“Subaru dies helping Satella, then revives to relive his first day in a fantasy world.”
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活
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Synopsis
Subaru dies helping Satella, then revives to relive his first day in a fantasy world.
Exiting the convenience store, Subaru Natsuki emerges to a busy town inhabited by humans and demi-humans. Using dragons and carriages as transportation, the town is clearly not the modern-day Japan that he is familiar with. However, as someone who spends his days engrossed in comics and games, Subaru assumes that he is a protagonist in this new fantasy world, harnessing supreme magical powers. Much to his dismay, that is not the case and things quickly go awry as he bumps into a group of thugs. Fortunately, a silver-haired beauty named Satella comes to his rescue, while looking for her stolen insignia. In return for her kindness, Subaru offers to help with the search, which eventually leads them to a loot shop. Assuming that the insignia was traded for money, Subaru enters the shop hoping to negotiate with the owner regarding the stolen item. However, much to his surprise, what awaits them is not the insignia but a brutal assassin that leads the two to their demise. But instead of waking up in the afterlife, Subaru is shocked to find himself standing alone in the midst of daytime, as if he never left the town in the first place. Thus, his life in another world mysteriously begins a second time.
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Derived from 20 sampled reviews
What 20 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.73 · split reception
7.1 pts
Recommenders 9.8 · others 2.7
↓ 0.50
Running avg · Jun 2016 → Mar 2026
- 10 “Review based on reading Arc 5 and Arc 6 of the web novels (which is suggested after watching season 1 and 2 of the anime.) Re: Zero is quite possibly my favorite anime right now. For a simple...”
- 10 “Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: I indeed enjoyed the story,premise and the characters. beautifully written not just the main story but the side stories as well. currently arc 7 is going on....”
- 9 “Re: Zero is one of my favorite novels. As I had first seen the animation and only then I started reading the light novel, I realized the superiority of the novel compared to the anime. The work has...”
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A Light novel Publication
- Published Jan 2014 – ongoing
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M28827 catalog