller numbers are higher ranked.

insect cage tribe: A scarce people that are only found in Vollachia. While still young, they begin to care for a single insect inside their bodies, feeding it their odo, fusing their spirits, and sharing their body. As a result of the fusion they are able to embody the insect’s abilities.

light sword: A treasured sword stained crimson from the hilt to the blade. When the owner wishes to wield it, they can draw it from thin air. It breaks what the owner wishes broken, and scorches what the owner wishes burned. Some part of it’s ability resembles Typhon’s authority. Belstets states that it can only be obtained by one who is worthy of Vollachia’s throne, and Vincent states that it’s a joke that tests the owner. The current owner is Vincent. Priscilla owns a sword with the same name and mostly similar ability.

Royal Election Prequel: Reinhard vs Cecilus

The visit of the Holy Vollachian Empire’s Nine Divine Generals after the events of ‘Prologue to the Royal Selection, Imperial Diplomatic Bloodshed’, and the Second Dance of Silver Flowers

Characters appearing: Julius, Ferris, Reinhard, Marcos, Ton, Chin, Kan, Cecilus, Chisha, Gramdart

Gramdart Hostoi: Named as the mastermind of the events of ‘Prologue to the Royal Selection, Imperial Diplomatic Bloodshed’ Survived due to having a body double prepared, and secretly fled to the kingdom. Implicated in selling the imperial secret methods of flying dragon control, and the root cause that Miles and Balroy’s lives were ruined. Also deceived the rebellion. Staying in Lugunica for some sort of negotiation.

Second Dance of Silver Flowers: A phrase used to compare Reinhard and Cecilus’ duel to “The Picktat Dance of Silver Flowers”, a duel that occurred 20 years ago to determine the outcome of a territorial dispute between Lugunica and Vollachia. Incidentally, it hasn’t been stated clearly, but as that was a fight between the strongest at the time in Lugunica and Vollachia, it seems likely “The Picktat Dance of Silver Flowers” was the fight Wilhelm was speaking about in arc 5, between himself as the commander of the knights and Kurgan of the Nine Divine Generals.

Dragon Sword Reid (supplement): Said to have been a gift from the sword gods, and that it refused the witch.

[Applehell]

2nd half of the side stories summaries.




Sword Demon Love Ballad: Their Later Tale

Describes events directly after the book EX2 Sword Demon Love Ballad, as Wilhelm looks for work after being imprisoned.

Characters appearing: Wilhelm, Theresia, Bordeaux, Grimm, Carol, Roswaal (J), Miklotov, Gionis, Orphe

Orphe: A marriage wrecker infamously known as “The Six Tongued”. Was seeing six different women in the noble’s section of town. A long-haired, pale Casanova. Imprisoned in the dungeon beneath the prison tower.

Gionis (supplement): Known as a gentle person. Roughly 40 years old at this time.

Theresia (supplement): Requested amnesty for Wilhelm from the king, for his actions during the Demihuman War. Was given a house in the noble’s section of town immediately after her first battle as the Master Swordsman. This is still kept as a separate residence of the Astrea family.

Miklotov (supplement): Around 30 years old at the end of the Demihuman War, he works as an assistant minister for the kingdom.

Roswaal J. Mathers (supplement): For two years after Wilhelm’s disappearance, regularly reported on the status of the Royal Army members, as well as Theresia, who came to meet (search) for him.

prison tower: Adjacent to the royal castle, a facility that imprisons those who commit serious crimes.

Sword Demon Love Ballad: Wedding Day

Depicts the three days after “Sword Demon’s Love Ballad: The two of them afterwards”, up to Wilhelm and Theresia’s wedding.

Characters appearing: Wilhelm, Theresia, Bordeaux, Grimm, Carol, Bertol, Teeshua, Conwood, Gionis, Miklotov

Bertol Astrea: Theresia’s father. Red hair. Overprotective. Below average with the sword.

Teeshua Astrea: Theresia’s mother. Flax-colored hair. Head-over-heels in love with Bertol.

Tems Astrea: Theresia’s older brother. Killed in the Demihuman War.

Carran Astrea: Theresia’s older brother. Killed in the Demihuman War.

Cassiles Astrea: Theresia’s younger brother. Killed in the Demihuman War.

Conwood Melahau: A veteran of the Tselgef corps. Participated in the Great Conquest and the White Whale Subjugation. Carried the Dragon Sword Reid back after the Great Conquest.

Grimm (supplement): Vice-captain of the Tselgef corps at the time of this story.

Orphe (supplement): At Wilhelm’s recommendation, was released from the prison tower and now serves Bordeaux. Predecessor of an intelligence organization known as “The Six Tongued”.

Fleur: The waystation town where Subaru was left behind by Rem. Grimm’s hometown.

Nest of the Earthsnakes: Nickname of a cave in the side of Mount Cordor, near the town of Cramlin southeast of the capital. According to folklore, the earthsnakes living in Mount Cordor cause earthquakes. (Note: It’s not clear if Earthsnakes should be plural or not.)

earthsnake: An earthworm-like mabeast. Over ten meters long.

Sunlight on the Water(2nd Al story)

After the end of “The Day I stopped being a Trailing Star”,and before the start of the royal selection, killing time in Priscilla’s domain.

Characters appearing: Priscilla, Al, Schult

Priscilla is referred to as The Sun Princess in the story In the character introductions, it’s clearly stated that Al has no memory of his past. (First time in print?) Al’s helmet is a replica of Swordsman King Yukari’s helmet.

wiki summary (http://rezero.wikia.com/wiki/Sunlight_on_the_Water) (note: it's implied that the shadow was satella)

Ladrima: A village in the southwest part of Lugunica, bordering on Vollachia, in the south part of the Barony of Barielle.

Evil spirits: spirits that cause harm to people

Ginunhaib Swordsman Islands: Name of a place in Vollachia. Where Al fled after losing his arm, and where he obtained his helmet.

(Author’s note: In a world with no ocean, perhaps it’s like Oki island in Lake Biwa?)

kurenai: a deep red flower that only blooms in the forest of Ladrima’s spring.

Royal Election Prequel: The Successor of Blue

“The Prologue of the Great Crusch-sama, Studies of the ‘Blue’” showed the beginning, and this story shows the end of Ferris’ month of work as a master healer in the capital. Slightly less than a year after this, EX1’s “Felix Argyle is a Feminine Man” begins.

Characters appearing: Ferris, Crusch, Fourier, Roswaal, Clind, Marcos, Heinkel, Luanna, Carol, Grimm, Garitch

Garitch Fabless: Ferris’ predecessor as the ‘Blue’ master healer. Along with being Ferris’ master, he is called a national treasure. From the onset of Luanna’s illness, he is her main physician. Bordeaux’s main physician as well. Cares for Ferris in spite of the way that Ferris has abilities that exceed his confidence but still underestimates himself, and also teaches him the limits of healing. Stabbed by one of his followers over baseless resentment. Ferris takes over caring for that patient.

Roswaal (extra notes): Comes to Garitch to borrow a healing arts teaching textbook for Rem. Declares himself not suited to healing magic. Seeing Garitch and Ferris’ interaction, briefly recalls himself and his own teacher. Advises Ferris to study in a way that will leave him with no regrets. Garitch thinks of him as a decent noble who judges people based on what’s inside them. It’s only been six or seven years since Ram and Rem started working at the mansion, so it seems he ordered the book before he met them.

Clind (extra notes): Notices Ferris’ gender immediately.

Heinkel (extra notes): Verbally abuses Garitch for being unable to heal Luanna. Nevertheless buries his sorrows in wine when he hears of his death, as he no longer has any hope of a cure for his wife.

Marcos (extra notes): Called “Boulder”. When he uses his specialty magic, he can become a nearly 3 meter tall rock-covered giant (despite that, he can still wield his sword). Chosen as the knight’s commander for having solved Garitch’s case. (It’s unknown if the commander position was empty for the 14 years after Wilhelm departed until Marcos was appointed.)

“Color” titles: After Lugunica suffered during the Demihuman War due to the tactical magic used by the demihumans, these titles were established in a post-war reorganization that included the power of the demihumans in the new magic system. The titles are given to those who reach the apex of mastery in one of the six affinities of magic. ‘Fire’ is ‘red’, ‘water’ is ‘blue’, ‘wind’ is ‘green’, ‘earth’ is ‘yellow’, ‘shadow’ is ‘black’, ‘light’ is ‘white’. At the time of the royal selection, white and black are absent, blue is Ferris, and the last three are held by Roswaal.

Royal Infirmary: In the center of the noble’s section of the capital, a facility where the best healers from throughout the country are gathered.

Corpse Handlers: Craftsmen who take care of corpses, and ensure they are in proper condition for burial.

Orcos Territory's Red Snow

Victor Orcos, a lord of the Holy Empire of Gusteko, comes under suspicion of human trafficking. The “Crimson Hunters” (A mercenary group hired by the lord of the neighboring domain Kenash) and the assassin Elsa move to annihilate the soldiers defending the Orcos domain. When Elsa learns that the circumstances are different than was explained to her, she is attacked by a spirit knight dispatched to ensure her silence. Covers the details of event called “Orcos Territory’s Red Snow”, written of in the Re: Zero Visual Complete Vol. 2’s character introduction, that led to Elsa being the target of a manhunt.

Characters appearing: Orcos, Elsa, Igor, Victor, Makarist, Nola, Meili, (true name not given) Shadow Lion

Rogres “The Butcher” Hyatt: A red-faced giant who leads the mercenary group “Crimson Hunters”.

Elsa “Bowel Hunter” Granhiert: Assassin. A black-haired, alluring beauty.

Igor Kenash: Lord of the Kenash domain.

Victor Orcos: Former temple knight, uses a sword style similar to iaido.

Makarist Perkin: temple knight

Nola: girl being transported as a slave

Meili (supplement): Elsa calls her older sister. As in the anime, has changed to blue hair.

Elsa speaks kindly to her work buddies, she can’t remember faces but she can remember people’s scent, she’s asked if her black hair and black eyes mean that one of her ancestors was a summoner, she was an orphan that ran away from a slave trader just before being sold, her hobby is making dolls (she gave the dolls to Meili), and other details about her upbringing and day-to-day life.

(Note: summoner may actually have been ‘a summoned person’; perhaps they’re asking if someone from another world is in Elsa’s family tree.)

Spirits die when their spirit arts user is killed, but it’s not clear if this means they are forced back to their true form (as Puck was when Emilia died), or they vanish entirely.

wiki summary (http://rezero.wikia.com/wiki/Orcos_Territory%27s_Red_Snow)

The World Petra Saw
Depicts Petra’s upbringing, and Petra’s viewpoint of the last loop of arc 2, up to the arc 2 interlude.

Also talks about Frederica and Clind. In this story, Meili has brown hair.

Characters appearing: Petra, Petra’s parents, Subaru, Mild, Lucas, Meina, Cain, Dine, Meili, Roswaal, Ram, Young-again Granny (mentioned), Muraosa (mentioned), Makiji (mentioned)

[Applehell]

The official twitter has just put the Truth of Zero's (adaptation of the Arc 3) vol.5 cover and the Great Rabbit's design... heh.

https://i.redd.it/jaxnu1p8ndky.jpg

https://i.redd.it/im2e3gu53eky.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6d8G7KVQAI7qQQ.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6d8hyqVMAA4zax.jpg

[BlackCockDown]

Wait does Hetaro appear in Arc 5? I recall he was with the group that encountered Regulus and Ley.

btw new Vol 12 art
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6i4BqQUwAAPq0K.jpg

[Applehell]

You mean Arc 3 and yes he was in Crusch's group. He's not that image however, so you're probably mistaking him for somebody (Felix?) else. That one is about the second trial which showed what had immediately transpired in the worlds Subaru died/failed in.

[Roxanne]

I want to see vol 12 illustrations :(

[BlackCockDown]

You mean Arc 3 and yes he was in Crusch's group. He's not that image however, so you're probably mistaking him for somebody (Felix?) else. That one is about the second trial which showed what had immediately transpired in the worlds Subaru died/failed in.

Nah that image was just a btw, I knew it was the 2nd trial. I was asking if he was somehow mentioned in Arc 5, cos I don't really see anything popping up regarding his fate.
I was wondering if he either died or got eaten.

[Applehell]

Oh he's fine last I heard. You can check his status on wiki which lists him as alive. Crusch and Rem were the main named victums in that battle.

[Applehell]

BTW, it's Tappei's birthday today, he's turned 30. That younger than I thought he was!
https://twitter.com/nezumiironyanko/status/840538706914164736

http://i.imgur.com/SH24hQC.jpg

source (https://twitter.com/hkxon120/status/840370833390424064)

[Triok123]

Wait does Hetaro appear in Arc 5? I recall he was with the group that encountered Regulus and Ley.

btw new Vol 12 art
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6i4BqQUwAAPq0K.jpg


shouldn't Felix uniform burned and he was wearing a bag????

[Applehell]

Not all of the scenes happened immediately after Subaru's deaths so what we are probably seeing is just like a few hours after. Plenty of time for Felix to get a spare set of clothes.

[Roxanne]

BTW, it's Tappei's birthday today, he's turned 30. That younger than I thought he was!
https://twitter.com/nezumiironyanko/status/840538706914164736

http://i.imgur.com/SH24hQC.jpg

source (https://twitter.com/hkxon120/status/840370833390424064)

this image is Tappei Nagatsuki's art?

[BladeMancer]

Wow Rem is seriously a badass
So her backstory was a lot more bloody then anticipated. During the village attack she fought this cultist who has the ability to gather miasma at a single spot and then detonate it, setting fire to the victim.
Rem (at 8 years old) managed to make this Cultist submit and beg for his life, while dealing major injuries to him

[Applehell]

@Emilia

Nope, it's fanart.

WN update:

Noticing Subaru, Reid turned his attention to him, but became irritated when he was referred to by name as he thought it was cooler to not name himself. Keeping his gaze on him, Subaru rushed over to where Julius was, and began carrying him down the stairs. As Julius regained consciousness partway through, they began discussing Reid, at which point Julius revealed that Reid fought Satella when he was older. Subaru recalled that Reid didn't recognize Shaula, making him wonder if the man above was from before he met her. Soon after, Julius forced himself off of Subaru's back, claiming that he could walk by himself. Nevertheless, Subaru, who thought of Julius' loss as the same as his own back in the castle, in addition to not wanting to leave him alone like what he'd been through, talked him into helping him down the stairs. The two were then found by Emilia a little over ten minutes later.

Taking him to the Green Room, Emilia ordered Julius to stay put and rest, and Subaru had Patrasche watch him in case he tried to escape, though the knight himself stated that he would obediently rest. Joining up with Ram who was outside, they headed to a room to discuss their options again with the others. They asked Shaula for Reid's weakness, though unfortunately their discussion didn't get anywhere. Seeing them desperately trying to think of way to pass the trial, Shaula mentioned that it was fine if they took it slowly, as she would wait as long as she needed to, just like how she waited for hundreds of years for Flugel to come back.

And Echidna's backstory is added:

A long time ago, Echidna worried about everything, think of them as children that needed to be protected. She thought it was easy to control a world where things broke apart with the swing of a hand, however she decided to put her efforts into protecting things instead. Despite this, no matter what she tried, she was unable to do anything by herself, making her experience how powerless she was. Although she despaired, she didn't give up, knowing that she could reach her goal if she had more people with common interests. From that point, she kept of persevering, no matter how much she lost or was hurt, all to reach her goal.

From the wiki.

[tuckersister]

That's Echidna for you.

[BladeMancer]

@Emilia

Nope, it's fanart.

WN update:

Noticing Subaru, Reid turned his attention to him, but became irritated when he was referred to by name as he thought it was cooler to not name himself. Keeping his gaze on him, Subaru rushed over to where Julius was, and began carrying him down the stairs. As Julius regained consciousness partway through, they began discussing Reid, at which point Julius revealed that Reid fought Satella when he was older. Subaru recalled that Reid didn't recognize Shaula, making him wonder if the man above was from before he met her. Soon after, Julius forced himself off of Subaru's back, claiming that he could walk by himself. Nevertheless, Subaru, who thought of Julius' loss as the same as his own back in the castle, in addition to not wanting to leave him alone like what he'd been through, talked him into helping him down the stairs. The two were then found by Emilia a little over ten minutes later.

Taking him to the Green Room, Emilia ordered Julius to stay put and rest, and Subaru had Patrasche watch him in case he tried to escape, though the knight himself stated that he would obediently rest. Joining up with Ram who was outside, they headed to a room to discuss their options again with the others. They asked Shaula for Reid's weakness, though unfortunately their discussion didn't get anywhere. Seeing them desperately trying to think of way to pass the trial, Shaula mentioned that it was fine if they took it slowly, as she would wait as long as she needed to, just like how she waited for hundreds of years for Flugel to come back.

And Echidna's backstory is added:

A long time ago, Echidna worried about everything, think of them as children that needed to be protected. She thought it was easy to control a world where things broke apart with the swing of a hand, however she decided to put her efforts into protecting things instead. Despite this, no matter what she tried, she was unable to do anything by herself, making her experience how powerless she was. Although she despaired, she didn't give up, knowing that she could reach her goal if she had more people with common interests. From that point, she kept of persevering, no matter how much she lost or was hurt, all to reach her goal.

From the wiki.
Echidna is truly the best witch :bow: :bow: :bow:

[wavehawk]

The Great Rabbit's design... heh.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6d8hyqVMAA4zax.jpg - You guys.
Really.
NOBODY made the obvious joke?
http://allthingsd.com/files/2011/12/python_run-away1.png

[Applehell]

Oh I noticed that a long time when the arc. Never figured Tappei would be a Monty Python fan. :heh:

Looking forward to reactions about when S2 is announced.

[Applehell]

Sekmet's design is out!

Only, Satella, Hector and Pandora left. :)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6yc-gtV4AEM-6M.jpg:largehttp://i.imgur.com/YVVqKHF.jpghttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6yeXyAUwAEEWS6.jpg:largehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6yetYWU4AAGCp9.jpg:large

Form the official twitter
https://twitter.com/Rezero_official

[BlackCockDown]

Hector

Then we might (fingers crossed) see smol boi Roswaal and watch him get crushed.
Yes!

[tuckersister]

Sekmet's design is out!

Only, Satella, Hector and Pandora left. :)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6yc-gtV4AEM-6M.jpg:largehttp://i.imgur.com/YVVqKHF.jpghttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6yeXyAUwAEEWS6.jpg:largehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6yetYWU4AAGCp9.jpg:large

Form the official twitter
https://twitter.com/Rezero_official

HOLY SH@#T!! I didn't expect her to be THIS good looking. This is a really good drawing of her!!!

[Applehell]

Then we might (fingers crossed) see smol boi Roswaal and watch him get crushed.
Yes!

Actually, he was still an adult when that fight happened. :heh:

[Roxanne]

I want to see illustrations of Vol 12

[Applehell]

You're actually seeing some of them right with these previews. We won't see the rest until 25th of this month though.

[Applehell]

Re:ZERO, My Hero Academia Top Sugoi Japan Awards 2017 Results (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-03-16/re-zero-my-hero-academia-top-sugoi-japan-awards-2017-results/.113489)

And one image from v12 has sneaked into the internet!

https://i.redd.it/i3hxni8dgtly.jpg

[Applehell]

So um this comment has been circulating on twitter among Japanese fans after the SUGOI awards ceremony. It got translated and on r/re:zero there is a thread that confirms what is said.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7ISqOXU0AAeOab.png

[BladeMancer]

So um this comment has been circulating on twitter among Japanese fans after the SUGOI awards ceremony. It got translated and on r/re:zero there is a thread that confirms what is said.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7ISqOXU0AAeOab.png
Not good news. With how they made arc 3 I don't have hope that arc 4 and eventually arc 5 could be done justice.

[Applehell]

Arc 3 was fine for the most part and the anime was extremely popular. No reason for them not go for continuation. There isn't any anime aside from his would even forgo the OP and ED in multiple episodes just to fit in more content.

[RDNexus]

Wasn't also said that the LN version of Arc4 has been having changes made from the WN version?

[Applehell]

Yep, it's basically been restructured so that won't be as long as the WN while still hitting the same story beats.

[Sparteh]

Do we ever see witches after party?

[Applehell]

No, not at this time.

But it's pretty obvious that Echidna at least will return to the spotlight again because of what happened at the end of Arc 4 and the importance of her character to the overall story.

[Roxanne]

I want to know why did Emilia cut her hair?

[RDNexus]

Emilia cut her hair?

[Nomebastanteoriginal]

I want to know why did Emilia cut her hair?

Are you talking about this?
https://twitter.com/skeleton34596/status/834418506393280512

[Applehell]

Emilia hasn't cut her hair any point in the main universe/timeline. However it did happen in an alternate universe that follows what would have happened if Subaru had accepted Echidna's contract to help put Emilia on the throne faster.

[RDNexus]

Hmm... Interesting.

[Roxanne]

Emilia hasn't cut her hair any point in the main universe/timeline. However it did happen in an alternate universe that follows what would have happened if Subaru had accepted Echidna's contract to help put Emilia on the throne faster.
Some people say that Emilia wanted to imitate Rem of course I didn't believe it
also Thanks for information :)

[BlackCockDown]

Some people say that Emilia wanted to imitate Rem of course I didn't believe it
also Thanks for information :)

Well in that alternate timeline she did cos the trials drove her bonkers and she wanted to get Subaru's attention and affection due to her over-dependence on Subaru. So she started asking for headpats and cut her hair short.

[Applehell]

BTW, for anyone buying the English releases, Vol.3 just came out yesterday.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51U86jZtGbL.jpg

[Applehell]

Volume 12 scans!

Low quality photos at the moment, but things are looking really interesting!

https://imgur.com/a/SQvbO

https://i.imgur.com/f3FWltb.jpg

[Mizo]

Volume 12 scans!

Low quality photos at the moment, but things are looking really interesting!

https:/imgur.com/a/SQvbO#yxKSPpo

https://i.imgur.com/f3FWltb.jpg

is just me or satella wear the same cloths as EMi @_@ , where did the novel end ??

[Applehell]

Quoting for a new page:
Volume 12 scans!

Low quality photos at the moment, but things are looking really interesting!

https://imgur.com/a/SQvbO

https://i.imgur.com/f3FWltb.jpg


is just me or satella wear the same cloths as EMi @_@ , where did the novel end ??

It's not officially out yet, so we don't know. But judging the pics we might be ending at Satella's appearance.

But, man the volume looks a lot of great scenes and be all round awesome.

And I love the juxtaposition Tappei and Oostuka have going on with Echidna here:

https://i.imgur.com/v1YjsCM.jpg

[BladeMancer]

Greed is best. They always leave me wanting more.

[Applehell]

Some HQ images are out:
http://i.imgur.com/Fm15anH.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/KQdc8aY.jpg

2 more are on the volume 12 page in the Re:Zero wiki.

[beast 666]

Wow those are some very good illustrations but I have more curiosity of what happens in that volume.

[Kiruto]

This channel talk about Re:Zero ----->https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJeljf8ZBuU

[Applehell]

Most of good/high quality v12 illustrations are up on the wiki now, but there still one more missing. We need a ToC posted too.

[Applehell]

The Mangaka of Arc 3 posted this great looking illustration spread for chapter 23:

https://i.redd.it/j12bzielpbny.jpg

Also all v12 images are up now. The last was missing was the one with Betty.

Edit: All images are up!

[tuckersister]

There should be a list for Subaru's most liked witch to least like.

[Applehell]

I'd guess would probably look something like this: Minerva>Sekhmet>Echidna=Carmilia>Typhon>Daphne.

[Applehell]

Great sales and it's only been out for like two days


Here are the weekly light novel rankings for March 20 - 26

Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles

*1.　29,695　*29,695　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.12
*2.　21,551　*36,904　Date A Live Vol.16
*3.　16,990　*29,451　High School DxD Vol.23
*4.　16,413　*16,413　Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi Vol.2
*5.　16,236　*16,236　Hai to Gensou no Grimgar Vol.10
*6.　14,847　*14,847　Knights & Magic Vol.7
*7.　14,058　*28,702　Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Vol.12
*8.　13,729　*13,729　Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu Vol.11
*9.　12,496　*21,572　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.8
10.　11,734　*11,734　World Teacher: Isekaishiki Kyouiku Agent Vol.5

11.　10,392　*19,156　Date A Live Fragments: Date A Bullet
12.　*9,495　*39,580　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka: Familia Chronicle Episode Ryu Vol.1
13.　*9,313　**9,313　The New Gate Vol.9
14.　*7,247　257,932　Sword Art Online Vol.19
15.　*7,167　*13,062　Gamers! Vol.7
16.　*6,974　**6,974　Gekijouban Kuroko no Basket: Last Game
17.　*6,966　*20,759　Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari (Kadokawa Bunko)
18.　*6,938　**6,938　Next Life Vol.11
19.　*6,437　**6,437　Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. Vol.8
20.　*6,239　**6,239　Kakushi Skill de Isekai Musou Vol.1

21.　*5,626　**8,944　Konjiki no Word Master: Yuusha Yonin ni Makikomareta Unique Cheat Vol.10
22.　*5,593　**5,593　Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de Vol.15
23.　*5,216　**5,216　Magi Craft Meister Vol.11
24.　*5,213　**5,213　Kuitsume Youhei no Gensou Kitan Vol.1
25.　*4,863　**4,863　Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari Vol.17
26.　*4,516　**4,516　Gakusen Toshi Asterisk Gaiden: Queenvale no Tsubasa Vol.2
27.　*4,434　**4,434　Juusai Saikyou Madoushi Vol.1
28.　*4,403　**4,403　Sono Saikyou, Kami no Irai de Isekai e Vol.1
29.　*4,374　**7,561　Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan Vol.12
30.　*4,291　**4,291　Makikomare Isekai Shoukanki Vol.1

31.　*4,144　**4,144　Ochitekita Naga to Horobiyuku Majo no Kuni Vol.11
https://myanimelist.net/news/50166864

[Applehell]

For volume 12

https://i.redd.it/syfq2h47rmoy.jpg

Chapter 1: " Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Me"

Chapter 2: "I Do Know Hell"

Chapter 3: "A Scream from 400 Years Ago"

Chapter 4: "The Flavor of Death"

Chapter 5: "Ending List"

Chapter 6: "Witch's Tea Party

[RDNexus]

Is the LN having stuff cut or reworked from the WN?

