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Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 [Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu] #8
Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活 8 [Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu, Vol. 8]
Having overcome the ferocious battle with the fearsome White Whale, Subaru Natsuki returns to the Mathers domain.
With the subjugation force that overcame the deadly combat, and the addition of Julius, their common history reconciled, together they clash with the Witch Cultists under the command of Bishop of the Deadly Sins, Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti.
To thwart the vile schemes of "Sloth" aimed at Emilia and the others, avoid the tragedy he has witnessed multiple times, and to defy Fate itself, Subaru's "Return by Death" experiences open the way forward-!
"So, let me ask this of you. -Let me cling to your back, while you carry me on it."
With the subjugation force that overcame the deadly combat, and the addition of Julius, their common history reconciled, together they clash with the Witch Cultists under the command of Bishop of the Deadly Sins, Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti.
To thwart the vile schemes of "Sloth" aimed at Emilia and the others, avoid the tragedy he has witnessed multiple times, and to defy Fate itself, Subaru's "Return by Death" experiences open the way forward-!
"So, let me ask this of you. -Let me cling to your back, while you carry me on it."
292 pages, Paperback
First published March 25, 2016
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長月 達平 (Japanese)
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長月 達平 (Japanese)
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May 5, 2022
Good transitional volume to the final part of Arc 3. Lots of fighting going on and some great moments sprinkled throughout as Subaru slowly begins to understand and accept the faith that those around him have. Good stuff overall and excited for the last volume! (7)
February 25, 2019
After the battle against the White Whale, it is now time to take on Petelgeuse and the Witches Cult. Whilst it was really great to see Subaru evolve and improve his relationship with Ferris, Julis and Whilhelm, there was one thing that ticked me off (thus the loss of a star): Subaru is super smart and comes up with great solutions under pressure, but he ignores every single hint thrown his way about what's going to happen to him...
The Re:Zero books are hard to read... they sometimes leave you with that bad taste of seeing the main character struggle, overcome all sorts of obstacles just to then lose and see everything crushed because of something unexpected. In a way, the way you can't predict the way it'll end is great... on the other hand it makes you sad and frustrated!
Kudos to the author!
The Re:Zero books are hard to read... they sometimes leave you with that bad taste of seeing the main character struggle, overcome all sorts of obstacles just to then lose and see everything crushed because of something unexpected. In a way, the way you can't predict the way it'll end is great... on the other hand it makes you sad and frustrated!
Kudos to the author!
September 15, 2019
3.5/5.
In this 8th volume, we have Subaru and Co. fighting against the Witch Cult.
Sloth aka Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti is the kind of villain I despise. I truly feel sick to my stomach every time the appears, since it is a character I do not understand at all.
He feels "love" for the Witch, but doesn't hesitate on killing innocent people for all that matter.
He is a mad man that has the power of the Unseen Hands and with his allies —known as the Fingers, he attacks the village near the Manor where Emilia is.
The volume itself is Subaru and Co. trying to get people out of there, to prevent an attack and save as many lives as possible. Basically that's all that happens. Now, I must say that even though the last 50 pages were really entertaining, it wasn't the best volume of the series.
What I did like was the fact that Wilhelm is such a powerful character and I'm glad he has his own spin-off (which I'll be reading next). He is the kind of character I truly admire and respect, and he becomes a pillar in Subaru's strenght, someone to look up to.
Felix/Ferris and Julius are there too, and they take a big part on Subaru's way of acting.
They become something more than just allies against common foes —they're now like friends. They also are a way of making Subaru grow, since they're are helping him to see the whole picture. How can they beat something that they cannot control? That's the big question.
Also, can we talk about Emilia beating one Finger on her own? I really liked that! I wish she could have more action scenes. I wonder how powerful Puck actually is when she's threatened (I know we got a glimpse when he froze everything and even killed Subaru in the process, but you know what mean).
On a side note: does Ferris can get back from the dead too? And I completely forgot where Rem is...
Anyway, there are still a lot questions to be answered, but I hope we can get them in the next volume!
PREVIOUS REVIEWS:
Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 | Volume 4 | Volume 5 | Volume 6 | Volume 7
In this 8th volume, we have Subaru and Co. fighting against the Witch Cult.
Sloth aka Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti is the kind of villain I despise. I truly feel sick to my stomach every time the appears, since it is a character I do not understand at all.
