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Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Ex Light Novel #5
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Ex, Vol. 5 (light novel): The Tale of the Scarlet Princess (Volume 5) (Re:ZERO Ex
LIVE BY THE SWORD, DIE BY THE SWORD!
The Volakian Empire is the largest of the Four Great Nations, and its people live by one rule—survival of the fittest. The strong are venerated, and the weak are oppressed. There are no exceptions, not even for the emperor, who stands at the very apex of this fierce society. When the time comes to proclaim a new emperor, the transfer of power is anything but peaceful. One of those laying claim to the throne is Prisca Benedict, a young but keenly perceptive member of the royal family who is more than ready to come out on top in the bloody Rite of Imperial Selection. All that stands in her way are the dozens of brothers and sisters who won’t hesitate to kill for a chance at glory!
The Volakian Empire is the largest of the Four Great Nations, and its people live by one rule—survival of the fittest. The strong are venerated, and the weak are oppressed. There are no exceptions, not even for the emperor, who stands at the very apex of this fierce society. When the time comes to proclaim a new emperor, the transfer of power is anything but peaceful. One of those laying claim to the throne is Prisca Benedict, a young but keenly perceptive member of the royal family who is more than ready to come out on top in the bloody Rite of Imperial Selection. All that stands in her way are the dozens of brothers and sisters who won’t hesitate to kill for a chance at glory!
- GenresLight Novel
248 pages, Paperback
First published September 25, 2021
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Tappei Nagatsuki
162 books264 followersAssociated Names:
Tappei Nagatsuki
長月 達平 (Japanese)
長月達平 (Traditional Chinese) / 长月达平 (Simplified Chinese)
Tappei Nagatsuki
長月 達平 (Japanese)
長月達平 (Traditional Chinese) / 长月达平 (Simplified Chinese)
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April 20, 2025
Formally inoffensive, but substantially emblematic of all of the series’ worst features, thoroughly paedophilic (and misogynistic) but above all elitist and classist, drenched in great-man theory and staunch hatred of revolution
Seems to build an analogue of capitalist society but with money substituted with physical power; but the thing is, capital has poisonous properties designed to coerce, to shut down its opponents etc, and it is around these that structures arise, layered hierarchies and covert empires of oppression. Physical power has none of this nuance, and so when the top 1% of power outweighs that of the bottom 99% there is no reason there should be these ideas of nobility, royalty, rank; on an individual level the story seems to place wiles and courage as a Vollachian quality of strength, but the disparity in intelligence between our world and there’s is nil, and cannot therefore scale with the disparity in physical power. What’s worse is this faulty understanding is specifically used to justify anti-revolutionary sentiment as if it is applicable to our system. Priscilla and Vincent simply ‘see the world differently’ because they’re part of the elite class, and somehow that makes them great strategists and born leaders, but they are circularly only that way because the other designed them so, their climate designed to push their lofty Ubermensch ideology. And somehow this fits snugly with the abject paedophilia of the book, a 50 year old falling in love with a 12 year old (oh, if anything there’s a *boldness* gap between her and the old man yes yes ok), a different 12 year old who *needs* to be naked for plot reasons and also gets described as erotic for being “undeveloped”; just nasty, nasty stuff. All in all it belies a grossly fascist view of the world, disgusting through and through
Seems to build an analogue of capitalist society but with money substituted with physical power; but the thing is, capital has poisonous properties designed to coerce, to shut down its opponents etc, and it is around these that structures arise, layered hierarchies and covert empires of oppression. Physical power has none of this nuance, and so when the top 1% of power outweighs that of the bottom 99% there is no reason there should be these ideas of nobility, royalty, rank; on an individual level the story seems to place wiles and courage as a Vollachian quality of strength, but the disparity in intelligence between our world and there’s is nil, and cannot therefore scale with the disparity in physical power. What’s worse is this faulty understanding is specifically used to justify anti-revolutionary sentiment as if it is applicable to our system. Priscilla and Vincent simply ‘see the world differently’ because they’re part of the elite class, and somehow that makes them great strategists and born leaders, but they are circularly only that way because the other designed them so, their climate designed to push their lofty Ubermensch ideology. And somehow this fits snugly with the abject paedophilia of the book, a 50 year old falling in love with a 12 year old (oh, if anything there’s a *boldness* gap between her and the old man yes yes ok), a different 12 year old who *needs* to be naked for plot reasons and also gets described as erotic for being “undeveloped”; just nasty, nasty stuff. All in all it belies a grossly fascist view of the world, disgusting through and through
March 9, 2025
3,5 Sterne
Priscilla ist eine meiner Lieblingsfiguren und diese Geschichten haben diese Meinung noch einmal verstärkt. An sich sind es zwei Erzählungen ihrer Jugend, wobei ich die erste vom Thema interessanter fand und die Zweite war dafür besser geschrieben, was wohl auch an der verfügbaren Seitenzahl lag. Hätte auch komplett übern Thronkampf sein können.
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- Priscilla ist so eine spaßige Figur
- Als alte Lebensweise mal ganz anders
- Gibt viel Kontext zur Haupthandlung von Arc 7 / 8
- Arakiya war überraschend witzig und mitreißend geschrieben
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- Mir wäre es lieber gewesen, wenn man die Monatlichen Kapitel etwas an den Release in einer Light Novel angepasst hätte, da es so etwas weird zu lesen ist
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Priscilla ist eine meiner Lieblingsfiguren und diese Geschichten haben diese Meinung noch einmal verstärkt. An sich sind es zwei Erzählungen ihrer Jugend, wobei ich die erste vom Thema interessanter fand und die Zweite war dafür besser geschrieben, was wohl auch an der verfügbaren Seitenzahl lag. Hätte auch komplett übern Thronkampf sein können.
(+)
- Priscilla ist so eine spaßige Figur
- Als alte Lebensweise mal ganz anders
- Gibt viel Kontext zur Haupthandlung von Arc 7 / 8
- Arakiya war überraschend witzig und mitreißend geschrieben
(-)
- Mir wäre es lieber gewesen, wenn man die Monatlichen Kapitel etwas an den Release in einer Light Novel angepasst hätte, da es so etwas weird zu lesen ist
Mein Booktube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWsL...
Mein Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nico_fantas...
January 11, 2023
This volume provides some much needed backstory for the most interesting of the Royal candidates (IMO). I get the impression that this is pretty important reading before we get into Act 7. The most mysterious man in the series gets some backstory as well, but I am was just left with more questions about Al afterwards, though. Unclear if there will be a sequel to this but there definitely seems to be room for one.
December 18, 2024
Priscilla and Al might be a duo of the most interesting characters in re zero insanely interesting stuff from this volume and I’m all the more excited to reach arc 7
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