QA

This is a page of all FAQ and the Questions out the Q&A.

## Emilia camp

### •Subaru

Q: There’s something unusual about the name ‘Subaru Natsuki’, where either one sounds like a first name; was he named like that for a reason?
A: ‘Subaru Natsuki’ really does both sound like first names, so I was thinking of having an event where Emilia, having mixed up which one is his first and last name, finally calls him ‘Natsuki’ when they start to be better friends, and then blushes when she realizes she’s been calling him by his first name the entire time, but Emilia’s personality changed so it’s not like that, and I sort of forgot about it.

Q: Are other people suspicious of Subaru because he has a last name?
A: No, not really.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, they put names in first name - family name order, right? Doesn’t every feel that the order ‘Natsuki Subaru’ is a bit strange?
A: Not particularly. There are commoners who are mistakenly given surnames as well, so this isn’t really viewed as a problem, you see.

Q: What would Subaru’s pet name be that’s similar to Emilia-tan and Ram-chii?
A: Subaru-kyun, Subarun. Perhaps not either of those.

Q: If Subaru was to make up a nickname for himself, what would he choose?
A: The time-crossing avenger “Revenge Countdown”.

Q: If Subaru was naming his child in modern Japan, what name would he choose?
A: There would be a brief skirmish at the town hall when Subaru picks a glittery name as a joke, and his dad doesn’t stop him from choosing it, but it would be settled without hard feelings.

Q: How about “The Triple-Lacking Knight” as Subaru’s nickname?
A: He’s a main character who haslack of knowledge, lack of ability, lack of power, and lack of caution as his selling points. Someday I’ll figure out what Subaru will be called.

Q: Subaru’s birthplace: was it the country? Or the city?
A: Sort of like the last stop of a train line in Saitama prefecture. (note: From a Tokyo perspective, this is probably way out in the country.)

Q: Did Subaru have any friends?
A: When he was in high school, he ate lunch in front of the rabbit hutch. (note: rabbit hutch also seems to be used to refer to Japan’s dense housing, but I’m not sure that’s what he meant here.)

Q: Please tell us about the memories, activities, and great blunders of Subaru’s childhood.
A: When he was in elementary school, he made it very popular to kick off your shoes while on the swing, he was often in the spotlight for being able to kick his shoes really far, it became common for his class to take over the swings, a big fight broke out when the younger kids demanded they turn over the swings, children in Subaru’s class or older were forbidden to use the swings during break time, and he ended up being seriously disliked by the girls.

Q: Subaru’s chocolate war record. When he was little, did he receive any from girls?
A: When he was in elementary school, he was given quite a bit, and might have given some as well.

Q: About how far into his elementary school years was Subaru still able to call friends over? Certainly not in middle school!
A: Subaru was more of the sort to go to a person’s house without being called. The unpleasantness of inviting someone over, and then introducing them to that mother of his, is something young Subaru knew from his early years.

Q: How as Subaru able to get through classroom visits and three-way interviews? (note: having parents visit and observe the class, and talks between the teacher, parent, and child) I can’t help but think he would have been terribly nervous.
A: Really, it’s Naoko visiting, so it’s more like you should feel sorry for the teacher.

Q: You’ve said that Subaru has a talent for being disliked by people, but how much was he disliked by his classmates in elementary, middle, and high school?
A: It wasn’t much from the people in his class in elementary. In middle school, he was abnormally disliked by the girls, and somewhat distant from the boys. He messed up his debut in high school, and both boys and girls largely ignored him.

Q: With above average reflexes, a face that’s not terrible, and without a stuttering problem, I can’t understand why Subaru is isolated!
A: Although his reflexes are better than the guys over there from the physical activity club, he mercilessly agitates anyone he defeats; his face isn’t bad, but the look of his eyes is bad enough to die from, and he’s superficial, so girls don’t like him; he’s pushy, his voice is loud and he just won’t stop talking all the time; for you to want to be friends with a person like that, you must have a big heart, a big soul, and a compassionate personality; there aren’t that many people like you. Please always be just the way you are.

Q: What was the worst thing that happened during Subaru messing up his high school debut?
A: Women’s clothing. He was unexpectedly perfect at wearing them.

Q: The female main character of “Cthulhu in the Bathing Room” was so annoying I wanted to hit her, but if Subaru became female would he be like that, perhaps? Would turning into a woman make him even more annoying? (note: “Cthulhu in the Bathing Room” is a short story published on the same website as Re: Zero’s web novel)
A: If Subaru became female, he’d be a more sensible kind of annoying. That short story was a result of an attempt at annoyance.

Q: You’ve said that Subaru was great at wearing women’s clothing, but do you mean his appearance? His gestures? With that face and that look, I don’t think his appearance could be perfect, so I think it must have been his gestures.
A: His gestures and imitation of the “perfect Japanese woman” were a chinese peony when standing, a moutan peony when sitting, and a lily when walking, as long as you didn’t look at his face! I’d like to see it!

Q: If kindergarten Subaru and high school Subaru saw each other, what sort of reaction would they have?
A: “There’s no way I’ll turn out like that.” “Don’t turn out like this.”

Q: And now, Subaru-kun is getting married to someone. Who are the first five people he would write invitations to? (Setting aside whether they’d come or not)
A: Father, Mother. I can’t think of the rest.

Q: Has Subaru ever been questioned by the police?
A: He’s managed to cleanly avoid it every time it might have happened.

Q: It’s part of the story background that Subaru is a shut-in, but am I the only one that thought that since he goes to the convenience store, he’s actually just a truant?
A: Hence he won’t be referring to himself as a ‘shut-in’ in the printed edition.

Q: You said that Subaru was a shut-in NEET with communication difficulty in the real world, but he doesn’t have communication problems at all!!! What’s up with that!!!
A: If that was true, my total would be even higher, wouldn’t it? I’ll knock ya flat.

Q: If Subaru grew up without ever going to the other world, would he live on without having an occupation? What would happen to Subaru if he went through “a life in a different world starting from no occupation” sort of thing? Specifically speaking, if he were to be a middle-aged man with views of a high school student that tried to rush into the different world, he would probably fall into nothing but despair, huh.
A: Nope. If he never went to the other world he would get scolded by Kenichi(his father) around the time he’d graduated high school and would withdraw from being a hikikomori. Kenichi would then support Subaru by rehabilitating him in his workplace. After about 2 years, he would enter university, graduate as a loner, become a working adult, and with stability of those reasonably essential qualities, he would honestly be living life as a full-fledged member of society, and then he would cling on to a kouhai with such a heart that-a Rem kind of heart-she would find his incompetence cute. They would have a normal marriage, and then he would live a suitably happy life until he died. There’s no way his dad would continue to be that irresponsible towards his son, you know?

Q: Is Su, Su-Su-Subaru-kun, a vi, vi-vi-vi-virgin?
A: He’s a freaking vi-vi-vi-virgin!!

Q: Subaru has Rem, but why doesn’t he make a move when she’s that cute? Is he perhaps….
A: Is he perhaps→incompetent.

Q: In the Natsuki Rem IF chapter, around what age did Subaru climb the stairway of a man?
A: Fairly soon after travelling to Kararagi. Within one year.

Q: If Subaru was ordered to choose, would he pick Emilia-tan’s panties, or a hug from Emilia-tan? I feel like you might see a little bit of his human nature in the choice he makes.
A: If it was in front of Emilia-tan, he’s make a show of being unsure, but if Emilia-tan wasn’t there, he’d choose the hug without hesitation.

Q: Out of the people and animals that have appeared so far, who has the best compatibility with Subaru?
A: It’s Beako.

Q: An excessive love letter… in kindergarten, what kind of content did he write?
A: It was probably something like Echidna’s confession, wasn’t it? A little more cheerful, though.

Q: Who are the girls that think fondly of Subaru?
A: Out of those of the opposite sex that think fondly of him, there’s currently only Rem and Petra. (August 12, 2014, end of arc4)

Q: Aside from the Witch of Envy, who likes Subaru the most at the current time?
A: Rem.

Q: Please give us a homosexual story involving Subaru.
A: Sorry, but I don’t feel like it, and I don’t think I could write it! Get someone else to write it for you!

Q: Please be nice to Subaru-kun!
A: I’m really not sure I can do that, since I’m not used to it.

Q: Is Subaru’s dark history going to be engraved on the tomb forever?
A: Actually, there’s a group of tourists looking at it right now. (July 25, 2014 arc4)

Q: If Subaru had been impossibly ugly, would it have been more difficult to overcome the obstacles up to now?
A: At this point, there’s no case where Subaru’s face has been useful, so it wouldn’t really change. It just would have spoiled his big moments when he appeared in illustrations. In the story’s background, Subaru’s not really a handsome guy in the first place.

Q: If we say that Subaru’s communication skill is a 1 in the first chapter, around how much is it now?
A: He’s progressing step by step, so in arc two it would become a 2, in arc three it took one step backwards and two forwards so it’s a 3, it’s a 4 in arc four, and he had various experiences in the time up to arc five, so at the current stage of arc five, it’s a 4.

Q: Reading from the arc one until the latest chapter, I’ve always been thinking this, but Subaru’s a pretty good kid, isn’t he?
A: I think he’s is a pretty good kid. He’s a side character with good main character potential. His parents probably raised him well.

Q: If Subaru Natsuki had friends, he’d normally annoy them, wouldn’t he.
A: That’s why he hasn’t got any friends, yeah. Why are you chiming in with obvious things? It’s annoying, you know.

Q: You’ve said that children like Subaru-kun, but if he was compared with Kenichi, which of them would be liked more?
A: Possibly that’s the one spot where there’s a small chance that Subaru might win.

Q: Subaru’s not thinking about his original world, is he.
A: I’m not sure how far you’ve read before you say something like that, so I can only say that it’s not like he’s not thinking about it.

Q: In Isekai stories, it’s common for the main character to be working to return to the real world, even taking into account that Subaru has Emilia, it looks like he doesn’t have much attachment to the real world. Doesn’t he have any regrets over what he left behind in the real world?
A: I’m not sure how far you’ve read so I can’t say much, but he does.

Q: Compared to Al’s years of suffering or Hoshin’s spreading of culture, it feels like Subaru’s attachment to his original world is fairly weak. It’s true that he may feel fulfilled by his current life with a goal, but isn’t he keeping himself busy in order to postpone explaining or resolving the cause, or am I just reading too much into it? If it’s a question that leads to spoilers, please ignore it.
A: I’m not sure how far you’ve read, but frankly, after arc 4, Subaru has given up on returning. He’s not really attempting to explain or resolve the cause. He’s decided for himself the reason that he’s here, now.

Q: Please tell me Subaru’s special skills.
A: Cat’s cradle, bamboo dragonfly, spinning tops, musical accompaniment, sculpture, bed making, ironing, sewing, others, etc.

Q: Subaru-kun seems a lot like Nobita from Doraemon, doesn’t he. He’s good at cat’s cradle, and is he perhaps also skilled in target shooting?
A: He’s probably not the best in the universe, but he’s probably very good at cutting out shapes.

Q: I always enjoy reading the story! Chapter five of volume four “Self-proclaimed Knight Subaru Natsuki”, page 276, Julius is looking to see if Subaru objects, but he briefly responds ‘No problem’ in sign language. Is this the sign language used by deaf people? I’m deaf myself, so seeing a ‘sign language’ word really surprised me!
A: Thank you very much. Subaru is somewhat skillful, and has learned a little bit of a wide range of things, so he’s able to use some simple sign language. So, it’s sign language. Please look at it as him having done that thinking of it as simply ‘None’.

Q: Are there any other special skills that Subaru isn’t able to use?
A: There’s all kinds of them, but if there’s any useless skills that you think ‘Seems like something Subaru could do’, I think he’s likely acquired it.

Q: If you handed Subaru a yoyo, would he do ‘String Play Spider Baby’ for me?
A: I have no doubt that he would.

Q: Is Subaru perhaps quite good at Cat’s Cradle and target shooting?
A: He’s skilled at Cat’s Cradle, at least.

Q: How good is Subaru at non-electronic games?
A: He’s probably ridiculously good at Othello.

Q: I’ve heard that Subaru is good at performances, but how much singing ability does he have?
A: More than he needs.

Q: Subaru seems like he’d be good at tongue-twisters.
A: He’s probably has a pointlessly good speaking voice.

Q: Subaru’s wallet seems like it would have old 500 yen coins and 2000 yen bills, doesn’t it. (note: 500 yen coin design was changed in the year 2000)
A: He probably collected all kinds of grooved 10 yen coins, indeed. He might have a lot of coins from the 64th year of the Showa era. (note: due to an era change, Showa 64 was only a week long)

Q: Did Subaru and his dad both just barely miss being in the mini 4 wheel drive generation?
A: They did miss it. I’m in it. Beak Spider is my favorite machine.

Q: Is Subaru weak because he’s from Earth? Or is it because he doesn’t have any blessings?
A: A person who didn’t have a good reason to train to become stronger is basically not strong, and when they get thrown into the world next door with situations where not being strong is deadly in, well, it turns out like that.

Q: Subaru said he could bench-press about 80kg; was he going to a gym regularly?
A: His high school had a weight room, at least.
Q: Please tell me Mr. Cat and Subaru’s training menu, body fat percentage, and BMI!
A: Subaru does roughly one hundred push-ups, sit-ups, and squats every day, while cursing the world. I just do around thirty minutes of muscle training and run for an hour.

Q: If I do muscle training with the same menu as Subaru, will I be able to reach the same level of performance?!
A: You can!

Q: On Earth, around what position would Subaru’s strength be?
A: Out of those not in after-school club activities, he’d be one of the stronger ones; about that.

Q: Natsuki-san is taken along to the Soccer World Cup as Japan’s representative. Well now, what position is he?
A: A warmer for the benchwarmer.

Q: If arc five’s Subaru was to appear on SASUKE, what stage could he make it to? (note: SASUKE, in this case, is a sports entertainment show)
A: The climbing wall would be borderline, so perhaps the first stage.

Q: Since Subaru has arrived in the other world, has his strength or endurance improved?
A: Barely.

Q: Is there anything Subaru can beat Reinhard at, besides rock-paper-scissors?
A: Sitting height.

Q: After this will Subaru become even stronger than Otto?
A: If you mean in fighting, nope

Q: Now that Subaru can use a whip, could he give Otto a good fight?
A: Without the whip he’d lose by a narrow margin, but with the whip, Otto would use the Blessing of the Spirit of Words, and I guess he’s still lose by a narrow margin.

Q: Will Subaru’s transformation happen after one more round? Maybe a bit longer? (note: the term used for transformation here often refers to superhero and magical girl transformations; I’d guess the question was asked, and answered, humorously)
A: He’ll transform after two more rounds. (July 28, 2014 arc4)

Q: Mr. Cat versus Subaru, do you have a chance of winning?
A: Against Subaru, almost no one has a chance of winning.

Q: Will Subaru-kun become able to use Barusu?
A: All you need to do blow poison fog in your opponent’s eyes while chanting Barusu. That’s all it takes for anyone to become Pazu. (note: In this case, Barusu is a Laputa reference, and Pazu is also).

Q: His nickname is Barusu, and the magic he can use blinds his opponents; were you aiming for this?
A: By the time I’d realized it, it had already turned out this way.

Q: In the end, around how strong will Subaru’s magic become?
A: I feel like this sort of question kills the fun of reading the story yourself, but what you you think? Well!? What do you think!?

Q: Of course Subaru has shadow magic affinity, but can he use magic from other affinities (at the time of arc two)? You can make best use of the magic from your affinity, and your ability with other affinities will be lower, but is it alright to say that it’s not impossible to use them?
A: At the time of arc two, it would be impossible, you see. With training, he could do it. But, if it’s Subaru, even if he did learn it, he wouldn’t get further than ‘El’. I think ‘Ul’ would be reasonable once becomes able to use Shamac. He’d have to devote half his life to it, though.

Q: Will the reason that Subaru was able to see the Unseen Hand be talked about in the story?
A: It will be. It’s not really a significant reason, though.

Q: What is Subaru’s daily life like? Both in the real world and the parallel world?
A: [Real World]
4 AM - Go to sleep
12 PM - Wake up
12 PM - Kill time with hobbies
4 PM - 2 hour nap
6 PM - Dinner
7 PM - More hobbies (Web surfing, manga, body-building)
12 AM - Diligent hobby studies
4 AM - Go to sleep
[Parallel World]
5:30 AM - Wake up, morning meeting with Rem and Ram
6 AM - Daily lesson with Emilia
A bit before 7 AM - Radio exercises at the village
A bit before 8 AM - Head back for breakfast
Post-Breakfast - Clean-up, miscellaneous tasks with Ram
A bit after 12 PM - Lunch
Post-Lunch - Clean-up, afternoon tasks
After Work - Goof off with Rem and Ram
A bit after 4 PM - Finally some free time, time to play with Bea-ko
Around 6 PM - Help prepare dinner
7 PM - Dinner
8 PM - Night-time clean-up, study session
Around 10 PM - Say goodnight to Emilia
A bit before 11 PM - Sleep

Well, something like that.

Q: Subaru has an unexpectedly packed schedule, doesn’t he. He’s relaxing now, but looking at it normally, working full steam for around two weeks and running all over the place is unthinkable. We’d love to have him come over and join our company.
A: He’s known as an incompetent worker; is your company ok with that?

Q: In the end, is Subaru not going to rank up from a simple working servant of the Roswaal estate?
A: He’s not just working, he’s getting a proper salary, and he’s leaped over being a servant into being a knight, so he’s ranked up.

Q: So Subaru-kun has become a knight, but is he no longer working as a servant? Is the mansion’s care being handled by just the lady maids?
A: He was quite full of himself the day he got back, but he quickly got restless, and so when he has free time he acts as a servant. He’s gotten better at cooking.

Q: From now on, Subaru being killed by people and Subaru being killed by things other than people: which cause of death looks like it will be more common?
A: Well, it’s people. (June 08, 2014 arc4)

Q: There’s a Odds of Death ranker for Subaru, but he’s never died the same way twice, has he. His abundance of variations truly makes him a main character of main characters.
A: If he was a main character of main characters, he’d have cleanly solved everything without dying even once, of course! He’s an above-average side character!

Q: The reason that Subaru-kun is miserable on the first time through a loop is… he’s slothful, isn’t he!
A: In general terms, it’s true!

Q: Subaru: “I didn’t visit the afterlife for nothing, man!” There isn’t another main character in the world that this line fits…!
A: But Subaru hasn’t visited the afterlife. So it’s really just Yusuke and Goku. (note: Yu Yu Hakusho and Dragonball references)

Q: How are Subaru’s Sanity Points (note: Lovecraftian RPG reference)
A: The same as a normal person. However, he does have a certain tolerance in regards to witches.

Q: Congratulations on 400 replies. I think that I saw something in arc three that said if your gate isn’t circulating mana, you’ll die; is Subaru going to be alright?
A: It’s no good. At this rate, he’ll die. The cause of death will be mana clogging.

Q: If one of his friends died, would Subaru give up on that loop? Or does he have something like a personal ranking?
A: He has a ranking.

Q: Speaking honestly, around how many moments were there in arc four that Subaru thought he’d like to Return by Death and do it over?
A: Subaru basically, up to the moment he Returns by Death, mostly doesn’t think he’d like to do it over. All the loops he didn’t kill himself are like that. If he were to calm down, he might begin to want to die, but he generally dies before he calms down, so yeah.

Q: Will there ever be something where Subaru-kun gets evaporated by a very strong fire affinity magic (something that produces flames)? He has been cut in half by wind and frozen solid.
A: It seems you’d like to see it, so I’ll do it. (note: Burnt by Gabaou arc6)

Q: It sounds like Subaru-kun will be evaporated in a blaze, but of course you’ll also bury him alive, right? He’s already died of weakness inflicted by a debuff (curse), so will an excessive buff cause him to explode into pieces?
A: I thought about having him explode and die once from Beako’s sky buff, but if I do even a single gag-like death, the importance of death fades, so I stopped.

Q: The worst three ways to die (so far), chosen by Subaru.
A: Third place: First day in the mansion (the sense of loss was no joke), Second place: Freezing to death (the sense of ending was no joke), First place: Rabbit (no need to say more) (note: He wrote ‘First day’, but he probably meant first loop)

Q: Please tell me, out of the ones you’ve written so far, which of Subaru’s deaths you liked the most.
A: Probably, the second Bad End with Elsa was my favorite.

Q: Out of the ones thus far, which of Subaru-kun’s deaths do you like best?
A: The second time he was killed by Elsa, I like that one quite a bit. And the second time he was killed by the Great Rabbit, I also like that quite a bit. Also, I rather like the first time he was killed by Petelgeuse.

Q: About Subaru-kun after he grew in arc four: the old scummy Subaru-kun is no longer visible, right?
A: Why’s that?

Q: Cool Subaru-kun, scummy Subaru-kun, and dying Subaru-kun. Which one is fun to write?
A: They’re all pretty fun, but when he’s dying, my fingers move without hesitation.

Q: Subaru’s body’s durability doesn’t improve through looping, but isn’t he slowly getting more resistant to pain?
A: It’s probably about the difference between a child who has never fallen down, and an adult who has fallen down. If he gets burned, even Subaru will shriek like a kid as he’s being burned to death.

Q: How have Subaru’s glorious/inglorious battle injuries healed up? I think I remember seeing something like there were scars left in Arc 2.
A: His scars from the duel with Julius, the white whale battle, and the fight with Betelgeuse were healed by Ferris, so there’s nothing left, but the cut on his stomach from Arc 1, the bite scars from the mabeasts in Arc 2, Arc 4’s fight with Garfiel, and the burn scars aren’t too visible, but they’re there. Fortunately, there’s nothing too obvious on his face. He thinks a scar on the cheek would look cool, so he wouldn’t mind having one… but he hasn’t got one.

Q: Please give us a scene where Subaru gets tangled up in something and captured.
A: When the Black Snake appears, your request will be fulfilled.

Q: In arc five, is Subaru still wearing that lame jersey?
A: I think the jersey has gotten quite worn out, so there’s no doubt he’s using jersey-style clothing made of materials from that world, and and put together from good-quality cloth.

Q: Subaru noticed that this world is underdeveloped in information transmission, but will he do something about that?
A: Nah, not really.

Q: Will Subaru’s modern knowledge ever prove useful?
A: Eventually.

Q: Did Hoshin transfer the idea of a stock market to Emilia’s world? If not, is there any chance that Subaru will be able to spread the idea?
A: Hoshin didn’t transfer it, and I’d guess that a high school student who’s passingly familiar with anime and games hasn’t thought enough about stock markets to understand them well enough to be able to pass them on as culture to another world, so there’s no chance.

Q: She wasn’t around for Subaru’s trials, so why did Echidna show up in Garf and Emilia’s trials?
A: She normally shows up for them. In Subaru’s case, he doesn’t actually have the qualifications for it, so Subaru is irregular.

Q: If Subaru-kun had taken the third trial, what kind of result would have occurred?
A: He’d have seen the death scenes from arc five and arc six and such, and when dying in arc five and so on, he’d have said “Ah! This is what happened in the third ‘Trial’!” and died, I think.

Q: If a situation where Subaru had taken the tomb’s ‘future’ trial, I’m veeery curious about what sort of future he would have been shown. Also, similar to Echidna’s tomb, do the other witches have places that are tied to them??
A: I’ve responded before, but if Subaru had taken the third ‘trial’, it would have just meant that in arc five and six and such, he’d say “Ah! I saw this before in the third ‘trial’!” and died. Traces of the other witches haven’t remained in that sort of form.

Q: It was said that Subaru can’t completely reject the witches, but he didn’t know very much about what the witches are doing, so if he learned various things, what do you think?
A: Human relationships aren’t so simple that learning a bad thing would make you completely reject someone, right? He’d probably think “Whoa”, but I don’t think his stance would change.

Q: At the conclusion of arc four, aside from the ‘Witch of Envy’, how are the other witches level of goodwill towards Subaru?
A: Someone whose face they know: Sekhmet, Carmilla. Rather likes him: Daphne, Typhon. Complicated: Minerva. Wants to mess with him: Echidna.

Q: If Subaru said that Echidna had pressured him to make a contract, what sort of reaction would Ros-chi have? Would it be different before and after the conclusion of arc four?
A: Before, he’d likely have been upset, after he’d likely have been annoyed.

Q: Speaking hypothetically, if Subaru had contracted with Echidna, how would things have turned out after that?
A: He’d confirm all possible outcomes by Return by Death, choose the best possible path, and it would be the birth of a hero who saves everything and has lost his heart. Re: Zero ends!!

Q: Why is Subaru letting Rem sleep at Roswaal’s mansion? He can’t be trusted.
A: At the point he was letting her sleep there, he hadn’t yet developed his hostility towards Roswaal, is all.

Q: Around what point did Subaru realize that Roswaal has been repeatedly reincarnating himself?
A: I don’t think Subaru is aware of that. (July 30, 2014 arc4)

Q: Currently, who values Subaru the most, or is most wary of him?
A: Roswaal.

Q: Roswaal said to Subaru “After this, if you lose anyone around you who you should have protected, I will burn the rest without hesitation, and become ash myself as well.”. I can’t help but think that the people that Subaru wants to protect and those that Roswaal judges as people he should protect might not be exactly the same, but is that not the case?
A: If Subaru can endure it without moving a muscle, he might be able to fool Roswaal as well, indeed. But, that’s impossible. The moment that Subaru cries after someone dies, it’s over.

Q: Subaru is doing well to not have his heart broken after dying that often. That scene of him sinking into the blast furnace giving a thumbs-up, I couldn’t read without crying.
A: It was broken, you know.

Q: It seems Subaru’s heart has broken, but is he aware of that himself?
A: Breaking and standing up again was the arc three story, and after that standing up again after seeming that he was going to head in a strange direction was the arc four story, but are you yourself aware what question you’re asking?

Q: It feels like Subaru isn’t so much indomitable as self-abandoning.
A: “Self-Abandonment” - Losing hope, becoming desperate, and no longer caring what happens to oneself. Taking desperate actions due to despair, and ruining oneself. Also, that condition. Doing irrational things, and damaging one’s own body. Turning away from oneself. (note: This is simply the definition of ‘自暴自棄’ (self-abandonment), copy-pasted from an online dictionary)

### •Otto

Q: Otto's memory of his first crush?
A: Otto's blessing means he can speak with basically anything, so he doesn't strictly need to limit his romance targets to humans. There was a time where he had a thing going for a friendly, personable cat, but the cat didn't see him as a romantic partner and thus Otto was ruined. But not actually.

Q: What are the names of Otto's parents?
A: Haven't decided. I'll come up with them right now. Mazeran and Framir Suwen.

Q: Otto's experiences with relationships?
A: His first relationship was him being rebuffed by a cat. As for human relations: he's the second son of a merchant family which means he has decent manners, he looks reasonably attractive and he's smart, so you think he'd do well HOWEVER he is absent of luck and thus No.

Q: What kind of vibe/mood were you thinking of when you came up with Otto?
A: No clue. The birth of a character is always something dramatic. When the story got onto the track of 'there's this guy hurting for money who I think'll accept your request, even if it's one that usually wouldn't get accepted. Wanna try talking to him?' and I wrote a character who felt like they'd accept Subaru's request, it was Otto.

Q: What are Otto's favourite foods?!
A: Spicy ones! He can eat habaneros and look totally fine! If he was in our world, he'd want to try challenging death sauce!

Q: Is Otto going to do more stuff?
A: He's already had a named chapter, so I'd wager he'll be doing about as much stuff as he did in arc 5 or mid-arc 4

Q: Does Otto like green?
A: I haven't made any special note about him liking or not liking it. But considering that Otto is constantly being tormented by the hardships of life, perhaps he wants the healing effects of a mantle of green to restore him even slightly. No clue if green has healing effects.

Q: Will Otto be saved?
A: He's been saved. Otto has been saved from almost being killed by Witch Cult back when restrained in a cave in Arc 3. And so he's in Emilia's faction now.

Q: Assuming that Otto and Subaru's friendship meter caps at 100%, where is their friendship level sitting as of the current update?
A: 100%. His named chapter settled it.

Q: Is Otto a sub-character?
A: He's a spice-upper with a name and roles and lines and a named chapter who does stuff. He was doing plenty of exciting things in arcs 4 and 5, wasn't he?
(kind of shit translation but it gets the gist)

Q: I want to know what Otto is doing in Watergate City!
A: Probably sleeping 'cause his legs hurt. Garfiel visits him every day even though he doesn't ask, so I figure they're killing time by playing Shatranj, a chess-ish boardgame in their world.

Q: The most agonizing thing about his blessing is...?
A: What you saw in the named chapter. If I have to say, then his life in childhood.

Q: What's the origin behind Otto's name?
A: It's "Oops, I messed up!". Suwen was whimsy.
\*oops = ottotto in japanese

Q: Is there some kind of secret behind the awfulness of Otto's luck?
A: If I have to say something, then maybe it's the guidance of the Od Lagna...?

Q: Please tell me Otto's hobbies.
A: "Hobbies? Ah, well. Lately I've been busy with sorting documents, skimming papers, and having the Margrave sign things... when I have free time, I challenge Garfiel to Shatranj, watch Natsuki-san get into mischief with Beatrice-chan... oh, what? The day's over."

Q: WHY ISN'T OTTO SUBARU'S LAWFULLY WEDDED WIFE?
A: CAUSE HE'S A GUY!!!!

A: Otto's parents, elder brother, and younger brother all have their own homes. Then I suppose there's Frufoo, the ground dragon who's like family. They're close.

Q: What would the name of Otto's son be?
A: Archer Suwen was how I was going to joke, but now I can't come up with anything else crap CRAPP

Q: Tell me about Otto's older brother.
A: He's Osrow Suwen (オスロー). He's the representative of the Swein's firm, and although young possesses a toughness which suits well to his hair. He worries about Otto, but figures that things will sort out for him and so keeps his hands off. And things did sort out for him, so he is truly wise, wise.

Q: Are you planning on writing an Otto short story compilation?
A: A short story where Otto's the main character is one thing, but a book of short stories about Otto sounds like a drag... If it's featuring Subaru and co like usual I'll probably just write the story from Subaru's POV, not Otto's.

Q: What's Otto's family background.
A: He's the second son of a generations-old medium-sized merchant family in a town in Lugnica named Picktat (ピックタット). His family is his mother, father, and two brothers.

Q: What is Otto's dominant arm?
A: So long as it's not anything special, he should be using his right hand...

Q: How many times will Otto die?
A: Even I don't know.

Q: When will Otto next get his turn?
A: I kinda figure arc 7, but this is one of those 'silence is golden' moments.

Q: How big is the range on Otto's blessing? Does it work on all organic entities?
A: 'Organic entities' is a terrifying way to phrase that. I'd say it's basically anything within range that Otto can distinguish it as being something living, and works on creatures with voice/sound-producing organs. It doesn't feel like, say, microbes would be smart enough for speech, so I guess they'd be out

Q: What are Otto's favourite foods!!!
A: Spicy ones! There's this food like a habanero called a bahanero and he eats them totally fine as a side to his alcohol! Spicy spices too are an indispensible companion on journeys.\*

Q:Otto's friendship level with the Emilia camp
A:Subaru> Garf> Frederica> Petra> Emilia> Beatrice> Ram >>>>> Roswaal

## Crusch camp

### •Crusch

Q: Crush has been made public, but once I saw her, I wanted her to walk on me. Is this love?
A:  It’s love. But she’s my bride.

Q: You said that you like Crusch-san, but did you like Crusch-san more when she first appeared, or after she lost her memory? I’m captivated by Crusch-san in the time when she was a beauty wearing men’s clothing.
A: I think the hybrid Crusch-sama from the later half of Re: Zero is lovely.

Q: Weren’t Crusch-sama’s pajamas (Volume 5 illustration) a little too sexy?
A: Crusch-sama is indifferent to wearing clothing like that. Perhaps because she doesn’t think of herself as a woman, she doesn’t think about the effect her femininity has on those around her. So cute.

Q: If the current Crusch-san was cheated on by the person she loved, how would she react? Also, doesn’t Crusch-san seem to have the natural temperament of a mistress?
A: It was like that when she was Crusch-sama, but Crusch-san feels sort of, well, like she’s a fallen person.  The temperament of a mistress would be an odd way to put it. She says things like “Please don’t let go” without thinking anything about it.

Q: What should we call Crusch-san without her memories?  Crusch-sama, the same as always? Politely Crusch-san? Adorably Crusch-chan? Or even Crusch?
A: Crusch-sama -> Crusch-sama. Perhaps.

Q: Can Crusch-san turn her divine protection on and off?  Does it work automatically?
A: She can turn it on and off. However, she basically has it on all the time.

Q: Having the ability to always know when people are lying seems like it would be painful to bear, but does Crusch-sama not have that problem?
A: “Crusch-sama” is gifted with great mental strength and belief in herself, so she’s just fine.

Q: Subaru was pretending to be insane in Arc 3, but since Crusch-san has the Divine Protection of Wind Reading, didn’t she see through his act?
A: If Subaru was doing that thinking “Good, good, if I pretend to be crazy here, I can get away with it, hehehe”, he might have gotten caught, but he wasn’t trying to fool anyone by acting crazy, and if nothing is said, then no lies have been told, and if Crusch-san tried to talk with someone who you could look at and say “Ah, a madman!”, Feris would have said “You mustn’t get near that sort” and stopped her, so Crusch-sama has never actually read the wind coming from a mad person.

