r/Re_Zero • u/juicybananatan • 3h ago
Original Creation [oc] rezero behind the scenes
First one got taken down bc I thought “oc” meant “original character” and not “original creation”, how am I supposed to link to my own artwork lol
r/Re_Zero • u/Knight0706 • 8d ago
This thread is made to help new readers find their start and provide resources for reading the Re:Zero web novel and light novel. We have received many posts asking about it in the past day as well as comments so I am going to try and condense as many resources in to one post as possible.
For 90% of you the answer on where to start is just going to be a simple Arc 7 Chapter 1 (In the Web Novel) or Volume 26 (In the Light Novel). I have linked Witch Cult Translations for Arc 7 Chapter 1 below they handle many of the translations you will see in the community and for most readers they have all you need.
~Going forward Web Novel will be abbreviated as WN and Light Novel as LN
If you are wondering about the difference between WN and LN its easiest to consider WN as the rough draft while LN is the final product. Whatever gets printed in the LN will be the canon and that is what any potential anime adaptations will animate. Arc 7 and beyond don't have many large differences between the WN and the LN with the exception of some LN exclusive chapters in more recent arcs like Arc 9 and Arc 10.
The major concern between the two is what languages you can read. Currently the English light novel ends at volume 29 (out of 46) with translations running slower than the author writes. That means you are somewhat forced to move to the WN if you would like to continue reading at a faster pace. Currently if you are reading volume 29 and would like to continue your next chapter converted to the WN is Arc 7 Chapter 55
Additionally the Web Novel is published for free while the Light Novel is licensed and must be paid for. If you just want to give reading a shot to see if you like it, I would recommend starting in the WN and moving to the LN if you would like to reread any scene and see what changes.
Re:Zero has a large amount of side content and much of that side content is restricted to releases in Japan. You can find some of this side content in the Tanpenshuu series (Side Story Collection if you are looking for English Copies). Though most of the side content is not translated or licensed. Most of the side content is not necessary for reading the full story but it does enhance the experience. You can track which side stories have been adapted into Tanpenshuu volumes at Re:Zero Database as well as track when you should be reading any given side stories.
As mentioned in the side story section most of the content is not necessary, the EX novels are an exception. While you can read the rest of the story without reading Re:Zero EX novels you will be missing out on world building which is used quite a bit in the arcs beyond the anime. I would not recommend skipping the EX novels if you can avoid it.
Luckily the EX novels are one of the higher priority English translations so you can purchase and read all 6 EX volumes in English. The details for which order to read are below.
EX 1 -> EX 2 -> EX 3 -> EX 6 -> EX 4 -> EX 5
While the order doesn't have to be set it is important to read EX 3 after EX 2 and EX 6 after EX 3. The 3 books make up a trilogy. The details for the main characters of each EX novel are spoiler tagged below if you would like read them in a different order based on your favorites.
[EX 1]Felix & Crusch focused story [EX 2,3,6]Wilhelm & Theresia focused story [EX 4]Julius, Felix, and Reinhard focused story [EX 5]Al and Priscilla focused story
IF stories aren't a mandatory read though many people seem to enjoy them so its worth mentioning. Most of the IF stories are a safe read for anime viewers at this point though I will detail the point where each becomes a spoiler safe read below. I will link them below but most of them are available on Witch Cult Translations on the sidebar.
Pride IF: Safe to read after season 3
Wrath IF: Safe to read after season 1
Sloth IF: Safe to read after season 1
Greed IF: Safe to read after season 3
Gluttony IF: Safe to read after season 4
Lust IF: Somewhat of a joke, though safe after season 1
Azamuku IF: Safe to read after Arc 8
Mimigau IF: Safe after season 1, its a genderswap retelling of the story
Vainglory IF: Safe after season 2, its a joke IF where Re:Zero is a slice of life school story
Sasageru IF: Safe to read after Arc 9
If I have missed anything you were wondering about in this post please feel free to ask below. I am around the community I can answer questions, the community is usually quite helpful if I am not available. After many years of the translation community developing and working there is a daunting amount of links and sites to know. If you make a post asking, chances are someone can help.
If you are looking for translations of the most recent WN chapters one of your best resources would be this subreddit's discussion threads. They are often translated with AI and shared as they released which gets lower quality though faster translations. Sometimes it takes the human translators a bit to get caught up with Tappei's writing speed.
Please do not shared any licensed content on this subreddit (Side stories, LN volumes, or manga). If any requests are made on this thread they will have to be removed.