He feels "love" for the Witch, but doesn't hesitate on killing innocent people for all that matter.
He is a mad man that has the power of the Unseen Hands and with his allies —known as the Fingers, he attacks the village near the Manor where Emilia is.
The volume itself is Subaru and Co. trying to get people out of there, to prevent an attack and save as many lives as possible. Basically that's all that happens. Now, I must say that even though the last 50 pages were really entertaining, it wasn't the best volume of the series.
What I did like was the fact that Wilhelm is such a powerful character and I'm glad he has his own spin-off (which I'll be reading next). He is the kind of character I truly admire and respect, and he becomes a pillar in Subaru's strenght, someone to look up to.
Felix/Ferris and Julius are there too, and they take a big part on Subaru's way of acting.
They become something more than just allies against common foes —they're now like friends. They also are a way of making Subaru grow, since they're are helping him to see the whole picture. How can they beat something that they cannot control? That's the big question.
Also, can we talk about Emilia beating one Finger on her own? I really liked that! I wish she could have more action scenes. I wonder how powerful Puck actually is when she's threatened (I know we got a glimpse when he froze everything and even killed Subaru in the process, but you know what mean).
On a side note: does Ferris can get back from the dead too? And I completely forgot where Rem is...
Anyway, there are still a lot questions to be answered, but I hope we can get them in the next volume!
PREVIOUS REVIEWS:
Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 | Volume 4 | Volume 5 | Volume 6 | Volume 7
March 11, 2019
Deathnitivamente bom xD
September 23, 2020
We left our protagonist, a guy from Earth who got himself snatched into a fantasy world, and who can go back in time whenever he dies thanks to the curse of an incongruously loving witch, as he was about to bring some hell on the Witch's Cult, a well organized insurgent army that had been wrecking havok on several countries for many years, and that will inadvertently bring forth the Apocalypse, as shown in previous failed runs when their objective, the heroine, died for whatever reason.
Our protagonist isn't alone, though: through his resilience and proving the value of his word they had managed to bring down the White Whale, a legendary monster who had been a nuisance to everybody. Now a good bunch of those fighters are on board to take the opportunity and erase if not the entirety of the Witch's Cult, a big branch of it.
One of the things that delighted me the most about this volume, and what I've read of the following one, is the thought the author put into the strategy and tactics of facing a tough opponent. In the West we've been corrupted into tolerating narratives, too many of them, in which the protagonist and main characters in general are "chosen ones" who face their opponents as thoughtlessly as possible, with strategies that in real life would have destroyed their own forces, but the "good guys" get saved through a generous amount of luck and plot armor, if not straight up godly favors. Lots of terrible examples in the late half of the disgraceful adaptation of "Game of Thrones" come to mind, but this phenomenon seems to be more prevalent than not on this half of the world, while in Japan plenty of stories are about struggling hard along with your friends in order to face increasing dangers.
This is a series that shines in the interactions between the characters. Not only it has interesting banter, but more importantly, and this is a testament to the author's talent, the many characters have very distinct voices, and in their sentences you can feel the undercurrents, the words and feelings they are containing or disguising. When you look back at the first few volumes, particularly the first few episodes in the anime adaptation, the characters weren't as developed then. In the case of the maid siblings Ram and Rem, their behavior, even though they were acting, clashes with the people they became shortly after, when their characters became established. It's a bit of a shame in that respect, but this is a series with many volumes; you can't go back and rewrite certain details of those already published.
The protagonist met the leader of this branch of the Witch's Cult personally back in volume five, in one of the most harrowing sequences of this series so far. The later half of that sequence as depicted in the anime adaptation is in this link. Through that the protagonist learned of their leader's Unseen Hands ability: his shadow stretches into somewhat slow but invisible elongating arms that are also far stronger than normal ones. He uses them to crush or dismember his surprised enemies. Along with that, the protagonist knows that due to the witch's curse, the witch's essence flowing through him, the brainwashed average members of the Witch's Cult will take him for one of their leaders, and they will leave him alone. So he prepares a plan to ambush the crazed leader, Petelgeuse, in their hideout, and after wiping him out, ambush the then disorganized individual units camped in the forest.