Q: So in the end, Arc 3’s mad Subaru had regressed to infancy?
A: I’m not really sure. If you ever have the same things happen to you, let me know how it turns out.

Q: Wilhelm-san viewed Subaru as an ordinary person who had crossed the line of death several times, but viewed through the Divine Protection of Wind Reading, what was Crusch-sama’s initial impression of Subaru?
A: Crusch-sama’s Divine Protection of “Wind Reading” lets her view the flow of another person’s emotions as though she was reading the wind, so if Subaru was a mighty warrior, or just a NEET shut-in, when he’s picking his nose, he just looks like a guy who’s picking his nose.

Q: It was said that Crusch-sama wiped out all the followers of the Great Rabbit in her territory, but was a misunderstanding that occured becase the nature of the Great Rabbit (infinite reproduction) was not generally known? Or did she actually wipe them out?
A: It was a misunderstanding. I think I’ll write about that in an extra chapter about Crusch (her first battle).

Q: Amongst the Re: Zero characters, who has the most discerning tongue?
A: Crusch-sama.

### • Ferris

Q: When Subaru-kun gave his speech at the royal selection, I think everyone was upset with him, but who was actually the most upset with him?
A: Minerva-ta...wait, no. The nameless knights were really upset, but seriously I think Ferris was the most upset.

Q: Does Ferri-chan still more or less dislike Subaru?
A: Yes. (July 27, 2014 arc4)

Q: Ferri-chan dislikes Subaru, but perhaps he dislikes more people than he likes? Or is there something about Subaru that he dislikes?
A: I’m not sure if you meant to ask about someone in particular, but Subaru is basically disliked by everyone when he first meets them. Ferris dislikes Subaru because he’s ‘weak’.. (July 27, 2014 arc4)

Q: Despite disliking Subaru-kyun, Ferri-chan adds ‘-kyun’ to his name, says things that show he recognizes his efforts, and shakes hands with him; why is that?
A: He’s not childish enough to completely reject someone he doesn’t like. It’s kind of like working with a really annoying boss.. (July 27, 2014 arc4)

Q: How did Ferri-chan feel when he shredded Subaru’s gate?
A: Crusch-sama will be angry, but it has to be done, right?

Q: Is Ferri-chan ready to snap at Subaru-kyun because he’s so poor at using his gate?
A: If he saw how Subaru has messed up his gate now, he’d dislike him even more, I’d guess.

Q: What part of Subaru is the weakness that Ferri-chan dislikes?
A: Everything about him. (Literally: All of his heart, skills, and body.). (July 27, 2014 arc4)

Q: To Ferri-chan, I think Emilia would be categorized as weak. Is that the case?
A: That’s why he dislikes her.

Q: Would Ferri-chan be able to have a weak friend? For that matter, how does he decide who is weak?
A: I think the same person has been asking all of these questions, but maybe it would be better if you were to wait until it’s Ferri-chan’s turn.

Q: Does Bea-ko wear pajamas or things like that? Also, who has the best fashion sense?
A: That’s probably Ferris.

Q: Ferris-san has been released, then. Are those clothes her own? Or is that the knight uniform?
A: That’s personal clothing. The knight uniform is in the illustration. (Note: ‘her’ is in error here, but it’s what was written, and Tappei didn’t bother to correct it here.)

Q: I can’t help but get excited to see Ferris, but I’m not gay, right? When “Graycat”-sensei looks at a picture of Ferris, your heart beats faster too, right?
A: Nope, my heart doesn’t flutter… What’s this guy talking about… Hey, don’t stand so close to me… Aifuji-san is over there.

Q: I completely forgot that Ferris has demihuman blood, but do any demihumans besides him hold important positions?
A: Ferris isn’t a pure-blooded demihuman. He just strongly resembles a demihuman ancestor from several generations back. Both his parents are normal human, so he was confined in his childhood due to doubts about whether he was actually their child, thanks to his demihuman ears. There are no demihumans in important positions.

Q: This isn’t really related to the main story, but… In the Arc 3 Interlude “Their Various Vows”, Ferris says something like “The archbishops came, and Crusch lost her memory because of Emilia” but is he taking that position because they may have taken action in response to the white whale’s elimination, or his he striking out at her from confusion and agitation?
A: This isn’t unrelated to the main story at all, so I can’t answer.

Q: Can Ferris cure cancer?
A: That’s difficult question. It’s already been revealed in the story that there are illnesses he can’t cure, so he might not be able to cure it. Returning someone to a state of health, and wiping out the cause of a sickness are different things, it seems to me.

Q: Between Ferris and Crusch-sama, which of them gives the other lap pillows?
A: Either of them can give the other a lap pillow. But basically, it’s Ferris that does it.

Q: Is the time he injured Crusch-sama still something of a trauma for Ferris?
A: It is.

Q: At the time of the Arc 3 interlude, did he reattach Crusch-san’s left arm?
A: Ferris put his heart and soul into reattaching her arm. There’s not even a scar left.

Q: Is Crusch-sama the type that could get married as part of her job? If it looked like that was going to happen, would Ferri-chan be opposed to it? Or would he agree to it if it’s what Crusch-sama decided to do?
A: She could do that. If Crusch-sama was doing it her way, Ferri-chan wouldn’t oppose it.

Twitter Q&A's (not translated yet)
https://twitter.com/nezumiironyanko/status/821008785342771200

### • Wilhelm

Q: How strong was old man Will (Wilhelm) back in his golden age?
A: Enough to rival the successive generations of Sword Saints

Q: Between Wilhelm and Elsa, which is stronger?
A: If they went at it one-on-one, I think Wilhelm would win.

Q: Wilhelm calls himself an ordinary man, but didn’t he actually have a degree of sword skill? Also, when Wilhelm made his name as the sword demon, was Theresia’s skill with the sword already perfected?
A: He’s a genius, frankly. Theresia had already gained her full strength. For the sword demon to defeat that… there’s no way he’s ordinary. It’s true that he wasn’t loved by the sword gods, though...

Q: Was Old Man Wil in his prime stronger than Theresia?
A: Well, I’m not sure. Did Wilhelm win by his tenacity, or did Theresia’s love dull her blade? I think the flowers wouldn’t say, but do you wish to be inelegant about it?
(Note: ‘flowers wouldn’t say’ may be a reference to the saying ‘言わぬが花’ (Flowers speak not), roughly meaning it’s better not to say, more interesting to leave it unsaid, or something along those lines.)

Q: If Wilhelm at his strongest point, and the current Reinhard were to fight, what would happen?
A: Under the condition that they’re honestly trying to kill each other, Wilhelm would be instantly killed.

Q: The strength of the golden age Wilhelm-san is said to be enough to match successive generations of Sword Saints but then, is it okay to recognize that only Reinhard is outstanding among the Sword Saints?
A: Reinhard>Reid>>>Wilhelm (power of love)>successive Sword Saints (Tereshia)>normal youth Wilhelm>>old Wilhelm is what it looks

Q: Will we see a strong weirdo who fights only with their honed body, and not blessings or magic?
A: He’s not a weirdo, but Wilhelm is that sort.

Q: Wilhelm was moving in superhuman ways while wielding his sword, is that done with magic or using magic power? If it’s not, could Subaru move like that if he trained with the sword for decades?
A: Warriors use the mana in their bodies to support them in combat, sort of like fighting spirit. It’s not done consciously, more like the mana responds to what they want to do. So, although Subaru could manage a certain level of it, he doesn’t love the sword enough to throw half his life into it, and he wasn’t blessed with sword talent, so it’s probably impossible. Wilhelm humbly says that he lacks any talent, but a person with no talent could not have defeated a Master Swordsman through effort alone. In this world, differences because of inborn talent are fairly severe.

Q: I want to be able to swing a sword like Wilhelm!
A: Just the same as Wilhelm, if you single-mindedly swing a sword from your childhood on, throw half your life into it, and immerse yourself in the sword in order to defeat the one you love, you might make it.

Q: Why does Old Man Wil use those strange shouts?
A: If you do kendo, you’ll understand.

Q: Old Man Wil sensed there was something strange about Subaru when they first met, but did any of the knights notice anything?
A: Subaru’s bad side was so outstanding at that point, it wasn’t a situation where they could notice.

Q: You’ve said that Old Man Wil has lived his life simply swinging his sword, but where did he learn how to work as a butler?
A: Well now, it’s not like he spent 60 years doing nothing but swinging a sword, and he probably had a butler when growing up, and after he got married. He’s still more or less a noble, after all.

Q: Does Wilhelm basically boast about his wife in front of anyone? Or was it only while speaking with Subaru?
A: He does it in front of anyone. Crusch-sama and Ferris have been victims of this too.

Q: If Liliana were to sing “The Sword Demon’s Love Song” in front of Wilhelm, how would he react?
A: On the surface, he might go along with it and smile, but inside he’d be crying tears of blood in a stormy heart, and gritting his teeth in regret. While looking back at the beautiful memories, his wounds are still not healed.

Q: Wilhelm said he’d killed a dragon, but in the Dragon Nation, isn’t killing a dragon kind of frowned upon? It can’t be helped when killing a pest, but how do they feel about that?
A: The evil dragon whose name popped up in the fourth volume was handled as a disaster, and prophesied by the Dragon Stone. It was treated as a dangerous animal. In truth, the Dragon Nation is only friendly with dragons of the human-friendly faction affiliated with Volcanica, and all others are hazardous beasts.

Q: When Wilhelm went to subdue the evil dragon, Reinhard wasn’t there??
A: He wasn’t born yet, you see.

Q: What’s the van in Whilhelm van Astrea?
A: van is related to the Astrea family, and is like an honor bestowed on one who has demonstrated a certain level of accomplishment and skill with the sword. Wilhelm van Astrea. Theresia van Astrea. Reinhard van Astrea. Heinkel Astrea. That sort of thing.

Q: On the off chance that Subaru not only insulted the knights at the royal selection, but the Master Swordsman as well, never might Reinhard, what sort of punishment would Old Man Wil have dropped on him?
A: Wilhelm wasn’t there, so nothing at all. He’d have smiled and let it pass as the rambling of a youngster, however I can’t say for sure that Reinhard would have let it pass.

## Priscilla camp

### •Priscilla

Q: Priscilla-san was depicted as a person that doesn’t like to have people dislike her, but does she tend to get lonely? It was cut from the published version, so perhaps that version of Priscilla no longer exists?
A: She’s gone. Now, she doesn’t care what other people think.

Q: I thought Priscilla-sama was going to be smaller and more flat-chested.
A: Lots of people thought she was some kinda loli-hag. Should’ve just wrote that she was stacked.

Q: Who has the most attractive collarbones out of the Re: Zero cast?
A: Due do her clothing, you can pretty much always see Priscilla’s collarbones. I’m not ashamed of my body!’ is what she thinks.

Q: If you take away her chest, what does Priscilla-san have left?
A: Even without her chest, her butt is sexy.

Q: Priscilla has the same blonde hair and red eyes as Felt, right? Does that mean Priscilla is related to the royal family?
A: If you google the cover of volume 4 you’ll understand, but anyways, Priscilla has never been depicted as being blond.

Q: What color is Priscilla-san?
A: Her looks are a flashy red (note: underwear)

Q: What does Priscilla-san have in her chest?
A: Confidence and dreams.

Q: Do the Barielle estate maids handle changing Priscilla-san’s clothing?
A: That’s usually handled by Schult-kun, as he blushes beet-red.

Q: Priscilla, are you perhaps a virgin? That’s the only truly important thing, you know.
A: She doesn’t belong to anyone yet.

Q: What would become of Priscilla-san if she lost the ability that makes everything in the world work in her favor? She seems like she’s smart and capable, so I think she’d do pretty well.
A: That’s not really an ability.

Q: What would it take to make Priscilla teary-eyed, crying “Boohoo”, and looking regretful? I’d really like to see a strong-willed girl look regretful!
A: There’s currently no plan to have a scene with Priscilla crying tears of regret.

Q: I’d like to make Priscilla-san cry; how would I do that?
A: First, take a trip back into the past before her personality formed. You can Hikergenging as much as you like. You can make any kind of heroine you like!  Watch out for a hand behind your back!
(Note: Google has only seen ‘ヒケルゲンジング’ (Hikergenging) four times, and they’re all in this response. The word it suggest it’s a mis-spelling of seems to have a connection to the novel ‘1984’, which might fit in this context, but I couldn’t find a match.)

Q: I’d like to make Priscilla-san say “K...kill me!”, how can I get her to say that?
A: That’s probably something she’d absolutely never say.

Q: Could Priscilla possibly be killed as a side-effect of Subaru’s actions or something like that?
A: If it’s a question of if it’s possible or not, it is possible.

Q: With Priscilla-san’s personality, it seems like she’d leave a lot of dead bodies in her wake just being herself; about how many people does she get killed in a month?
A: Priscilla-sama is basically well-liked and regarded as a good master by the people in her domain, and keeps people around her who know their place, so she doesn’t get into swordfights that often. She does roast maybe one or two people… about that much?

Q: What’s Priscilla-san’s real name?
A: Spoiler

Q: The reasons that the royal candidates came in contact with the emblem: Emilia-tan because of Roswaal’s gospel, Felt is covered in Arc 1, Ana-san was because of Echidna, Crusch-sama is probably because she’s a duchess, but what are the circumstances of Mr. Leip discovering Priscilla-san?
A: Look forward to Leip-san’s name’s turn. Just kidding. It’ll come up in the main story soon enough.

Q: Is there anything that Priscilla-san has trouble dealing with, or food she doesn’t like? Aside from boredom.
A: There’s all kinds of foods she doesn’t like, and since she’s very concerned about beauty, she doesn’t like dealing with anything ugly, and pretty much loathes them.

Q: If Subaru handed Priscilla eel jelly, what would have happened?
A: Zunbarari (Note: might be a sound effect? Can’t find it in a dictionary)

Q: If you used Gucchoppa on Priscilla now, how would she react? (Note: This is a reference to Arc 3, chapter 8 of the web novel, where Subaru was playing Rock-Paper-Scissors with Priscilla, and he cheated by making up a new move called Guuchokipaa.)
A: She might remember Subaru (she’s still forgotten him).

Q: Was the reason Priscilla kissed Liliana because of the effect of her divine blessing? Or, was she trying to bring her back to normal by surprising her?
A: The former, although also a little of the later.

### •Al

Q: Will Al’s real face be revealed at some point in the future?
A: I don’t want to say it, but when a masked character doesn’t remove their mask, it means something, right?

Q: Al’s fingers are rather thin, long, indoor-type fingers, it seems. Is this too something that’s foreshadowing his real identity?
A: I think that artists probably dislike requests for character designs that go so far as to include how fat their fingers are.

Q: Around which arc will Al’s real name be made clear?
A: You already know he’s called Aldebaran, don’t ya? ( note: I suspect you meant to ask if he has a surname.)

Q: Why isn’t ‘Al’ written ‘Aldebaran’ in the book?
A: Hey you, it’s because he hasn’t given his name yet. It would be lame if the instructions for Fate has the real names written, right? (Note: Guessing that ‘Fate’ here refers to the Fate games.)

Q: Is it true that, in the book, Aldebaran went by Al and didn’t give his real name at first to cut down on the number of letters?
A: Actually, Al has never introduced himself with his full name. I won’t deny that it did cut down on the number of letters, though.

Q: Al must have been born in 1990 or later, wasn’t he? He knows about Hypertime, and he was summoned in his late teens.
A: It’s not entirely impossible that he was born much later, and decided to study the beginning of the Heisei period. Actually, I guess it hasn’t really been decided. I don’t even know what year Subaru was born.

Q: How did Aldebaran do at the big event that Priscilla held?
A: He was in the best four out of an event with around fifty people.

Q: If Al had been a woman, it would have been shocking… no way!!
A: Calm down, and take a look at volume four. Calm down, breathe deeply, look at reality…!

Q: When Priscilla barged into the daisukiyaki party, how did Al feel looking at the daisukiyaki?  Was he looking around for that white something?
A: He’s eaten daisukiyaki before, most likely. It’s really not the first time he’d seen it.
(Note: daisukiyaki seems to be a food of some sort in the Re: Zero setting; maybe similar to the Japanese food okonomiyaki.)

Q: Al has denied it when he was called a knight, but was that perhaps to avoid drawing the ire of the royal guard?
A: No, it’s because he absolutely hates knights.

Q: Are there plans to write a side chapter for Al-san????
A: There’s really big plans. Really big plans, and I think everyone’s going to be surprised.

### •Schult

Q: Did Priscilla-san train the boy butler at her house?
A: She didn’t train him, but she did teach him to be obedient.

Q: What would happen if the boy butler at Priscilla’s estate grew up a little?
A: Schult-kun appears in Arc 5, so let’s wait until then for the details.

Q: Who does the cleaning at Priscilla’s residence? If Schult is doing it, he’ll die early from overwork...
A: It’s done by Schult-kun, along with the maids (not young women) who dote on him.

## Anatasia camp

### •Anatasia

Q: Does Ana-san have any aliases?
A: Black Fox, Greedy Princess, Iron Plate Magistrate

Q: Does Anastasia-san have any friends that aren’t business partners?
A: There might be some, but we probably won’t see them.

Q: How much would it cost to get Anastasia-san to go on a date with me?
A: She might charge by the hour… at the going market rate, no less.

Q: It looks to me like Ana-san’s fighting strength is a bit lacking, but is that right?
A: Her personal fighting strength might look that way, but when you look at the number of people who can fight for her, she’s got a mercenary company, so if she throws them at the enemy first, they can cause a lot of trouble.

Q: Anastasia “You making money~?”
A: “A little bit~!” This is the usual greeting in Kararagi

Q: The Kansai accent that Ana-san uses, is that Osaka, Kyoto, or Kobe?
A: It’s a fake Kansai accent. That’s a spoiler, too.

Q: If I gave Anastasia a rice ball, how would she react?
A: She’d be super-happy, she could squeeze it into a rice cylinder.

Q: If I was to make okonomiyaki for Anastasia, how would she react? Of course, not everyone from the Kansai area likes okonomiyaki, but somehow I think she would.
A: Anastasia probably knows how to make it better than you do, so she’d probably say “You’re doing it all wrong! Hand that over! Here, this is how you make the real thing!”, and then she’d hand you a half-burned one.

Q: If I fed Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki to Ana-san, how would she react?
A: You’d get told “This is different from our daisukiyaki, you kabachitare!”
(Note: ‘kabachitare’ may be a made-up word used in a manga and tv show of the same name, but I’m not really sure.)

Q: Anastasia-san ate that charred black food like it was delicious, but does everyone from Kararagi enjoy that flavor? Also, what do Julius and Joshua think of that black daisukiyaki’s flavor?
A: Anastasia-san is really bad at cooking.

Q: Can everyone in the beastman mercenary company eat Anastasia-san’s charred daisukiyaki just fine? If they’re fine with it, then it looks suspiciously like Kararagi folks all have bad taste in food...
A: I think everyone dislikes the taste of burnt food. It’s not good to look down on everyone just because of the rumors about one person.

Q: If Anastasia-san was managing a restaurant, how would that turn out?
A: As long as she’s not in charge of the cooking, it’d be fine. If she was, it would be a problem for the public health center.

Q: It seems likely that Julius will get cancer in the future from eating all that burnt food; will his health be alright?
A: It’s not like he’s eating food Anastasia made every meal, so he’ll be fine.

Q: Does Anastasia-san’s business handle food, too? If it does, and Anastasia-san added her own favorites into the products, it would be a terrible blow… If it’s uncooked, maybe it’s alright?
A: Of course, fresh food sales are handled by farmers and fishermen. Anastasia doesn’t have time to be involved with the product quality.

Q: There’s a story about Anastasia and Subaru working together, but it seems strange. First of all, how is the compatibility between those two?
A: It’s not very good. Anastasia doesn’t trust people who are all talk. For the Anastasia route, the first step to success would be earning her trust. Getting along with the mercenary company would actually be fairly easy, I think.

Q: If Subaru made a sales pitch for mayonnaise to Ana-san, how would that work out?
A: He’d be turned into a duck……!

Q: Would Anastasia-san find a way to put even a bad debt like Subaru to work for her, instead of just abandoning him?
A: Even someone who’s a real bad debt and not worth crap, it’s just a matter of placing them somewhere that even someone who’s not worth crap can be useful. If they really, really do nothing but get in the way, the dog-faced guy next to her is overprotective, so he’ll dispose of the problem.

Q: Anastasia-san has a reputation for never missing the scent of profit, but in her eyes, how good is Otto’s power as a merchant?
A: I think that would be about like Freeza-sama looking at Kyui.
(Note: Referencing Dragonball characters here; basically Otto is way, way, way below Anastasia’s level)

Q: To Anastasia-san’s point of view, how good it Russell-san’s merchant warfare strength?  About like Freeza looking at Kyui?
A: Why are you downgrading him? He’s like Goku-sa fighting normally on Namek, I think.

Q: Anastasia-san speaks with fur, but hasn’t she ever been unexpectedly overheard by the people around her, and looked at suspiciously?
A: ?? Was there a scene like that?
(Note: I’m not sure, but ‘fur’ here may be referring to part of her outfit.)

Q: Sensei, are you a backer of the Anastasia-tan in Anastasia-tan? I’m a backer of Anastasia-tan.
A: This is getting bothersome, I’m going to block the next.
(Note: Really not sure what 推し means, but guessing it’s something like backer or supporter.)

Q: Setting aside Julius himself, how has it been for Julius’ family to support a foreigner like Anastasia? Haven’t there been any repercussions?
A: Oh, there were. Look forward to when it’s Julius’ turn.

### •Julius

Q: About how strong is Marcos?
A: Stronger than Julius.

Q: Roughly how many friends does Julius have?
A: He’s got about as wide a selection of friends as a normal person. He’s a sociable noble, after all.

Q: It seems that according to Puck, Julius talks about himself too much, but it Julius aware of this?
A: That was mostly because Emilia-tan isn’t great at making conversation, so Julius was just trying to help out.

Q: Knights such as Ferris, Reinhard, and Subaru are all burdened with problems at home, but does Julius have any issues with his family?
A: Not with his family.

Q: Around what level is Julius impressed with Subaru?
A: His persistence really struck a chord with the part of Julius that feels strongly about ‘human potential’, so he’s really impressed with Subaru.

Q: Julius hasn’t commented on Subaru’s ‘Little Girl Knight’ alias, but honestly speaking, how does he feel about it?
A: He feels an odd admiration for him, in a ‘He’s even has little girls as allies!’ sort of way.

Q: Subaru’s friend is Otto, and his close friend is Reinhard; is there someone who you might call the friend that’s a bad influence on him?
A: It’s maybe not exactly right to put it this way, but maybe you could say that Julius is the one. Recognizing him a bad influence might not really be accurate, though.

Q: Is there a Julius-tan route?
A: I don’t understand what you’re talking about.

Q: When is Julius affectionate?
A: He’s affectionate fairly often. It’s more difficult to get Subaru to be affectionate to Julius.

Q: How would one get on the yandere route for Julius?
A: He’s the leading rational character in the story, so that route isn’t implemented.

Q: Please give us a Julius route.
A: Quit it with all your “Julius, Julius” whining! Capture him yourself!!

Q: Julius is able to work with all types of spirits, but does that mean that he has all the magic affinities then? Will we see this in Arc 5?
A: Rather than saying he has all the magic affinities, it’s more like the quasi-spirits that travel with him are able to use those magics for him. Julius’ own affinities are mostly wind and water, you see.

Q: Beatrice is a special exception, Puck has an unemployed magic rock, and Pete-san had human bodies, so they all have vessels of some sort; does Julius have vessels for his quasi-spirits as well?
A: He has appropriate crystals for each of his quasi-spirits. But really, unemployed magic rock? That’s just mean.

Q: What does Julius’ quasi-spirit of shadow think when it sees Beatrice?
A: It thinks “I wanna be like that…! For master!”
(Note: Not sure how to convey it well, but the quasi-spirits thoughts are very child-like, maybe a five-year old level.)

Q: Julius’ Clarista was made up of six colors of magic, but is that something he came up with himself? Or is there a person or book that instructed him in six-color magic?
A: People who can use six colors are rare, but Clarista itself is not so much his own original work as his trump card. I think Roswaal would be able to do something similar, but it wouldn’t work the same way. He put it together in honor of the hero of his childhood fairy tales.

Q: How would Julius react if Subaru were to meet Joshua?
A: Arc 5

Q: Julius has a fairly annoying way of speaking; given that, what’s Julius point of view on Garfiel’s sensibilities?
A: He thinks “There was a time when Joshua was like that, too.”.

Q: Is there any context or game where Subaru could beat Julius?
A: If we’re talking about games, they would be well-matched playing chaturanga. Othello would be an overwhelming victory. Subaru’s luck at card games is unusually bad, so that wouldn’t work…
(Note: chaturanga is the predecessor of chess, and several other similar games.)

Q: I dreamed that Reinard and Julius were drinking alcohol. Do the two of them drink?
A: Julius enjoys it, but Reinhard is completely unable to get drunk, so he only drinks on social occasions.

Q: Reinhard seems like, even if he gets old, he’d have a Divine Protection of Bushiness that keeps him from going bald, but will Julius go bald in the future?
A: Handsome guys basically don’t go bald even when they get older. Bald handsome guys were born that way. Subaru’s not a handsome guy, so I don’t know his potential for going bald. However, never forgets to massage his scalp when he bathes.

Q: Between Julius and Anastasia, which is more like an eggplant?
A: Julius is closer to being eggplant-colored.

### •Joshua

Q: Is Joshua’s monocle not meant to help his vision?
A: He’s imitating Tivey’s cool look.

### •Mimi

Q: Has Mimi ever broken something and had it deducted from her salary?
A: She has, but her younger brother buys anything she asks him to, so she never has problems with money.

Q: Can the little brothers do “Waa! Haa!” with just the two of them?
A: They can, but they only have enough stamina to do it twice. If Mimi pairs up with them, they can launch around four.
(Note: This is referring to the ‘interference wave’ sound blast attack that the triplets use.)

Q: How bad an injury can the “Divine Protection of One-Third” split up? A scratch, tooth decay, hair loss, or even though it’s crude to say, hemorrhoids or damage to the crotch?
A: It’s pretty much up to the will of the individual. For example, Hetaro is usually open to any influence from Mimi, while Mimi idly thinks that her damage isn’t going to her brothers, and Tivey prepares damage calculations so that his older brother and sister can keep working perfectly. However, in the case of damage that places a life in serious danger, if the life can be saved by splitting up the damage, the divine protection does that by itself. If one of her little brothers was kicked in the balls hard enough, Mimi would take the damage for a part she doesn’t even have, it seems…...

Q: If Mimi was pregnant or giving birth, how would the Divine Protection of One-Third handle that? It seems giving birth is painful, so if that was divided up, then her brothers might tread the new frontier of experiencing giving birth despite being male.
A: If Mimi was to think “Ah, I’ve had enough, Hetaro and Tivey will have to help out!”, those two would also feel the pain of an organ they don’t have.

## Felt camp

### •Felt

Q: Which is Mr. Cat’s favorite heroine?
A: Looking at the visuals for volume 4, I really couldn’t choose one with those visuals. Incidentally, as she reappears, Felt is so good it’s dangerous.

Q: Children like Subaru-kun, but is it alright to say that Felt likes him too?
A: She was somewhat friendly towards him at the royal selection, so that’s probably fine, isn’t it?

Q: Does Felt-chan truly find Reinhard annoying? Even though she’s depicted as having discarded her femininity, being told “I’m your ally, and yours alone” by the strongest handsome guy on the planet would have an effect on any girl, I think.
A: She really does find him annoying. Felt’s ideal type is Old Man Rom. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say she’s only into older men. The author is saying some pretty outrageous stuff here.

Q: If perhaps Reinhard obtained the ‘Divine Protection of Becoming Old (in appearance only)’ and became an old man, would Felt’s opinion of Reinhard soften any?
A: If he was to try turning into an old man as an experiment, it would only be his appearance that became old, so it wouldn’t work. Since only his appearance is old, he wouldn’t give off the old-man pheromones of a true old man who has seen the passage of years. A fake old man would be insufficient to clear the hurdle of Felt-chan’s world-class old-man tastes.

Q: I read the short story in Alive, it was very entertaining! I have a question about it: Does Felt-chan really, truly find Reinhard annoying, and not recognize him even a little bit? You’ve said previously that Felt-chan only likes old men, but it seemed to me like she was a little bit aware of him in the short story, or was I reading too much into it?
A: You were reading too much into it.

### •Reinhard

Q: Who is the strongest character (including those deceased) in the story?
A: Reinhard Van Astrea

Q: Is the red haired ikemen (pretty boy) Reinhard-kun the strongest?
A: He’s the strongest

Q: In other words, a character that’s stronger than Reinhard will make an appearance later?
A: No.

Q: Reinhard was, of course, a character created to be “The Strongest in Re: Zero”, but is there a character you aimed to make “Not too strong, not too weak, just about the right strength”?
A: Characters don’t get made with that line of thinking very often, do they!? If I had to say it, if there’s a character near the position of strength you’re describing, it probably applies to Rem.

Q: Reinhard can’t be defeated.
A: No on can defeat him.

Q: Let’s all work together and take down Reinhard! (Proposal)
A: IMPOSSIBRU!!

Q: So, for the moment, it would be ok to understand that it’s impossible to defeat Reinhard?
A: For the moment, it’s impossible.

Q: Reinhard, who has his own form of justice, seems like he’ll eventually clash with Subaru. Perhaps there’s a chance he’ll be the last boss!?
A: I’ll give you a prophecy then, there’s absolutely no way to win!

Q: Does Reinhard perhaps have “Divine Protection of Super Self-Assertion” so he couldn’t be erased by Mr. Whale, and “Divine Protection of I’m Not Delicious” so Mr. Rabbit wouldn’t eat him?
A: Even without that, neither of them are a match for him.

Q: How about Od Laguna versus Reinhard?
A: Od Laguna isn’t really a lifeform with a will, so it isn’t generally hostile towards anyone. It’s similar to the sun. Reinhard would win if they fought, though.

Q: Is it possible to hit Reinhard with an attack?
A: It is possible.

Q: If you hit Reinhard with a tactical nuke, how would he deal with it?
A: It wouldn’t go off.

Q: Is it possible to beat Reinhard at Rock-Paper-Scissors, The Game of Life, and things like that? Or is it just not possible?
A: In The Game of Life, there might be a small chance. Not at Rock-Paper-Scissors, though.
(Note: The Game of Life here seems to be referring to the board game.)

Q: Reinhard can probably look at someone’s hand while playing Rock-Paper-Scissors and change his own hand, but does anyone really have that level of physical ability?
A: Reinhard can probably do that, but people who can actually do that are pretty rare, aren’t they. It’s basically impossible.

Q: If you tied him all up, covered his eyes, and put really thick gloves on his hands, would it be possible to beat Reinhard at Old Maid?
A: As far as Old Maid goes, he’s got “Divine Protection of Arrow Striking”, so he’s really good at it, you couldn’t beat him.

Q: How dangerous would Reinhard’s full-strength dekopin be?
A: As dangerous as the time that Toguro blew away the head of a member of the Black Book Club.
(Note: Toguro and the Black Book Club seem to be Yu Yu Hakusho references. Dekopin seems to be a game where you flick someone in the forehead with your middle finger.)

Q: Is it possible for Reinhard to cut something in half with an iron pipe?
A: He could do it with disposable chopsticks.

Q: Before Arc 1, what did Reinhard spend his time doing?
A: Being attached to the royal guards, he was held in reserve as a weapon of last resort. Also, just having him patrol an area had the effect of improving the security of it.

Q: What does Reinhard do for entertainment?
A: Those with power have a responsibility to use it correctly. He doesn’t have time to set aside the world to look for entertainment.

Q: Reinhard seems to be depicted like a robot moving exactly according to it’s manual, but will he start to act more human after this?
A: I don’t remember depicting him like that, he’s a proper human.

Q: Around how many friends does Reinhard have? Is he the kind of guy that thinks of people as friends, but they don’t think of him as a friend?
A: He’s sociable and humorous, and aside from being a bit stiff, he’s a handsome guy without any issues, so he’s got lots of friends.

Q: Was there a time that Reinhard was (at least in the eyes of his family) a normal child?
A: There was.

Q: What does Reinhard think about Subaru?
A: Reinhard respects him as someone who has something that Reinhard lacks, and thinks he’s an amazing guy who puts all his effort into what he wants to do.

Q: In Arc 3, when Subaru made his knight declaration, he terribly angered all the knights below Julius, but didn’t Reinhard think anything about that?
A: Not a thing.

Q: What did Reinhard think of Subaru when they first met?
A: He doesn’t hide anything, so his attitude when they first met showed his impression.

Q: How would one get Reinhard to cut them down?
A: I think you meant to ask ‘How would you get Reinhard angry?’, but if you did something in front of him that would get a normal person angry, he’d get angry.

Q: Investigate the line where Reinhard becomes angry!! 1) Step on the heel of his shoe 2) Swap his sword with an onion 3) Dye his hair blue while he’s sleeping 4) Have an evil organization turn his arm into a broom.
A: All of those are physically impossible!

