@kuali I think I've found some OCR misses.

I initially posted these in a giant list of potential corrections that I'd been maintaining for the series, but after some thought, I realize that it makes more sense to post them here.

Chapter: Coming-of-Age Task [Johann]

7hey're They're my last hope.

Chapter: All to See Myne [Tuuli]

Ngh... 77aey They made it seem so straightforward.

Did you hear about the scandal where the Zent abused the country gate to spy on Hauchletze's Zent Candidate?

@henshaw33 Cornelius and Lamprecht talk about it in Winter Debut and the Playroom:

“Eckhart is abnormal...? I had assumed that one would need feelings that strong to pick a master, so I’m glad you disagree. I’ll try thinking this over some more in an attempt to find my own reason to stay with Rozemyne,” Cornelius said as he turned, the unease having vanished from his expression.

In my eyes, Cornelius had made his decision the moment he started actively looking for reasons to continue serving Rozemyne. But I didn’t need to point that out to him.

Meanwhile, the Cornelius/Eckhart discussion I remember was from Royal Academy Stories, in the chapter As a Guard Knight and a Brother - in a scene set just before Cornelius teleported to the Academy in P4V1:

“This is just my own experience,” he said, “but the more loyally you try to serve your lord or lady in the Royal Academy, the more you’ll suffer. It also becomes much easier to slack, since you’re going to have classes and other excuses available to you. This will be a good opportunity to see just what kind of guard knight you wish to be. You can’t rely on your parents at the Academy, so your time there will force you to grow whether you want to or not.” He clenched one hand into a tight fist and extended it to me. “Good luck.”

I reached out and bumped my fist against his. Apparently, the Royal Academy was where guard knights sank or swam—and the intimidating light in Eckhart’s blue eyes very firmly urged me toward the latter.

“As her older brother, I will strive to be a worthy guard knight,” I declared, making a vow between knights.

Aaand one more manga! P4V2 this time.

We have Cornelius's Resolve, a bonus manga chapter showing how the spectre of Hartmut haunts his every moment during Rozemyne's jureve sleep. But it does end just after Hartmut officially becomes one of Rozemyne's retainers, which places it after The Better Grades Committee in the Manga. For the LN, however, it doesn't really cover anything that To Protect My Little Sister did not.

Then we have Ferdinand's After Her Departure. For the Manga, this one happens just after the start of Life at the Royal Academy. For the LN, just after the start of My Retainers and Entering the Dormitory.

J-Novel Club has downloadable DRM-free publications. This is the gold standard of e-publications, and you should always prefer this when possible. I ALWAYS check if J-novel club has a series before buying it elsewhere.

Ferdinand: What in the world happened?
Rozemyne: A lot.
Ferdinand: Start from the beginning.
Rozemyne: Hannelore got possessed by Dregarnuhr and I had to go to the divine realm to save her, Wendtuchte was there too, and then Liebeskhilfe took our threads and Sterrat bound them.
Ferdinand: What is that supposed to mean?
Rozemyne: It happened, literally. We're a married couple!
Ferdinand: I see. So I misunderstood your true feelings once again. Was that why you gave her that hairpin matching yours?
Rozemyne: What does Hannelore's hairpin have to do with our marriage?

@keredith said in Bookworm (Manga) Part 3 Vol 4 Discussion:

Thx for the clarification

The confusion is understandable. I support any effort that results in Bookworm being fully adapted in a reasonable timeframe. And I agree that JNC is right to translate whatever the Japanese publisher releases. But I imagine the current situation is confusing as hell to casual readers. Reading to the "end" of, say, part 2 only for there to be a huge and confusing plot gap with P3V1.

Even for someone like me who is aware of the situation and who fully intends to support the work, I have a hard time keeping track of what's been released. On more than one occasion I've accidentally forgotten to purchase one of the manga releases. I have to remind myself to occasionally check the JNC series page looking for unpurchased content.

I would say my main complaint about the ending of the series is how the interactions with the gods happened. Ferdinand did his plotting, the gods voiced their goals and opinions, while Rozemyne got partially mind wiped and shuffled off into a library and later a white void and had close to zero involvement. Rozemyne, the actual avatar of a goddess, had basically no agency or consent in any of it. Rozemyne may as well have just been a piece of furniture for Mestionora to sit on during all of those discussions and it was extremely frustrating.

Mestionora coming back and communicating with Rozemyne, apologizing for blocking off memories which seemed largely just to spite Ferdinand, and then promising to make Rozemyne a librarian to help with Mestionora's library (unlimited reading time included in base compensation) when Rozemyne eventually ascends the towering staircase would go a long way to improving that relationship.

Ferdinand even thought Mestionora was attempting to hide or obfuscate some other motive she had from him during the negotiations which was kind of a dropped plot hook. If "Save Yurgenschmidt by installing Myne as Zent, and eventually elevate her to the position of minor goddess of librarians." was the ultimate goal it would perhaps make more sense, but I still would have greatly preferred if Rozemyne had been present, conscious, and allowed to express her own will and opinions during the discussions with the gods.

@Rahul-Balaggan Thanks! Monthly reminder has been set for the next 8 months😊

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@Ingraman Actually I got it from another source, but why not.

@Trinh Actually, that's not what I meant.
The cape will stop absorbing automatically, but when it does the mana it's no longer absorbing will continue on to its target... which in the case of the attack was Ferdinand and Myne. So in the case of the attack, Myne was forced to compress her mana to avoid filling up and being hit with the rest of the attack, whereas the knowledge mana was harmless.

Basically, it's the difference between pouring cold water and hot coffee into a cup. If the former overflows onto my lap, it's (relatively) no big deal, if the latter does I'm looking at severe burns.

To be clear, Myne was working to compress her mana so she still had room for more mana, to avoid the automatic cut-off that would have let the attack hit her.