Anime, starting from Re:Zero (Zero - Starting Life)

Disappointed? Perhaps not really?

She had never felt the expectations placed on her by her brother.

If the expected results of practicing swordsmanship are poor, then you are not allowed to learn it.

If you have a good talent for magic, you must specialize in it.

This was Gawain's life plan for her, a complete theory of efficiency and results, as if Sylphiet was supposed to grow to the state he thought she was in, and no matter how difficult the process was, it was natural and not worthy of praise.

But Sylphiet wanted to be praised by her brother.

I want to be praised by my brother who has a handsome smile and strokes my head.

She didn't understand what "taken for granted" meant. She only knew that she wanted to make her brother surprised, happy, and satisfied, just like how her parents had been treating her recently.

At worst, she wanted to be stronger than Rudeus and discuss issues with her brother on an equal footing like Rudeus. Even though she was a little older than Rudeus, as the older sister among the three, Sylphiet didn't want to fall behind the brown-haired villain who always took up most of their time.

My brother is the best brother in the world.

After my brother came home, my parents and I became happier and more content, so we wanted him to stay at home and by our side forever.

Sylphiet was practicing her handwriting diligently, her fighting spirit high.

As for the other side.

"I don't think Rudeus needs to learn swordsmanship anymore."

Holding a wooden sword, Gawain, who had just knocked the brown-haired, green-eyed boy to the ground, sentenced his opponent to death in another sense without waiting for him to stand up again.

Paul, who was standing nearby with his arms folded, couldn't hold it in any longer. He waved his hands in protest:

"You little bastard, I told you not to say such things!"

Rudeus, who was lying on his side after being knocked to the ground, looked completely unaffected and rather pleased. Although he wanted to be a filial son in his life, he naturally wouldn't mind if he could return to a pure indoor school with reasonable reasons. He then joined in:

"Father, I think what Gao Wenqing said is quite right. After all, I still can't refine Dou Qi."

Paul was very upset about his son's daily rebellion. He pretended to kick his son like a ball, but Rudius rolled away.

Gao Wen did not understand the daily childish interactions between the father and son, and just said rationally:

"I'm not kidding. Rudius and I recently completed our testing on him, and the conclusion is that Rudius is practically incapable of entangled with Dou Qi. If he can't use Dou Qi to strengthen his body and defend against attacks, then isn't it simply sending him to his death to learn and use swordsmanship?"

Although he was reluctant to admit that his son, a swordsmanship genius, had no talent for cultivating fighting spirit, Paul had already thought about this issue a long time ago. His answer was:

"Aren't magicians equally defenseless? Learning swordsmanship will at least allow Rudy to understand how his most dangerous enemies will attack, and how to dodge and block them."

Gao Wen admitted that what Paul said made sense, but considering the efficiency issue, he still refuted:

"As for armor, just develop the magic armor and put it on ahead of time. If your defense is weak, enhance it; if your reflexes are weak, improve them. Just like a swordsman uses the strength and sharpness of his sword, a magician should also use external objects to compensate for his own shortcomings."

"What's more, I think it's possible for Rudeus and I to develop defensive magic in the future, even passive defensive magic or counterattack magic. Relying on learning and understanding swordsmanship to increase our chances of winning against swordsmen is too passive. Without the blessing of fighting spirit or the magic eye, such a strategy can only be used against swordsmen below the Saint level at best. Rudeus can't even see whether the opponent has attacked with the light sword at close range, so what's the point of understanding it?"

"Paul, you can't possibly think that Rudeus's future will be limited to minor fights below the Saint level, right? At the very least, he should aim to become a God-level magician, right?"

Gawain had always believed that Rudeus was a genius in both intelligence and magic, and that he alone could potentially start a magical revolution.

[Because Gawain didn't know Rudy was a reincarnated person]

Paul also admitted that what Gawain said made sense.

But he couldn't help but twitch his lips, muttering unwillingly:

"Below Saint level, just minor fights..."

Paul sighed, looked at Rudeus who was getting up, and asked:

"Rudy, what do you think?"

Although immature, Paul is indeed a good father. Rudeus thought so while dusting himself off and said respectfully:

"Father, swordsmanship is also very good for strengthening the body."

Paul sighed and finally accepted it.

He had no idea that a good son just wanted to build muscles similar to his own to pick up girls.

The plan worked. Rudeus stood next to Gawain. He was now about half a head shorter than his older brother. He couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said excitedly:

"Magic armor?! Gao Wenqing, you're truly a genius! Can it be three times stronger during the day?"

