@sorvani At this point, we don't really know what the dungeon wants or will do in the future, so presuming the dungeon is going to provide food due to some altruistic nature would be a potential folly. For all we know, the dungeon could be aiming to make people reliant on them, while it harvests the souls and humanity of delvers and maybe even takes a bit with every bite of food.

Though that's one thing that's said about science and scientists... they are too focused on if it can be done and don't always stop and ask themselves whether it should be done.

Regardless, I'm sure there will be hijinks and more work for poor Naruse.

I'm assuming flashback black hat is the drunk mage and flashback white hat was Bell. They're building up the Mage/Bell reunion to a very big thing.

@Philip-Reuben The transition was so abrupt it made me wonder if something went wrong.
Good to know that it is as intended.
Thank you for checking.

@arghc Plot? I mean, we gotta have someone tell the other Fiends what the hell's going on.

Akira: The world sure is vast.
Readers: looking at something else entirely They sure are.

@Geezer-Weasalopes said in My Tiny Senpai Vol 5 Discussion:

Crouched over needing to go to the rest room.

Yeah, been there done that (on more than one occasion I'm ashamed to say...)

Her magic's useless for our research.

Maybe.
Maybe not?
Maybe if you teach her how things are normally done it'll help get a handle on how she does it?
Once she knows enough to look into how she does it?

Or look at it this way.
Maybe useless for your current research.

Starts "required" chuuni phrase.
Partway through goes "fuck it. Fire Arrow"
Fire Arrow go whoosh!

@karasutengu
I would advise against trying to steal Olivia's candy.

"Before everything else... How did you recognize the cosplay on that short a glimpse?"
Which leads into everything.

"Damn this attractive face."
"Feel free to sock him whenever you feel like it."

;_; <sniff> Happy(ish) reunion and departure… The cursed spirit has left, too. Eve and Snoozy can keep living together. :)

@karasutengu Those are about the only "people" that one would reasonably expect to find in the forest anymore.

@endoftheline said in The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects (Manga) Vol. 13:

Uh... so just how do those plants go after a hardcore masochist...?

...and by that I mean light novel/anime-style masochism.

Hmmm is there a Hori somewhere around?

I read the manga first, and I personally prefer manga Merlin. (Maybe it's my unusual taste at work? I've noticed I have a tendency to love certain "garbage" series while feeling lukewarm about a couple of fan-favorites.)

In any case, I think "lech(?) who wants a harem of girlfriends (bonus if demihuman) and knows he's super hot ... until actually no, wait, he doesn't know how to handle this attention!" makes for a more interesting character than "dense humble isekai protagonist #194738 who hates standing out."

He might fantasize about a harem (because it's a Certified Isekai Trope and he's a "Healthy Male") But he's not getting into creeper territory until he starts oogling people's bodies. If he treats his fantasy harem as human beings instead of curves and holes, I don't see the problem with him wanting multiple partners as long as they all consent.

(I know a fair few people in open relationships. Also, men are allowed to be asexual/demisexual and there's nothing unhealthy about it.)

I approve of God's kaomoji ( *｀ω´)

The manga gives both of their personalities some levity and energy that I appreciate.

I also appreciate that Merlin has a lot of trouble holding back his strength. He breaks writing utensils and might hurt his friends without meaning to. He sealed himself out of necessity, not just to blend in. Then he regrets it because of subsequent events.

So I noticed the manga started updating in Japan again, so it should only be a matter of time until there's a volume 3.

Liam shoulda put up a barrier to keep people out to begin with, and he coulda made it so it would allow his monsters/people to enter and leave at will.