Q: You mentioned that Reinhard would get angry at the same sort of things a normal person would, but can you give an example of something he’d be angry about? Also, how would he show his anger? I just can’t picture Reinhard getting angry.
A: Well, if you were to wreck a sandcastle that he’d put a lot of effort into… nah, he wouldn’t get angry at that. Hmmm, say, if you were to take the last one of his favorite food that he’d been saving, he… wouldn’t get angry either. He’d be mad if Krillin died.
(Note: Krillin is a Dragonball reference)

Q: Which generation of Master Swordsman is Reinhard?
A: The first one was 400 years ago, and if they’re around 50 years each, he’s the seventh or eighth, perhaps.

Q: If you tell Reinhard “Exterminate the witch cult”, it seems like it would solve half the current problems, but apparently he’s not good at searching for enemies.
A: Maybe it’s a problem of who would tell him that.

Q: Did Reinhard not ever try to eliminate the white whale or the great rabbit?
A: He never tried.

Q: If there was a war between two foreign countries, and, for Lugunica’s sake, Reinhard had to render one of them entirely incapable of continuing to fight, what basis would he use for choosing which one to wipe out?
A: That would be a spoiler.

Q: If it was Reinhard versus everyone else, would he still win anyways? Subaru couldn’t win, even if he had more powers than he could count?
A: I’ve said it before, but if the entire world was against him, he’d admit defeat, though not due to a problem of fighting strength.
(Note: Not really sure how to translate ‘イチオシの数の力’. It might be closer to ‘the perfect number of powers’, or something completely different.)

Q: I’m a guy, but what could I do to get Reinhard to marry me?
A: If everyone throughout the world gave you and Reinhard their blessing, he’d agree to it.

Q: What kind of girl would Reinhard choose to marry?
A: One suited to marry the Master Swordsman and one that those around him would approve of.

Q: What would become of Reinhard if Subaru taught him the saying about “Liking the color of heroes”?
A: He’d respond “I think it would be wonderful to make that many women happy, but I’m not that skilled. Even if I did fall in love, I’m sure it would only be with one person. But I think it’s better to not have someone be that important to you. I’d like to build something like that inside myself, and not waver. I don’t ever want to feel like that again, after all.”
(Note: The saying “Liking the color of heroes” seems to carry a meaning along the lines of ‘Heroes do everything with all their might, including being attracted to women’.)

Q: Seeing the responses to questions, I get the impression that Reinhard isn’t so much a champion of justice as he is a champion of the people. Is his own will a part of what motivates his actions?
A: Of course. He’s following his own idea of justice without shame, so I think it’s all his own will.

Q: I’m beginning to think that Reinhard has a whole mountain of divine blessings that he doesn’t need to have as the Master Swordsman.
A: Indeed, if the Master Swordsman was all he was trying to be, the Divine Protection of the Master Swordsman would be enough.

Q: If Reinhard wasn’t recognized as the Master Swordsman by the people around him, what would happen?
A: I don’t see the meaning in using an impossible assumption. On top of that, even if no one recognizes it, having the Divine Protection of the Master Swordsman makes you the Master Swordsman.

Q: Are Reinhard’s ability to be granted divine protections, and the Divine Protection of the Master Swordsman separate? Or really, what kind of blessing is the Divine Protection of the Master Swordsman? Is it ok to think of it as a blessing that simply makes you extremely strong?
A: The blessing of recognizing that you’re the Master Swordsman. The blessing of being able to break the unbreakable. The blessing of being able to take your sword skill to the limit. He’s not really becoming stronger than the limits of his talent. In the end, even without the Divine Protection of the Master Swordsman, Reinhard would be pretty much the same.

Q: Honestly, wouldn’t Reinhard still be the strongest even without blessings?
A: He’d no longer be able to win against those who are basically cheating.

Q: If Reinhard came to Japan, would he be able to get by with rock?
A: He’d lose his blessings, but he’d probably get by on talent.
(Note: ‘rock’ might be referring to rock-and-roll music… maybe?)

Q: Can you please tell me about a few of Reinhard’s Divine Blessings without spoiling everything
A: Divine Blessing of the Azure Sky, he becomes stronger under the blue sky. Divine Blessing of the Teary Sky, he becomes stronger under the rainy sky. Divine Blessing of the Night Sky, he becomes stronger at night. Divine Blessing of the Phoenix, a one-time continue. Divine Blessing of First Sight, the first strike which includes surprise attacks will miss him. Divine Blessing of Second Coming, the second attack and onwards including surprise attacks will all miss him. There’s still more.

Q: What happened to the ‘Divine Protection of Arrow Avoidance’ that didn’t show up in the light novel? Did it break the naming?
A: Nah, I took it out due to the line count. It’s still there, just like normal. Long-distance attacks won’t hit Reinhard.

Q: Reinhard is famous for his cheats, but how are his everyday life skills (housework and such)?
A: With the Blessing of Grilled Food, Blessing of Boiled Food, Blessing of Seafood, Blessing of Serving Food, Blessing of the Flavor King, and others, no matter what you have him make, he cooks a dish fit for the gods.

Q: Out of the blessings that Reinhard has, which does Mr. Nagatsuki think is the most pointless?
A: “Blessing of Understanding Salt” He doesn’t mix up sugar and salt.

Q: Is Reinhard aware that he has the Blessing of Understanding Salt?
A: In a situation where he actually was mixing up salt and sugar, he suddenly realized “Ah, this isn’t salt, it’s sugar, isn’t it. Oops, oops”, so he’s aware.

Q: About Reinhard and his mountain of blessings, does he himself fully grasp all of them? For that matter, does the author fully grasp all of them?
A: I don’t grasp all of them, but Reinhard does. It’s fine as long as the author knows the important ones. What’s up with that Blessing of the Flavor King, then? Are you making fun of me?

Q: Is the perfectly superhuman Reinhard perfect at cooking as well?
A: He’s not perfect. He’s greater than perfect.

Q: Sorry for the poorly thought-out question. Daphne is certainly ill, isn’t she? lol Incidentally, does Reinhard avoid sickness with a cheat blessing?
A: He has the Blessing of the Child of the Wind, so he knows no sickness.

Q: I’m a student that would like to become Reinhard. Reinhard was running on top of the waterway, but was that done by one of his blessings? Or was it his own skill??
A: That was a blessing. The power of the “Blessing of the Lake” allows him to walk on water. He can also submerge in the water if he wishes. The swimsuit event will be fine.

Q: Reinhard has the Blessing of the Blue Sky, Blessing of the Tearful Sky, and Blessing of the Night Sky, but conditionally, I think he’s strong when it’s night no matter the weather, and at morning or noon when it’s raining or sunny. Having said that, he’s strongest in the morning or noontime when it’s cloudy!? Also, do the effects of the blessings of Blue Sky, Tearful Sky, and Night Sky overlap? If they do, it seems he’d be strongest at night when it’s raining.
A: Honestly, when you think of opposing Reinhard, you’ve already fallen into error.

Q: It seems that Reinhard has the Blessing of First Sight that allows him to avoid the first attack, and the Blessing of Revisitation that allows him to avoid the second attack and any after it, but if someone with a blessing like the Blessing of Certain Striking attacked Reinhard, how would that work out? Even if you did hit Reinhard, it probably wouldn’t amount to much, but I was wondering.
A: “Blessing” and “Blessing” cancels out, the rest is dependent on their relative skill level. If they had skill comparable to Reinhard, they could hit him.

Q: Reinhard has the Blessing of First Sight and the Blessing of Revisitation, but if he was deliberately trying to be hit, could you hit him?
A: You could hit him.

Q: Even Reinhard dies if you hit him, I see. Even the strongest is not invincible, I see. It’s unexpected.
A: I don’t understand the meaning of trying to be hit by an attack and not getting hit by it, you know… In the same way, I don’t understand the meaning of trying to lose and not being able to lose, you know...

Q: If Reinhard were to acquire the Blessing of Cloning, he could defeat Capella and Regulus and anyone else at the same time, and that would solve things. But does the fact that he can’t means that even if he’s unkillable, there’s no proliferation-type blessing in the world?
A: What are proliferation-type blessings, what are you saying? That sort of blessing would be too powerful. I haven’t added any blessings that let you shoot thunder from your hands or turn into a monster, right? At most, they’re just helpful things. They’re not Devil Fruit, you know.
(Note: Devil Fruit is a One Piece reference.)

Q: Can Reinhard explain all of the blessings he has?
A: He’s aware of them, after all. He can talk about them with around the ninety-ninth sense.
(Note: Possibly a Saint Seiya reference…?)

Q: Doesn’t Reinhard have a blessing that lets him see his opponent’s weak points or something? If Reinhard, who can have any blessing he wants, doesn’t have this ability, then it doesn’t exist?
A: A blessing to see weak spots… what? Also, no one ever said that Reinhard could have any blessing he wants. Cut it out boy, stop talking like that’s solid information… Mr. Yamada is cry~ing.
(Note: Mr. Yamada may be a reference to a song title… maybe.)

Q: Is it correct to say that “Once when he dies” means that Reinhard’s Blessing of the Phoenix loses it’s effect?
A: “A phoenix can revive itself endlessly!”... just kidding, but I wonder...

Q: Reinhard will be given any blessing he desires, but what happens if he has conflicting blessings? For example, something like the Blessing of Not Killing and the Blessing of Certain Killing.
A: When that happens,the needed blessing wins. Of course, there are no Not Killing and Certain Killing blessings.

Q: I hate studying!!! By the way, is Reinhard’s intelligence maxed as well?
A: His intelligence is normal, but his intuition is incredible, so even when taking a test, he’ll get full marks from giving answering normally. Even if it’s not multiple choice.

Q: Is that lace attached to Reinhard’s collar??? Black lace…?!?! Oh, I love that Reinhard.
A: It’s lace!! An ambiguous answer isn’t manly, so it’s lace!!

Q: If Subaru tried to tell Reinhard about Return by Death, regardless of the consequences, what would happen?
A: Subaru’s heart would pop.

Q: Reinhard gives the impression of being a perfect superhuman, but now that you mention it, can he not use magic? Also, isn’t there a blessing that would make him able to use magic?
A: He can’t use it. Magic is the one thing he is completely unable to use.

Q: Please tell me the mana level rankings of the people appearing in Re: Zero.
A: Reinhard is last by a large margin.

Q: Is there a field of skill in which Reinhard is behind someone else?
A: There’s lots.

Q: Reinhard is the strongest in the world, and he can cook, but on the other hand, is there anything that he can’t do?
A: He can’t cure baldness in others. Also, he can’t use magic.

Q: If Reinhard was hurt, would the lesser spirits panic?
A: If a performer you were a big fan of was injured in front of you, you’d panic, right? It’s the same thing.

Q: I’ve heard that you can’t use magic around Reinhard, but the lesser spirits healed his injuries, so does that mean he can use spirit arts?
A: Rather the opposite, the lesser spirits get so worked up over him they won’t listen to what he says. With Reinhard draining off all the mana, they can’t use magic properly either. Limited spirits that won’t be unfaithful, like Beako, are his only allies. Beako is great justice, after all!!

Q: You said that Reinhard drains away all the mana, but what would happen if he were to get close to, or touch, a magic machine? It’s no laughing matter if a magic machine were to be destroyed, and for those who depend on magic machines, being unable to use them would be inconvenient.
A: Magic devices are basically not a part of life, so it’s no problem. There’s no worries about causing a problem at a level that would make everyday life inconvenient. Frankly, it’s taking away the mana that a magic device works with, so it’s alright to think of it like an appliance that doesn’t have enough electricity to run. A magic device that Reinhard touches, is just an appliance with the power turned off. A blunt instrument, in other words. Reinhard can fight fine, even with a powerless appliance, so don’t worry.

Q: Reinhard’s Spirit Gigolo when it’s at full power, and Julius’ Blessing of Gathering Spirits: which has a stronger pull on the spirits?
A: They’re even. The spirits would think “Oh no…! Even though I love him, for my heart to shake like this… But why is it? When I close my eyes, I can only think of him…!” about both of them.

Q: Since mana and the lesser spirits are Reinhard’s allies, even though Reinhard can’t use magic himself, couldn’t he serve as a pseudo-spirit-arts-user?
A: Reinhard has lost the ability to make the lesser spirits work for him, so right from the start, he has no way to communicate with them. When the lesser spirits try to cooperate with his gestures, all of the different types of spirits say “The one he’s thanking is me!” at once, and they negate each other and start to fight. Then, as they’re weakened, they get absorbed. Their relationship is like the lesser spirits are moths, and Reinhard is a flame.

Q: What kind of impression did Betelgeuse get from Reinhard? Reinhard seems to be quite handsome to spirits, but did it work on that evil spirit?
A: Even if another handsome man appears, a pure-hearted, single-minded heroine will still be infatuated with the first one, right? It’s that sort of thing.

Q: Out of the characters that have appeared so far, who would explore the most dangerous territory if they completely lost it?
A: Reinhard.

Q: Say a pair of brothers got real swords and were sword-fighting with them. Say that one is just messing around, and one is serious. The one messing around trips, and in his surprise, lets go of his sword. And the point of the flying sword heads right for Reinhard! What becomes of Reinhard and the sword after this?
A: He catches the sword like it’s nothing, gives the brothers basic instruction in the sword, gives both of them a massive beat-down with a wooden sword, says “Both of you are off to a good start. If you continue to practice like that, you’ll can become first-class swordsmen.” with no hard feelings and without breaking a sweat, and he’ll go his way, coming back the next day and checking often to see how they’re coming along, and break the brothers’ hearts.

Q: What ratio of talent and effort make up the basis of Reinhard’s strength?
A: It’s 100% talent. However, it’s certainly not true that he doesn’t make an effort. It’s the kind of issue where continuing Krillin’s training method can’t take you to the level Goku was at when he fought Buu.
(Note: Dragonball references)

Q: What does Reinhard think of the previous Master Swordsman?
A: She was his grandma, so he loves her, just like anyone would.

Q: Is the reason that Reinhard loves the previous Master Swordsman that she’s his “grandma”? Or is it that she’s “Teresia”?
A: You probably meant that as a meaningful question, but how many people break things down that strictly to determine who they like or dislike in their family? Reinhard doesn’t really have anything he holds against his family or anyone else, so he loves his grandmother and grandfather and everyone in his family, much the same way Subaru likes his parents.

Q: Reinhard is very popular as an Ohkiri character; to think that he’s a secondary character with all those ridiculous blessings, it’s so fun that I get excited just thinking about it. Thank you very much for the interesting character.
A: No one told me anything about Reinhard being an Ohkiri character, but fine, have fun with it!
(Note: Ohkiri seems to be something along the lines of comedy improv, where the host, or the audience, provide a topic, and the actor or character has to comment on it or react to it.)

Q: How powerful is Reinhard among the previous Sword Saints?
A: He’s the strongest successor and the world strongest

Q: Tell us something interesting about Reinhard-kun (5 years old).
A: He beat his father in a swordfight.

Q: When will there be an event where Reinard, or maybe I should say my Reinhard-loving self, be saved?
A: I think that all the characters need a chance to shine, and to be saved. That’s my answer.

Royal Candidates

Q: The royal candidates seem to be getting along well now, but after the tense atmosphere at the royal castle, why do they all seem so friendly now? It seemed to me like Anastasia especially was very hard on Emilia.
A: I think it’s not that unusual to treat people differently when you have something to gain from dealing with them. Of course, aside from Priscilla being rough on everyone, and Anastasia being rough on Emilia, the candidates weren’t getting along that badly to begin with.

Q: How do Subaru and the royal candidates compare to animals?
A: Subaru:monkey Emilia:bunny Felt:cat Crusch:swan Anastasia:fox Priscilla: female lion

Q: I’d like to know all of the royal candidate’s first words after they were born. It wouldn’t surprise me if Priscilla declared herself to be the greatest in the world, wouldn’t that have been quite cute?
A: None of them except Crusch-sama had a normal childhood. I think Crusch-sama probably said ‘mama’ or ‘papa’, just like you’d expect.

Q: Thinking about it, it seems that even though the royal candidates may have friends, they probably don’t have close friends… Do they have close friends?
A: Probably not.

Q: A question for the royal candidates: “What does it mean to live?”
A: Emilia: “W...working hard” Felt: “Making sure you can eat all you want” Anastasia: “Never stop walking” Crusch: “Never bring shame on yourself” Priscilla: “Be happy under my rulership”

Q: If the royal candidates were cheated on by their boyfriends, how would they respond?
A: Priscilla: “He’ll be coming back anyways. I’m not going to get worked up over a little thing like that. I’ll kill him if he actually leaves, though.”
Anastasia: “Cutting off ties is cutting off money. I paid you well to learn that lesson. How I go about getting it back is up to me, you know?”
Crusch: “I bear some responsibility for not being a good companion. I’ve given up any hope of finding happiness as a woman, after all.” (Killed by Ferris at a later date)
Felt: “I’m not really worried about it, but it’s not about whether you like a person like that or not. It’s about whether you forgive them or not.”
Emilia: “Ah, I see. ...Mhmm, it’s fine. I wasn’t taking care of things like I should have, either. I think that, so… mhmm, I’m sorry.”

Q: Aldebaran was previously a mercenary; how is his loyalty?
A: It’s unusually high. Giving the friendship between the royal candidates and their attendants, in rough order: Crusch - Ferris > Priscilla - Al > Anastasia - Julius > Emilia - Subaru > Felt - Reinhard. Emilia - Subaru might be a little higher at the end of Arc 4.

Q: How well do the members of the various royal candidate’s camps get along?
A: Crusch - Ferris is a happy couple (Crusch is the husband), Anastasia - Julius are a boss and subodinate that understand each other, Priscilla - Al are a bad influence on each other. Emilia - Subaru are friends like a boy and girl in elementary school. Felt - Reinhard are like co-workers where one hates the other, and the other tries to be nice anyways.

Q: How would it turn out if the members of the royal selection gave their knights chocolate?
A: Emilia: “They didn’t turn out right.” Felt: “There’s none left for you.” Anastasia: “I bought you some good, expensive chocolate.” Crusch: “We’ll take turns eating the ones Ferris made.” Priscilla: “I’ll toss these over there for you to pick up.”

Q: In Arc 1, when Ton, Chin, and Kan are messing up Subaru, Emilia somehow or other shows up to help, and Felt runs by without a second glance. What might the other royal candidates have done in that situation?
A: Anastasia would say “Eww, I saw something unpleasant.” and take another way, Crusch would say “I can’t overlook this outrage.” and wade in, Priscilla might or might not intervene, depending on her mood.

Q: How would each of the royal candidates react if their mansions were completely burned down?
A: Not only the royal candidates, but pretty much everyone would be shocked if their house burned down. Only Priscilla might laugh at it.

Q: What would the five royal candidates do if Subaru suddenly proposed to them?
A: They’d cut him off. Figuratively or literally, depending on the candidate.

Q: If the royal candidates regressed to childhood… as young girls, how well would they get along with Subaru?
A: It’s frightening, but they’d probably all get attached to him.

Q: If the royal candidates formed a singing group, what reason would they break up for?
A: They’d break up due to intense fighting over the lead spot.

Q: If a “Moshimo Box” appeared in front of the royal candidates, what would each of them say?
A: None of them would use it, y’see… Even though Subaru would jump in without hesitation.
(Note: “Moshimo Box” is from the Doraemon comics. It looks like a phone booth, and lets you experiment with making a single change to the world.)

Q: I don’t have enough money to buy novels, so I’d like one of the Re: Zero characters to help out. Who should I ask…?
A: Your best bet is Priscilla. However, she won’t listen to your request. Anastasia is a good bet. However, she’ll take a profit margin. If you ask Crusch-san, she’ll pay you a wage in exchange for labor. In Felt’s case, she’ll make you help out with a robbery. If you ask Emilia-tan, after she gets frustrated and upset, she’ll give you her pocket money.

Q: If the candidates for the next queen were summoned to modern Japan, how would that turn out?
A: Priscilla would have a wild time in Las Vegas, Anastasia would have a wild time in Las Vegas, Crusch-sama would have a wild time playing poker in Las Vegas, Felt would strike it rich doing heists in Las Vegas, Emilia-tan would lose everything she owns in Las Vegas.

Q: If all the royal candidates played the king game, what sort of commands would they give?
A: Emilia-tan: “like a child” Felt: “like a mean child” Anastasia: “The type where you put your life on the line” Crusch: “She’d go with the flow and give reasonable commands” Priscilla: “Gleefully gives unreasonable commands”

Q: If you compared the royal candidates and their knights to the cast of a school, what sort of positions would they end up in?
A: Crusch - student council president. Ferris - vice president. Priscilla - daughter of the chairman of the board. Al - Priscilla’s chauffeur. Anastasia - student council treasurer. Julius - student council secretary. Reinhard - prince of the school. Felt - main character of a girl’s dating sim. Subaru - side character. Rem - Subaru’s childhood friend. Emilia - transfer student. Beako - Subaru’s little sister. With these selections, you have Re: Zero School!! How’s that?

Q: If you switched around the royal candidates and their attendants, what sort of combinations would you end up with?
A: Al and Ferris absolutely wouldn’t work with other candidates, and the other three could work with any of the remaining candidates.

Q: If you switched around the spirits and bodies of the royal selection members (and at first, no one noticed), when the owner of the body spoke with their knight, what conversation from which pair would be most interesting?
A: Ferris would get a nosebleed from Crusch-sama’s body and pass out, Al would play with Priscilla’s chest, a new blond loli of justice would show up in the town, pretty much all of them would be interesting.

Q: What are the most favorite and least favorite foods of the royal selection members and their knights?
A: This one’s too much trouble, please figure it out yourself.

Q: How have Subaru’s glorious/inglorious battle injuries healed up? I think I remember seeing something like there were scars left in Arc 2.
A: His scars from the duel with Julius, the white whale battle, and the fight with Betelgeuse were healed by Ferris, so there’s nothing left, but the cut on his stomach from Arc 1, the bite scars from the mabeasts in Arc 2, Arc 4’s fight with Garfiel, and the burn scars aren’t too visible, but they’re there. Fortunately, there’s nothing too obvious on his face. He thinks a scar on the cheek would look cool, so he wouldn’t mind having one… but he hasn’t got one.

### •Luginican Royal Family

Q: What kind of person was the former king?
A: “Recently, it sounds like everyone is having trouble with accumulated debts… I know! If we mix something else into the gold coins and dilute the gold, we can make more gold coins and we’ll have more money to spread around, won’t we!?” “Yeah, yeah, sit down already!” (June 05, 2014 arc4 )

Q: What kind of character was the previous king of Lugunica, who died before the main story began?
A: He wasn’t very smart, and didn’t think enough about what he was trying to accomplish, but he was a good person, so he wasn’t disliked by the people. The council of wise men was handling the political situation well, after all.

Q: Out of the royal family that died, what kind of person was the one who was missed the most? I’d like to know their story. If a person who loved one of them got involved in the royal selection, I’d like to see that episode.
A: The royals all had good personalities, if nothing else, so even though they lacked political ability, they were all more or less loved. King Randohal, who passed away, was often admonished by the council of wise men when he tried to carry out his ideas, but he was a good person who was trying to help the people of the kingdom. Historically, there was probably only one king who died without being mourned.

## other characters

### •Elsa

Q: Has Elsa’s birthplace been decided?
A: Gusteko of the North

Q: Elsa was affected by even Subaru’s level of Shamac, but does that mean that Elsa has a weakness to magic? Julius said that there wasn’t a single member of the royal guard that would be affected by Subaru’s Shamac, so does that mean the royal guard has high magic resistance?
A: I’m afraid you won’t be satisfied with my answer, but Elsa is terribly weak against magic. Enough that she takes pains to have anti-magic strategies. Having said that, she really wasn’t fully affected by Subaru’s Shamac. She simply didn’t deliberately charge through where she couldn’t see what was ahead of her. The royal guard are fairly good at using magic, but Julius was expecting a little too much of the people around him. Julius is strict with himself and others.

Q: Elsa, who has enough power to go toe-to-toe with Garfiel, was outwitted by Subaru-kun in Arc 1, but wasn’t she just playing with him there? It looked like he was able to move around alright, so I really didn’t expect him to be in such bad shape afterwards.
A: She was playing around enough that he did manage to land a kick, wasn’t she. Elsa is similar to a saiyan in that as she faces stronger opponents, she becomes stronger herself, so when she was facing Subaru-kun, it turns out like that.
(Note: ‘saiyan’ is a Dragonball reference.)

Q: Was Elsa’s last resort, the black and white knife, made from special materials or by special methods?
A: Uh, not really.

Q: To tell the truth, Elsa’s exit from the story was anticlimactic. I thought it would have been nice to have her hang on a little longer, and threaten Subaru’s group a few more times. I’m not sure it’s really a good thing to always be getting rid of old characters and focusing on new characters, but as long as Rem comes back, nothing else really matters, so please trade out characters as much as you like, Cat-sensei.
A: Look, if the new characters were taken out quickly, you’d ask “Why did you even add them to the story!?”. Look at Boiled Egg-sensei. Don’t worry too much about the details!

Q: >Look, if the new characters were taken out quickly, you’d ask “Why did you even add them to the story!?”.< Guiltylowe...
A: Why did I add him to the story?

Q: Besides Elsa, how many people would be able to talk disturbingly about the beauty of death?
A: Probably none...

Q: Out of the characters that have appeared so far, please tell me who is the most sadistic and most masochistic!
A: Elsa, for both.

Q: Are there other mercenaries that enjoy hunting for a specific part of the body, similar to Elsa the Bowel Hunter?
A: There may be some who play at it for appearance sake, but Elsa is an outstanding pervert.

Q: About bowel-loving Elsa, is her favorite food variety meats?
A: A steak dripping blood, cooked blue-rare.

Q: Does Elsa’s early life that led to her deep fascination with bowels have a long story behind it, similar to Wilhelms? I wonder.
A: It’s not as big or deep a reason as Wilhelm’s, but Elsa has various experiences of her own. There’s a reason she likes bowels, as well.

Q: I’d always read bowel hunting as ‘chougari’ but I learned it’s read as ‘harawatagari’ when I read the novels; what part of the internal organs is Elsa’s favorite?
A: It’s probably ‘Most organs!’, but I think it would be the long, floppy parts of the small or large intestine. The part that pops out from internal pressure when you cut the belly open.
(Note: The question is referring to two different ways to read Elsa’s ‘bowel hunter’ title, ‘腸狩り’.)

Q: In other words, Else = Heroine!
A: I don’t know what equation led you to that answer. It looks like it’s become a fill-in-the-blank question, so let’s look for a solution.

Q: I’ve loved Elsa from the very beginning, and to me she stands atop the Re: Zero character rankings in first place, but what do you intend to do about this? Incidentally, my favorite situation is Elsa covered in blood and guts, smiling faintly as she dies. I could just hug her.
A: I don’t remember writing a scene like that...

Q: “I don’t remember writing a scene like that…” If you ask where it was, it was in my heart. Or maybe in my dreams.
A: I’m shivering now.

Q: It’s Beako’s turn, but Elsa is still immovable from the top of my character rankings; am I hopeless?
A: You are indeed hopeless.

Q: How can I get Elsa to love me?
A: Become an intestine.

Q: Currently in Re: Zero, Elsa is extraordinarily popular; is that something that Mr. Cat expected to see?
A: Please stop exaggerating.

### •Meili

Q: It seems mabeasts whose horns are broken get lynched, but how did Meili manage to gather that many of them?
A: Meili is a bit of a special case, as she herself fills the role of ‘horn’ for the mabeasts that follow her.

### •Theresia

Q: What was the cause of most of Wilhelm and Theresia’s lover’s quarrels?
A: Wilhelm didn’t talk enough.

Q: Around how long did Old Man Wil’s happy married life last? And how did he spend it?
A: You’ll see.

Q: Comparing Old Man Wil’s line from Arc 3, chapter 58, “I find it hard to believe this mabeast got the better of my wife, a Master Swordsman.” and his Arc 5, chapter 45 line “The sword gods looked away from her in the middle of a battle, and she was left with no choice but to carry on as a normal woman.”, the first seems to carry the nuance that she was fighting with a blessing, and second seems to carry the nuance that she lost the blessing in the middle of a battle. What can you tell us about this? Sorry it’s long.
A: The blessing was taken away in the middle of a battle. However, even without the Blessing of the Master Swordsman, Theresia is a monster.

Q: When Theresia went to fight the white whale, what was her age and actual strength? Looking at Old Man Wil’s age, and guessing that the royal abductions 14 years ago occurred at the same time as the white whale subdual (sorry if I’m wrong), I’d guess she’s maaaybe a bit over 40… I’d have to think her actual strength would be less than it was at her prime?
A: Her age was around that, and of course, her actual strength wasn’t what it used to be. However, being a “Master Swordsman” was very important, and the reduction in her strength wasn’t seen as much of a problem. During the great conquest of the white whale’s subdual 14 years ago, what speculations were entangled, what happened to the Astrea family… look forward to it in the main story.

Q: Is the affinity bad between the Sword Saint and the White Whale?
A: Not particularly, there isn’t such a thing as an opponent that the Sword Saint has a bad affinity with. You will understand what happened to Theresia-san before long.

Q: I saw your response “The Master Swordsmen aren’t the strongest, Reinhard is the strongest.” previously, but is there a particular reason that you made Reinhard that strong, compared to the rest of the Master Swordsmen? Also, is it not only Reinhard, but all the Master Swordmen, who are undefeated and the strongest in the world?
A: Theresia lost, ya know?

Q: It seems that Wilhelm bears a wound from Theresia’s Blessing of the Reaper, so I guess that when they were together, the wound would have been wide open; was Wilhelm alright?
A: Wilhelm was wounded by Theresia’s blessing at their “Parting”.

### •Heinkel (Wilhelm son/Reinhard's father)

Q: What kind of person is the honorary vice-commander of the knights?
A: Arc 5. For the moment, he’s a disliked individual.

Q: By chance, is Heinkel Astrea the vice-commander?
A: He’s the vice-commander, Reinhard’s father, and Wilhelm’s son.

Q: In Arc 3, Subaru was railing on the knights about their pride or something, but what did they think about their vice-commander not even showing up at what should have been an important display of their ideals?
A: It might be the same as if a player joined the Koshien Regular School baseball team in name only, as a ghost player. It’s not like the knights even recognize the vice-commander as a “knight”.

Q: Is Heinkel Astrea Reinhard’s father?
A: That’s right.

Q: It’s possible I’ve just completely forgotten, my apologies, but could you tell me what kind of standing the character Heinkel Astrea has? (If it’s a spoiler, please ignore the question)
A: He’s Reinhard’s father, and Wilhelm’s biological son. A man who was unable to become a Master Swordsman.

Q: Around where on the strength ranking is Heinkel Astrea?
A: Below Reinhard, above Subaru.

Q: What do Reinhard and Reinhard’s father think of Wilhelm?
A: The super-troublesome Astrea family’s problems will appear in Arc 5.

Q: The Astrea family’s feud between parent and child, and the predicted (physical) interaction that should come after Arc 5, has me shaking in excitement. Especially for the feeling of impending doom.
A: More than the parent and child, the grandparent and grandson will be awful.

Q: Previously at a book signing, you said that Felt is Re: Zero’s second main character, but if you did a Re: Zero side story with someone other than Subaru-kun as the main character, who would you like to put?
A: Heinkel Astrea, I’d say.

Q: If you were writing a long-term spinoff of one of the Re: Zero characters, whose story would you like to write?
A: Heinkel Astrea, or Felt.

Q: In Re: Zero, who is the most human person?
A: Outside the superhumans and madmen, I try to write most of them with human qualities. If you’re looking for weakness, please note Subaru and Heinkel (who will appear later).

### •Reid

Q:Reid was called a club-wielder or something, but did he practice with a club?
A:He was able to cut down low-level dragons with a club.

Q:Between Reid and Reinhard, who was better looking?
A:If we’re comparing looks, Reinhard wins. Reid is a sword freak, after all.

Q:What was the relationship between the first Master Swordsman and the sage?
A:Sort of like Gian and Suneo.
(Note: Gian and Suneo are characters from the Doraemon series. Gian sometimes acts as hired muscle for Suneo, if I understand correctly.)

Q: When will we hear more about Reid Astrea?
A: In a flashback.

### •Dragon Sword Reid

Q: Is the holy sword something that’s been handed down since the era of the club wielder?
A: It’s something the club wielder was given.

Q: If he’d bludgeoned her with the scabbard, couldn’t Reinhard have fought Elsa with the Master Swordsman’s sword? That scabbard looks pretty hard, and all.
A: If he used it like that, and then later a strong enemy shows up, when he tries to draw the sword and says “Oh no! The scabbard is bent and I can’t draw the sword!” what’s he supposed to do then?

Q:That sword of Reinhard’s, if he pulled with all his might could he still not draw it?
A: In the legend of King Arthur, suppose the condition for being able to draw the sword of selection was that the guy was “stupidly strong”. Think carefully about whether you could accept that new version, and if you can’t figure it out, ask the same question again.