[BladeMancer]

Is the LN having stuff cut or reworked from the WN?
It's cutting and reworking. They have cut out a lot of key scenes but they have also kept a lot of them too, the ones that were cut are replaced somewhat as well

[BladeMancer]

Subaru's birthday is today (in Japan it's April 1)
The birthday story is not pleasant, it's a what if. Subaru is absolutely mental in this, he set the whole country (Literally THE WHOLE COUNTRY) in flames. He saved Elsa, joined the witch cult and donned the name "Pride", and then betrayed them by killing them all. This is the potential evil Subaru can do, and he did this all for the silver haired elf. He doesn't even know her name.
Edit: Ok looks like he kills all Sin Archbishops and becomes the leader of the cult, he became the leader of the assassins guild Elsa is a part of, broke and undermined the efforts of all the heroes in Lugnica

[Applehell]

Is the LN having stuff cut or reworked from the WN?

It's been a bit of both. Nothing major has been cut and storytelling a pacing of the arc has been refined while keeping it's strengths. Someone who has read the WN and is currently reading LN has been enjoying it a lot. He's been completely fine with the changes too.

Here is the latest summary he did of v12 and the different between the WN version from the events.

Volume 12 (Arc 4 Chapters 49-75)

TL;DR:

1) Subaru’s mentality that he has to solve all problems himself, as well as his general disregard for his own life is emphasised more compared to the WN (this is somewhat true for the previous volumes as well, but is especially obvious here)

2) While being ‘swallowed’ by the Witch of Envy, Subaru experiences a short scene of “melting” with other swallowed victims (see chapter 1 for more details) In the next loop it is revealed that while he was “melting” he pulled out some sort of fragmented “memory” from the other swallowed consciousnesses (probably from the Lewes’. See chapter 2 for more details)

3) The pyroxene is linked to Lewes Meyer’s crystal and seems to have some connection with the command rights, but still no explanation of the teleporting.

4) Meili shows up in person and kills Petra/Freddie/Rem and probably the rest of Arlam Village who had been evacuated from the mansion. The details upon Subaru’s return to the mansion are quite different, see chapter 3 for more details.

5) Meili has a last name (ポートルート - “Portroot”)

6) Elsa’s regeneration is a “blessing” (祝福) she got from “someone mean (malicious, mean-spirited)”. [This is not the same terminology as “divine protection” (加護)]

7) The reveal of Roswaal’s gospel (to Subaru) is moved to his confrontation about Subaru’s “redo” power.

8) Typhon and Daphne show up before Echidna’s contract proposal along with the other witches instead of after Satella’s appearance later (doesn’t change anything).






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****CH1 – LoveLove….Mee****

1) This chapter is the continuation of the WoE fight, going up to Subaru’s death, respawning and being comforted by Emilia in the grave (first scene of WN chapter 52), and is almost identical to the WN aside from the following (mostly unimportant) differences.

a) After Garf bails Subaru out, the WoE instead of continuing to pursue them decides to fuck off and starts walking away to the forest, as if to leave Sanctuary. This confuses Subaru until he has a snap sudden realization that she’s probably going to the mansion (to kill everyone there too I guess)

(“(...)in this world, to steal all potential sources where Subaru could direct his love, in order to monopolize him”)

This causes Subaru to panic, until he remembers that “Satella” is a half-elf who won’t be able to get out of Sanctuary’s barrier.

b) Subaru and Garf (who is pissed because Stelly killed Ram and Granny) move into the forest with the hope that fighting near the barrier will weaken Stelly enough so that they can win (spoiler: it doesn’t). When near the barrier, Subaru asks Garf if the barrier will impede him, because “hey you’re a half too right?”. In response Garf just pulls out the pyroxene. Subaru is like “???” and Garf is like “shut up we don’t have time to explain important plot stuff”. Then he summons the grannies (illustration 1)

(I’m not sure if this is just a hint that Garf is not a half, or if he’s saying the pyroxene will help him somehow with the barrier, or if the pyroxene was just to summon the grannies [chapter 2 suggests this is likely] but either way it still leaves Garf’s ancestry ambiguous)

c) While being swallowed by the WoE (mid chapter 51), a new short-scene describing Subaru “melting” with the other swallowed victims (or something I dunno). See below.

d) Instead of attacking “Satella” with the magic knife, realizing it’s a possessed Emilia and then killing himself, Subaru kills himself almost immediately after realizing he has the knife. As he’s dying, the glow from the knife illuminates “Satella’s” face who is grieving and he promises to save her (as in the WN). After respawning he realizes that Emilia was likely possessed.

2) Rough translation of the short scene where Subaru is being swallowed by the WoE

Filled with dread. Trembling with pleasure. Scared of fear. Tearing up with delight. Acclimated to vomiting blood. Screamed with joy. Emotions are, in chunks, jumping all around, losing their legitimacy, to the contrary-----.
“-----“
As his body dissolves in the shadow, it is seen that the boundary of Natsuki Subaru becomes obscure. Why is this understood? Is it Natsuki Subaru who understands, or the understanding of something different?
“------“
Inside the shadow, he feels the presence of something different whispering love. ----No, not felt. It is not coming from something different. It’s Subaru. It’s from Natsuki Subaru. As the remains were mixing and melting into one lump, there is no boundary with the others in there. Everything that was swallowed becomes Natsuki Subaru.
There is warmth, there is sorrow, there is hatred, there is affection, there is dejection, there is ecstasy, there is disappointment, there is relief, there is grief, and there was satisfaction.
Yes, there was satisfaction. Much despair, much grief, but amongst them, there was satisfaction.
That satisfaction was also one part of Subaru. If it can fill the entirety of Natsuki Subaru, then also-----.
”---?”
He stretches his hand out to the satisfaction---no, he has no hands. There is no body anywhere---no, that is not the case. The body was swallowed by the shadow, it still exists there. What melted was Natsuki Subaru’s mind, his consciousness, his soul(spirit?). Gather them up. Gather them up, and understand the reason for gathering them up.
There was heat. Natsuki Subaru feels the sense of heat returning to him. It is in a completely different place to the initial feeling of satisfaction, on the arm he tried to stretch, on his right arm, on his wrist. That is---

(the heat is from the magic handkerchief which then snaps him back to reality)


================================================== =========================
****CH2 – I Do Know Hell****

3) Subaru and Emilia exit the grave. Subaru is back to “trying out” not telling Emilia he obtained the qualifications and Emilia is in a good mood and everything is similar to the WN (scenes have been condensed).

4) Subaru leaves Emilia and goes to ask Ram to distract Garf while he does some shit. She agrees eventually. During the conversation Ram brings up that Subaru is “seeing someone else in her” (almost the same as the WN).

“---” (56)
He thought then of confiding the entirety of the truth about Rem to Ram.
He wanted to tell her that she had a doting younger sister, that a girl who had fallen into unexpected sleep could be found at the mansion. Wanted to tell her about the feelings harbored between the two of them, about the memories the two of them shared.
---But as it’s on the tip of his tongue, Subaru remembers the world in which Ram tried to sacrifice Rem.
The dejection and disappointment he felt in that moment halted Subaru’s words.
Ram and Rem, older and younger sister, a world where she would abandon her, such a thing could drive his mind insane.

5) While Ram is distracting Garfiel, Subaru heads towards the Lewes Meyer laboratory, following a hunch of an unconscious “memory” (quotations not mine) he obtained (from the Lewes’ presumably) while his consciousness was being swallowed by the WoE.

As the “memory” became stronger, Subaru took breaths as he was enduring the throbbing pain.
Biting his (excitement/agitation), his forehead cold with sweat, he attempts to compare the scenery of the “memory” to his current field of vision. Amongst the overgrown ivy and foliage, inside the center of the dark green (forest) area disliked even by beasts, the reason was surely inside here.
The aching “memory” ---- while swallowed by the shadow, he saw a thing of light amongst the chaos as his existence was dissolving.
Chaos, there was no other way to describe a situation like that but chaos. As his existence was stirring in the shadow, Subaru who dissolved in the darkness blended with many “consciousnesses”. Perhaps they were the consciousnesses of the victims swallowed by the witch’s shadow. If Subaru had not broken away, he was on the verge of being jumbled together with them.
After that, Subaru had lost his life purposelessly, but the life or death of Subaru was not important. ----That he touched the “memory” of others while in the embrace of the shadow, and brought back a portion of it, that was what was important.
The “memory” was but a brief fragment, and things like explanations and conjecture about would likely be misguided. It was the adverse effects of being blended together with a large number of beings, but his return was still exceedingly large.
Because he was able to take so much back that it could not balance against just one of Subaru’s lives. (t/n: might have worded this badly but I think it’s saying that one life was a small price to pay for this)

6) Following the vague “memory” Subaru arrives at the Lewes laboratory (noting it’s the same place he was confined and teleported to in Volume 11), noting that the location matches his “memory”. The “memory” unconsciously tells him place the pyroxene in some part of the room and doing so reveals a hidden room with the original Lewes Meyer crystal (who is actually called “Lewes Meyer” and not “Lewes [something else]”

7) After that, black Lewes (‘Burma’) and the original dummy clone Subaru saw while entering the Sanctuary (it’s ‘Pico’) show up and infodump for like 20+ fucking pages all the stuff about the Lewes clones and the experiments and the command rights and blah blah it’s all the same as the WN.

Placing the pyroxene near the crystal seemed to give Subaru the command rights. At the end of it Subaru asks Lewes to assist him, saying he doesn’t want to force usage of the command rights if he doesn’t want to, and she agrees. Also he asks why she doesn’t call herself “Lewes Meyer” and she’s like “the clones use different names because we all have different memories and personalities and muh individuality”, so there’s that.

8) Subaru returns to the settlement and runs into Emilia who is wandering around. They have a short talk where Subaru encourages her that she can beat the trials. Afterwards he returns to the cathedral to sleep where Otto is still up late doing stuff (also he was worried that Subaru had fucked off into the forest and hadn’t returned yet). Otto says he’ll listen if Subaru wants to talk about anything but Subaru just brushes that off.

He was truly a kindhearted human being unsuitable to being a merchant.
That kindheartedness saw him dead. Therefore, (Subaru) absolutely cannot rely on him.
Emilia, Otto, the Arlam Villagers, none of them can help him.
Subaru alone this life would save them all.

9) The scene where Subaru discovers he can read Pete’s gospel is not there (not immediately relevant, so I guess this will be moved to later arc4 or arc 5)

10) Subaru leaves a letter for Emilia and departs Sanctuary the next day alone on Patrasche. Garfiel attempts to stop him, Subaru says “kill me if you have a problem”, Garf of course doesn’t, and he leaves.
Subaru using the Lewes clones to force his way past Garfiel seems to be cut (either because Garf is more reasonable or perhaps because Subaru already negotiated with Lewes to do something about Garf earlier in the chapter). The scene/dialogue is very similar to the one in Chapter 54 (“I know hell”).

Extra: Not really important, but in the scene where Subaru talks to Emilia there is a line where he calls Emilia pretty like a fairy (yōsei) and Emilia gets mad at him because she interpreted it as a contraction for “yokoshima seirei” (evil spirit). I just thought that was a funny hint/nod to Emilia’s past.


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****CH3 – Scream from 400 Years Ago****

11) Subaru returns to the mansion and tells Petra that her handkerchief came in handy. Petra is happy.

12) Subaru kicks Petra out of the mansion because danger is coming. Petra is butthurt. Unlike the WN, Subaru is aware that 1) The timing of the attack changes, and 2) Witch-Beasts are involved, so he’s also telling Frederica to evacuate with Rem to Arlam Village (thinking that if the mansion is the target, they should be okay for now, as long as they get everyone out temporarily).

Petra who is still sorta grumpy tells Subaru that since her handkerchief saved him then as compensation he should go on a date with her later. Subaru agrees (“lol re zero is a harem xd”). Petra is happy (“It’s a promise!”)

13) While Petra runs off to get Patrasche, Subaru talks to Freddie about some stuff they couldn’t fit in earlier (such as why she left Sanctuary). Then (somewhat reluctant to part with her) he hands over Rem and tells Frederica to protect all of them no matter what. Freddie of course agrees. Then as they leave Subaru goes to find Beatrice.

14) Subaru finds Beatrice, intent on getting her to help. Beatrice isn’t interested. Subaru gets mad and literally tears the gospel out of Beatrice’s hands to find out what the fuck is making her act this way and finds out it’s blank. Then the rest of the scene plays out like the WN up to where Elsa arrives (added is a small bit where Subaru thinks that Roswaal is kind of a douchebag for suggesting that Subaru lie to Beatrice about being “that person”).

15) Short summary of the rest of the chapter which is very different:

Elsa talks about how she broke Beatrice’s door crossing by opening all the doors, like in the WN. Afterwards she says something about it took her a while to do that but she’s really relieved that she could do it before Meili returned from the village. Subaru figures out that “Meili” is probably the Witch-Beast Tamer responsible for the loop 2 attack (LN) and is shocked at why they would be at the village. Elsa explains that “the target(s) escaped to the village” so it’s natural that they “split the work. ”, then goes on about how despite there being more targets at the village the targets here are ‘better quality’ and blah blah. (the wording here cleverly avoids giving away the twist regarding Meili and Elsa’s employers revealed in the arc4 epilogue)

Subaru realizes that evacuating to the village was a mistake, because he underestimated the lengths that Elsa and friend would go to, and that his assumption that they would be safe if they left the mansion was too shortsighted. He Shamac’s Elsa (Beatrice helping to strengthen the effect so it lasts longer), grabs Beatrice and then starts legging it to the village, all the while carrying Beatrice who is still in “I want my life to end” mode and not giving a fuck. Smoke can be seen in the distance.

While running to the village, Beatrice is telling him that it’s over/too late etc. Subaru gets angry at this, but instinctively knows she’s right but still keeps running anyway, not knowing where to direct his anger /sorrow or who to blame for this (he thinks himself).

[???: Eh, big bro? What’re you doing here?]

On the way to the village Subaru runs into a girl strolling cheerfully with her hands behind her back, who he puts together is the witch-beast tamer, and also the girl from arc 2 after it is revealed that she was using hair dye (lol). (t/n: in the LNs Meili’s hair was brown during arc2 not blue like in the anime).

[Meili I had lotsa fun playing together that day. Would you like to play together again today?]
[Subaru: You…, the “witch-beast tamer”!]
[Meili: It’s Meili Portroot. (メィリィ・ポートルート). Don’t call me by such a dumb name]
(blah blah it was this girl that was responsible for the smoke behind them)
[Subaru: You...you’re as much a monster as Elsa! What...did you do to Rem!?]
[Meili: Umm, I dunno about any person called Rem, I was just happily off doing my assigned job, yeah? A big maid from the mansion and a small maid ---- it’s a shame the small maid had to be Petra-chan]
[Subaru: Shame? It’s a shame? Shame, shame...y..you, what are you…]
[Meili: Don’t worry, she was my friend too you know? So I made sure it was painless, it was done in one bite]

Hearing this finally breaks Subaru’s denial of the situation. (Note that while Meili didn’t specifically Rem was killed it’s implied by the village being on smoke, and Subaru seems to think she’s dead)

Then Beatrice gets up and is all like “those who have disrupted the library will not be forgiven” and gets ready to fight. Suddenly surprise Elsa attack, who has caught up to them and tries to sneak kill Beatrice, but it doesn’t work because Beatrice defends (“If you think yin magic leaves me no means to defend myself, you think too naively”), then pretty much instantly “kills” Elsa with “Mīnya” (in the WN it was Al-Shamac).

[Meili: Aaah. Elsa, you’re looking really dumb now, you know]

Beatrice then says Meili’s next and that she won’t forgive her even if you are a child. Meili says something like “under different circumstances we could have been friends maybe ;)”. Subaru is reluctant for Beatrice to kill Meili because she’s just a kid, Beatrice is like that doesn’t matter shut up, Subaru is still reluctant and he doesn’t even know why (narration: ‘he didn’t know what he wanted to do. it may simply have been that he didn’t want to see a child die’).

But none of it matters because Elsa respawns and kills Beatrice like in the WN. Subaru is shocked at her regeneration, which Elsa explains is a “blessing” (祝福) she got from “someone mean (malicious, mean-spirited)”.
(t/n: “Blessing” is not the same terminology as “divine protection/blessing” (加護)

Elsa then asks Meili if the village job is done, Meili says ‘yeah but the big maid and the dragon killed the Guiltyrau’ (back to jobbing for you I suppose). Then Elsa fucks up Subaru’s left eye with her kukri’s and is fucking around with him for a while, until the pyroxene piece in his pocket starts glowing and Subaru teleports back to the Lewes Meyer lab. (Subaru initially thinks the teleportation was something Beatrice did with her last strength, but later on thinks that he’s not sure if it was Beatrice or something to do with the pyroxene, so THE MYSTERY CONTINUES)

Returning to the lab Subaru is ready to give up on this loop because too much has been lost. “The regret that Rem again died in a place beyond his reach, the promise made with Petra, words sworn between Frederica, answers to Beatrice’s lamentations, all could be reached in the next life”. But then he realizes there’s too much shit he still doesn’t know and that he doesn’t want to die so pointlessly in a loop where he has done nothing, so he continues. (Later narration in Chapter 4 implies that Subaru is intentionally repressing what happened here because otherwise he will just want to go back to giving up)

He slowly gets up and walks out of the laboratory only to see the Sanctuary covered in snow.



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****CH4 – Taste of Death****

16) Subaru leaves the Sanctuary, meets up with Pico, who he asks to guide him back to the settlement. Slowly walking there (takes over 1 hour in his terrible condition) he runs into Garf who is pissed and tells him to go into the tomb to get Emilia. (The scenes where Garf takes Rem hostage are gone because Rem is not here, duh)

17) Subaru enters the tomb and talks with crazy Emilia, same as the WN (some dialogue is shortened/cut but the scene is basically the same)

18) Subaru goes with Garf to confront Roswaal (who he realizes is behind the snowfall) and everything is like the WN. During the scene where Roswaal reveals he knows Subaru can reset, he also reveals he has a gospel (no there’s still no strangle-time, it’s gone, getoverit).

Also Roswaal is far more forceful in his attempts to get Subaru to redo, kicking him around a bunch before the rabbits come.

19) Rest of the chapter up to the kiss of death is basically the same.


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****CH5 – Ending List****

20) Subaru’s 2nd trial has various cuts and simplifications from the WN, most likely for pacing constraints.

--1st scene (suicide): Basically the same as the WN, except the scene cuts away before the part where ‘zombie Subaru’ appears and Puck freezes everything.
--2nd scene (Julius kill): Basically the same as the WN
--3rd scene (cliff jump): Basically the same
--4th scene (Puck and Reinhard): Reinhard uses his dragon sword to kill beast Puck (as in illustration). Most of Puck’s ominous dialogue about how he “remembers things” and all that stuff is cut, but his important line that Reinhard “could only be a hero” is still there.
--5th scene (Elsa loothouse) and 6th scene (Rem kills Subaru in mansion) are not shown
--7th scene (Petelgeuse massacre) did not happen in the LN and so is obviously cut

(I’ve seen some speculation from japanese fans that some of the cuts might be part of intentionally retconned/abandoned plotpoints instead of pacing cuts but that’s another story)

21) The Carmilla scene is the same as the WN



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****CH6 – The Witch’s Tea Party****

22) Typhon and Daphne show up along with Minerva/Carmilla/Sekhmet to stop Subaru from contracting with Echidna (they don’t really say or do anything)

23) Echidna’s contract speech is shortened by about ⅓ (guessing). It’s still 4 pages long.

24) Everything else in the chapter is the same as the WN, chapter ends at Satella’s appearance at the tea party (end of chapter 75) and everyone is TENSE (except Typhon who is just like “Hey Stella! Long time no see”)


Subaru's birthday is today (in Japan it's April 1)
The birthday story is not pleasant, it's a what if. Subaru is absolutely mental in this, he set the whole country (Literally THE WHOLE COUNTRY) in flames. He saved Elsa, joined the witch cult and donned the name "Pride", and then betrayed them by killing them all. This is the potential evil Subaru can do, and he did this all for the silver haired elf. He doesn't even know her name.
Edit: Ok looks like he kills all Sin Archbishops and becomes the leader of the cult, he became the leader of the assassins guild Elsa is a part of, broke and undermined the efforts of all the heroes in Lugnica

lmao, so the April Fools has him going full Dark Lord. :heh:

[BlackCockDown]

Poor Subaru, his birthday and he gets an alternate reality where he turns nasty, and all the fanart has a grim undertone to it (usually involving Naoko).

But the freaky part is that it's very well possible for him to turn just into that if he had chosen his path unwisely.

[Applehell]

Eh, there is plenty of light/happy fanart too. It's mix really. On a related note there was tons of cosplay for this too. lol

This series has really gotten big.

[bakato]

Subaru's birthday is today (in Japan it's April 1)
The birthday story is not pleasant, it's a what if. Subaru is absolutely mental in this, he set the whole country (Literally THE WHOLE COUNTRY) in flames. He saved Elsa, joined the witch cult and donned the name "Pride", and then betrayed them by killing them all. This is the potential evil Subaru can do, and he did this all for the silver haired elf. He doesn't even know her name.
Edit: Ok looks like he kills all Sin Archbishops and becomes the leader of the cult, he became the leader of the assassins guild Elsa is a part of, broke and undermined the efforts of all the heroes in Lugnica

Where did he get the power to kill the archbishops?

[Applehell]

Where did he get the power to kill the archbishops?

He didn't kill them upfront (well not most at least) or anything from the sound of it. He just underhand means to do it.
Like setting house/mansion where Regulus keeps his wives on fire then having Elsa kill him. How he knew about Regulus' weakness here I don't know.

[Applehell]

Someone is translating the character based Q&As Tappei did about a awhile back (around 1-2 years ago). Here's Minerva's:

Q: I’ve fallen into the sickness of love with Minerva-chan. If she hits me, will this too be cured?

A: If being hit hard enough to change the terrain doesn’t change that feeling, she’ll run away, red-faced.

Q: Among the witches, who’s the easiest to fool?

A: Minerva-tan.

Q: Please tell me who’s the easiest person to fool in the story. I’ll propose to them even if it’s the last thing I ever do.

A: Minerva-tan.

Q: I’m always watching over Minerva-tan from the shadows, but I’m worried that she’s so kind that she’s always been deceived by bad men, and being trapped by weird guys. How can I get rid of this worry?

A: Please be at ease. It’s far too late for you to worry. She’s pretty much always being deceived.

Q: In the past, Miss Minerva was trapped by the elves, but what on earth were they thinking?

A: The elves were collateral damage in an effort to make Minerva-tan fall into a trap. The elves were sent as a suicide squad, and in order to save them, Minerva-tan ran, fell under the influence of the time authorities, Witch Time.

Q: What’s Witch Time!?

A: Being Pakkuncho’ed by the Witch of Envy. (Note: Not sure what pakkuncho is, aside from a cookie brand. Possibly relevant video here.

Q: How dangerous was Minerva-tan considered in her life? Because she could harm no one directly, it would have been easier to send a raid group on her, or they gave up fearing indirect damage?

A: Many nations tried but almost no one could follow Minerva-tan when she started to run. She has physical power of shaking ground with her punch.

Q: Cure-anything Minerva-chan versus Old Man Wil’s unclosable wound; who is the winner in this prize fight?

A: It’s Minerva-tan’s victory.

Q:Protection of the Shinigami vs Minerva

A:Protection of the Shinigami<Minerva

Q: Can Minerva-tan kill a person (living thing)?

A: Just like it says, she can’t even hurt a fly. It’s at the level where a bug she stepped on would say “Thank you very much!”.

Q: Minerva-tan has tough time on insects, doesn't she?

A: Yes. Camping outside with mosquitoes flying around was a matter of life and death for Minerva-tan.

Q: Minerva-tan heals injuries when she strikes you, but if she cut you with a knife, would that also heal you? Or would you be injured normally and die?

A: You’d be healed.

Q: Could Minerva-tan kill a person if she used a weapon?

A: If it’s an attack launched by Minerva-tan’s body, it’s impossible. You’d recover even if she shot you with a gun, and a bow and arrow or thrown weapon would be the same. However, something like falling into a pit that she dug and dying would be possible. She wouldn’t dig one, though.

