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REVIEW: Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Novel 2

The one big difference I noticed is that it is Roswaal, not Puck, who teaches Subaru about magic and identifies his affinity.

but, are those hints actually useful or are they just light/webnovel style fluff ?

Roswaal's drawl fares much less well – English has yet to find an effective way to Romanize that particular Japanese speech affectation, and the character's lines quickly become annoying to read, although unlike some other translations, this one does lengthen the syllables that would be drawn out in English more naturally. Beatrice's speech pattern is likewise a bit irritating, but it smooths out the more she talks; whether that is a result of us growing used to it or the translator getting more comfortable with writing it is debatable.

Second, to anyone who may be familar with all the novel volumes published so far - how far did the anime get in its adaptation? Storywise, there's clearly a ton left to go since the contest over the royal selection has barely begun.

...then please include actual examples from the light novel so we can see exactly what you are talking about.

And if I can beg your indulgence for another question (or to anyone else who may know): do the novels ever make clear if Subaru's loops are, in effect, parallel time lines or if when he starts over the entire world starts over as well? What I mean by that is, if say, Emilia, dies nine times in nine different loops but Subaru is successful in averting that fate in the 10th loop, does that mean that Emilia 1 thru 9 actually did die in their respective timelines or does it mean that all the Emilia deaths actually never happened (other than in Subaru's memory, of course) and Emilia 1 is saved? I know the anime never explained which version is true, but I wonder if the novels do.

For me, the question is more than just academic. I find it less easy to cheer Subura's "success" if he manages to save Emilia 10 but Emilia 1 thru 9 still suffered their fates in their timelines as opposed to saving Emilia 1 in a single timeline.