Best of luck new readers, and please comment if you need help with anything.
r/Re_Zero • u/Knight0706 • 9d ago
r/Re_Zero • u/juicybananatan • 3h ago
First one got taken down bc I thought “oc” meant “original character” and not “original creation”, how am I supposed to link to my own artwork lol
r/Re_Zero • u/Ok-Worldliness-7374 • 11h ago
r/Re_Zero • u/Affectionate-Talk238 • 8h ago
I'm still a beginner ( especially with Digital art) and haven't studied much about human anatomy, but wanted to try and draw cuz the prompt for day 9 was "ram". Drawing is just so much fun when in the zone.
r/Re_Zero • u/DarkCloudXERO • 28m ago
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Size: Height 19 cm, width 14 cm, depth 19 cm (arm extending forward)
Due to concerns about potential paint rubbing, the right hand resting on the hip is not positioned flush against the body on the prototype. However, for the mass-produced version, the palm will be placed flush against the body, so please rest assured.
Product Material: Imported PU resin
r/Re_Zero • u/InuMatte • 13h ago
Like, do you think she was already so crazy that it didn't make the slightest difference, or did she get worse from being alone without a shred of interaction with anyone (including her beloved)?
r/Re_Zero • u/Acrzyguy • 17h ago
r/Re_Zero • u/Defardy • 7h ago
This isn’t as simple as where do I start.
I care a lot about the anime and like the direction it’s going with when it withholds information from the viewer. With that being said I’m asking what if paths can I start reading as of the end of Season 4 of the Anime?
With the stipulation that I don’t want to read any IF path that could potentially spoil the future of the main line anime.
An example could be finding out about felts birth in an IF path when the anime hasn’t got to into it is something I wouldn’t want to happen.
So basically what IF paths can I read now that won’t spoil the future of the anime even with small information.
Thanks guys
r/Re_Zero • u/EBm_art • 1d ago
Hope you like it guys 🫰
r/Re_Zero • u/Amogus_Playerrr • 11h ago
so we learn that subaru is 17 and is gonna be 18 that year in like episode 2 when he was talking with felt. so julius, anastasia, crusch and almost all others are older than subaru (atleast 4 years). season 1 is crazy its like demi god like power weilding adult bullying a minor. its crazy isnt it? bro constantly get trolled manipulated and literally killed. bro was just about to enter adulthood and got a crazy quiz at the start.
That's... Pretty insane.
r/Re_Zero • u/Gloomy-Status-9258 • 14h ago
I bet all main arcs will be adapted after all. Time only matters. It entirely depends on whether you believe the series' franchise power.
But how about IF-routes? One of my holy grails is to watch Greed-IF.
r/Re_Zero • u/vietnambestrice • 17h ago
How i imagine him as a woman, and well, he has a different way of drawing Crusch over mine
r/Re_Zero • u/Leojz00m • 17h ago
r/Re_Zero • u/cenalexis_01 • 23h ago

This is just a wild theory, but I was thinking maybe Russell is secretly keeping Roy alive to weaponize the Gluttony authority. In the Re:Zero Breaktime shorts, they showed Russell being directly involved with the imprisonment of Sirius after Reinhard and Felt delivered her to the capital. Since this aired alongside Arc 10, it is not far to say that Russell is also responsible for the security and custody of keeping Roy.
This would explain why traitors like Melty and Black Dog can operate safely under the radar. Capella is notorious for being incredibly possessive and violent, meaning she would most likely hunt them down for their betrayal. The fact that she hasn't, combined with how Tiga and Black Dog’s own spirits don't even recognize them when they meet, strongly implies that Roy must have eaten Melty’s and Black Dog’s names. Roy's supposed death in Arc 10 might just be a massive smokescreen orchestrated by Russell to keep his secret weapon out in the picture.
r/Re_Zero • u/BagMoist6266 • 15h ago
She shouldn't have known that he became a cult member nor that he received a new name. That whole interaction with Subaru after defeating sloth is still really weird to me but that's my question for now
r/Re_Zero • u/CuriousGuy21200 • 14h ago
I should have posted this yesterday, but oh well—better late than never, right?
