Sooner or later a hero will appear. And all the pain and suffering that his complacency and conceit have caused the world will be well known to him the one and only hero Natsuki Subaru. I hope this review will be able to answer all questions you need to know about this series. 900https://i.ur.com/NM35qjD.jpeg Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu In few words a tale of a hero. From the beginning. His entire trajectory in a humanized way. An initially pathetic young man becoming a great hero capable of carrying the dreams of others. Re:Zero tells you the chronicles of an another world but also the tale of Natsuki Subaru. Re:Zero is different from the others in the Isekai genre. It does things that others normally dont and although its a fantasy light novel story its dark and psychological but deep down its that great remnant of hope and determination. I can start with the complex and very well created in a masterful way Natsuki Subaru. At various times in the Novel Subarus situation is explored. Sensitivity lack of selfesteem constant search for recognition defensive behavior. A total inferiority complex. In several moments of this story the behavior of our protagonist is explored. Its all told spectacularly his selfishness and how he saw the heroine Emilia in a distorted way things would only work out for her if I was there. This was the protagonist of our series. Although intelligent and strategic he was extremely emotional and his psychological side was very weak. The story will teach you how Subaru faces these problems and in an EXTREMELY detailed way everything that went through Subarus head. Its AMAZING how well written this character is. And yes its the best character of this series. The author was so determined to write Subaru in almost perfect way that the first 4 arcs are exclusively character development and a large part of them are experiencing the protagonists mind. From arc 4 a transition will begin that is the writer will go beyond exploring Subaru actually starting to develop the world he created which had potential since the beginning. 800https://i.ur.com/8kLDoue.png The genius way the writer initially makes the world of Re:Zero revolve around just the Subaru is fantastic. Thats the mainly reason why the mystery of this series works so well and mostly as a shock factor. You dont know the world at first you only know the form Subaru sees the world. The way the mystery is written all to lead to a great shock later on is one of the most unique characteristics of the author. He doesnt reveal anything at first but everything happens. Everything happens and you get lost. You get lost which is the fascinating part your brain will want to understand the situation... and then slowly with the other various loops everything connects. And finally this is how the author shows you how it all worked since the beginning. So you said that until arc 3 its all about introducing the world of Re:Zero and Subarus psychological issues and development so whats it like from there? Down the road things changed though and that may have caused people to dislike Re:Zero after S1 anime and after Vol 9. Exactly because as I said the author bet on developing his world and characters beyond Subaru. I honestly loved the choice as there are beautiful stories in Re:Zero besides the main one like Wilhelms story which is one of the best moments in the series. Thats why youll find people who found the S2 disappointing many of them thought Re:Zero was only about Subaru but later on Tappei proved it wasnt quite like that. 800https://i.ur.com/QmkY5zB.png And thats why Re:Zero Arc 4 changed the series forever. From here the author will reveal the past of several important characters that became essential to the plot including Emilias past. Now the characters arent blank slates in a story where the focus was only on Subaru now theyre real characters well explored and developed. Rem Roswaal Garfield Ram Otto Beatrice and then later the Astrea house. Ive only read until Arc 5 so I dont know beyond that. Please give me a minute to congratulate the great writer Tappei Nagatsuki for being able to write characters so well. A round of applause If Tappei knows how to write Natsuki Subaru well you can be sure that he is a maestro in writing the other characters. Arc 4 is my favorite in the series so far. Magical in every aspect and the arc that made me definitely say Re:Zero is a masterpiece. Light Novel is a very difficult medium to have consistency there are several volumes extensive stories but Re:Zero manages to leave a highly elevated level all the time which few can. This arc transforms Emilia into a character shes never been before which is why shes one of my favorite characters. To be honest I cant tell you which Vol is my favorite one because I dont know. Each one