Q: Previously, you said that Minerva-tan couldn’t injure someone even if she used a weapon, but is the healing effect activated by her will? Or is it automatic, and always in effect?

A: It’s automatic.

Q: If Minerva-chan encountered someone who immediately killed themselves whenever she healed them, what would she do?

A: She’d tied them up and gag them so they couldn’t kill themselves, and then head on to the next one.

Q: What would Minerva-tan do if she found someone who was about to starve to death? Would punching them only cure the malnutrition? Or would she say “Eat the flesh of my arm” and turn into a gory Anpanman? (Note: Anpanman is a children’s cartoon character. His head is bean jam bun for a head that he lets hungry people eat.)

A: Minerva-tan would probably immediately turn away from someone she couldn’t help. She doesn’t have time to waste, after all.

Q: If Minerva had in front of her an aged person who was senile and on the verge of death, what might she do?

A: She doesn’t have any free time to spend with people who aren’t in any pain or suffering. There’s no end to the people throughout the world who are mourning their pain or suffering that they can’t do anything about.

Q: Would Minerva’s authority work on a curse? In other words, would she heal someone on the verge of death from a curse and remove the curse at the same time, or would she be unable to cure the curse, and simply continue to heal the victim again as the curse continued to kill them?

A: It wouldn’t work. Minerva can only heal wounds; diseases are a different matter. Also, Minerva won’t stop to worry about the life or death of someone with no injuries. She knows that there are a lot of people she needs to hit.

Q: You’ve said that Minerva-chan can’t heal diseases or curses, but if she found someone who had been cursed that they would develop wounds all over their body and die, does that mean she would abandon them since she’d be unable to help?

A: Yes. She’d abandon them while super-crying. Coming up with a situation like that, you’re a real demon.

Q: Does Minerva-tan’s healing work on Capella’s transformations? They’re not injuries, so maybe not. If it’s a spoiler, please don’t answer.

A: It wouldn’t work, and I don’t think Minerva-tan would be trying to heal them.

Q: It’s surprising that Daphne, who tried to reduce humankind’s numbers, and Minerva, who tries to heal people, get along so well.

A: As long as they both accept that “That’s just the way it is.”, they get along better than you’d expect. It’s not like they dislike each other’s personality. On top of that, Minerva doesn’t try to accompany the ‘dead’. (Note: Not really sure on ‘accompany’ here.)

Q: Daphne-chan seems to be anorexic, but couldn’t Minerva alleviate it’s symptoms? Or are mental problems impossible for her?

A: It’s impossible. Personality and disposition are outside Minerva’s jurisdiction.

Q: If Minerva and Daphne were in the same place, I get the feeling there would be an infinite loop where Daphne eats → Minerva heals, but has something like that not happened?

A: It did happen, and they were angry.

Q: If Minerva-chan met another witch, I think there would be a loop where someone takes damage and then gets restored to health; with who and about how often did that happen?

A: Nah, I don’t think that would happen, why do you think that? The witches aren’t really aimlessly hurting people, you know? They just eating because they’re hungry, twisting someone’s arm because they look like a bad person, and when they go walking, nearby people’s hearts just happen to stop.

Q: What would happen if Minerva-tan faces Great Rabbit? With so many injured rabbits in her sight, does she try to heal them all? or just give it up?

A: It is the reason why Witches were so desperate not to let Minerva-tan see the Great Rabbit.

Q: Would the number of people with fatal injuries perhaps be lower when Minerva isn’t around?

A: That is possible. However, Minerva doesn’t care about that.

Q: Is Minerva-tan pulling mana from Od Laguna and playing Bokosuka? (Note: Bokosuka seems to be a reference to the video game Bokosuka Wars.)

A: That’s right. Even Od Laguna can only make a puzzled face over this.

Q: If Minerva-tan was transported to a world where beasts like the Great Rabbit didn’t exist, what might she do?

A: She’d be sad, and cry.


As usual it's pretty humorous.

[BlackCockDown]

anon translated the IF chapter

[G0rd0]

anon translated the IF chapter

i have not been able to keep up the this thread for long time do to work if anybody doesn't mind answering are there any other Rem and Subaru IF chapters besides the first three that were translated in the beginning

[Applehell]

i have not been able to keep up the this thread for long time do to work if anybody doesn't mind answering are there any other Rem and Subaru IF chapters besides the first three that were translated in the beginning

Yeah. They should be on the Re:Zero subbedit, specially the wiki/FAQ I think.


On another topic a fanmade video for Subaru's birthday was released! I really continue to be impressed by the Asian fans (Japanese, Chinese & the Koreans) passion for this series with all the fanart, cosplay, mini conventions, twitter birthday celebrations and other events. It's also Crusch's birthday today there a bunch of tweets and fanart about it. I'd like to them and Subaru's stuff post on fanart thread, but they contain content that is pass the anime sadly.

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[Applehell]

2nd week sales

Here are the weekly light novel rankings for March 27 - April 2

Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles

*1.　19,615　*49,310　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.12
*2.　11,920　*11,920　Kenja no Mago Vol.6
*3.　10,673　*10,673　Last Embryo Vol.4
*4.　*9,152　*23,999　Knights & Magic Vol.7
*5.　*8,278　*24,514　Hai to Gensou no Grimgar Vol.10
*6.　*8,235　**8,235　Seirei Gensouki Vol.7
*7.　*8,038　*44,942　Date A Live Vol.16
*8.　*7,612　**7,612　Hisshou Dungeon Unei Houhou Vol.6
*9.　*7,566　**7,566　Shounen Onmyouji: Kotaenu Sobira ni Nakisakebe
10.　*7,268　*14,242　Gekijouban Kuroko no Basket: Last Game

11.　*6,458　*35,909　High School DxD Vol.23
12.　*6,434　*15,412　Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari (Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko)
13.　*6,285　264,217　Sword Art Online Vol.19
14.　*6,009　**6,009　Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja Vol.7
15.　*5,824　*26,583　Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari (Kadokawa Bunko)
16.　*5,479　**5,479　Sennen Sensou no Aigis: Shiro no Teikoku-hen Vol.2
17.　*5,220　**5,220　Noumin Kanren no Skill bakka Agetetara Naze ka Tsuyoku Natta. Vol.1
18.　*5,165　**5,165　Granblue Fantasy Vol.7
19.　*5,156　*11,395　Kakushi Skill de Isekai Musou Vol.1
20.　*5,069　*44,649　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka: Familia Chronicle Episode Ryu Vol.1

21.　*4,912　**4,912　Guild no Cheat na Uketsukejou Vol.5
22.　*4,874　*26,446　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.8
23.　*4,702　*11,640　Next Life Vol.11
24.　*4,607　**4,607　Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Vol.6
25.　*4,557　*33,259　Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Vol.12
26.　*4,389　*16,123　World Teacher: Isekaishiki Kyouiku Agent Vol.5
27.　*4,151　*17,880　Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu Vol.11


https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1605034

[Applehell]

Web Novel related:

For anyone following Translation Chicken's translations, Arc 4 Ch 23 is up.
For SummaryAnon Arc 4 Ch 127A is up.

[Applehell]

Solid 3rd week sales.

Here are the weekly light novel rankings for April 3 - 9

Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles

*1.　30,098　*,*30,098　Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol.10
*2.　19,847　*,*19,847　Fate/strange Fake Vol.4
*3.　16,560　*,*16,560　Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.10
*4.　*9,217　*,*19,890　Last Embryo Vol.4
*5.　*8,403　*,*57,713　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.12
*6.　*6,069　*,*13,635　Shounen Onmyouji: Kotaenu Sobira ni Nakisakebe
*7.　*5,666　*,**5,666　Heavy Object Vol.13
*8.　*5,066　*,*82,384　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records
*9.　*4,924　*,*20,336　Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari (Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko)
10.　*4,479　*,*31,062　Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari (Kadokawa Bunko)

11.　*4,458　*,268,675　Sword Art Online Vol.19
12.　*4,300　*,*18,542　Gekijouban Kuroko no Basket: Last Game
13.　*4,170　*,*49,112　Date A Live Vol.16
14.　*3,941　*,*67,104　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.2
15.　*3,900　1,446,210　Kimi no Na wa. (hhttps://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4041026229/) (Kadokawa Bunko)
16.　*3,811　*,*30,257　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.8
17.　*3,720　*,**3,720　Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo Vol.5
18.　*3,627　*,**3,627　Zutto Kimi ga Hoshikatta
19.　*3,431　*,**3,431　Onzoushi no Mondoumuyou na Propose: Kekkonshiki kara Hajimaru Toro-ama Love!
20.　*3,365　*,*15,285　Kenja no Mago Vol.6

21.　*3,331　*,**3,331　Botsuraku Yotei nano de, Kaji Shokunin wo Mezasu Vol.4

https://myanimelist.net/news/50329591

[Applehell]

Ch 128A and 129 have been released by SummaryAnon. With that Subaru's perspective has ended and we will switch back to Emilia's again in the next couple chapters which will cover the rest of the trials and what was happening at the Sanctuary during the battle at the mansion. The climax sequence for this arc has been fantastic so far! :)

[BlackCockDown]

129 felt like the highest point yet

[Applehell]

Yeah, Tappei is crazy good with his payoffs. :D

[Applehell]

Found this thread over at r/Re:Zero and I wanted to share this because I thought this rather interesting.

Has spoliers for post Arc 3 of course.

You know you've been playing too much Persona 5 when...

Ahem...

I am thou... Thou art I

If you've never played a Persona game before, in this JRPG game series, the protagonist interacts, befriends (and possibly romances) a vast array of characters, with each of them having a unique personality that is representative of one of the 21 major card types in a Tarot deck (these types of cards being commonly known as "Arcana"). If you wish to know more, you can follow this link.

As a thought experiment of sorts, I decided to check if the cast of Re:Zero could actually work for a typical Persona game and, as it turns out, I think they actually fit quite nicely, so I decided to share my thoughts on the matter here for discussion and/or suggestions. Be aware tough that in Persona fashion, only character with whom the MC (so, Subaru) has a "bond" of sorts with can have an Arcana, which disqualifies characters with whom Subaru had very little contact on a personal level, like say Kadomon, Rom or Anastasia, with whom he mostly horse traded. Also I restricted myself to characters from Arc 1 through 5 because I know barely anything from arc 6.

0. The Fool
Subaru Natsuki
The Fool represents the beginning of every journey and, much like its number 0, it's empty, yet full of possibility. In Persona games it is also the Arcana of the protagonist, therefore it's a no-brainer that Subaru himself is the Fool of this journey, who grows and nurtures his heart and bonds to others as the story progresses.

I. The Magician
Otto Suwen
Tough there are competing views out there, I went with the typical reading that this Arcana is represented by the first hand man of the protagonist. Although not particularly smart or overly capable, the Magician is always loyal, trustworthy and cheerful, always looking to prove its worth to others, particularly the protagonist, a description that fits Otto-bro quite nicely.

(Technically, Clind also fits nicely within the Magician Arcana, specially as such characters are usually known for having very specific fetishes about women. This is not a problem tough, as Persona does have duos share an Arcana on occasion, like Daisuke and Kou in P4)

II. The Priestess
Emilia, just Emilia
Characters of the Priestess Arcana are generally quiet, reserved and shy, often taking the longest to truly open up to the protagonist, preferring to hide behind the safety of social niceties. They are kind, compassionate, concerned with the well being of others, as well as intelligent and hard-working, but are often held back by their naivete and sheltered upbringing, which makes them not very knowledgeable about worldly affairs. Once she truly opens up tough, the Priestess often has an unexpected side to her character, even if she never loses touch with her ideals and moral compass. Given that description, there is really no one better for the role than our silver haired heroine.

III. The Empress
Crusch Karsten
The Empress Arcana is usually reserved for women of authority. They are often leaders or command respect from others, sometimes coming across as cold hearted, calculated or ruthless, although they can still show a large degree of concern or care for others. Unsurprisingly, the elegant and natural leader Crusch-sama fits this description to a T.

IV. The Emperor
Felix Argyle
Not necessarily the male equivalent of the Empress, the Emperor represents the need to control one's surroundings, often to a degree that causes trouble to themselves and to others. Like Felix, who faced discrimination for his looks, characters of the Empreror Arcana are often troubled by something very personal and their inability to deal with it. Also, the Emperor Arcana is no stranger to characters with less than typical convictions about their sexuality >_>

V. The Hierophant
Lewes Meyer
The Hierophant Arcana is reserved for an older and wiser character, who often serves as an authority figure of sorts for those around it. As such, Lewes (or rather her copies) acts as the ultimate authority and the matriarch within the Sanctuary. Also, in typical Hierophant fashion, despite her front of wisdom and authority, she lives troubled by her past, as shown by her inability to pass the first trial of the Sanctuary.

VI. The Lovers
Priscilla Barielle
Always reserved for the pretty one or the popular one, characters of the Lovers arcana are as adept at winning hearts as they are at breaking them, and often have no real competition in a beauty pageant (at least as far as the in-universe judges go). In typical Lovers fashion, Priscilla is cocky, self-centered and fully aware of her attractive nature, tough characters of this Arcana often hide issues of self-doubt and lack of purpose. While Priscilla has yet to exhibit this last point, who knows what Subaru will find when he strengthens his bond with her...

VII. The Chariot
Garfiel Tinsel
Self-confident and driven, characters of the Chariot Arcana are always the first ones in and last ones out of a fight. More given to physical pursuits than intellectual ones, Chariots can come across as aggressive and short-tempered, but nevertheless, they are often driven by a desire to use their strength to protect others. Yes, Garfiel through and through.

VIII. The Justice
Julius Juukulius
Characters of the Justice Arcana are usually stoic characters, deeply concerned with ideals of justice and the proper order of things. Julius, as a knight and a member of the nobility, takes these ideas to heart, a factor that in true Justice fashion can make him come across as inflexible, overly strict and blunt, often putting him at odds with others over matters of optics rather than substance, in part due to his stubborness.

IX. The Hermit
Al
True to the name, characters of the Hermit Arcana tend to prefer to be away from the limelight, they prefer to have supporting roles, hide away in the shadow of a larger figure and are often uncomfortable when brought into the sunlight. Likewise, Al blocks the rest of the world away with his helmet and feels much more at home when tending to Priscilla's whims then when having to go public and play his part as her "Knight".

X. The Wheel of Fortune
Felt
The Wheel of Fortune represents fate and destiny. More importantly, characters of this Arcana often long to take their destiny into their own hands, despite what was handed to them by Fate. As such, Felt begins the story with a strong drive to lift herself and Rom from the abject poverty that surrounds them. Ultimately, she gets her wish fulfilled, tough certainly not in the manner she envisioned. Whether she can once again take hold of her destiny against this new hand she was dealt remains to be seen.

XI. The Strength
Wilhelm Van Astrea
The Strength Arcana is one of duality, representing both the strength of arms to defeat any opponent or challenge, as well as the strength of heart to know when to use it and when not to. Likewise, Swordmaster Wilhelm is a powerhouse in his own right, but painful and humbling lessons in his life have taught him that not all adversities can be met with a bladed edge, allowing him to show a soft and kind demeanor as well.

XII. The Hanged Man
Ram
The Hanged Man Arcana is one of self-sacrifice and being stuck in life. Characters associated with this Arcana can rarely be considered happy, regardless of whichever facade they play to others. More importantly, The Hanged Man finds himself at a crossroads, often torn between two sides, two camps or two choices. Likewise, Ram sacrifices much of her happiness and self-worth to serve her master Roswall with devotion, a position that places her in a difficult position, torn between is allegiance to Roswall and the acceptance and companionship she receives from Emilia's camp, not to mention her sister,

For Death you need to read the original post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Re_Zero/comments/66hadh/discussion_rezero_persona_edition/?st=j1srajf1&sh=54bbfce4

XIV. Temperance
Frederica Baumann
The Temperance Arcana is usually represented by nurturing and caring characters who devote their time, either by calling or necessity, to traditionaly feminine tasks, thus being an Arcana often reserved for teachers, mothers and yes, maids. Frederica fits the bill nicely, tending to the Roswall manor and showing great care for both Garfiel and Petra. More so, characters of the Temperance Arcana often struggle to balance two opposing sides of their personality, as Frederica balances her respectful maid side with her cheeky and more animalistic side.

XV. The Devil
Roswall L. Mathers
The Devil represents being a slave to one's desires and ambitions. Tough their dedication to their cause can be commendable, characters of the Devil Arcana will stop at nothing to achieve their goals, often trampling the needs of others in the process, or using them as pawns to fulfill their objectives. Likewise, Roswall has manipulated the lives of countless people around him, all to continue the pursuit of his one goal.

XVI. The Tower
Beatrice
Know as the odd-man out Arcana, representatives of the Tower are often standoffish and arrogant, often finding themselves is tough situations (and particularly lonely) as a result of their attitude toward towards others. Such is the case of Beatrice, who's reticence to leave her library and attitude towards those that aren't Puck leaves her all alone in the world, starved for friends and unable to fend for herself in times of need.

XVII. The Star
Reinhard Van Astrea
The Star Arcana embodies feelings of hope, self-confidence, faith, altruism, luck, generosity, peace and joy, all feelings that Reinhard expresses in spades as, to quote Subaru, his good guy levels are off the charts. Also relevant to the Star Arcana is the high expectations that are put on such characters by others, which can often be too much to bear, although Mr. Sword Saint seems to be doing fine for the time being.

XVIII. The Moon
Rem
Characters of the Moon Arcana tend to struggle to be at peace with who they really are, and adopt a facade of some idealized version of who they should be, much like Rem adopts the role of the perfect maid and sister to make up for the debt she feels she owes Ram. More so, they often project certain images upon the protagonist, either seeing him/her as a more perfect version than they actually are (when their genders are different) or as an image of who they would like to be (when they share the same gender). Also, these characters often note things about the protagonist that others are unable to, such as the witch's stench.

XIX. The Sun
Petra Leyte
Characters of the Sun Arcana are always joyfull, energetic and positive, often taking great pride and putting more effort than anyone on their work. Like Petra, their naturally positive demeanor makes them attempt, sometimes in vain, to share some of that positivity with those around them. Characters of the Sun Arcana rarely have it easy in life tough and often find themselves in terrible situations that test their underlying positive nature, such as the many hardships that Petra faced so far and which nevertheless didn't manage to dampen her outlook on life.

XX. The Judgement
Echidna
The all-important Judgement Arcana represents a deep understanding of life, as well as the realization and acceptance of important truths in life. Characters of the Judgement Arcana are always smart, inquisitive and view the world with infinite possibilities. Like Echidna, who challenges those who wish to brave the trials of the Sanctuary, the Judgement Arcana is usually associated with a resolve and realization that the main characters must acquire before they are ready to face the true challenge of the story.

XXI. The World
Satella
The World is a triumph card, representing the world's totality, wholeness and harmony. The World also tends to not be represented by a character the protagonist can properly bond with, but rather a source of strength and power he can tap into in their hour of need. As such, The World Arcana is usually associated with the final key to untangle the story in a Persona game and as such, victory is impossible without it. Likewise, whichever problem gripes the world of Re:Zero, it seems clear that summoning Subaru and granting him Return by Death is the solution to it, and as these were granted by Satella herself, it seems clear the illusive Witch of Envy represents the World Arcana.

Bonus Arcana: These are Arcana that are technically not part of a typical Tarot deck but are found on some alternative ones. Regardless, Persona games have used them on occasion and since I could use a couple more Arcana, I decided to include them.

XI. The Hunger
Regulus Corneas
That the Hunger Arcana shares numbers with the Strength is no coincidence. While both represent strength and fortitude, the Strength Arcana also represents restraint and positive strength, while the Hunger represents power through dominance and the true bliss granted by the freedom to abuse such power. Unsurprisingly, the Hunger is unique in that it is reserved for antagonists and as such, it fits well with what we know of good old Gus-Gus. Plus, it'll make /u/Hala0 happy, so yup, he's here too :)

XX. The Aeon
Puck
The Aeon Arcana is reserved for inhuman, mythological or divine figures who nevertheless exibhit human traits and qualities. This Arcana can often be interpreted as divine judgement or intervention (which is why it shares an Arcana number with Judgement) and their representatives are often key characters in uncovering the big mystery of the storyline. As such, the illusive and not at all forthcoming Great Spirit Puck appears to be the best candidate to represent the Aeon.

So, thoughts? Suggestions? Am I out of my mind in thinking Tappei may have played a Persona game or two at some point, and that may have made an impact? The first thing that tipped me off was the Zero analogy for the Fool, which is always reiterated in Persona games, but running the whole cast through the Persona filter actually works... quite nicely in my opinion. Now I can totally imagine the Social Link Rank Up! screen going off after those heartfelt conversations Subaru has with people.

Regardless, if you made it this far, thanks for reading, it was fun making this _^

[BlackCockDown]

Now that Chapter 130 is out and is called 124b, we have 2 more chapters to go before the extra chapters yes? Or do we go through 125b all the way to 129b again?

[Applehell]

A little bit of both.
124 B - The you reflected in the mirror
(Emilia's side)
125 A - The battle at the Roswaal residence
(Subaru's side)
125 B - From revenge
(Emilia's side)
126 A - The black king of the forest, Guiltylowe attacks!
(Subaru's side)
126 B - A tea party next time
(Emilia's side)
127 A - The last day of the Roswaal residence
(Subaru's side)
127 B - It's not okay yet
(Emilia's side)
128 - Love your flesh and entrails
129 - ―Choose me
130 - The face of the snow
Interlude - Everyone's concessions
Interlude - Emilia's faction: demon, spirit, spirit user
Extra ending - Return

So 4 chapters before the interludes and epilogue. I'm really interested in how the LN is gonna handled this part structurally though. It's not going to be easy to adapt.

[BlackCockDown]

So in the WN the a. and b. parts appeared side by side, just that anon only translated the a. portion rather than doing it concurrently?

[Applehell]

He did it in the order Tappei released them. It would have probably better to do side by side for ordering and even better bulit up.

[Applehell]

Ch 125b (Ch 131) is up.

We are now up to Emilia's last trial where she sees several visions about her possible futures.

???: “Hate, hate, absolutely hate you. Me, I loathe you. I really do. All of it, entirely true. I've been thinking it ever since we met... that I downright hate you.”
Emilia: <—!?>
Immediately following the voice, a vivid scene slips into Emilia's perception. Beneath an overwhelmingly giant sun, in a burnt field, standing beside a massive and dilapidated
building, bathed in crimson sunlight, is a girl with blood wetting her silver hair—Emilia. It's her fully-grown self, who she has just witnessed in the second TRIAL. And she looks woeful as she stands before the ruin, assaulting someone with her words.
Emilia: “I've had the thought countless times, and denied it countless times, but... yes, a nightmare
really did catch up to me. And so I'll say it.”
Emilia: <—>
Emilia: “Maybe we really shouldn't have met after all.”

And there is other one involing Reinhard and Subaru which is also pretty interesting.

[Triok123]

Ch 125b (Ch 131) is up.

We are now up to Emilia's last trial where she sees several visions about her possible futures.

???: “Hate, hate, absolutely hate you. Me, I loathe you. I really do. All of it, entirely true. I've been thinking it ever since we met... that I downright hate you.”
Emilia: <—!?>
Immediately following the voice, a vivid scene slips into Emilia's perception. Beneath an overwhelmingly giant sun, in a burnt field, standing beside a massive and dilapidated
building, bathed in crimson sunlight, is a girl with blood wetting her silver hair—Emilia. It's her fully-grown self, who she has just witnessed in the second TRIAL. And she looks woeful as she stands before the ruin, assaulting someone with her words.
Emilia: “I've had the thought countless times, and denied it countless times, but... yes, a nightmare
really did catch up to me. And so I'll say it.”
Emilia: <—>
Emilia: “Maybe we really shouldn't have met after all.”

And there is other one involing Reinhard and Subaru which is also pretty interesting.

the mister ??? is subaru right.....?

[Applehell]

It's Emilia. Hard to say who she is talking to though. It could be Puck or even Rem.

But it is definitely ominous. Of course there is a chance some of these may not even happen since it just a possible future.

[BlackCockDown]

Damn, anon's back to one chapter a day

Then ending confuses me though, is there another Echidna? Or was it just that the one in the dream dimension was but a younger incarnation of her and hence Emilia finds it confusing?

[Applehell]

The body in the coffin like thing is Echidna. What Emilia is confused about why she looks older here compared to the Echidna in the dream world. That's how I understand it anyway. Maybe she deliberately altered her soul's appearance in her pocket dimension/dream world because she prefers to look younger. Or maybe she did in a effect to get her visitors guard's down.

I didn't expect there to be even more visions, hmm.

EDIT: Okay maybe body in there isn't Echidna, or something because Emilia if just an older version of her, Emilia shouldn't' be the bewildered.


Sekhmet: “You're not going to—haa—get a conversation out of anyone else—huu. Minerva's the only one who could manage an actual conversation here—haa—and she can't show her face to you —huu.”
Emilia: “Minerva...”
Sekhmet speaks with awful rhythm thanks to her pauses to sigh. But hearing that she offers a better conversation than the other witches makes Emilia terrified of imagining what the others are like.
But even that sentiment is overpowered by the strong feelings Emilia has for the word 'Minerva'.
Emilia: “Minerva...”
Mutters Emilia to herself as she tilts her head.
The word feels horribly nostalgic, something that would stimulate her memories. But that said,
Emilia cannot remember hearing it in any of her memories up until now, or in any of her recovered
memories either.
But it's a mysterious name, that could evoke thoughts of someone very close to her.