The protagonist has to grow as a person along the way. Turns out that one of the reinforcements is the knight that had beaten him to a pulp back in volume four. The knight is not a bad guy by any stretch, just a proud person focused on training and developing his knowledge and abilities in a very dangerous world, and back then he had been seriously pissed about the protagonist acting like an idiot in a royal meeting, pretending he could measure up to soldiers who had given their lives to serve the kingdom. The interactions between both characters are interesting: the protagonist is brash and wears his heart on his sleeve, and the knight is very composed but fair. The knight also wants those around him to develop their talents as well, and when he, ashamed of having beaten a mostly powerless person, realizes that the protagonist has boundless determination and his heart in the right place despite his lack of physical ability, he wants to help. Their relationship of mild antagonism is a high point of any scene they share.
As an example of the protagonist's ongoing growth, when he again meets Petelgeuse, the unnerving leader of that branch of the Witch's Cult, he is surprised at his own lack of rage. Previously, when the madman had tortured best girl Rem to death, the protagonist had become so overwhelmed by a murderous bloodlust that it felt as if nothing else was going to motivate him from now on. But now he faces this madman with the sense that the guy is dangerous, and someone they need to kill in order to keep the protagonist's loved ones safe, but there's no need to be angry beyond that. They have a memorable conversation in which the protagonist pretends that he's going to join their cult. When the protagonist finally jokes about throwing their holy book to the trash, the guy gets enraged. Unfortunately for him, Sword Devil Wilhelm, who in the previous volume had managed to fulfill his oath to avenge his wife's death, cuts the madman in half, while the cheerfully murderous tiny cat girl and her brother collapse the mountain hideout, killing the madman's immediate followers. The protagonist is suspicious at how well that went.
The rest of the expeditionary force splits in order to hunt down through ambushes the remaining ten "fingers", or platoons of the Witch's Cult, camped in the forest. A few ambushes in, though, one of the ambushing teams gets wiped out as if they had no chance to defend themselves. Turns out that another person has the Unseen Hands ability. After the good guys get rid of that one (I have already forgotten how they did it), the protagonist feels for the first time in his life the pain of having lost people who had joined his plans willingly. Old Man Wilhelm has some choice words about his sudden despair, and regarding the lives they lead: "even if you have regrets, even if you have remorse, you must fight. If you have made the decision for yourself to fight, to struggle, then fight with all you have. Do not give up for one second, one moment, or one instant. Cling greedily to the victory you have within your sight. If you can still stand, if your fingers still move, if all your teeth have not broken, stand and fight". The protagonist understands that he shares the burden of fighting for a good cause with other talented people he can rely on.
Regarding the news of other bad guys having that terribly dangerous ability, they come to the conclusion that likely there's a lieutenant of sorts with that ability embedded in each platoon, and that's who the "ten fingers" expression repeated by their leader referred to. They adapt to this situation and they march towards Roswaal's mansion (Roswaal being the protagonist's de facto lord, the guy in whose mansion he was living). Along the way, though, the expeditionary force gets ambushed, but by a lone person unrelated to the Witch's Cult: it's Ram, senior servant of Roswaal's mansion. After a short but fierce battle in which everybody is surprised at everybody else's ability, they understand that they've been had: the protagonist had sent a letter in advance to explain the situation, but someone had exchanged that letter with a blank one, which is universally taken as a declaration of war (the recipient should take it that he's not even worth of being spoken to). It had been a ruse to break the alliance. Roswaal's people took the news of an armed force marching towards their mansion as an invasion.
The biggest point in this encounter, which the author presented subtly, is that Ram doesn't ask about the whereabouts of her sister; the last time they saw each other Rem was departing for the capital, and now an invading force coming from the capital was seemingly assaulting them. Being as close as the two are, Ram should have demanded to know if her sister was alive. The payoff for this happens right at the epilogue of the very last episode of the first season, so I'll mention in a spoiler tag that .