is so great but so great that Ive difficulties to find the best one. From here the worldbuilding starts to be much more detailed than before great past connections between characters and the world map of Re:Zero is also revealed. The author bets on presenting many characters and everyone becomes important to the series including the previous ones. Arc 4 Rem Not to mention my favorite scene and chapter in the series so far: Arc4 Illustration The entire arc 5 itself has an outofthebox focus a focus that isnt on Subaru but on the other characters. What surprised me even more is that theres a chapter entirely narrated by another character. Re:Zero Arc 5 is the most emotional arc in the series truly beautiful romantic and dramatic showing us the complete story of the Astrea family. I managed not to get emotional in some parts because it was a very beautiful piece of writing. Again the ideas Tappei has are difficult to execute. He manages to create a narrative both dark and hopeful with both parts being awesome. Its a GREAT merit. You need to be an amazing writer to do it. 780https://i.ur.com/PBN89y7.png And ultimately the heros great determination. The path Natsuki Subaru chose. Arc 5 will show a different Subaru for the reader truly a developed character that is now inevitably a hero who carries with him heroic dreams of others. 300https://i.ur.com/g65MIfw.png Should I read the Light Novel or the Web Novel? I recommend Webnovel where there are many more details. Re:Zero is a tale rich in details and theyre very important to build the thriller and suspense scenes. Thoughts about Re:Zeros anime? One of the only light novel adaptations in existence thats definitely good. Even though it cuts out a lot of the detail a lot of the explanation and a lot of the worldbuilding Re:Zero is such a good consistent story that it still manages to look good in anime. Rem or Emilia? The person who really likes Re:Zero should have the sense to like them both especially if its a LN reader. And this isnt waifu war its a tale of a hero. Re:Zero map? For those who want to see it For all this I thank firstly Tappei Nagatsuki for creating my favorite Light Novel series. I discovered Re:Zero back in 2016 when its initial episodes were still airing and from then until now Ive been a huge appreciator of the title. Ive always been a big fan of hero stories as well. Re:Zero is done efficiently its thriller suspense mystery romance comedy etc. Possibly this year Ill read arc 6 and depending on how ReZero will end someday it may rise even more positions in my ranking of favorite series. It gets full marks in almost every aspect. Narrative gets full marks and the cast also gets full marks exactly the way in which from arc 4 onwards the characters were so amazing even though they already had potential before make me give them the full score And of course Ive nothing to complain about the artist. Its perfect. Long live Re:Zero and may it keep a masterpiece until the end of this tale. BONUS https://www..com/watch?v=LXp8HPCn8 One of the points for which Im grateful that LN adaptations exist is for the soundtracks https://www..com/watch?v=BkOYUYmrs9E https://www..com/watch?v=45fW2OEGYnQ Look at that boy Hes so weak and fragile a breath could blow him away and hes unarmed Hes a powerless boy whose defeat I have seen with my own eyes Hes weaker than anyone else here Yet hes shouting louder than anyone that we can still do this. So how can we sit around looking at the ground? If our weakest man hasnt given up how is it acceptable for us to kneel in defeat? Did you all come this far to wallow in shame? Having defeated the last enemy there was still one goal for our hero each passing second his sense of desperation and urgency only grew to in one final stride protect the one he loved. Memories of all the pain the suffering the failures and of the promise he made he believed in himself just like the demon maid who loved him believed. Im going to save you he said with solemn determination and conviction. There is no time for weaknesses. Stop dreaming. And well have our holy meeting one day in heaven. For as long as we all can remember we have believed in one thing. When we stopped believing in gods and fairytales we remained ever faithful to the idea that heroes DO exist. That is why we tell stories good and evil. To show people are just equally capable of being heroes as we are playing the villains. Heroes do much that gods never do they protect heal teach and inspire inner greatness that hide with in us. That we need heroes must never let them go extinct. As beautiful and amazing our existence is it is also dangerous and cruel. As long as heroes remain if they forever stand strong then evil never truly triumph. They lose. Even in the rarity villains do win eventually the triumph will be ours. From zero.