@justaidan said in Min-Maxing My TRPG Build Vol. 3 Discussion!:

Even Erich is raising eyes at it: "Yep, Mika is still androgynous....."

to be fair erich is equally androgynous so he's got no leg to stand on

Heh, I had missed reading the last page with the baka prince's most recent act of self-destructive idiocy. It seems he has a bottomless appetite for getting humiliated and beaten within an inch of his worthless life by OP boys and girls, since he keeps picking senseless fights with them (and families that sport multiple such outliers).

The notion that social privilege is meaningless in the face of Persons of Mass Destruction that don't give a damn about it apparently cannot worm through his thick skull. Not to mention the Howards and the Leinsters in all likelihood rival the royal family as it concerns their power base. Now he's doing even more to make the latter one of his sworn enemies. Well, he's truly doing a wonderful job dragging himself and hopefully the entire hardliner noble faction into the abyss.

Is Colette adopter or not i dont rember since the fact that the Pope has been around for so long really makes me wonder when the hell was she Born if she aint lol

Wow, wasn't expecting Marxist theory in Tearmoon, but fair enough... Ludwig should be careful what books he decides to write!

@zeteni said in Dahlia in Bloom Vol. 3 Discussion!:

It makes perfect sense why he is so cautious and would go so far as to employ a literal intelligence agency.

I'm kind of wondering how good this intelligence agency is since they weren't able to locate the information about who exactly broke off the engagement...

@weasalopes looking at other series with the tag it seems like if there are more than one girl with some degree of affection for the protagonist the series can be tagged harem. A common definition I'm aware of for an harem series is when three or more girls are romantically interested in the protagonist. If Sumire's little sister is confirmed to have a crush on Aki that this series would qualify.
Personally given that we didn't get romantic development for Sumire during her arc I think the author will keep the story focused on Iroha and Mashiro as love interests without introducing lots of girls fighting for Aki's affection.

@lightningleaf Hmm, that actually sounds like a distinct possibility. Since nobles themselves know what's going on it would make sense to start trying to recruit talented personnel before their kid even gets shipped off to the academy. That uhh, would indicate that noble got ripped off because Keel seems to be joining up with Allen, not random noble kid group A.

I wonder if we'll find out more about Mihai this volume, he didn't take much of an entourage with him and I'm assuming there must be reasons behind that.

@libri-liberorum said in The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 5 Discussion!:

She's doing such a great job of being aromantic and asexual that I'd be quite disappointed if she fell in love with him now.

I think she's as "in" (??) love with him as she's ever going to get now. She cares if he's tired and really, really wanted to fix his face when he was cut. She ran to save him from the murder attempt at the religious ceremony thing. She's not indifferent, she's just ace.

It would feel like a negation of her character. Maybe I'd be OK if her attitude was "spending my life with this guy will be fun and interesting, I can put up with doing some brothel stuff to keep him happy."

Jinshi should try to logic his way into more of a relationship? 8-)

I wonder if she has any maternal instincts? That could go either way.

@zeteni said in The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 5 Discussion!:

Based on her interaction with the boy I'm gonna go with, "Well at least she's fundamentally altruistic..." Maybe she could skate by on that.

I thought she was being softer on all the kids (that were poisoned) than she would have been with adults. I think she has maternal instinct, at least to the point of "don't do terrible things to kids". She's begrudging with the brat, but clearly softer on him than adults.

Maredia suddenly being so cool! :-)

And she and Martell finally made up, yay!

And I got the distinct impression from the way Maredia was monologuing to herself about her excuses to stay holed up in the castle that she thinks Olivia is more-capable of protecting the castle than she is. They also had a nice setup that once all of the royal family have attempted it and failed that it becomes open to the public. The direction they're putting all these pieces almost feels like Maredia is going to fail the test. And then Olivia will challenge it once it's open to the public, and she'll succeed.

But I really do want to see Maredia pass it. She deserves it.

Ok. I'm done. With that last part and that last illustration there is no way in this story here and now that those two aren't an item. This invisible wall between them at this point is just plain painful.

Still, an overnight excursion to another town. Sounds like a date to men even if there are more people going than Asuta and Ai Fa.

Speaking if couples, looks like Vina Ruu gas made up her mind on the offer of marriage she was given. Even if she won't admit it.

And it looks like the menu for the banquet is set. I just wondering how the new dishes will be recieved.

@kurzaa said in The Sorcerer's Receptionist Vol. 3 Discussion:

@georgemto said in The Sorcerer's Receptionist Vol. 3 Discussion:

The author continued writing in the world, but as a sequel.

There is a sequel series? Same protagonist? What's it called or has it not been translated?

It's still only a Web Novel for now so there's nothing to license until it comes out as a LN. You can find it here: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n8716gd/

This part cracked me up:

“I don’t like the way that she looks at you... It’s perverse.”
Look who’s talking.
“Don’t let her looks fool you. She may be attractive, but I can tell that she’s rotten on the inside.”
Look who’s talking! Klaus is completely oblivious to the fact that he’s describing himself perfectly.

🤣

With the goblin children being shown as growing so much faster I was wondering if we'd also see Rys and Flio's children also age quickly. Now we know and so expecting to see babies on the cover would be odd if they aren't even really shown as that age in most of the volume. hopefully we'll still get plenty of time of them being young and just the infant/baby stage is most accellerated.

Yeah, sadly I don't think they will stay normal children given their parents. Plus you have the interesting tidbit of their daughter having a jewel in their forehead and that being the sign of being blessed by the goddess.

@kilocron It doesn't really matter if it's 'two rando girls' or not.

The issue is informed consent - things that interfere with it, and betrayal of it.

Whether they're 'rando girls' or whether they 'have some feelings for me' - if they're being manipulated by drugs, they can't give informed consent. And one of the biggest points of informed consent is trying to prevent later regrets.

The morning after is what's important - not just from a moral standpoint, but from a practical standpoint. If they wake up in the morning horrified by what you did, there's an excellent chance you've just torpedoed any chance of a future relationship.

Judging by the way they reacted once he cleaned the air, I think he made a very smart choice. If they were still interested after removing the aphrodisiac, that'd be a different story - but that's not what they felt.

Volume 5 (Premium Edition): A Bonus Short Story Hatori’s Wish

Rooting for team Gerbera! I hope she finds a way to love without things going squish.

Getting all sorts of foreshadowing statements about things of great power that should not be stolen or damaged.

Terra should be proud. His dad out here is trying his best mkay.

Terra is perfectly safe anyway but Orm has no way of knowing that fortunately, so he can make this grandiose last stand.