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Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 [Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu] #16
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Vol. 16
One year after the battle in the Sanctuary, a message arrives from Anastasia-an invitation for Emilia and her supporters to visit the city of Priestella. There, they will meet many familiar faces and see many amazing sights. As they take in the sights and rekindle old friendships, malevolent forces lurk behind the scenes. What new tragedy does fate have in store for them?
296 pages, Paperback
First published March 24, 2018
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Tappei Nagatsuki
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長月達平 (Japanese & Traditional Chinese) /
长月达平 (Simplified Chinese)
Tappei Nagatsuki
長月達平 (Japanese & Traditional Chinese) /
长月达平 (Simplified Chinese)
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August 29, 2026
This was the start of a new arc and a year has passed since Subaru and Beatrice have a contract together; after the whole drama in the Sanctuary, once they got out of there, they got along pretty well -everything has been easy going for everybody. Until one day, Emilia and her crew got invited by Anastasia to go to Priestella, a city surrounded by water (kind of like Venezia).
They travel here and found some old acquittances like Crush, Felix, Wilhelm, Julius and Reinhard. We certainly don’t fully know why Anastasia invited the other competitors and their knights, but this felt like one of those filler episodes where the whole cast takes a moment to get some rest and just be.
Whilhelm, on the other hand, confesses to Subaru that he wants to mend the bond between him and Reinhard (his grandson) and though he’s such a stoic man, he’s had a lot of regrets since his wife died. But surely, his own son (Reinhard’s father) shows up and kind of blames them for everything that happened years ago with the white whale -we still have to find out what really happened ‘cause I don’t trust him at all.
By the end of this volume, there’s someone mysterious on the top of the tower and people are gathering around them only for the crowd to see how a little kid gets pushed of the wall. And then, they almost “copy” what happened to him by crushing their own skulls against the floor. And then… For Subaru, a new loop begins.
Like I said, this was the introduction to a new arc so we don’t know much yet, but hopefully the next volume will give us some answers or. Can’t wait to continue it!
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They travel here and found some old acquittances like Crush, Felix, Wilhelm, Julius and Reinhard. We certainly don’t fully know why Anastasia invited the other competitors and their knights, but this felt like one of those filler episodes where the whole cast takes a moment to get some rest and just be.
Whilhelm, on the other hand, confesses to Subaru that he wants to mend the bond between him and Reinhard (his grandson) and though he’s such a stoic man, he’s had a lot of regrets since his wife died. But surely, his own son (Reinhard’s father) shows up and kind of blames them for everything that happened years ago with the white whale -we still have to find out what really happened ‘cause I don’t trust him at all.
By the end of this volume, there’s someone mysterious on the top of the tower and people are gathering around them only for the crowd to see how a little kid gets pushed of the wall. And then, they almost “copy” what happened to him by crushing their own skulls against the floor. And then… For Subaru, a new loop begins.
Like I said, this was the introduction to a new arc so we don’t know much yet, but hopefully the next volume will give us some answers or. Can’t wait to continue it!
PREVIOUS REVIEWS:
Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 | Volume 4 | Volume 5 | Volume 6 | Volume 7 | Volume 8 | Volume 9 | Volume 10 | Volume 11 | Volume 12 | Volume 13 | Volume 14 | Volume 15
December 23, 2024
A banger through and through really excited to dive into arc 5 and finally pass the anime. Theatrical Malice is always such a good scene
April 29, 2026
It’s alright. Some downtime between and leading up to the next arc. Has a lot of good character moments
June 27, 2021
I have read the WN so I know that this volume is important buildup for the action packed arc ahead. This volume sets things up perfectly for the upcoming battles
April 26, 2020
This particular volume of Re:Zero makes me sad.
I do not mean sad as in tear-jerking like previous volumes. The series has sadly reached it's low point. Arc 4 was action-packed, filled with amazing plot twists and story-telling that could be enjoyed fluidly like Echinda's tea. In contrast, beginning of arc 5 feels like being hungry and having to drink eerily sweet water from a mud pool instead. And you do not get to taste mud until the very end.
It will not be a major spoiler to say there has been a 1 year gap between events of volume 15 and 16 - the tension from recent events has subsided. Nagatsuki-sensei often mentioned in his afterwords that he would prefer to focus on daily, happy life for a change. That is precisely what we got in volume 16 but, oh boi, done in the most cringy and unoriginal way possible. The volume is literally a summer vacation/beach episode you would find in most anime series but done over 200 pages in a book format.
