@SomeOldGuy I do it turns out, just did not find it until later, forum really is not easy to navigate on a phone and I can't use a PC currently.

@Sophinnie - if you've already paid for a month, you might want to go to the Series tab and see the volume 1's for the 10 newest series that have not yet expired. For those you can read the entire volume if you decide you like it.

@Valanduin Thanks !

@Village-Idiot it came out in AUG in jap so we should get it in betreeen oct -jan 2027

I had a random thought. There are quite a lot of parallels between Rozemyne and Maomao.

Each has a quirky monomania. They are highly intelligent. They live in highly status bound societies. They have friends and associates with status from monarch down to skilled commoners. They have been both low and high status at different points in their lives, in ways which are pretty much unheard of. While both are conscious of the risks posed by people of higher status than themselves and try to navigate those risks, they struggle to treat superiors with the deference expected of them. They are blind to status in how they place value on their own friends/acquaintances. In both, romantic feelings are very slow to develop, or possibly (in Maomao's case) non-existent. (Although Myne is a child for much of the story, this still holds when she is old enough that she is expected to have romantic feelings.) Both have a "romantic partner" who initially was a mentor to them. (Although these relationships have rather different dynamics. Maomao/Ferdinand are repressed and Myne/Jinshi outgoing and pushing the relationship.)

Any more that I missed?

Anyone want to argue that these parallels are not very strong/important?

I really want the second volume for Unruly Summon.

I've had a lot of luck importing used books (which I only do if it's out of print, the new prices are already fairly affordable even for tankobon) from Buyee, which I only leaned recently has a feature on their site that will search multiple stores. (They do charge separate fees if you're ordering from multiple stories, then you can have them bundle that into a single package to send to you.)

Since I'm mostly doing this for older stuff by authors I'm catching up on, I'll add that early volumes are often only 100 yen, but last volumes can be double or triple the cover price. There just weren't as many copies printed in the first place, and since the series ended, no reprints; at least one took several tries to even find a copy that hadn't been sold out from under the listing. (I assume, since the seller cancelled after the order was placed.)

Ah that makes sense, @GeorgeMTO thanks for letting us know.

Since there are already a few good recommendations from J-Novel Club, I will throw in a recommendation from another publisher.
I currently really enjoy reading The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior. Though there isn‘t much romance in the released volumes so far (since a final male lead hasn‘t been chosen yet), it‘s quite the exiting read!

@doceirias that's a great reminder that I need to keep in mind, thank you!

@Korppi said in The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!:

@Ekun said in The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!:

now, now ... Will JNC add the whole series into their catalog too!?
or will be still only on BookWalker (dot) com ...

it still neither on Amazon Kindle, nor Kobo, neither (Apple) iBooks store ...

Seems j-novel club added the first three volumes here. Now hoping they add the rest. I do have them already from bookwalker but I don't mind double dipping, at least now I don't have to go through all that hassle to read them on my kobo (or re-read them when the occasion appears)...

3 each month is their current plan.

https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/10356/the-ryuo-s-work-is-never-done-volumes-1-3-discussion