Re:Zero: Starting Life in Another World, Vol.23

Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 [Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu] #23

by Tappei Nagatsuki (Editor), 长月达平

"重新自我介绍一下。我的名字叫菜月昴。" "这难道是异世界召唤？！" 我的名字是菜月昴！是一个无知无能、无力无谋、毫无斗志,在现代日本出生的平平无奇的高中生！我突然被召唤到未曾设想的异世界,受到超级美少女和美丽小女孩的欢迎,开始了异世界冒险传说！不过,事情似乎没有这么简单。我失忆了？塔的"测验"还在继续？喂喂,这也太波谲云诡了吧！ "有人更强,也有很多人更聪明。但是,我还是想要你--昴。" 火热网络小说,丧失与再生的第二十三幕--"菜月昴",你到底是谁？

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Manga, Fiction

Paperback

First published June 25, 2020

About the author

Associated Names:
Tappei Nagatsuki
長月達平 (Japanese & Traditional Chinese) /
长月达平 (Simplified Chinese)

Reviews

[Anthony · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tappei you are a genius, never stop writing.

[Nuniflex · Rating 4 out of 5]

yep, the anime made me read the light novel. when the anime cooks such a good schizoid mystery murder plot, I can't sit back and twiddle my thumbs weekly, dodging spoilers left and right. Believe this is the third light novel series I'm committing to reading long term, and I gotta say, the writing quality is rather low in comparison to Mushoku Tensei or S&W. It reads as a wattpad story with the prose sometimes, especially when it's trying to be schizo due to the story beats. It's not as easy to digest like Mushoten was due to this. The writing aside, I live for the plot twists that make you audibly go WHAAA-, this arc is full of those. Reid is such a sick character, at first a gimmick character but then something he does in the upcoming volume sets him apart to join the goats. This volume in particular is cute, because it's only now cashing in on the title in earnest. Subaru really does start from Zero, 23 volumes in. Looking forward to what's to come, and hope this arc keeps up its quality or goes even beyond.

[Aoi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy wacamoly

[Ryan Clifton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most bonkers volume in the series so far. This arc is definitely living up to the hype.

[XMELIA · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars
HMmm
So while this book definetly has its faults I overall didn't mind it as much as I thought I would. Its a change of pace however one I hope doesn't last too long. I did like Subarus inner conflict and confusion with the loss of memories, it felt interesting to read about the seperation he makes between the og subaru and himself now. And made for an interesting narrative, due to him hardly caring for characters the reader has grown attached to.
However I wasnt a huge fan of the Meili stuff, I felt more convoluted and there was already enough going on without Meili just joining subarus inner thoughts. Plus she doesn't feel like an important enough character for me, i would have preferred to see more interactions with the others. Especially Julius and Ram due to Subaru being the only one that remembered him and Rem.
I am interested where this is going though, I've I've relatively unspoiled for how this goes so I am looking forward to seeing the end of this arc!

[Joshua Barksy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh… my god…

This arc is insane and I am VERY excited to see it get animated (in, like, 8 years).

[SPOILERS]

This volume hit HEAVY for me. When the last volume ended with Subaru losing his memories, I was curious how the story would continue on with that, but it turned out WAY DARKER than I expected.

With the first volume of arc 6 having Subaru trying to brutally murder his friends due to the miasma in the dunes, I was already losing my mind and HATING reading it all (in a good way) for how sad it made me.

But watching this current Subaru, who has no memory of ANYBODY, steeling himself to kill all of his friends and even strangling a CHILD to DEATH, I had to pause for a second before I could keep going.

The final declaration at the end of the volume that Subaru would save everybody was my favorite part, especially since knowing the author, the final few volumes will be MUCH happier and nicer after all the dark and messed up things I just had to experience.

Arc 6 is officially my favorite Re:Zero arc.

[Lucy · Rating 5 out of 5]

UAU???????????????

Ouso dizer que esse foi o melhor volume de ReZero até agora. Se não for o melhor, é com toda a certeza o mais agoniante. Foi difícil de ler isso, já que a história aqui tá sendo contada na perspectiva de alguém completamente perturbado (não conseguia imaginar como o autor conseguiria fazer o Subaru sofrer mais do que no arco 4, mas ele se superou aqui).

Os destaques aqui são facilmente toda a parte após o interlúdio da Meili, em especial o último capítulo do volume, que mostra mais uma vez a tamanha complexidade que é o personagem do Subaru.

A escrita foi absurda, com técnicas narrativas geniais, exatamente o que eu esperava do autor. Não gostei muito do volume anterior, mas nesse aqui várias coisas que me incomodaram fizeram sentido. Aquela sensação de segurança era totalmente falsa, afinal kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

Tô muito curioso para os próximos volumes desse arco, porque esse talvez se torne o meu favorito. Que autor genial

[Felipe Santana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eu simplesmente não tenho oque comentar sobre esse volume de tamanha obra prima que ele foi. Do começo ao fim foi uma das melhores experiencias de leitura que eu já tive. Tanto do começo mais calmo do volume quanto da metade até o final que foi terror, sofrimento, desgraça e desenvolvimento de personagem que tanto amamos. Esse volume pra mim é o ponto mais alto dessa obra em questão de terror psicológico. Os capítulos eram um melhor que o outro e cada vez esse volume me surpreendia mais e mais. E o final... MEU DEUS, que final maravilhoso. Dito isso 100000/10

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

More than anything, this volume shows how far Suberu has come over the series, as his loss of memories in effect resets him back to how he was in volume one.