Ever wondered how it would be to spend some time with our cast in a ryokan? I did not. Main female cast in yukata? Soooort of. Ever thought about having Subaru, Emilia and Beatrice go to an isekai concert? Never crossed my mind. Ever considered there maybe different species of dragons with distinct behaviors and why there have been people from Japan arriving in the Re:Zero isekai world apart from Subaru? Well, I definitely gave it more thought than the guy himself.
Removing last 15 pages literally nothing of note happens and even when it seems the slice of life will get some sort of a deeper development we are interrupted by an absolutely out-of-the-blue appearance of a character that by pure accident got the info of the main cast's whereabouts and decided to jump in at PRECISELY the moment. . . . . . . . . . . . I have no words for this sort of plot convenience that serves LITERALLY NO PURPOSE other than introduction.
Apart from making me sad, this volume of Re:Zero was also a learning experience. I have learned what I dislike about this otherwise near perfect series - the uneven mixture of originality and reprint of mindless cliches. Volume 16 blend is unfortunately the latter.
I rated the book 2/5 based on pure and blind faith in phenomenal world-building of Re:Zero. Future work of Nagatsuki-sensei will make up for it, I am more than certain.
PS The cover art is a lie.
I do not mean sad as in tear-jerking like previous volumes. The series has sadly reached it's low point. Arc 4 was action-packed, filled with amazing plot twists and story-telling that could be enjoyed fluidly like Echinda's tea. In contrast, beginning of arc 5 feels like being hungry and having to drink eerily sweet water from a mud pool instead. And you do not get to taste mud until the very end.
It will not be a major spoiler to say there has been a 1 year gap between events of volume 15 and 16 - the tension from recent events has subsided. Nagatsuki-sensei often mentioned in his afterwords that he would prefer to focus on daily, happy life for a change. That is precisely what we got in volume 16 but, oh boi, done in the most cringy and unoriginal way possible. The volume is literally a summer vacation/beach episode you would find in most anime series but done over 200 pages in a book format.
Ever wondered how it would be to spend some time with our cast in a ryokan? I did not. Main female cast in yukata? Soooort of. Ever thought about having Subaru, Emilia and Beatrice go to an isekai concert? Never crossed my mind. Ever considered there maybe different species of dragons with distinct behaviors and why there have been people from Japan arriving in the Re:Zero isekai world apart from Subaru? Well, I definitely gave it more thought than the guy himself.
Removing last 15 pages literally nothing of note happens and even when it seems the slice of life will get some sort of a deeper development we are interrupted by an absolutely out-of-the-blue appearance of a character that by pure accident got the info of the main cast's whereabouts and decided to jump in at PRECISELY the moment. . . . . . . . . . . . I have no words for this sort of plot convenience that serves LITERALLY NO PURPOSE other than introduction.
Apart from making me sad, this volume of Re:Zero was also a learning experience. I have learned what I dislike about this otherwise near perfect series - the uneven mixture of originality and reprint of mindless cliches. Volume 16 blend is unfortunately the latter.
I rated the book 2/5 based on pure and blind faith in phenomenal world-building of Re:Zero. Future work of Nagatsuki-sensei will make up for it, I am more than certain.
PS The cover art is a lie.
May 24, 2021
It's the build up for a new arch. The last pages were astounding!!!
November 5, 2022
Admittedly, as a fan of ReZero I'd heard about Priestella the city of Water but i'd honestly not expected something as grand of a scale as was described in the book, if I were to go into detail I'd be here all day but think interlinking highways of water that are working like clockwork all set around circular city that is built up around said waterways. The ideas described in this volume are astounding to me.
And it's the beginning of a grand set up as all the candidates for the Royal Selection are here coincidentally at the same time and all of them are working together - sort of - and there are big character spanning dynamics that are started here, people who are going to be clashing due to their type of life compared to the other being what they are, it's all just grand and fantastic.
We get the development we've all been clamouring for, more of the Archbishops being revealed and more of them being utterly terrifying Sirius, Archbishop of Wrath not going to give more than that but damn...her power is SCARY.
There's one thing I want to talk about, as the translation of a relationship I have serious doubts turns to "Moppet Mage", but I'm guessing that like words like Chuuninbyo and Iyashikei, whatever the pairing of Subaru and Beako is doesn't have a direct English term so I'm stuck listening to this version. On their relationship I absolutely LOVE it, the joy and love the pair show each other, with them both being so damn clingy to each other and being the same playful banter is the cutest thing I have ever seen and it is why I put her as number 2 of best girls in this series (though I'll freely admit these volumes adds to that list with their adorableness) and there's not much else to say, on to Vol 17
And it's the beginning of a grand set up as all the candidates for the Royal Selection are here coincidentally at the same time and all of them are working together - sort of - and there are big character spanning dynamics that are started here, people who are going to be clashing due to their type of life compared to the other being what they are, it's all just grand and fantastic.
