Hmm. Interesting bit with Mary's anger. Is that a glimpse of who she really is? Was she a gruff tomboy, or a yankee type character? We know she did become a slave willingly, to help her family. And that she didn't really fight against it. But we have no idea of her original personality.

Perhaps the anger was just an example of her rage and despair at what was done to her? Maybe she is retreating into her constructed personality because it's better then dealing with the unpleasant feelings associated with confronting what was done to her? She might also think that her constructed personality is what would serve best in helping Thomas. Maybe she believe the "Cute" Mary is what Thomas would respond best to? A lot of questions.

Ice dragon meat!
Assorted magic swords!

So many long forgotten and abandoned items being remembered and brought back forth as useful and necessary again this chapter!

Elrand is going to write the book on butchering an adult levithan.

But his chapter on how to kill leviathans will be rather short. "Watch your tamed Ancient Dragon kill it for you."

Raid damn well might have the best hero lines I’ve ever read.

King is awful too. Why are these royals so terrible.

Hey wow new pet peeve unlocked. If you’re giving a character a nickname like oh say Lulu for L’lyeh, don’t keep calling her L’lyeh in the narrative. We aren’t calling Sharon Charlotte. Cmon author. Come on.

@HarmlessDave said in From Villainess to Healer Vol. 5 Discussion!:

Also, Lulu has turned into a cute character. (Thankfully the author didn't give her a racial trait of making dark puns.)

The speed at which I would drop this series if that happened would light the author’s desk on fire.

Honestly, this is the series I usually read last and it’s the series I most often consider dropping right up until I actually read the new parts and am reminded how good this writing and story are.

@Hylebos said in Worthless at Home Vol. 1 Discussion!:

"Woah, the kunai in this illustration is extremely stylized! I've never seen one that long before... Not to mention the pattern on the blade, the hilt, the cross guar—HEY WAIT A MINUTE THAT'S JUST A SWORD!!!"

Yeah not loving the dissonance

@MrMonday

Nicholas the 2nd of Russia had failed military campaigns (famously they went to war with Japan and almost started a war with the UK on the way by shooting at some of their fishing boats), failed reforms, and then failed to deal with the popular uprising that sparked from those failures.
Started as one of the last autocrats in Europe and ended up executed in a basement with his family.

@maddy_w-0 Oh, I never blamed you. This author has a history of random numbers lol. It feels like some of these authors generally can't actually remember stuff they wrote and so just come up with new stuff on the spot as needed.

But yeah, she must be all tuckered out after that fight. That's gotta be why she's treating 100kph as fast...

I like that Sarasa wasn't allowed to go bandit hunting. Roads to Yok are good, but how big is the rest of the domain? More good roads are worthwhile.

My neverending quest to catch up on everything I'm behind on has finally reached this series! Hooray!

@dragon3010 said in Mythical Hero Vol. 12 Discussion!:

Wow! A king actually saw through the war and noted right out of w.e is going on because he wants 0 part in it whatsoever, Liz and aura being cute is always welcomed.

This, 100%. Setting aside supernatural forces and what that entails, the ONLY thing that makes it look like the Empire might be doomed is that every member of the royal family who could rally the people and lead it are on battlefields. Should they all be killed, that might do the trick but any of them still living would still likely be able muster the forces to push them out eventually.

There's also a huge difference between taking land and holding, defending, and settling it.

And Aura is still my favorite character. Her threatening to tie Hiro up and make him read the Black Chronicles for 3 days straight made me snicker

I figure I'll have to check out Atlas, simply because I like sci-fi and the fact it won the contest is certainly noteworthy.

Of the new batch of licensed titles, Old Knight is the only one that sounds remotely interesting to me. Everything else sounds like either tropes I dislike or ones I'm past being bored of 😅

@Sebastien-Lelievre-pbm2m4m

Hello,

Yes, it is already up for pre-order and releases in September

https://j-novel.club/series/the-magic-in-this-other-world-is-too-far-behind?buy=volume-10

Yay, they won! Man, this entire battle was so well written.

I gotta say “There’s nothing wrong with killing this man” is an absolute banger line. Perfect needle drop.

Welp, now both of these idiots realize they have feelings. So now they just have to convey that to each other!

Also, ahhh, the happy and sad feeling of the volume ending.

Well time to capture the pirate captain and claim the last set of socks Karina has been waiting on. And get a couple sacred treasures as well, but the socks are the most important bit. Gotta serve the goddess and give her what she wants.

Glad Dia is staying with the group and willing to continue cross-dressing to do it. Even big sister was a fan of it.