Re:Zero Chapter 3: Truth of Zero Vol 2
Rating: 3/5
Buy or Borrow: Buy
Source: Copy courtesy of the publisher!
Subaru continues to support Emilia in her campaign to become the new Queen of Lugunica. But another candidate shows up, and it's the last person Subaru expected!
The last volume left us on kind of a cliffhanger and we dive straight in with this volume. It's Emilia's turn to speak before the Council, unfortunately she's reviled for being half elf and resembling someone shady from the past which provides an interesting tidbit that may or may not be expanded upon in future volumes.
The selection kicks off in earnest, but Subaru is parted from Emilia and left on his own with Rem at Crusch's home. While there he decides it's time to learn to fight and we could be about to see him develop and grow some more and become a stronger character. He's kind of been left to his own devices and left on his own so it's going to be interesting to see what he does.
Meanwhile the story diverges as our two characters part way because while Subaru is off taking part in his own little version of Fight Club with one of Crusch's people, Emilia is about to undergo her first trial in the selection....and it's certainly going to be interesting. The middle of this volume was a bit slow with not much happening, but we pick up again towards the end of the volume. I'm intrigued to see how things are going to progress as our characters have their own missions to fulfil.
Re:Zero Chapter 3: Truth of Zero
Rating: 4/5
Buy or Borrow: Buy
Source: Copy courtesy of the publisher!
Subaru returns with Emilia to the capital of Lugunica, where it all started for him. There, he runs into some (unfortunately) familiar faces...but also the other candidates for Queen of Lugunica!
Okay folks, the events at the manor are over and done with and in this volume we head right on back to the Capital. I really feel like this is the volume where things start to kick off. Things certainly start to get interesting either way.
Subaru, Rem and Emilia head off for The Royal Selection, and along the way we bump in to a new character. Priscilla. She's one of the other candidates for Queen, and she's a bit....strange. If not a little bit crazy. Interestingly enough her companion Al is like Subaru which is going to prove to be an interesting point in the plot, I think!
There's actually quite a few new characters in this volume, because we meet the other Queen candidates Anastasia, Crusch...and a familiar face. Felt. Plot twist am I right?! The other candidates are certainly an interesting bunch and really liven up the story with some fresh faces. Each of them has an interesting personality, and plan for what they want to do and I'm excited to see more of them and get to know more.
Reinhard returns too, along with Julius and Rom and it's nice to see these characters haven't been forgotten about! We get a nice amount of new information on the world, and things have certainly gotten interesting, shall we say! As the Royal Selection begins, we get to know all of the different motivations for the different parties, and I'm excited to see what's going to happen next and how it's going to play out.
I have to say, I really want a dragon carriage! I loved how they where drawn, and it was such a fun addition! The art for the Capital is completely gorgeous too! Things are moving at a nice pace, but I feel like with this chapter we're hitting one of the main parts of the story and things are going to get very interesting!
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