We get the development we've all been clamouring for, more of the Archbishops being revealed and more of them being utterly terrifying Sirius, Archbishop of Wrath not going to give more than that but damn...her power is SCARY.
There's one thing I want to talk about, as the translation of a relationship I have serious doubts turns to "Moppet Mage", but I'm guessing that like words like Chuuninbyo and Iyashikei, whatever the pairing of Subaru and Beako is doesn't have a direct English term so I'm stuck listening to this version. On their relationship I absolutely LOVE it, the joy and love the pair show each other, with them both being so damn clingy to each other and being the same playful banter is the cutest thing I have ever seen and it is why I put her as number 2 of best girls in this series (though I'll freely admit these volumes adds to that list with their adorableness) and there's not much else to say, on to Vol 17
January 20, 2024
A good set up for what to come
The book himself didn't really interest me much, there weren't big moments or anything *particularly* new, there was definitely some interesting world building and a set up for the next arc, it introduced to us the main characters, at least some of the antagonists and set the stage.
I can't say I particularly enjoyed it, but a good arc need a good setting, and it did do excellent job in introducing the setting, you could say the reason I didn't like it wasn't that it wasn't good, but that I just saw the set up without getting to the payoff yet.
If there is one major complaint I can have about the story, is Subaru's and Emilia's relationship, I don't know if it was different in the prior light novels, but I did come here from the end of the second season of the anime, and I was really excited to see how their relationship changed after that season, the answer seemed to me that it didn't, it didn't feel like season 2 particularly affected their relationship despite a one year timeskip.
So like, Subaru met her for a relatively short time in the start, since there he had touching confession in season one that while she didn't accept, she also didn't reject, we see their growing relationship in season 2 with her growing trust in him, culminating in a shared kiss (which is functionally having sex as she was concerned at the time), and now a year later and... Nothing, that really annoyed me, since I dislike character arcs and developments regressing, but after he made so much progress in such short amount of time, it is disatisfying seeing it all seemingly disappear and going back to early season 2 levels.
The book himself didn't really interest me much, there weren't big moments or anything *particularly* new, there was definitely some interesting world building and a set up for the next arc, it introduced to us the main characters, at least some of the antagonists and set the stage.
I can't say I particularly enjoyed it, but a good arc need a good setting, and it did do excellent job in introducing the setting, you could say the reason I didn't like it wasn't that it wasn't good, but that I just saw the set up without getting to the payoff yet.
If there is one major complaint I can have about the story, is Subaru's and Emilia's relationship, I don't know if it was different in the prior light novels, but I did come here from the end of the second season of the anime, and I was really excited to see how their relationship changed after that season, the answer seemed to me that it didn't, it didn't feel like season 2 particularly affected their relationship despite a one year timeskip.
So like, Subaru met her for a relatively short time in the start, since there he had touching confession in season one that while she didn't accept, she also didn't reject, we see their growing relationship in season 2 with her growing trust in him, culminating in a shared kiss (which is functionally having sex as she was concerned at the time), and now a year later and... Nothing, that really annoyed me, since I dislike character arcs and developments regressing, but after he made so much progress in such short amount of time, it is disatisfying seeing it all seemingly disappear and going back to early season 2 levels.
May 11, 2024
Este volumen de la obra se podría considerar principalmente desarrollo del ambiente de la misma porque se centra en el entorno político de esta.
Este enfoque parte desde la invitación de Anastacia a la ciudad, la aparición del padre de Reinhard y las implicaciones políticas de su alineación conforme al reino además de la relación entre Reinhard y Wilhelm.
Gran parte del libro se ve envuelta en la exposición de Pristella, la ciudad, y se nos revela que la existencia de la misma parte de una persona que contó con el mismo destino que el protagonista porque se nos cuenta la ciudad cuenta con elementos japoneses.
El 95% de este libro se enfoca en lo anterior y en cómo las facciones buscan conseguir sus objetivos, con el del protagonista siendo conseguir una gema para darle resguardo a Puck, y el último 5% sirve para introducir a Sirius, la nueva villana de la serie, que brinda una aparición bastante impresionante después de la exposición a la que nos enfrentamos anteriormente.