Oh, so Emilia feels some familiarity with Minerva?

[Applehell]

dat spitfire :o :o :o

Emilia <3

Roswaal: “I...”

Emilia is insistent. But Roswaal does not meet her gaze.

He continues staring down at Ram, his scarlet lips moving to say:

Roswaal: “I, quit...”

Spoken so quietly, it could disappear.

The frigid, whistling winds do whip by, and the words are barely audible.
The whisper hardly left his lips. It's questionable whether Roswaal himself even heard it.
But she definitely does hear that quiet sound of surrender.
And so, Emilia—

Emilia: “—Don't you dare say that!!”

—Grabs Roswaal by the collar, and screams in anger.
The movement rocks Roswaal's head, and he whimpers in pain. Emilia assaults him, unrelenting,
with her words.

Emilia: “You quit!? What are you saying 'you quit'!? There is nothing out there to possibly quit!
There is nothing for you to quit! Don't you dare give up! Don't you dare surrender! Not me, or Ram,
or you, have any single thing we're possibly done with yet!”

Roswaal: “—”

Emilia: “I finished the TRIAL! The past I was so scared of! A happy present that could've happened!
Sad futures that might come! I saw them all! And I still decided to walk this path... and with that
resolve, I can finally walk it!”

She howls.

Wrath beyond what Emilia can ever remember surges up inside her.
Yes. There it is. Listen to that whiny voice, hear those pathetic opinions, see that gutless spirit. This
is what it looks like when you accept surrender as your end.

Emilia's roaring makes Roswaal's cheeks stiffen, and he averts his gaze. This is not him being
worried for Ram, this is him distracting himself and running from something he doesn't want to see.

Emilia grabs him by the jaw and forces him to face her.

Emilia: “Look at people's faces when they are talking to you!”

Roswaal: “—hk”

Emilia: “You won't understand what people are thinking if you don't look them in the eye. You
won't understand why people are doing what they're doing if you don't look them in the eye. Keep
your eyes on mine, hear my voice, stand up, and follow me.”

Roswaal's odd-coloured eyes blink as if realising something.
His lips twitch. But he manages no words.

Roswaal: “—auh,”

Emilia: “I'll never let anyone say that they quit. As long as you're alive, there's nothing out there for
you to quit. And—I am not letting anyone die here!”

Emilia gets to her feet. Turns around.

Over ten Lewes doubles have assembled here. All of them kneel reverently, awaiting orders.

Emilia takes a breath, and shouts her command.

Emilia: “Take Roswaal and Ram back to the tomb. I'm protecting everyone, no matter what.”

Speaking grandly, and aware that she only acquired this right by coincidence, Emilia leads the
obedient Leweses as she breaks into a sprint through Sanctuary's snow.

The Leweses group together to support Roswaal and Ram, taking turns to make the path while
following after Emilia.

—Emilia no longer hesitates in her course for an instant.

*Mod snip*

[tuckersister]

I still hope the witches will return in the web novels. Especially Echidna.

[haseo0408]

dat spitfire :o :o :o

Emilia <3

Roswaal: “I...”

Emilia is insistent. But Roswaal does not meet her gaze.

He continues staring down at Ram, his scarlet lips moving to say:

Roswaal: “I, quit...”

Spoken so quietly, it could disappear.

The frigid, whistling winds do whip by, and the words are barely audible.
The whisper hardly left his lips. It's questionable whether Roswaal himself even heard it.
But she definitely does hear that quiet sound of surrender.
And so, Emilia—

Emilia: “—Don't you dare say that!!”

—Grabs Roswaal by the collar, and screams in anger.
The movement rocks Roswaal's head, and he whimpers in pain. Emilia assaults him, unrelenting,
with her words.

Emilia: “You quit!? What are you saying 'you quit'!? There is nothing out there to possibly quit!
There is nothing for you to quit! Don't you dare give up! Don't you dare surrender! Not me, or Ram,
or you, have any single thing we're possibly done with yet!”

Roswaal: “—”

Emilia: “I finished the TRIAL! The past I was so scared of! A happy present that could've happened!
Sad futures that might come! I saw them all! And I still decided to walk this path... and with that
resolve, I can finally walk it!”

She howls.

Wrath beyond what Emilia can ever remember surges up inside her.
Yes. There it is. Listen to that whiny voice, hear those pathetic opinions, see that gutless spirit. This
is what it looks like when you accept surrender as your end.

Emilia's roaring makes Roswaal's cheeks stiffen, and he averts his gaze. This is not him being
worried for Ram, this is him distracting himself and running from something he doesn't want to see.

Emilia grabs him by the jaw and forces him to face her.

Emilia: “Look at people's faces when they are talking to you!”

Roswaal: “—hk”

Emilia: “You won't understand what people are thinking if you don't look them in the eye. You
won't understand why people are doing what they're doing if you don't look them in the eye. Keep
your eyes on mine, hear my voice, stand up, and follow me.”

Roswaal's odd-coloured eyes blink as if realising something.
His lips twitch. But he manages no words.

Roswaal: “—auh,”

Emilia: “I'll never let anyone say that they quit. As long as you're alive, there's nothing out there for
you to quit. And—I am not letting anyone die here!”

Emilia gets to her feet. Turns around.

Over ten Lewes doubles have assembled here. All of them kneel reverently, awaiting orders.

Emilia takes a breath, and shouts her command.

Emilia: “Take Roswaal and Ram back to the tomb. I'm protecting everyone, no matter what.”

Speaking grandly, and aware that she only acquired this right by coincidence, Emilia leads the
obedient Leweses as she breaks into a sprint through Sanctuary's snow.

The Leweses group together to support Roswaal and Ram, taking turns to make the path while
following after Emilia.

—Emilia no longer hesitates in her course for an instant.

*Mod snip*

It´s great to see that not only Subaru but also Emilia has taken a few levels in badass since this this story started.

[Applehell]

Ch 130 (134 in Anon's ordering) is up!

The spirit and contractor, spinning and spinning in an energetic expression of delight— Both: “Ah!” —lose their footing at the last moment, and happily plunge face-first into the snow together

D'awww :smile:

And with that Arc 4 is almost done. Just interludes now. The chapter was great, love to see it's gonna look animated.

Weirdly enough I can kind feel bad for the Great Rabbit after being it's perspective for a bit. That poor thing's entire existence is suffering with it being completely mad from hunger.

[haseo0408]

Ch 130 (134 in Anon's ordering) is up!

The spirit and contractor, spinning and spinning in an energetic expression of delight— Both: “Ah!” —lose their footing at the last moment, and happily plunge face-first into the snow together

D'awww :smile:

And with that Arc 4 is almost done. Just interludes now. The chapter was great, love to see it's gonna look animated.

Weirdly enough I can kind feel bad for the Great Rabbit after being it's perspective for a bit. That poor thing's entire existence is suffering with it being completely mad from hunger.

Which actually makes it more horrifying for Daphne, being the incarnation Gluttony the hunger she felt must be a million times worse, she even created the Demon Beasts to get rid of her hunger! How desperate must you be to create those nightmares!?.

[Applehell]

Which actually makes it more horrifying for Daphne, being the incarnation Gluttony the hunger she felt must be a million times worse, she even created the Demon Beasts to get rid of her hunger! How desperate must you be to create those nightmares!?.

Really desperate if what the Rabbit was feeling is any indication.

Actually she created them to try and get rid world hunger, well the whale and the rabbit at least.

IIRC Daphne doesn't influence what aspect of her the demon beasts are born with, the exception being the Great Rabbit.

[haseo0408]

Really desperate if what the Rabbit was feeling is any indication.

Actually she created them to try and get rid world hunger, well the whale and the rabbit at least.

IIRC Daphne doesn't influence what aspect of her the demon beasts are born with, the exception being the Great Rabbit.

I guess the Witch of Envy must be blame for this disaster as well, she killed Daphne so without her the Beast went wild, the end result is the worst nightmare of Willhelm, Emilia and Subaru; Tereshia died battling the White Whale and Subaru knows that big flying bastard a little too well for his liking, Emilia´s village was pretty erased by the Black Snake and Subaru sure as hell is not a fan of the Great Rabbit after Arc 4.:heh:

[Applehell]

Nah, the fault would still lie with Daphne because she is still the reason why came into existence in the first place. Moreover it seems like her influence over waned once they grew too big, so Satella's actions don't really matter here. Plus Daphne believe people needed to earn the right to eat them like most other animals do in nature, so I don't think she cares too much how damage they do.

BTW, so more world-buliding info from the old Q&As.


The World of Re:Zero

Q: It seems the Lugnica Kingdom is facing towards a large waterfall however, as the chapters move forward will there be a possibility of a beach scene, in other words is there a possibility of swimsuits?

A: Speaking frankly, since the great waterfall cascade is a waterfall the concept of an ‘ocean’ does not exist in that world. Since there are huge lakes and rivers however, the swimsuits have a small chance there

Q: Just how wide is Lugunica? I was thinking it was around Australia’s size, but there is the waterfall, so maybe it’s more like Canada?

A: I haven’t thought about it. It’s called a waterfall, but it’s a diorama world, so the four edges of the world are cliffs. Water goes roaring off there, and that’s called the Great Waterfall. No one knows how far down it falls.

Q: Is the other world a construct, like something Doshin the Giant would make?

A: Ah, Doshin the Giant is nostalgic. It’s not really entirely a construct, but yes, it’s sort of similar to a diorama world.

Q: Is the world of Re: Zero similar to the world of Lance?

A: If you mean a flat world with cliffs at the edge, it’s not a globe, but a diagram of the world would certainly look like that. It would be fine to think of it as a flat diorama world.

Q: This world has no oceans, but what do they call the water that should be surrounding the Great Waterfall’s continent? If no one has seen the Great Waterfall and so they don’t know the shape of their world, then I feel like the concept of oceans should fit.

A: Honestly, it’s not like there’s a waterfall way on the far side of a body of water; you run into the Great Waterfall pretty much right at the edge of the world, so the Great Waterfall mostly doesn’t have any bodies of water that you could call a sea or lake. On top of not being able to see where the water falls to, anything that tried to live in it would be swept off the edge quickly. The environment here is too harsh to be something you could call a Mother Ocean.

Q: The cell phone’s battery worked in the Re: Zero world, so on the off chance that someone from Subaru’s world was summoned, and researched electricity, could electrical devices spread throughout that world? Please answer if it’s not too much trouble.

A: The basic physical laws shouldn’t be different, so if Edison were to come along…… If Edison was here, there would be a small chance…… Well, it’s a world that runs on a different, magical approach to supplying energy, so it would be interesting to see how well a machine culture would be able to fight against that, yes.

Q: How does the world in Re: Zero rotate or revolve?


A: It’s the same thing in Ptolemaic theory. (note: literally ‘heaven motion theory’; I think he’s implying the sun and moon move around the world in Re: Zero.)

Q: Does the other world have rain? Drinking water?

A: It falls normally. There are springs, just like you’d expect.

Q: I was wondering after the tartar sauce, but do they have seafood?

A: There are rivers and lakes, but there’s no ocean, so they probably don’t have real seafood. For salt, it seems like there would be something like salt lakes, but things like shrimp are probably not available.

Q: Where does this world harvest salt from?

A: It’s scraped from rocks, and there are also things like salt lakes.

Q: Are there whales?

A: There aren’t any since there are no oceans, but if I say that, then why do they talk about lions when there aren’t any lions, and there’s no end to it, so I think it’s best not to worry about it too much.

Q: The White Whale is recognized as a whale-shaped mabeast; what part of that world do whales inhabit? It was said that the vicinity of the Great Waterfall isn’t wide enough for anything to live there, so are they living in a lake somewhere?

A: I don’t think there are any whales or lions, but I don’t think it’s good to look too deeply into the meaning of an expression, so I think it’s best not to worry about it.

Questions about the Kingdom of Lugunica


Q: What country does Re: Zero’s setting resemble?


A: If I had to say, Lugunica feels like Australia, or someplace similar that’s easy to travel through. Gusteko in the north resembles northern Europe, where blowing snow is always falling. Kararagi in the west is like the rainy country around Osaka. Vollachia in the south is maybe similar to Spain.

Q: Besides the capital, what are Lugunica’s cities and towns like?

A: With the capital in the center, there are large cities placed like a six-pointed star, with populations around 200,000 to 300,000 people. Aside from those, small cities are scattered about, and it continues down through towns, villages, and settlements, you see. If you only look at humans, they mostly live in villages, but there are cases where demihumans create settlements in the mountains and woods and live there. Relations are quite bad.

Q: Do the villages and settlements have names?

A: As long as it isn’t a hidden village, you need to be able to give it’s name, so they should have names. Taking Alam village as an example, it’s the name of the traditional village chief’s family. The village chief there is Milde Alam. That’s the young-again grandma who smacked Subaru’s butt. Muraosa is the young-again grandma’s younger brother.

Q: Roughly what size of city is the capital Lugunica?


A: I’ve decided the population is around 300,000.

Q: How frequently do people die in the capital?

A: I’m not quite sure how to answer this question, but in the back alleys, life is fairly cheap.

Q: In the capital Lugunica, how are the royal castle, the guard station, the shopping street, the slums, Kadomon’s store, the capital’s front gate, and Crusch’s estate located relative to each other?

A: Someone who’s good with maps can go ahead and decide on a reasonable shape.

Q: It seems that Priestella’s waters gather in the center, but doesn’t that mean that the flow stops, impurities build up, and it will ferment and start to stink? Do the water dragons act as a purification mechanism?

A: Did I write that they gather in the center? The water in the city is circulated by magic techniques, so it’s not building up at one spot. It’s a strange mechanism where even within one waterway, the water on the left and right is flowing in opposite directions. The City of Scenic Waters wouldn’t let the water get into that sort of state.

Q: Priestella’s waters are gathered in the center of the city, but does sewage gather in the center of the city as well? If so, if the center of the city exploded, wouldn’t sewage rain down all over the city?

A: Well, if a place where sewage is accumulating explodes, filthy water will fly everywhere, regardless if it’s in Priestella or not, I’d guess. Wouldn’t it be the same in the modern world if someone blew up a sewage treatment plant? Why are we talking about sewage treatment?

Q: In Lugunica, it looks to me like the king’s absence hasn’t had much influence on the lives of the people. Is there anything the people would be upset about, sort of a ‘If the king doesn’t make a decision on this, it’ll be bad.’ thing?

A: Frankly, it hasn’t had enough influence to mention, but there’s sort of a sense that ‘If something happens, the dragon won’t come to help.’. Beyond that, there’s a vague feeling that “If we don’t have a king, I’m worried that the dragon might become an enemy.”. This is a world permeated by old tales strongly enough that the story of the witch has people living in fear, four hundred years later.

Q: Around how much of the population in Lugunica is Republican? (note: seems to be referencing the idea of rule by the people, rather than rule by the monarchy.)

A: Honestly, there’s not many. Out of the large countries, Kararagi is close, but the other three are entirely monarchies. Lugunica, in particular, has the treaty with the dragon, so their royal family’s authority (if not their practical ability) is quite strong, and there’s not enough political problems from the nobles to mention, so things are stable. They basically have the worldview that incompetent or evil people won’t rise to the top.

Q: You’ve written that it’s forbidden to move Reinhard near the national borders, but frankly, what sort of military strength does Lugunica have? I get the feeling that the archbishops are free to do whatever they want to the country...

A: Not to worry, the archbishops are free to do whatever they want to the other countries as well. Really, it’s strange that the witch cult is focusing on Lugunica; normally, they do whatever they want all over the place. They do what they want, but it’s not like they’re causing great disturbances every time.

Q: From what Crusch-sama says, Lugunica depends too much on the dragon. What do the other countries think of Lugunica? It seems like they might curse them for borrowing the dragon’s threat.

A: I haven’t depicted the other countries, but they’re mostly the same so they don’t think much of it. Gusteko depends on the Holy King, Vollachia depends on the Emperor, Kararagi wouldn’t be able to do anything without Hoshin’s inheritance, that sort of thing.

Questions about areas outside the Kingdom of Lugunica

Q: Do you have any plans for going far away from Lugnica? (In the opposite direction of the Great Waterfall)

A: None

Q: Does the story have upcoming scenes where the stage will move to the north?

A: There’s none planned.

Q: How long until we have a shootout in Vollachia or Osaka?

A: We won’t. There’s no reason to head to other countries.

Q: That world has Kararagi in it, so isn’t there any ninjas?

A: There’s no ninjas…… Kararagi does have samurai and mixed bathing.

Q: You said that there are samurai in Kararagi, but why on earth are they there? I’m so concerned that I’m gnawing on Re: Zero.

A: It’s for Sakimori.

Q: Cat-sensei! You say they’ve got mixed bathing? Then we’ll have a “Just when your heart was pounding from what you thought was a beautiful girl, it’s Ferris-chan!! Ah, ♂“ moment (I’m sure of it).

A: We won’t be going to Kararagi, so…...

Q: We’ve confirmed that there are things that give the sense that Japanese people have been summoned in the past, but isn’t there anything that shows the influence of countries besides Japan? Also, do they have ramen?

A: It’s a spoiler, so I can’t answer.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, is there knowledge or culture that originated on Earth that Subaru isn’t aware of?

A: Spoiler.

So Reinhard equivalent to a human nuclear deterrent. :heh:


Questions related to Religion

Q: What kind of religions exist in this world? If Lugunica believes in the dragon, what do the other countries believe in?


A: The concept of “gods” doesn’t exist. It’s a “Nature Worship”, “God-Dragon Worship”, “Chaos Hero”, and “Economic Development” sort of feeling.

Q: Do gods exist in the Re: Zero world? If it’s a spoiler, never mind.

A: Not really.

Q: Volcanica is called the God-Dragon; do King-Dragons and Ancient-Dragons also exist? Also, are dragons the highest form of life, as you’d expect?

A: Even outside of Lugunica, dragons are well-known as creatures that you shouldn’t mess with. Having said that, none are called King-Dragon or Ancient-Dragon. I think even Volcanica himself has never introduced himself as the God-Dragon. They’re huge, strong lizards, you know; they just happen to be able to talk a bit.

Q: With witches and dragons, transcendent beings have been hinted at several times, but are there beings even higher than them? The being that is bestowing blessings, for example. I get the impression that the most transcendent being is the one making Subaru return by death, though.

A: There are. (note: literally ‘They don’t not exist’)

Q: Frankly, Reinhard’s sword is probably something along the lines of Da’s sword, but does the world of Re: Zero have things like legendary weapons? For example, something like the “True Demon _ Dragon Sword”. (note: “Da’s sword” is probably Dai’s sword, and “True Demon _ Dragon Sword” is probably “True Demon Sturdy Dragon Sword”, both items from the Dragon Quest series.)

A: Pretty much just Reinhard’s sword.

Q: Does ‘dragon’ refer to a western class or eastern class or is it something completely different with only the name itself?

A: The foundation is the image of a western dragon but if you are overly fixated on that image you might be surprised once the reality is revealed

Q: How are interactions with dragons handled? Are they simply riding animals, or are they handled more like Sekitoba from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the famous horses of the Sengoku period, where if you ride a better dragon, your status is higher?

A: Just like the horses of our world, think of ground dragons as having famous ones as well.

Q: If there are ground dragons and water dragons, then are there wind dragons and fire dragons as well? Doesn’t the thought of a shadow dragon or light dragon set your imagination afire?

A: There are winged dragons, but they’re not in the categories of wind dragon or fire dragon, you see. Out of the types of mabeasts that can use magic, breathing fire is fairly popular. In the past, there was one known as an evil dragon, but it was dealt with. By Mr. Club Wielder.

Q: Does the world have a sort of holyland? Not like the sanctuary from arc 4, which only a few people would recognize. More like a place that at least half the world’s inhabitants would recognize.

A: There isn’t one. Though more than half consider the Witch’s grave a nightmare land.

Q: The Evil Sealing Stone Shrine where the Jealous Witch is sleeping appears to be filled with a miasma that drives people insane by pulling mana from their gates; could Subaru just walk in, since his gate is crushed?

A: It’s impossible. He’d die. Think of it as being as difficult as entering poison gas by holding your breath.

Q: What strange customs does the Re: Zero world have?

A: They tell their children “If you do bad things, the Witch will come.”, and the children and the mother who told them that are both on the verge of crying.

Q: Aren’t there any legends older than the witch?

A: There were several, but they were driven out by the witch. You could think of it as the witch’s rampage as having completely changed the world.

Q: Around how old are the oldest documents that exist in Lugunica? It seems all the records from before the witch have vanished, but is it actually determined how long ago this world started?

A: The oldest documents are around 400 years old, but when it started isn’t really determined. It’s not that important.

Q: Since warlocks and witches exist, is there a dark king as well?

A: What are you saying, here? There’s no way there’d be one, since there’s no hero.

Q: “Since warlocks and witches exist, is there a dark king as well? What are you saying, here? There’s no way there’d be one, since there’s no hero.” So that means if Subaru became a hero, a dark king would appear?

A: Well, that’s true, but if the emergence of a hero leads to the emergence of a dark king, then who wants a hero, right?

Questions about Languages and Races

Q: In the Re: Zero world, is there only one language? Also, does Reinhard have the Blessing of the Soul of Language? (note: Otto’s blessing that lets him speak with anything alive.)

A: There are accents, but there’s basically one language. Reinhard doesn’t have the Blessing of the Soul of Language.

Q: Ros-chi’s “patron” in arc 2, Ferris’ “baibii” in arc 5, Crusch-sama’s “merits and demerits” in arc 6; has the language of ancient trippers been handed down? (note: in the Japanese text, the words in quotes were based on English words instead of their Japanese equivalents; the question is probably asking if these words originated from people summoned from Subaru’s world.) Or are they foreshadowing? Mr. Neko, please at least tell me if you did that on purpose.

A: In some cases, I used modern words that there’s no substitute for. For the rest, as Subaru gets used to the other world, he gets better at using their speech and the unfamiliarity of each other’s way of speaking goes away.

Q: Even though Subaru is an unidentified person, to what extent have the people around him tried to guess his origins?

A: Due to a lot of refugees in the south having black hair, everyone is thinking “Perhaps he’s from around there”. They also suspect that he originated from Kararagi based on him being the type to have frivolous talks and quibbles.

Q: Will the main story mention at some point how to tell apart elves and half-elves?

A: Elves have slightly longer ears, and while half-elves walk around with their heads down, elves proudly think “How dare you expect me to keep my head down” while they walk around with their heads down.

Q: I can’t help but think that elves are better with small chests.

A: I’m not very worried about breast size, but elves do traditionally have a slender image.

Q: If elves and half-elves exist, are there dark elves as well?

A: They might exist, as a species that is simply black-skinned, and mostly unrelated to elves.

Q: How are half-elves born?

A: They’re born normally, when an elf mother kisses a human father. Or they’re born when a human mother kisses an elf father.(note: the kiss part is a joke, in the story Emilia thought she’s pregnant because Subaru kissed her)

Q: Oni have horns, too, but are they related to mabeasts? Or are they simply a different species that happens to have horns?

A: They’re simply a different species that happens to have horns. Or really, the mabeasts showed up recently, and the when the feeling developed that “Beasts with horns are bad news.”, it was troublesome for the oni.

Q: Since there’s beastmen, are there mermen and dragonmen and reptilemen?

A: There’s something similar to lizardmen, but there’s nothing like mermen. Perhaps it’s because there’s no ocean.

Q: Are there turtle-shaped beastmen? I saw the preview for the ninja movie and became curious.

A: There’s no mermen, so maybe not… I loved the mutant turtles anime, so I’m definitely going to see it.

Q: Are the cat beastmen able to eat things like onions, or garlic, or leeks?

A: It’s no problem. However, if they eat tempura and watermelon together, they’ll get upset stomachs. There isn’t any tempura or watermelon, though.

Q: At their largest size, around how big can giants get?

A: In earlier days, it was common for them to reach four or five meters, but Sekhmet killed most of them, and other bloodlines began to mix in, so they’re gradually getting smaller. Currently, if there was a three-meter-tall one, that would be pretty big. The average is a bit over two meters, and Old Man Rom is average.

Q: If there’s a multi-armed tribe, are there also multi-legged tribes, multi-eyed tribes, or multi-headed tribes and things like that?

A: Probably not legs and heads. Eyes, maybe. It’s tough when the visual gets too far from human-shaped.

Q: Are there cannibals in Re: Zero?

A: They’re gross, so no.

Questions about Culture and So Forth

Q: Does the Re: Zero world have the concept of weekdays?

A: It hasn’t shown up yet, but I think they probably have a day off one day out of seven. The ordinary Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday concept should be fine.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, do they have the concepts of hours and minutes? If not, do they have something along those lines?

A: They don’t have hours and minutes, but the basic idea is that they divided up light and dark time periods so that from 6:00 p.m.to 6:00 a.m. is darksun, and from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. is brightsun. I’ve decided that one day is around twenty-four hours, and they have rocks called magic time crystals that change color as time passes, so they look at those and go about their lives at a casual pace.

Q: What sort of currency do they use in the Re: Zero world? Do they have paper money?

A: It’s a basic silver and gold coin currency, but they do have something like checks.

Q: Please tell me the Japanese Yen value of Emilia-tan’s pocket change(?), Subaru’s salary, and Anastasia’s net worth.

