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.

bit of a usability request, is it possible to download many manga volumes without pressing 0 over and over again?
Also, error message: https://ibb.co/MkYSc9Qr

@kuali That's unfortunate. I'll probably buy on J Novel since this isn't the first time this has happened to me with a different series. But I'll try customer service with Amazon first since they owe me that much.

Thank you all for this information.

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

@SupraD Thank you for reporting this error. It has now been fixed.

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

Alright, got some new Manga out today! This gives us two bonus chapters:

What I know, showing The Last Headpat from Gil's POV. I don't think there's really enough new content in here to be worth including in the LN list, but if anyone disagrees, let me know! Though for the Manga, it fits after Call Me Urashima Taro, as it shows the end of the merchant meeting in that chapter.

Then we have Hugo's Fruitless Anxieties. For the LN, this happens during The Winter Playroom and Our Departure (which ends with Rozemyne teleporting to the Academy). For the Manga, it goes after To the Royal Academy (which ends at the same point).

@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.

@Almond-Magnum thanks a ton!

@Geezer-Weasalopes said in Prediction poll: Who will Hannelore be betrothed to?:

"Somebody Else" has edged out a Named Person by scant votes. Based upon the discussion topic most of those are the Rozemyne supporters.

I really should have thought to give Rozemyne as an option.