Re:Zero
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| Name: | Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活, Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu) |
| Abbreviation(s): | Re:Zero, R:Z |
| Creator: | Tappei Nagatsuki |
| Date(s): | April 20, 2012 – present (novel series) January 24, 2014 – present (light novels) June 27, 2014 – February 21, 2020 (manga) April 4, 2016 - present (anime, films, OVAs, ONAs) |
| Medium: | novel, light novel, manga, anime |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
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Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (frequently shortened to Re:Zero) is one of the most popular modern isekai franchises. Created by Tappei Nagatsuki as a narou-type, Archived version webnovel,[note 1] the story gained popularity and was adapted into manga, anime, OVAs and ONAs. The English-language fandom is centered around the anime.
A widely-watched franchise with a significant fandom in its own right, Re:Zero has also inspired works in other fandoms based on the death-triggered time loop powers of its protagonist.[note 2]
Canon
The story follows protagonist Natsuki Subaru, an unremarkable Japanese teenager who suddenly finds himself in a fantasy world. Lost and unfamiliar with this world, he quickly finds himself in trouble, but discovers that if he dies he goes back in time. With repeated tries afforded by this power he sets out to
Characters
- Natsuki Subaru, protagonist
- Emilia, a candidate to become ruler of the kingdom
- Rem and Ram, twins and maids in Emilia's employ
- Beatrice,
- More (see Wikipedia's or TvTropes' character lists)
Fandom
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Isekai Bashing
As one of the most popular isekai franchises of the late 2010s and early 2020s, Re:Zero received a lot of criticism and pushback from people tired of the genre and its popularity. Some[citation needed] panned it's premise and worldbuilding as bland and unoriginal, the protagonist Subaru as uninteresting, toxic, or poorly-developed, and the female characters as over-indulgent waifu-bait. Among fans of the isekai genre, Re:Zero seems to have a mostly favorable reputation, and some fans push back against the nay-sayers, arguing that Subaru's character arc in particular is well-developed and that many of the side character have more depth than is commonly appreciated. Even some self-proclaimed anti-fans of isekai as genre feel that Re:Zero is the exception of the "good isekai", though others feel very much the opposite and that holding it up as a "good example" merely damns the whole genre.
Waifu Wars
Between fans of Rem and Emilia.
Example Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanfiction
Fanart
Meta
Fanvids
Archives & Fannish Links
- Re:Zero Wiki at Fandom.com
- r/Re_Zero Subreddit
- Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu on MyAnimeList
- Wikipedia:Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
- Re:Zero on TVTropes
- Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 | Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World (Anime) works on AO3
- #Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World and #Re:Zero tags on Pixiv
Notes
- ^ For more info about the genre of narou-type novels and the genesis of the isekei boom, see Mushoku Tensei Is Not the Pioneer of Isekai Web Novels, But..., Archived version
- ^ While death-triggered time loops are a common trope in both original and transformative stories, a number of fanworks specifically mention Re:Zero as the inspiration for their death loop mechanics, especially in the BNHA fandom. Examples include Better Luck Next Time(AO3) and Re:Izuku(AO3), You Can Be My Hero by Sakura (Sakuraichu), and blink and we are gone by SenjuMizusaya. Non-BNHA examples include The Messenger of Dregarnuhr by Total_Simpleton_3000 (fandom is Ascendence of a Bookworm) and Over And Over Again by ForceLogic5 (fandom is Tokyo Revengers).