Where the anime ends, and where the books carry onAnime, manga, light novels and web novels, lined up by story arc
Arc Almanac19 Sep 2026Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
10 story arcs, lined up across the anime and the light novel, manga and web novel, with English and Japanese release status.
10 arcs, 6 editions tracked
Season 1 ends after Return to the royal capital.
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Volume 10, from the start
Season 2 Part 1 ends partway through The everlasting contract.
Season 2 Part 2 ends after The everlasting contract.
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Volume 16, from the start
Season 3 Attack Arc ends partway through The stars that engrave history.
Season 3 Counterattack Arc ends after The stars that engrave history.
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Volume 21, from the start
Season 4 Loss Arc ends partway through The corridor of memories.
Season 4 Recapture Arc ends after The corridor of memories (episodes mapped so far).
Draft start points. Chapter-level mappings still need review. Report a wrong mapping.
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Anime, TV
Aired. 2016
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Anime, TV
Aired. 2020
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Anime, TV
Aired. 2021
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Anime, TV
Aired. 2024
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Anime, TV
Aired. 2025
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Anime, TV
Aired. 2026
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Anime, TV
Aired. 2026
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, English
Released. Chapters 1–7
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, English
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, English
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, English
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, English
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, English
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, English
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, English
Scheduled. Chapters 1–7. due 2026-12-08
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Light novel, English
Not in English yet
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Light novel, Japanese
Released. Chapters 1–7
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Light novel, Japanese
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, Japanese
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, Japanese
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, Japanese
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, Japanese
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, Japanese
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, Japanese
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, Japanese
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, Japanese
Released
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Light novel, Japanese
Scheduled. due 2026-09-25
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Manga, English, Chapter 1
Released. Chapters 1–11. Chapter 1: A Day in the Capital
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Manga, English, Chapter 2
Released. Chapters 1–26. Chapter 2: A Week at the Mansion
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Manga, English, Chapter 3
Released. Chapters 1–55. Chapter 3: Truth of Zero
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Manga, English, Chapter 4
Released. Chapters 1–63. Chapter 4: The Sanctuary and the Witch of Greed
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Manga, English
Not in English yet
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Manga, Japanese, Chapter 1
Released. Chapters 1–11. Chapter 1: A Day in the Capital
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Manga, Japanese, Chapter 2
Released. Chapters 1–26. Chapter 2: A Week at the Mansion
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Manga, Japanese, Chapter 3
Released. Chapters 1–55. Chapter 3: Truth of Zero
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Manga, Japanese, Chapter 4
Released. Chapters 1–74. Chapter 4: The Sanctuary and the Witch of Greed
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Manga, Japanese, Chapter 4
Scheduled. Chapter 4: The Sanctuary and the Witch of Greed, due 2026-10-22
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Manga, Japanese, Chapter 5
Released. Chapters 1–18. Chapter 5: Stars that Engrave History
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
Web novel, Japanese
Free online. Serialized 2012, ongoing
A volume range can span several arcs. Draft. Not yet checked against the books.
| Arc | Web novel | Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World | Re:Zero Ex | Re:Zero Short Story Collection | Re:Zero Chapter 1: A Day in the Capital | Re:Zero Chapter 2: A Week at the Mansion | Re:Zero Chapter 3: Truth of Zero | Re:Zero Chapter 4: The Sanctuary and the Witch of Greed | Re:Zero Chapter 5: Stars that Engrave History | Re:Zero The Frozen Bond | Anime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The tumultuous first day | Arc 1 | Chapters 1–7 | — | — | Chapters 1–11 | — | — | — | — | — | Season 1, episodes 1–3 |
| The turbulent week | Arc 2 | v02c01–v03c08 | — | — | — | Chapters 1–26 | — | — | — | — | Season 1, episodes 4–11 |
| Return to the royal capital | Arc 3 | v04c01–v09c10 | — | — | — | — | Chapters 1–55 | — | — | — | s1e12–s2e01 |
| The everlasting contract | Arc 4 | v10c01–v15c11 | — | — | — | — | — | c01–v14 | — | — | Season 2, episodes 2–25 |
| The stars that engrave history | Arc 5 | v16c01–v20c08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Chapters 1–18 | — | Season 3, episodes 1–16 |
| The corridor of memories | Arc 6 | v21c01–v25c10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Season 4, episodes 1–17 |
| The land of wolves | Arc 7 | v26c01–v33c06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vincent Vollachia | Arc 8 | v34c01–v38c07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Light of a nameless star | Arc 9 | v39c01–v43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| The land of the lion king | Arc 10 | Vol 44–46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Where each book format picks up once a season, cour or movie ends.
| Watched through | Web novel (Japanese) | Light novel (Japanese) | Light novel (English) | Manga (Japanese) | Manga (English) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Web novel arc 4 (free online) | Light novel vol 10, chapter 1 (out) | Light novel vol 10, chapter 1 (out) | Manga vol 1, chapter 1 (out) | Manga vol 1, chapter 1 (out) |
| Season 2 Part 1 | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. |
| Season 2 Part 2 | Web novel arc 5 (free online) | Light novel vol 16, chapter 1 (out) | Light novel vol 16, chapter 1 (out) | Manga vol 1, chapter 1 (out) | No English edition |
| Season 3 Attack Arc | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. |
| Season 3 Counterattack Arc | Web novel arc 6 (free online) | Light novel vol 21, chapter 1 (out) | Light novel vol 21, chapter 1 (out) | Not reached: manga ends at The stars that engrave history | Not reached: manga ends at The stars that engrave history |
| Season 4 Loss Arc | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. | Unknown: Not mapped finely enough yet. We know the arc this part ends in, not the chapter. |
| Season 4 Recapture Arc | Unknown: Not confirmed yet. The episode or chapter mapping here is marked for checking. | Unknown: Not confirmed yet. The episode or chapter mapping here is marked for checking. | Unknown: Not confirmed yet. The episode or chapter mapping here is marked for checking. | Unknown: Not confirmed yet. The episode or chapter mapping here is marked for checking. | Unknown: Not confirmed yet. The episode or chapter mapping here is marked for checking. |
“Out” means released in that language by 19 Sep 2026. “Unknown” means the data is not fine enough to say, and we do not guess.
