Re:從零開始的異世界生活 Ex 2 劍鬼戀歌

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Ex Light Novel #2

by Tappei Nagatsuki, 長月達平, Shinichirou Otsuka (Illustator)

劍鬼戀歌──那是至今仍被歌詠，劍鬼與劍聖、男人與女人的邂逅與別離，相戀的故事。
故事背景發生在撼動親龍王國露格尼卡的內戰「亞人戰爭」中。
時值王國軍與亞人聯軍之間的激烈戰爭使國土荒蕪、民生凋敝，
疲憊的人心渴望和平造訪的時代。若說時勢造英雄，
那麼「劍鬼」威爾海姆‧托利亞斯正是這般人物。只帶著一把劍，
就宛如野獸般肆虐戰場的少年劍士。渴望自身劍術極限的他，
生存方式最終牽動戰友、王國，甚至一名少女，
最後成就了名流王國青史的偉業。超人氣網路小說，激昂與劍戟的外傳！
橫跨四十年的時間，劍鬼的戰役如今仍被傳唱。

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Manga

360 pages, Paperback

First published December 25, 2015

About the author

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

Reviews

[Emir Girgin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was, by no exaggeration, among the best books I've ever read.
It focuses mostly on Wilhelm and his brutal battles. Theresia comes into the picture slowly at first, and truly only near the end.
Among the main characters there was not one I did not like. Thanks to that I enjoyed every paragraph of the story, regardless of whom it was about.

And lest I forget, this was one of the best romance stories I've ever read/watched.

[cactusreads · Rating 5 out of 5]

my god. this story. if it’s even possible, i came out of this loving re:zero even more than i already have for years. i never knew i could love wilhelm so much. it makes me so sad thinking about what the future has in store for him. but this love story is beautiful. theresia and grimm you were made for me, i love them so so much they are everything to me. i cant wait to start EX 3.
favorite quote: “‘do you love me?’ ‘cant you tell?’” and “i would have liked to tell you, at least once, before i lost my voice. i guess its a little late for that. thank you for that time. thanks to you, im here now.”
favorite characters: grimm, theresia, wilhelm

[Ricardo Matos · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a standalone book, maybe I’d be rating it as 4stars. In the larger context of the main series, and just like on EX1, the book really shines at world building and filling in the story gaps missing from the main series.

This volume covers the earlier days of Whilhelm and how he came to know Theresa, the Sword saint.

I really enjoyed the pace, but I felt like there was enough material here to write a book twice as long without it turning boring.

[Eldon Siemens · Rating 5 out of 5]

great story, really strikes hard in the last few pages! it does leave some questions unanswered, however, although I expect some of those to come up elsewhere in the main series. overall, a highly enjoyable standalone story

[Mirageee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice intro to the sword demon trilogy that shed's light on Wilhelm's back story and the prior sword saint before Reinhard in the main story. Second half was rly great and Wilhelm was on his sigma male grindset. (7)

[Noura Navali · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's the writing style for me. It just shuts me off. But anyway, I liked the first part, the last part, the middle part not so much. I feel the events are dragged for the sake of making this story longer.

[Roxanne Nelson · Rating 3 out of 5]

While some of this story was shown in the anime, it was only one episode and much was left out. Not the most interesting story honestly, but it does give a lot of insight about the civil war and generally the past of the Kingdom.

[ReaperDestt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great complimentary read, all the characters and the worldbuilding this volume are top-notch, nothing to complain about.

[Marijo VA · Rating 5 out of 5]

HERMOSO!! Mi historia de amor favorita en todo el lore de Re:zero🥺🥺❤️

[Nathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Took a little bit to get invested but it was really worth it to see Wilhelm grow warmer to everyone as the novel went on