Este enfoque parte desde la invitación de Anastacia a la ciudad, la aparición del padre de Reinhard y las implicaciones políticas de su alineación conforme al reino además de la relación entre Reinhard y Wilhelm.
Gran parte del libro se ve envuelta en la exposición de Pristella, la ciudad, y se nos revela que la existencia de la misma parte de una persona que contó con el mismo destino que el protagonista porque se nos cuenta la ciudad cuenta con elementos japoneses.
El 95% de este libro se enfoca en lo anterior y en cómo las facciones buscan conseguir sus objetivos, con el del protagonista siendo conseguir una gema para darle resguardo a Puck, y el último 5% sirve para introducir a Sirius, la nueva villana de la serie, que brinda una aparición bastante impresionante después de la exposición a la que nos enfrentamos anteriormente.
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November 1, 2023
This is basically a setup novel for the new arc, but even so, it was kind of meh. The concept of bringing all the royal selection candidates in one place was interesting, and the climax that sets up the new villain was great, but that’s only a minuscule portion of the novel. The rest is boring slice of life. I’m not opposed to slice of life, and taking a break after the insanity of arc 4 was needed, but the events that happened here were not interesting to read. It didn’t help that Liliana was annoying a fuck too. I’m sure the rest of the arc will be great, but this volume felt like 10% importance, 90% filler.
October 8, 2026
Maybe my favourite volume yet. Just uncut untrimmed down "the gang vibes and has a good time". I've really grown attached to these cahracters over the past few months, so seeing a (nearly) conflict or distractionless volume where they just. Kind of have fun? Is really special to me.
The Daisukiyaki baking chapter in particular just had me smiling from ear to ear. Something about this group of characters, who have all been through so much, and who will go through so much more, just taking their time to have fun with friends?
Tappei Nagatsuki, despite how good he is at writing conflict or complex character dynamics. Is also just realy really good at making me smile earnestly :)
The Daisukiyaki baking chapter in particular just had me smiling from ear to ear. Something about this group of characters, who have all been through so much, and who will go through so much more, just taking their time to have fun with friends?
Tappei Nagatsuki, despite how good he is at writing conflict or complex character dynamics. Is also just realy really good at making me smile earnestly :)
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August 31, 2026Le voilà, le début du nouvel arc.
Bon j'ai déjà tout vu en animé donc pas de surprises pour cette introduction à La Cité des Écluses. C'est un tome qui place ses personnages pour la suite, donc il ne s'y passe pas grand chose, même si je suis toujours content de retrouver ce cast.
Petite surprise de la version française : cette fois Ferris est genré.e au féminin alors qu'il me semble que ce n'était pas le cas avant (?). Du coup j'aurais pu découvrir que le genre de ce personnage est un vrai sujet de débat au sein de la communauté haha.
Bon j'ai déjà tout vu en animé donc pas de surprises pour cette introduction à La Cité des Écluses. C'est un tome qui place ses personnages pour la suite, donc il ne s'y passe pas grand chose, même si je suis toujours content de retrouver ce cast.
Petite surprise de la version française : cette fois Ferris est genré.e au féminin alors qu'il me semble que ce n'était pas le cas avant (?). Du coup j'aurais pu découvrir que le genre de ce personnage est un vrai sujet de débat au sein de la communauté haha.
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September 13, 2026
Not a lot happens to advance the storyline. We find out a year has passed since the previous volume, and that time was spent in preparations. Then all the archduke candidates are sent to arrive at the water town. But they don't know the others are also arriving. There are difficult issues between the various groups.