The protagonist had also secured the services of some merchants in order to evacuate the villagers and the people in Roswaal's mansion. When they reach the village, the protagonist has issues attempting to convince them, and he's disheartened at them repudiating the heroine; they understand that the Witch's Cult is attacking and that they are doing so in order to slaughter the heroine, who is a half-elf. Pretty much everybody in this world hates half-elves because a member of that race, the Witch of Jealousy (who likely not by coincidence cursed the protagonist somehow), killed half the world's population four hundred years ago. The protagonist not only loves the half-elf heroine, but has also seen how much she despairs and hates herself for being repudiated like that. In any case, after the villagers agree to be rescued, one of the allies figures out that a merchant was a Witch Cult spy, and as they were taking the spy out, he triggers an explosion that levels half of the village. The protagonist survives thanks to a spell, but when he regains consciousness he finds out that a remaining Witch's Cult platoon is attacking them. Plenty of people die. One of the leaders with that Unseen Hands ability shows up. The protagonist manages to lure it away by himself through the forest, and using some cunning tactics that show how much he's grown as a person (he tricks a demon beast into mauling the cultist, amongst other things) he dispatches that foe. When he comes back to the village, another cultist with that superpower has shown up. By this point it's clear that all those superpowered cultists not only possess that ability, but also seemingly share the same personality as if they were vessels for something else. The heroine, unwilling to just hide away while someone is attacking innocents, battles the cultist and kills him, which saddens her because she's that kind of simple-minded good person that'd rather leave a bad guy alive.
The worst part of this run happens right at the end. The protagonist realizes that seeing his beloved has awoken something far fouler inside of him. He feels another presence assaulting his mind. He flees to the forest, but some of his allies (mainly the proud knight guy) find him to figure out if he's doing fine. Turns out that whatever force (spirit, curse or whatever) leads this branch of the Witch's Cult is possessing his mind. The protagonist's voice actor showed his chops in the anime adaptation during that grim scene, as the protagonist begins to behave like the madman they were facing. Before the protagonist's mind gets entirely corrupted, he asks the knight to kill him. The knight, who had maintained his composure up to that point, is distraught at having to kill someone he had grown to appreciate, but before he agrees, another ally kills the protagonist. This bad end allows us a glimpse into the real feelings of other characters involved. The volume finishes with the protagonist plunging into the darkness of another death, and gaining a little more insight about whatever intelligence awaits him in that short purgatory before he's sent to the past again.
This series is a joy to read, and I always look forward to spending some more time with its characters.
Our protagonist isn't alone, though: through his resilience and proving the value of his word they had managed to bring down the White Whale, a legendary monster who had been a nuisance to everybody. Now a good bunch of those fighters are on board to take the opportunity and erase if not the entirety of the Witch's Cult, a big branch of it.
One of the things that delighted me the most about this volume, and what I've read of the following one, is the thought the author put into the strategy and tactics of facing a tough opponent. In the West we've been corrupted into tolerating narratives, too many of them, in which the protagonist and main characters in general are "chosen ones" who face their opponents as thoughtlessly as possible, with strategies that in real life would have destroyed their own forces, but the "good guys" get saved through a generous amount of luck and plot armor, if not straight up godly favors. Lots of terrible examples in the late half of the disgraceful adaptation of "Game of Thrones" come to mind, but this phenomenon seems to be more prevalent than not on this half of the world, while in Japan plenty of stories are about struggling hard along with your friends in order to face increasing dangers.
This is a series that shines in the interactions between the characters. Not only it has interesting banter, but more importantly, and this is a testament to the author's talent, the many characters have very distinct voices, and in their sentences you can feel the undercurrents, the words and feelings they are containing or disguising. When you look back at the first few volumes, particularly the first few episodes in the anime adaptation, the characters weren't as developed then. In the case of the maid siblings Ram and Rem, their behavior, even though they were acting, clashes with the people they became shortly after, when their characters became established. It's a bit of a shame in that respect, but this is a series with many volumes; you can't go back and rewrite certain details of those already published.
The protagonist met the leader of this branch of the Witch's Cult personally back in volume five, in one of the most harrowing sequences of this series so far. The later half of that sequence as depicted in the anime adaptation is in this link. Through that the protagonist learned of their leader's Unseen Hands ability: his shadow stretches into somewhat slow but invisible elongating arms that are also far stronger than normal ones. He uses them to crush or dismember his surprised enemies. Along with that, the protagonist knows that due to the witch's curse, the witch's essence flowing through him, the brainwashed average members of the Witch's Cult will take him for one of their leaders, and they will leave him alone. So he prepares a plan to ambush the crazed leader, Petelgeuse, in their hideout, and after wiping him out, ambush the then disorganized individual units camped in the forest.
