Re: Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Vol. 1
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If he were going to use his inability to give up as a weapon, then how would you depict that? Here is one answer.
You have that protagonist struggle and struggle and not give up. Now by doing all of that, what does he gain in the end? For that answer I invite everyone to follow along and see for yourselves. I would also invite everyone to yell, “Silver-haired heroines are awesome!” at the top of your lungs as well.
As it looks like I’m starting to let my personal preferences slip out all over this afterword, I’ll go ahead and get to the part where I thank everyone.
First of all I would like to thank my supervisor, Mr. Ikemoto, for inviting me to bring this story from the World Wide Web to print, with a “Why don’t we give this a shot and show everyone what you’re made of.” Really, I can’t thank Mr. Ikemoto enough.
Despite us both being adults, we would go into a fried pork joint and while pouring each other sauce over our cabbage argue over points such as whether to add “-tan” to the heroine’s name and other, at the time, meaningless seeming talk, but it was because all of that that my story became a book, and in the joy of that result I can now look back on those times as good memories. Thank you very much.
I also need to thank Mr. Otsuka who, despite having such a busy schedule, was able to complete illustrations for the book at an incredibly fast pace. After each and every illustration was completed I would squirm with such excitement that I would give myself charley horses as my legs cramped up.
As the number of characters will be increasing from here on out, I absolutely cannot wait to see more. Thank you very much.
I would also like to thank everyone in the editing department, my proofreaders, people in the industry, and everyone who contributed to this work.
This work appearing in print form was the result of the efforts of very many people. I couldn’t have done it without you.
I intend to work hard so that we may continue working together for a long time.
Now, finally, I would like to thank everyone that picked up this book, and everyone who continued to support this work on Let’s Become Novelists!
May we meet again, in the next volume, Re: Life in a Different World from Zero 2!
February 2013
Tappei Nagatsuki
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RE:ZERO Vol. 1
TAPPEI NAGATSUKI
Translation by ZephyrRz
Cover art by Shinichirou Otsuka
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
RE:ZERO KARA HAJIMERU ISEKAI SEIKATSU
© Tappei Nagatsuki / Shinichirou Otsuka 2014
First published in Japan in 2014 by KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Tokyo.
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ISBNs: 978-0-316-31530-2 (paperback)
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