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[EX Volumes] [Bluray Novels and Databooks] [Tanpenshuu] [Shop Specials and Gekkan Comic Alive Stories]
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There are various types of Side Content in Re: Zero, all written by Tappei Nagatsuki (the author). To give a brief overview on what they are:

• EX Novels – Side story volumes that have been licensed by YenPress and are available in English. Because these are licensed, fan translations are illegal and will not be linked.
• Shop Specials – Bundled with Re: Zero volumes at select stores in Japan. Some were collected in Re: BOX (released in 2017), which has no official English release.
• Gekkan Comic Alive Stories – Bigger than shop specials, published in a magazine. These are usually adapted in EX volumes (which have official English releases) or Tanpenshuu volumes (which do not have an official English translation). To note that there could be differences between the CA version and the EX/Tanpenshuu version of the same story.
• Bluray (BD) Novels – Bundled with select Bluray volumes. They are limited editions, so they’re very expensive on the used market. There is no official English translation of these volumes.
• Databooks – Basically what it says on the tin. Books with info about characters, which is not necessarily on the anime.
• Others – Given out at events (e.g.: Rem and Ram’s birthday events that sometimes happen at Akihabara), or select OVA screenings.

The status of certain translations will be denoted with the following tags according to the following key:

• (LQ) – Low quality – This translation has various major mistakes (hard mistranslations that affect deeper comprehension of the events) when compared to the original Japanese text.
• (EMTL) – Edited machine translation – This translation has been obtained by using the output of machine translation tools such as DeepL and Google Translator, and editing it to sounds natural, with or without the help of the translator’s own understanding of the Japanese and online dictionaries;
• (TTL) – Translated from another language – This translation has been obtained by translating from a language that is not Japanese; being a second-hand translation means that a lot of the original nuance may be lost between the original Japanese and the final English translation.

EX Volumes

Bluray Novels and Databooks

Tanpenshuu

Shop Specials and Gekkan Comic Alive Stories

The following listings are organized according to the Arc they may contain spoilers which, following the criteria from earlier (e.g.: if a story has an event pertaining to Arc 6, or a character that is first introduced in a certain chapter, then the recommendation will reflect that).

Arc 1

Arc 2

Miscellaneous

Frozen Bonds

Memory Snow

Singing Stories

Puck’s Sunny Day

Others

Arc 3

Emilia Camp I

Anastasia Camp I

Felt Camp I

Arc 1 Revisited

Royal Selection Prequel

Others

Arc 4

Miscellaneous

The Aftermath

Complicated Love Circumstances

Assassin Sisters

Elior Forest Team

Golden Siblings

Three Idiots Set Out!

Echidna Chronicles (READ ONLY IF YOU HAVE FINISHED THE WN OR LN VERSION OF ARC 4)

Arc 5

Emilia Camp II

Anastasia Camp II

Felt Camp II

Priscilla Camp

Witch Cult Special

Once Upon A Time

Pristella Squad

A full compilation of the “Those Remaining in the Watergate City, Pristella Reconstruction Journal” series of Short Stories can be found here.
Watchtower Squad

Royal Capital Squad

Arc 6

Watchtower Squad II

Miscellanous

Arc 7

Watchtower Squad III

Provisional Rem

The Land of Wolves

Priscilla Camp’s Travelogue

The Dragon Nation, Alternate

Miscellaneous

* – Interlude at the end of Volume 30; is included with modification in Arc 7 Chapter 61
** – Interlude at the end of Volume 30; relates to Death unto the Weak, No Mercy 4 and 5
*** – Interlude at the end of Volume 32; is included with modification in Arc 7 Chapter 103

Arc 8

Companion Searching Chronicle