Re:ZERO Manga Order (Starting Life in Another World)

Let’s start life in another world! That’s exactly what happens in Re:Zero — also known as Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World — one of the most popular stories in the isekai genre today, a subgenre of fiction where someone is transported to another world and must learn how to survive in this new world.

In Re:Zero, Subaru Natsuki is a young man who suddenly finds himself in a medieval fantasy-like world. He quickly discovers how dangerous this new place can be when he dies… only to revive a few hours in the past! He learns that he has the power to return to a specific point in time after each death (much like a checkpoint in a video game). These deaths are not without pain, and Subaru also has to deal with memories of what happened before his death, while everybody else has forgotten.

Created by Tappei Nagatsuki, Re:Zero began in 2012 as a web novel on the user-generated content site Shōsetsuka ni Narō (and is still ongoing). Media Factory later acquired the series for print publication, starting the light novels in 2014 with illustrations by Shin’ichirō Ōtsuka. As of now, forty volumes have been released, along with six side story novels and eleven short story collections.

Subaru Natsuki’s adventures don’t stop there. Re:Zero has naturally been adapted into an anime, as well as several manga series and spin-offs — the subject of our article today!

Re:ZERO Manga Collection

Re: Zero‘s story is made of several arcs or chapters, each arc being covered in a manga series. As of right now, five of the nine currently released arcs have been adapted. It is naturally recommended to read them following the publication order. For more info, you can check out Yen Press’ website (all summaries are coming from the publisher).

Chapter 1: A Day in the Capital (Daiisshou)

2 Volumes. It starts here! Subaru Natsuki had just been trying to get to the convenience store, but he wound up summoned to another world. Worse, he has only one special ability, and he has to die to use it! At least now he’s got a goal–save the girl with the silver hair and bring a smile to her face. But how many times is he going to have to die a terrible death in order to make that goal a reality?

Chapter 2: A Week at the Mansion (Dainishou)

5 Volumes. Subaru hasn’t known peace since he first came to this world, but after surviving the demon beast attack, he has finally found some respite. Whether it’s deepening bonds with the residents of Roswaal Manor, meeting an eccentric world-famous chef, or dressing up as Roswaal himself (?!), Subaru is in for a fun (if exhausting) time.

Chapter 3: Truth of Zero (Daisanshou)

11 volumes. Thanks to the power of Return by Death, Subaru Natsuki has finally and utterly overcome his persistent foe, the Archbishop of Sloth, Petelgeuse. But the cost of victory is greater than he could have ever realized, and an all-too-familiar thought arises: If things had gone differently, could he have found happiness instead of tragedy?

Chapter 4: The Sanctuary and the Witch of Greed (Daiyonshou)

Ongoing manga series. The people you love, the shape of salvation—for whom do you sacrifice yourself when you Return by Death? Not long after his second ordeal, Subaru Natsuki encountered Rem…or rather, an imposter! Now he’s back with Echidna, the Witch of Greed, and he’s desperate to have something, anything, to cling onto. Echidna offers him a “formal pact” with her, but right as Subaru considers accepting, the other Witches of the Deadly Sins make their presences known, one after the next. Could their ranks even include…the Witch of Jealousy?

Spin-off: The Frozen Bond

This spin-off manga is an adaptation of the prequel light series of the same name, focused on Emilia and Puck before the main series. It contains 15 chapters in total, collected into 3 manga volumes. It can be read at any point, although it is recommended to read it after the first arc.

In Japan, an anthology manga series made of 3 volumes containing 33 short stories, each made by a different artist, was released in 2016. The light novel The Love Ballad of the Sword Devil has also been adapted into 4 manga volumes, released between 2018 and 2021. At this date, those two spin-offs have no official English translation.

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