AFTERWORD
Hello, it’s Tappei Nagatsuki, the mouse-colored cat! The sixth arc has safely begun!
Thank you for joining me in Volume 21 in the main series… Wait, twenty-one?! Yeah, twenty-one. That’s quite the imposing number, but thank you for coming along for the ride in this volume, too!
As the number of books grows, it brings back memories.
Generally speaking, when a series is made, it gets a numbering system. When Re:Zero was in the process of getting novelized at first, my editor and I discussed whether to go with Arabic numerals or Roman numerals for the numbering.
Honestly, I had pushed for Roman numerals at first, since the I and II looked really cool, but my editor was adamant about using Arabic numerals. Having reached Volume 21 now, I realize how right my editor was. The space taken up writing the roman numerals every time would have eaten into the space I had for this page of afterword, making it even more cramped.
It almost makes me wonder if the editor had predicted this situation happening.
Anyway, that was a bit too much rambling, but please allow me to turn to the customary thanks.
To my editor I, it’s unusual to talk about old memories like that in the afterword, but I am grateful for your wise decision back then. And also, I am in your debt again with all the mess and wrangling around this volume. Thank you very much!
To the illustrator, Otsuka, with several new demon beasts popping up, thank you for your quick responses and exquisite illustrations! The oiran bear and the centaur were both the perfect feel.
To the designer, Kusano, thank you for doing such a beautiful job with the first Oni sisters cover since the second volume! The sixth arc is only just getting started, so I look forward to your wonderful efforts going forward!
In Gekkan Comic Alive, Matsuse’s third arc manga has finished! It has been five years now of drawing Re:Zero, from the first arc through now. It has been difficult at times, but you’ve done a wonderful job! Thank you so much for all your hard work!
And the newly beginning fourth arc will be handled by the Haruno Atori and Yuu Aikawa tag team! And Tsubata Nozaki’s Love Ballad of the Sword Devil series is heating up, too!
To everyone else at MF Bunko J’s editorial department, all the proofreaders, and all the bookstores, thank you very much for all your work!
And finally, my deepest gratitude to all the readers who continue to support this series.
The sixth arc has begun, and the second OVA, The Frozen Bond, is about to be released. More information about the second season of the anime will be coming, too, so I hope you will join me in looking forward to all the developments for Re:Zero going forward!
I hope we can meet again in the next volume!
August 2019
<<Feeling the arrival of summer from the intense rays of sunlight>>
“Cheers! To the start of the sixth arc! And with that, we move on to your regularly scheduled announcements corner. The start of an arc is the place to really put some effort into it, so without further ado, my guest this time is…”
“You’re in an awfully good mood. Are you that happy to be with me? How lewd.”
“It’s not lewd at all! But this is our first time doing the announcements together, isn’t it?”
“Indeed. This is certainly a rare pairing. Even if I would rather not be here.”
“Don’t say that! We’ve known each other a long time now, so let’s show off our top-notch coordination!”
“The next book coming out is Ex, Volume 4, and apparently it is going to heavily feature the knight accompanying us on our current trip, Julius. That one is coming out in December, so be sure not to forget the date.”
“Wha—? Hey! Don’t go starting without me! What happened to our top-notch coordination?! Also, it’s about Julius? Of all people?!”
“In addition, the second OVA, The Frozen Bond, the story of how Lady Emilia and the great spirit met, will be opening in theaters starting this fall. And there is seemingly a special short story to go with it.”
“A special story! Talk about lavish. It’s not just about Emilia-tan and Puck, either, I’m also—”
“In addition, the manga version of Arc 3 being serialized in Gekkan Comic Alive has finally concluded. Thinking about when the first arc started, it’s a finale over five years in the making.”
“I definitely owe Matsuse big-time for all that. After all, I’ll be drawn dying more than anyone else… Wait, isn’t that kind of a weird thing for me to be grateful for?”
“Hmph! How very Barusu of you to worry about something like that. And next is—”
“Not good, not good, not good! At this rate, you’re gonna cover everything yourself! I can’t let… Actually, isn’t that fine? It is rare for you to be so gung ho about working, though.”
“Setting Barusu’s annoying grumbling aside…right around when this volume is coming out, there will be an event for Lady Emilia’s birthday going on at Shibuya Marui starting September 20. It’s a yearly event, but still be grateful.”
“Phrasing! It’s a lot of help, though, and I am happy about it! Next is my birthday—”
“And that was the last of our announcements. The fifth short story collection is being released at the same time as this twenty-first volume. They will be next to each other on the shelves, so please read that as well.”
“You really breezed through all that and didn’t leave anything for me to say at all!”
“And that’s all. I’ll be going now. Rem is waiting.”
“—Sheesh, say so sooner if that’s why you’re speeding through things.”
“Oy, wait up, Ram! Big Sis! I’m coming, too! Don’t go by yourself!”
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