Q: Reinhard’s sword doesn’t have a NEET or a shut-in dwelling inside it, does it? Why is it that beings with enormous power, like Puck, don’t have jobs?
A: I can’t say for sure that there isn’t something dwelling in it.

Q:When he fought with Elsa, why didn’t Reinhard have a spare sword? If he knows his sword can’t be drawn, I think it would be good for him to have a sword he can draw.
A: If it’s a scene where he’ll need a sword, Reinhard knows a sword he can use will be within reach. On the other hand, he also knows that if it’s a scene with no usable weapon on hand, he’ll get by somehow without a weapon.

Q: Why doesn’t Reinhard walk around carring anything besides the Dragon Sword Reid? Since he knows he won’t be able to draw it in most situations, if he carried another regular sword around, he wouldn’t have to be borrowing one all the time. Is it an indication that he’s confident he can win even without a sword?
A: He feels that even if he doesn’t carry one with him, he’ll be able to find what he needs, when he needs it.

Q: In the case that the children born into the house of the Sword Saint were twins and brothers, would only one of them possess the Divine Blessing of Sword Saint during the moment they are born?
A: Can’t reply due to it revealing spoilers

Q: The Master Swordsmen are supposedly the strongest, so why were they unable to defeat the Witch of Jealousy, Satella?
A: The Master Swordsmen aren’t the strongest, Reinhard is the strongest. Also, though it wasn’t a one-on-one fight, the witch was defeated by the first Master Swordsman.

### •Liliana

Q: Liliana is determined to create the sort of song that will go down in history, but when she heard the Emilia faction’s legendary-in-a-different way stories, such as Subaru’s embarrassing display at the royal selection in Arc 3, how Emilia drew in the witch cult and died, and how Puck froze over the entirety of Roswaal’s territory, how did she feel about them?
A: “Wonderful! They were stunning and amazing, yes!” was probably not her reaction. Of course, none of them were likely to be telling embarrassing stories like that in the first place, yes.

Q: It seems to me that Liliana would be very take with subcultures of Earth if you showed them to her, but how much would she really get into them?
A: It would certainly lead to the birth of a lost girl!

Q: In Arc 3, chapter 4 “Many Difficulties before Departure”, in the scene where Subaru asked Emilia if he didn’t have a divine protection, I think Emilia answered that “If you have a divine protection, you should know it without being told, so…”. Is there some reason that Liliana wasn’t aware that she had a divine protection?
A: She’s aware, but she didn’t have a name for it. It’s like if we decided to “Let’s name the ability to write novels ‘Create Fantasyster’!”. Those with divine protections just give it a vague name. If they don’t feel a need to name it, they won’t name it.

Q: Liliana’s concert and Wilhelm’s fighting demonstration! If you could only see one of them, which would you choose?
A: Wilhelm couldn’t do something as fashionable as a fighting demonstration. His sword is not for display, it’s for cutting down his enemies. That’s why he’s Wilhelm, you see. Liliana’s annoying, after all.
(Note: The last sentence doesn’t seem to connect to the rest of the answer, but as far as I can tell, that’s what he wrote.)

### •Kurgan

Q: Would it be correct to say “Eight Arms” Kurgan is a spider-type demihuman? Or did Vollachia’s technology or magic give him eight arms?
A: He was born in a rare tribe of multi-armed people. Their characteristic is having more arms than normal, but even in their tribe, eight arms is top-level. Learning to use all of them well takes about twice as much effort as Tenshinhan’s arm-increasing technique.
(Note: That’s another Dragonball reference.)

Q: Please teach me how Kurgan-style’s sure-fire win technique for rock-paper-scissors.
A: Use eight rocks that are stronger than paper.

Q: What kind of clothes does Kurgan wear? Or is he half-naked?
A: Just think of him as being naked! Not only that, his skin is blue!

### •minor characters

Q: Arch was probably fine as a side character, and didn’t really have any big scenes, but might he show up in Emilia-tan memories again?
A: If there’s a scene of Emilia-tan reminiscing about the forest, well, he’ll probably show up.

Q: Will Henehehe and the rest show up again?
A: Nah, I don’t think they’ll have any more appearances where they do anything.

## Archbishops/Witches

### •Betelgeuse (Sloth)

Q: Is Mr. Bete not going to show up again? I’m so very lonely I can only sleep at night!
A: He died, you know.

Q: A long time ago, Betelgeuse was sane, right?
A: He died, you know.

Q: Sloth is dead, then. However, amongst we archbishops, he was the weakest… Is it that sort of feeling?
A: More or less that feeling, but the archbishops don’t see each other as friends in the first place, so even though Betelgeuse died, only one of them was sad. The rest were just picking their noses.

Q: On the other hand, it’s unexpected that there were any archbishops that were sad Mr. Bete died.
A: That one was only close to Mr. Bete.

Q: Was the sad one the archbishop of wrath? Well anyways, when I heard one felt sad, was I wrong to think there’s still some good in their heart?
A: You’ve got it right that it was wrath that was sad, but the latter half is mistaken.

Q: I’m interested in the interaction between the archbishops; as the author, will you have them get together for meetings or something like that? It doesn’t look like they’d be able to talk to each other.
A: They do assemble sometimes, but for the most part, only Betelgeuse and wrath meet. Even if they did happen to meet up on a whim, it wouldn’t be the level of meeting that the Shichibukai would have.
(Note: Shichibukai is a One Piece reference.)

Q: Doesn’t wrath react to Subaru’s scent? I’m sure Betelgeuse was saying he was jealous or something.
A: Not really? Betelgeuse was mistaken about wrath.
(Note: In this question, and often in others, Betelgeuse was written ‘ペテ公’ (pete-kou) and I’m not sure how to translate it, so I just went with Betelgeuse. Prince Bete, Lord Bete, or something similar might have been more accurate.)

Q: If Betelgeuse’s invisible hands can be used to sexual harass and grope others that bastard seriously cannot be forgiven
A: It’s possible if he touches softly since there’s a sense of touch, but Bete-san doesn’t have sexual desires in the first place

Q: It sounds like Mr. Betelgeuse doesn’t have sexual desires, but even without desires, does he have curiosity and the five senses?
A: He does have the five senses, so you can confirm that he has a sense of touch. He loves to crush bones, tear flesh, and take lives. Anything besides his love for the witch is a trivial matter, so his curiosity about the business of life is zero.

Q: Can Betelgeuse read minds?
A: He can’t; if he could, he’d have developed into someone much better at human interaction; he’s completely communication-disabled.

Q: Is it possible, that the number one upright person of the archbishops is Betelgeuse
A: That’s right

Q: If Betelgeuse was sane, would his fighting ability improve? I get the impression it’s diminished.
A: It is diminished, indeed. (June 05, 2014 arc4)

Q: Are there any clergy?
A: Are you unsatisfied with Mr. Betelgeuse?

Q: Betelgeuse from the past was too cool; I cried. Setting that aside, was he really good at magically bulldozing through things?
A: Just like you’d expect, being able to hit things with invisible hands makes you pretty good at that. He was just like that against Subaru, I think.

Q: Mr. Bete’s Unseen Hands versus Subaru’s Invisible Providence. Who wins?
A: It’ll be the Unseen Hands. There’s only one arm with Invisible Providence, and it’s range isn’t much different from Subaru’s real arms. Think of it as being not that different from having a third arm sprouting from his chest.

Q: Are Subaru’s ‘Invisible Providence’ and Betelgeuse’s ‘Unseen Hand’ the same thing? If they’re different, is there a reason they look similar?
A: They’re different, but there is a reason they look similar.

Q: If you have skill with Sloth’s ability, could you annihilate an enemy without taking a step, and live a life of depravity?
A: Betelgeuse’s authority is the ‘Unseen Hand’, but if the gene of Sloth adapted to a different person, it would produce a different ability. In Mr. Bete’s case, he didn’t use the Unseen Hand much and moved around quite a bit on his own. He made his own tea, and things like that. He did his own cleaning, too.

Q: Puck is fire, and Bea-ko is shadow, so is Mr. Bete’s affinity light?
A: Betelgeuse’s affinity is earth, you see.

Q: It seems that spirits have affinities, so since Mr. Bete was using earth magic, is it safe to say that he’s an earth spirit?
A: Yes, that’s right. He was originally a lesser spirit of earth.

Q: Julius has the Blessing of Gathering Spirits; how effective was this blessing on Betelgeuse? Mr. Betelgeuse is a spirit after all, so it should have had an effect. It seems like it might have made him really angry, though.
A: With lesser spirits and quasispirits, the effect is immediate, but when they’ve advanced to the status of spirit, it’s maybe not that effective. For someone like Betelgeuse, it would affect his faith, so yeah, he’d probably be very angry.

Q: I originally didn’t realize that Mr. Bete was a spirit, and if Beatrice didn’t say anything, she’d simply be a loli, so are there perhaps spirits that have blended in with humans?
A: There aren’t many spirits that deliberately take human shape, so probably not. In the same way that Puck has the form of a cat, those who can chose the form they prefer don’t often want to take human form. Betelgeuse attached himself to humans out of necessity, and Bea-ko was designed by Echidna, as well.

Q: I thought that Betelgeuse could only possess certain individuals, but I guess I was mistaken. If I wasn’t mistaken, is there a reason for it? Also, can he exist in a state where he’s not possessing anyone?
A: The only people Betelgeuse is able to possess are those who are suited to being possessed and controlled by him. A trained spirit arts user, or someone who is simply physically resilient. The method of checking is using the miasma of ‘Sloth’; someone who fails their sanity point check is no longer able to fight against Betelgeuse. Also, as Betelgeuse is an irregular spirit, he’s not able to exist in the state where he’s not possessing someone. If he could do that, he wouldn’t have done something like pursuing in a body that was nearly a corpse.

Q: Why didn’t Betelgeuse possess ‘Juli’, knowing he was a spirit arts user and nearby? It seems like possessing Juli would give him a better improvement in fighting strength.
A: He can’t jump into a spirit arts user that already has a contract. I thought I had written about this around the time of the battle against Betelgeuse, but if I forgot, sorry about that. As a result, if Subaru had a contract with Beako, Betelgeuse would have been completely powerless.

Q: In arc 3, chapter 80 “The End of Sloth”, Subaru and Julius were guessing that Betelgeuse was a spirit. Did they guess that “Julius already has a spirit contract, so he can’t be possessed”?
A: Julius was confident, and Subaru felt sort of like “He’s a spirit arts user, he’ll probably manage somehow against a spirit.”. Julius didn’t express any concerns, so Subaru trusted him enough to not feel a need to ask. He wouldn’t admit to being friends with him, though.

Q: I read it again, and the reason that Betelgeuse wasn’t able to possess Julius isn’t written down. “He’s actually a spirit, so Julius the spirit arts user will be effective.” is all, not why he’d be effective… Please do your best with the novelization.
A: There was a contract already, so he simply wasn’t able to overwrite the contract.

Q: Is Betelgeuse unable to possess someone with a blessing?
A: That’s not the case, however at the moment he possessed them, the effect of the blessing would be removed by the witch gene.

Q: Does Betelgeuse’s possession have something like a limited range?
A: It does, but he had lots of spare bodies prepared as fingers to prevent that from being a problem. They’re all over the land, in large numbers. Now that the main body has been lost, I think those have likely joined up with the rest of the witch cult.

Q: When you say Bete has joined up with the rest of the witch cult, does that mean he’s alive?
A: The subordinates that Betelgeuse called his ‘fingers’ were scattered all over the land, and those have joined up with other members of the witch cult. Betelgeuse died.

Q: In arc 3, Mr. Bete noticed Subaru’s scent, and treated him a little bit politely; is that related to the fingers bowing to him before he met Mr. Bete? Do the fingers also have the ability to smell that scent?
A: “Do that!” was written in their gospels.

Q: In arc 3, the witch cult woman was mixed in with the people of Alam village; what kind of trick was involved there.
A: If you’re talking about the girl that Betelgeuse possessed, she was just one of the fingers that he brought along with him, so she just walked into the village, and Subaru happened to arrive as the villagers were restraining her.

Q: What happened to the witch cultists that Ferris charmed in arc 3, as well as the witch cultists that were taken prisoner?
A: Some are imprisoned, but most died.

Q: Now that I think about it, where did Betelgeuse’s gospel go?
A: It’s probably on a bookshelf in Subaru’s room.

Q: It seems like most of the bosses in this story are dirty types who revive themselves or possess people, but when I thought about it, Subaru is pretty bad, too. Don’t tell me Subaru is the last boss? lol
A: It would depend on the individual's viewpoint, but to Bishop Betelgeuse at least, he was a nightmarish opponent.

Q: If Subaru became an enemy, I don’t think anything could be more annoying, but what’s the real story there?
A: If you read arc 3 with sympathy for Betelgeuse, it’s would more or less feel like that.

Q: Arc 4 showed us a new side to Betelgeuse, but honestly, were you expecting him to become so popular during arc 3? Or, like Rem, was he a character that improved his status as you thought about him?
A: I didn’t expect him to become popular, but he was going to have a complex background from the start, so things are going as planned. Not like Rem!

### •Regulus (Greed)

Q: In Re: Zero, which character is the least suited to be king?
A: Regulus

Q: Was Regulus’ Lion’s Heart being small a Wizard of Oz reference?
A: No, it’s because Regulus is a tiny guy.

Q: Is Corneas a guy or a girl?
A: No one calls him by his surname, so I was frantically wondering who you meant. He’s a guy.

Q: Isn’t Regulus too strong?
A: He’s ridiculously strong.

Q: Even though Regulus has the movements of an amateur how did he win against the sword master Kurgan?
A: It was because he was fighting against a Metal Mario that has no time limit while there were innocent citizens behind him, even Kurgan will eventually be overwhelmed

Q: Regulus=Star of the Leo, also in the myth of the Leo constellation there is a [Nemean Lion], however does that have any relation to Regulus’ Authority?
A: There’s not much relation with the myth but since I took from the constellations, those with imagination will imagine things

Q: The sand or water dragon’s blood or whatever it is that Regulus unleashes: how many meters underground would it penetrate?
A: It will keep flying endlessly until the effect ends.

Q: If Reinhard had thrown Regulus full-force into the ground and buried him, or thrown him full-force towards the sky into space, wouldn’t he have won easily?
A: He’s invincible, so he’ll just come right back.

Q: Mr. Regulus doesn’t eat any more, so does he still have to use the bathroom? Even if he’s invincible, does his metabolism continue to operate?
A: He ate normally before becoming an archbishop, so the body waste from that period is still in his abdomen.

Q: I thought Regulus was able to hold things normally, but he can pass through them or destroy them; how does he turn that on and off?
A: He simply uses ‘Time Stop’ on anything he wants to grab, and doesn’t stop the time of what he destroys.

Q: Since Subaru was able to crush the Lion’s Heart, in a situation where Betelgeuse knew the details of that ability, would he be able to easily defeat Regulus? Or is it simply that his ability is well-suited to it?
A: If you know the details of the ability, it’s simply a matter of killing all the brides, so even if you’re not Mr. Bete, you can win. How you arrive at that point is the problem.

Q: Regulus said “When my heart is inside my chest, I can’t stop it for more than five seconds, or I’ll die.”, but since he’s invincible when his heart is stopped, won’t he survive? Also, when Regulus’ heart is inside one of his brides’ hearts, why is it ok to keep it stopped for a long time? Is it because the bride’s heart is working while Regulus’ heart is stopped?
A: Regardless of whether his heart is in an invincible state or not, he can’t stop it. If he stops it, he’ll die. 5 seconds is the limit. When it’s hidden inside a bride, it’s working, together with the bride’s heart. In other words, his heart, at least, is always working.

Q: To kill Regulus without knowing his weakness, we must use a mass murdering weapon or spell. Then, If our mass murdering specialist, Puck(With Emilia dead) fights against Regulus and his brides, who's winning?
A: It will be determined by Regulus's distance with his brides. If it's short, Puck might win. If it's distant, Regulus will win.

Q: There’s a philosophy that says a person’s essence is in their brain and heart, and that brain death is the end of them, etc., but Regulus moves his heart around and halts his body, including his brain, so does that mean that Mr. Cat thinks that the heart is the basis of life? Simply put, perhaps the reason that Regulus seems incoherent is that he’s stopped his own brain.
A: It’s not really that deep a thought. Putting it extremely, stopping any of the organs is going to bring about some sort of irregularity in your vital functions. It’s simply that, to make Regulus’ authority easy to understand, and use a easy-to-convey concept of ‘life’ that people would recognize, saying that ‘It must not be stopped’ about the ‘heart’ is understandable and carries a strong meaning; that’s all. It does also seem like memory is what makes a person a person, and it does seem like memory would be in the brain, if we take the conversation that way, it looks like various things would change. For now, I went with prioritizing the concept of the heart.

Q: What would be the impression of Regulus-san as the protagonist of a galge?
A: The heroine that doesn’t listen to what he says will be made into mince meat and the heroine that does listen to what he says will be made into his bride as a harem object one by one.

Q: Being together with Regulus, most people would go crazy and be killed in a few minutes; is there anyone that could get along with him?
A: I don’t think anyone wants to be friends with scum.

Q: Around the middle of today’s update, Regulus used the line “I’m aware myself.”, but isn’t that sort of like saying “My headache hurts”?
A: It is, but it doesn’t really sound odd, does it? “I was thrown from my horse and fell” doesn’t really sound odd to me either, but I try to be careful. Try speaking the line aloud as you read it. “I’m aware myself” is the more provoking of the two.

Q: It was revealed in the story that Regulus owns a mansion, so clearly the archbishops have personal lives as well; is there any plans to write about the archbishops or the private lives of the enemy camp in an interlude or something? I’d really like to see that.
A: There isn’t, you see. I think stuff like their personal lives probably wouldn’t be interesting to write about or to read.

Q: Are Archbishop “Greed”’s wives witch cultists?
A: Some are cultists, some aren’t, there’s all types.

Q: If, a hundred years ago, Emilia became Regulus’ 79th wife, what number would the newest wife be? Also, how many are there in total? It’s fine to take her as a wife, but there’s a chance he’d lose it and kill them all...
A: Wait for the main story.

Q: Since Regulus also had 78 wives in the past it was surprising that he didn’t add any new wife over the passage of 100 years. He carefully hand-picks the females that becomes his wife right? Or does he produce wives frequently?
A: He does add them, with the 79th wife lacking their number. He’s been adding them over 100 years.

Q: Regulus said that the face makes the woman; is he the sort of person that doesn’t care at all about the inside, as long as the face is good? Or does he think “Hmm, nope” and turn his back on them if their personality is horrible?
A: Girls he doesn’t get along with get turned into mincemeat, so the brides are all obedient.

Q: Supposing a bride with makeup on and a bride with no makeup appeared before Regulus, would he kill both of them?
A: It depends on if they had makeup on or not when he made them a bride. If they don’t look like he thinks they should, he’ll pay strict attention to them, and kill them afterwards.

Q: Is Regulus unconcerned about body type as long as the face is good? Also, if he’s allowed to change them, I think he’d want to turn them into the sort of doll he likes, but if he doesn’t like Capella, does that mean his interests are limited to natural faces?
A: He’s only interested in natural beauties. Being unsatisfied with the body you got from your parents is terribly greedy, and he doesn’t like that.

Q: How good are Regulus’ brides as supporting themselves? It seems like they’d be pretty good at construction and repair.
A: They’re quite good. There’s a chance they’d be killed if they weren’t, after all.

Q: At the time when Regulus attacked Rem and when he was in Emilia’s past, where were his brides? Don’t they have to stay close to him?
A: In the forest or outside it, anyways they were nearby. The people around were probably thinking ‘He’s bringing a bride again…’.

Q: If there’s no (or very simple) requirements on Regulus’ ability to make someone a bride, if he increased their numbers endlessly, I think he’d be even more invincible; is his personality the reason he doesn’t do that? Or is the number of brides limited? (hence the missing number?)
A: Regulus simply won’t compromise.

Q: At first, there was a possibility that Regulus could die as he didn’t have a wife, so I think it would be necessary for him to rapidly gather wives. How did he procure his first wife?
A: He wiped out the family of a childhood friend who (from Regulus’ point of view) had belittled him, broke her mind, and made her a bride. He made reasonably gallant efforts to take care of her, but I think he probably didn’t win her heart.

Q: Regulus is always bringing his brides with him, but how far can the Lion’s Heart and Regulus’ own body be separated?
A: Close enough that he can feel love close by, I’d say.

Q: If Regulus was separated far enough from his wives that he couldn’t feel love, what would happen to the Lion’s Heart? Would it return to Regulus?
A: ‘What happens to a couple if they’re so distant that they can’t feel each other’s love?’ is a separate matter; I think it would just return to him. Of course, that’s in the situation that all of the brides are distanced from him.

Q: I like Regulus and Batenkaitos, but are they friends with each other? Doesn’t Regulus get unreasonably angry and they try to kill each other?
A: They do fight, but Regulus’ anger doesn’t last, so it ends with Batenkaitos running away. If there was nowhere to run to, it wouldn’t even be a fight.

Q: Regulus seems to feel that Sirius and Capella are disgusting, but in arc 3 when he arrived where Rem and Crusch were, he and Batenkaitos didn’t argue, so was that just a coincidence where their opinions didn’t conflict? Was he also unfriendly towards Betelgeuse after he gained the witch gene of sloth? Sorry this ran so long.
A: They simply didn’t come into conflict there, but they do both feel the other is disgusting. Life as an Archbishop beginning from zero awareness of friendship. Of course, Betelgeuse is also on bad terms with them.

Q: If Echidna and Regulus met, what would happen? Would Regulus try to make Echidna a bride, or on the other hand, would the two of them engage in an extended war of words?
A: Echidna isn’t Regulus’ type, so there wouldn’t be any particular conflict.

Q: Subaru was really angry with Regulus’ “I like her for her face” line, but really, how would he react if someone showed up who wasn’t concerned that she’s a half-devil, and not concerned about where she was born, but just liked her for her face?
A: He’d react the same was as he did to Regulus, I think; the conditions are the same, aren’t they?

Q: Hasn’t Regulus thought about trying to make Sirius or Capella into his bride?
A: If he were to try and make them into his bride they would’ve either became a bride or a piece of meat long ago.

Q: How is the compatibility between Capella and Sirius? Even if Capella hit him with “It’s just the face, isn’t it?”, I don’t think Regulus would have any trouble deflecting the attack.
A: Did you mean the compatibility between Capella and Regulus? If Capella said “It’s the face, right?”, Regulus would reply “It’s the face.”. However, inside they’d think “Harems are disgusting, just die already.” and “Transforming all wobbly like that, you look like a woman made of clay, it’s disgusting” about each other.

Q: If Capella were to take on Regulus’ favorite type of face, how would Regulus react?
A: “Eww, smushing your face around like that is so gross. I wish she’d die.”

Q: Doesn’t Regulus want to make Pandora a bride?
A: He probably doesn’t like her face, wouldn’t you think?

Q: Regulus’ words are starting to seem like sound arguments to me; am I abnormal?
A: The archbishops’ words are all opinions in the form of ‘extreme thinking’. It’s the sort of discussion where you might think ‘Ultimately, you can’t say that no one could possibly think that’, so let’s just let it pass and say ‘You should be more worried about your bad breath.’.

### •Sirius (Wrath)

Q: Clothing that covers her face, modest greetings, chains wrapped around both arms. Is Sirius Romanee-Conti a ninja?
A: She’s a yandere.

Q: If you threw Mrs. Wrath into a live concert by an idol, what would happen? Would everyone feel at peace, and then die in agony?
A: That depends on whether Mrs. “Wrath” likes the idol or not.

Q: Are Lusbel-kun and Tina-chan still Sirius’ hostages? Don’t tell me Lusbel-kun was left behind in that half-destroyed tower...
A: Lusbel-kun was recovered, but Tina-chan’s hostage status is ongoing. (Note: literally ‘belly hostage’, not sure what it means.)

Q: It was mentioned that ‘Minerva-tan realized that due to “Wrath”, when she punched only Sirius, everyone nearby was healed’, but is it ok to say that, since when Beatrice healed Subaru, nearby people were not healed, he must have been outside the authority’s influence?
A: Huh? But even if Subaru’s wounds were healed, Sirius wouldn’t feel anything, so no one else would feel anything, right?

### •Capella (Lust)

Q: Where was Capella walking around looking like that, carrying a gospel?
A: You’ll know soon.

Q: Are Capella’s clothes transformations? Or just normal clothes?
A: They’re transformations.

Q: Is Capella like Regulus; does she have one hundred husbands? Or since she’s loved by everyone, does she not have a special someone?
A: All the people in the world are captivated by her, so she isn’t concerned with unimportant concepts like couples or lovers.

Q: Capella styles herself as “The Maiden of Many Loves”, but what kind of sense of virtue does she have?
A: Completely loose. She takes the stance that all of humanity loves her, and she accepts that love while looking down on them from above.

Q: If a blind person showed up in front of Capella, what would happen?
A: She’s restore that person’s sight, and then make them love her.

Q: Capella was recently turning people into flies, but what if someone existed who was attracted to flies?
A: She’d turn herself into a fly. She’s a woman who goes to any length, so that’s expected, right?

Q: If Capella was thrown into an environment full of people who thought “If all I have around me is flies, I just need to learn to love flies.” (Capella herself is, due to her personality, out of the question), would she wipe those people out?
A: If Capella arrived, it’s not just flies anymore, so those people would come to love Capella, just like normal. Reasons like ‘out of the question due to her personality’ don’t work. ‘Personality doesn’t have aaanything to do with falling in love, stooopid’ is Capella’s assertion.

Q: For example, if Capella met a couple who loved each other, no matter what form they changed into, what would she do?
A: She’d separate them, meet the woman in the man’s form, and the man in the woman’s form. She’d play it by ear from there. “See, you aren’t seeing what’s inside, you know?”, she’d say.

Q: If you showed Capella a shojo manga or romance novel, how would she react?
A: “See, it’s all about the face!!”, she’d say.

Q: If Capella met someone who loves dolls, what would she do? Assuming you’re going to say she’s just become a doll, what would she do if she met someone who loves a 2D character?
A: She’d become a 2D character.

Q: If someone appeared who thought “Who cares that she’s all squishy while she’s transforming…” or “I love that Capella is willing to change her form…” or “I love Capella just the way she is.”, what sort of response would she give?
A: She’s just a flirty girl who wants to be loved by the whole world, so as long as she’s loved, she’s happy. She’d be pleased, and start looking for someone else to meet. However, “Just the way she is” is a real landmine, so that guy might die.

Q: Sirius and Fortuna both love a person without an actual body; what would Capella do when she met someone like that. ‘Someone who can’t love me is a nuisance’ sort of a thing?
A: Those two don’t really have a ‘person without an actual body’ fetish. Also, Capella’s assertion is that no matter who someone happens to love, if she transforms into a person’s favorite form, they’ll always love her. “Saying you love what’s on the inside is all just words, what you love is what you see here”, like that. She only becomes hostile when she meets someone who won’t fall in love with her, and then she’ll change them into bugs or something. Changing the people at City Hall into flies was her sort of an expression of love.

Q: If Capella wanted Clind to love her, what would she do? No matter what her body becomes, he’s mostly looking for a loli mind, so I don’t think it would work. Is her stance something like ‘Anyone who doesn’t love me should die.’?
A: Yes, he’d die. Also, he wouldn’t change his mind, even if he died. That’s his conviction.

Q: Is there a Capella a cappella?!!!
A: There’s no Capella a cappella!!

Q: Capella-chan is really cute; does this mean the ability of lust has gotten to me?
A: The authority of lust doesn’t really work on a person’s mind, so you’re just someone who likes scum, you see.

Q: Somehow, Capella looks miserable; why is that?
A: That’s because you know what proper love is.

Q: I’d like Capella-chan to change me into a fly. What should I do?
A: Rethink that!!

Q: I get the impression that other than Capella, the sin archbishops are incomprehensible scum, but Capella is comprehensible scum; why is that? Is her scumness still a work in progress?
A: Don’t you feel that someone you can understand a little bit makes you feel worse than someone you can’t understand at all? A little part of me is the same as Capella; in other words, you are Capella. You turned everyone into flies. In the same situation, you’re the kind of person who would turn other people into flies. Doesn’t it make you feel that way? It’s that kind of thing.

Q: For some reason, I can’t help but think that Capella-chan is cute! For some reason, her words and actions are attractive! And so, what can I do to become just another person to her?
A: Share her sense of values, love her, wipe away the great trauma she bears. Then she’ll be yours...

### •Gluttony

Q: How did Batenkaitos make the white whale into a pet? Did he not make the rabbit into a pet?
A: The white whale follows Daphne’s witch gene. The rabbit too, to a certain extent, might follow.

Q: How does Gluttony value love?
A: Look forward to Gluttony’s chance to give a speech. Well, he’s scum.

### •Echidna Witch of Greed

Q: Does Ekidna-chan have an interest in erotic things?
A: Endlessly

Q: Does Echidna-tan have a boyfriend!?!? Echidna-tan doesn’t have a husband, right!?! I’d like to drink Dona tea and make my body hers!?!?
A: Don’t be mislead by words like “if” or “maybe” or “might be”. The one thing you believed is the truth you believe. Hey, these words are pretty convenient.

Q: How can I get Echidna-tan to shut up?
A: Defy her expectations and imagination, and continuously satisfy her curiosity.

Q: If I was forever doing unexpected things, could I get Echidna-chan to look my way?
A: It’s possible. If your face looked like modern art, if you were bald, if you had short legs, if you had athlete’s foot, if you had body odor so bad it was almost biologically impossible, even if you’re a NEET with no income, she would look at you for that. I don’t know if she’d love you.

Q: Echidna being a fashionable boku-girl crushed my dreams… (Note: ‘boku-girl’ refers to a woman who refers to herself as ‘boku’, a self-reference usually used by little boys and polite old men.)
A: Someone who’s a boku-girl only to specific people… wouldn’t that be a good bit of trivia?

Q: Echidna disguised her way of speaking about herself as ‘boku’ in front of Subaru, but what reason did she have to do that?
A: The answer to that would lead back to Echidna’s birth, so we’ll leave that for the witch chapter.

Q: Besides Dona-chan, can we expect to see another boku-ko show up later? Dona-chan is cute!
A: I don’t think there’s any more.

Q: Does Omega-tan refer to herself as ‘boku’? As ‘watashi’? Changing on a case-by-case basis? (Note: ‘watashi’ is a self-reference mostly used by girls.)
A: She uses ‘boku’ only with Subaru.

Q: Why is Echidna a boku-girl when she’s with Subaru?
A: It’s sort of like she’s trying to get the attention of someone she likes.

Q: Does Echidna like Subaru? (as a test subject)
A: As a test subject, and in other ways, she likes him a great deal.

Q: Is Echidna really Subaru’s type to that extent?
A: No, since she dislikes Emilia.

Q: When Echidna-tan was wearing a school uniform, what color were her panties?
A: White, unfortunately. She reflects Subaru’s preferences, so Subaru’s preferences were reflected.

Q: How big is Echidna’s chest (the young girl version from the tea party with Subaru)? Small, medium, large? I’m very interested in this. (Sorry if you’ve already answered this)
A: Omega is small, tea party is medium, and in the coffin is large; something like that.

Q: What would happen if you gave Echidna internet access? I get the feeling she’d become a shut-in NEET.
A: I can see her now, basking in the pleasure of holding a 2chan thread in the palm of her hand.

Q: Echidna’s book collection was all burned up; what did she think about that?
A: She had a good laugh over it.

Q: It seems that Echidna would be able to make something like a zombie virus and turn all the world into a zombie panic, but could she do that?
A: She’s not really a researcher, and so in a world without Umbrella Corporation, it’s probably impossible.

Q: Echidna created three different artificial spirits; was that something other than curiosity?
A: It was.

Q: Capella was saying “Flies, flies!”, but among the cast not currently there, we have Roswaal who is completely smitten with Echidna, and Clind who has taken love of the loli spirit to it’s greatest extent; I’m sure these two will make it work out somehow……!! …...However, I sort of think that Echidna wouldn’t just quietly let herself be turned into a fly, and I sort of think she might actually enjoy trying out the experience of being a fly.
A: It’s true Echidna would like to try out being a fly, but she has properly considered the risk of that witch not returning her to normal afterwards, so I’m sure she wouldn’t make any rash decisions. I pretty sure she wouldn’t. Well, you should probably be ready, just in case!

Q: Is Dona tea yellow?
A: It’s a little yellow…… what are you trying to make me say, it’s not yellow. This isn’t Aba tea. It’s body fluid! (Note: Aba tea is a Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure reference)

Q: If you were to boil Echidna’s hair or something from the body resting in the tomb, would that be Dona tea?
A: What do you think you’re doing to a dead body? Stop it at once.

Q: If he hadn’t drunk the Dona tea, would the witch gene of Sloth driven Subaru mad, or something like that?
A: Not really, he just felt a bit strange. Sort of like constipation.

Q: Now that you mention it, why was it that the people in Sanctuary couldn’t lie?
A: They were raised well. That’s a lie. It’s related to the barrier around “Sanctuary”, a contract that Echidna formed without the residents’ permission. Incidentally, Emilia has a similar contract with Puck, where Emilia agreed to “Never lie about her identity to others”. That’s why, even though she knows she’ll be given a poor reception, she always reveals that she’s a half-elf.
(Author’s note: Afterwards, “Never lie about her identity to others” changed to “Never lie about being a half-elf to others”.)