Gawain pressed Rudeus' thumb down in dissatisfaction, repeatedly correcting Rudeus's inexplicable name:

"I am not your subject, Rudeus."

Rudeus nodded repeatedly in the tone of someone coaxing a chuunibyou kid, and said respectfully:

"Yes, you are the greatest Emperor of the Galaxy Empire, my respected Majesty."

Gao Wen objectively corrected:

"The future emperor."

"You are so humble. You are truly a natural-born wise ruler."

Rudeus had to admit, perhaps because he himself hadn't recovered from his chuunibyou, he seemed unexpectedly good at getting along with Gawain.

While Gawain occasionally displayed knowledge and perspectives that suggested he was a time traveler like himself, after spending time with him, it became clear that Gawain was truly just a child at heart, a typical twisted tsundere, chuunibyou, with a touch of sister-con and social Darwinism. He even suspected Gawain of being a bit racist, but it seemed like he discriminated against all races equally.

A typical popular character in galgame.

He understands so well.

Rudeus patted Gawain on the shoulder and said inexplicably:

"It's okay. Once I learn intermediate healing, even if Mr. Rolds breaks your leg, I can heal it right away."

Gawain was usually at a loss. He was completely unsuitable for dealing with a guy like Rudeus, whose actions and words often lacked logic.

"You know, hating my sister is not enough."

"I don't understand it at all."

"But if you accidentally get cursed and turned into a little girl and join the Magic World War, I won't be able to help you! [Tanya the Evil's Legend corresponds to Gawain's distortion, societalism, and racism]"

“This is even more incomprehensible.”

Re:Zero - Setting Highlights - Must Read

The following are some settings that the author thinks need to be emphasized at the beginning.

(By the way, please vote and collect)

1. [Time related]

A year in the human world has twelve months, and this can be found in the original text, probably somewhere in the academy chapter.

The length of a month is uncertain, but this game defaults to 30 days.

That is, a year is 360 days long.

As for the length of each day, the original work also has real hours, minutes, and seconds, so the default is 24 hours a day, 60 minutes an hour, and 60 seconds per minute.

2. [Seasonal related]

Li Bujin replied on Twitter, and combined with the timelines calculated by various experts, this work agrees:

1-3月是春季；4-6月是夏季；7-9月是秋季；10-12月是冬季。

That is, the human world takes the intersection of winter and spring as the starting point of the year.

3. [Important time points]

Rudius's official birthday is November 22, 407 AD.

Therefore, Sylphy's birthday is October 22, 407 of the Ankylosaurus calendar.

After rough calculation, this work sets Alice's birthday as July 1, 405 in the Ankylosaur calendar.

Important time points will be marked in the text.

4. Development Speed

It is known that humans in the world of No Job develop very quickly (all intelligent races are humans, and currently it seems that only the Demon Emperor has a tragic growth rate, and it seems that other immortal species can still reach adulthood at the age of 15).

In this regard, we try to respect the original setting as much as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to advance the plot. Even if it is not clear, the development speed of infants and young children is written in a very abstract way, and the slow ones seem like they are underdeveloped or have congenital deficiencies.

In short, in terms of the speed of development in height and appearance, it feels basically the same as in reality, or slightly faster, but there are also some things that are a bit forced to explain. For example, in the animated version, Sylphy, who just turned ten, is the same height as Ariel, and is only slightly shorter than Pilemon and other adult male nobles.

However, their sexual function and psychological development are significantly faster, with ages between +2 and +5 being reasonable. For example, in the animated version, Rudy already had vaginal hair when he was nearly ten, Paul first tasted the forbidden fruit at ten, was around thirteen when he had sex with Lilia, and Senese was only sixteen when she became pregnant with Rudy (young Rudy even guessed Senese was in her twenties, but she was actually just eighteen).

Anyway, it is assumed that women are sexually mature and can get pregnant normally at the age of 10.

The more I think about it, the more it seems against the will of heaven.

5. Currency Settings

The currency setting in the original book has a kind of Harry Potter beauty, so please forget about that shit.

It is better to assume that the wealth of the aristocracy is far greater than that of the common people and adventurers.

Roughly analogy:

Civilians can basically only earn enough to feed themselves, which is equivalent to the whole family working together only getting the minimum living allowance.

Although risk-taking adventurers are better, they are still within the scope of the working class.

The Northern Kings and Northern Emperors who take on all kinds of jobs are probably high-paid white-collar workers like executives without shares or programmers in large companies in the golden age.

Then, the upper-class nobles all started out as chaebols.