The protagonist has to grow as a person along the way. Turns out that one of the reinforcements is the knight that had beaten him to a pulp back in volume four. The knight is not a bad guy by any stretch, just a proud person focused on training and developing his knowledge and abilities in a very dangerous world, and back then he had been seriously pissed about the protagonist acting like an idiot in a royal meeting, pretending he could measure up to soldiers who had given their lives to serve the kingdom. The interactions between both characters are interesting: the protagonist is brash and wears his heart on his sleeve, and the knight is very composed but fair. The knight also wants those around him to develop their talents as well, and when he, ashamed of having beaten a mostly powerless person, realizes that the protagonist has boundless determination and his heart in the right place despite his lack of physical ability, he wants to help. Their relationship of mild antagonism is a high point of any scene they share.
As an example of the protagonist's ongoing growth, when he again meets Petelgeuse, the unnerving leader of that branch of the Witch's Cult, he is surprised at his own lack of rage. Previously, when the madman had tortured best girl Rem to death, the protagonist had become so overwhelmed by a murderous bloodlust that it felt as if nothing else was going to motivate him from now on. But now he faces this madman with the sense that the guy is dangerous, and someone they need to kill in order to keep the protagonist's loved ones safe, but there's no need to be angry beyond that. They have a memorable conversation in which the protagonist pretends that he's going to join their cult. When the protagonist finally jokes about throwing their holy book to the trash, the guy gets enraged. Unfortunately for him, Sword Devil Wilhelm, who in the previous volume had managed to fulfill his oath to avenge his wife's death, cuts the madman in half, while the cheerfully murderous tiny cat girl and her brother collapse the mountain hideout, killing the madman's immediate followers. The protagonist is suspicious at how well that went.
The rest of the expeditionary force splits in order to hunt down through ambushes the remaining ten "fingers", or platoons of the Witch's Cult, camped in the forest. A few ambushes in, though, one of the ambushing teams gets wiped out as if they had no chance to defend themselves. Turns out that another person has the Unseen Hands ability. After the good guys get rid of that one (I have already forgotten how they did it), the protagonist feels for the first time in his life the pain of having lost people who had joined his plans willingly. Old Man Wilhelm has some choice words about his sudden despair, and regarding the lives they lead: "even if you have regrets, even if you have remorse, you must fight. If you have made the decision for yourself to fight, to struggle, then fight with all you have. Do not give up for one second, one moment, or one instant. Cling greedily to the victory you have within your sight. If you can still stand, if your fingers still move, if all your teeth have not broken, stand and fight". The protagonist understands that he shares the burden of fighting for a good cause with other talented people he can rely on.
Regarding the news of other bad guys having that terribly dangerous ability, they come to the conclusion that likely there's a lieutenant of sorts with that ability embedded in each platoon, and that's who the "ten fingers" expression repeated by their leader referred to. They adapt to this situation and they march towards Roswaal's mansion (Roswaal being the protagonist's de facto lord, the guy in whose mansion he was living). Along the way, though, the expeditionary force gets ambushed, but by a lone person unrelated to the Witch's Cult: it's Ram, senior servant of Roswaal's mansion. After a short but fierce battle in which everybody is surprised at everybody else's ability, they understand that they've been had: the protagonist had sent a letter in advance to explain the situation, but someone had exchanged that letter with a blank one, which is universally taken as a declaration of war (the recipient should take it that he's not even worth of being spoken to). It had been a ruse to break the alliance. Roswaal's people took the news of an armed force marching towards their mansion as an invasion.
The biggest point in this encounter, which the author presented subtly, is that Ram doesn't ask about the whereabouts of her sister; the last time they saw each other Rem was departing for the capital, and now an invading force coming from the capital was seemingly assaulting them. Being as close as the two are, Ram should have demanded to know if her sister was alive. The payoff for this happens right at the epilogue of the very last episode of the first season, so I'll mention in a spoiler tag that .
