Very belated remark, but I noticed that there's a tendency to use "allies" when talking about soldiers of other units. This is a bit unusual in terms of military parlance, as "allies" usually refer to soldiers of a different nation that are fighting alongside you, not soldiers of the same nation. I would suggest using "compatriots" instead.

Hmmm I feel like what we learned about Alexandra and Sergi will be important. I wonder if it will be important to how Alexi treats Ektarina? I'm trying to remember, why did Alexandra hate their mother so much?

@PatrickPhelpsnpc i think the heros went to a different country. Plus after they got married and found the elixir, they left the capital so noone would notice they had used an elixir. But that was several volumes in the past, who knows where they went after.

Guess that's confirmation she's almost deadened emotions

Death Worm just checked the fortress because he could finish the job if that's where the Marquess ended up. Anything beyond that, he'll just have to shrug that he tried enough for the contract. It's like when people hired him to cause a monster outbreak but they didn't hire him to stop people from stopping the monster break

@Lex said in Isekai Walking Vol. 6 Discussion!:

So far the series has been barely interesting enough to keep reading. Halfway through this volume I thought about quitting, but with the big reveals about the demons and the goddess I hope it's going to be better from now on. I'll stick around for the next volume too.

I can't argue with that. Volume 1 started off with some original ideas but 2-6 have felt a lot like every other generic isekai story.

Hopefully the author does pull off something interesting with the possible conflict with the goddess...and doesn't decide to drag that out for another 100 volumes like Failure Frame did.

(rant! FF author you had the perfect setup for concluding the main arc. Then you or the publisher decided you wanted more volumes to sell.)

@LightningLeaf I don't recall exactly how it was explained or which part it was, but I think under normal circumstances they can only cross realms during a realm merger at night. A forced crossing (such as through summoning) is probably a different situation.

This is a really good set up and I want to know if the cockatrice overflows in both dungeons are related.

@Arcene said in Isekai Walking Vol. 7 Discussion!:

@chibiacer said in Isekai Walking Vol. 7 Discussion!:

All said, I do agree figuring out how to deal with the goddess is the bigger issue. Maybe she'll manifest in the other saint that's part of the hero's party.

Wasn't the other saint being called that for convenience, or something? I could be misremembering but I'm under the impression she's probably not a viable vessel.

The other saint was confirmed to have the "Saint" title, for whatever that's worth. I think at one point it was mentioned that she needed to be confirmed by the church, so her saintliness is a bit different from Mia's which originated from the prophecy.

Kudo is in a position those in-world don't grasp.
He's still in school.
And he needs to fly under the radar back home.
He can get away with a surprising amount of stuff given what his home reality is like, but there are still limits.

Be interesting to see how things change once he reaches his majority back home.
Bet he still strives to fly below radar back there.
Still get a job and everything so he doesn't look too anomalous.

Looks like the dragon will get her chance to rampage. This primordial has to be related to the creatures that were worshipped, then buried alive.

It shouldn't, but there might be monopolies or patents. Or price fixing, or upcharging the final product because the customers are willing to pay a lot.

@PatrickPhelpsnpc - many LNs are short, almost all are much shorter than western fiction novels. Prices are based on the cost of licensing from the Japanese publisher plus the team to translate and edit the book. Those costs have to be paid for with a tiny number of copies sold compared to a Stephen King or the ghost of Robert Ludlum.

Of course some western books now sell for $20+ even as ebooks.

As for the quality and value of this particular light novel, it's a "meh" series for me so I'll read the prepubs thanks to my membership but am unlikely to buy the volumes to read them again.

alt text

What is Darinea? A dog getting ready to scent-mark it's territory?

Akira proving again that what he has in determination, potential and skill, is balanced by lack of reasoning. It is fully in character - if he could figure on the spot that by engaging the fake he was doing the equivalent of destroying the weapon and letting whoever was aiming it at him go, that wouldn't be the protagonist of this book but someone else.

So many words, so little said. Still has a few good points that will carry me through this volume at least

What is there to say that hasn't already been said about these idiots...

alt text

The change from waifu to oshi is certainly not one that I've observed in the English otaku community.