6. Destiny

The world of Re:Zero (Zero - Starting Life) places great emphasis on fate, and it can even be said to be a very fundamentalist fate.

From Boss Long, we can learn that even if their birth dates are different, Aisha and Noren will still be born; and that as long as someone and someone else get married, they will definitely give birth to someone.

This is obviously contrary to the rules of reality. We all know that reality is a chaotic system, and everything is based on probability rather than certainty. In cases like the birth of Aisha and Norn, even a second earlier or later could very likely result in a different child or even no pregnancy at all.

However, this setting is very suitable for writing fan fiction.

After all, in theory, without the interfering factors of "breaking away from the fate of the world", the plays performed in this box garden of the [Human World] are strictly fixed, and even beings of the level of humans and gods find it difficult to interfere with individuals with too strong destiny.

Therefore, when you encounter something that happens to be the same as the original work, that is the influence of fate (referring to the author's tangible hand).

7. [Related to Boss Long]

Because some readers have expressed doubts in the comment section, I would like to add some additional information about the relevant settings of this book.

The general point is: the setting serves the plot.

It is difficult to evaluate the strength of Boss Long in the original work. First, he was injured by the Dragon Saint's fighting spirit pierced by the rock cannonball of 12-year-old Rudy (probably a blow from the peak of the king to the emperor level). Later, in the ambush of Boss Long, he was chopped off the wrist by the Mad Sword King Alice because of the Fengya Dragon Sword + Sword God tactics.

(This part is a bit subtle. The Emperor+ Rock Cannonball can only cause scratches and cannot break through the skin defense, but it can be chopped off by the Sword King-level Light Sword)

(Personally, I think this was a plot twist designed specifically for the purpose of writing "Sorry to have kept you waiting, Rudeus." To make Alice function effectively, she had to spend a long time offline practicing swordplay, encountering the Sword God, who had been mulling over how to defeat the Dragon God, obtaining the Fengya Dragon Sword, which could weaken the Dragon Saint's fighting spirit, and receiving tactical advice from the Sword God. For this plot, Boss Long had to be led around by the nose and have his hand chopped off.)

To be honest, this physical defense is completely unreasonable.

If he continues like this, he will be the first one to die if he strikes with all his strength.

It's well known that Dragon Boss > Demon Dragon King Laplace ≥ The First Five Dragon Generals. In the ancient dragon stories, the Five Dragon Generals' greatest achievement was their collective explosion, their combined power reaching the brink of true godhood. They battled the severely injured First Dragon God for six days and nights, their aftermath devastating mountains and their movements producing flashes of light. However, in this scenario, the worst the Five Dragon Generals could do was drop to 2.5. With Dragon Boss's defense, a single blow would likely reduce them to ash.

The output is also confusing. The Demon Dragon King Laplace was forced to use extraordinary magic power to directly attack the Fighting God Buddy to kill him instantly (making the recovery speed of the Fighting God Armor unable to keep up with the speed of being eliminated). However, the Divine Sword Dragon Boss was able to directly pick the King Dragon Sword Fighting God Bei San out of the Fighting God Armor, and the corner of his clothes was slightly dirty (in other words, with almost no aftermath of the battle, the output was greater than the recovery speed of the Fighting God Armor. What a contradiction).

So, to sum up.

I have no idea what Boss Long's specific strength should be like. I can only reorganize the existing settings and expressions based on the story of this book, as a secondary setting limited to this book.

Just like the Fengya Dragon Sword is an airborne weapon designated by Li Bujin to be able to cut into the Dragon Saint's fighting spirit, I also designated that Boss Long's comprehensive actual defense is slightly greater than the Five Dragon Generals at the end of Ancient Dragon Stories. Other dimensions of strength (such as dynamic vision) are also slightly greater than the Five Dragon Generals at the end. Add to that the divine sword that can withstand god-level power and richer knowledge and experience, and I think it is in line with the strength designated by the original author.

His hands were chopped off just because the plot required it.

(I can't even say that as a three-quarter god, he wouldn't be so lame. After all, the other demigod, the Demon Emperor, was decreed by Li Bujin that "no one stipulates that the Demon Emperor must be stronger than the Demon King.")

Chapter 9: Going Out

[Please remind me if there are any blocked or marked ** places so that they can be modified as soon as possible]

Because Paul was hit hard, the morning fencing class naturally ended in failure.

Gao Wen certainly had no objection to this.

Although Rudeus always yells, "Gawain should be the strongest knight in the world, at least the strongest knight during the day!", Gawain still maintains his usual attitude. Although he actively learns, he does not take swordsmanship very seriously.