Q: It looks like Echidna didn’t recognize Reinhard, but was she just pretending, or did she really not know him?
A: She seems like she really wouldn’t want to know about him that much. Of course, she’s a monster of curiosity so she would want to know. After she’d learned, she’d probably dislike him and say “My, my. Thirst for knowledge really is a sin.”, dripping in sentimentality.

Q: What would Roswaal’s response be if Echidna asked “Why does love diminish?”
A: Don’t you think he’d go crazy?

Q: How is the compatibility between Roswaal, who swore unchanging love to Echidna, and Carmilla?
A: Roswaal would hate being forced to love Camilla despite having no interest in her, and Carmilla would dislike Roswaal for not loving her, so it pretty much couldn’t be worse.

Q: Echidna being invited to the Witch’s tea party would probably make her a target of jealousy; this seems shady.
A: Actually, when the “Witch” was running rampant over 400 years ago, Echidna’s knowledge was highly sought-after. Whether she responded to that is another matter.

### •Minerva Witch of Wrath

Q: I’ve fallen into the sickness of love with Minerva-chan. If she hits me, will this too be cured?
A: If being hit hard enough to change the terrain doesn’t change that feeling, she’ll run away, red-faced.

Q: Among the witches, who’s the easiest to fool?
A: Minerva-tan.

Q: Please tell me who’s the easiest person to fool in the story. I’ll propose to them even if it’s the last thing I ever do.
A: Minerva-tan.

Q: I’m always watching over Minerva-tan from the shadows, but I’m worried that she’s so kind that she’s always been deceived by bad men, and being trapped by weird guys. How can I get rid of this worry?
A: Please be at ease. It’s far too late for you to worry. She’s pretty much always being deceived.

Q: In the past, Minerva was trapped by the elves, but what on earth were they thinking?
A: The elves were collateral damage in an effort to make Minerva-tan fall into a trap. The elves were sent as a suicide squad, and in order to save them, Minerva-tan ran, fell under the influence of the time authorities, Witch Time.

Q: What’s Witch Time!?
A: Being Pakkuncho’ed by the Witch of Envy. (Note: Not sure what pakkuncho is, aside from a cookie brand)

Q: How dangerous was Minerva-tan considered in her life? Because she could harm no one directly, it would have been easier to send a raid group on her, or they gave up fearing indirect damage?
A: Many nations tried but almost no one could follow Minerva-tan when she started to run. She has physical power of shaking ground with her punch.

Q: Cure-anything Minerva-chan versus Old Man Wil’s unclosable wound; who is the winner in this prize fight?
A: It’s Minerva-tan’s victory.

Q:Protection of the Shinigami vs Minerva
A:Protection of the Shinigami<Minerva

Q: Can Minerva-tan kill a person (living thing)?
A: Just like it says, she can’t even hurt a fly. It’s at the level where a bug she stepped on would say “Thank you very much!”.

Q: Minerva-tan has tough time on insects, doesn't she?
A: Yes. Camping outside with mosquitoes flying around was a matter of life and death for Minerva-tan.

Q: Minerva-tan heals injuries when she strikes you, but if she cut you with a knife, would that also heal you? Or would you be injured normally and die?
A: You’d be healed.

Q: Could Minerva-tan kill a person if she used a weapon?
A: If it’s an attack launched by Minerva-tan’s body, it’s impossible. You’d recover even if she shot you with a gun, and a bow and arrow or thrown weapon would be the same. However, something like falling into a pit that she dug and dying would be possible. She wouldn’t dig one, though.

Q: Previously, you said that Minerva-tan couldn’t injure someone even if she used a weapon, but is the healing effect activated by her will? Or is it automatic, and always in effect?
A: It’s automatic.

Q: If Minerva-chan encountered someone who immediately killed themselves whenever she healed them, what would she do?
A: She’d tied them up and gag them so they couldn’t kill themselves, and then head on to the next one.

Q: What would Minerva-tan do if she found someone who was about to starve to death? Would punching them only cure the malnutrition? Or would she say “Eat the flesh of my arm” and turn into a gory Anpanman? (Note: Anpanman is a children’s cartoon character. His head is bean jam bun for a head that he lets hungry people eat.)
A: Minerva-tan would probably immediately turn away from someone she couldn’t help. She doesn’t have time to waste, after all.

Q: If Minerva had in front of her an aged person who was senile and on the verge of death, what might she do?
A: She doesn’t have any free time to spend with people who aren’t in any pain or suffering. There’s no end to the people throughout the world who are mourning their pain or suffering that they can’t do anything about.

Q: Would Minerva’s authority work on a curse? In other words, would she heal someone on the verge of death from a curse and remove the curse at the same time, or would she be unable to cure the curse, and simply continue to heal the victim again as the curse continued to kill them?
A: It wouldn’t work. Minerva can only heal wounds; diseases are a different matter. Also, Minerva won’t stop to worry about the life or death of someone with no injuries. She knows that there are a lot of people she needs to hit.

Q: You’ve said that Minerva-chan can’t heal diseases or curses, but if she found someone who had been cursed that they would develop wounds all over their body and die, does that mean she would abandon them since she’d be unable to help?
A: Yes. She’d abandon them while super-crying. Coming up with a situation like that, you’re a real demon.

Q: Does Minerva-tan’s healing work on Capella’s transformations? They’re not injuries, so maybe not. If it’s a spoiler, please don’t answer.
A: It wouldn’t work, and I don’t think Minerva-tan would be trying to heal them.

Q: It’s surprising that Daphne, who tried to reduce humankind’s numbers, and Minerva, who tries to heal people, get along so well.
A: As long as they both accept that “That’s just the way it is.”, they get along better than you’d expect. It’s not like they dislike each other’s personality. On top of that, Minerva doesn’t try to accompany the ‘dead’. (Note: Not really sure on ‘accompany’ here.)

Q: Daphne-chan seems to be anorexic, but couldn’t Minerva alleviate it’s symptoms? Or are mental problems impossible for her?
A: It’s impossible. Personality and disposition are outside Minerva’s juristiction.

Q: If Minerva and Daphne were in the same place, I get the feeling there would be an infinite loop where Daphne eats → Minerva heals, but has something like that not happened?
A: It did happen, and they were angry.

Q: If Minerva-chan met another witch, I think there would be a loop where someone takes damage and then gets restored to health; with who and about how often did that happen?
A: Nah, I don’t think that would happen, why do you think that? The witches aren’t really aimlessly hurting people, you know? They just eating because they’re hungry, twisting someone’s arm because they look like a bad person, and when they go walking, nearby people’s hearts just happen to stop.

Q: What would happen if Minerva-tan faces Great Rabbit? With so many injured rabbits in her sight, does she try to heal them all? or just give it up?
A: It is the reason why Witches were so desperate not to let Minerva-tan see the Great Rabbit.

Q: Would the number of people with fatal injuries perhaps be lower when Minerva isn’t around?
A: That is possible. However, Minerva doesn’t care about that.

Q: Is Minerva-tan pulling mana from Od Laguna and playing Bokosuka? (Note: Bokosuka seems to be a reference to the video game Bokosuka Wars.)
A: That’s right. Even Od Laguna can only make a puzzled face over this.

Q: If Minerva-tan was transported to a world where beasts like the Great Rabbit didn’t exist, what might she do?
A: She’d be sad, and cry.

### •Sekhmet Witch of Sloth

Q: Father-in-law! Please let  Sekhmet be my bride!
A: Her breathing is troublesome, and she has dependent children, but if, despite that, you intend to take care of her all her life, she’d be an unusually good wife.

Q: In Sekhmet-sama’s old life, how did she pass the days? I can’t imagine her making food...
A: There is a very tiny chance she became a witch because she wouldn’t die even if she did nothing at all. In the tub, she let Typhon wash her.

Q: You’ve said that the witches are walking disasters; what kind of disaster was  Sekhmet? It doesn’t seem like she’d do anything by herself.
A: She’d go to stop Typhon’s rampage, and cause the damage to spread.

Q: I was wondering if  Sekhmet would get an inflamed bladder from waiting too long to go to the bathroom; how many hours a day would  Sekhmet spend doing nothing?
A: When she needs to go to the bathroom,  Sekhmet uses the authority of the “Witch of Sloth”, indeed… If she hasn’t got anything to do, she’ll do nothing all day. She’s not sleeping. She’s doing nothing while being awake.

Q: If you were to give a short description of a diligent  Sekhmet, what sort of person is she?
A: I can’t see the meaning in answering a question about something like a demure Asuka, a carefree, cheerful Rei, or an insidious, shut-in Mari. (Note: Asuka, Rei, and Mari may be references to the Evangelion characters.)

Q: If  Sekhmet didn’t have the Authority of Sloth, would she mess herself constantly?
A: That’s right. But, if she didn’t have the Authority of Sloth, I don’t think she’d have become so lazy. Sloth’s Authority is a little too convenient for  Sekhmet.

Q: Does  Sekhmet happen to be married? Or rather, please give her to me, Mouse-dad.
A: She’s unmarried. She smells worse than you can imagine.

### •Carmilla Witch of Lust

Q: Is  Carmilla a bitch?
A: She’s a virgin.

Q: If Carmilla played a dating sim, would she really get into it?
A: She’s lost interest in being loved, so I think she’d actually hate it.

Q: Carmilla is a popular girl (rolls eyes) who hates being too popular, and hates being disliked, but what kind of person is her type?
A: Someone like Daphne who doesn’t care at all about other people is really her type. If only Daphne was a guy.

Q: Carmilla’s deadly sin is lust; did she not get angry about damage to her reputation because of that? Together with the ability to charm those who look at her, it seems like she’d be called a demon of desire.
A: People who see her generally die, so there’s not much chance for rumors to spread, wouldn’t you say?

Q: Does Carmilla-tan have any fighting ability?
A: Carmilla-tan doesn’t have any. Her personal guards do.

Q: It’s said that your heart stops if you meet Carmilla; is her personal guard made up of tough men whose hearts didn’t stop?
A: That’s right. The guard is entirely made up of tough guys whose hearts didn’t stop.

Q: If Wrath met Carmilla, what would she think? Carmilla’s authority is to (forcibly) make people love her, but would that be compatible with his principles? Or is it more like he finds all the witches detestable, aside from Jealousy? (note: ‘he’ is taken as-is from the question, but I think it’s referring to Sirius.)
A: Wrath actually doesn’t know any of the sin witches, aside from “The Witch of Jealousy”. You could say her compatibility with Carmilla is the worst possible. Her heart would be stolen at the first glance, she’d forget to breathe or move her heart, and if it went poorly, there’s a high chance she’d take everyone nearby with her.

### •Typhon Witch of Pride

Q: Typhon seems to think that Subaru thinks of himself as a sinner; why is that?
A: She was told that even though he’s not needed, and no one is all that worried about him, he can’t make up his mind, and thinks “It’s my fault. If I don’t do my best, it’ll be terrible for everyone.”, to put it politely.

Q: Typhon’s authority shattered Minerva’s right arm when she physically hit her; would (non-physical) actions with evil intent be judged as ‘evil’ and turn out the same way? In concrete terms, if there was a grey cat who wrote a story with interesting developments and fascinating characters, who joyfully took the especially popular blue-haired rising heroine off the stage, and went on to drop the readers to rock-bottom with that super-happy story, what punishment might be inflicted?
A: Since it wasn’t done with evil intent, it would end with the wonderful result of no one being hurt.

Q: Can Typhon’s authority punish lolicons as well?
A: If it’s generally viewed as a sin in that world. Or, if the lolicon himself thought of his lolicon as a sin, it’s possible.

### •Satella Witch of Envy

Q: Out of all the witches, only Satella has a name that I don’t understand the meaning of; what’s the origin of her name?
A: Final arc.

Q: The girl with the deepest love is Satella. Is that the final answer?
A: Well, pretty much, yes.

Q: During arc 5’s Return By Death, why didn’t Satella (?) appear? If it’s a spoiler, please leave it as No Comment.
A: Her stance changed during arc 4, and it’s not like she’s showed up every time previously that he died.

Q: Satella hasn’t shown up lately, and I’m lonely.
A: It’s because Subaru has stopped speaking carelessly, you see.

Q: Who are the five most well-known people in the Kingdom of Lugunica? Satella is already in the Hall of Fame.
A: It’s probably the five royal candidates. Reinhard would probably place well, too.

### •Pandora Witch of Vainglory

Q: As the Bishop of Vainglory, Pandora’s authority rewrites events as she wishes, so I suppose that she makes it as though any attack on her never happened, but I think she must have been hit by the attack, so I think even she would feel pain at the moment the attack lands, but does she actually feel pain? Also, I think that the area that Pandora’s authority can’t extend into is related to the Witch of Jealousy, but what other phenomenon might her authority not be able to extend into? Sorry it was long, but I humbly request a response.
A: Even if it’s humbly requested, it’s too much of a spoiler, so there’s no way I can respond.

Q: Since Pandora hasn’t appeared in the real world, could it be that Subaru himself is Pandora after she used the authority of Vainglory to obtain Return by Death, and survived the other world?!
A: It could be, but it isn’t.

Q: Will there be a “Pay Pandora back double!” sort of moment?
A: Enemies exist to all be defeated, right?

### •Daphne Witch of Gluttony

Q: What’s Daphne’s favorite food out of everything that she’s eaten?
A: Parents (not what you think it means).

Q: What should I do to get Daphne-chan to fall for me? A human sacrifice, I guess? Or should I upgrade my body to be more delicious or something?
A: She likes people who will sit down and enjoy a meal with her. I said that while gnawing at my desk.

Q: Father-in-law! Please give me Daphne-chan to wife! (said while stuffing a folding chair into my mouth)
A: Daphne’s parents are in Daphne’s belly, so head there to ask for permission.

Q: Does Daphne-chan care more about the quantity or quality (deliciousness) of what she eats? Seeing that she created mabeasts that probably wouldn’t taste good, the Great Rabbit that can multiply infinitely, and the massive White Whale, perhaps she’s more concerned about quantity?
A: Flavor is important too, but basically it’s quantity. The feeling of a full belly is what Daphne lives for. But, she has anorexia, so she also immediately vomits up what she’s eaten.

Q: Daphne-tan ate up the table right along with the candy, but frankly, could she survive by eating rocks or dirt? Or do living things need to eat living things, after all?
A: If she doesn’t get a good balance of the six major nutrients, of course even Daphne-chan’s chest won’t get bigger.

Q: Could Daphne-chan eat surströmming? Or is the smell just too much?
A: She’d eat it just fine, and the can too.

Q: If Daphne-chan saw children being picky eaters, how would she feel? Also, if she were to give them advice, what kind of advice would it be?
A: She’d eat their leftovers, and eat the children too.

Q: If Daphne was eating taiyaki, what part would she eat first? Also, if she was eating Subaru-kun, what part would she eat first?
A: Arms and legs first, either way. Or maybe she’d start with the tail on the taiyaki.

Q: Is there anything that tastes so bad that even Daphne wouldn’t eat it?
A: Boiled or fried, she couldn’t eat Zaboela (note: may be a reference to a Dragon Quest character.)

Q: Daphne-chan is so motionless that she doesn’t even try to get out of her walking coffin, but does that mean the coffin is taking care of all her body waste and so forth?
A: Yes.

Q: What is it that the walking coffin eats? Daphne-chan’s waste matter? Actually, it appeared in Echidna’s dream castle; it’s hard to believe, but does the fact that it was there mean it has a soul?
A: It’s like an extension of Daphne-chan’s arms and legs, so it doesn’t have a soul. Calling it a living thing is a little off. It’s different from the White Whale and the rest.

Q: How comfortable is the walking coffin to sleep in?
A: It shakes when it walks, the bottom is hard, the ventilation is terrible; as a bed, you can only call it a failure.

Q: At the times when Daphne-chan is producing mabeasts, how does she create them? Do they appear from nothing, detach themselves from her body, does she give birth, or something else?
A: They emerge from her “third mouth”.

Q: How does Daphne-chan give birth to mabeasts?
A: They pop out of her third mouth.

Q: You’ve said that Daphne give birth to mabeasts from her third mouth, but does that mean she has a second mouth as well? Also, does Daphne have different colors in her left and right eyes?
A: Well yeah, she has a third, so as a matter of ordering, she has a second. Her eyes are the same color.

Q: It seems that if Daphne-chan was surrounded by Great Rabbits, she could eat automatically the rest of her life, but does that mean that the Great Rabbits would run away from Daphne?
A: Daphne-chan was already dead by the time that the Three Great Mabeasts really began to be active.

Q: Since she has no self-control, does that mean that Daphne has been turning into a walking disaster for 400 years?
A: The witches are more or less all walking disasters. Only Minerva-tan is a running disaster.

Q: Daphne-chan versus the Natsuki family in a mayonnaise drinking contest: who wins?
A: To think that there was a fight that the Natsuki family could win; not even the author saw that one coming…...

### •General Questions about the Witches

Q: Putting together the seven witches and Pandora-chan, please put the eight of them them in order by height.
A: Sekhmet > Satella > Echidna > Carmilla > Minerva > Daphne > Pandora > Typhon, I guess.

Q: Please tell me the Image Color for each of the witches. For example, Emilia is white and purple, that sort of thing.
A: Sekhmet: black, gray. Typhon: green, blue. Minerva: blue, white. Daphne: purple, black. Carmilla: red, pink. Echidna: white, black. Pandora: gold, white. Hector: gold, brown.

Q: Around how old do the witches look?
A: Sekhmet: mid-twenties, Carmilla, Minerva, Echidna: late teens, Daphne: middle-schooler, Typhon: early grade-schooler.

Q: If the graveyard’s trials had a karaoke then how would Ekidna abuse Emilia?
A: But Ekidna is also tone-deaf

Q: If the witches did karaoke, what would their ranking order be? Echidna would probably be last place?
A: Something like Daphne > Sekhmet > Carmilla > Typhon > Echidna > Minerva. Minerva-tan seems like she’s not very skilled at a lot of things. Unexpectedly, Daphne has a beautiful voice. If she was a normal girl, she’d probably like karaoke.

Q: What if all witches were to fight, excluding Envy?
A: Sekhmet will kill all others under a minute.

Q: Aside from Echidna, the witches seem to view the Witch of Envy and Satella as separate personalities; aside from Satella, how much influence has the witch gene had on the witches’ personalities?
A: It’s mostly had no effect. They’re compatible, after all.

Q: The witches all have rich characters, but when they were young, were they the kind of cute girls who said “I’m going to marry daddy!”? If so, why did they grow up into such bad girls!?
A: Because they became witches.

Q: The witches have bizarre values and abilities, but do the normal human needs and bodily functions still remain?
A: Even the witches will die if they don’t eat, and die if they don’t sleep, although perhaps they don’t feel much sexual desire. Actually, the author dislikes depicting sexual desire, so all of the characters in the story will lack it, for the most part. Please think of the characters as having a need to eat, a need to sleep, and something else in place of sexual desire making up the basis of their essence. Minerva-tan pees, too.

Q: The witches are all so cute it hurts. With the way the story is going, they probably won’t show up again in arc 4, but around what arc might they show up next? If it’s not too much trouble, please let me know.
A: Final arc.

Q: The Jealous Witch is said to be a silver-haired half-elf, but are the other witches all human?
A: Not all of them.

Q: The Jealous Witch is known to be a silver-haired half-elf; are there also legends about the races of the other witches? If it’s not too much trouble, could you tell us what they were?
A: They’re not passed down. In fact, in that world, when people say “witch”, it means “The Jealous Witch”, so in general, the fact that six other witches existed isn’t handed down from one generation to the next, and their names aren’t known.

Q: How does the witch cult treat witches besides Satella?
A: It’s mostly a “There’s ‘Witches’ besides Satella?” sort of situation. The ones who do know don’t really talk about it.

Q: Did witches exist before the historical witches?
A: They did, and that’s all I’m going to say.

Q: Can witches bear children? Do they have any descendants?
A: They can have children normally. It’s not that they don’t exist, but there were ‘witches’ before those seven.

Q: Ignoring their bad influence for the moment, how much of a contribution have the seven witches made to the world?
A: People who were punched and healed by Minerva-tan were certainly grateful. Even if there’s a catastrophe on the other side of the world, you won’t forget that someone saved you from certain death. Echidna, too, helped more than you might expect with the world’s cultural progress, in ways I can’t discuss due to spoilers. Typhon was well known for bringing a quick death to criminals that were difficult to kill. The rest of the witches weren’t that useful...

Q: The Witch of Greed was said to be the one who made contracts most often; did the other witches also make contracts? I can’t imagine what kind of contracts the Witches of Gluttony and Pride would make.
A: Yes, they did that sort of thing. Carmilla has an intense hatred of people, so it was difficult, but the other witches aren’t so bad that they can’t communicate.

Q: Is Donadona the most talkative of the witches?
A: The rest of the witches aren’t the type who like to chat, so inevitably, that means that Echidna seems to just keep on talking.

Q: What kind of fashions did the witches like when they were alive? I’d like to ask about their seasonal wear.
A: Seasonal wear!? Isn’t that asking too much!? I haven’t even thought about their clothing styles, so asking about season wear is just going too far! Sekhmet always wears a sort of black robe thing. Daphne wears a white straightjacket. Echidna wears a funeral dress. Typhon is an active girl. Carmilla is dressed like a village girl… Ahh, something like this, anyways. That’s the image I have of them, currently.

Q: If we pretend that the witches had boyfriends, what would happen if their boyfriends cheated on them?
A: They’d pretty much all die. Only in Minerva-tan’s case, she’d punch him hard enough to kill him, but it wouldn’t cause any damage, so she’d really punch him enough to really mess him up and then run away crying, I think.

Q: When trying to capture the six witches besides Satella, which one would be the most difficult to capture? Please let us know, both in terms of abilities, and personality.
A: If, by abilities, you mean combat, you’re likely to die just from approaching both Typhon and Carmilla, so in terms of abilities, their difficulty would be high. In terms of personality, I think the hateful Carmilla that everyone adores would be the most difficult woman to capture. You’d fall for her right away.

Q: Sensei, out of the witches, which is your favorite? Mine is Sekhmet.
A: Recently, I’ve thought that Daphne and Typhon are cute. (June 11, 2014 arc4)

Q: Assuming that Subaru will somehow eventually meet a witch besides Echidna, would that witch remember the tea party?
A: It depends on how they meet.

### •General Questions about the Archbishops

Q: Who is the strongest of the Archbishops
A: The strengths cannot be simply disputed due to too many entwining techniques, however if it was an unconditional fight then Greed

Q: Comparing just physical strength with no authorities, who is the strongest out of the archbishops?
A: Sirius is the only answer.

Q: You’ve said that the archbishops are mostly scum, but what were you thinking about when you thought them up?
A: Just from saying Deadly Sin, you know they’re a bad bunch, I’d think. So, their personalities and such are divided up seven ways and easily-understood, right? So, when you add in the thing called ‘Love’, what kind of warped bunch do you end up with? -> Everything’s rotting nicely!

Q: It’s nice that the archbishops are all scum, isn’t it? A lot of recent villains have had sad pasts and such, and don’t seem like villains, you know? I’m looking forward seeing how scummy Regulus is.
A: Thank you very much. My aim with them was to create scum with no meaning, who felt impossibly awful. I’m looking for the feeling where understanding a little of what they’re saying only makes it worse. They’re all scum.

Q: Thank you for the daily updates. It’s very entertaining to have allies and enemies who all have rich characters and are lively. Sirius is scary, and gross. Those archbishops are currently killing Subaru with impressive regularity, but did you know that the deadly sins can be ordered from least to most severe?
A: I know, but the archbishops in my story aren’t particularly reflecting that order. Mixing up the stars and deadly sins, I’ve got my hands full coming up with abilities and personalities. Also, I’ve decided for myself that jealousy is the most dangerous, so the archbishops’ dangerousness is in the order of the author’s ordering for the sins’ severity.

Q: ‘The archbishops are named for stars back where I grew up’ + ‘The origin of my name is a star back where I grew up’ = What did the other members of the City Hall Capture team think when they heard that?
A: They thought ‘He must be suffering from a lack of oxygen’. Seriously, though, I think they thought ‘He might know something about the mysteries of the witch cult, we’ll ask him later about where he grew up.’.

Q: Out of the archbishops, which one is the most difficult to communicate with?
A: That’s like being thrown into the middle of a pride of lions, who know the taste of blood and are hungry, and saying ‘Well! Which one looks like they’ll want to talk!?’.

Q: Witch genes are depicted as being something you know how to use right from the start, but were the archbishops’ abilities from their authorities all about that strong from the beginning, with no room for growth? Setting aside a certain greed, using your own skill to ascend your abilities towards another dimension… “The Super Petegeuse who has exceeded Super Petelguese” and going even further to another Super Petelgeuse. Super Petelgeuse 3, that sort of development…? (note: referencing super saiyan levels from Dragon Ball)
A: I don’t know if there’s room for growth, but they have no will to grow. Someone who’s that forward-thinking wouldn’t become an archbishop.

Q: If there was someone with a personality that would make even an archbishop do a double-take, what kind of person would that be?
A: The archbishops all look at each other and think “Wow, there’s scum here.”.

Q: > The archbishops all look at each other and think “Wow, there’s scum here.” Sirius even thinks that of Petelgeuse?
A: Do I have to answer this? Questions like this make me not want to answer.

Q: The archbishops are called filthy filth, but they all come in openly and introduce themselves. Aren’t they actually unusually forthright? Perhaps they’re the type that are unusually good at keeping promises?
A: Oh, they’ll keep promises. When they meet someone, they’ll greet them and give their names. That’s always been the way of filth. They’ll keep a promise, and if they don’t feel like keeping it, they wouldn’t make it in the first place. They just do what they’ve done. If what they want to do is a sneaky action, they’ll be sneaky, and if what they want to do can only be done by being open, they’ll be open. They’re scum.

Q: If even the archbishops will keep their promises, what kind of super-jerk was Subaru-kun seen as at the start of Arc 3?
A: The reaction of the people around him is the answer.

Q: Even if the opponent was an archbishop, would someone be looked down on by everyone for attacking while they were introducing themselves?
A: The one who was attacked would likely be upset, but I don’t think anyone else would mention it. They’re not all so inflexible that they feel that a knight’s courtesy has to be extended that far.

Q: You were saying that the archbishops are fully-developed scum, but are the low-ranked members of the witch cult also fully-developed scum?
A: They’re reserves with good scum potential. Not that different from a lot of people.

Q: How old are the archbishops?
A: Spoilers.

Q: Do the Batenkaitos-kun archbishops eat normally?
A: Since they get hungry, yes. They even eat between meals.

Q: What do the archbishops do in their free time?
A: Sloth is continually busy. Greed is playing harem. Gluttony does wine tasting. Lust is xxxxxx. Wrath is busy putting up pictures of Sloth in her room.

Q: If the archbishops came to modern Japan without their authorities, what kind of criminals would they become?
A: Sloth: a stalker. Wrath: stalker of a stalker. Greed: problem child. Lust: would make someone angry and get stabbed. Gluttony: shoplifter. They can do what they like because of their abilities; without those, they’re just scum.

Q: If we pretend that the archbishops’ gospels were switched around, would they start killing each other to get their own gospel back?
A: Nah, I think they’d just go ask for them back, like normal.

Q: What actions would an archbishop take if their gospel was burned?
A: They’d kneel and wait for the next book to arrive.

Q: If their gospel ordered them to kill themselves, would the archbishops follow that order? I don’t think they actually would, but I’m curious how obedient they are to their gospel.
A: They wouldn’t obey. The archbishops’ stance as they follow their gospel and participate in the witch cult should be mostly clear after arc 5.

Q: How often do archbishops get replaced over time? Petelgeuse seems to have been serving a long time, Regulus and Sirius seem to have been there since at least a hundred years ago… Have the rest of them also been alive for over a century? Really, the average age is pretty high in this old folks club.
A: They’re replaced if they die. Sometimes positions are left empty for a while as well; Gluttony’s seat was vacant for a long time, for example. Petelgeuse has been there pretty much from the start, so the rest have changed frequently while they’ve been bothering the world. Some have died of old age, but Petelgeuse, Regulus, and Sirius are special. Their long lives are related to their authorities.

Q: Is the witch cult formally organized? Along those lines, I kind of doubt if it’s an established religion.
A: It’s not an established religion. It’s doctrine is following the gospels, but what’s written in the gospels depends on the gospel. About it’s organization, I’ll avoid a spoiler here.

### •Questions about the relationship between the Witches and Bishops

Q: So, who is planned to be Re: Zero’s top five most dangerous people?
A: Pick five from the archbishops and witches. You’ll be about right.

Q: In a fight between those who have the witch gene, fights like Sloth vs Sloth, or Gluttony vs Gluttony, could an archbishop defeat a witch (Echidna, etc.)? If so, please tell me which ones could.
A: It would depend on the circumstances and such, but for Wrath and Greed, I think the archbishop would probably win.

Q: If the witches and archbishops were to fight which side would win?
A: Under the condition of it being the same archbishops, for Greed it will be a complete victory for Regulus. For Wrath it will be a complete victory for Sirius. For Sloth it will be a complete victory for Sekhmet. For Lust it will be a narrow victory for Carmilla. Because Gluttony is a difficult one it will be an equal match.

Q: Aren’t the archbishops obviously stronger than the witches……
A: There’s a matter of affinity but, before considering if it’s between two fellows of the same archbishops, I would say that it feels like a 50-50 chance of winning or losing. If it were an all-out war……due to the status of the strongest being dependent upon the method of fighting I would become unable to figure out which side would win, however Regulus has a high chance of being the sole winner.

Q: For each of the deadly sins, if the bishop and witch were to meet, what sort of reaction do you think they would have to each other?
A: For “Greed”, Regulus would get angry that Echidna talks so much. For “Gluttony”, Daphne would get angry about their different stances on food. For “Lust”, they hate each other’s personalities and try to kill each other. For “Sloth”, Petelgeuse hates all witches other than Satella, so he’d get minced by Sekhmet. For “Wrath”, once Minerva-tan realized that punching Sirius heals everyone nearby, she’d embark on a journey around the world, punching Sirius all the way and healing everyone.

Q: Current Deadly Sins versus the Previous Deadly Sins in an all-out battle without regard for the world; how many planets are blown away?
A: This isn’t Dragon Ball, so it’s not the kind of thing that destroys planets. :) Even Sekhmet and Regulus aren’t at the level where they could bring down the moon.

Q: The archbishops seem to be even worse scum than the witches from 400 years ago, but comparing the scale of the damage they’ve done, are the witches or archbishops worse?
A: It’s not even a contest. The witches.

### •Questions about the Witch Gene and Authorities

Q: Do the witch genes have six varieties to match the deadly sins (excluding Envy)?
A: No comment.

Q: Can you only take in a single witch gene? If you can have multiples, in the situation of “Subaru x all the witch genes = ?”, what does ? become?
A: If you take in all the witch genes of Sloth, Wrath, Gluttony, Lust, Greed, Pride, and Envy, Subaru Natsuki becomes an entity containing all desires; in other words, he becomes “Human”!! It boils down to a result like a person eating the person-person fruit. (note: person-person fruit is a One Piece reference.)

Q: When you take in a witch gene, can you use an authority?
A: That’s right. If you’re compatible, until you get taken over.

Q: What on earth was the box containing Geuse’s gene of Sloth made of?
A: The sage’s bones.

Q: Is the ability to smell the witch gene’s scent something that shows up in one person out of many, or that sort of thing?
A: It’s not like that.

Q: What is the strongest authority or blessing among those appeared so far? It does seem that affinity would matter, too.
A: If it's purely for combat, Regulus's authority (January 20, 2015 arc5)

Q: Is the witch gene of “Sloth” related to the visibility of the “Unseen Hand”?
A: It’s not.

Q: When Subaru went crazy (?) in Arc 3, could he see Petelgeuse’s Unseen Hands?
A: He couldn’t see them.

Q: ‘Invisible Providence’ is not only so long that it’s hard to say, but frankly, it’s uncool. The most important thing for a special move is the sound of it’s name, I’d say.
A: The important thing for a special move is to be uncool, you know!!

Q: In shonen manga, there’s special moves like ‘Fang Rush’ or ‘Avanstrache’ that you can’t help but want to imitate, but does Old Man Wil have any special moves like that? ‘Six-fold Spinning Sword Dance’ or ‘Bloodyscrade’ or such. (Note: ‘Fang Rush’ and ‘Six-fold Spinning Sword Dance’ are from Ruroni Kenshin, and ‘Avanstrache’ and ‘Bloodyscrade’ are from Dragon Quest, and I probably butchered their names.)
A: You’ll have to make do with Subaru’s Invisible Providence. If you want to imitate that, first, get the “Jealous Witch” to take an interest in you. Then, kill the archbishop of Sloth. Drink Dona tea. Hang in there. That’s all there is to it.

Q: Does Subaru use Invisible Providence to flip up Beako’s skirt and things like that?
A: Betting everything on one instant, even while feeling like your soul is being scraped away, is manly, but I get the feeling that it’s only manly..

