AFTERWORD
The sixth arc of Re:ZERO -Starting Life Again in Another World- is complete!
Hello! This is Tappei Nagatsuki plus the mouse-colored cat! Thank you for sticking with me this long!
With that, the sixth arc that began with Volume 21 is complete, and things have reached a stopping point.
There may be some feeling like it was really something, choosing to end at a place like that. And you would be correct. Subaru still does not have a moment to catch his breath.
The story is barreling straight into the seventh arc with an update to the party members. Re:ZERO is a story where the solutions and the highlighted characters change with each arc, so I hope you continue to enjoy that aspect of it, too.
There may also be some thinking like, “Hey, isn’t this volume a bit heftier than usual?!” and you, too, are correct. It’s a lot thicker than usual this time.
That is also why this afterword is so dense—a last resort to finish the sixth arc!
And as you can tell, the limit of the page width is already fast approaching, so let’s move on to the usual thanks!
To my Editor I: you said, “If it’s unreasonable, please say so quickly,” and it was indeed unreasonable. The usual page count was absolutely impossible. I will do my best in the future and take your “Never again!” to heart. We are in this together, like two horses in a harness! Thank you so much!
To the illustrator Otsuka, it helped a lot that you were reading the web version that I was working on simultaneously and could smoothly have the images ready! But I can’t just rely on your helpfulness, so I’ll be careful next time! I really do look forward to working with you on the next one, too!
To the designer Kusano, the cover with such odious characters on it is a masterpiece. I’m sorry for the underwhelming vocabulary I use for my thank-yous in each volume. I love you! (A sudden confession?)
In manga news, both Atori’s and Aikawa’s adaptation of the fourth arc and Tsubata Nozaki’s The Love Ballad of the Sword Devil are both being published in Gekkan Comic Alive! Minori Tsukahara’s The Frozen Bond is running in Manga UP. Thank you all so much!
And to everyone else at MF Bunko J’s editorial division, the proofreader, and all the bookstores, thank you very much for all your work. I’ll be in your care next time as well!
And, straddling the new year, the second half of the second season of the anime begins in January! Director Watase, the cast, and the staff, thank you all so much!
And finally, I am grateful for all the readers who continue to support this series.
With the end of the sixth arc, Re:ZERO has reached a turning point, so I hope you will continue to join me!
Let’s meet again in the next volume, at the next hardship! Thank you!
December 2020
<<With gratitude to everyone’s efforts in this difficult year>>
“Drumroll, please! And with that, I’m here again for the announcements! It’s playtime with the newly restored Master!”
“It’s not playtime! But you really have been on a roll, showing up here again. Even though this was one of the few places where I was supposed to have an edge over everyone else…”
“You don’t have to define yourself so narrow-mindedly—you’re still my evening star! You don’t need to feel down! Just fall in love!”
“Well, the closer last time was me falling for a different reason, but… Anyway, let’s show the people our perfect harmony, eh?”
“Ooooh?! Are you finally coming on to me?! Should I cook red rice tonight?!”
“No. So, about the anime. The second season that left on such a cliff-hanger is picking up again with the second cour starting on January sixth!”
“You crying, suffering, groaning, vomiting… Argh, I’ll be clinging to the screen, hanging on every moment! I cut out everything around you on the new key visuals!”
“I guess that’s a novel way to enjoy it? Why not focus on Emilia-tan or Beako?!”
“Also, also, volume three of the manga version of the fourth arc goes on sale in December! The Master there has a different feel and look from the anime and light novel…three delicious versions of Master! So check out Re:Zero -Starting Life Again in Another World-!”
“Has there ever been anyone who was this big a fan of me personally…?”
“I mean, you’re the entire appeal of this story, Master!”
“That’s overselling it. Like, that’s actually kind of a sick perspective… Anyway, I’m grateful to say it is almost just a normal occurrence at this point, but thank you to the Shibuya Marui for holding a birthday event for Ram and Rem again this year. There is another special illustration by Shinichirou Otsuka this year, too!”
“Ahh, those twins with you. Huh? I don’t think I’ve seen that blue one moving and talking before…”
“Then check out the very end of this volume! Did you seriously not watch anything other than me in the anime?!”
“Even in the game ‘The False Royal Candidate,’ coming out January twenty-eighth, all I see is you, Master. I can’t wait for it to come out, but a month is just like the day after tomorrow! I can totally wait that long!”
“…Ah, right. After that, next is…”
“—That’s it, Master. Announcements done. Our flirty little playtime is going on hold for a while, too.”
“…Dumbass, I told you, this isn’t playtime.”
“That cold shoulder is just another part of your charm—I’ll love you forever, Master.”
“…You really are dumb… See you later, Shaula.”
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