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Reading the LN/WN for the first time ~ This is basically me reading the Re:Zero Novels for the first time. This’ll include screenshots + my commentary on the screenshots. For the sake of organization this’ll have the Light Novel (which’ll go up to 20) of wherever the screenshot is listed whilst the Web Novel will be listed based on the Arc & Phase. In practice, the format will look something like: “LN 1” or “Arc 6 Phase 1” which will be slipped into the tags alongside the main tag here. Also, due to me covering the Arc 4 LN’s I have a Post where I covered the WN exclusive Post-Tea Party Interludes tagged #Arc 4 Interludes if you’d like to check that out.

Reading the Side Stories for the first time ~ Me reading the Re:Zero Side Stories for the first time. This will have screenshots & my commentary on it. This is going to be organized by whatever the name of the respective side-story is tucked away into the tags accompanying this more broad main tag.

Reading the Ex Novels for the first time ~ What it says on the tin with commentary from me. This’ll be subdivided by the respective Ex Novel bundled with this main tag similar to how the LN’s for the Reading Novel tag are separated. The formatting for this would look something like: “Ex 1” as the subdivision. There’s one exception to this & that’s Battle Ballad which is listed underneath this tag but instead of it being subdivided by the Ex Novel it’s subdivided by “Battle Ballad” as what’s listed.

Q&A ~ A tag encompassing commentary from yours truly on Q&A questions Tappei has answered. This’ll be subdivided by the dating of a Q&A. For something like a birthday it’d look like: “Reinhard 2018 Birthday” slipped in alongside with this main tag here. Due to the fact some Q&A’s don’t really have clear cut dates/anniversaries there is an alternative way these can get their subdivision tag. The format will be generally what the Q&A questions are related to so for example it’d look something like: “Reinhard Related” or for multiple characters “Rem & Ram Related” as the subdivision tags encompassed within the main overall Q&A tag similar to how Side Stories are split up. All posts with the Q&A tag will have the respective Q&A I’m giving commentary on be linked in the replies section of a post for easy perusal.

Re:Zero Nuggets ~ Neat thoughts/theories on Re:Zero. Can be from me or someone else.

Character Design Analysis ~ In-depth analysis into the appearance of Re:Zero’s characters by yours truly.

Name Analysis ~ Analyzing the Names of Re:Zero’s locations, items & characters. Lots of contributions from you all for this one that I analyze, it’s quite a fun subject!

Revisit ~ Me going back to moments of the Novels or Anime & re-analyzing them with a new lens.

Snippets ~ Little bits of writing I indulge in & post underneath this tag.

My Fics ~ Pretty self explanatory.

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An important notice regarding character tags is that characters will be tagged by their first names. This is due to me not wanting to flood the overall Re:Zero Tumblr space with my posts due to my posting frequency. Characters that lack a surname will have the first two letters of their name be what is tagged. So #aldebaran would appear as #al or a more bizarre example is #rem would look like #re. Even creatures like Volcanica will follow this two letter trend.

There will be an exception in that Patrasche will be listed as #pat on the blog. Shaula is also formatted as #sha due to Shion being #sh and both of them having the same 2 initial letters.

I knew of this red hair shenanigans for Russell but this lore drop from you on the name gaining popularity after a guy committed treason is some crazy work.

Russell for all his faults does genuinely try to work for the Kingdoms greater good in his eyes rather then any selfish motives. Him being a traitor with that sort of mindset is a wee bit difficult. I can only see him being a traitor in terms of betraying the current power structures if he believes it necessary.

Cool stuff on Alec and Chuden here. Can’t really think of anything this connects to beyond what you’ve said. It’s just neat.

Oh I guess one thing. The Agrippa mention did make me raise an eyebrow a bit since literally yesterday I was watching videos about the famous Roman Agrippa and learning some stuff about him. Guy really does not get as much historical credit as he ought to… Augustus would’ve been cooked without him.

Anyways. Diddley’s name being for a playful spirit? Yuuuup, that tracks with that psycho. Raisel has some sus name stuff though errrrmmmmm. No wonder he suffers the nasty fate he does. Goodness gracious.

Now. Uh. Sus mgee Roshi. Religious stuff is indeed a big no-no. Buuuut. This whole “wise master” thing is the biggest red flag. Literally Flügel (whom may be Roshi crazily enough) is called a wise Sage, and it’s clear that Flügel was a Master to disciples he had like Geuse over there. Sooooo.

So then I see the follow up of this obvious and true foreshadowing where Mimi thinks Roshi was someone almost forgotten by her and I’m like… is this fucker Flügel actually if Flügel is still alive?

Because like. Dude is old as hell looking, fits the idea of someone being nearly forgotten, and then Roshi in the Kararagi Girl and Cat’s Eye SS was all about wanting to destroy Scarfdona and who the hell knows how Echidna & Flügel’s relationship may have turned out in the end. Maybe he would’ve wanted to sabotage her.

Also. Another subject but. Roshi is being all weird here talking about making the Sun proud of all things as his reasoning for helping out the Pearlbatons. That frankly sounds like something Al would say?