## Ranking

### •Questions about Fighting Strength

Q: Among the characters that have appeared until now, what would the five people with high battle strength look like when they are lined up in sequence?
A: Reinhard, Ram(with horn), Regulus, Sekhmet, and Puck in his True form.
Even though they are like dangos under Reinhard but these guys are capable of bringing down the white whale by themselves. (June 02, 2014 arc 4)

Q: Is the Witch of Envy’s fighting strength not all that great? Since she’s not in the Top 5 list.
A: Characters not appeared yet aren't included in that list(Including Reid).

Q: Who are the best five weak characters?
A:Subaru, Petra, Anastasia, Lewes(Real one), Ferris (June 02, 2014 arc4)

Q: Approximately how strong is the first generation Sword Saint Reid? (Based mainly on Reinhard)
A: Yesterday, I gave the power rankings of the (top) five people among the current characters, however with the exception of Reinhard he can behead all of them. (June 03, 2014 arc 4)

Q: Who’s strongest when they completely lose it? (excluding Reinhard)
A: Even with that weird condition, it’s one of the top four besides Reinhard.

Q: You used the example of Ram at the height of her strength being stronger than anyone and weaker than anyone, so speaking simply in terms of fighting power, around where does she stand amongst the Re: Zero characters?
A: She’s below Reinhard. Having said that, since she’s lost her horn, it’s just idle speculation.

Q: Puck fighting seriously and the White Whale fighting seriously: which is stronger?
A: Puck

Q: In this world’s strongest class, with the witches and master swordsman, it seems like it’s all people who’ve lost their heads.
A: It’s not just Re: Zero; just about all strong characters in fiction are like that.

Q: Reinhard versus the second through fifth strongest in the world: is victory possible?
A: If we take that as meaning “Can they defeat Reinhard?”, then no.

Q: About how many people would have to work together to defeat Reinhard?
A: The four strongest characters in the story, after Reinhard, couldn’t defeat him working together.

Q: Out of the archbishops and witches, are there any of them that could, with full preparation and fighting him on their favored terrain, have a chance to win, or a chance to fight to a draw, or at least take long enough losing to buy some time?
A: If it’s the witches, Sekhmet might be able to buy some time. If it’s the archbishops, it’s spoilers so I can’t say. (October 09, 2014 arc5)

Q: Fighting Reinhard, who could hold out the longest?
A: The Jealous Witch. Or perhaps Regulus.

Q: In a fight between Satella and Reinhard, of course Reinhard would win right? Also, what’s the difference in strength between the two?
A: Due to a matter of affinity it would be an endless battle. The difference is between Disgaea and Final Fantasy.(note: Reinhard = Disgaea)

Q: Why was Reinhard versus Regulus an even fight?
A: It’s even if you can’t negate his trick. Neither of them can land a decisive blow.

Q: About how strong is Al?
A: He’s not really strong, around the upper middle. He’s not that different from Mimi, etc.

Q: If Subaru and Al fought to the death who would win?
A: Eh……normally wouldn’t it be Al?

Q: Please tell me the five weakest named male characters in Re: Zero. Ah, without Ton, Chin, and Kan.
A: Something like Subaru > Ferris > Otto > Kadomon > Tivey > Hetaro > Al. There’s not really that many weak male characters, is there. (June 12, 2014 arc5)

Q: If Kadomon and Otto had a fistfight, who would win?
A: Kadomon is actually fairly strong for a normal guy.

Q: If Otto and Rigel stood side by side, who would the damage focus on?
A: Are you a genius? It truly is a battle between the strongest spear and the strongest shield...

Q: If Otto and Ton, Chin, and Kan fought, who is the strongest?
A: Around the time of arc 4, it’s probably Otto.

Q: How great is the battle strength of Petra compared to Subaru who is risking it and Reinhard?
A: That’s bothersome. I think it’d be around the difference between an elementary school girl, a senior high school guy, and Godzilla.

Q: How many Petelgeuses would it take to defeat Reinhard?
A: Do you think you could defeat Godzilla with a few Kakashis? (note: Naruto reference?)

Q: About how big is the difference between Reinhard and the next strongest character? Um, Yuichiro Takemiya.
A: It’s the difference between Godzilla and the Turtle Bazooka. (note: Kamen Rider reference)

Q: Reinhard versus modern weapons; how far can Reinhard get??
A: For a prediction of the result, see Godzilla versus modern weapons. There’s even a movie running right now.

Q: If Reinhard fought on, rampaging without regard for the consequences or damage done, how many days would it take to destroy the world?
A: Go ahead and do the calculations for how many days it would take Godzilla to destroy Eurasia.

Q: It appears the dragon is super-amazing, but around how many Reinards worth of fighting strength does it have?
A: About as much as King Ghidorah

### •Questions about Magical Abilities

Q: Ignoring physical abilities, who would you choose as the strongest?
A: What do you mean by ‘ignoring physical abilities’, do you mean magic? If so, it’s Puck.

Q: Comparing those who, unlike Roswaal’s multiple elements, have only a single affinity, who would be the most threatening magic user?
A: It touches on spoilers, so I can’t answer. (note: spoiler is probably Hector)(June 02, 2014 arc4)

Q: Out of the characters that have appeared in Re: Zero so far, please tell me the top five in magic attack strength. Does a serious Emilia-tan make the list?
A: Roswaal > Awakened Emilia > Echidna > Full-power Beatrice > Fortuna; something like that. (October 09, 2014 arc4)

Q: If Puck and Beako had a serious fight, which is stronger? I’m bettting four appas on Puck!!
A: Depending on the conditions, Beako has a chance to win, but basically Puck wins, so I’m taking your appas. They’re my appas now...

Q: Out of the characters that have appeared up to now, who are the top ten in amount of mana they can hold?
A: Emilia, Roswaal, Echidna, Typhon, Carmilla, Daphne, Ferris, Priscilla, and there are lots around Mimi’s level. It gets scary if we put them in order, so let’s not go there.(August 13, 2014 arc4)

Q: Please tell me the difference in healing ability between Minerva-chan, Ferris, Emilia-tan and the rest, using Godzilla in the example.
A: Minerva is Godzilla. Ferris is Mothra. Emilia-tan and Rem are around Yagogeruge’s level. Beako is about the same as a Hippolit alien. (note: Yagogeruge is from the Barom-1 series, and Hippolit aliens are from the Ultraman series.)

Q: Can Ferris’ water magic bring my lost hair roots back to life? In other words, can he cure baldness?
A: He can cure injuries and sickness, but baldness is fated, so he can’t fix it. You’d need to bend the laws of nature.

### •Additional questions

Q: Who is the one with the number one highest IQ among the characters in the ReZero series?
A: Probably Ekidna. Or possibly a character that has yet to appear. (June 02, 2014 arc4)

Q: Who is the number one most fiendish person among the characters in ReZero?
A: Has yet to appear (2014/05; arc4)

Q: Assuming that Emilia-tan has a guaranteed spot in the Re: Zero Top Five Most Bothersome Personalities, who are the other four?
A: Subaru, Roswaal, Ferris, Al. If we’re talking about troublesome people, these would be the first on the list. If only everyone had a nice personality like Mimi.

Q: Ros-chi, Crusch-sama (1), Crusch-sama (2), Priscilla, Felt, Leip Barielle, Heinkel Astrea. What’s the order of the ones with the best popularity with their people?
A: Priscilla, Crusch-sama (1), Roswaal, Felt, Crusch-sama (2), Heinkel, Leip. (note: Crusch-sama (1)’s name used a kanji for the -sama, while (2) used hiragana. I’d guess that (1) is Crusch before the events at the end of arc 3, and (2) is Crusch after.)

Q: What are the names of the top five in this world that have the best eyesight (not perception)?
A: Reinhard>Reid>Tereshia>Shaula>[Gluttony]

Q: Ranking of the Strongest at the Shatranj Board. How do things look for the members of the Roswaal Estate?
A: Roswaal > Otto > Ram > Subaru > Frederica > Petra > Garfiel > Emilia would be it.

Q: Subaru, Otto, Garfiel, Julius, Reinhard, Wilhelm, and Ferris have a round-robin arm-wrestling tournament; who can give Reinhard a good challenge?? Probably Garfiel or Wilhelm??
A: I doubt you could push Reinhard to his limits, but if I put them in order, it might be Reinhard, Garf, Wilhelm, Julius, Subaru, Otto, Ferris. It’s a mystery if they could give him a good challenge, though, even if they did their best.

Q: Do Subaru, Emilia, Rem, Ram, Beako, and Roswaal all have a humanities type of intellect? Or is it intellect in science?
A: Subaru, Rem, Emilia, and Beako have intellect in humanities. Ram and Roswaal have intellect in science.

Q: Please tell me how the girls would react from Subaru petting each of their heads!
A: Emilia: “What’s wrong?” Rem: “More please” Beako: “I-if you want to pet me, I won’t mind it.” Ram: “Such disdainful pride.”

Q: Please tell me who are the top ten people with the highest affection points in regards to Subaru! Also include the male characters!!
A: Emilia, Rem, Petra, Garf, Otto, Reinhard, Wilhelm, Julius, Crusch, and Patrasche all have high points. Since I hate thinking about the ordering I just did it freely.
(note: Thanks to a note on twitter, It was discovered that Beatrice was left off the list.)

Q: Please tell me your top five favorite male characters, in order.
A: I don’t think putting characters you created yourself in order is done very often, you know? They’re not in order, but Subaru, Otto, Wilhelm, Garf, and Julius are easy to write.

Q: What if you made a ranking of the fluffy rating of characters in Re: Zero (including side characters)?
A: Fluffy rating is what, now…? Currently, it’s the trio of Puck, Mimi, and the little white fluffy one that walked by.

Q: Will the little white fluffy beastperson that caused Subaru to get lost around the start of arc 3 appear after this?
A: No, but Mr. Otsuka went ahead and put him in the volume 4 illustrations.

Q: How will Subaru-kun, Emilia-tan, Rem, Beako, and even Elsa and Wilhelm be in fifty years? (Not fifty years after the story, simply thinking about if they aged.)
A: At the very least, Wilhelm is likely to have died peacefully.

Q: With both the White Whale, of course, as well as the subjugation of the evil dragon Vallgren, it seems their ability to fly caused great difficulties. About how many people are there capable of fighting in mid-air? Reinhard, Ros-chi, Capella who can transform herself, and Beatrice who can use space-time magic; that’s about all?
A: Out of the named characters, that’s about all, I guess. Those who have the ability to fly are very scarce. However the world is set up such that there are, at least, creatures called winged dragons, so maybe there are things like dragon riders. They’re really difficult to train, so there would be very few people with this profession. Unlike Lugunica, they’re common in Vollachia. I just decided that.

Q: The three biggest chests in Re: Zero are Priscilla, Minerva, Elsa; is that correct?
A: You could probably go on to the end of the list, right?

Q: Re: Zero’s flat-as-a-board ranking!
A: Beako, Petra, Ram

Q: Please tell me the cup sizes of all the currently released female characters.
A: It’s too much trouble. You don’t need to break it down more than big, normal, small, right?

Q: Black is transparent; are there any black characters in the story? (speaking of underwear)
A: Perhaps Elsa and Daphne are like that (just making it up as I go)

Q: Emilia, Rem, Ram, Priscilla, Anatashisuta, Crusch; please tell me the color of their underwear!!!
A: White, blue, pink, red, who?, black

Q: Out of the Re: Zero characters, which ones have graduated from being a virgin?
A: They’re more or less all virgins.

Q: ‘more or less all virgins’ so Kadomon, Mr. Save Point, is too!?
A: Ask after you’ve looked up ‘more or less’ in a dictionary!! He’s got a daughter, so there’s no way he’s a virgin!! Wilhelm isn’t a virgin, either!!

Q: Is Miklotov a virgin too?
A: I’d like to have more constructive talks with everyone.

Q: Are Ton, Chin, and Kan all virgins?
A: Those guys are probably not virgins, from their atmosphere… but seriously, shut up already, virgin-jerk!!

Q: Is Ferris a virgin? Or is he a virgin? (note: Japanese has separate words for male and female virgins; both were used here)
A: Don’t be mislead by words like “What if”, “If I could”, or “If only”. The one thing you believe in, is the truth you believe!

Q: A person who’s over thirty and still a virgin: that’s not someone with a dream, it’s just someone who’s missed their chance, isn’t it?
A: I’m not really saying anything like that, you know. At the moment, Re: Zero characters over thirty… actually, there is a lot of them, and now that I think about it, there’s a lot of virgins, but it’s not important.

Q: Who’s the character in the story with the strongest sex drive! Please tell me!
A: I dislike that sort of crude content, so please don’t ask questions like this.

Q: Sirius, Regulus and Echidna have all said that Emilia is a whore, but how "talented" is she in reality?
A: Right, red card for crude content, off the field!!

Q: Subaru-kun got a radio message about a reincarnation or something. It looks like it’s going to be a girl’s dating game!
A: Now all the women will be even more noisy!!

Q: Re: Zero isn’t so much a girl’s dating game as a topic intended to capture guys; will there be more male heroines after this?
A: Sorry, as the author, I don’t think I’ve ever created a male heroine. Mr. (note: Mrs.?) Aifuji is that way.
Q: Arc 1 had Ton, Chin, and Kan, arc 2 had the young men in the village, arc 3 had Julius and Wilhelm, and arc 4 had Otto and Garfiel…… It’s an all-you-can-eat buffet, isn’t it.
A: Picking Ton, Chin, and Kan over Reinhard… you’re scary!!

## Worldbuilding

### •The World of Rekingdom

Q: It seems the Lugnica Kingdom is facing towards a large waterfall however, as the chapters move forward will there be a possibility of a beach scene, in other words is there a possibility of swimsuits?
A: Speaking frankly, since the great waterfall cascade is a waterfall the concept of an ‘ocean’ does not exist in that world. Since there are huge lakes and rivers however, the swimsuits have a small chance there

Q: Just how wide is Lugunica? I was thinking it was around Australia’s size, but there is the waterfall, so maybe it’s more like Canada?
A: I haven’t thought about it. It’s called a waterfall, but it’s a diorama world, so the four edges of the world are cliffs. Water goes roaring off there, and that’s called the Great Waterfall. No one knows how far down it falls.

Q: Is the other world a construct, like something Doshin the Giant would make?
A: Ah, Doshin the Giant is nostalgic. It’s not really entirely a construct, but yes, it’s sort of similar to a diorama world.

Q: Is the world of Re: Zero similar to the world of Rance? (note: Rance VN series of Alicesoft)
A: If you mean a flat world with cliffs at the edge, it’s not a globe, but a diagram of the world would certainly look like that. It would be fine to think of it as a flat diorama world.

Q: This world has no oceans, but what do they call the water that should be surrounding the Great Waterfall’s continent? If no one has seen the Great Waterfall and so they don’t know the shape of their world, then I feel like the concept of oceans should fit.
A: Honestly, it’s not like there’s a waterfall way on the far side of a body of water; you run into the Great Waterfall pretty much right at the edge of the world, so the Great Waterfall mostly doesn’t have any bodies of water that you could call a sea or lake. On top of not being able to see where the water falls to, anything that tried to live in it would be swept off the edge quickly. The environment here is too harsh to be something you could call a Mother Ocean.

Q: The cell phone’s battery worked in the Re: Zero world, so on the off chance that someone from Subaru’s world was summoned, and researched electricity, could electrical devices spread throughout that world? Please answer if it’s not too much trouble.
A: The basic physical laws shouldn’t be different, so if Edison were to come along…… If Edison was here, there would be a small chance…… Well, it’s a world that runs on a different, magical approach to supplying energy, so it would be interesting to see how well a machine culture would be able to fight against that, yes.

Q: How does the world in Re: Zero rotate or revolve?
A: It’s the same thing in Ptolemaic theory. (note: literally ‘heaven motion theory’; I think he’s implying the sun and moon move around the world in Re: Zero.)

Q: Does the other world have rain? Drinking water?
A: It falls normally. There are springs, just like you’d expect.

Q: I was wondering after the tartar sauce, but do they have seafood?
A: There are rivers and lakes, but there’s no ocean, so they probably don’t have real seafood. For salt, it seems like there would be something like salt lakes, but things like shrimp are probably not available.

Q: Where does this world harvest salt from?
A: It’s scraped from rocks, and there are also things like salt lakes.

Q: Are there whales?
A: There aren’t any since there are no oceans, but if I say that, then why do they talk about lions when there aren’t any lions, and there’s no end to it, so I think it’s best not to worry about it too much.

Q: The White Whale is recognized as a whale-shaped mabeast; what part of that world do whales inhabit? It was said that the vicinity of the Great Waterfall isn’t wide enough for anything to live there, so are they living in a lake somewhere?
A: I don’t think there are any whales or lions, but I don’t think it’s good to look too deeply into the meaning of an expression, so I think it’s best not to worry about it.

### •Questions about the Kingdom of Lugnica

Q: What country does Re: Zero’s setting resemble?
A: If I had to say, Lugunica feels like Australia, or someplace similar that’s easy to travel through. Gusteko in the north resembles northern Europe, where blowing snow is always falling. Kararagi in the west is like the rainy country around Osaka. Vollachia in the south is maybe similar to Spain.

Q: Besides the capital, what are Lugunica’s cities and towns like?
A: With the capital in the center, there are large cities placed like a six-pointed star, with populations around 200,000 to 300,000 people. Aside from those, small cities are scattered about, and it continues down through towns, villages, and settlements, you see. If you only look at humans, they mostly live in villages, but there are cases where demihumans create settlements in the mountains and woods and live there. Relations are quite bad.

Q: Do the villages and settlements have names?
A: As long as it isn’t a hidden village, you need to be able to give it’s name, so they should have names. Taking Alam village as an example, it’s the name of the traditional village chief’s family. The village chief there is Milde Alam. That’s the young-again grandma who smacked Subaru’s butt. Muraosa is the young-again grandma’s younger brother.

Q: Roughly what size of city is the capital Lugunica?
A: I’ve decided the population is around 300,000.

Q: How frequently do people die in the capital?
A: I’m not quite sure how to answer this question, but in the back alleys, life is fairly cheap.

Q: In the capital Lugunica, how are the royal castle, the guard station, the shopping street, the slums, Kadomon’s store, the capital’s front gate, and Crusch’s estate located relative to each other?
A: Someone who’s good with maps can go ahead and decide on a reasonable shape.

Q: It seems that Priestella’s waters gather in the center, but doesn’t that mean that the flow stops, impurities build up, and it will ferment and start to stink? Do the water dragons act as a purification mechanism?
A: Did I write that they gather in the center? The water in the city is circulated by magic techniques, so it’s not building up at one spot. It’s a strange mechanism where even within one waterway, the water on the left and right is flowing in opposite directions. The City of Scenic Waters wouldn’t let the water get into that sort of state.

Q: Priestella’s waters are gathered in the center of the city, but does sewage gather in the center of the city as well? If so, if the center of the city exploded, wouldn’t sewage rain down all over the city?
A: Well, if a place where sewage is accumulating explodes, filthy water will fly everywhere, regardless if it’s in Priestella or not, I’d guess. Wouldn’t it be the same in the modern world if someone blew up a sewage treatment plant? Why are we talking about sewage treatment?

Q: In Lugunica, it looks to me like the king’s absence hasn’t had much influence on the lives of the people. Is there anything the people would be upset about, sort of a ‘If the king doesn’t make a decision on this, it’ll be bad.’ thing?
A: Frankly, it hasn’t had enough influence to mention, but there’s sort of a sense that ‘If something happens, the dragon won’t come to help.’. Beyond that, there’s a vague feeling that “If we don’t have a king, I’m worried that the dragon might become an enemy.”. This is a world permeated by old tales strongly enough that the story of the witch has people living in fear, four hundred years later.

Q: Around how much of the population in Lugunica is Republican? (note: seems to be referencing the idea of rule by the people, rather than rule by the monarchy.)
A: Honestly, there’s not many. Out of the large countries, Kararagi is close, but the other three are entirely monarchies. Lugunica, in particular, has the treaty with the dragon, so their royal family’s authority (if not their practical ability) is quite strong, and there’s not enough political problems from the nobles to mention, so things are stable. They basically have the worldview that incompetent or evil people won’t rise to the top.

Q: You’ve written that it’s forbidden to move Reinhard near the national borders, but frankly, what sort of military strength does Lugunica have? I get the feeling that the archbishops are free to do whatever they want to the country...
A: Not to worry, the archbishops are free to do whatever they want to the other countries as well. Really, it’s strange that the witch cult is focusing on Lugunica; normally, they do whatever they want all over the place. They do what they want, but it’s not like they’re causing great disturbances every time.

Q: From what Crusch-sama says, Lugunica depends too much on the dragon. What do the other countries think of Lugunica? It seems like they might curse them for borrowing the dragon’s threat.
A: I haven’t depicted the other countries, but they’re mostly the same so they don’t think much of it. Gusteko depends on the Holy King, Vollachia depends on the Emperor, Kararagi wouldn’t be able to do anything without Hoshin’s inheritance, that sort of thing.

### •Questions about areas outside the Kingdom of Lugunica

Q: Do you have any plans for going far away from Lugnica? (In the opposite direction of the Great Waterfall)
A: None

Q: Does the story have upcoming scenes where the stage will move to the north?
A: There’s none planned.

Q: How long until we have a shootout in Vollachia or Osaka?
A: We won’t. There’s no reason to head to other countries.

Q: That world has Kararagi in it, so isn’t there any ninjas?
A: There’s no ninjas…… Kararagi does have samurai and mixed bathing.

Q: You said that there are samurai in Kararagi, but why on earth are they there? I’m so concerned that I’m gnawing on Re: Zero.
A: It’s for Sakimori.

Q: Cat-sensei! You say they’ve got mixed bathing? Then we’ll have a “Just when your heart was pounding from what you thought was a beautiful girl, it’s Ferris-chan!! Ah, ♂“ moment (I’m sure of it).
A: We won’t be going to Kararagi, so…...

Q: We’ve confirmed that there are things that give the sense that Japanese people have been summoned in the past, but isn’t there anything that shows the influence of countries besides Japan? Also, do they have ramen?
A: It’s a spoiler, so I can’t answer.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, is there knowledge or culture that originated on Earth that Subaru isn’t aware of?
A: Spoiler.

### •Questions related to Religion

Q: What kind of religions exist in this world? If Lugunica believes in the dragon, what do the other countries believe in?
A: The concept of “gods” doesn’t exist. It’s a “Nature Worship”, “God-Dragon Worship”, “Chaos Hero”, and “Economic Development” sort of feeling.

Q: Do gods exist in the Re: Zero world? If it’s a spoiler, never mind.
A: Not really.

Q: Volcanica is called the God-Dragon; do King-Dragons and Ancient-Dragons also exist? Also, are dragons the highest form of life, as you’d expect?
A: Even outside of Lugunica, dragons are well-known as creatures that you shouldn’t mess with. Having said that, none are called King-Dragon or Ancient-Dragon. I think even Volcanica himself has never introduced himself as the God-Dragon. They’re huge, strong lizards, you know; they just happen to be able to talk a bit.

Q: With witches and dragons, transcendent beings have been hinted at several times, but are there beings even higher than them? The being that is bestowing blessings, for example. I get the impression that the most transcendent being is the one making Subaru return by death, though.
A: There are. (note: literally ‘They don’t not exist’)

Q: Frankly, Reinhard’s sword is probably something along the lines of Da\_\_\_’s sword, but does the world of Re: Zero have things like legendary weapons? For example, something like the “True Demon \_\_\_\_ Dragon Sword”. (note: “Da\_\_\_’s sword” is probably Dai’s sword, and “True Demon \_\_\_\_ Dragon Sword” is probably “True Demon Sturdy Dragon Sword”, both items from the Dragon Quest series.)
A: Pretty much just Reinhard’s sword.

Q: Does ‘dragon’ refer to a western class or eastern class or is it something completely different with only the name itself?
A: The foundation is the image of a western dragon but if you are overly fixated on that image you might be surprised once the reality is revealed

Q: How are interactions with dragons handled? Are they simply riding animals, or are they handled more like Sekitoba from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the famous horses of the Sengoku period, where if you ride a better dragon, your status is higher?
A: Just like the horses of our world, think of ground dragons as having famous ones as well.

Q: If there are ground dragons and water dragons, then are there wind dragons and fire dragons as well? Doesn’t the thought of a shadow dragon or light dragon set your imagination afire?
A: There are winged dragons, but they’re not in the categories of wind dragon or fire dragon, you see. Out of the types of mabeasts that can use magic, breathing fire is fairly popular. In the past, there was one known as an evil dragon, but it was dealt with. By Mr. Club Wielder.

Q: Does the world have a sort of holyland? Not like the sanctuary from arc 4, which only a few people would recognize. More like a place that at least half the world’s inhabitants would recognize.
A: There isn’t one. Though more than half consider the Witch’s grave a nightmare land.

Q: The Evil Sealing Stone Shrine where the Jealous Witch is sleeping appears to be filled with a miasma that drives people insane by pulling mana from their gates; could Subaru just walk in, since his gate is crushed?
A: It’s impossible. He’d die. Think of it as being as difficult as entering poison gas by holding your breath.

Q: What strange customs does the Re: Zero world have?
A: They tell their children “If you do bad things, the Witch will come.”, and the children and the mother who told them that are both on the verge of crying.

Q: Aren’t there any legends older than the witch?
A: There were several, but they were driven out by the witch. You could think of it as the witch’s rampage as having completely changed the world.

Q: Around how old are the oldest documents that exist in Lugunica? It seems all the records from before the witch have vanished, but is it actually determined how long ago this world started?
A: The oldest documents are around 400 years old, but when it started isn’t really determined. It’s not that important.

Q: Since warlocks and witches exist, is there a dark king as well?
A: What are you saying, here? There’s no way there’d be one, since there’s no hero.

Q: “Since warlocks and witches exist, is there a dark king as well? What are you saying, here? There’s no way there’d be one, since there’s no hero.” So that means if Subaru became a hero, a dark king would appear?
A: Well, that’s true, but if the emergence of a hero leads to the emergence of a dark king, then who wants a hero, right?

### •Questions about Languages and Races

Q: In the Re: Zero world, is there only one language? Also, does Reinhard have the Blessing of the Soul of Language? (note: Otto’s blessing that lets him speak with anything alive.)
A: There are accents, but there’s basically one language. Reinhard doesn’t have the Blessing of the Soul of Language.

Q: Ros-chi’s “patron” in arc 2, Ferris’ “baibii” in arc 5, Crusch-sama’s “merits and demerits” in arc 6; has the language of ancient trippers been handed down? (note: in the Japanese text, the words in quotes were based on English words instead of their Japanese equivalents; the question is probably asking if these words originated from people summoned from Subaru’s world.) Or are they foreshadowing? Mr. Neko, please at least tell me if you did that on purpose.
A: In some cases, I used modern words that there’s no substitute for. For the rest, as Subaru gets used to the other world, he gets better at using their speech and the unfamiliarity of each other’s way of speaking goes away.

Q: Even though Subaru is an unidentified person, to what extent have the people around him tried to guess his origins?
A: Due to a lot of refugees in the south having black hair, everyone is thinking “Perhaps he’s from around there”. They also suspect that he originated from Kararagi based on him being the type to have frivolous talks and quibbles.

Q: Will the main story mention at some point how to tell apart elves and half-elves?
A: Elves have slightly longer ears, and while half-elves walk around with their heads down, elves proudly think “How dare you expect me to keep my head down” while they walk around with their heads down.

Q: I can’t help but think that elves are better with small chests.
A: I’m not very worried about breast size, but elves do traditionally have a slender image.

Q: If elves and half-elves exist, are there dark elves as well?
A: They might exist, as a species that is simply black-skinned, and mostly unrelated to elves.

Q: How are half-elves born?
A: They’re born normally, when an elf mother kisses a human father. Or they’re born when a human mother kisses an elf father.(note: the kiss part is a joke, in the story Emilia thought she’s pregnant because Subaru kissed her)

Q: Oni have horns, too, but are they related to mabeasts? Or are they simply a different species that happens to have horns?
A: They’re simply a different species that happens to have horns. Or really, the mabeasts showed up recently, and the when the feeling developed that “Beasts with horns are bad news.”, it was troublesome for the oni.

Q: Since there’s beastmen, are there mermen and dragonmen and reptilemen?
A: There’s something similar to lizardmen, but there’s nothing like mermen. Perhaps it’s because there’s no ocean.

Q: Are there turtle-shaped beastmen? I saw the preview for the ninja movie and became curious.
A: There’s no mermen, so maybe not… I loved the mutant turtles anime, so I’m definitely going to see it.

Q: Are the cat beastmen able to eat things like onions, or garlic, or leeks?
A: It’s no problem. However, if they eat tempura and watermelon together, they’ll get upset stomachs. There isn’t any tempura or watermelon, though.

Q: At their largest size, around how big can giants get?
A: In earlier days, it was common for them to reach four or five meters, but Sekhmet killed most of them, and other bloodlines began to mix in, so they’re gradually getting smaller. Currently, if there was a three-meter-tall one, that would be pretty big. The average is a bit over two meters, and Old Man Rom is average.

Q: If there’s a multi-armed tribe, are there also multi-legged tribes, multi-eyed tribes, or multi-headed tribes and things like that?
A: Probably not legs and heads. Eyes, maybe. It’s tough when the visual gets too far from human-shaped.

Q: Are there cannibals in Re: Zero?
A: They’re gross, so no.

### •Questions about Culture and So Forth

Q: Does the Re: Zero world have the concept of weekdays?
A: It hasn’t shown up yet, but I think they probably have a day off one day out of seven. The ordinary Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday concept should be fine.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, do they have the concepts of hours and minutes? If not, do they have something along those lines?
A: They don’t have hours and minutes, but the basic idea is that they divided up light and dark time periods so that from 6:00 p.m.to 6:00 a.m. is darksun, and from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. is brightsun. I’ve decided that one day is around twenty-four hours, and they have rocks called magic time crystals that change color as time passes, so they look at those and go about their lives at a casual pace.

Q: What sort of currency do they use in the Re: Zero world? Do they have paper money?
A: It’s a basic silver and gold coin currency, but they do have something like checks.

Q: Please tell me the Japanese Yen value of Emilia-tan’s pocket change(?), Subaru’s salary, and Anastasia’s net worth.
A: I’m not going to tell you, it’s too much trouble. Every time you plead with Emilia-tan, she’ll get upset, and then give you around 500 yen (note: around $5). Are you an old woman?

Q: Are there any celebrations in Lugunica (like Opening Daruma’s Eyes) that seem like they would be large-scale?
A: Well then, use magic to have a dragon figurehead breathe fire. The larger the fire that comes out, the more impressive it would be.

Q: Aren’t there any events like the Gion Festival in the Re: Zero world? If there are, I’d love to see events lead to Subaru taking Emilia to one on a date.
A: There may be minor events similar to memorial days. Even if there wasn’t, it’s possible Subaru might go ahead and start one in the Roswaal domain.

Q: Does this world have a polygamy system?
A: It does, just like normal, but whether the ones involved agree with it is another matter.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, around how widespread are homosexual preferences?
A: I’m not very good with same-sex love, so even if it was widespread, it wouldn’t be depicted. Neither lilies nor roses. (note: It seems lilies are used to refer to female couples, and roses refer to male couples, in this context.)

Q: Will any lesbians appear in Re: Zero.
A: No, they won’t.

Q: In this world, what sort of people don’t have last names?
A: People with a social status that doesn’t require last names.

Q: In the ‘Tale of a Hero Starting from Zero’, Wilhelm’s achievements have become poetry and are sung, but with the defeat of the White Whale in arc 3 of the main story, is there a chance that a continuation will be added to the poem?
A: A continuation might be made, but the rumors haven’t spread that far yet. Only two weeks have passed since they defeated the White Whale. (July 24, 2014 arc4)

Q: Are there plays and musicals in the Re: Zero world?
A: The music of bards does exist, so there must be stages for it to be performed on, yes. Musicals I’m really not sure about.

Q: What do they do for fun in the Re: Zero world?
A: Gambling, alcohol, and the occasional game.

Q: Except for Subaru, everyone that appears in the story is wearing very well-designed clothing; how advanced is clothing in that world?
A: That all depends on Otsuka-sensei (note: artist for the light novels).

### •Questions about Buildings, Etc.

Q: The guard station has six floors, but are there different departments on each floor?
A: The first floor is lost items. Second floor is a missing child center. Third floor is found items. Fourth floor has bad premonitions, so it’s left empty, the fifth floor is the violent crimes unit, and the sixth floor is a pivoine. (note: french restaurant). That’s a lie!! I haven’t thought about it!!

Q: Does the guard station have a reception desk? I mean after you’ve gone through the gate.
A: They accept lost items, so… there is!

Q: Do the guards have multiple guard stations? Is there anything like differences in standing between guards?
A: Even within the capital there are multiple guard stations, but basically, when people say ‘guard station’, they mean the one on the edge of the nobles’ section of town, where Julius dropped by. There’s the same sort of differences as between a police officer and a police chief, but it’s fine to basically think of them all as below the knights.

Q: The Roswaal mansion burned to the ground, but does that mean that the Emilia camp is now broke, and if they’re not careful, repairs on the mansion will put them in debt? If so, Otto will be working for free, won’t he.
A: The mansion that burned was a separate residence of the Roswaal family, so there’s a different main mansion.