The protagonist had also secured the services of some merchants in order to evacuate the villagers and the people in Roswaal's mansion. When they reach the village, the protagonist has issues attempting to convince them, and he's disheartened at them repudiating the heroine; they understand that the Witch's Cult is attacking and that they are doing so in order to slaughter the heroine, who is a half-elf. Pretty much everybody in this world hates half-elves because a member of that race, the Witch of Jealousy (who likely not by coincidence cursed the protagonist somehow), killed half the world's population four hundred years ago. The protagonist not only loves the half-elf heroine, but has also seen how much she despairs and hates herself for being repudiated like that. In any case, after the villagers agree to be rescued, one of the allies figures out that a merchant was a Witch Cult spy, and as they were taking the spy out, he triggers an explosion that levels half of the village. The protagonist survives thanks to a spell, but when he regains consciousness he finds out that a remaining Witch's Cult platoon is attacking them. Plenty of people die. One of the leaders with that Unseen Hands ability shows up. The protagonist manages to lure it away by himself through the forest, and using some cunning tactics that show how much he's grown as a person (he tricks a demon beast into mauling the cultist, amongst other things) he dispatches that foe. When he comes back to the village, another cultist with that superpower has shown up. By this point it's clear that all those superpowered cultists not only possess that ability, but also seemingly share the same personality as if they were vessels for something else. The heroine, unwilling to just hide away while someone is attacking innocents, battles the cultist and kills him, which saddens her because she's that kind of simple-minded good person that'd rather leave a bad guy alive.
The worst part of this run happens right at the end. The protagonist realizes that seeing his beloved has awoken something far fouler inside of him. He feels another presence assaulting his mind. He flees to the forest, but some of his allies (mainly the proud knight guy) find him to figure out if he's doing fine. Turns out that whatever force (spirit, curse or whatever) leads this branch of the Witch's Cult is possessing his mind. The protagonist's voice actor showed his chops in the anime adaptation during that grim scene, as the protagonist begins to behave like the madman they were facing. Before the protagonist's mind gets entirely corrupted, he asks the knight to kill him. The knight, who had maintained his composure up to that point, is distraught at having to kill someone he had grown to appreciate, but before he agrees, another ally kills the protagonist. This bad end allows us a glimpse into the real feelings of other characters involved. The volume finishes with the protagonist plunging into the darkness of another death, and gaining a little more insight about whatever intelligence awaits him in that short purgatory before he's sent to the past again.
This series is a joy to read, and I always look forward to spending some more time with its characters.
July 2, 2020
This feels more like a transition book, with little in terms of plot progression but still a good read, having seen the anime doesn’t really help here XD.
February 20, 2019
F*ck that ending. It's like when a show ends on a cliff hanger, but it was the season finale and you aren't gonna know what happened for another four months.
November 1, 2025
A good Volume but, at least for me, it started to lose steam around the second half.
In a nutshell, this volume is about Subaru and Co. trying to stop the Witch Cult and Sloth, their leader. And that's basically it.
Around the halfway mark it starts to get stale, don't want to spoil anything, but they basically keep repeating the same strat and fighting the same enemies over and over and over again. The first time? It's great, the 2nd? Interesting, the 3rd, 4th and 5th time? "Can we please move on?". Basically, the plot moves in the first chapter, then stays the same until the last one. Now, stuff does happen in between, there's good character moments and development, but it is sprinkled here and there.
It also got tiring to see Subaru revert to his old ways here and there. After how we saw him in the last volume, imbued with confidence and resolve to break from the grim loop he's stuck in, in this volume he.. regresses at random points, to the point that the same conversation repeats around 3 o 4 times, but with different characters, and said conversation is the same just said in different ways "Subaru, stop worrying/being a wimp and focus". Just like the fights, the first time? It's fine, the second? ...Okay, but the 3rd and 4th? "Can we please move on?".
As I said, a good volume, not bad by any means, but easily the weakest so far because of how repetitive it gets.
In a nutshell, this volume is about Subaru and Co. trying to stop the Witch Cult and Sloth, their leader. And that's basically it.
Around the halfway mark it starts to get stale, don't want to spoil anything, but they basically keep repeating the same strat and fighting the same enemies over and over and over again. The first time? It's great, the 2nd? Interesting, the 3rd, 4th and 5th time? "Can we please move on?". Basically, the plot moves in the first chapter, then stays the same until the last one. Now, stuff does happen in between, there's good character moments and development, but it is sprinkled here and there.
