This page is about the story arc. For the anime episode, see Episode 12.
Return to the Royal Capital (再来の王都, Sairai no Ōto) is the third arc of Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu. It is preceded by Arc 2, The Turbulent Week, and followed by Arc 4, The Everlasting Contract. In the web novel, the first chapter of Arc 3 was released on July 16, 2012, and its last chapter was released on May 19, 2013. Arc 3 consists of 84 chapters and 4 interludes in the web novel, six light novel volumes, a manga adaptation made by Daichi Matsuse, and an anime adaptation with fourteen episodes.
Contents
Overview
Subaru, after embarrassing Emilia and himself in the Royal Capital, is left to be treated by Ferris. Soon after, Subaru and Rem return to Roswaal Manor, only to discover that everyone in the Emilia Camp had died. While striving forward, he finds clues and is convinced that he cannot fight his enemies alone, leading him to seek as much help as possible.
Synopsis
Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 4
- Main article: Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 4/Synopsis
Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 5
- Main article: Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 5/Synopsis
Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 6
- Main article: Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 6/Synopsis
Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 7
- Main article: Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 7/Synopsis
Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 8
- Main article: Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 8/Synopsis
Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 9
- Main article: Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 9/Synopsis
Characters
Protagonists
Supporting Characters
Side Characters
Antagonists
Mentioned Characters
Adaptations
Adaptation Differences
Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 4
Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 7
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Most of the chapter retains the writing that was in the web novel with added/changed monologue and dialogue.
- Ricardo mentions that the mana repulsion crystals are very scarce instead of not knowing how many there are left.
Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 8
- Chapter 1
- Ricardo did not assist the ambush with Subaru, Wilhelm, Mimi, and Tivey. Because of this, Wilhelm decapitated Petelgeuse by himself instead of Ricardo assisting Wilhelm for the kill.
- Chapter 2
- Ricardo and Julius's dialogue and appearance after killing Petelgeuse for the first time was completely removed. Instead, it uses dialogue and appearance from Subaru's second time killing Petelguese.
- The entire loop where Subaru, Wilhelm, and the entire expeditionary force was killed by the female finger in Arlam Village was omitted.
- Subaru waking up in front of Ricardo from Return by Death and noticing that his save point had been updated was moved to chapter 1 of the following volume.
- Satella's dialogue was moved to the following volume as a prologue.
- Rajan's debut was moved to earlier in the volume than it was in the web novel.
- Chapter 3
- The entire conversation between Emilia and Julius was omitted.
- Subaru and Emilia's plan to go to the Sanctuary to evacuate the remaining villagers was omitted.
- Chapter 4
- Wilhelm was knocked out after defeating the second finger instead of continuing the battle.
- Ricardo, Mimi, and Tivey's appearance, dialogue, and fight scenes during the Witch Cult's ambush were completely removed.
- Chapter 5
- The fight against Petelgeuse was completely changed to have Emilia and Petelgeuse fight each other alone while having Subaru, Julius, and Felix standing back to watch rather than the group assisting her in her fight.
- Emilia and Ricardo's appearance and dialogue during Subaru's death was cut.
- Due to the loop where everyone was killed by Petelgeuse's finger was cut, Subaru's death by Julius's hand is considered as his eleventh death rather than his twelfth.
Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 9
- Prologue
- Satella's dialogue was moved to become this volume's prologue.
- Chapter 1
- Subaru waking up in front of Ricardo from Return by Death and noticing that his save point had been updated was moved to to the start of this chapter.
- Chapter 6
- Instead of Wilhelm reprimanding Ferris for pushing the blame of the Witch Cult's actions on Emilia, it is Crusch who does so, which shows that fragments of her old personality still exist.
- Ferris mentioning Volcanica, Flugel, Reid, Shaula, and the Pleiades Watchtower was omitted.
- Subaru's conversation with Puck about Gluttony's Authority was omitted.
- Emilia is present during the final scene to console Subaru over Rem.
Trivia
- The manga adaptation of Arc 3 is named Truth of Zero.
- In promotional material, Arc 3 is known as the Royal Selection arc (王選編, Ō-sen-hen).
- According to the author, the reason he made Arc 3 was for Subaru to say two lines. The first one being "I hate myself" and the second one being "I love you" (to Emilia).[1]
References
- ↑ "I've said previously that arc three was an arc for the purpose of me wanting to have him say "I hate myself." and one more line, but the other one was "I love you, Emilia."" Season 1 Directors Cut, Episode 13 Commentary
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