Q: When the Roswaal mansion burned, did Ram and the rest get angry?
A: They decided it was Roswaal’s fault. (Subaru, Otto, Petra)

Q: Does the Roswaal estate have torture devices like triangular wooden horses?
A: It doesn’t.

Q: Around how many servants are there at the main Roswaal mansion? Also, are they interesting characters?
A: Currently, no one is in residence at the main Roswaal estate, so there’s just enough servants to handle maintenance. Once the move is finished, it’ll be the usual characters.

Q: About Sanctuary, it’s been said that halves lose consciousness at the boundary, but couldn’t they get out if a human or someone who wasn’t influenced put them in a dragon carriage or something and carried the sleeping person out? Or is it just mentally impossible before the trials are cleared?
A: If you tried to take a half out of “Sanctuary”’s barrier, they’d explode. It’s the same reasoning as the animals from Linda Cubed, that explode violently if you take them to another planet. That’s a lie. But, unconscious halves taken outside of the barrier won’t wake up. Their minds are left behind inside the barrier.

Q: Will the main story touch on the point that, due to the barrier around Sanctuary, halves can have their minds left behind?
A: It’s probably too late for that now.

Q: Apparently, the trials are held in the evening, but around how late at night are they open? The time Subaru was writing a love letter seemed to be before dawn, so if they run until morning, was he just waiting around in front of the tomb?
A: A person without qualifications entering the tomb doesn’t start up a ‘Trial’, so once he’d lost his qualifications, as long as he can endure feeling sick, Subaru can go inside. He was up all night scratching away at the love letter. So, once he was finished, he went to hold Emilia’s hand to form an alibi, and events proceeded along the lines of her having been in the middle of bathing, and then running away.

Q: Wearing Roswaal’s handmade hood, what would happen if you peeked at the women’s bath at a public bath? Would you make it through?
A: They might not recognize your identity, but it’s not like it’s preventing them from recognizing your existence, so someone wearing a hood entering the women’s bath would be odd, and get caught, just like normal. If you got surrounded and the hood was removed, naturally your identity would be given away as well. It’s not a cloak of invisibility.

Q: Did the world of four hundred years ago have prisons or courthouses? If they were building them like normal, it seems that Typhon would coming rushing in.
A: Setting aside courthouses, they most likely did have places for punishing crime. But, Typhon’s standards are a child’s own standards, so anyone who tried to stop her would have their legs pulled off as well.

### •Questions about Occupations, Etc.

Q: How are the guards in the capital selected? Do they have tests or something? Can even a commoner be employed as one?
A: Guards are recruited annually, so please apply. Even a commoner is just fine. They’ll check your education and work experience, qualifications and enthusiasm. If you pass the magical strength and physical fitness exams, you’ll be selected. Knights will be shaken off by their family background first.

Q: Do the guards have a uniform or something?
A: I kind of think they do. Some sort of armor, wouldn’t you think? Like a Tolmekian soldier (note: Nausicaa reference).

Q: It was said that the guards uniform is armor similar to that of a Tolmekian soldier, but is it ok to think of that as a clunky, undecorated sort of affair?
A: Sure.

Q: Thinking about it now, you can tell Julius is a good guy just by the way he was willing to speak normally to Emilia, a half-elf. Out of the knights, around how many of them are not prejudiced against Emilia?
A: There’s a lot of hard-headed ones, so at least up to the point they actually come in contact with her, pretty much all of them are prejudiced.

Q: Will all of the knights be able to become friends with Subaru?
A: As things stand, that’s probably impossible. (July 27, 2014 arc4)

Q: There’s probably not any easily-recognized evil people in the knights, right?
A: They’re knights, after all. They’re quite proud, but good people.

Q: Can women become knights?
A: They can, but there aren’t very many.

Q: Hasn’t the story reached a point where a female knight is attacked by an orc and says “K… kill me!”?
A: There aren’t any orcs, so...

Q: If Subaru heard the word ‘orc’, what kind of image would his otherworldly knowledge produce?
A: Well, it would probably be the sort of evil orc that appears in an ordinary fantasy. Recently, it seems like female knights have been meeting unfortunate circumstances one after another, so on the other hand, perhaps the number of gentlemanly orcs is on the rise as well.

Q: Will a female knight make an appearance in Re: Zero? I thought Ferris was one in the first half of arc 3, but it turns out that he’s a guy, so...
A: They are around, but there’s no particular need for one to be portrayed, so I don’t think one will appear as a character.

Q: The image of Ton singing a love song while dancing with crisp movements, and Chin and Kan looking on, cringing, floated up in my head, but is there anyone in Lugunica besides minstrels who makes their living with music?
A: There are most likely court musicians, as well as the occasional famous composer.

Q: Are there any flute players?
A: I’m not really sure what you mean, but there’s none.

Q: Are there any eunuchs? Not criminals, but those with an official position.
A: There wouldn’t really be any meaning, so there aren’t.

### •Questions about Food

Q: Subaru seems like he could make simple things like meat buns, or hamburgers, or pork cutlets. Do they have those in Lugunica?
A: I suspect they do have similar foods. His household skills improved during that one year, so Subaru has actually become fairly good at cooking.

Q: Does Lugunica have any foods or cuisines similar to kon’nyaku (note: pressed vegetable jelly) that make you ask why anyone would have invented it?
A: Hmm, well, there might be some, but I can’t imagine what it would be. If you think of something, just let me know. I might end up using it somehow.

Q: After mayonnaise, what would Subaru be likely to make?
A: I think he’ll stop after developing tartar sauce or something.

Q: Howzabout using modern knowledge to create sweets?
A: For example, the ingredients for cake, the ingredients for cookies, the ingredients for chocolate. I don’t know any of them. I don’t know how to make them. So probably, Subaru doesn’t know either. That’s about the extent of modern knowledge.

Q: Pocco fruit won’t appear any more.
A: It’s not good to keep relying on that. It’s time to graduate from being a beginner, and for you to come face-to-face with a new you.

Q: Aren’t there any mana recovery potions (side effect: -30 hit points) made using the active ingredient in pocco fruit?
A: Bocco fruit is an unpleasant fruit that, when processed, only leaves behind it’s bitter taste. Really, it’s not so much a recovery item as a joke item.

Q: You said that it’s not possible to create a potion-like item from bocco fruit, but is it not possible to create a powerful drug by concentrating it’s active ingredient by drying the fruit? It does seem like it might turn out to be a ”Don’t eat it, it’s dangerous!” thing, though...
A: It might be possible, but Subaru turned out like that from a single grain, so I think it would simply become a dangerous drug. The result would probably be similar to chugging Viagra, I suppose.

Q: The snack food ended up… under the rubble?
A: It was recovered and taken to the mansion, but the snack food was eaten before it got damp.

Q: Now that you mention it, they didn’t replicate the snack food, did they. Even if they did replicate it, the best before date would be the same, so in the end, it wouldn’t be able to exist, then?
A: Actually, replication magic causes a bit of deterioration in both the original and the copy.

### •Additional questions

Q: Is there rubber in this world? For clothing or other things (note: gomu can refer to both a pencil eraser and also rubber/condoms in JPN)
A: It would be troubling if there wasn’t so it does exist in general. It’s fine if fantasies could softly prepare such things in advance

Q: Do they use floss to brush their teeth?
A: It wouldn’t really be a problem if they had toothbrushes, I think.

Q: Are the toilets button-style or pots?
A: They use some kind of magic power to flush.

Q: Do cameras exist in Lugunica?
A: They have a magic device that’s similar.

Q: Do they have something like a refrigerator?
A: They do.

Q: Do plush dolls exist in the world of Re: Zero?
A: They do. If nothing else, Subaru can make them.

Q: What kind of insect is the zodda bug? Personally, the feeling of bugs like centipedes are the best. You know, when the nuance of their cries is around G and they’re not ugly, but cuter than a pill-bug.
A: It looks like a sea roach; it’s a very quick guy with fine hairs and lots of legs.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, what’s the situation with things like paper and paperwork?
A: Normal paper exists. There is low-grade paper in circulation, produced by replication magic, but for the most part you can think of it as being widely available in cities. Of course, there’s also mountains of paperwork.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, do they have the technology for printing presses and mass-produced paper?
A: They do. They’re probably handling it with some sort of magic.

Q: Does this world have newspapers or something similar? In the sense of propaganda, it seems it would be more effective.
A: They have it around the level of newspaper extras, but there’s no system that could circulate a newspaper nation-wide, you see. Even in the capital, important information is posted on signboards. (August 02, 2014 arc4)

Q: Do journalists exist in the world of Re: Zero? Do they have something like the Kawara-ban? (note: newspaper special edition from the Edo period) How are things like profiles and information about people involved in the royal selection spread through the cities?
A: They have something similar to the Kawara-ban, they have a courier network to spread information between areas, and the rich people have any number of conversation mirrors to exchange information. Each of the royal candidates has information brokers spreading favorable rumors about themselves. In the Emilia camp, too, Otto and Roswaal are hard at work. (October 04, 2014 arc5)

Q: In the Re: Zero world, are shoes allowed indoors? Setting aside the Roswaal manor and the royal castle, I mean the common people and poor people’s houses.
A: They usually take off their shoes.

Q: Well then, do they have something like slippers?
A: I think they would have to, culturally.

Q: Do glasses exist in the world of Re: Zero? Or are they unneeded since they handle it with magic?
A: They exist. They’re fairly expensive. Of the characters in the story, Tivey of the beastmen sibling trio wears a monocle. The character design is super-cute.

Q: Are you in the group that thinks a girl who normally wears glasses blooms when she takes off her glasses? Are you in the group who thinks a girl who doesn’t normally wear glasses blooms when she has glasses on? In short, are you in the group that blooms when a girl wears glasses? Glasses Emilia is seriously an angel, too!
A: From the fact that the chairman is the only one in To Heart that I didn’t capture, you can guess my thoughts on glasses! (note: To Heart is a visual novel, and the chairman is a character that wears glasses.)

Q: Don’t glasses look good on Rider from Fate?
A: Rider isn’t really my type, I guess.

Q: Homura from Madomagi is cute in glasses, y'know.
A: Hmm, that’s true…… But, I think that Homuhomu is cuter without glasses. I’m a fan of Sayaka-chan, though.

Q: Characters that don’t normally wear glasses can suddenly become much cuter if they wear glasses (note: question references gap moe, if you’re familiar with that). Takanashi Punyuru-chan, and the like.
A: Maybe it’s because I’m a person that wears glasses, but I really don’t feel the attraction of glasses. Also, I’m sowwy for not knowing about a character with an incredible name like that.

Q: I don’t think there’s been a glasses character in Re: Zero’s characters yet, but are there plans for a glasses girl to appear later? (Not counting monocles)
A: Recently, there’s been a bunch of talk about glasses, but figure it out from the answers I’ve given up to now. I. Don’t. Like. Glasses.

Q: I don’t really like glasses. I like cute girls that wear glasses. In the past, there was a time when I thought “Who cares about glasses?”, so perhaps Cat-sensei will change if the right chance arrives.
A: That was probably due to an added character in the PS edition of One, but do you really think I’d change?

Q: In Mobmouth (note: abbreviation for Idolmaster Cinderella Girls?), there’s an idol named Haruna Kamijo (nicknamed Megakichi) who preaches about glasses, but I guess she’s Mr. Cat’s natural enemy.
A: I don’t know if it’s all the same person hitting me with questions about glasses, but over the last two or three days, I’ve come to dislike characters with glasses. My current natural enemy isn’t characters with glasses, it’s people who ask questions about glasses.

Q: If Emilia-tan wore glasses, Mr. Cat would start to like them too!
A: The next time I see the work ‘glasses’, I’m blocking it.

Q: Setting aside liking or disliking glasses, do glasses (or something similar) exist in the world of Re: Zero?
A: They do. They’re treated as luxury goods.

Q: Does brain death exist in the world of Re: Zero? Not the concept of a spirit and such.
A: It probably exists just like normal, wouldn’t you think?

## Magic

### •Questions about Odo and Mana

Q: If your odo is used up, will you die? Can’t you take in mana from the surroundings?
A: You get a fixed amount of odo when you’re born, and you can’t restore it, is how things are set up in Re: Zero. If your odo runs out you won’t die, but you won’t be yourself anymore, and in the end you’ll be crippled.

Q: You mentioned wringing out the last of the odo, but does that mean “Waa” “Haa” couldn’t be used any more (note: “Waa” “Haa” may be referring to the triplet’s soundwave attack.)
A: Oops, that should have been mana. I wonder what chapter that was. It can be used normally.

Q: How is mana replenished or recovered? Does your gate gather it in from the atmosphere and store it?
A: It’s basically like that. Also, it springs from the odo inside your own body. In Subaru’s case, his gate has collapsed so he can’t take it in from outside, and he can’t expel the increase from inside, so he’ll die of mana clogging.

Q: About how commonly known is Od Laguna amongst average magic users?
A: “Something like that does exist.” “But hey, did you see what was on TV yesterday?” Around that level of awareness.

### •Questions about Curses

Q: Was it curses? Was it sorcery (note: more literally ‘curse arts’)? Although recently magic has been catching all the attention, there was something like that, but will it not show up again? I liked it quite a bit.
A: A curse user will show up all in good time, don’t worry. There’s a reason that the curses remained in Subaru’s body.(July 28, 2014 arc4) (note:capella)

Q: After being munched on by the juggernauts in arc 2, Beako said that the threads of the curses had become tangled. Is it possible that, if someone who could see was looking, the threads of the curses could completely hide someone’s form, so they couldn’t be seen?
A: Beako was just using threads as an example; the threads of the curses weren’t actually tangled. What’s become of the curses, and what effect they’re having on Subaru, will be handled around arc 5.(note: capella)

### •Questions about Magic Users

Q: Aren’t there any blind magic users?
A: There mainly aren’t that many magic users to begin with.

Q: The other day, Otto-kun surprised me by suddenly using magic. Please tell me the specialized magic affinity and strength of the others who aren’t magic users.
A: It’s too much trouble.

Q: In Hunter x Hunter, it’s sort of like you can tell someone’s powers from their personality, but in the world of Re: Zero, are magic affinities and blessings related in some way to personality? Conversely, are there cases where having a particular blessing turns you into this type of person?
A: There’s not really a connection between personality and magic affinity, you see. There are people with fire affinity that have very cold personalities, and there are people with earth affinity that have very little patience. People who have useless blessings will generally be biased against people with useful blessings.

Q: Are there people who have no magic affinity whatsoever? Sort of like they were rejected by all affinities.
A: They exist. Reinhard is that way.

Q: Are people without an affinity completely unable to use magic? Or is it more a problem of being suitable or not?
A: People without any affinity whatsoever are fairly rare, so for the most part, those who make an effort will be able to use it. Of course, there are individual differences between the limits that will be reached. People without any affinity will be unable to use magic. Think of it as being less likely than people who get a useful blessing. Even Subaru can use magic, after all.

Q: Around how much ability does an average person who can use magic have?
A: Normally, people living in villages and towns can’t use it. Occasionally, someone will have received instruction. People from families with a little money, that have reason to often travel between cities or something will learn a fair amount for self-defense and day-to-day problems. Otto is one of those.

Q: The Master Swordsman is the person with the strongest sword, right? Does the person with the strongest magic have a title of some kind?
A: A color appropriate to the affinity is bestowed as a title on those who reach the pinnacle of a particular affinity. In Lugunica, “Blue” is Ferris, “Red” and “Green” and “Yellow” are all held together by Roswaal. “Black” and “White” are absent. There’s currently no title for the strongest magic user, but it would be “Great Sorcerer”.

Q: Putting Roswaal’s three titles together, he’s the “Traffic Light”.
A: I just noticed that.

Q: Between “Red” Roswaal and Puck, which of them can use fire mana more skillfully?
A: If it’s skillfully, then Roswaal. If it’s strongly, then Puck.

Q: Could “Black” become Beako?
A: Those are titles given to humans, so it’s impossible for Beako.

Q: What’s the reason that Priscilla isn’t “White”? (Not talking about underwear)
A: She hasn’t really reached the pinnacle of magic. Actually, she’s never put any effort into it.

Q: “White” isn’t Priscilla?
A: It’s an omitted number.

Q: I like black; is anyone in the story black?
A: Currently, there’s no one in the story that can inherit “Black”. Sorry. (July 28, 2014 arc4)

### •Questions about Magic

Q: Is magic activated simply by calling the name of the spell? It looks like difficult magic can’t be used except by powerful people, but what elements are necessary to use magic?
A: When you prepare the needed mana, visualize how you want to use the magic, get your gate working, and use the incantation, you can use magic. The necessary elements are firstly the preparation of the needed mana, proper mental image of the magic to be used, and enough basic ability with your gate to activate the magic in the first place. It’s like the way that in order to throw a one-hundred-meter ball, you need the ball and the throwing form and a shoulder capable of long throws.

Q: The elements needed for magic: 1. Preparation of the needed mana, 2. Proper mental image of the magic to be used, 3. Enough basic ability with your gate to activate the magic in the first place; what happens when you try to activate magic when each one of those is lacking?
A: It comes out your butt. Just kidding. It simply doesn’t activate. It’s the same thing as how, with the conditions you gave, nothing will happen when you shout “Kamehameha!”. It seems you don’t have enough mana to fire a “Kamehameha”.

Q: I think that if incanting a spell causes magic to activate, then it wouldn’t be impossible to discover new magic by putting appropriate-seeming words one after another, followed by constructing an appropriate-seeming mental image. Is there anyone who activates magic and discovers magic like this?
A: In short, the thing that causes a mental image to take form is called an ‘incantation’, so even while chanting the fire incantation ‘Goa’, if the person chanting thinks of it as a ‘wind’ incantation, wind magic will be activated. It might be difficult to say ‘Goa’ and actually get ‘Fuura’ magic.

Q: The mabeast puppy was activating magic without chanting, but does that mean there’s a way to activate magic without saying it’s name? Or are there mabeast-style names for magic?
A: Just like the question right before this, the incantation is basically the key used to cause the incanter’s mental image to take form, so even the barks of a puppy can activate it.

Q: For example, if Beatrice associated the mental image of Shamac with Subaru, could she activate Shamac by incanting “Subaru”?
A: Even without something as confusing as that, someone like Beatrice can use the activation key and fire off a ‘Shamac’ without words.

Q: Is learning magic the process of learning to see in your mind the image of the magic you want to use? Also, even if you have a solid mental image, will the magic still not activate without the incantation? Isn’t there any other activation key?
A: An ‘incantation’ is just the normal method to consciously hit the activation switch. Roswaal and Beatrice use magic without chanting; that’s because they’re able to press the start switch on magic without speaking. When you’ve mastered it that well, you can use magic even if you can’t speak.

Q: Please tell me the definition of magic, even if it’s just your own personal interpretation.
A: You mean the definition of magic in Re: Zero, I guess? Magic is a paranormal power that alters mana passing through a gate into a form that has an effect on reality, I think. Also, power that exceeds your limits for the one you’ve fallen in love with is “The Magic of Love”, I think. Sorry for suddenly turning romantic.

Q: In Re: Zero’s world, are there a vast number of ancient magics that have been lost, as you’d expect?
A: There’s a fair number of magics that were not handed down, not written down, and simply forgotten. Echidna remembers all of them, however.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, are all the spells that currently exist ones that have been passed down from ancient times? Are any new spells being developed?
A: Nothing’s being developed, you see. They’re satisfied with what they have. Normally the people who’ve reached the pinnacles of magic would be developing more, but in Lugunica, Ferris and Roswaal haven’t got any interest in that at all.

Q: The Al-class, Ul-class, and El-class of magic power have shown up, so is there also Il-class and Ol-class magic?
A: No, those don’t exist. Magic grows stronger in the ‘Fuula’, ‘El Fuula’, ‘Ul Fuula’, ‘Al Fuula’ order, and it ends with those four levels. If there was something stronger than Al, someone would give it a name like Kaiser Phoenix. Eternal Force Blizzard! You die! (note: Kaiser Phoenix is a Dragon Quest reference. Eternal Force Blizzard is sort of a pop culture reference.)

Q: What kind of effect does light magic have? Since shadow magic is debuffs, is it buff effects?
A: That’s right.

Q: Now that you mention it, why is magic a jumbled five-element-style mix of the four elements and light and shadow?
A: No one knows why it’s shadow and light instead of dark and light. Even the me from that time doesn’t understand.

Q: Since Re: Zero is a fantasy world, you can easily make up and use spell names and really cool nicknames, but what are the names of spells or people’s nicknames that the author particularly likes?
A: Looks like it would burn with a ‘goa’ sound -> ‘Goa’. Looks like it would freeze with a ‘hyuma’ sound -> ‘Huma’. Looks like it would blow away with a ‘fura’ sound -> ‘Fura’. The feel of the sound lines up, so earth is fine with ‘Dona’...... Darkness is blinding, so ‘shakohkahten’ (note: shading curtain, with curtain taken from the English word) -> ‘shakohmaku’ (note: shading curtain) -> ‘shamaku’ -> ‘Shamac’ is good, I guess…… It’s that kind of approach, so I’m really sorry in regards to magic. I hadn’t really intended to use my head enough to make it interesting. I feel like I haven’t used many nicknames, either, aside from “Sword Demon”, “Master Swordsman”, and “Clown”. Here, too, I didn’t really use my head enough to make it interesting. Please don’t expect anything from me besides things around the story itself. I’ve got some ideas there.

Q: Will ‘Al’-grade magic appear for all magic affinities? Also, are there other affinities where not the scale, but the effect changes dramatically, like Al Shamac?
A: I do basically intend to produce all of them. As for affinities where the effect changes dramatically, light magic fits there, but I haven’t yet decided the name, let alone the effect...

Q: I think that Shamac is a smokescreen-style magic, but why is Al Shamac able to interfere with other dimensions? What kind of relationship does it have with that spell name?
A: The “Shamac” line isn’t a smokescreen, it breaks the connection between the mind and body of targets in it’s radius. With Shamac, the body loses it’s perception. With El Shamac, the body becomes unable to be controlled. With Ul Shamac, the mind gets tossed out (literally: the mind gets German Suplexed). With Al Shamac, the body gets sent to another world along with it.

Q: I’m reading the published work. I was surprised to read that Puck governs fire. Is the ice he normally uses the sort of thing created by use of heat manipulation, like a ‘minus one trillion degrees’ thing? Will the time comes when he uses fire outright?
A: It’s a little bothersome, but ‘Fire’ is the temperature controlling line, so both flames and ice are part of the ‘Fire’ system. Sorry it’s hard to understand. As for whether Puck will ever use fire or not, please look forward to it.

Q: In ice magic, there’s both use of fire mana like Puck, and use of water mana like Rem, but are there differences according to the affinity?
A: Rem’s water mana is able to create ice pillars and attack with them, but it can’t freeze an opponent or object like Puck’s fire mana. On the other hand, fire mana can’t heal, or create large amounts of water like water mana can, you see. The part where they create ice pillars and attack with them is the same.

Q: Is the caster unable to control the shape of the darkness produced by Shamac? If Subaru could produce a Shamac in the shape of a dragon, I think it would startle crying children.
A: It’s impossible for Subaru, but I think if Beako or someone like that put their mind to it, they could most likely do it. Having said that, even if you don’t limit it to Shamac, Roswaal could do it with flames or ice, but there’s probably not much meaning to doing it. It wouldn’t chance the power of a Kaiser Phoenix, but you could do it.

Q: In the Re: Zero world, is it theoretically possible to combine Goa-style and Hyuma-style into something like Medloah? (note: Dragon Quest reference)
A: Someone who can use both at once could do it, but things like compound magic are difficult. Creating a whirlwind with wind magic, and adding fire to make it something like a firestorm wouldn’t be impossible for Roswaal if he had Subaru’s imagination.

Q: Subaru-kun carved a spiral groove in Minya (note: character from a children’s TV show), but is it basically possible to use a mental image to add craftsmanship to magic?
A: If it’s something with a shape, it’s possible. If he wanted to, Roswaal could launch a Kaiser Phoenix. It would just have the shape, though.

Q: Is there teleportation magic? (Excluding the mysterious powers of the apostles of the Deadly Sins)
A: Beako or Enkidna are both able to with conditions attached. Normally it’s impossible though, even for Roswaal.

Q: If you thoroughly researched magic to manipulate time and control space, what level could you use it at?
A: “Come back the day before yesterday” -> “I’m here” would be possible.

Q: What affinity is duplication magic part of? Since it operates on the properties of materials, would it be earth?
A: It’s basically earth, but it changes sometimes depending on what’s being duplicated. There aren’t many people that can use duplication magic and restoration magic.

Q: About the matter that “E.M.M.” looks just like a part of the “E.M.T.” (Emilia is seriously an angel) series.
A: Rather, about the matter that he wanted to use an original magic, so he said things like EMT from the start.

Q: What would happen in the situation that one was travelling to the forbidden library via Beatrice’s Door Crossing if the Door Crossing was canceled while you were in the doorway? Does it become amputation magic?
A: In the state where the door is opened, and the forbidden library and normal space are connected, even Beako can’t cancel it. After the door is opened, it stays opened until it’s closed.

Q: Can Beatrice’s Door Crossing be used on any object that can be opened and closed? Or is it only doors? Is it alright to say that the size of the door is no problem?
A: Basically, it’s only doors. If it’s a door, the size is more or less irrelevant. Windows would be tough, though. It might be difficult if you could see the other side. So the bathing room door would be difficult, too.

Q: If you look at Beatrice’s Door Crossing from the back, how does it look?
A: I’m not sure I understand what you mean by ‘from the back’, but probably, if I assume you mean looking at it from inside the attached room, the opened door wouldn’t open for some strange reason. In the case where you fly to the forbidden library from Door A, if you view Door A from Room A, Door A wouldn’t budge at all. This could drive someone crazy.

Q: The forbidden library burned along with the Roswaal manor, but does that mean the library’s space was within the Roswaal manor?
A: That’s what it means. The forbidden library is a space Beako created as part of the Roswaal manor, so when the mansion burned, it was affected. It was indeed affected, and it burned down. Echidna’s entire book collection was burned up.

Q: In the state where a door in the mansion and the forbidden library are attached, what happens if you destroy the door? Is the door indestructible? Is the attachment forcibly cut?
A: I suspect that a phenomenon similar to a forced cancellation of the attachment would occur. It’s ‘Door Crossing’, so at the moment the door is destroyed, the link would most likely be cut.

### •Questions about Spirit Arts Users and Spirit Arts

Q: Are Puck, Petelgeuse, and Beako using spirit arts, or is it magic?
A: It’s spirit arts, using magic that uses mana from the atmosphere. It’s a difference between using mana from inside or outside, and the principle of the magic is the same.

Q: Is there such a thing as suitability for the spirit arts? Or is it dependent on the contracted spirit’s affinity?
A: More or less, the spirits that can be contracted will tend to have the contractor’s affinity. Someone with really high ability might be able to contract a spirit without regard to affinity, but it feels like that would be rare. If another spirit user appears, I think you’ll understand.

Q: If a spirit user ignored their limitations and tried to contract with many spirits, what would happen? Explosive destruction?
A: They’d be stabbed by the first spirit, and told “I was the only one you needed……”. Just kidding. But, despite being unable to share the resources, if they tried to acquire more than they could handle, it’s natural that they’d lose something in exchange. They’d explode.

Q: Can spirit arts users borrow a spirit from someone else? I think that Julius lent Ia, but is it impossible if there’s no spare capacity?
A: If the spirit itself gives permission, it’s not impossible. But, basically, capacity is usually full. As he is now, Subaru would be unable to borrow any more.

Q: Would one spirit arts user be able to determine the competence of another spirit arts user?
A: It would be subtle. The spirits that follow a spirit arts user can be vaguely detected, so if the spirits let you know about it, you’d understand. If Puck doesn’t say anything, Emilia-tan can mostly go undetected, I think. She’s not very focused, after all.

Q: Do spirit arts users see the forms of spirits here and there, similar to how people in the real world with strong spiritual senses can receive impressions?
A: Spirits basically don’t take on a real form as long as they’re not called, so I don’t think they’d be seen peeking out here and there. However, if a spirit arts user attempts to ‘feel’, ‘see’, or ‘hear’, they’re able to feel and see them, so if people with a strong spiritual sense can see ghosts when they try to see them, I think it’s probably the same sort of thing. There’s no such thing as ghosts, though.

### •Questions about Spirits

Q: What does a spirit like Puck think about a person’s ‘death’?
A: Most spirits don’t think anything about it, and Puck doesn’t think anything about the death of a person with no ties to him. If it’s someone he’s connected with, he’ll think ‘Ah, that’s sad.’.

Q: Can spirits have children?
A: They can’t.

Q: The spirit Puck’s activity is limited to the daytime, but is there a limit to the activity of Julius’ quasi-spirits or normal spirits?
A: There is, but in their case, there’s usually no reason to keep them in a physical form to their limit, so when there’s no need for them, they’re in hiding. Puck’s poor fuel economy is a problem, too, but part of that was keeping Emilia from being aware of how far above average her mana capacity is.

### •Questions about Magic Stones

Q: I think that fire magic stones manipulate temperature, water magic stones produce water, wind magic stones produce wind, but what sort of effect do earth magic stones have? Also, are there light and shadow magic stones? If there are, what kind of effect do they have?
A: Earth magic stones improve the strength of objects, act as fertilizer for crops when buried, and other things. Light and shadow magic stones do exist, but those are largely used in ‘metia’ magic items. They’re battery substitutes.

Q: In an Alive extra chapter, there were magic stones with no affinity, but is there magic that has no affinity? Does contract magic fit there?
A: There is no section of magic that doesn’t have an affinity. Please think of affinityless magic stones as pure clumps of mana with that don’t lean towards any affinity. Contracts and such do sort of look affinityless, but they’re not classified in a section like that.

Q: If you ate a magic stone, wouldn’t it replenish your mana? Would you just get sick to your stomach like normal?
A: Well, it goes without saying that it’s a rock, after all. If you ate a diamond because it was pretty, I think your butt would get cut, indeed.

### •Questions about Blessings

Q: Roughly how common are people with blessings in that world? I’d be very happy if you could tell me how common people with multiple blessings are, too.
A: I think I answered this somewhere before, but about one person in one hundred has a useless blessing, about one person in a thousand has a useful blessing, about one person in ten thousand has a somewhat rare blessing, about one person in one hundred thousand has a really handy blessing, about one person in a million has a unique blessing, about one person in ten million has multiple blessings, and the existence of a person with multiple useful blessings would be strange.

Q: Roughly how many characters have blessings, like Reinhard or Felt?
A: If you mean useful blessings, it’s one in ten thousand people, after all. Reinhard is an anomaly. Felt’s blessing is still unrevealed.

Q: About blessings, is there an entity that bestows them?
A: There is.

Q: You’ve said that there’s an entity that bestows blessings, but once a blessing has been bestowed on you, do you retain it permanently? Also, is it possible for a blessing to be lost though some factor or other?
A: Blessings are permanent until you die. So the owner of the ‘Blessing of Understanding Salt’ will never have to miss a meal as the salt and sugar selector until he dies.

Q: Is it alright to recognize blessings as having two types, those that reside in the blood (like Reinhard) and those that reside in mutations (like Otto-kun)? Honestly, does it just depend on the mood of the one bestowing the blessing?
A: It’s like that.

Q: Beginning with Reinhard, people who have blessings appear in the story, but are blessings an ability similar to Subaru’s Return by Death, or something bestowed by a different, completely unrelated place? Sorry if you’ve already answered a question like this.
A: That’s a core spoiler.

Q: As the culture of the story’s world advances or declines, do the blessings that can be bestowed on people change as well? (Examples: If science advances and the internet spreads, the ‘Blessing of Electronic Brain’ comes into existence. A great disaster occurs and society declines to the point that humanity becomes unable to produce sugar or salt, and the ‘Blessing of Understanding Salt’ vanishes or no new holders of it appear, etc.)
A: In response to changes in the world, there probably would be a flexible response. Something like a ‘Blessing of Electronic Brain’ might be incomprehensible to the one bestowing, though, so that might be difficult.

Q: Are there situations where blessings can be acquired after being born?
A: Aside from one exception, no.

Q: Is is possible for blessings to be awarded to anyone at any time, and Reinhard’s potential for that is simply unusually high? Or is Reinhard the only one who can have a blessing awarded at any time?
A: Only Reinhard can have them awarded.

Q: Out of Reinhard’s blessings, it was noted the ‘Blessing of Arrow Avoidance’ is one that you are born with, but are most blessings ones you are born with, or ones that come later?
A: Aside from Reinhard, they’re pretty much all ones you are born with. Some people become aware of their blessings sooner, and some later, though. The Reinhard Theater continues.

Q: Setting aside that Subaru doesn’t have any ability, are those who come from other worlds sometimes given blessings?
A: No.

Q: I’ve gone ahead and decided that the person who thought about bestowing the ‘Blessing of Understanding Salt’ and created it must have, long ago, mixed up salt and sugar and put the wrong one on their (food made from) roasted soybean flour. That’s beyond bad tasting, so please be careful.
A: I’ll keep it in mind. Roasted soybean flour is impossible to get wrong, isn’t it?

Q: Details about the ‘Blessing of the Phoenix’, please!
A: As long as this world holds the voice of someone seeking help, even if you defeat me, a second and third me will appear.