It also got tiring to see Subaru revert to his old ways here and there. After how we saw him in the last volume, imbued with confidence and resolve to break from the grim loop he's stuck in, in this volume he.. regresses at random points, to the point that the same conversation repeats around 3 o 4 times, but with different characters, and said conversation is the same just said in different ways "Subaru, stop worrying/being a wimp and focus". Just like the fights, the first time? It's fine, the second? ...Okay, but the 3rd and 4th? "Can we please move on?".
As I said, a good volume, not bad by any means, but easily the weakest so far because of how repetitive it gets.
October 3, 2021
Off the current re zero story I would have to say this is my least favourite.
It's still got all the fun parts in it a decent lot of character development for everyone mostly with Subaru and Felix but for the most part this book dragged for me.
There were entire swaps of this book that felt needlessly long the conversations with Julius the discovery the fingers the final confrontation with Petelguise I think it could have been a third shorter and in there I think tappei was trying a bit of boldness but didn't fully pay off in the end and truly of the opinion that what's coming up in volume 9 could have actually been finished in volume eight if it had been a little bit shorter.
Especially with me opening up volume 9 and and seeing what what is coming I would have loved to see more of what I'm going to be reading
except that one line
It's still got all the fun parts in it a decent lot of character development for everyone mostly with Subaru and Felix but for the most part this book dragged for me.
There were entire swaps of this book that felt needlessly long the conversations with Julius the discovery the fingers the final confrontation with Petelguise I think it could have been a third shorter and in there I think tappei was trying a bit of boldness but didn't fully pay off in the end and truly of the opinion that what's coming up in volume 9 could have actually been finished in volume eight if it had been a little bit shorter.
Especially with me opening up volume 9 and and seeing what what is coming I would have loved to see more of what I'm going to be reading
except that one line
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 31, 2018
Covers episodes 22 and 23 of the famous anime. In this volume Subaru takes on the Witch Cult after defeating the White Whale and seemingly ekes out a hollow victory against Sin Archbishop Conti. There are lots of extra details and scenes and some background stuff previously unavailable in english. Ferri and Julius are fleshed out a lot.Ferri turns out to be one of the most likable characters in the books,but I keep wondering about his true loyalties. The translation is sometimes stilted and in some places, just painfully awkward. But overall, this is a great series and well worth buying. The anime clipped a lot of episodes and even changed a few scenes. Sin Archbishop Conti has to be one of the greatest villains of all time, just like Amelia says.
December 26, 2024
4,5 Sterne
Dieser Band führt alles zum ersten großen Finale und lebt wirklich von all dem Aufbau, den die vorherigen Teile geleistet haben. Der Antagonist muss nicht erst eingeführt werden, sondern ist sofort eine perfekte Bedrohung und man kann ihn weiter erforschen, was zu ein paar geilen Szenen führt. Ich fand die Kämpfe auch weit spannender, als im letzten Band, weil viele Nebenfiguren beleuchtet wurden.
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- Das Mysterium um Faulheit hat dem Geschehen eine andere Ebene gegeben
- Im Reread coole Details
- Subarus Rolle als Anführer sorgt für spannende Charaktermomente
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- Die erste Hälfte war wieder sehr langsam
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Dieser Band führt alles zum ersten großen Finale und lebt wirklich von all dem Aufbau, den die vorherigen Teile geleistet haben. Der Antagonist muss nicht erst eingeführt werden, sondern ist sofort eine perfekte Bedrohung und man kann ihn weiter erforschen, was zu ein paar geilen Szenen führt. Ich fand die Kämpfe auch weit spannender, als im letzten Band, weil viele Nebenfiguren beleuchtet wurden.
(+)
- Das Mysterium um Faulheit hat dem Geschehen eine andere Ebene gegeben
- Im Reread coole Details
- Subarus Rolle als Anführer sorgt für spannende Charaktermomente
(-)
- Die erste Hälfte war wieder sehr langsam
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January 31, 2023
Me atrapó de principio a fin, y el final te deja pensando qué le depara a todos los personajes involucrados y no involucrados en la historia hasta el momento.
Petelgeuse Romanée Conti todo un némesis; Ferris finalmente actuando de forma humana y revelando el motivo de su profesión; Julius siendo Julius; Emilia presumiendo sus poderes; y Subaru demostrando que no solo es bueno para morir y dar pena ajena, una de las pocas veces.