A: I’m not going to tell you, it’s too much trouble. Every time you plead with Emilia-tan, she’ll get upset, and then give you around 500 yen (note: around $5). Are you an old woman?

Q: Are there any celebrations in Lugunica (like Opening Daruma’s Eyes) that seem like they would be large-scale?

A: Well then, use magic to have a dragon figurehead breathe fire. The larger the fire that comes out, the more impressive it would be.

Q: Aren’t there any events like the Gion Festival in the Re: Zero world? If there are, I’d love to see events lead to Subaru taking Emilia to one on a date.

A: There may be minor events similar to memorial days. Even if there wasn’t, it’s possible Subaru might go ahead and start one in the Roswaal domain.

Q: Does this world have a polygamy system?

A: It does, just like normal, but whether the ones involved agree with it is another matter.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, around how widespread are homosexual preferences?

A: I’m not very good with same-sex love, so even if it was widespread, it wouldn’t be depicted. Neither lilies nor roses. (note: It seems lilies are used to refer to female couples, and roses refer to male couples, in this context.)

Q: Will any lesbians appear in Re: Zero.

A: No, they won’t.

Q: In this world, what sort of people don’t have last names?

A: People with a social status that doesn’t require last names.

Q: In the ‘Tale of a Hero Starting from Zero’, Wilhelm’s achievements have become poetry and are sung, but with the defeat of the White Whale in arc 3 of the main story, is there a chance that a continuation will be added to the poem?

A: A continuation might be made, but the rumors haven’t spread that far yet. Only two weeks have passed since they defeated the White Whale. (July 24, 2014 arc4)

Q: Are there plays and musicals in the Re: Zero world?

A: The music of bards does exist, so there must be stages for it to be performed on, yes. Musicals I’m really not sure about.

Q: What do they do for fun in the Re: Zero world?

A: Gambling, alcohol, and the occasional game.

Q: Except for Subaru, everyone that appears in the story is wearing very well-designed clothing; how advanced is clothing in that world?

A: That all depends on Otsuka-sensei (note: artist for the light novels).

Bear in mind this stuff was written a few years ago so there might be some changes, but otherwise it most of should hold true even now.

[haseo0408]

Nah, the fault would still lie with Daphne because she is still the reason why came into existence in the first place. Moreover it seems like her influence over waned once they grew too big, so Satella's actions don't really matter here. Plus Daphne believe people needed to earn the right to eat them like most other animals do in nature, so I don't think she cares too much how damage they do.

BTW, so more world-buliding info from the old Q&As.


The World of Re:Zero

Q: It seems the Lugnica Kingdom is facing towards a large waterfall however, as the chapters move forward will there be a possibility of a beach scene, in other words is there a possibility of swimsuits?

A: Speaking frankly, since the great waterfall cascade is a waterfall the concept of an ‘ocean’ does not exist in that world. Since there are huge lakes and rivers however, the swimsuits have a small chance there

Q: Just how wide is Lugunica? I was thinking it was around Australia’s size, but there is the waterfall, so maybe it’s more like Canada?

A: I haven’t thought about it. It’s called a waterfall, but it’s a diorama world, so the four edges of the world are cliffs. Water goes roaring off there, and that’s called the Great Waterfall. No one knows how far down it falls.

Q: Is the other world a construct, like something Doshin the Giant would make?

A: Ah, Doshin the Giant is nostalgic. It’s not really entirely a construct, but yes, it’s sort of similar to a diorama world.

Q: Is the world of Re: Zero similar to the world of Lance?

A: If you mean a flat world with cliffs at the edge, it’s not a globe, but a diagram of the world would certainly look like that. It would be fine to think of it as a flat diorama world.

Q: This world has no oceans, but what do they call the water that should be surrounding the Great Waterfall’s continent? If no one has seen the Great Waterfall and so they don’t know the shape of their world, then I feel like the concept of oceans should fit.

A: Honestly, it’s not like there’s a waterfall way on the far side of a body of water; you run into the Great Waterfall pretty much right at the edge of the world, so the Great Waterfall mostly doesn’t have any bodies of water that you could call a sea or lake. On top of not being able to see where the water falls to, anything that tried to live in it would be swept off the edge quickly. The environment here is too harsh to be something you could call a Mother Ocean.

Q: The cell phone’s battery worked in the Re: Zero world, so on the off chance that someone from Subaru’s world was summoned, and researched electricity, could electrical devices spread throughout that world? Please answer if it’s not too much trouble.

A: The basic physical laws shouldn’t be different, so if Edison were to come along…… If Edison was here, there would be a small chance…… Well, it’s a world that runs on a different, magical approach to supplying energy, so it would be interesting to see how well a machine culture would be able to fight against that, yes.

Q: How does the world in Re: Zero rotate or revolve?


A: It’s the same thing in Ptolemaic theory. (note: literally ‘heaven motion theory’; I think he’s implying the sun and moon move around the world in Re: Zero.)

Q: Does the other world have rain? Drinking water?

A: It falls normally. There are springs, just like you’d expect.

Q: I was wondering after the tartar sauce, but do they have seafood?

A: There are rivers and lakes, but there’s no ocean, so they probably don’t have real seafood. For salt, it seems like there would be something like salt lakes, but things like shrimp are probably not available.

Q: Where does this world harvest salt from?

A: It’s scraped from rocks, and there are also things like salt lakes.

Q: Are there whales?

A: There aren’t any since there are no oceans, but if I say that, then why do they talk about lions when there aren’t any lions, and there’s no end to it, so I think it’s best not to worry about it too much.

Q: The White Whale is recognized as a whale-shaped mabeast; what part of that world do whales inhabit? It was said that the vicinity of the Great Waterfall isn’t wide enough for anything to live there, so are they living in a lake somewhere?

A: I don’t think there are any whales or lions, but I don’t think it’s good to look too deeply into the meaning of an expression, so I think it’s best not to worry about it.

Questions about the Kingdom of Lugunica


Q: What country does Re: Zero’s setting resemble?


A: If I had to say, Lugunica feels like Australia, or someplace similar that’s easy to travel through. Gusteko in the north resembles northern Europe, where blowing snow is always falling. Kararagi in the west is like the rainy country around Osaka. Vollachia in the south is maybe similar to Spain.

Q: Besides the capital, what are Lugunica’s cities and towns like?

A: With the capital in the center, there are large cities placed like a six-pointed star, with populations around 200,000 to 300,000 people. Aside from those, small cities are scattered about, and it continues down through towns, villages, and settlements, you see. If you only look at humans, they mostly live in villages, but there are cases where demihumans create settlements in the mountains and woods and live there. Relations are quite bad.

Q: Do the villages and settlements have names?

A: As long as it isn’t a hidden village, you need to be able to give it’s name, so they should have names. Taking Alam village as an example, it’s the name of the traditional village chief’s family. The village chief there is Milde Alam. That’s the young-again grandma who smacked Subaru’s butt. Muraosa is the young-again grandma’s younger brother.

Q: Roughly what size of city is the capital Lugunica?


A: I’ve decided the population is around 300,000.

Q: How frequently do people die in the capital?

A: I’m not quite sure how to answer this question, but in the back alleys, life is fairly cheap.

Q: In the capital Lugunica, how are the royal castle, the guard station, the shopping street, the slums, Kadomon’s store, the capital’s front gate, and Crusch’s estate located relative to each other?

A: Someone who’s good with maps can go ahead and decide on a reasonable shape.

Q: It seems that Priestella’s waters gather in the center, but doesn’t that mean that the flow stops, impurities build up, and it will ferment and start to stink? Do the water dragons act as a purification mechanism?

A: Did I write that they gather in the center? The water in the city is circulated by magic techniques, so it’s not building up at one spot. It’s a strange mechanism where even within one waterway, the water on the left and right is flowing in opposite directions. The City of Scenic Waters wouldn’t let the water get into that sort of state.

Q: Priestella’s waters are gathered in the center of the city, but does sewage gather in the center of the city as well? If so, if the center of the city exploded, wouldn’t sewage rain down all over the city?

A: Well, if a place where sewage is accumulating explodes, filthy water will fly everywhere, regardless if it’s in Priestella or not, I’d guess. Wouldn’t it be the same in the modern world if someone blew up a sewage treatment plant? Why are we talking about sewage treatment?

Q: In Lugunica, it looks to me like the king’s absence hasn’t had much influence on the lives of the people. Is there anything the people would be upset about, sort of a ‘If the king doesn’t make a decision on this, it’ll be bad.’ thing?

A: Frankly, it hasn’t had enough influence to mention, but there’s sort of a sense that ‘If something happens, the dragon won’t come to help.’. Beyond that, there’s a vague feeling that “If we don’t have a king, I’m worried that the dragon might become an enemy.”. This is a world permeated by old tales strongly enough that the story of the witch has people living in fear, four hundred years later.

Q: Around how much of the population in Lugunica is Republican? (note: seems to be referencing the idea of rule by the people, rather than rule by the monarchy.)

A: Honestly, there’s not many. Out of the large countries, Kararagi is close, but the other three are entirely monarchies. Lugunica, in particular, has the treaty with the dragon, so their royal family’s authority (if not their practical ability) is quite strong, and there’s not enough political problems from the nobles to mention, so things are stable. They basically have the worldview that incompetent or evil people won’t rise to the top.

Q: You’ve written that it’s forbidden to move Reinhard near the national borders, but frankly, what sort of military strength does Lugunica have? I get the feeling that the archbishops are free to do whatever they want to the country...

A: Not to worry, the archbishops are free to do whatever they want to the other countries as well. Really, it’s strange that the witch cult is focusing on Lugunica; normally, they do whatever they want all over the place. They do what they want, but it’s not like they’re causing great disturbances every time.

Q: From what Crusch-sama says, Lugunica depends too much on the dragon. What do the other countries think of Lugunica? It seems like they might curse them for borrowing the dragon’s threat.

A: I haven’t depicted the other countries, but they’re mostly the same so they don’t think much of it. Gusteko depends on the Holy King, Vollachia depends on the Emperor, Kararagi wouldn’t be able to do anything without Hoshin’s inheritance, that sort of thing.

Questions about areas outside the Kingdom of Lugunica

Q: Do you have any plans for going far away from Lugnica? (In the opposite direction of the Great Waterfall)

A: None

Q: Does the story have upcoming scenes where the stage will move to the north?

A: There’s none planned.

Q: How long until we have a shootout in Vollachia or Osaka?

A: We won’t. There’s no reason to head to other countries.

Q: That world has Kararagi in it, so isn’t there any ninjas?

A: There’s no ninjas…… Kararagi does have samurai and mixed bathing.

Q: You said that there are samurai in Kararagi, but why on earth are they there? I’m so concerned that I’m gnawing on Re: Zero.

A: It’s for Sakimori.

Q: Cat-sensei! You say they’ve got mixed bathing? Then we’ll have a “Just when your heart was pounding from what you thought was a beautiful girl, it’s Ferris-chan!! Ah, ♂“ moment (I’m sure of it).

A: We won’t be going to Kararagi, so…...

Q: We’ve confirmed that there are things that give the sense that Japanese people have been summoned in the past, but isn’t there anything that shows the influence of countries besides Japan? Also, do they have ramen?

A: It’s a spoiler, so I can’t answer.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, is there knowledge or culture that originated on Earth that Subaru isn’t aware of?

A: Spoiler.

So Reinhard equivalent to a human nuclear deterrent. :heh:


Questions related to Religion

Q: What kind of religions exist in this world? If Lugunica believes in the dragon, what do the other countries believe in?


A: The concept of “gods” doesn’t exist. It’s a “Nature Worship”, “God-Dragon Worship”, “Chaos Hero”, and “Economic Development” sort of feeling.

Q: Do gods exist in the Re: Zero world? If it’s a spoiler, never mind.

A: Not really.

Q: Volcanica is called the God-Dragon; do King-Dragons and Ancient-Dragons also exist? Also, are dragons the highest form of life, as you’d expect?

A: Even outside of Lugunica, dragons are well-known as creatures that you shouldn’t mess with. Having said that, none are called King-Dragon or Ancient-Dragon. I think even Volcanica himself has never introduced himself as the God-Dragon. They’re huge, strong lizards, you know; they just happen to be able to talk a bit.

Q: With witches and dragons, transcendent beings have been hinted at several times, but are there beings even higher than them? The being that is bestowing blessings, for example. I get the impression that the most transcendent being is the one making Subaru return by death, though.

A: There are. (note: literally ‘They don’t not exist’)

Q: Frankly, Reinhard’s sword is probably something along the lines of Da’s sword, but does the world of Re: Zero have things like legendary weapons? For example, something like the “True Demon _ Dragon Sword”. (note: “Da’s sword” is probably Dai’s sword, and “True Demon _ Dragon Sword” is probably “True Demon Sturdy Dragon Sword”, both items from the Dragon Quest series.)

A: Pretty much just Reinhard’s sword.

Q: Does ‘dragon’ refer to a western class or eastern class or is it something completely different with only the name itself?

A: The foundation is the image of a western dragon but if you are overly fixated on that image you might be surprised once the reality is revealed

Q: How are interactions with dragons handled? Are they simply riding animals, or are they handled more like Sekitoba from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the famous horses of the Sengoku period, where if you ride a better dragon, your status is higher?

A: Just like the horses of our world, think of ground dragons as having famous ones as well.

Q: If there are ground dragons and water dragons, then are there wind dragons and fire dragons as well? Doesn’t the thought of a shadow dragon or light dragon set your imagination afire?

A: There are winged dragons, but they’re not in the categories of wind dragon or fire dragon, you see. Out of the types of mabeasts that can use magic, breathing fire is fairly popular. In the past, there was one known as an evil dragon, but it was dealt with. By Mr. Club Wielder.

Q: Does the world have a sort of holyland? Not like the sanctuary from arc 4, which only a few people would recognize. More like a place that at least half the world’s inhabitants would recognize.

A: There isn’t one. Though more than half consider the Witch’s grave a nightmare land.

Q: The Evil Sealing Stone Shrine where the Jealous Witch is sleeping appears to be filled with a miasma that drives people insane by pulling mana from their gates; could Subaru just walk in, since his gate is crushed?

A: It’s impossible. He’d die. Think of it as being as difficult as entering poison gas by holding your breath.

Q: What strange customs does the Re: Zero world have?

A: They tell their children “If you do bad things, the Witch will come.”, and the children and the mother who told them that are both on the verge of crying.

Q: Aren’t there any legends older than the witch?

A: There were several, but they were driven out by the witch. You could think of it as the witch’s rampage as having completely changed the world.

Q: Around how old are the oldest documents that exist in Lugunica? It seems all the records from before the witch have vanished, but is it actually determined how long ago this world started?

A: The oldest documents are around 400 years old, but when it started isn’t really determined. It’s not that important.

Q: Since warlocks and witches exist, is there a dark king as well?

A: What are you saying, here? There’s no way there’d be one, since there’s no hero.

Q: “Since warlocks and witches exist, is there a dark king as well? What are you saying, here? There’s no way there’d be one, since there’s no hero.” So that means if Subaru became a hero, a dark king would appear?

A: Well, that’s true, but if the emergence of a hero leads to the emergence of a dark king, then who wants a hero, right?

Questions about Languages and Races

Q: In the Re: Zero world, is there only one language? Also, does Reinhard have the Blessing of the Soul of Language? (note: Otto’s blessing that lets him speak with anything alive.)

A: There are accents, but there’s basically one language. Reinhard doesn’t have the Blessing of the Soul of Language.

Q: Ros-chi’s “patron” in arc 2, Ferris’ “baibii” in arc 5, Crusch-sama’s “merits and demerits” in arc 6; has the language of ancient trippers been handed down? (note: in the Japanese text, the words in quotes were based on English words instead of their Japanese equivalents; the question is probably asking if these words originated from people summoned from Subaru’s world.) Or are they foreshadowing? Mr. Neko, please at least tell me if you did that on purpose.

A: In some cases, I used modern words that there’s no substitute for. For the rest, as Subaru gets used to the other world, he gets better at using their speech and the unfamiliarity of each other’s way of speaking goes away.

Q: Even though Subaru is an unidentified person, to what extent have the people around him tried to guess his origins?

A: Due to a lot of refugees in the south having black hair, everyone is thinking “Perhaps he’s from around there”. They also suspect that he originated from Kararagi based on him being the type to have frivolous talks and quibbles.

Q: Will the main story mention at some point how to tell apart elves and half-elves?

A: Elves have slightly longer ears, and while half-elves walk around with their heads down, elves proudly think “How dare you expect me to keep my head down” while they walk around with their heads down.

Q: I can’t help but think that elves are better with small chests.

A: I’m not very worried about breast size, but elves do traditionally have a slender image.

Q: If elves and half-elves exist, are there dark elves as well?

A: They might exist, as a species that is simply black-skinned, and mostly unrelated to elves.

Q: How are half-elves born?

A: They’re born normally, when an elf mother kisses a human father. Or they’re born when a human mother kisses an elf father.(note: the kiss part is a joke, in the story Emilia thought she’s pregnant because Subaru kissed her)

Q: Oni have horns, too, but are they related to mabeasts? Or are they simply a different species that happens to have horns?

A: They’re simply a different species that happens to have horns. Or really, the mabeasts showed up recently, and the when the feeling developed that “Beasts with horns are bad news.”, it was troublesome for the oni.

Q: Since there’s beastmen, are there mermen and dragonmen and reptilemen?

A: There’s something similar to lizardmen, but there’s nothing like mermen. Perhaps it’s because there’s no ocean.

Q: Are there turtle-shaped beastmen? I saw the preview for the ninja movie and became curious.

A: There’s no mermen, so maybe not… I loved the mutant turtles anime, so I’m definitely going to see it.

Q: Are the cat beastmen able to eat things like onions, or garlic, or leeks?

A: It’s no problem. However, if they eat tempura and watermelon together, they’ll get upset stomachs. There isn’t any tempura or watermelon, though.

Q: At their largest size, around how big can giants get?

A: In earlier days, it was common for them to reach four or five meters, but Sekhmet killed most of them, and other bloodlines began to mix in, so they’re gradually getting smaller. Currently, if there was a three-meter-tall one, that would be pretty big. The average is a bit over two meters, and Old Man Rom is average.

Q: If there’s a multi-armed tribe, are there also multi-legged tribes, multi-eyed tribes, or multi-headed tribes and things like that?

A: Probably not legs and heads. Eyes, maybe. It’s tough when the visual gets too far from human-shaped.

Q: Are there cannibals in Re: Zero?

A: They’re gross, so no.

Questions about Culture and So Forth

Q: Does the Re: Zero world have the concept of weekdays?

A: It hasn’t shown up yet, but I think they probably have a day off one day out of seven. The ordinary Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday concept should be fine.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, do they have the concepts of hours and minutes? If not, do they have something along those lines?

A: They don’t have hours and minutes, but the basic idea is that they divided up light and dark time periods so that from 6:00 p.m.to 6:00 a.m. is darksun, and from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. is brightsun. I’ve decided that one day is around twenty-four hours, and they have rocks called magic time crystals that change color as time passes, so they look at those and go about their lives at a casual pace.

Q: What sort of currency do they use in the Re: Zero world? Do they have paper money?

A: It’s a basic silver and gold coin currency, but they do have something like checks.

Q: Please tell me the Japanese Yen value of Emilia-tan’s pocket change(?), Subaru’s salary, and Anastasia’s net worth.

A: I’m not going to tell you, it’s too much trouble. Every time you plead with Emilia-tan, she’ll get upset, and then give you around 500 yen (note: around $5). Are you an old woman?

Q: Are there any celebrations in Lugunica (like Opening Daruma’s Eyes) that seem like they would be large-scale?

A: Well then, use magic to have a dragon figurehead breathe fire. The larger the fire that comes out, the more impressive it would be.

Q: Aren’t there any events like the Gion Festival in the Re: Zero world? If there are, I’d love to see events lead to Subaru taking Emilia to one on a date.

A: There may be minor events similar to memorial days. Even if there wasn’t, it’s possible Subaru might go ahead and start one in the Roswaal domain.

Q: Does this world have a polygamy system?

A: It does, just like normal, but whether the ones involved agree with it is another matter.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, around how widespread are homosexual preferences?

A: I’m not very good with same-sex love, so even if it was widespread, it wouldn’t be depicted. Neither lilies nor roses. (note: It seems lilies are used to refer to female couples, and roses refer to male couples, in this context.)

Q: Will any lesbians appear in Re: Zero.

A: No, they won’t.

Q: In this world, what sort of people don’t have last names?

A: People with a social status that doesn’t require last names.

Q: In the ‘Tale of a Hero Starting from Zero’, Wilhelm’s achievements have become poetry and are sung, but with the defeat of the White Whale in arc 3 of the main story, is there a chance that a continuation will be added to the poem?

A: A continuation might be made, but the rumors haven’t spread that far yet. Only two weeks have passed since they defeated the White Whale. (July 24, 2014 arc4)

Q: Are there plays and musicals in the Re: Zero world?

A: The music of bards does exist, so there must be stages for it to be performed on, yes. Musicals I’m really not sure about.

Q: What do they do for fun in the Re: Zero world?

A: Gambling, alcohol, and the occasional game.

Q: Except for Subaru, everyone that appears in the story is wearing very well-designed clothing; how advanced is clothing in that world?

A: That all depends on Otsuka-sensei (note: artist for the light novels).

Bear in mind this stuff was written a few years ago so there might be some changes, but otherwise it most of should hold true even now.

Then for me Daphne and Echidna are the most messed up of the Witches, saved for Satella, that nightmare is in a league of her own.

[Applehell]

The first Interlude is up!

The was a really nice conversation between Betty and Roswaal (with some great introspection in there) then of course that hilarious moment out of left field between Subaru and Emilia at the end about a certain misconception regarding what they did. Puck played Subaru hard there. :heh:

Roswaal: “You don't have to brace yourself. I'm not the Witch Echidna's spokesman. I have no right
to intrude on your answer, whatever it may be. Just do what you wish.”

Beatrice: “Roswaal...”

Roswaal: “And even had you not abandoned them, you would have never fulfilled Echidna's orders.
Because I would have prioritised my own desires over you and sacrificed you. If we are speaking of
betrayals, that constitutes a significant one.”

Beatrice: “—”

Penitently, Roswaal acknowledges his wrongdoings for what happened in the mansion.
Just as Beatrice had realised in the Archive, Roswaal was the one plotting to take Beatrice's life. She had reasoned it the result of the gospel. Though she doesn't see how it all connects.

Beatrice: “Roswaal. What happened to your gospel, I suppose?”

Roswaal: “...It's burned to nothing. Thanks to a wicked maid who deeeeeeefied her master. The future is in ashes now. And perhaps eeeeeeeeeeverything is.”

Beatrice: “Everything is hollow and the future lies imperceptible... would be something, but youlook considerably refreshed, in fact.”

Roswaal: “—I wonder iiiiiiiiiif I am.”

Roswaal casts his gaze down in reply to Beatrice's perfect repeat of their previous conversation. Hereaches for Echidna in the coffin, for her untouchable fingertips.

Roswaal: “I'm sad that I've lost the definite path to the answer I seek, and scared. ...But perhaps I'm also joyed to read a story that I never could have read before. Though, I haven't felt so in over four centuries now, so I can't tell whether it's legitimate.”

Beatrice: “...?”

Beatrice scrunches her brows. Something feels off about that statement.
Seeing her confusion makes Roswaal smile slightly.

Roswaal: “We haven't spoken nearly enough,”

He says with some self-deprecation.

Roswaal: “You can't dismiss it aaaaaaas being beyond our control. At first there was need to be blindly fixated, but after that we did have time. We spent so much time in the same mansion. And even so, even though we had seen the same things, I kept avoiding you, like I was scared of talking about it.”

Beatrice: “Roswaal, what are you trying to say, I suppose?”

Roswaal: “I'm saying that it could've been... that we could have spent our last four hundred years like we did in Teacher's laboratory together.”

Beatrice: “Teach—!?”

Finding an old, familiar word in Roswaal's quiet speech, Beatrice swallows her breath.
She breathes a shaky breath as she swallows down the implications,

Beatrice: “Impossible, are... you, Roswaal?”

Roswaal: “I've always been Roswaal?”

Beatrice: “No! Not like that... you have to know what I mean, I suppose!”

Roswaal: “I'm only joking. And you're correct. I'm—it's me, Beatrice. Roswaal.”

The instant he interrupts himself, Beatrice sees Roswaal in double.
She sees a tall man with long navy hair, and a young man with hair the same colour. That is the youth who adored Echidna, abounding in wits as he tagged along everywhere behind her.

Beatrice: “But, then... Roswaal, this... how!?”

Roswaal: “I'm using one of Teacher's theories from her hunt for immortality, soul transcription. I adopted the least risky of the experiments conducted in this SANCTUARY, and tested it on myself.”

Beatrice: “Soul transcription... that's the experiment to transcribe your consciousness and memories into an empty vessel, achieving a subjective immortality... but that experiment ended in failure when the souls failed to adhere, in fact!”

Roswaal: “Transcribed souls are pretty poor at adhering to vessels when they're empty. That was a setback, but... If the issue is a problem of familiarity between the soul and vessel, then I overcame that problem by increasing that familiarity quotient.”

