@syilphion I had some doubts since Warm is more lightning than light, but he had that line about relying on Lofus that might be an hint about the original timeline. I guess it will also depend on whether the author intends for the apostles to be Lofus' harem os simply friends and allies. Let's see if the next volume will give us some answers.

The customers should be happy they aren't asked to pay an extra for the romcom they're able to enjoy.

@Geezer-Weasalopes said in Cooking with Wild Game Vol. 34 Discussion!:

Cyclaeus...had been a possibility, except I hadn't been aware he was still in Genos.

I honestly though he was already died for some reason.

@Kurzaa ooh.. in that case would the lion save lilliana somehow? He did seem to be keeping an eye on the mystery rider.

@karasutengu She already knows, iirc when he cornered her in this volume with his proposal he let slip something about how the margrave died and Karen realized that he must've been there.

33 people. Yeah, they're outnumbered. From what Sora mentioned, they're going to wish Sera killed them. Maybe we'll have a certain Demon appear as a Batman (The 60's TV series) inspired Special Guest Star.

I've never particularly liked onions.

Psyched!

I was grumbling at author-san for doing such a horrible thing to cutie-pie Jess, but it was Dio!

@topgnu said in Finding Avalon Vol. 6 Discussion!:

No way unexpected trouble will rain on Souta that evening.

This is Souta we're talking about. Of course it will.

@MrMonday said in Path of an S-Rank Adventurer Vol 1 Discussion:

@Jon-Mitchell said in Path of an S-Rank Adventurer Vol 1 Discussion:

I think he's a bit of both, grimdark and tsundere. (or I have a different impression of what the term means)

In fairness to you, grimdark is fundamentally a genre descriptor, not a character descriptor, so I think there's probably a much larger degree of subjective variance here. To put it another way, I think we'd all agree this story isn't grimdark.

As for Hyse's grimdarkness specifically... /shrug. I'm not invested in arguing against it, but looking at that Wikipedia entry, there's a consistent emphasis on cynicism, nihilism, and "doing bad things even when doing good is an option".

It's for that reason that I pointed out the "giving the only remaining flower to Prescea" thing -- that's fundamentally not a grimdark thing to do, and it happened much closer to the start of the story. He also didn't directly take credit for it, and simply reported that he failed the quest because the flowers were corrupted in the fight (IIRC they only realised he gave the only saved one to heal the queen when the queen herself reported it or some such?).

But there's definitely room to disagree (I can't really defend him wearing all black).

maybe he's not 'grimdark', he's just emo?

@JasonGarrett said in Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon Vol. 12 Discussion:

I don't even read the side stories in this series. I feel like all these way too many side stories could be published as a separate book(s). I'm here for the main story and it is jarring to be invested in what happens next, only to get slapped with a whole part that is one long nothing burger. I don't really care about the daily antics of the side characters. Hopefully the next volume won't be 50% filler.

Same here.
Still, it was really funny to find out my favorite episode in the anime is episode 2 xD I guess watching antics is more fun than reading them.

That said, this volume and volume 11 happen on the same timeline. If I had to guess, the author didn't have enough contents to make the Centaur part as long as the Demon part (who takes 2 volumes lol). Also this volume is not part of the Web Novel (Sentaur doesn't exist in the web novel), Light Novel contents only tend to be weaker than contents that come from the Web Novel (volumes 3 and 8 are LN only and they're probably the weakest in the series).

@Cabd said in Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon Vol. 12 Discussion:

What's sad is that this series had a a STRONG start... But it feels like the author sort of painted themselves into a corner and is pumping the brakes with filler to buy time to write the next parts.

I don't think it becomes weaker. We're heading toward the endgame, from the few spoilers I have about the Web Novel, the Web Novel adaptation of the endgame should be good.

We really are moving toward quite the series of "Real World Reveals" aren't we now?

@jpwong said in The Bladesmith's Enchanted Weapons Vol. 5 Discussion:

I'm not really sure what someone who's basically half dead can bring to the demon hunt, except maybe as fodder.

Now that she’s at the house, maybe Claudia can act as her therapist

So Oolong wasn't plotting a grand conspiracy, he merely wanted to show off? Nolan genuinely does have a vendetta against Oolong and wants to hurt him at any cost. Meanwhile the Pope accidentally got involved in a circumstance that could harm the standing of the Old Orthodox Church.

At least the combat maids are heading onto the scene to get everything under control.

All out fighting with the Big Hoppers. Can Agnes and Nazel put an end to them once and for all? Maybe with some needed help from a couple people with insect magic they might be able to.

Let’s go Reina!