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

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

by Tappei Nagatsuki, Shinichirou Otsuka (Illustrator)

「――改めまして自己紹介をば。俺の名前はナツキ・スバル!」

「これってもしや、異世界召喚ってヤツ――ぅ!?」
俺の名前はナツキ・スバル! 無知無能、無力無謀、四拍子欠けた現代日本出身のどこにでもいる高校生だ! そんな俺
が突然招かれたのは、見知らぬファンタジー世界だった!
超絶美少女と美幼女のお出迎えを受け、いざ異世界冒険譚!って話かと思いきや、どうもそんな単純な話じゃないらしい。
俺が記憶喪失? 塔の『試験』続行中? おいおいこいつは、暗雲立ち込めてきやがったぜ!
「もっと強い人も、頭のいい人もいるのかもしれない。でも、私はあなたが、スバルがいい」
大人気Web小説、喪失と再生の第二十三幕。――『ナツキ・スバル』、オマエハダレダ?

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Manga, Fiction

328 pages, 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]

Tappei you are a genius, never stop writing.

[Nuniflex]

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]

Holy wacamoly

[Ryan Clifton]

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

[XMELIA]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Mackenzie]

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]

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]

Que leitura estressante

[Sebastian Vela]

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

[Turkish Life Enjoyer]

Amazing writing i am speechless

[Daniel Williams]

I have but one word, Peak

[Lauu]

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

[Santiago Mendoza]

XD emilia superó la prueba antes que julius

[Praise Sadare]

wow tappei is a genius. holy fuck.

[Derek Slattery]

Wish I could give it more stars so good

[Genma496]

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

[Primal Knight]

jesus christ

[i]

Read WN version

[Sabina]

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]

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]

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]

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).

[Ayaan Q]

Re:Zero is an excellent anime series, albeit highly trauma inducing with seemingly endless gore. If you finished the anime, the books are even better and don't miss a beat.

Regarding Volume 23 in particular, it was exciting to see a man struggle and change. I don't want to have any spoilers, but he has a lot of catching up to do. Part of the struggle are the expectations those around him put on him, but a lot has to do with his biggest enemy being himself. Confidence is something that has to be earned, and nothing can be taken for granted in this universe.