AFTERWORD
Hey there, it’s Tappei Nagatsuki! The notorious Mouse-Colored Cat! Sorry for the possibly smaller font size!
As you probably know already, this has been going on since way back in Volume 12! However, I think this volume will see the end of it. Probably? Maybe?
Anyway, thank you very much for purchasing Volume 15. Having arrived at the afterword, you are almost certainly already aware of this, but Volume 15 concludes Arc 4 of Re:ZERO!
The book ended up a little longer than originally planned, but as a crucial chapter in how the main character’s party becomes a group united with a single heart and soul, I have no complaints so long as you’ve had fun with it up to this point.
The next volume begins the next leg of the story, plunging us directly into Arc 5. There’ll be appearances by characters who haven’t been in the limelight for a while, so by all means, I hope you enjoy the next arc, too!
And this time, some people might have already read this in the afterword, but for everyone else, the third short-story compilation of Re:ZERO is going on sale this month, too. I hope they’re a lot of fun combined, giving you a good warmhurry (heartwarming short stories and hurried main story) experience!
Also, I’m pretty sure that the third short-story compilation goes into information about recent events that weren’t possible here, so for those who think, Books are fun, afterwords included! please try that on for size as well.
Now, as you can see, I am pushing the character limit, so I shall move on to customary words of thanks.
To Editor I, we’ve finally finished our sprint through Arc 4 in one piece. This one probably had the most difficult-to-manage structural complexity of them all! Publishing this whole thing in a year and change feels like a year earlier than I expected! Thank you very much!
To Otsuka, my dear illustrator, Arc 4 basically featured just as many new characters as Arc 3 did. Truly, thank you very much for delivering me one character design after another. The one you handed me at the very, very end showing Beatrice’s smiling face after she’d been saved… Best cover illustration ever! Thank you so much!
To Kusano, the designer, I say this every time, but it’s no exaggeration to say you displayed amazing skill in showing off the heroines as this arc came to a close. Thank you very much for your work on this volume as well!
Also, let me thank Matsuse and Fugetsu for illustrating the world of Re:ZERO, with particular appreciation for Fugetsu and her magnificent conclusion to the comic version of Arc 2! Truly, thank you very much! Since I owe you for the third short-story compilation going on sale this month, too, my words almost feel too meager to properly convey how I feel, but thank you very much!
To the others, such as everyone at MF Bunko J’s editorial department, all the reviewers, bookstores, and sales staff: It’s thanks to how you all took care of me during this sprint that I somehow made it to the completion of Arc 4. You’ve been a huge help!
Finally, my greatest of thanks goes out to all you readers, who’ve been cheering me on this whole time.
In a certain sense, part one of the story is complete! That said, thank you for sticking with me all the way to the end of Arc 4. Re:ZERO will be continuing for quite some time to come, so I hope you enjoy it!
Well then, let’s meet again for a fresh start in Volume 16. The royal-selection candidates assemble once more!
November 2017
<<Filled with a sense of liberation and enthusiasm to start anew>>
“Let’s celebrate! Arc 4 is complete! And it’s also the anniversary of my pact with Beako!”
“Goodness… Would you stop prancing around like a child, I wonder? You should behave in a manner more befitting Betty’s contracto… Uwaah!”
“Hey, hey, what gives, Beako? Don’t start sulking on me now. That pouty face is a waste of your cute looks… Wait, you’re cute even when you’re sulking!”
“O-of course I am! More importantly, would you put me down, I wonder?! Stop messing around all the time and actually fulfill your duties as a spirit mage!”
“Yeah, yeah, roger that… Wait, by duties, do you mean the next-volume preview?! Right, then, everyone gaze in wonder at our picture-perfect teamwork!”
“Are you toying with the readers, I wonder? Anyway, first is an announcement. I suppose the third short-story compilation is going on sale the same month as this book, Re:ZERO, Vol. 15.”
“It covers the moments we spent at the mansion before Arc 3… In other words, when Beako was still being crabby toward me. It’s strange looking back on it now, but Beako was cute even when she was being thorny…”
“It’s only natural that Betty is always cute. Also, that is not all that goes on sale that same month. The fifth and final volume of the comic for Arc 2, the Big Gangan version, is also out, I suppose. Betty gave Subaru her highest recommendation for it, so it is best to pull yourself together and go read it, I suppose.”
“And that brings us to Volume 16! It’s expected to go on sale in March of 2018. The new arc that starts there is gonna involve me doing all kinds of big stuff as a spirit mage contracted to Beako!”
“That sounds good, but it likely will not go even remotely that smoothly.”
“Hey, Beako, you’re on my side, right? Can’t you put it a little nicer?”
“Does the sight of Subaru getting carried away, failing, and agonizing as a result bother me, I wonder? I suppose Betty has no choice but to assist you. Should you not be grateful, I wonder?”
“Come to think of it, there’s talk of an event being planned for next year—a birthday bash for Rem and Ram that’s supposed to be super popular. The details are TBA, but a party for those two should be loads of fun!”
“Listen! Would you listen, I wonder?! Betty is speaking about something crucially important right now!”
“I’m kidding, I’m kidding, I’m totally listening. Er, well, I’m really glad I can depend on you, Beatrice. If it wasn’t for you, I’d just be good-for-nothing garbage, you know.”
“Goodness. Why must Betty go to such lengths for good-for-nothing, useless garbage like Subaru, I wonder? Do not forget to thank Betty for all this after the fact as well.”
“Yeah, leave that to me. No way I’ll forget to give you gratitude and love for years to come!”
“Did Betty speak even one word about love, I wonder?! …But if it comes to that…I shall accept.”
“Beako, you really are cuuute!”
“Gaaah! Will you ever stop, I wonder?!”
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