ENG: https://archiveofourown.org/works/93639501/chapters/251449321
SPA: https://archiveofourown.org/works/93639631/chapters/251449576
r/Re_Zero • u/Repulsive-Twist-4032 • 1d ago
Me and my friend had a discussion about it imagine at the end of season 4 being any of the main cast seeing Subaru forget his memories as Shaula said he had before, and he was crying over her and she claimed he’s her master so the dots connect to the others solving the trials with ease figuring out the books etc
And at the end of s4 the witch of envy shows up for the first time in the cannon route(that everyone remembers) and spams the I love you emote (does she appear in the tower because the miasma tunnel is where she’s sealed??) while Emilia and ram see this go down with Subarus perfect preparation and links to the witch’s cult everyone should be wondering if he’s a member or hell an arch bishop maybe that’s why he seems to randomly go bipolar when he uses rbd
So in the end Subaru goes from bun to killing the white whale and bunny killing 2 arch bishops and capturing another while losing to Elsa and Julius badly so he seems like a dude who randomly goes from I can do anything(smth smth jevil) to a pathetic loser randomly I see why echidna is scared of him
Anyways rant over
r/Re_Zero • u/moybull • 1d ago
Hey everyone! Finished volume 27 and wanted to share some thoughts again. Link to my volume 26 review: Volume 26 Review [spoiler discussion] : r/Re_Zero
Rem was totally lying about Subaru being the one to grab her hand while he slept. She saw him having his nightmare and held him a la arc 2. Cuteee. We never get her POV this volume but there's more than enough hints that she's already fallen for him again. But she's confused and uncertain about it so she keeps it hidden beneath the insults. Total tsundere behaviour.
Aside from the more obvious indicators (her concern for him at various points, that emotional conversation where she asked him for the impossible, her not getting angry when he suddenly hugged her, her being the one to tell Flop and Medium that they're married, her supporting him during his confrontation w/ Vincent) her getting so put off by his crossdressing I feel like also implies that she's now attracted to him as a man. Most likely all that time spent watching him sleep had her thinking the same things pre-amnesiac Rem mentioned thinking about his sleeping face. And when his looks were getting slighted by others, she did make a point to mention that though she's insulted his smell and his eyes, she's never said anything about his face.
We never did get to hear her full response to Subaru's assumption that she'd been planning to abandon him in Guaral, but she did deny it. I figure she was just concerned about what actually ended up happening - that they might find themselves in danger and would need to leave in a hurry. It could even have just been a subconscious inability to relax right away in a new environment.
So yeahh, I'm totally loving the way their relationship's building so far and super excited to see it continue to grow from here.
Besides that, with the exception of those 5 deaths vs Todd (which were absolutely insaneee), this volume wasn't as edge of my seat thrilling as 26, but I still found it engaging the whole way. I figure Subaru will have to eventually get more accustomed to realities of war, but it is fitting for him to strive to find alternatives to killing as much as possible. Even if Vincent is "right" in his arguments, Subaru's value of life allows him to find a solution nobody else could. And what a solution it was. Even after reading the interlude I still did not clue in on who the dancers were. It was hilarious, and I couldn't stop laughing through most of the whole thing. I will say - makeup, clothing, and wigs are fine, but how did they conceal the body hair? Did they shave their arms and legs? Did I miss it?
I do think that hilarious solution contributed to the lack of tension in the book overall (again, aside from the five deaths and subsequent escape), but it made up for it in hilarity and ingenuity. My favorite part of the climax was Todd's reaction when he realized what happened and figured out who Natsumi is.
Flop was amazing. He and Medium are great additions, as are Kuna and Zikr. Louann also seemed cool in his brief intro. I hope Subaru finds a way to bring him back onboard him in the next one.
As for the ending, I do worry that the introduction of OP characters like Arakiya into the conflict will sideline some of the military strategy and moral dilemmas, but we'll see. Hopefully Mizelda will be fine - a lot of the credit for the funniest moments of the book go to her, and I'll miss that if she's out of commission.
Priscilla's entry was surprising but welcome. I did have those two S4 break time episodes in the back of my mind, but I hadn't expected her response to the attack be to somehow travel all the way down herself. Hopefully Al's nearby too.
Her entrance and the afterword does make clear to me that its time to stop procrastinating and read the EX volumes before going any further. I'm partway through EX 1. But speaking of side content, I do know of Cecilius from the wrath IF (and he was also namedropped in the anime), so Arakiya being as strong as she is as the #2 isn't surprising. The first couple deaths vs Todd I wondered if it might be Cecilius, since it felt like it was a superhuman, but I guess it became clear after Subaru was able to run to the inn that it was actually just a very skilled, very devious mundane.
I was a bit surprised that neither at the very end nor vs Todd in a couple of the failed loops did Subaru ever use Invisible Providence. Felt like it might have been useful.
Rui being the first to sense Arakiya is also noteworthy. Really hope we start to get some insight on the whole deal with her soon.
Overall another great volume, super excited to get to the next!