El objetivo de este libro fue enfrentarse al culto de la bruja, y aunque la misión tuvo sus altibajos para los personajes, se podría considerar un éxito absoluto... Casi.
Petelgeuse Romanée Conti todo un némesis; Ferris finalmente actuando de forma humana y revelando el motivo de su profesión; Julius siendo Julius; Emilia presumiendo sus poderes; y Subaru demostrando que no solo es bueno para morir y dar pena ajena, una de las pocas veces.
El objetivo de este libro fue enfrentarse al culto de la bruja, y aunque la misión tuvo sus altibajos para los personajes, se podría considerar un éxito absoluto... Casi.
August 15, 2020
After watching and reading the novel and the tv series adaption. I got to say, Re: zero has got to be my best read novel of all time. Without a doubt, this novel has stolen the special spot I've placed Evangelion on. In this novel and the rest of them introduces a cast of characters that blew my mind away, although it wasn't something I've never seen before, but the way the story makes them interact with each other just blows my mind. This is my biased review on the current state of Re:zero 2020.
October 19, 2022
"Lute com todo seu corpo e alma"
Esse volume me surpreendeu muito por toda a estruturação da história. A gente começa super esperançoso e as coisas começam a ficar cada vez menos claras até que o leitor é pego totalmente desprevenido por uma virada inimaginável. Eu não consegui fazer outra coisa a não ser continuar lendo essa obra e a vontade de continuar não se encerra (o que também de certa forma foi o objetivo desse final). Teve muitas cenas emocionantes e cheia de ação que estou aqui perplexo ainda.
Esse volume me surpreendeu muito por toda a estruturação da história. A gente começa super esperançoso e as coisas começam a ficar cada vez menos claras até que o leitor é pego totalmente desprevenido por uma virada inimaginável. Eu não consegui fazer outra coisa a não ser continuar lendo essa obra e a vontade de continuar não se encerra (o que também de certa forma foi o objetivo desse final). Teve muitas cenas emocionantes e cheia de ação que estou aqui perplexo ainda.
April 16, 2023
This volume was once again a nice read. The character interactions between Subaru and . 8/10
November 5, 2022
This seems like a good stopping point in the story. It's pretty clear that there will be no actual end for a looong time. Every time Subaru accomplishes some impossible task another pops up to block his way forward. If it were me in his place, my will would be broken. A little more foreshadowing might help.
February 9, 2025
After defeating the white Whale, Suburu leads the allied forces against the Witch Cult attacking the Mathers estate. After a long battle victory might be at hand.
Subaru seems to not have learned a whole lot during this adventure, but just when everything starts going his way. Things turn out wrong. The plot twists get annoying after a bit.
Subaru seems to not have learned a whole lot during this adventure, but just when everything starts going his way. Things turn out wrong. The plot twists get annoying after a bit.
August 14, 2022
EMT, also I already bought the next volume.
This volume in particular was a joy to read. While missing many of the cast it did allow more of a limelight to be shown on Subaru. In any case, no gripes here. As per usual, my gratitude to the author, illustrator, and translator.
This volume in particular was a joy to read. While missing many of the cast it did allow more of a limelight to be shown on Subaru. In any case, no gripes here. As per usual, my gratitude to the author, illustrator, and translator.
February 11, 2019
Yes, finally MC is useful & successful in doing some awesome things.
I love REM more than Emilia. Period!
I love REM more than Emilia. Period!
September 16, 2019
This particular volume was really good! Subaru finally isn't insufferable to read lol
December 20, 2019
1.5 stars.
January 17, 2020
Couldn't motivate myself to read c5 so I eventually skipped it. Based on this I have no plans to read Re:ZERO EX v2-3 anytime soon. Also, that cover is such a fake out.
August 27, 2020
Gotta catch up.
September 8, 2021
Its rezero and i'm trash. Despite Ferris its not gay enough
March 28, 2022
Julius Juukulius is now one of my favourite characters in Re:Zero ❤️
November 6, 2024
The character development!!!!! Absolute freaking cinema! Julius I’m sorry for ever doubting your intentions 😭😭😭
June 8, 2025
emm WTF con la subtrama y la portador
July 11, 2025
The last part of the book I completely forgot about from the anime. Nearing the end of what is season one of the anime.
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