Q: Along the lines of the ‘Blessing of the Earth Spirit’, is there also a ‘Blessing of the Water Spirit’ or ‘Blessing of the Fire Spirit’?
A: Reinhard likely has all of them, wouldn’t you think?

Q: Under a ground dragon’s ‘Blessing of the Wind’, would you be fine even if you stood on it’s back?
A: You’d be fine, but of course if the dragon bends it’s back and you don’t match the movement, you’ll fall.

Q: Is the ‘Blessing of the Phoenix’ a single use only? Or is it usable again after a certain time? Something like you could die once a week.
A: It’s probably single-use only. Look at it as being similar to the Yomiyomi fruit. (note: One Piece reference) Seriously, though, good luck trying to kill him even once.

Q: If Garf’s ‘Blessing of the Earth Spirit’ gives him resistance to earth magic, does a ground dragons ‘Wind Exclusion’, and Crusch’s ‘Wind Reading’ give them resistance to wind magic?
A: It’s fairly difficult to say for the ground dragon’s wind exclusion, but Crusch’s ‘Blessing of Wind Reading’ sees through wind affinity. She’s Ram’s natural enemy…… nah, it wouldn’t even be a fight.

Q: How would the Blessing of Bullet Avoidance(?) work against a point-blank shot?
A: That’s no longer a ranged attack, so it would hit like normal. Against someone who only has the “Blessing of Arrow Avoidance”, that is.

Q: It was quite a while ago, but you stated that a ‘Blessing of Avoidance’ and a ‘Blessing of Always Striking’ would cancel each other out; does a blessing that would cancel out the ‘Blessing of the Reaper’ exist?
A: Basically, it doesn’t exist. Minerva-tan might have one chance, and even Ferris wouldn’t be able to touch it.

Q: So the ‘Blessing of the Reaper’ makes it so wounds won’t heal, then. For example, setting aside the question of it being possible or not, neither cellular regeneration nor cellular reproduction will close the wound, then? Patch it up. Then, if it’s an arm or leg affected by the ‘Blessing of the Reaper’, cut it off and overwrite the wound, and then regenerate the whole limb, including the muscle and bone that was cut off.
A: In the case where the wound expands, the influence of the ‘Reaper’ wound expands as well. If a fingertip was cut, and you think you can deal with that by cutting off the finger, at the moment the finger is cut off, the finger that was cut off becomes the target of the ‘Reaper’. Even cellular reproduction wouldn’t work, I’d guess.

Q: If “at the moment the finger is cut off, the finger that was cut off becomes the target of the ‘Reaper’”, then instead of directly pressing the torn finger to another finger, hardening the outer surface using plaster like is used for a broken bone, sort of a treatment would probably lead to gangrene, but it would have an effect!
A: It would likely cause gangrene, but it would have an effect. If your fingertip was cut and you wrapped it in cellophane tape for the rest of your life, you wouldn’t die of blood loss, at least.

### •Questions about the Beginning and End of Re:Zero

Q: Have you already settled on what kind of manner the conclusion for ReZero will be?
A: Since I already decided to write from my ass it has been settled since the beginning.

Q: I have a question!! Has Mr. Cat already decided inside himself how the last round will end?
A: It’s been decided. Really, only the ending has been firmly decided.

Q: Have you decided on who Subaru will end up with (marriage) in the end?
A: The ending has been decided.

Q: I think you said that you started thinking about it from the end, but about how long did it take you to think of Re: Zero?
A: About a week.

Q: Seriously, how long did it take to think up a story this grand? Did a fair amount of your friend’s opinions go into fleshing out the plot?
A: I made the framework in about a week, and my friend just listened to me to help my fill in the details of the story. So his role was mostly encouraging me by saying “It’s fine, isn’t it?” about the content I created, and his opinion’s weren’t really involved . I made up everything myself.

Q: How many arcs will Re: Zero continue through?
A: For now, 11 arcs. (June 04, 2014 arc4)

Q: Around how many light novels do you think it will take to complete Re:Zero?
A: I think it would be nice if there were around 30. (June 05, 2014 arc4)

Q: Am I way off in thinking that converting everything up to the final arc to books would take over 100 of them?
A: Arc 2 was cut down to two books, so there’s no way it would go for one hundred books. My goal is around ‘Dai’s Great Adventure’ (note: Dragon Quest reference).

Q: Is a rough table of contents for each arc already decided?
A: By rough table of contents, in other words you mean a plot of what will be happening in each arc? If so, that’s decided, yeah.

Q: Inside Mr. Cat, is what will happen to who, and where, already decided? Things like ‘In this arc, Al’s helmet will be removed in this situation’. Is it all still vague?
A: I’m able to say that everything will be in 11 arcs, since it’s already decided, sure. If it wasn’t, what indicator would I have to say 11 arcs? Am I just talking lightly? Well, now that I say that, I am, but I’m not speaking that lightly. What do you know about my vagueness, anyways? Why do you know I’m vague? Are you my mom? Knock when you come in the room!!!

Q: Before, you stated that ‘Everything is thought out up to the final round’, but does Mr. Cat have memos (?) of ‘what’ and ‘how detailed’?
A: It’s only in my head.

Q: In case of a sudden accident that brings everything to a halt, please at least leave a record of the plot somewhere.
A: If I die, I’ve arranged for my friend to make the whole picture clear. No need to worry.

Q: If something unfortunate were to happen to Mr. Cat, I wouldn’t be able to read the continuation, so please drive carefully.
A: I don’t want to die, but when it’s time to die, you die. So I’ll continue to drive normally. It’s not like I’m driving dangerously, you know!?

Q: If something was to happen to Mr. Cat, would your friend finish everything up?
A: Nah, I don’t think he has any writing ability. Just the story details will be revealed.

Q: It was said that your friend knows the story details, but around how many people know Re: Zero’s details? Please make sure that at least one person can write.
A: None of my friends could write a light novel. If they could, they wouldn’t be my friends, you see, they’d be my enemy. If I die, just please accept it. I’m not looking for anything like being famous after my death. If I die, there’s no need to talk about me again.

Q: When will the ‘Heartwarming’ tag be removed from the work? Or are all the developments up to this point nothing more than ‘Heartwarming’ to Mr. Cat?!
A: It’s heartwarming.

Q: If chapter 1 is zero, and the final chapter is one hundred, about how far is the current progress?
A: 45. (May 02, 2015 arc5 ch64)

### •Questions about the Construction of Re:Zero’s Story

Q: Are there any mysteries you don’t intend to make clear in the main story?
A: Not particularly. The mysteries that I’ve put out will be recovered. However, I don’t intend to carefully explain everything that you would understand if you read the story.

Q: If I were to write an isekai thing, I’d dig way too deeply into the worldbuilding, but is Mr. Cat the type to come up with details that you won’t depict and have no intention of depicting?
A: I think about the developments coming up, so I do at least think about the bits involved with those upcoming developments, but I probably don’t think much about details that won’t be shown. That would summon the ‘Wasteful Ghost’ (note: reference to a mascot from a series of commercials urging people not to be wasteful).

Q: If you were looking for something sexy in Re: Zero, what kind of situation would you add?
A: I dislike adding sex to my own work… I don’t even want to think about it.

Q: You’ve said that you dislike crude content, so in other words, does that mean even the archbishops, let alone the Witch of Lust, don’t have abilities along those lines? Also, at what point does crude content become crude content?
A: The archbishop have nothing but authorities that look like crap. Elementary school level crude content isn’t sexual, so it’s fine, but middle school level crude content becomes sexual, so I dislike it. Or really, I dislike sexual talk.

Q: So Mr. Cat doesn’t much like it when the crude content gets too deep?? I enjoying reading it quite a bit, too, but Mushoku Tensei has quite a bit of that; are you alright with it?? (note: Mushoku Tensei, literally Jobless Reincarnation, is a popular web novel on the same site that Re: Zero is published on)
A: I’m not bothered by crude content in something I think of as ‘A work with that sort of thing’. I play erotic games, too. But, I don’t think of my work as ‘A work with that sort of thing’, and I, myself, don’t think of that as something that needs to be shown openly, so I dislike waving it around. Mushoku Tensei was giving off that sort of feeling from the start, so it’s fine. If there was a sudden change along the way and crude content suddenly became frequent, I think that would be no good.

Q: Isn’t Re: Zero short on vitamin ‘boy who only tells dirty jokes’?
A: I dislike crude content, after all.

Q: According to the plot, around how many more times will Subaru die? In the actual writing, how many more times do you think Subaru will die?
A: The number of deaths can increase as I go with the flow, so the number of times he dies isn’t determined by the plot. I don’t want to do digest-like deaths (note: I think he may mean something like a death montage here), so even if there’s a lot, there probably won’t be fifty more times. (May 26, 2014 arc4)

Q: Including the arcs that come after this, which arc will Subaru die the most in?
A: Probably, they’ll all be about even. (May 27, 2014 arc4)

Q: What’s the approximate percentage of the possibility that Subaru will be able to break through a loop without dying even once?
A: 0

Q: In loop stories, building up knowledge and experience using loops is a staple, but supposing Subaru was to use this method, roughly how strong could he become? Assuming Reinhard would be impossible, would he be able to defeat Wilhelm?
A: He wouldn’t get stronger at all. When he ‘Returns by Death’, Subaru’s body doesn’t accumulate any experience. It’s a complete reset. ‘Remember by Death’ is possible, but in terms of becoming stronger, it has no effect at all.

Q: Is Return by Death the ultimate reset where nothing except memory is carried over?
A: I don’t know if it’s the ultimate, but it’s a reset. Please think of it like the way that you can remember the contents of a dream, but even if you become stronger in the dream, you won’t have become stronger when you wake up.

Q: I can’t talk about a scene with Subaru giving a thumbs-up and sinking into mayonnaise without tearing up, but if he died in an everyday scene, would he still Return by Death?
A: If his leg slipped and he smacked his head into the corner of a tofu block and died, he’d return. Honestly, I can only say that where he’d return to would be decided by which space between arcs he died in…...

Q: If Subaru died of old age, would he do something like looping eternally on the day of his death? Or would he be able to see Kadomon again, after a long absence?
A: If he’s not able to fulfill the goal of the person making him ‘Return by Death’ before he dies of old age, he’ll probably return.

Q: I was thinking as I was re-reading. In arc 1, as Subaru is facing his first death, if he didn’t have Return by Death would he have died and ended there, or is Return by Death tied to being summoned, and something like Subaru being summoned to another world without having Return by Death would be impossible?
A: It would have been the end.

Q: I’m disturbed by the fact that Subaru just isn’t dying. Figuring out his enemy’s weaknesses without dying; what’s up with this protagonist…!?
A: He dies and makes the readers rejoice; he doesn’t die and makes the readers afraid. What’s up with this protagonist?

Q: What would be the result if Subaru were to try and build a school harem with the ability of [Returns by Death]?
A: Apart from not dying, nothing would happen. Saying that because he could return from death he will die due to a blunder in school life would be stupid

Q: I feel like I saw at one point that conveying the meaning of Return by Death through writing would be impossible, but could he convey Return by Death to someone by body language and gestures (and words too if it seemed safe)?
A: That would be a really difficult gesture! On Subaru’s side of things, if he has the intent to convey something, it’ll be discovered. The part where they try to infer his meaning is fine. But, when they begin to try and confirm with Subaru, it’s dangerous.

Q: On the off chance that Emilia wound up with a boyfriend that wasn’t Subaru, what action would Subaru take when he saw that??
A: He’d ‘Return by Death’. Just kidding. Just kidding, but... not really, but... how would that turn out? I guess he really would ‘Return by Death’.

Q: Supposing that there were two people with ‘Return by Death’, then as long as they don’t both accomplish their goal at the same time, would they continue to return to their respective save points?
A: I think it would depend on the rules of that story, but if we limit it to my story, it’s an impossible situation, so I don’t know.

### •Questions about the Names of Re:Zero Characters

Q: Why are all the main characters’ names associated with stars do you think?
A: Cause it’s wonderful

Q: Did the names of the stars passed through into the other world of Emilia’s bunch? Like Subaru (he used the kanji for Pleiades) and Aldebaran
A: Since they didn’t, whenever Subaru brings up the story about the stars he usually gets treated as if his head is strange

Q: A character up to this point that it was difficult to name
A: Forcing together the connections between the archbishops’ sins and abilities and star names was terribly difficult.

Q: Do you rack your brains over characters’ names?
A: Someone who doesn’t is slacking way too much.

Q: How do you decide on the names of the characters that appear? Are they from your yearbook?
A: Aside from the important ones, I make them up when they appear. Wilhelm and some others were like that.

Q: When you’re thinking of names, are there sources that you use for ideas?
A: Nothing in particular. I think the majority of people try to avoid using the same names, and I’m like that too. In my case, aside from the names that have meanings, I make them up on the spot.

Q: When you suddenly think up an important-seeming character and the perfect name for them, but the name sounds a lot like a name you picked at random before, what do you do?
A: You have to believe in the name you’ve thought up. We’ll use it even if the sound is nearly the same. With Kiritaka and Liliana, even when the sound is completely identical. Even if Emilia and Priscilla have more or less the same sound.

Q: Aside from the characters whose names are determined by the story’s plot, how do you decide on names?
A: I make them up on the spot. The royal selection candidates and the knights and such were more or less like that.

Q: When you’re thinking of names, do you divide it up and think that ‘This region is Germanic, that region is Russian, that region is Italian’?
A: I don’t think about it that much. By and large, I name them with whatever flash of inspiration comes in that moment. It was just by chance that all of the Astrea family ended up with Germanic names.

Q: Is there a character that you had the most trouble naming? Are they all done by intuition or foreshadowing?
A: It’s all intuition and foreshadowing. If you’re not doing any foreshadowing, names aren’t something that’s important enough to worry about.

Q: There’s something about the sound of the name Julius Eulclius that I like, but does Mr. Cat have a name that he thinks was the best?
A: It’s Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti, you see. But, he’s in danger of being renamed. What do you think; would it be better to change Romanee-Conti? Does it make you laugh?

Q: The Romanee-Conti renaming uproar is occurring, but speaking of first impressions, ‘Reinhard’ was more shocking. A certain ‘Kaiser Reinhard-sama’’s image is strong, after all (note: Legend of Galactic Heroes reference). Was there something like a strong reason that you went ahead and named him ‘Reinhard’? If it’s something related to a story development that comes after this, just ignore this question.
A: I like Kaiser Reinhard, so I thought I’d use Reinhard for the strongest character. So, that impression was correct.

Q: Is Macgregor Mathers the origin of Roswaal’s name, perhaps? I think the origin of Beatrice’s name is Beatrice (note: second Beatrice was written to match the Italian pronunciation), but are there other characters with stories behind their names?
A: I borrowed Reinhard from The Legend of Galactic Heroes’ Emperor of the Galaxy, outside of that there’s no particular stories behind them. Roswaal, too, was decided on for the sound of it, and it’s not a name that I thought “I’ll do this!’ and brought it in from somewhere. Now that I think back on it, maybe the reason that I thought Mathers sounded like a magic user was I had the idea that Suikoden 2 had a strong magic user of that name? Beako wasn’t from Beatrice, but started from the idea of ‘A girl that it would look right to hold like a teddy bear’, so the ‘Beako’ nickname came first, and I picked the rest later (note: In the Japanese text, bear is pronounced the same as the ‘Bea’ section of Beako). I think that’s about all of it.

Q: There’s a lot of Reinhard content, so I’ll ask just one. Where did Reinhard’s name originate?
A: It was Kaiser Reinhard of The Legend of Galactic Heroes. I like him, so I thought I’d attach his name to the strongest character.

Q: You’ve been providing solid answers about characters that, at this point in time, are only minor roles (Kadomon) or that the main story has only touched on the name or existence of (Reid, the former king), but does that mean that you’ve thought about them in advance?
A: When I get asked about them, the things that I’ve just thought about idly get solidified when I give them as answers. Sort of like normally it’s like melted ice cream, and it gets hardened when I give the answer. That’s bad for the flavor, so let’s stop doing that.

### •Questions about Re: Zero's Character Building, Character Depictions, and Affection towards Characters

Q: Come to think of it, it seems that due to the readers’ voices Wilhelm-san was changed into a semi-regular character, but when you first began writing chapter one of this story just how much conclusion did you reach for the characters and the world view?
A: To be honest, I didn’t completely reach a conclusion.(May 26, 2014 arc4)

Q: Are there any yanderes among the Re: Zero characters?
A: It depends on how you define yandere, but in the author’s mind, it’s got yanderes all over.

Q: I think that when characters are depicted, there are situations where you mention clothing, but how did you study clothing? Did you do things like looking at fashion magazines, and such?
A: If you look at Re: Zero, I think you’ll understand, but I mostly don’t depict the characters’ clothes. I can’t picture it in my mind, so I don’t think about it at all. Honestly, I don’t really know what Subaru is wearing in arc 5.

Q: It was noted that when you’re writing the story, you don’t have any mental image of the characters, but when appearances are depicted, are you just making it up on the spot? Do you try to have colors match between masters and their attendants?
A: In the story’s narration, I differentiate characters by hair color and such, so as much as possible, I try to avoid having them overlap. Anastasia and Julius overlapped inadvertently.

Q: On the one hand, Puck seems to put effort into fashion, but on the other hand, I feel like Emilia is always wearing the same clothes; does she not swap her outfit sometimes? Or is she actually wearing different clothing each day?
A: She’s wearing different clothing. Referencing an RPG character’s clothing like that; that’s a tactless question.

Q: Did Neko-san have a character whose appearance you just had to have? Something like “I’m writing this story just so I can have a character that looks like this!”
A: Emilia’s just gotta be a silver-haired heroine.

Q: I’ve heard that in the heroine and other female characters, the author’s preference in women will show up, but how is it in Mr. Greycat’s case? Are there any characters that show your preferences?
A: Making the heroine silver-haired is entirely my own hobby. Aside from that, there’s not enough of it to mention, I guess. In my stories up to this point, the heroines don’t have a particular must-have feature common to all of them. If you weren’t able to like a character that will appear often, it would be a problem, so the thought that your preferences will show up is probably not wrong. I, too, don’t dislike any of the characters in Re: Zero.

Q: If Mr. Cat could become just the insides (just the mind) of a Re: Zero character, who would be good?
A: I’d become Puck, dive into Emilia-tan’s silver hair, breathe deeply until I was satisfied, and come back.

Q: Even setting aside silver hair, Mr. Cat has a fetish for hair like Ram and Rem’s, that you might call lightly-colored or transparent or shiny; if you had to write about a heroine that had a darker hair color, which would you chose?
A: I’d go with long black hair, it’s very modest!!

Q: There’s Beatrice, there’s Lewes, there’s even young Emilia; for you to be able to write such irresistible little girls, there’s no doubt that Mr. Cat is a lolicon!
A: If none of the girls except the little girls are attractive, then I’ll accept your assertion!!

Q: When the maid sisters were speaking in unison in volume 2 and 3, you were thorough in keeping the letter counts the same each time; was it, as I expect, a lot of trouble to come up with the wording? I’d love to hear the story behind it.
A: It did take some work, but it wasn’t that much work, I guess? Really, it was the character changes afterwards that were lots of trouble. Those two have gone places I never expected (literally: gotten too far out of my hands).

Q: Personally, instead of elegant fighters like Reinhard and Julius, I prefer cool fighters like Ricardo and Wilhelm; which do you prefer, Mr. Nagatsuki? I’d be very happy if your response included which is easier to write.
A: All four of those have characters that are easy to write for, so there’s no distinction. Personally, I like polished silver, I guess? (note: polished silver seems to have several different connotations; the one about ‘men in their prime being manly in their own way’ may apply here.)

Q: With the Re: Zero characters, I’m fascinated not only by the heroine, of course, but the enemies, allies, old, young, men, and women, all of them (especially the old guy). Is that just my own personal preferences? Or is it simply due to the unbalanced ratio of men to women, or remembering concern over clearly disposable characters, something like that?
A: Thank you. I don’t always stick to it, but isn’t it better for all the characters that appear to have a story? So Re: Zero basically doesn’t have disposable characters. They all have something of their own. The archbishops by themselves are enough scum with nothing of worth…… those guys are terrible.

Q: How much do the characters move on their own? Also, is there a character that you think ‘This one moves on their own the most’?
A: They pretty much all move on their own, so there’s not one in particular. Every last one of them speaks on their own. In theory, I put them in the storyline and move them, but none of them listen to what I say.

Q: Who in Re: Zero is closest to Mr. Cat’s personality??
A: They’re all born from the author, after all. They’re all my cute children, you know. I’m somewhere inside all of them. Well then, it’s become harder to read, hasn’t it?

Q: In Re: Zero, which is the character you like the most?
A: No matter which character it is, I can’t say it isn’t a part of me, so I don’t really feel like I can measure it in terms of like or dislike. If a father was rating his own children, that wouldn’t feel good, right? If I was able to look at it objectively from a reader’s viewpoint, I think it might be one of Subaru, Otto, Wilhelm, and Garfiel.

Q: I’m not sure quite how to put it, but Subaru and Mr. Cat feel a bit similar. Does it turn out like this due to making a character that’s easy to write, that sort of reason?
A: If anything, the author is now being pulled along by Subaru’s character. If he writes a different story, the author likely turns into a different character.

Q: Will an enemy like Hadler show up? (note: Dragon Quest reference) Or perhaps Elsa fits in that frame!
A: They won’t show up. Without exception, the enemies are just scum. Every one is Zaboela. (note: Dragon Quest reference)

Q: It left an impression on me when you said previously that Re: Zero’s enemies are all Zaboela. Because of that, I’m now frustrated because whenever a new enemy appears in Re: Zero, I first think “Oh, it’s this week’s Zaboela!”. What should I do?
A: Yes, it’s Zaboela. Boom, it’s a city siege full of Zaboelas!

Q: I liked Petelgeuse’s lines because they were energetic; what kind of mood were you in when you wrote those lines? Were you saying ‘desu desu’ as you wrote?
A: I was saying ‘desu desu’ as I wrote. I can’t remember if I practiced his first appearance’s ‘Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti...desu!’ several times while driving.

Q: When you’re thinking of Regulus’ and Batenkaitos’ lines, what sort of mood are you in while writing? Batenkaitos strings together words with similar meanings, but isn’t it very difficult to think up Regulus’ theories?
A: In the author’s head, if there’s a solid backbone of what characters called ‘Regulus’ or ‘Batenkaitos’ are thinking, and what kind of expressions they use, then it’s not very difficult to make them talk, I think. It’s not that the author is thinking of those theories, when Regulus, with that sort of personality and that sort of nature, speaks, it naturally turns into those kinds of theories. People talk about ‘characters moving by themselves’, but similarly, ‘characters speaking for themselves’ is common too, and as a writer I lean particularly strongly in that direction. So, I’ve never had trouble with a character’s personality. If the author properly grasps how a biased person’s thoughts are put together, then the biased person’s human nature will naturally show up in their actions and words.

Q: When you write Regulus’ lines, are you writing them quickly one after another? Or do you write them while worrying?
A: I’m not thinking about anything while I write them.

Q: Out of the archbishops, which is the most fun to write about?
A: Probably either Wrath or Lust, I think.

Q: Out of the extra chapters that you’ve written up to this point, are there any characters that will appear in the main story?
A: Pretty much all of them will appear.

Q: After this, will a character appear who can see other people’s memories through a blessing or magic?
A: I haven’t particularly thought about it.

Q: Is there a character with seriously reduced vision?
A: You mean someone with bad eyes, maybe? There isn’t anyone in particular. There isn’t a single character with glasses, for that matter.

Q: Currently, Petra and Beatrice possess the little girl attribute; will this number increase in the future?
A: I don’t think the number of little girls will increase. Even Petra won’t be a little girl in three years.

Q: In Re: Zero there are people with various inclinations; are there characters with the typical dispositions: mothercon, fathercon, siscon, brocon, lolicon, shotacon?
A: There’s a mothercon. There’s a fathercon. There’s a siscon. There’s a brocon. Lolicon…… ah, there is one. The shotacon is subtle.

Q: Re: Zero’s fighting characters are all close-range to mid-range; soon it will be time for a long-range bow or gun(-like thing) user to appear, right? Someone who can lock on to a mouse’s eyeball and waits, going “now?” “now?”.
A: If I put in an expert at long-range attacks, Subaru would have nothing but a future where he couldn’t avoid being killed…...

Q: I’d like to see a male rival-ish character for Subaru, different from Otto or Garf. Not along Julius’ lines, more of a muddy sort.
A: There is one.

Q: Will identical twin characters show up?
A: They’ll show up.

Q: Is there anyone from the beast tamer line of work? Not a trainer, but an insect whistler. (note: possibly a reference to the Jade Insect Whistle card in Yugioh)
A: There is. I gave her braids. (note: the Japanese text is fairly vague, without even a gender reference. Possibly refers to Meili.)

Q: This is a world where personal fighting strength is ridiculously high; is there anything like a character that is specialized in strategy?
A: Personal fighting strength is high, and one man challenging a thousand can realistically happen, so a strategy specialist won’t appear. If you enlisted them, someone like Captain Marcos, Crusch-sama, or Priscilla would be able to take command like normal, though.

### •Questions about Re: Zero’s Story

Q: Speaking of Re: Zero, is the world Subaru has arrived at an official history? (note: the term translated as official history seems to be mostly used to refer to the government-produced historical records about a country. Perhaps the question is asking if the Re: Zero world is all part of Subaru’s imagination or not.)
A: I feel like it’s a story that you don’t really need to think about whether it’s an official history or not.

Q: Does Arc 3 have a theme?
A: Arc 1 is “Beginning”, Arc 2 is “Trust”, Arc 3 is “Self-Awareness”, Arc 4 is “Self-Reliance” (note: idk about arc 5 theme but IIRC Tappei stated on his twitter that Arc 6 theme is "Despair"

Q: Subaru-kun criticized Roswaal for seeming like a stalker and being creepy, but what Subaru himself does also makes him look like a stalker. How does Subaru feel about that? For that matter, there’s Regulus, there’s Petelgeuse, there’s Satella; this work has too many stalker types.
A: One of Re: Zero’s themes is love, so it can’t be helped.

Q: In arc 3, the stomping on Subaru-kun, and the protagonist’s great disgrace, are a type of story I think you don’t see often. You probably expected the readers’ reaction to be critical, but wasn’t there anything you worried about when you were carrying out that plan?
A: Not really. If you have confidence you can recover from the protagonist’s setback through the interest in what comes afterwards, there’s nothing to worry about. I have confidence that I did that.

Q: It was said that you’ll put together a proper plot for arc 5, but what will it look like? Are you writing something like a flowchart?
A: Subaru sneaks into the castle -> Emilia-tan gets upset with him -> Royal Selection explanation -> Felt’s chaotic entrance -> speeches by the royal candidates -> Subaru’s disgrace. I’ve got that sort of plot written up.

Q: The sixth arc will surely be just light stress round right!?
A: I would think it’s already no longer a light round

Q: Mr. Cat’s favorite story is which chapter of which arc? (Both in the normal liking it sense, and in the super-sadistic sense)
A: It’ll come around arc 7.

Q: I’ve heard that recently, Valentine’s chocolates (favorite) have had hair or blood in them. Based on that, Dr. Cat. Around what arc is the scene you’re most want to write?
A: It’s in arc 8 or 9.

Q: Which arc looks like it will be the longest? Compared to arc 3, about how long will it be?
A: The final arc will probably not be twice as long as arc 3.

### •Questions about Re: Zero’s Detailed Story

Q: A certain magical girl Mami took the world by storm when she got Mami’ed; now that I think of it, though, Subaru has piled up far more death scenes than Mami. In the reader reactions at the time, was it popular to say he got Subaru’ed?
A: It wasn’t called being Subaru’ed, it was called being Mami’ed.

Q: Will there be a development when someone will get Mami’ed?
A: I think things like ‘Instant Death!’ are wasteful, so I don’t like to do them.

Q: Back when there was no hint the story would be novelized, as you were progressing the story, how did you handle it when you thought things like ‘I want to change part of the story that’s been posted, and add a new thing!’?
A: I drill it into what comes later, so I probably haven’t thought I wanted to change the previous story.

Q: Mr. Cat is good at using foreshadowing, but out of what you’ve written so far, was there any ‘I had to connect back to that foreshadowing, but I forgot to!’ moments?
A: I forgot to go back to Garfiel’s slogan.

Q: Mr. Cat, do you sometimes forget about something you’ve foreshadowed?
A: I do forget. I forgot to use Garfiel’s slogan, for example.

Q: Do you have plans to do King Crimson?
A: Well, I won’t be able to do that for three years. ‘One hundred years later…’ I’ll do it like that.
(author’s note: 3 years is referring to the period of the royal selection)

Q: As time progresses in the main story, ‘The Incident 14 Years Ago’ will have it’s name change to ‘The Incident 15 Years Ago’ or ‘The Incident 16 Years Ago’, won’t it. Isn’t that confusing? Please, make up an appropriate name for it.
A: That’s true.... it’s bothersome, and I get confused, too. Hmm, let’s see. Well, the fight with the White Whale where Wilhelm’s wife died is “The Great Conquest”. The incident where Felt (maybe) was abducted is “The Royal Abduction Incident”. Was there anything else? If there was, let me know. I’ll think about it.

Q: Will the futures that Emilia saw in the third Trial at the Tomb be depicted in this story??
A: They might come true, and it might be possible to avoid them.

Q: Is there any meaning to the point that Subaru first appeared at?
A: There might be, and there might not be.

Q: Powerful people like Reinhard, Elsa, Garfiel, and Julius introduce themselves when fighting a strong opponent; are greetings very important in this world? If you fail to introduce yourself, will you become an outcast?
A: In single combat, introductions are natural as an exciting moment, and I think they’re a point that ought to be ensured. When you write a novel, you should try it too!

Q: The residents of Arlam village have had their children nearly eaten by mabeasts, been targeted by the witch cult, been made hostages, as well as being attacked, stepped on, and kicked by mabeasts; were they all born under the same star as Otto-kun or something?
A: Subaru is a bringer of misfortune.

Q: Was Subaru unable to receive the mirror that the witch cult had at the time of the witch cult subjugation?
A: Currently, all the captured items, including the White Whale’s head and the remaining cultists themselves, are under Crusch’s control.

Q: The Iron Fang was hauling the White Whale’s head back to the capital, but what happened to it after that? Even if they were to keep it as evidence until their claims were proven, how was it disposed of afterwards? Did they burn and bury it, or hang it up for show? Also, the main body that it was cut off from, as well as the fallen great tree; how were they have been disposed of?
A: The head was used when their claim was evaluated, and afterwards it was rendered to bone and stored in a corner of the royal castle. After a while, if they make a museum, it might get put on display. The main body was burned, and the great tree became lumber.

Q: When was the cell phone given to Russell?
A: After the results of arc 3, it was handed over under Crusch’s supervision. A law forbidding speaking of the White Whale was enacted, but in certain circles there have been rumors for a long while.

Q: Is the lump of meat in arc 4 a spoiler?
A: It’s not that important.

Q: Didn’t Subaru-kun forget to mention the hostages that Wrath had taken to the other members? Maybe he was so busy he forgot.
A: If I’d depicted the entire meeting it would have continued around another three chapters, but I don’t like to write things like that.

Q: How did Subaru’s group determine which tower which archbishop was in?
A: ‘Lust’ said it when she broadcast her demands. There’s basically isn’t anyone who would not mention the handover place in a random demand, I think.

Q: When Capella was dripping blood on Subaru, she said “The girl meat, too, will certainly die. It’s too unfortunate. That’s my favorite after all…. I wanted to test it. Whether it will lose to the blood. Ah, that’s right.” so I thought she wanted to drip blood on Crusch but hadn’t dripped it, but her next line “My blood is very different from anyone else’s. ‘Cause ya know, it’s got dragon blood mixed in it, after all. When you lose to the blood’s curse, it’s just incredible. Think you’ll last longer than the girl meat over there?” carried the nuance that she’d already dripped blood on Crusch, but had she dripped blood on her, or hadn’t she?
A: She was dripped on at the moment her eyes first went white, so there she hadn’t been dripped on yet. She was dripped on a while ago.

Q: So what did she mean at the start when she was saying she wanted to test it? She wanted to see the result, but since Subaru was shaking fiercely and fell without being able to land safely, he died from the impact and she wasn’t able to tell?
A: Due to the way Capella speaks, even when she has tested, it becomes the line “I wanted to test it.”. She can’t use the line “Even though I tested it.” since the result hasn’t occurred yet. I’m not really sure what you’re saying with the second part.

Q: Julius said “Forgetting the contents of the memo isn’t really a problem. By your own ability, you accomplished more than was expected of you. There is nothing but praise for your accomplishments. You must not forget what you felt when you defeated the White Whale and ‘Sloth’.” to Subaru, but I seem to remember that Julius wasn’t there for the White Whale.
A: You weren’t around in the same era as Oda Nobunaga, but you know Oda Nobunaga was incredible, right? Why’s that? Because you know what he did, right?

Q: What’s the standard for being recognized as a sage? It doesn’t seem to be based on intelligence.
A: You know I’ll have to talk about it eventually, so just wait patiently.