@Folker46 I stopped reading it because I wanted to start with the protagonist the story started with. I came back to it later because I enjoyed the beginning so much but I skipped a few books as there were low original protagonist interest in it. Then I started picking up what was going on with Shun et al and went back and picked them up after all. I like the new version of Kumoko and after the various plot lines with Shun and friends settle out and the stories are all caught up to the same timeline it's interesting again, but it did get confusing in the middle. Personally though my favorite arc of the book was the first one.

@Shiny thanks for letting me know I really enjoy the series

Last I heard he was still planning on returning to How Not to Summon after he finishes Altina

He's a doormat to his (small) harem, but pragmatic and sometimes ruthless with the rest of the world.

It's not in my top 10 of JNC series, but I've enjoyed it enough to buy and read the first 4 and the latest was just added to my to-read pile.

@admin said in The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar Continuation:

@Tahu we had to make some team adjustments for the series and when you are 21 volumes in that can take some time to get people caught up...

I'm guessing that means the new people have to actually read the existing 21 volumes so they're familiar with the content and can be consistent with it... yeah, that would take a while.

https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/1653/golden-time?_=1670108517022

It's been requested before, and you can add your request to it. But, it hasn't had much traction.

@Crimson-Wise - the real sale is the friends we made along the way ;)

if anyone has any news on this, please let me know!

@Qeeh It's our first audiobook, and things are still so new to us that we don't have a process in place yet. As such, no schedule for the next volume yet. We'll keep everyone informed as soon we have more info available to share!

Campfire cooking in another world. It's funny and full of adventure without harem but lots of fun, just a guy going on adventurers with his familiars, exploring new places, meeting funny characters. And come Wednesday there's a new volume.

So, for those who are curious, I found the light novel name by looking in my historic navigation and there is an adaption in manga under the name "Oni no Hanayome" (noicomi鬼の花嫁). There is no translation for the novel nor the manga. The novel name is "鬼の花嫁～運命の出逢い～". But it has been deleted from syosetu.
But I am reading on this website:
https://novema.jp/book/n1591947

Ah yes, the "How difficult would you like to track down these nearly 8 year old goods" challenge.

Yes.

Most folks more or less sum it up about the same here. Barring wiki related work (For those banished to that eternal payless job), reading or collecting such pieces are usually not that important. Unless said person is a super fan of this batch of general filler.

While it's generally optional filler, it's a pain in the ass if plot relevant points are in these.

Fluff pieces are fine though. The wrong fluff in the middle of a main volume can get jarring. Like walking in on a parent sleeping with their ch-shot

@enkar20-0 purchase the volume, download the epub from your library. It's not included in the prepubs at all, only the complete volume.

@Moon-Jester Unfortunately, I don't know anything about the series, but if you don't mind potential spoilers, you read reviews for individual volumes on bookmeter.com (just use google translate or smth)
You can look up individual volume titles for that on Bookwalker series page

I like this story, but it's another Alphapolis title so it's never going to get licensed. The manga is also being officially released (if you can call it that) through their alphamanga app.

But there's actually already a licensing request topic for this one
https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/5369/kanchigai-no-atelier-meister?_=1662841258679

@rickkun said in Her Majesty's Swarm Finished?:

So did it got canceled? In the current J-Novel Newsletter Volume 4 is advertised as.. Final Volume?!

The only thing "final" about vol.4 is that it's the latest volume published, and we don't know if vol.5 will ever be published.

The original web novel is split into 6 "wars": https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4568el/
Vol.4 of the LN covers the entirety of war 4 and the first half of war 5. The published book literally ends in the middle of an arc.

If the light novel ever gets a volume 5, that will be the actual end of the story.
Good English sales gave us vol.4 so I'm still holding out hope that Kodansha will publish the final book so that JNC can license it.

going a little to left field: all three literary works below are far better than their respective film versions - and all are Isekai with either adult themes or protagonists

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court John Carter of Mars series The Wizard of Oz series

also excellent:

Three Hearts and Three Lions (Poul Anderson)

Less good but a fun read nonetheless is Michael Crichton's Timeline

Ahh damn I wanted to start to read this on the next catchup month. Pity, I hate stories that are ended abruptly/getting axed.

@BlueDragoon said in Over-localization:

When I read "Saga of Tanya the Evil" on Kindle, it has footnotes

Purely off the top of my head, I seem to recall that the footnotes in Tanya are from the original text, not added by the localization team.