The research faced setbacks due to problems of familiarity between vessel and soul.
After Lewes Meyer became the nexus of SANCTUARY, Echidna's crazed thirst for knowledge lead her to consider adopting the crystallized Lewes for other experiments. But the Lewes doubles lacked any quality that let them accept foreign souls, and the experimentended in failure. Roswaal is saying that he bested this issue by associating the vessel with the soul.

After mulling over this, Beatrice finally understands what Roswaal's presence here truly means.

—By transcribing his soul into the body of his descendants, entities

I'm surprised that Betty did not know that current Roswaal was the original ancestral one this whole time.

TC has put up Ch 25 too.

[bakato]

Yen Press going all the way. Yen Press Licenses Re:Zero EX Spinoff Novels (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-16/yen-press-licenses-re-zero-ex-spinoff-novels/.116190)

[Applehell]

Yen Press going all the way. Yen Press Licenses Re:Zero EX Spinoff Novels (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-16/yen-press-licenses-re-zero-ex-spinoff-novels/.116190)

Great news!

Done with finals now so and Anon has released Ch 136 and 137 just in time. :)

This covers the Interlude and the Appendix. All that's left is the intermission chapters.

[Applehell]

WN Update! It Japanese fans have been really buzzing about this one on twitter even more than Reid's appearance did due to a major development.

Summaries via Re:Zero wiki

Taking him to the Green Room, Emilia ordered Julius to stay put and rest, and Subaru had Patrasche watch him in case he tried to escape, though the knight himself stated that he would obediently rest. Joining up with Ram who was outside, they headed to a room to discuss their options again with the others. They asked Shaula for Reid's weakness, though unfortunately their discussion didn't get anywhere. Seeing them desperately trying to think of way to pass the trial, Shaula mentioned that it was fine if they took it slowly, as she would wait as long as she needed to, just like how she waited for hundreds of years for Flugel to come back. That night, Subaru awoke to discover that Anastasia was missing. While he looked for her, he spotted a bird flying through the tower, and upon following the trail of feathers it left behind, he found a section of the wall that was real from his waist up and an illusion below that.

Crawling through the fake part, he found himself on a balcony, discovering Anastasia there as well. The two began to talk, with Echidna asking who he was, as she had gotten suspicious at how Shaula seemed to know him, and revealed that Anastasia had him investigated following the ceremony after the Hakugei and Petelgeuse's defeat. He answered that his fast answer for the third floor trial was a coincidence, and the topic shifted to the balcony itself, which Echidna theorized was used by Shaula to monitor the desert. Lastly, the topic shifted to Anastasia, and Echidna revealed that she wished to find a way to give Anastasia her body back as fast as possible, as her Od was consumed at a faster rate as long as Echidna possessed her body. Subaru asked why Anastasia wanted to have her own country that badly, prompting Echidna to mention that Anastasia had a reason why she wouldn't give up, which was because she was desired to do so. At that point, Julius revealed himself, demanding to know the truth behind their words.

Echidna tried to pretend she was Anastasia, but when that didn't work, she decided to explain everything that had happened to Anastasia ever since the battle at Priestella. After they finished talking, they agreed to tell everyone else about it the next morning, and returned to the others. However, Subaru, feeling guilty for hiding the situation about Anastasia from Julius until now, didn't feel like returning to the Green Room, making him wonder what he was going to do. Encountering Ram in the hallway, he talked with her for a while, then thought up of a plan to get past Reid's trial, heading off on his own to put it into motion. The next morning, Subaru woke up in the Green Room, seemingly without any of his memories from the moment he came to the other world

Well, damn. :uhoh:

[Applehell]

2 chapters of Arc 4.5 is up by Anon. BTW, he's not doing all the side stories here, just the ones relevant to Arc 5 which is all but 2 chapters.

[BlackCockDown]

why not the one with Subaru being knighted :(

[Applehell]

No he's doing the that as it is part of the relevant chapters. The one he's avoiding for now is flashback about how Wilhelm came under Crush's employ. Otherwise all the Emilia Faction stories is being done.

[Applehell]

Volume 13 cover!

https://i.redd.it/iwjxvv43aszy.jpg

[Twi]

Why does the merchant guy look like he's going to do something badass?

[Applehell]

Cuz he does. :D

[Roxanne]

Garden is badass :love:

[sparhawk1610]

Well, the latest WN chapter last part was overkill lol. Just read it yesterday.

[Applehell]

Garden is badass :love:

FYI, it's Garfiel. ;)

Well, the latest WN chapter last part was overkill lol. Just read it yesterday.

Well Tappei mentioned in twitter that this where the "Hall/Corridor of Memory" (the name of this arc) really starts.

If you know what is going on with Julius right now this make his situation so much worse. :(

[BlackCockDown]

tfw the last person to remember you is gone too

But I'm not really fond of the idea of having to put up with pre-Zero Subaru's antics again, I always felt it was what he's learnt through Arc 3-5 that really makes him a fantastic character.

[sparhawk1610]

FYI, it's Garfiel. ;)



Well Tappei mentioned in twitter that this where the "Hall/Corridor of Memory" (the name of this arc) really starts.

If you know what is going on with Julius right now this make his situation so much worse. :(

Yep, I read the spoilers of Arc 4 and 5. But after I finish latest chapter, I was truly surprised. But I hope that thanks to this we will see Rem wake up. I just worry a bit about what ppl already mentioned here, that Subaru antics will be too much annoying .

[Applehell]

Haha, I thought the same thing about the return of pre-Zero Subaru. That said this is a different situation and environment. So it's hard to say how everything will play out. It should be interesting though.

I wonder who's going to be the leader of the expedition now though? Out of everyone present in the party only Emilia and Julius can take the lead from here...

[Applehell]

TC's has got chapters 28 part 1 & 2 up now on his blog. He's translating faster now.

[Sparteh]

How many chapters does currently translated arc have?

[Applehell]

Depends on what translations your reading.

Chicken's has done up to 28 chapters of Arc 4 so far. Anon has finished it and is now working on the bridge chapters to Arc 5.

[tuckersister]

I'm hoping the next web novel arc will bring back the witches.

[Applehell]

Tappei hinted that others apart from Echidna will return in the last arc.

Anyway, the WN updated 2 days ago with Ch 34 of Arc 6. TC translated it and Arc 4 Ch 28 part 3 finishing this chapter.

[tuckersister]

Sorry for ranting. I'm a big fan of the witches. Their personalities are really interesting.

[Applehell]

I don't feel like you post was rant at ail and I agree. They all the odd couple thing going on with their kooky personalities.

On another matter one of redditors got their hands on all the bonus BD short stories.

You can see some of the scans of them here:
http://imgur.com/a/z5tZe

[Nomebastanteoriginal]

On another matter one of redditors got their hands on all the bonus BD short stories.

You can see some of the scans of them here:
http://imgur.com/a/z5tZe

Thank you very much! I've been looking for a while these illustrations on Yahoo auctions previews without much success

[Applehell]

No problem!

Anon has just put out chapters 5 & 6 of the Arc 4.5 sidestory:

Anne: “Now, Clind's assessment is correct, this regards our mutual interest in swiftly bettering Frederica and Garfiel's relationship... would be a valid thought?”

Emilia: “Yes, that's right. We've been racking our brains trying to do something, but we haven't really come up with any wonderful ideas. It's been a real kerfuffle.”

Anne: “You're adorable when you're stressed, Emily. —Then, now that you have ventured about the mansion to discuss the issue, and found yourselves at a standstill, you have come to me.”

Subaru: “Stop subliminally throwing your ulterior motives in there.”

Anne-Rose, nonchalant, looks utterly unaffected by Subaru's jab. Either way, she seems to understand Subaru and Emilia's situation, which saves on the exposition.

Subaru: “But anyway, you're looking to have them make up too? What's the occasion? Everyone else just insisted to let time resolve it.”

Anne: “Perhaps because I am less inclined to resignation, and less accustomed to waiting? I must say that the people you spoke to are largely of that disposition.”

Subaru: “Frank, aren't you. ...No but, we also asked Otto.”

Anne: “Then I amend that to include those ignorant to success.”

Subaru: “Harsh!”

:heh:

This was pretty nice resolution to Garf and Frederica's familial issues.

[Twi]

On the Dark Lord story, someone made a fan video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n06Xa-PuUsk

[Applehell]

^Yeah, I think posted that awhile back. It was really nicely put together and choice of music is fantastic for the mood of that story.


More of the Q&As translated.


Questions about Odo and Mana

Q: If your odo is used up, will you die? Can’t you take in mana from the surroundings?

A: You get a fixed amount of odo when you’re born, and you can’t restore it, is how things are set up in Re: Zero. If your odo runs out you won’t die, but you won’t be yourself anymore, and in the end you’ll be crippled.

Q: You mentioned wringing out the last of the odo, but does that mean “Waa” “Haa” couldn’t be used any more (note: “Waa” “Haa” may be referring to the triplet’s soundwave attack.)

A: Oops, that should have been mana. I wonder what chapter that was. It can be used normally.

Q: How is mana replenished or recovered? Does your gate gather it in from the atmosphere and store it?

A: It’s basically like that. Also, it springs from the odo inside your own body. In Subaru’s case, his gate has collapsed so he can’t take it in from outside, and he can’t expel the increase from inside, so he’ll die of mana clogging.

Q: About how commonly known is Od Laguna amongst average magic users?

A: “Something like that does exist.” “But hey, did you see what was on TV yesterday?” Around that level of awareness.

Questions about Curses

Q: Was it curses? Was it sorcery (note: more literally ‘curse arts’)? Although recently magic has been catching all the attention, there was something like that, but will it not show up again? I liked it quite a bit.

A: A curse user will show up all in good time, don’t worry. There’s a reason that the curses remained in Subaru’s body.(July 28, 2014 arc4).(note: it was capella)

Q: After being munched on by the juggernauts in arc 2, Beako said that the threads of the curses had become tangled. Is it possible that, if someone who could see was looking, the threads of the curses could completely hide someone’s form, so they couldn’t be seen?

A: Beako was just using threads as an example; the threads of the curses weren’t actually tangled. What’s become of the curses, and what effect they’re having on Subaru, will be handled around arc 5.

Questions about Magic Users

Q: Aren’t there any blind magic users?

A: There mainly aren’t that many magic users to begin with.

Q: The other day, Otto-kun surprised me by suddenly using magic. Please tell me the specialized magic affinity and strength of the others who aren’t magic users.

A: It’s too much trouble.

Q: In Hunter x Hunter, it’s sort of like you can tell someone’s powers from their personality, but in the world of Re: Zero, are magic affinities and blessings related in some way to personality? Conversely, are there cases where having a particular blessing turns you into this type of person?

A: There’s not really a connection between personality and magic affinity, you see. There are people with fire affinity that have very cold personalities, and there are people with earth affinity that have very little patience. People who have useless blessings will generally be biased against people with useful blessings.

Q: Are there people who have no magic affinity whatsoever? Sort of like they were rejected by all affinities.

A: They exist. Reinhard is that way.

Q: Are people without an affinity completely unable to use magic? Or is it more a problem of being suitable or not?

A: People without any affinity whatsoever are fairly rare, so for the most part, those who make an effort will be able to use it. Of course, there are individual differences between the limits that will be reached. People without any affinity will be unable to use magic. Think of it as being less likely than people who get a useful blessing. Even Subaru can use magic, after all.

Q: Around how much ability does an average person who can use magic have?

A: Normally, people living in villages and towns can’t use it. Occasionally, someone will have received instruction. People from families with a little money, that have reason to often travel between cities or something will learn a fair amount for self-defense and day-to-day problems. Otto is one of those.

Q: The Master Swordsman is the person with the strongest sword, right? Does the person with the strongest magic have a title of some kind?

A: A color appropriate to the affinity is bestowed as a title on those who reach the pinnacle of a particular affinity. In Lugunica, “Blue” is Ferris, “Red” and “Green” and “Yellow” are all held together by Roswaal. “Black” and “White” are absent. There’s currently no title for the strongest magic user, but it would be “Great Sorcerer”.

Q: Putting Roswaal’s three titles together, he’s the “Traffic Light”.

A: I just noticed that.

Q: Between “Red” Roswaal and Puck, which of them can use fire mana more skillfully?

A: If it’s skillfully, then Roswaal. If it’s strongly, then Puck.

Q: Could “Black” become Beako?

A: Those are titles given to humans, so it’s impossible for Beako.

Q: What’s the reason that Priscilla isn’t “White”? (Not talking about underwear)

A: She hasn’t really reached the pinnacle of magic. Actually, she’s never put any effort into it.

Q: “White” isn’t Priscilla?

A: It’s an omitted number.

Q: I like black; is anyone in the story black?

A: Currently, there’s no one in the story that can inherit “Black”. Sorry. (July 28, 2014 arc4)

Questions about Magic

Q: Is magic activated simply by calling the name of the spell? It looks like difficult magic can’t be used except by powerful people, but what elements are necessary to use magic?

A: When you prepare the needed mana, visualize how you want to use the magic, get your gate working, and use the incantation, you can use magic. The necessary elements are firstly the preparation of the needed mana, proper mental image of the magic to be used, and enough basic ability with your gate to activate the magic in the first place. It’s like the way that in order to throw a one-hundred-meter ball, you need the ball and the throwing form and a shoulder capable of long throws.

Q: The elements needed for magic: 1. Preparation of the needed mana, 2. Proper mental image of the magic to be used, 3. Enough basic ability with your gate to activate the magic in the first place; what happens when you try to activate magic when each one of those is lacking?

A: It comes out your butt. Just kidding. It simply doesn’t activate. It’s the same thing as how, with the conditions you gave, nothing will happen when you shout “Kamehameha!”. It seems you don’t have enough mana to fire a “Kamehameha”.

Q: I think that if incanting a spell causes magic to activate, then it wouldn’t be impossible to discover new magic by putting appropriate-seeming words one after another, followed by constructing an appropriate-seeming mental image. Is there anyone who activates magic and discovers magic like this?

A: In short, the thing that causes a mental image to take form is called an ‘incantation’, so even while chanting the fire incantation ‘Goa’, if the person chanting thinks of it as a ‘wind’ incantation, wind magic will be activated. It might be difficult to say ‘Goa’ and actually get ‘Fuura’ magic.

Q: The mabeast puppy was activating magic without chanting, but does that mean there’s a way to activate magic without saying it’s name? Or are there mabeast-style names for magic?

A: Just like the question right before this, the incantation is basically the key used to cause the incanter’s mental image to take form, so even the barks of a puppy can activate it.

Q: For example, if Beatrice associated the mental image of Shamac with Subaru, could she activate Shamac by incanting “Subaru”?

A: Even without something as confusing as that, someone like Beatrice can use the activation key and fire off a ‘Shamac’ without words.

Q: Is learning magic the process of learning to see in your mind the image of the magic you want to use? Also, even if you have a solid mental image, will the magic still not activate without the incantation? Isn’t there any other activation key?

A: An ‘incantation’ is just the normal method to consciously hit the activation switch. Roswaal and Beatrice use magic without chanting; that’s because they’re able to press the start switch on magic without speaking. When you’ve mastered it that well, you can use magic even if you can’t speak.

Q: Please tell me the definition of magic, even if it’s just your own personal interpretation.

A: You mean the definition of magic in Re: Zero, I guess? Magic is a paranormal power that alters mana passing through a gate into a form that has an effect on reality, I think. Also, power that exceeds your limits for the one you’ve fallen in love with is “The Magic of Love”, I think. Sorry for suddenly turning romantic.

Q: In Re: Zero’s world, are there a vast number of ancient magics that have been lost, as you’d expect?

A: There’s a fair number of magics that were not handed down, not written down, and simply forgotten. Echidna remembers all of them, however.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, are all the spells that currently exist ones that have been passed down from ancient times? Are any new spells being developed?

A: Nothing’s being developed, you see. They’re satisfied with what they have. Normally the people who’ve reached the pinnacles of magic would be developing more, but in Lugunica, Ferris and Roswaal haven’t got any interest in that at all.

Q: The Al-class, Ul-class, and El-class of magic power have shown up, so is there also Il-class and Ol-class magic?

A: No, those don’t exist. Magic grows stronger in the ‘Fuula’, ‘El Fuula’, ‘Ul Fuula’, ‘Al Fuula’ order, and it ends with those four levels. If there was something stronger than Al, someone would give it a name like Kaiser Phoenix. Eternal Force Blizzard! You die! (note: Kaiser Phoenix is a Dragon Quest reference. Eternal Force Blizzard is sort of a pop culture reference.)

Q: What kind of effect does light magic have? Since shadow magic is debuffs, is it buff effects?

A: That’s right.

Q: Now that you mention it, why is magic a jumbled five-element-style mix of the four elements and light and shadow?

A: No one knows why it’s shadow and light instead of dark and light. Even the me from that time doesn’t understand.

Q: Since Re: Zero is a fantasy world, you can easily make up and use spell names and really cool nicknames, but what are the names of spells or people’s nicknames that the author particularly likes?

A: Looks like it would burn with a ‘goa’ sound -> ‘Goa’. Looks like it would freeze with a ‘hyuma’ sound -> ‘Huma’. Looks like it would blow away with a ‘fura’ sound -> ‘Fura’. The feel of the sound lines up, so earth is fine with ‘Dona’...... Darkness is blinding, so ‘shakohkahten’ (note: shading curtain, with curtain taken from the English word) -> ‘shakohmaku’ (note: shading curtain) -> ‘shamaku’ -> ‘Shamac’ is good, I guess…… It’s that kind of approach, so I’m really sorry in regards to magic. I hadn’t really intended to use my head enough to make it interesting. I feel like I haven’t used many nicknames, either, aside from “Sword Demon”, “Master Swordsman”, and “Clown”. Here, too, I didn’t really use my head enough to make it interesting. Please don’t expect anything from me besides things around the story itself. I’ve got some ideas there.

Q: Will ‘Al’-grade magic appear for all magic affinities? Also, are there other affinities where not the scale, but the effect changes dramatically, like Al Shamac?

A: I do basically intend to produce all of them. As for affinities where the effect changes dramatically, light magic fits there, but I haven’t yet decided the name, let alone the effect...

Q: I think that Shamac is a smokescreen-style magic, but why is Al Shamac able to interfere with other dimensions? What kind of relationship does it have with that spell name?

A: The “Shamac” line isn’t a smokescreen, it breaks the connection between the mind and body of targets in it’s radius. With Shamac, the body loses it’s perception. With El Shamac, the body becomes unable to be controlled. With Ul Shamac, the mind gets tossed out (literally: the mind gets German Suplexed). With Al Shamac, the body gets sent to another world along with it.

Q: I’m reading the published work. I was surprised to read that Puck governs fire. Is the ice he normally uses the sort of thing created by use of heat manipulation, like a ‘minus one trillion degrees’ thing? Will the time comes when he uses fire outright?

A: It’s a little bothersome, but ‘Fire’ is the temperature controlling line, so both flames and ice are part of the ‘Fire’ system. Sorry it’s hard to understand. As for whether Puck will ever use fire or not, please look forward to it.

Q: In ice magic, there’s both use of fire mana like Puck, and use of water mana like Rem, but are there differences according to the affinity?

A: Rem’s water mana is able to create ice pillars and attack with them, but it can’t freeze an opponent or object like Puck’s fire mana. On the other hand, fire mana can’t heal, or create large amounts of water like water mana can, you see. The part where they create ice pillars and attack with them is the same.

Q: Is the caster unable to control the shape of the darkness produced by Shamac? If Subaru could produce a Shamac in the shape of a dragon, I think it would startle crying children.

A: It’s impossible for Subaru, but I think if Beako or someone like that put their mind to it, they could most likely do it. Having said that, even if you don’t limit it to Shamac, Roswaal could do it with flames or ice, but there’s probably not much meaning to doing it. It wouldn’t chance the power of a Kaiser Phoenix, but you could do it.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, is it theoretically possible to combine Goa-style and Hyuma-style into something like Medloah? (note: Dragon Quest reference)

A: Someone who can use both at once could do it, but things like compound magic are difficult. Creating a whirlwind with wind magic, and adding fire to make it something like a firestorm wouldn’t be impossible for Roswaal if he had Subaru’s imagination.

Q: Subaru-kun carved a spiral groove in Minya (note: character from a children’s TV show), but is it basically possible to use a mental image to add craftsmanship to magic?

A: If it’s something with a shape, it’s possible. If he wanted to, Roswaal could launch a Kaiser Phoenix. It would just have the shape, though.

Q: Is there teleportation magic? (Excluding the mysterious powers of the apostles of the Deadly Sins)

A: Beako or Enkidna are both able to with conditions attached. Normally it’s impossible though, even for Roswaal.

Q: If you thoroughly researched magic to manipulate time and control space, what level could you use it at?

A: “Come back the day before yesterday” -> “I’m here” would be possible.

Q: What affinity is duplication magic part of? Since it operates on the properties of materials, would it be earth?

A: It’s basically earth, but it changes sometimes depending on what’s being duplicated. There aren’t many people that can use duplication magic and restoration magic.

Q: About the matter that “E.M.M.” looks just like a part of the “E.M.T.” (Emilia is seriously an angel) series.

A: Rather, about the matter that he wanted to use an original magic, so he said things like EMT from the start.

Q: What would happen in the situation that one was travelling to the forbidden library via Beatrice’s Door Crossing if the Door Crossing was canceled while you were in the doorway? Does it become amputation magic?

A: In the state where the door is opened, and the forbidden library and normal space are connected, even Beako can’t cancel it. After the door is opened, it stays opened until it’s closed.

Q: Can Beatrice’s Door Crossing be used on any object that can be opened and closed? Or is it only doors? Is it alright to say that the size of the door is no problem?

A: Basically, it’s only doors. If it’s a door, the size is more or less irrelevant. Windows would be tough, though. It might be difficult if you could see the other side. So the bathing room door would be difficult, too.

Q: If you look at Beatrice’s Door Crossing from the back, how does it look?

A: I’m not sure I understand what you mean by ‘from the back’, but probably, if I assume you mean looking at it from inside the attached room, the opened door wouldn’t open for some strange reason. In the case where you fly to the forbidden library from Door A, if you view Door A from Room A, Door A wouldn’t budge at all. This could drive someone crazy.

Q: The forbidden library burned along with the Roswaal manor, but does that mean the library’s space was within the Roswaal manor?

A: That’s what it means. The forbidden library is a space Beako created as part of the Roswaal manor, so when the mansion burned, it was affected. It was indeed affected, and it burned down. Echidna’s entire book collection was burned up.

Q: In the state where a door in the mansion and the forbidden library are attached, what happens if you destroy the door? Is the door indestructible? Is the attachment forcibly cut?

A: I suspect that a phenomenon similar to a forced cancellation of the attachment would occur. It’s ‘Door Crossing’, so at the moment the door is destroyed, the link would most likely be cut.



Questions about Spirit Arts Users and Spirit Arts

Q: Are Puck, Petelgeuse, and Beako using spirit arts, or is it magic?

A: It’s spirit arts, using magic that uses mana from the atmosphere. It’s a difference between using mana from inside or outside, and the principle of the magic is the same.

Q: Is there such a thing as suitability for the spirit arts? Or is it dependent on the contracted spirit’s affinity?

A: More or less, the spirits that can be contracted will tend to have the contractor’s affinity. Someone with really high ability might be able to contract a spirit without regard to affinity, but it feels like that would be rare. If another spirit user appears, I think you’ll understand.

Q: If a spirit user ignored their limitations and tried to contract with many spirits, what would happen? Explosive destruction?

A: They’d be stabbed by the first spirit, and told “I was the only one you needed……”. Just kidding. But, despite being unable to share the resources, if they tried to acquire more than they could handle, it’s natural that they’d lose something in exchange. They’d explode.

Q: Can spirit arts users borrow a spirit from someone else? I think that Julius lent Ia, but is it impossible if there’s no spare capacity?

A: If the spirit itself gives permission, it’s not impossible. But, basically, capacity is usually full. As he is now, Subaru would be unable to borrow any more.

Q: Would one spirit arts user be able to determine the competence of another spirit arts user?

A: It would be subtle. The spirits that follow a spirit arts user can be vaguely detected, so if the spirits let you know about it, you’d understand. If Puck doesn’t say anything, Emilia-tan can mostly go undetected, I think. She’s not very focused, after all.

Q: Do spirit arts users see the forms of spirits here and there, similar to how people in the real world with strong spiritual senses can receive impressions?

A: Spirits basically don’t take on a real form as long as they’re not called, so I don’t think they’d be seen peeking out here and there. However, if a spirit arts user attempts to ‘feel’, ‘see’, or ‘hear’, they’re able to feel and see them, so if people with a strong spiritual sense can see ghosts when they try to see them, I think it’s probably the same sort of thing. There’s no such thing as ghosts, though.

Questions about Spirits

Q: What does a spirit like Puck think about a person’s ‘death’?

A: Most spirits don’t think anything about it, and Puck doesn’t think anything about the death of a person with no ties to him. If it’s someone he’s connected with, he’ll think ‘Ah, that’s sad.’.

Q: Can spirits have children?

A: They can’t.

Q: The spirit Puck’s activity is limited to the daytime, but is there a limit to the activity of Julius’ quasi-spirits or normal spirits?

A: There is, but in their case, there’s usually no reason to keep them in a physical form to their limit, so when there’s no need for them, they’re in hiding. Puck’s poor fuel economy is a problem, too, but part of that was keeping Emilia from being aware of how far above average her mana capacity is.