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Subaru Natsuki is pulled off a convenience-store run into a royal capital he does not know. A silver-haired girl and her catlike spirit pull him out of a mugging, and he tags along on her errand through the slums. The day keeps resetting whenever he dies, and he has to learn the city's dangers fast enough to keep her alive until morning.
Subaru takes a servant's post at a countryside manor so he can stay near the girl who saved him. The household is kind by day and lethal by night: something in the mansion, or around it, is killing the staff on a schedule he cannot explain. He has a week to find the cause before the loop closes.
A royal selection brings Subaru back to the capital as a self-declared knight. Court politics, a hunt for a legendary beast, and a cult that already knows his name force him to ask for help he once refused. Saving one person is no longer enough; the kingdom's next disaster is already moving.
Season 1 ends here
Subaru is sent to a barrier village where a locked tomb tests anyone who wants to leave, and a contract keeps the rest of the land on a countdown. Allies at the manor and in the woods all want different endings. He has to pick a future that does not erase the people he promised to protect.
Season 2 Part 1 ends here
Season 2 Part 2 ends here
A city of canals hosts a gathering of candidates, merchants, and old enemies. What starts as a festival turns into a siege when several disasters hit the water gates at once. Subaru has to hold a city together with people who do not all want the same victory.
Season 3 Attack Arc ends here
Season 3 Counterattack Arc ends here
A watchtower in the desert is said to answer any question, if you survive the climb. The trial is not only sand and guardians: memory itself becomes unreliable, and Subaru has to reconstruct who he is from the people who still remember him.
Season 4 Loss Arc ends here
Season 4 Recapture Arc ends here
Subaru is thrown into the Vollachian Empire, a country that solves problems with swords and succession crises. Cut off from the kingdom and from people who know his secret, he has to survive an imperial civil war long enough to find a way home — and to keep a quiet girl beside him alive in a land that eats the weak.
The emperor's name is now the battlefield. Subaru's patchwork army, imperial generals, and a disaster that will not stay in one city collide as Vollachia's throne fight reaches the capital. Saving the empire is the only path that still leads back to the people he left in Lugunica.
After the empire, a different kind of hunter takes the road: someone who knows Subaru too well and will not let him keep the life he rebuilt. The chase cuts through allies and landscapes he thought were settled, and the nameless star of the title is a person whose light is aimed at him.
The story returns to Lugunica's royal selection with new claimants and old debts. Subaru is no longer only a knight on the sidelines: the kingdom's next crisis is tied to the lion king's land, to people who should be allies, and to a threat that does not care who sits on the throne.
| # | Arc | Web novel | Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World | Re:Zero Ex | Re:Zero Short Story Collection | Re:Zero Chapter 1: A Day in the Capital | Re:Zero Chapter 2: A Week at the Mansion | Re:Zero Chapter 3: Truth of Zero | Re:Zero Chapter 4: The Sanctuary and the Witch of Greed | Re:Zero Chapter 5: Stars that Engrave History | Re:Zero The Frozen Bond | Anime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The tumultuous first day | Arc 1 | Chapters 1–7 | — | — | Chapters 1–11 | — | — | — | — | — | Season 1, episodes 1–3 |
| 2 | The turbulent week | Arc 2 | v02c01–v03c08 | — | — | — | Chapters 1–26 | — | — | — | — | Season 1, episodes 4–11 |
| 3 | Return to the royal capital | Arc 3 | v04c01–v09c10 | — | — | — | — | Chapters 1–55 | — | — | — | s1e12–s2e01 |
| 4 | The everlasting contract | Arc 4 | v10c01–v15c11 | — | — | — | — | — | c01–v14 | — | — | Season 2, episodes 2–25 |
| 5 | The stars that engrave history | Arc 5 | v16c01–v20c08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Chapters 1–18 | — | Season 3, episodes 1–16 |
| 6 | The corridor of memories | Arc 6 | v21c01–v25c10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Season 4, episodes 1–17 |
| 7 | The land of wolves | Arc 7 | v26c01–v33c06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Vincent Vollachia | Arc 8 | v34c01–v38c07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Light of a nameless star | Arc 9 | v39c01–v43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | The land of the lion king | Arc 10 | Vol 44–46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Release facts checked 19 Sep 2026. Entered by hand, so they can lag behind the publishers.
| Edition | Latest | Next | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| JapaneseShōsetsuka ni Narō | OnlineOngoing | None announced | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Edition | Latest | Next | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| JapaneseMedia Factory | Vol 327 Mar 2026 | None announced | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Part | Aired |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | 4 Apr 2016 to 19 Sep 2016 |
| Season 2 Part 1 | 8 Jul 2020 to 30 Sep 2020 |
| Season 2 Part 2 | 6 Jan 2021 to 24 Mar 2021 |
| Season 3 Attack Arc | 2 Oct 2024 to 20 Nov 2024 |
| Season 3 Counterattack Arc | 5 Feb 2025 to 26 Mar 2025 |
| Season 4 Loss Arc | 8 Apr 2026 to 17 Jun 2026 |
| Season 4 Recapture Arc | 12 Aug 2026Airing |
| Memory Snow | 6 Oct 2018Airing |
| The Frozen Bond | 8 Nov 2019Airing |
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