Things get a lot darker than they have been, which says something since this whole arc has been pretty dark.

The reader is left to flail along with Subaru - although we know the other characters that he doesn't, there is still so much that we don't know about the tower, and the things that are happening in it.

[Ana Kilbourne · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a really well written book, however I didn’t enjoy the idea of Subaru forgetting his memories. I’m hoping it won’t last too long. I read on expecting him to get them back but no.

I kind of like how Meili has more of a story now. She’s finally being brought out of the background characters into the group.

His internal conflict really draws you in and makes you wonder what really happened to the other “corrupted” Subaru. I have my theories, I can’t wait to find out!

[Ricard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Necessitava veure que es poden escriure coses senzilles. I que els tropos dels isekai, també creen coses noves.
Mai hagués imaginat aquest arc en una història, i llegir-la ho ha fet molt més interessant.
Potser he fet repàs del que ja he vist fins l'anime i el 24 serà el que continua el 12/08.
But who cares?
Natsuki Subaru is NAISU

[Shrimps Mckrill · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was touched in all the right places. Seeing Subaru reverted back to his start of series self and put in a place where he's completely out of his depth and he has to try to figure out himself and the others is too good. And the last few chapters where all of that culminates in some of the most moving parts of the story yet? Yeah its that good

[Mackenzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Crazy good, one of the most insane volumes yet, probably the best. I absolutely loved the mounting mystery and all the different interactions, so hard not to route for him even when he is going crazy. Great book.

[Ian · Rating 5 out of 5]

ABSOLUTE CINEMA!!! Best phase so far for Re Zero web novel. I honestly couldn't hold myself and finished every arc 6 novel in one day lol. The murder mystery, madness, gluttony if, everything just absolute perfection~

[Joshua]

Slump era ):

[Breno Lorena · Rating 3 out of 5]

Que leitura estressante

[Sebastian Vela · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorites in the series for sure, just a complete chaotic ride from start to finish

[Turkish Life Enjoyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing writing i am speechless

[Daniel Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have but one word, Peak

[Lauu · Rating 5 out of 5]

IS THIS PEAK? YES. DOES IT HAVE THE WORSE DAMN CONVER IVE EVER SEEN? FUCK YEA

[Santiago Mendoza · Rating 4 out of 5]

XD emilia superó la prueba antes que julius

[Praise Sadare · Rating 5 out of 5]

wow tappei is a genius. holy fuck.

[Derek Slattery · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wish I could give it more stars so good

[Genma496 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great sense of mystery to this one, and subaru's psychological state here is really interesting to follow

[Primal Knight · Rating 5 out of 5]

jesus christ

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Read WN version

[Sabina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favorite book by far!! I would totally re-read. I loveddd the murder mystery aspect so much. And it was just kinda villain-y and creepy with the new Subaru.

[Seung · Rating 5 out of 5]

Had to read this after today's Season 4 Episode 8. Wild. Higurashi vibes almost. The ending was great. I think everyone who is watching the new Season 4 shoudld read this as the book gets into Suburu's monologues.

[monotome · Rating 3 out of 5]

a large part of what makes a story feel satisfying and addicting is constant progress toward a goal. you introduce new conflicts that prevent characters from reaching a goal, but, generally, you don't make them backslide more than a bit—it feels unsatisfying to a lot of people.

Subaru, with his memory lost, has all character development erased. everything we've ever seen him go through is set back to zero (hahaha.) effectively, Subaru is erased from the story. this isn't *the* Subaru—the one we've been following.

at the end of this volume, we're pretty much only back to where we were at the end of the previous. this entire volume just felt like running past the enemies in a souls-like so you can get back to the boss. granted, there were great moments and heavy emotions sprinkled throughout, but it largely just feels like we've made no progress at all.

I don't feel satisfaction at a well crafted volume, nor do I feel much excitement for the next volume. I just feel relieved that it's done.

[Trinity · Rating 4 out of 5]

Confession: Subaru is not my favorite character. Not by a long shot. There are a number of supporting characters I’d rather read about so the fact that this book was pretty much completely Subaru-centric was a minus for me. That said, I still enjoyed it (I would’ve just enjoyed it more if it wasn’t all about Subaru). It was weird and creepy and horrifying but kept me reading (even when I should’ve been going to sleep).

The mystery of what happened to Subaru and who keeps killing him and the others is intriguing, but it just felt it was all just a set-up for the next volume. The book ends with Subaru (and everybody else) dying so I am looking forward to how this pans out (and hoping it’s not another volume of filler).