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• A Tale of Twintails: Dragon Candidate IF! by Cardinal_M

  Fandoms: Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 | Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World (Anime)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Major Character Death
  • No category
  • Work in Progress

  30 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Reinhard van Astrea
  • Natsuki Subaru
  • Felt (Re:Zero)
  • Rom | Valga Cromwell
  • Emilia (Re:Zero)
  • Puck (Re:Zero)
  • Magical Girl Subaru
  • Crack
  • Crack Treated Seriously
  • Elements From "Gonna be the Twin-Tail!!"
  • gender crisis

  Summary

  In the second Loop of Re:Twintail (chapter 5) Subaru eventually meets her inevitable end to the beast of the end puck rampaging due to the death of Emilia.
  But what if that wasn’t how the story went? What If Subaru realised she was looping early enough to save Emilia even all the way back in that second loop?
  And what if she turned out to be a dragon candidate instead of Felt along the way? Tag along folks this ride is a wild one! ;)

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• A Tale of Twintails: Where I End and She Begins (Re:Twintail) by Cardinal_M, EternalWhisper

  Fandoms: Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 | Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World (Anime)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Major Character Death
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  21 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Natsuki Subaru
  • Ram (Re:Zero)
  • Rem (Re:Zero)
  • Emilia (Re:Zero)
  • Russell Fellow
  • Otto Suwen
  • Satella (Re:Zero)
  • Roswaal L Mathers
  • Magical Girl Subaru
  • Elements From "Gonna be the Twin-Tail!!"
  • Crack Treated Seriously
  • Angst
  • Subaru somehow has an even harder time then in cannon
  • Strong-ish Baru
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Subaru has an Identity Crisis
  • Again
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Character Growth
  • Cannon Divergence starting arc 3

  Summary

  Subaru still has Return by Death.
  The world is still cruel.
  The loops still hurt.

  However, when he meets his first end...

  “WHY THE HELL DID I BECOME A MAGICAL GIRL!?”

  He wakes up not recognising himself, or rather, herself. Subaru finds an unremovable bracelet fused onto his wrist, and whenever it glows, he transforms into a girl far more capable than he ever was.

  "Just what does Natsuki Subaru mean anymore..? What's he worth?"

  —

  (The wonderful art in the summary is by Wolffayourfather here on ao3!)

  Addendum: At popular request we now have a discord.
  https://discord.gg/J3Fehn4aH5

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• Pass Me The Mayonnaise, Please by A Silent Melody (McPhoenixDavid), AdAltair, CalamityWasTaken, Canvus, Cardinal_M, Cretviones, Crispy_Cool, Dr_Smooth, FreshyReshy, Hadest, Halyne, Hellbringer_123, Jacoder23, JustBr1an298, MakimaNami, McPhoenixDavid, OtonashiRen, Satellu, Sawa7v, Sir_Kurokodairu, SiriuSssIsNotFortuna, Tahap, TechnicallyAPerson, The Scary Lady (McPhoenixDavid), TheAngelE, totesnotsubaru, Vainco, VeiledLiar, Zero_Haven

  Fandoms: Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 | Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World (Anime)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  01 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Natsuki Subaru/Otto Suwen
  • Natsuki Subaru
  • Otto Suwen
  • Satella (Re:Zero)
  • Reinhard van Astrea
  • Julius Juukulius | Julius Euclius
  • Rule 63
  • Female Natsuki Subaru
  • Collaboration
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Co-Written

  Summary

  This is the summary.

  But honestly, can chaos truly be summarized?

  When 31 authors have no idea what they're doing, a summary is a futile endeavor. A summary violates all of our rights.

  Now, you walk into the chaos. Who knows what shall come out of it? Not even the creator can figure that out.

  Until then, have some mayonnaise along the way.

  Or, as the 31 authors would put it: Otto and Subaru hijinks. Chaos. Pure, delicious chaos.

   

  (If you are author, this story needs your help to be saved. Please.)

  Series

  • Part 1 of Unhinged Re:Zero Collab

  Language:

  English

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• A Tale of Twintails: Permenance IF by Cardinal_M

  Fandoms: Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 | Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World (Anime)  

  • General Audiences
  • Major Character Death
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  28 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Natsuki Subaru
  • Reinhard van Astrea
  • Julius Juukulius | Julius Euclius
  • Magical Girl Subaru
  • Crack Treated Seriously
  • Inspired by Ore:Twintail

  Summary

  This idea has been tossing around in my head for ages now so I just had to put it on paper! An If route where Subaru gets isekaied already as the mahou shoujo tail black from the second he appears. He has to adapt to the world differently and all things considered, goes down a very different route in the end from either cannon or mainline twintail.

  Like Never Isekaied IF this one getting continued is a littleeee conditional so be weary. But I do really like this idea so I'd Be hard pressed to just give it up entirely lol.

  Notably this idea was both proposed, and made as a result of a deal with Elsa-Tan! She's a great writer and really fun to talk to if you see em around give em a wave. (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

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• A Tale of Twintails: Never Isekaied IF by Cardinal_M

  Fandoms: Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 | Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World (Anime)  

  • Not Rated
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  28 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Natsuki Subaru
  • Natsuki Kenichi
  • Natsuki Naoko
  • Cannon Divergence
  • never isekaied
  • Slice of Life
  • Crack Treated Seriously
  • Fluff

  Summary

  Now for a heads up this Route was just put together because I couldn't get the idea out of my head and really wanted to do at least one chapter of it. I dont know if it'll get continued but If I didn't at least try to make it work I'd feel wrong lol. I hope you have fun reading because I definitely had fun writing!

  <3

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