It was nice to meet the archduke candidates again, and the plot shifted from fighting demon beast. It was also nice to see characters that have not been around lately come back. My issue, is not a lot went on during the book
It was nice to meet the archduke candidates again, and the plot shifted from fighting demon beast. It was also nice to see characters that have not been around lately come back. My issue, is not a lot went on during the book
August 29, 2021
このラノベはつまらな過ぎ! 😱
もちろん良い事ありましたが全ての本は。。。何と言うか薄いでした。😅😭
スバルとベア子の関係はやっぱり親子関係になりました。おめでとう、スバルくん、父親になったわ。😍🤣
でもヴィルヘルムとラインハルトとの関係も良かったでした。😍
クライマックスはラノベの最後の１００ページでした。ここにはシリウスという大罪司教の憤怒担当と出会えます。最初は礼儀正しい女みたいだけどどうやって分かりませんが多分シリウスの力のせいで皆は狂ってしまいます。🤔
シリウスの事とキャラ達の関係に置いといて、他のラノベはつまらないです。１７巻はもっと面白くなりますように願っています。🙏🏻😅
もちろん良い事ありましたが全ての本は。。。何と言うか薄いでした。😅😭
スバルとベア子の関係はやっぱり親子関係になりました。おめでとう、スバルくん、父親になったわ。😍🤣
でもヴィルヘルムとラインハルトとの関係も良かったでした。😍
クライマックスはラノベの最後の１００ページでした。ここにはシリウスという大罪司教の憤怒担当と出会えます。最初は礼儀正しい女みたいだけどどうやって分かりませんが多分シリウスの力のせいで皆は狂ってしまいます。🤔
シリウスの事とキャラ達の関係に置いといて、他のラノベはつまらないです。１７巻はもっと面白くなりますように願っています。🙏🏻😅
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January 18, 2022
If you thought the pacing in the anime was bad, HO BOY do I not recommend reading this. The last few pages were very exciting, and I suspect the next volume will be good. But geez... it took a very, very long time to get there.
October 17, 2022
Awesome start of a new arc and it’s awesome how Subaru has evolved and how people have com to respect him. Some of the secondary characters get a lot of development. This is just the series that keeps on giving :)
April 14, 2023
Definitely one of the slower starts to an arc that took me a bit longer than usual to get into but the second half of this was great. Sirius seems like such a sick character in a lot of ways and I'm really interested how the rift between Reinhard and Wilhelm will be explored as the arc plays out.
January 31, 2024
A very slow start to the next arc, and I can't tell if it is the translator or source writer proper who is obsessed with telling rather than showing, but I hope that this isn't something that will bother me for books to come.
July 2, 2021
Read this right after finishing season 2 of the Re:ZERO anime. Want to casually state that I still miss Rem.
August 19, 2021
A calm start to the (currently) most action-filled arc of Re:Zero, finally a brief chance to breathe after the non-stop suffering of Subaru and the gang.
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May 11, 2023
3.5/5
April 6, 2024
It was pretty good to open the new arch, the last pages honestly left me flabbergasted-
June 8, 2025
el arco 5 inicia de manera brutal
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June 2, 2026Read WN version
September 4, 2026
Rating is for the entirety of Arc 5 in light novel format
July 31, 2023
This. is. it.
This volume wasn’t just a slice of life, it was the whole cake ! But dude, slice of death was definitely in there, and it’s taste was nothing to scoff at.
This volume wasn’t just a slice of life, it was the whole cake ! But dude, slice of death was definitely in there, and it’s taste was nothing to scoff at.
June 8, 2024
Reread: 4,5 Sterne
Nach dem ersten Mal lesen: 4 Sterne
Der Beginn des fünften Arcs hat die schwere Aufgabe, einen riesigen Haufen an alten Figuren wieder einzuführen und im besten Fall gleich weiterzuentwickeln. Und dieses Ziel wird meisterhaft geschafft. Die Masse an Charaktermomenten, neuen Dynamiken und Entwicklungen ist der Hammer. Man merkt wirklich das sich die Welt während des Zeitsprunges weiterentwickelt hat.
(+)
- Wir fangen an, Priscillas Komplexität zu sehen
- Alles mit der Astrea Familie
- Großer Fokus auf Slice of Lift und Humor
- Das Ende ist eine der abstoßendsten und weirdesten Szenen überhaupt
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- Wenn man es zum ersten Mal ließt, ist es ein sehr langsamer Beginn für den Arc
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Nach dem ersten Mal lesen: 4 Sterne
Der Beginn des fünften Arcs hat die schwere Aufgabe, einen riesigen Haufen an alten Figuren wieder einzuführen und im besten Fall gleich weiterzuentwickeln. Und dieses Ziel wird meisterhaft geschafft. Die Masse an Charaktermomenten, neuen Dynamiken und Entwicklungen ist der Hammer. Man merkt wirklich das sich die Welt während des Zeitsprunges weiterentwickelt hat.
(+)
- Wir fangen an, Priscillas Komplexität zu sehen
- Alles mit der Astrea Familie
- Großer Fokus auf Slice of Lift und Humor
- Das Ende ist eine der abstoßendsten und weirdesten Szenen überhaupt
(-)
- Wenn man es zum ersten Mal ließt, ist es ein sehr langsamer Beginn für den Arc
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August 10, 2025
very slow and underwhelming start gets vood towards the end though
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