Questions about Magic Stones

Q: I think that fire magic stones manipulate temperature, water magic stones produce water, wind magic stones produce wind, but what sort of effect do earth magic stones have? Also, are there light and shadow magic stones? If there are, what kind of effect do they have?

A: Earth magic stones improve the strength of objects, act as fertilizer for crops when buried, and other things. Light and shadow magic stones do exist, but those are largely used in ‘metia’ magic items. They’re battery substitutes.

Q: In an Alive extra chapter, there were magic stones with no affinity, but is there magic that has no affinity? Does contract magic fit there?

A: There is no section of magic that doesn’t have an affinity. Please think of affinityless magic stones as pure clumps of mana with that don’t lean towards any affinity. Contracts and such do sort of look affinityless, but they’re not classified in a section like that.

Q: If you ate a magic stone, wouldn’t it replenish your mana? Would you just get sick to your stomach like normal?

A: Well, it goes without saying that it’s a rock, after all. If you ate a diamond because it was pretty, I think your butt would get cut, indeed.

Questions about Blessings

Q: Roughly how common are people with blessings in that world? I’d be very happy if you could tell me how common people with multiple blessings are, too.

A: I think I answered this somewhere before, but about one person in one hundred has a useless blessing, about one person in a thousand has a useful blessing, about one person in ten thousand has a somewhat rare blessing, about one person in one hundred thousand has a really handy blessing, about one person in a million has a unique blessing, about one person in ten million has multiple blessings, and the existence of a person with multiple useful blessings would be strange.

Q: Roughly how many characters have blessings, like Reinhard or Felt?

A: If you mean useful blessings, it’s one in ten thousand people, after all. Reinhard is an anomaly. Felt’s blessing is still unrevealed.

Q: About blessings, is there an entity that bestows them?

A: There is.

Q: You’ve said that there’s an entity that bestows blessings, but once a blessing has been bestowed on you, do you retain it permanently? Also, is it possible for a blessing to be lost though some factor or other?

A: Blessings are permanent until you die. So the owner of the ‘Blessing of Understanding Salt’ will never have to miss a meal as the salt and sugar selector until he dies.

Q: Is it alright to recognize blessings as having two types, those that reside in the blood (like Reinhard) and those that reside in mutations (like Otto-kun)? Honestly, does it just depend on the mood of the one bestowing the blessing?

A: It’s like that.

Q: Beginning with Reinhard, people who have blessings appear in the story, but are blessings an ability similar to Subaru’s Return by Death, or something bestowed by a different, completely unrelated place? Sorry if you’ve already answered a question like this.

A: That’s a core spoiler.

Q: As the culture of the story’s world advances or declines, do the blessings that can be bestowed on people change as well? (Examples: If science advances and the internet spreads, the ‘Blessing of Electronic Brain’ comes into existence. A great disaster occurs and society declines to the point that humanity becomes unable to produce sugar or salt, and the ‘Blessing of Understanding Salt’ vanishes or no new holders of it appear, etc.)

A: In response to changes in the world, there probably would be a flexible response. Something like a ‘Blessing of Electronic Brain’ might be incomprehensible to the one bestowing, though, so that might be difficult.

Q: Are there situations where blessings can be acquired after being born?

A: Aside from one exception, no.

Q: Is is possible for blessings to be awarded to anyone at any time, and Reinhard’s potential for that is simply unusually high? Or is Reinhard the only one who can have a blessing awarded at any time?

A: Only Reinhard can have them awarded.

Q: Out of Reinhard’s blessings, it was noted the ‘Blessing of Arrow Avoidance’ is one that you are born with, but are most blessings ones you are born with, or ones that come later?

A: Aside from Reinhard, they’re pretty much all ones you are born with. Some people become aware of their blessings sooner, and some later, though. The Reinhard Theater continues.

Q: Setting aside that Subaru doesn’t have any ability, are those who come from other worlds sometimes given blessings?

A: No.

Q: I’ve gone ahead and decided that the person who thought about bestowing the ‘Blessing of Understanding Salt’ and created it must have, long ago, mixed up salt and sugar and put the wrong one on their (food made from) roasted soybean flour. That’s beyond bad tasting, so please be careful.

A: I’ll keep it in mind. Roasted soybean flour is impossible to get wrong, isn’t it?

Q: Details about the ‘Blessing of the Phoenix’, please!

A: As long as this world holds the voice of someone seeking help, even if you defeat me, a second and third me will appear.

Q: Along the lines of the ‘Blessing of the Earth Spirit’, is there also a ‘Blessing of the Water Spirit’ or ‘Blessing of the Fire Spirit’?

A: Reinhard likely has all of them, wouldn’t you think?

Q: Under a ground dragon’s ‘Blessing of the Wind’, would you be fine even if you stood on it’s back?

A: You’d be fine, but of course if the dragon bends it’s back and you don’t match the movement, you’ll fall.

Q: Is the ‘Blessing of the Phoenix’ a single use only? Or is it usable again after a certain time? Something like you could die once a week.

A: It’s probably single-use only. Look at it as being similar to the Yomiyomi fruit. (note: One Piece reference) Seriously, though, good luck trying to kill him even once.

Q: If Garf’s ‘Blessing of the Earth Spirit’ gives him resistance to earth magic, does a ground dragons ‘Wind Exclusion’, and Crusch’s ‘Wind Reading’ give them resistance to wind magic?

A: It’s fairly difficult to say for the ground dragon’s wind exclusion, but Crusch’s ‘Blessing of Wind Reading’ sees through wind affinity. She’s Ram’s natural enemy…… nah, it wouldn’t even be a fight.

Q: How would the Blessing of Bullet Avoidance(?) work against a point-blank shot?

A: That’s no longer a ranged attack, so it would hit like normal. Against someone who only has the “Blessing of Arrow Avoidance”, that is.

Q: It was quite a while ago, but you stated that a ‘Blessing of Avoidance’ and a ‘Blessing of Always Striking’ would cancel each other out; does a blessing that would cancel out the ‘Blessing of the Reaper’ exist?

A: Basically, it doesn’t exist. Minerva-tan might have one chance, and even Ferris wouldn’t be able to touch it.

Q: So the ‘Blessing of the Reaper’ makes it so wounds won’t heal, then. For example, setting aside the question of it being possible or not, neither cellular regeneration nor cellular reproduction will close the wound, then? Patch it up. Then, if it’s an arm or leg affected by the ‘Blessing of the Reaper’, cut it off and overwrite the wound, and then regenerate the whole limb, including the muscle and bone that was cut off.

A: In the case where the wound expands, the influence of the ‘Reaper’ wound expands as well. If a fingertip was cut, and you think you can deal with that by cutting off the finger, at the moment the finger is cut off, the finger that was cut off becomes the target of the ‘Reaper’. Even cellular reproduction wouldn’t work, I’d guess.

Q: If “at the moment the finger is cut off, the finger that was cut off becomes the target of the ‘Reaper’”, then instead of directly pressing the torn finger to another finger, hardening the outer surface using plaster like is used for a broken bone, sort of a treatment would probably lead to gangrene, but it would have an effect!

A: It would likely cause gangrene, but it would have an effect. If your fingertip was cut and you wrapped it in cellophane tape for the rest of your life, you wouldn’t die of blood loss, at least.


Questions about the Beginning and End of Re: Zero

Q: Have you already settled on what kind of manner the conclusion for ReZero will be?

A: Since I already decided to write from my ass it has been settled since the beginning.

Q: I have a question!! Has Mr. Cat already decided inside himself how the last round will end?

A: It’s been decided. Really, only the ending has been firmly decided.

Q: Have you decided on who Subaru will end up with (marriage) in the end?

A: The ending has been decided.

Q: I think you said that you started thinking about it from the end, but about how long did it take you to think of Re: Zero?

A: About a week.

Q: Seriously, how long did it take to think up a story this grand? Did a fair amount of your friend’s opinions go into fleshing out the plot?

A: I made the framework in about a week, and my friend just listened to me to help my fill in the details of the story. So his role was mostly encouraging me by saying “It’s fine, isn’t it?” about the content I created, and his opinion’s weren’t really involved . I made up everything myself.

Q: A question about Mr. Y, the NEET, who helped produce content with you. Did you let him know about the book being picked up for publication? What did he say?

A: Indeed, he was the next to know about the publication after my family. I think that no one else praises Re: Zero more than he does. He knows more about it than I do.

Q: Has your friend ever suggested that ‘this sort of scene would be great, right?’?

A: My friend just listens, so he’s never been involved in developments.

Q: How many arcs will Re: Zero continue through?

A: For now, 11 arcs. (June 04, 2014 arc4)

Q: Around how many light novels do you think it will take to complete Re: Zero?

A: I think it would be nice if there were around 30. (June 05, 2014 arc4)

Q: Am I way off in thinking that converting everything up to the final arc to books would take over 100 of them?

A: Arc 2 was cut down to two books, so there’s no way it would go for one hundred books. My goal is around ‘Dai’s Great Adventure’ (note: Dragon Quest reference).

Q: Is a rough table of contents for each arc already decided?

A: By rough table of contents, in other words you mean a plot of what will be happening in each arc? If so, that’s decided, yeah.

Q: Inside Mr. Cat, is what will happen to who, and where, already decided? Things like ‘In this arc, Al’s helmet will be removed in this situation’. Is it all still vague?

A: I’m able to say that everything will be in 11 arcs, since it’s already decided, sure. If it wasn’t, what indicator would I have to say 11 arcs? Am I just talking lightly? Well, now that I say that, I am, but I’m not speaking that lightly. What do you know about my vagueness, anyways? Why do you know I’m vague? Are you my mom? Knock when you come in the room!!!

Q: Before, you stated that ‘Everything is thought out up to the final round’, but does Mr. Cat have memos (?) of ‘what’ and ‘how detailed’?

A: It’s only in my head.

Q: In case of a sudden accident that brings everything to a halt, please at least leave a record of the plot somewhere.

A: If I die, I’ve arranged for my friend to make the whole picture clear. No need to worry.

Q: If something unfortunate were to happen to Mr. Cat, I wouldn’t be able to read the continuation, so please drive carefully.

A: I don’t want to die, but when it’s time to die, you die. So I’ll continue to drive normally. It’s not like I’m driving dangerously, you know!?

Q: If something was to happen to Mr. Cat, would your friend finish everything up?

A: Nah, I don’t think he has any writing ability. Just the story details will be revealed.

Q: It was said that your friend knows the story details, but around how many people know Re: Zero’s details? Please make sure that at least one person can write.

A: None of my friends could write a light novel. If they could, they wouldn’t be my friends, you see, they’d be my enemy. If I die, just please accept it. I’m not looking for anything like being famous after my death. If I die, there’s no need to talk about me again.

Q: When will the ‘Heartwarming’ tag be removed from the work? Or are all the developments up to this point nothing more than ‘Heartwarming’ to Mr. Cat?!

A: It’s heartwarming.

Q: If chapter 1 is zero, and the final chapter is one hundred, about how far is the current progress?

A: 45. (May 02, 2015 arc5 ch64)

Questions about the Construction of Re: Zero’s Story

Q: Are there any mysteries you don’t intend to make clear in the main story?

A: Not particularly. The mysteries that I’ve put out will be recovered. However, I don’t intend to carefully explain everything that you would understand if you read the story.

Q: If I were to write an isekai thing, I’d dig way too deeply into the worldbuilding, but is Mr. Cat the type to come up with details that you won’t depict and have no intention of depicting?

A: I think about the developments coming up, so I do at least think about the bits involved with those upcoming developments, but I probably don’t think much about details that won’t be shown. That would summon the ‘Wasteful Ghost’ (note: reference to a mascot from a series of commercials urging people not to be wasteful).

Q: If you were looking for something sexy in Re: Zero, what kind of situation would you add?

A: I dislike adding sex to my own work… I don’t even want to think about it.

Q: You’ve said that you dislike crude content, so in other words, does that mean even the archbishops, let alone the Witch of Lust, don’t have abilities along those lines? Also, at what point does crude content become crude content?

A: The archbishop have nothing but authorities that look like crap. Elementary school level crude content isn’t sexual, so it’s fine, but middle school level crude content becomes sexual, so I dislike it. Or really, I dislike sexual talk.

Q: So Mr. Cat doesn’t much like it when the crude content gets too deep?? I enjoying reading it quite a bit, too, but Mushoku Tensei has quite a bit of that; are you alright with it?? (note: Mushoku Tensei, literally Jobless Reincarnation, is a popular web novel on the same site that Re: Zero is published on)

A: I’m not bothered by crude content in something I think of as ‘A work with that sort of thing’. I play erotic games, too. But, I don’t think of my work as ‘A work with that sort of thing’, and I, myself, don’t think of that as something that needs to be shown openly, so I dislike waving it around. Mushoku Tensei was giving off that sort of feeling from the start, so it’s fine. If there was a sudden change along the way and crude content suddenly became frequent, I think that would be no good.

Q: Isn’t Re: Zero short on vitamin ‘boy who only tells dirty jokes’?

A: I dislike crude content, after all.

Q: According to the plot, around how many more times will Subaru die? In the actual writing, how many more times do you think Subaru will die?

A: The number of deaths can increase as I go with the flow, so the number of times he dies isn’t determined by the plot. I don’t want to do digest-like deaths (note: I think he may mean something like a death montage here), so even if there’s a lot, there probably won’t be fifty more times. (May 26, 2014 arc4)

Q: Including the arcs that come after this, which arc will Subaru die the most in?

A: Probably, they’ll all be about even. (May 27, 2014 arc4)

Q: What’s the approximate percentage of the possibility that Subaru will be able to break through a loop without dying even once?

A: 0

Q: In loop stories, building up knowledge and experience using loops is a staple, but supposing Subaru was to use this method, roughly how strong could he become? Assuming Reinhard would be impossible, would he be able to defeat Wilhelm?

A: He wouldn’t get stronger at all. When he ‘Returns by Death’, Subaru’s body doesn’t accumulate any experience. It’s a complete reset. ‘Remember by Death’ is possible, but in terms of becoming stronger, it has no effect at all.

Q: Is Return by Death the ultimate reset where nothing except memory is carried over?

A: I don’t know if it’s the ultimate, but it’s a reset. Please think of it like the way that you can remember the contents of a dream, but even if you become stronger in the dream, you won’t have become stronger when you wake up.

Q: I can’t talk about a scene with Subaru giving a thumbs-up and sinking into mayonnaise without tearing up, but if he died in an everyday scene, would he still Return by Death?

A: If his leg slipped and he smacked his head into the corner of a tofu block and died, he’d return. Honestly, I can only say that where he’d return to would be decided by which space between arcs he died in…...

Q: If Subaru died of old age, would he do something like looping eternally on the day of his death? Or would he be able to see Kadomon again, after a long absence?

A: If he’s not able to fulfill the goal of the person making him ‘Return by Death’ before he dies of old age, he’ll probably return.

Q: I was thinking as I was re-reading. In arc 1, as Subaru is facing his first death, if he didn’t have Return by Death would he have died and ended there, or is Return by Death tied to being summoned, and something like Subaru being summoned to another world without having Return by Death would be impossible?

A: It would have been the end.

Q: I’m disturbed by the fact that Subaru just isn’t dying. Figuring out his enemy’s weaknesses without dying; what’s up with this protagonist…!?

A: He dies and makes the readers rejoice; he doesn’t die and makes the readers afraid. What’s up with this protagonist?

Q: What would be the result if Subaru were to try and build a school harem with the ability of [Returns by Death]?

A: Apart from not dying, nothing would happen. Saying that because he could return from death he will die due to a blunder in school life would be stupid

Q: I feel like I saw at one point that conveying the meaning of Return by Death through writing would be impossible, but could he convey Return by Death to someone by body language and gestures (and words too if it seemed safe)?

A: That would be a really difficult gesture! On Subaru’s side of things, if he has the intent to convey something, it’ll be discovered. The part where they try to infer his meaning is fine. But, when they begin to try and confirm with Subaru, it’s dangerous.

Q: On the off chance that Emilia wound up with a boyfriend that wasn’t Subaru, what action would Subaru take when he saw that??

A: He’d ‘Return by Death’. Just kidding. Just kidding, but... not really, but... how would that turn out? I guess he really would ‘Return by Death’.

Q: Supposing that there were two people with ‘Return by Death’, then as long as they don’t both accomplish their goal at the same time, would they continue to return to their respective save points?

A: I think it would depend on the rules of that story, but if we limit it to my story, it’s an impossible situation, so I don’t know.

Questions about the Names of Re Zero Characters

Q: Why are all the main characters’ names associated with stars do you think?

A: Cause it’s wonderful

Q: Did the names of the stars passed through into the other world of Emilia’s bunch? Like Subaru (he used the kanji for Pleiades) and Aldebaran

A: Since they didn’t, whenever Subaru brings up the story about the stars he usually gets treated as if his head is strange

Q: A character up to this point that it was difficult to name

A: Forcing together the connections between the archbishops’ sins and abilities and star names was terribly difficult.

Q:Do you rack your brains over characters’ names?

A: Someone who doesn’t is slacking way too much.

Q: How do you decide on the names of the characters that appear? Are they from your yearbook?

A: Aside from the important ones, I make them up when they appear. Wilhelm and some others were like that.

Q: When you’re thinking of names, are there sources that you use for ideas?

A: Nothing in particular. I think the majority of people try to avoid using the same names, and I’m like that too. In my case, aside from the names that have meanings, I make them up on the spot.

Q: When you suddenly think up an important-seeming character and the perfect name for them, but the name sounds a lot like a name you picked at random before, what do you do?

A: You have to believe in the name you’ve thought up. We’ll use it even if the sound is nearly the same. With Kiritaka and Liliana, even when the sound is completely identical. Even if Emilia and Priscilla have more or less the same sound.

Q: Aside from the characters whose names are determined by the story’s plot, how do you decide on names?

A: I make them up on the spot. The royal selection candidates and the knights and such were more or less like that.

Q: When you’re thinking of names, do you divide it up and think that ‘This region is Germanic, that region is Russian, that region is Italian’?

A: I don’t think about it that much. By and large, I name them with whatever flash of inspiration comes in that moment. It was just by chance that all of the Astrea family ended up with Germanic names.

Q: Is there a character that you had the most trouble naming? Are they all done by intuition or foreshadowing?

A: It’s all intuition and foreshadowing. If you’re not doing any foreshadowing, names aren’t something that’s important enough to worry about.

Q: There’s something about the sound of the name Julius Eulclius that I like, but does Mr. Cat have a name that he thinks was the best?

A: It’s Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti, you see. But, he’s in danger of being renamed. What do you think; would it be better to change Romanee-Conti? Does it make you laugh?

Q: The Romanee-Conti renaming uproar is occurring, but speaking of first impressions, ‘Reinhard’ was more shocking. A certain ‘Kaiser Reinhard-sama’’s image is strong, after all (note: Legend of Galactic Heroes reference). Was there something like a strong reason that you went ahead and named him ‘Reinhard’? If it’s something related to a story development that comes after this, just ignore this question.

A: I like Kaiser Reinhard, so I thought I’d use Reinhard for the strongest character. So, that impression was correct.

Q: Is Macgregor Mathers the origin of Roswaal’s name, perhaps? I think the origin of Beatrice’s name is Beatrice (note: second Beatrice was written to match the Italian pronunciation), but are there other characters with stories behind their names?

A: I borrowed Reinhard from The Legend of Galactic Heroes’ Emperor of the Galaxy, outside of that there’s no particular stories behind them. Roswaal, too, was decided on for the sound of it, and it’s not a name that I thought “I’ll do this!’ and brought it in from somewhere. Now that I think back on it, maybe the reason that I thought Mathers sounded like a magic user was I had the idea that Suikoden 2 had a strong magic user of that name? Beako wasn’t from Beatrice, but started from the idea of ‘A girl that it would look right to hold like a teddy bear’, so the ‘Beako’ nickname came first, and I picked the rest later (note: In the Japanese text, bear is pronounced the same as the ‘Bea’ section of Beako). I think that’s about all of it.

Q:There’s a lot of Reinhard content, so I’ll ask just one. Where did Reinhard’s name originate?

A: It was Kaiser Reinhard of The Legend of Galactic Heroes. I like him, so I thought I’d attach his name to the strongest character.

Q: You’ve been providing solid answers about characters that, at this point in time, are only minor roles (Kadomon) or that the main story has only touched on the name or existence of (Reid, the former king), but does that mean that you’ve thought about them in advance?

A: When I get asked about them, the things that I’ve just thought about idly get solidified when I give them as answers. Sort of like normally it’s like melted ice cream, and it gets hardened when I give the answer. That’s bad for the flavor, so let’s stop doing that.

[tuckersister]

Are we gonna see or hear about Echidna before the last arc? She's the only witch they came back to the living. I hope we find out what's she been doing since we last saw her.

[Roxanne]

İ hope on the volume 13 we will see Satella's illustration

oops, i misspelled Garfiel name :heh:

[Applehell]

Chicken's released Arc 4 chapter 29 parts 1 & 2.

Are we gonna see or hear about Echidna before the last arc? She's the only witch they came back to the living. I hope we find out what's she been doing since we last saw her.

With how central she is to the storyline especially regarding what happened 400 agos it would be odd have her be resurrected and not show up until the last arc. She no longer dead like the other Witches (well sans Satella, Hector and Pandora) are afterall.

[Applehell]

So let's have a night to always remember.

They intrude on the two girls, dancing in the most conspicuous spot in the room.

They don't know a single step, but they enjoy themselves all the same.

Through a sea of smiles and confusion, the Knight and Witch—the new master and servant—begin
their nonsense dance.

And finally, Anon put up the Knighting Ceremony the last part of Arc 4.5, truly bringing this arc to a close. That was pretty much a prefect closure. Hopefully an a possible S2 will have that despite being part of what really an extended epilogue.

In the middle of the hall, Garfiel challenges Otto to drink a full glass of expensive-looking alcohol in one go. Otto slams the glass back down to the table, having beautifully chugged the whole thing, to the applause of the onlooking crowd.

But Otto's face flushes bright red before swiftly paling dead white. Following this transformation, Garfiel immediately shoulders Otto and goes rushing out of the hall.

Hopefully those two don't ever change entirely. :heh:

[Applehell]

Chicken's got Arc 4 Ch 30 part 1 up.

Volume 13 promotions are starting:

The first color illustration featuring the best grill:
https://i.redd.it/rafpsttdoo2z.jpg

The final cover:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DB4eV-iUQAEGvSx.jpg

[wavehawk]

The first color illustration featuring the best grill:
- Yes, grilled lizard meat is very tasty. :heh:

...prolly should spellcheck?:D

...or have I given Rem ideas on how to eliminate her competition?

[Applehell]

Oh, no. I was just using the meme spelling. :heh:

[BlackCockDown]

When both your homies get cover art but you don't.

[Applehell]

^IKR? :heh:

I can see Subaru being on the cover for the last volume of this arc or at the start of Arc 5.

I'm just impressed that we have a LN cover without the standard female presence to attract otaku though. Even Tappei admitted (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/06/11-1/love-and-jealousy-on-display-in-latest-rezero-light-novel-art-preview?utm_source=community_cr&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=news&referrer=community_cr_twitter_news) it was a rather bold decision.

You know, I'm kinda hoping all the characters are sporting some new threads or accessories after the near year long timeskip that happens after Arc 4 and not just Subaru.

[Nomebastanteoriginal]

I have a question about the arcs' names. The web novel has a name for each arc. The manga version also has the arc names in both japanese and english covers. I recently purchased the english printed version of volume 1 of the light novel, but I can´t seem to find any mention to the arc's name in it. Were the names excluded for the light novel volumes?

[tuckersister]

I'm looking forward in seeing an arc with Subaru and Omega fight together.

[Applehell]

Updates:

WN has Arc 6 Ch 35 up:

Emilia basically tells Ram off for thinking that he's faking memory loss.
Then everyone re-gives introductions, and Scarfdona explains her situation to everyone.
After a bit of recap, Emilia explains that they found Subaru on the third floor (where the books about the dead people are) and brought him to the healing room, which brings them to the current situation.
Everyone decides to go to the third floor to try and find out if they can get Subaru's memories back.
Then scarfdona pulls Subaru aside and asks "What's this "isekai" you keep on mentioning?"
Credits to soranetworker on Reddit.


Chicken has Arc 4 Ch 31 part 1 up.

Anon has started Arc 5 Ch1.

I have a question about the arcs' names. The web novel has a name for each arc. The manga version also has the arc names in both japanese and english covers. I recently purchased the english printed version of volume 1 of the light novel, but I can´t seem to find any mention to the arc's name in it. Were the names excluded for the light novel volumes?

Yeah, I've found that strange too. I have no idea why the LN leaves them out.

[Nomebastanteoriginal]

Two insert illustrations are up. Finally we have Satella
http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/files/d000155/ISBN978-4-04-069285-2/books/images/2/2.jpg
http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/files/d000155/ISBN978-4-04-069285-2/books/images/2/25.jpg
http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/files/d000155/ISBN978-4-04-069285-2/books/images/2/51.jpg

[Applehell]

Thanks for posting those scans. It's finally nice to see Satella and Sekmet now at least has more than one LN illustration.

BTW this doesn't there are scans out, this just part an official preview for the volume you can read on the Media Factory site.

