ReZero Starting Life in Another World Volume 18

AFTERWORD

—I hope everyone can appreciate just how revolting
Regulus is!

Hey everyone, it’s Tappei Nagatsuki, the mouse-colored
cat! And it seems like this font is actually the default size
now!

And with that déjà vu greeting out of the way, thank you
very much for following along with this volume of the main
story! How was Volume 18?

I suspect all you Re:ZERO readers who have followed
along through eighteen volumes have realized it by now,
but I really love sudden, dramatic reversals! The moment
when characters actually manage to turn things around
after having been put through the grinder in desperately
hopeless situations is just the best!

Re:ZERO volumes are often spoken of as being filled to
the brim with absolutely depressing developments, but for
the author, the happiness afterward is really the main
draw! But there is a certain catharsis to it that’s
proportionate to how intense, deep, and overwhelming the
adversity is.

Because of that, an author has to hold back tears while
making the characters endure even more suffering. No
matter the story, there is always some sort of conflict

between the beginning and the end. That is the romance of
it all—and fate.

So even while the main characters are enduring horrific
circumstances in every volume, the comeback is always
lurking just around the corner. Every battle has its ups and
downs, and I hope you’ll enjoy watching how our favorite
cast takes on enemies with their fair share of peculiarities!

And now for the standard thanks in the middle of a
packed page!

To my editor, thank you for all the work with the intense
fighting without any break at all between this and the last
volume! I said that there was conflict between the
beginning and the end, but it was practically fights all the
way through!

To the illustrator, Otsuka, I’m sorry for all the notes and
directions involved this time, particularly with Emilia’s
outfit change. But Emilia in her wedding dress and Regulus
in his white tuxedo and his eminently punchable face were
just perfect! Thank you so much!

To the designer, Kusano, I was amazed that you pulled
something entirely new out for the eighteenth volume. I
can’t wait to see what else you have in store, but it was a
fantastic job as always this time!

Matsuse’s manga version of Re:ZERO is entering the
climax of the third arc in Monthly Comic Alive, and both it
and Tsubata Nozaki’s The Ballad of the Sword Devil are still
being serialized to great reviews! Every month is fun to
see!

To everyone else at MF Bunko J’s editorial division, all
the proofreaders, and all the bookstores, thank you very
much for all your work!

I have so many other things that I need to share that I
can’t list them all. Re:ZERO could only exist with the

support of so many people, so thank you, and I hope you’ll
keep supporting it in the future!

And finally, to the readers who are always supporting
this series, I hope to see you again in 2019!

December 2018
<<While rubbing a stomach that has grown due to

busyness>>





“You know, I don’t know what this preview-for-the-next-
volume-or-whatever thing is, but I don’t recall ever saying
anything about accepting this job or agreeing to handle it,
so what exactly were you thinking, pushing it onto me? It’s
not that I particularly hate it. It’s just that there’s a certain
level of consideration that must be paid. That’s the bare
minimum of respect in order to not upset the person you
are asking for a favor, no? Not even bothering with that is
saying that you don’t think that person is worth even that
bare-minimum level of respect. Wouldn’t you say that’s
practically a form of violence?”

“Yes, that’s absolutely right, sir.”
“What would you even have me say anyway? That the
theater screening of the second OVA, The Frozen Bond, has
been officially announced? It is some story of my bride #79
and some gray cat meeting, but if you actually think about
it for a moment, there are far more important events that

could be depicted, right? You should have a bit more
consideration when asking me to do this.”

“Yes, that’s absolutely right, sir.”
“And also, you are too slow as it is. When is the next
volume? Volume 19! When’s Volume 19?! Next year? March
2019? Going on sale at the same time as Volume 4 of the
short story series? Do you think that somehow makes up
for the amount of time you’re making me wait? You know,
time is a limited commodity. Everyone only gets a certain
amount of it. You certainly can’t expect someone to be
content with you just stealing away their time like that out
of some selfish, egotistical desire. It’s sick, I tell you, sick.”
“Yes, that’s absolutely right, sir.”
“Also, what is this? Taking part in the seventieth annual
Sapporo Snow Festival? What is that, even? How is that
related to anything? You can find more details by going to
see the first OVA that’s being screened in theaters? What is
this?! Who do you think I am?! Don’t expect to get away
with playing me for a fool!”
“Yes, that’s absolutely right, sir.”
“There’s still more? According to the flyer for the 2019
Sapporo Snow Festival, there is a Re:ZERO display in the
HBC Finland plaza? Do you expect me to apologize for the
oversight? You think tearing a cover in a fit is enough to
earn you forgiveness? Where is the sincerity? Where, I ask
you!”
“Yes, that’s absolutely right, sir.”
“And last is something that is a staple by this point—a
birthday celebration at Shibuya Marui for the Oni sisters…
What even is that?! Exclusive goods are available there,
apparently! Some fantastic display or whatever! I’m
surrounded by people who don’t understand a thing!”
“Yes, that’s absolutely right, sir.”
“I can’t be bothered with this anymore. You know, I’m
tired after everything that’s been going on, so I’ll be
retiring for a break. Such a dullard has no qualification to

be my wife.”
“—Yes, that’s absolutely right, sir.”
“Ha-ha, that’s a good response. Anyway, I’ll be leaving

here since I’m so busy.”
“…………………………Just die already.”





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