Chapter 1: A Sound that Makes You Want to Cry
Chapter 2: Ignoring the Odds of Success
Chapter 3: STRAIGHT BET
Chapter 4: Lies, Liars, and Braggarts
Chapter 5: Otto Suwen
Chapter 6: The Reason to Believe
Chapter 7: The Stone of Kuwen won't Rise for One Person
Chapter 8: Love Letter

Anon now has Arc 5 Ch 2 & 3 up.

[Haru00]

Its nice to finally see Satella, I know its been obvious way before but she really looks like Emilia, well an emo heart broken Emilia.

[Roxanne]

OMG she is beautiful :kisskiss: she really looks like Emilia but she is older than Emilia.

[Applehell]

Chicken has up Arc 4 Ch 31 parts 2 & 3.

Finally got around to reading Anon's recently released chapter and this one of many quoteable gems in it which is about Priestella:

Emilia: “I think there's lots of theories behind the city's construction. Like, they were testing the limits of their technology, or trying to conquer the floods without relying on magic or the Dragon, or trying to trap a powerful, evil witchbeast.”

Subaru: “None of them sound sensible but they all somehow feel possible which is how you know humans did it.”
:heh:

Really good chapter.

[BladeMancer]

"Honestly, I don't like how the changes dull Subaru's "villainous" behavior, or how Subaru's discovery of the hidden laboratory was changed into a random occurrence rather than being a hint as to Beako's old friendship with Lewes. I don't like how Puck's contract was altered, foreshadowing was cut, and focus on him was largely toned down.

Those aren't even long bits, but they flow into events and give them proper weight. I also don't like how Subaru didn't get to exercise his chuuni powers, because the Leweses already have their own names. I don't like the changes to the confrontations with Elsa and Meili. I don't like the changes to the various confrontations with Garf, and how Ram doesn't give her ultimatum.

I don't like how Subaru had to be directly told by Roswaal that he had a Gospel, and that he never fucking strangled the bastard. I don't like how the foreshadowing of Invisible Providence was cut. And yes, I don't like the changes to the Rem scenes.

These were all scenes I liked."
Found this on 4Chan
This is NOT ok. What the hell is going on in the light novel?? They also altered Pucks contract with Echidna and I believe removed the "Rem's Hero" Line. I'm fine and dandy more or less with the stuff that can be introduced later, but some of these can never be reverted back and it sickens me that this is happening.

[Applehell]

Those are random complaints from someone who didn't even read the LN. Nevermind that their interpretation of Subaru's character from the WN so off the mark it's hilarious as well some stuff just being flat out wrong in both versions (the details of Pucks contract for example are never mentioned in either the LN or WN so how the world was it even changed?). For that matter all LN has gotten good reviews including from some who has read both LN and WN who post on /a/. Just ignore what comes out of that site because way too much misinformation has come out of it ever since the adaptation.

[BladeMancer]

Those are random complaints from someone who didn't even read the LN. Nevermind that their interpretation of Subaru's from the WN so off the mark it's hilarious as well some stuff just being flat out wrong in both versions. For that matter all LN has gotten good reviews including from some who has read both LN and WN who post on /a/.
Is it though? I'm downright sceptical because the Arc 3 manga is now just copypasting the anime, and I fear that it's success may water down the writing. It is true that the WN has a lot more intense moments that the LN is removing/changing. The foreshadowing of Invisible Providence was also removed, how will he use it without it looking like a complete asspull? They are also shilling Emilia, as seen in the illustration where Subaru is crying and she's comforting him. She shouldn't have been given such major focus as well cause Rem was in the coma, you could barely see Rem's face in the illustration. I'm ok with changes, but if these changes affect significant and interesting plot points, scenes and development (and not in a good way) thats where I'm going to draw the line.

[Applehell]

Is it though? I'm downright sceptical because the Arc 3 manga is now just copypasting the anime, and I fear that it's success may water down the writing. It is true that the WN has a lot more intense moments that the LN is removing/changing. The foreshadowing of Invisible Providence was also removed, how will he use it without it looking like a complete asspull? They are also shilling Emilia, as seen in the illustration where Subaru is crying and she's comforting him. She shouldn't have been given such major focus as well cause Rem was in the coma, you could barely see Rem's face in the illustration. I'm ok with changes, but if these changes affect significant and interesting plot points, scenes and development (and not in a good way) thats where I'm going to draw the line.

Ugh, as I thought in realty this just waifu nonsense. I thought that post sound familiar and probably the same dude who has no idea what he's talking about and is just mad scenes with Rem where being altered a bit. He was whining about the same stuff months ago.

-First off the foreshadowing about Unseen Hands is not effected at all because Subaru still adsorbs the Witch Gene to begin with which both Betty and Echidna point out in LN like they do in the WN. Subaru randomly used UH in WN the first time anyway, so I have no idea what that poster is gong on about since the same thing will happen in the LN just at a different point.

-WN the doesn't have more intense moments, they are about the same.

-The complaint about Emilia's addition to the scene is stupid petty nonsense, you can see Rem perfectly fine and the only people who are complaining are toxic waifunuts which the entire Re:Zero threads on /a/ are fill with.

-Nothing significant has been affected, the story is playing out the same with better pacing since there are less transitional chapters where little happens.

[BlackCockDown]

^
If you don't read the LN anyway there's no need to concern yourself with it. Just stick to what you see.

[Applehell]

True, but this doesn't make this whole thing less irritating due to the lack off self-awareness on those posters have and spread of disinformation. The LN has been doing this ever since it's publication with only difference here is that have they have read Arc 4's WN first while they exposed LN version (or adaptations that sourced it) of all the other arcs prior and they know that. They only became retroactive aware changes and reworkings from past WN arc that got rid similar extraneous material while adding things but hypocritically ignore that or the fact they enjoyed the LN variations without ever knowing those minor scenes existed or alterations occurred.

The Re:Zero's LN is not adaptation of its WN, but a revision of it and it's always been that way. It still hits the same story beats, developments and has strong foreshadowing with a couple changes, rearrangements and additions here and there. But those adjustments are made in reference to the overall story as Tappei has been doing since day one so it's not being done in a vacuum. So it won't affect the plot in any meaningful way beyond pacing and when you learn something relatively. This is assuming Tappei hasn't made too many changes to his original plans away, but it doesn't mean much since the WN is more or less a rough draft of the story and not it's final form.

edit: Anyway, Chicken has Arc 4 Ch 32 part 1 up.

[Applehell]

More v13 color spread illustrations (low HQ):

http://i.imgur.com/f0uRMfw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/MUk08A1.jpg

[RDNexus]

Wow... What are these...?

[Applehell]

Wow... What are these...?
Some of the flashbacks from this part of the arc.

The first image shows Garfiel (the baby), Young Frederica (his half sister), Reala/Reshia (their mother) and Lewes (friend and surrogate parent/grandma).

The second Emilia reminiscing about a part of her past and relating what she saw at Echidna's first trial to Subaru.

This might be after Puck breaks his contract with her and some of her real (and false) memories start returning.

edit:More v13 color spread illustrations (low HQ):

http://i.imgur.com/f0uRMfw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/MUk08A1.jpg

[BlackCockDown]

Wow... What are these...?
LN illustrations

Top
Garfiel and Frederica's mom before she got pranked by some rocks and mud

Bottom
Subaru's promise to an emotionally worn Emilia to hold her hand till the morning

Oh, didn't know it was already answered lol

[Applehell]

Nah, you're good. I think you were a little more accurate then me on the 2nd image.

[haseo0408]

Emilia is so adorable, no wonder Subaru fell for her that hard. :D

[Applehell]

BTW, YenPress released vol 4 yesterday.

[haseo0408]

BTW, YenPress released vol 4 yesterday.

Thanks for the info, now only ten more years for then to catch up with Japan.

[Applehell]

Tell me about it. :heh:

In all seriousness we actually get to vol 9 in the fall of next year. The current release schedule is not too bad.

edit: new vol 13 images:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DC7OR4nV0AE7sna.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DC58opIU0AAjLCL.jpg:large

http://i.imgur.com/25tzaNY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UF5X98G.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hThIVSR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Z9AZwtu.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ImmGLZO.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/w2bwdXT.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/x5UTnhF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/LKpgbt8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/wOV2IgN.jpg

Bonus story:
http://i.imgur.com/ZchTmxt.jpg

[AP24]

Nice to finally see an official pic of Subaru and Emilia's kiss.

But my problem with this volume is that a lot parts were cut out compared to previous volumes. Vol 10-12 covered 20-30 web chapters each with Vol 12 ending at arc 4's web chapter 75. Last chapter of Vol 13 has the same title of web chapter 117 and the arc ends at around chapter 130. So is the arc finished in Vol 13? If not then I guess Vol 14 will cover the rest of Arc 4 and the beginning of Arc 5.

[Roxanne]

finally I saw Emilia and Subaru's kiss :kisskiss::hyper-^v^:
also,this volume is end of arc 4?

[Applehell]

So far from the images it seems the main thing that have been cut is Betty's backstory. But that mostly just been moved the next volume. Otherwise most of the transitional chapters have probably been merged or cut on the usual fashion. Hard to say if this will end the arc in v14 tho. The next couple chapters are pretty long and the stuff with Betty will only add to that.

Only thing I'm not really sure right now is if the LN will keep Emilia's mini flashback with Fortuna that happens prior to the trials. Tappei might have moved it to next volume or cut out completely. Hopefully it's still there since it's a really nice scene.

[Roxanne]

I want to see Fortuna's illustration I hope on the next vol we will see Fortuna's illustration :)

[Applehell]

Impression of v13 has been coming out in places like twitter from readers and so far all of them have been positive. Yeah there have been some cuts and restructuring from the WN as expected, but none of them seems to affected book negatively.

[tuckersister]

I looking forward in seeing Subaru meeting Echidna (Omega) again in living world. He would be speechless. I really want to know what she's been up to since the last time we see her.

[Applehell]

Chicken's put out Ch 33. It's a full chapter this time so it's a fairly long read.

[Applehell]

Anon has Returned By Death and graces us with a new Arc 5 chapter. :heh:

And

*1.　26,637　*26,637　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.13
*2.　18,908　*18,908　Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Girls Side Vol.3
*3.　15,729　139,992　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Vol.22
*4.　15,340　*15,340　Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai desho! Vol.11
*5.　13,594　*13,594　Berserk: Enryuu no Kishi
*6.　10,408　*43,102　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria Vol.9
*7.　*8,351　**8,351　Genjitsu Shugisha no Oukoku Saikenki Vol.4
*8.　*8,177　**8,177　Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. Vol.9
*9.　*7,362　**7,362　Yowa-Chara Tomozaki-kun Vol.4
10.　*6,768　*52,905　Eromanga-sensei Vol.9

11.　*6,279　**6,279　Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de Vol.16
12.　*6,087　**6,087　Assassins Pride Vol.6
13.　*5,954　**5,954　Zero no Tsukaima Memorial Book
14.　*5,827　128,583　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol.12
15.　*5,171　**5,171　Kuitsume Youhei no Gensou Kitan Vol.2
16.　*5,064　**5,064　Tensei shite Inaka de Slow Life wo Okuritai Vol.3
17.　*4,977　100,532　Meitantei Conan Karakurenai no Love Letter
18.　*4,465　**4,465　Yuusha Shoukan ni Makikomareta kedo, Isekai wa Heiwa deshita Vol.1
19.　*4,428　**4,428　Houkago wa, Isekai Kissa de Coffee wo
20.　*3,931　**3,931　Mita Ichizoku no Iji wo Mi yo: Tensei Sengoku Bushou no Honsouki Vol.5

21.　*3,668　**3,668　Kyoukai Meikyuu to Ikai no Majutsushi Vol.8
22.　*3,537　**3,537　Isekai Douraku ni Akitara
23.　*3,514　**3,514　Nidome no Yuusha wa Fukushuu no Michi wo Waraiayumu Vol.3
24.　*3,284　**3,284　Tanaka no Isekai Nariagari Vol.2

https://myanimelist.net/news/51308711

Pretty good for only two days of sales.

[Applehell]

Volume 13 scans are now up on the wiki in good quality.

[sparhawk1610]

Anon has Returned By Death and graces us with a new Arc 5 chapter. :heh:

And



https://myanimelist.net/news/51308711

Pretty good for only two days of sales.

It is not bad indeed. But Danmachi or Mahouka beat it in 2 days of sales with pretty big difference. (But different series and popularity ofc)
Also, I am really curious how much will author cut from Arc 4. But I will be happy to see Fortuna.

[Applehell]

Arc 5 Ch 5 is up by Anon.

They finally reached Pristella. It's a pretty fun chapter despite entirely just being about Emilia faction interacting do some sightseeing. Everyone just plays off each so well in these small conversations.

Subaru: “Feels like these canals split the city into four or something.”

Emilia: “They do. The giant waterways in the middle of Pristella divide it into districts. Going clockwise from the main gates, they're District One, District Two, District Three, and District Four.”

Subaru hums.

Subaru: “Pretty uncreative naming scheme. They could've gone for something more like East Blue. Don't you agree?”

Garfiel: “That I do, Captain.”

Beatrice: “No one cares about your tastes, I suppose.”

Says Beatrice icily at the happy pair. Emilia smiles as she watches on and raises her finger, speaking as if she has read this in a book,

[Applehell]

Arc Ch 34 is up by Chicken and holy shit what an intense chapter!

This basically sums it up.

[Subaru: Fuck my life……!]

and Poor Petra :(

[Applehell]

Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles

*1.　20,677　*20,677　Isekai Shokudou Vol.4
*2.　18,848　*45,485　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.13
*3.　17,982　*17,982　Youjo Senki Vol.8
*4.　17,504　*17,504　Isekai Cheat Majutsushi Vol.6
*5.　13,663　*13,663　Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: Hatori Yoshiyuki no Baai Vol.2
*6.　10,851　*10,851　Rinki Ouhen: Nijuu Rasen Vol.11
*7.　*9,238　149,230　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Vol.22
*8.　*7,137　*20,731　Berserk: Enryuu no Kishi
*9.　*6,619　**6,619　Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? Vol.26
10.　*5,539　*24,447　Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Girls Side Vol.3

11.　*5,161　**5,161　Muzokusei Mahou no Messiah Vol.3
12.　*5,017　**5,017　Seija Musou: Salaryman, Isekai de Ikinokoru Tame ni Ayumu Michi Vol.3
13.　*4,978　*20,318　Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai desho! Vol.11
14.　*4,864　*47,966　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria Vol.9
15.　*4,805　133,388　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol.12
16.　*4,801　105,333　Meitantei Conan Karakurenai no Love Letter
17.　*4,658　**9,722　Tensei shite Inaka de Slow Life wo Okuritai Vol.3
18.　*4,420　**4,420　Outlive Deadlock Season 2
19.　*4,407　**4,407　Tensei shitara Ken deshita Vol.3
20.　*4,395　*57,300　Eromanga-sensei Vol.9

https://myanimelist.net/news/51399905

Around 45k as expected. It's doing more or less as well as Vol 12 did.

[Tascan]

Hello.
Who read, please answer 2 questions:
1) In the tags, a harem is written and not a harem. So in the end?
2) Is there a drama or a tragedy? Especially interesting: is any of the friends or girls of the protagonist dying irretrievably? I do not like this.

[Applehell]

Hello.
Who read, please answer 2 questions:
1) In the tags, a harem is written and not a harem. So in the end?
2) Is there a drama or a tragedy? Especially interesting: is any of the friends or girls of the protagonist dying irretrievably? I do not like this.

1) Someone put the harem tag there early on under assumption of this being a harem like most Isekai's nowadays from the get go without an actual harem being the story. You could argue it is a pseudo harem if you take any of the ship teases outside of SubaruxEmilia and SubaruxRem seriously (see Petra) otherwise it remains a love triangle.

2) There is both. Part of the story is prevent those disasters from occurring through loops including his own. However results are mixed because in some cases while Subaru maybe able stop deaths directly, a few of the characters involved will not escaped unscratched. Arc 3 is a good example of this on several levels.

[Tascan]

1) Someone put the harem tag there early on under assumption of this being a harem like most Isekai's nowadays from the get go without an actual harem being the story. You could argue it is a pseudo harem if you take any of the ship teases outside of SubaruxEmilia and SubaruxRem seriously (see Petra) otherwise it remains a love triangle.


So it turns out that in the end the main character will still choose only one girl? And there is no possibility that he will remain with both Rem and Emilia?


2) There is both. Part of the story is prevent those disasters from occurring through loops including his own. However results are mixed because in some cases while Subaru maybe able stop deaths directly, a few of the characters involved will not escaped unscratched. Arc 3 is a good example of this on several levels.

That is, they: get any damage (for example, loss of memory or similar), but in the end everything also exists in history? And there is a possibility that the protagonist will save them.

[Applehell]

So it turns out that in the end the main character will still choose only one girl? And there is no possibility that he will remain with both Rem and Emilia?

Well I don't know how much you have watched or read of this series so I will try to avoid revealing too much.

Rem does bring up and say she would be okay with polygamy between her, Subaru and Emilia. Which would not be unusual for the era this is based on. Whether that well happen or not is a different story. I can't say anymore than that.

That is, they: get any damage (for example, loss of memory or similar), but in the end everything also exists in history? And there is a possibility that the protagonist will save them.

It's something along those lines or like grievous injuries. I will mention what happens to a specific character despite Subaru's best without saying his or her name.

One of Subaru's comrades loses her memories and then is inflicted with a deadly poison-ike curse in another arc with no known cure. It looks horrible too from what it sounds like, as her skin turns blackened like she has the black plague or something.

[Applehell]

Arc 4 Ch 35 is out. *mod snip*


Volume 13 3rd week sales:

Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles

*1.　11,651　*32,328　Isekai Shokudou Vol.4
*2.　10,097　*10,097　86 Vol.2
*3.　*8,496　**8,496　Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon: Girls Talk Vol.3
*4.　*8,292　*53,777　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.13
*5.　*7,516　**7,516　Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin Vol.12
*6.　*6,586　*24,568　Youjo Senki Vol.8
*7.　*6,532　*24,036　Isekai Cheat Majutsushi Vol.6
*8.　*5,657　*19,320　Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: Hatori Yoshiyuki no Baai Vol.2
*9.　*5,473　154,703　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Vol.22
10.　*4,807　*48,780　Knights & Magic Vol.1

11.　*4,262　*43,491　Knights & Magic Vol.2
12.　*4,065　**4,065　Tenshi no 3P! Vol.10
13.　*3,986　**3,986　Boogiepop Doubtful: Fuka Kouryaku no Rabbit Run
14.　*3,705　109,038　Meitantei Conan Karakurenai no Love Letter
15.　*3,521　136,909　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol.12
16.　*3,473　**3,473　Daifugou Koutei no Gokujou Chouai
17.　*3,367　*42,488　Knights & Magic Vol.3
18.　*3,314　**3,314　Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Vol.2
19.　*3,233　**7,450　Kaifuku Jutsushi Yarinaoshi: Sokushi Mahou to Skill Copy no Chouetsu Heal
20.　*3,032　**3,186　Akuyaku Reijou wa, Dragon to wa Odorenai

21.　*2,118　*22,849　Berserk: Enryuu no Kishi
22.　*2,078　**2,233　Dannasama wa Majutsu Baka Vol.2



https://myanimelist.net/news/51492509

[Applehell]

So Julius had his birthday at the start of this month and Tappei did recent a Q&A on him.

WintryOne translated them, but he only focused on the questions Tappei answered and what seemed the most interesting since there were a lot of them.


His most valued possession is his ground dragon.
His quasi-spirits introduce themselves with their given name and his last name.
The first thing Julius would do upon coming to our world is visit a library.
He's usually good at picking gifts for people, but when he sends a gift to his brother Joshua, he usually sends something Julius likes himself instead.
He's mostly vegetarian, so his preferred foods are vegetables and fruits, with tomato (tometo in their terms) as a favorite. He likes ketchup more than mayonnaise.
His blessing is still active; without it, his spirits would have abandoned him.
If it actually came to eating curry udon, he'd study it and be able to eat it better than Subaru.
His current favorability towards Subaru would be eight or nine out of ten, and his communication skill would be around seven out of ten.
When they were young, Julius saw Reinhard carrying the dragon sword Reid, was embarrassed at having depended on his position in the nobility up to that point, and was motivated to develop his mind and body.
Julius has received a lot of attention from the women due to being near Reinhard, being in the knights (and also due to Ferris), but he prefers to work for his rewards himself, so he's politely declined everything up to this point.



Kadokawa has big event that's gonna to happen in September:
http://mfbunkoj-fes.com/stage/

Basically Re Zero will have a stage talk in MF Bunko J Summer Festival 2017. For those who are not familiar, MF Bunko J is the publisher and every summer they hold an amine con for their own brand.



Why is it important then? Well, USUALLY they will announce something on the stage, either game, OVA, movie orseason2 (E.g. NGNL announced movie last year). Personally I think it is the best timing to announce s2 as the preparation time takes around 2 years or so according to Tappei. It also explains why the wn update slows down so much or simply because he is too slothful



But playing devil's advocate, I think re zero will have a stage talk any way because of how hot the IP is so maybe there is nothing special to it

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Okay the actual Ch 36 is out (I made mistake in my last post) with both parts 1 and 2 are up.

The last part was pretty damn creepy, but it definitely seems that someone has been in that laboratory recently.

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RIP the guys who read that he was eaten alive yet still thought it was either Ram or Garfiel who killed him.

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Unless either of two suddenly turned out to be cannibals and got small enough borrow through his stomach at blinding speeds... that would have been highly unlikely anyway. :heh:

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Arc 4 Ch 37 is up.



Roswaal tho

Before Subaru’s eyes, Roswaal waved the book left and right in his hand. However, Subaru had no mental capacity to care about such gestures now.
The fact that Roswaal was holding a Gospel same as the ones in the hands of the Witch Cult was indeed shocking. The fact that the one in Beatrice’s hand was also a Gospel, and the fact that the words she said to him at their parting were confirmed, was also shocking.
――But they were not what dominated Subaru’s mind in that moment,

[Subaru: That’s…… a Gospel that records the future?]

[Roswaal: Wi~~thout a doubt. This is the genuine Gospel]

[Subaru: You know…… the future? Right now, everything that is happening now… is in that book……?]

[Roswaal: It i~s written. Although you won’t be able to read it]

Who cares about that.
At this moment, whether Subaru could read it is irrelevant. There was only one significance. Only one single thing he had to ask. That is,

[Subaru: The future, what will happen…… is written… in that book?]

[Roswaal: It doesn’t describe the enti~rety of the world, but it does reveal a portion of the owner’s fu~ture]

[Subaru: That things will become the way they are now…… you knew that beforehand?]

[Roswaal: It took quite a lot of effort to produce the same situ~ation as described, you know? I was rather hoping for a little praise for all my efforts behind the sce~nes]

Subaru could not stop his voice from trembling.
At the source of that trembling, was the seeping of some violent emotion. Just what that emotion was, and at whom it was directed, was immediately obvious―― that is,

[Subaru: If you knew… everything that was going to happen……]

[Roswaal: ――Fuumu]

[Subaru: ――You, knowingly left Rem to die?]





[Roswaal: Rem, who~ would you be refe~rring to?]





[Subaru: ――I’ll KILL YOU!! ROSWAAAAAAAAAAAL!!]

Whew. :heh:

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It'll be almost since a month since anon's updates ahhhh

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For anyone still following or is interested in it, the manga adaptation of the 3rd has released chapters 22-23.

TC's released Arc 4 Ch 38 part 1.

It'll be almost since a month since anon's updates ahhhh

In fairness it's not like this guy was ever a stable translator. He could always bugger off at one point and never be heard from again.

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Arc 4 Ch 38 part 2 and 39 part 1 are up at the usual place.


[Subaru: Ah, come to think of it, what are you doing here? I mean, really, for the last three or four days I’ve had time to think about loads of things, and I’m not exaggerating, but you were basically the only person who never crossed my mind]

[Otto: You’re unbelievable, you know that!! To think I’d still be surprised you’d say something like that at this point!!]

[Subaru: Honestly though, I’m the one surprised at how your existence just vanished from my head. The moment I saw you I wasn’t even sure if you were Otto or the appa-seller-uncle, you know]

[Otto: Who’s the appa-seller-uncle!?]

:heh:

[Subaru: He was kind of a starting point for me. We could also call him MR.SAVEPOINT]

OMG! That meme was real...

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Arc 4 Ch 39 2/2 is here. A really nice one due the bonding moment between Subaru and Otto.

The banter between them is as funny always too.

[Otto: Finding you was all thanks to me, you know. I believe this is where you give me your most sincere praises, so, what do you think, Natsuki-san?]

[Subaru: I’m honestly impressed, and you really helped me. So how did you find me?]

[Otto: Fufufuu~, do you really want to know? You want to know, right? You want to know]

[Subaru: Yeah, I wanna know. You must’ve used your Divine Protection of Anima Whipering to talk to the bugs and lizards and plants in the forest to gather information to find me here, huh]

[Otto: Yes but can you please give me back my sense of superiority!?]

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For Emilia's birthday ! So Cute ! :)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DG2B0yQUQAMZJVU.jpg

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Competely unexpected and Kadokawa is holding an event for like they did with Rem too.

Between this, the big announcement in September and vol 14 being released at the same time it's differently going to be Re:0's month. :)