Okay, I'm not surprised that the merchant got away, because that's the kind of dumb stuff I expect from this series, but the way it happened was extremely stupid. Which I guess is also expected of this series. They all just kinda stopped fighting for no reason.
The destruction dragon was losing the fight with Celes and Dramom, but because it was ordered to distract everyone else so the merchant can get away, it was suddenly able to pull itself away. And Celes and Dramom just kind of let it do that with zero consequence.

@PeachyGreen i have found that the art of reading these kinds of books is by willfully ignoring the weird shit and focusing on the wholesome stuff

@luisbaez2203

Hello,

I have put both of your reviews in a spoiler. A few things:

reviewing a series in V1 of the volume discussion topic is very odd.
These topics are for pre-publication discussion purposes. Not volume discussion purposes. if you would like to leave a review for a full volume please open a volume discussion thread in the appropriate sub-forum. since you posted them here. I put them in spoiler boxes since they contain information past V1. in your review you have a section for who would enjoy this series. You say masochists in an insulting manner. while you did not enjoy the series. Others do. Please refrain from insulting other people in your reviews. keep your review on the book. Not the people reading it.

Contains spoilers for events past V1. Edited by mod.

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@TheGrimLich
That was my thought. Elizabeth is being positioned to get Felix in an obvious way.

I thought it was striking that Wes made no mention of nobles improving their land or lowering taxes to reduce hunger.

I have now finished reading the third volume and it was so good! While the first two volumes were still somehow slow-paced and more easy going, the story has picked up quite a bit here.
I also still think it's a shame that the manga only adapts the first volume. I would have loved to see that ball scene adapted, too. But maybe we will get an anime adaption in the future, this would be awesome! At least I hope so.

While reading I noticed a few details that just struck me as odd. I could very well imagine things, but are Ekaterina and Alexei really blood-related? In volume two, when Ekaterina looks at the portraits of the family, it is mentioned that while Alexei shares similarities in appearance with his father and grandmother, both have a noticeably different eye color and I assume with his grandfather it‘s the same. Not to mention the fact, that Ekaterina and her mother also have a completely different coloring. Ekaterina and Alexei also don’t share any similarities at all, which they should, at least slightly. It also strikes me as weird, that Lady Alexandra hated her grandson‘s eyes as mentioned by that stupid villainess in volume three and treated him badly. Well, she hated nearly everyone and I don’t think I need to mention anything about how she treated her sons’s wife and her very own granddaughter, so maybe it doesn’t really mean anything. But maybe, just maybe, there is more to it than meets the eye.
If it turns out they really aren‘t related in the end, I would ship them so hard. So far there is no male character who could compete with Alexei in the slightest anyway. I do have some hopes for the black dragon, but so far he still hasn‘t really made an appearance. If Ekaterina and Alexei are blood-related and true siblings, then I will probably ship her with the dragon. Just not the prince, please…

@heimdal7 said in The Legendary Witch Vol. 4 Discussion!:

Is vol 5 actually out or still being written?

Considering that JNC has already announced it (much to the chagrin of those of us who read it and got spoiled on the ending of volume 4 by their teaser), I would say it's already out.

@Ingraman said in Otherside Picnic Vol. 9 Discussion!:

I had several years of French language classes from elementary school through high school (more than a few years have passed since then), and couldn’t make anything out of those long chains of letters. Well, I did see “gyaru” twice, once in each sentence. Couldn’t figure that out. Since you spelled out what we were supposed to be seeing, I presume that the “gyaru” belonged to regarder. ^_^

don't worry about it, I'm a native French speaker and I couldn't read it either, that's how garbled it was. I was able to figure out "gyaru" and the sounds surrounding it was something like "garde" or "garder", but I could barely make out anything else.

The sister didn't wet herself this time, she's making progress.
Rozbeth had to wait before experiencing the joy of being a woman but now she's going to make up for that with interests.
A new girl in the next volume...going by the reveal we git in thus one, I'm assuming it's going to be Lykos turn.

Kazuhiro could bypass his travel skill's weight restriction by bringing everyone to Japan, going back to the dream world, traveling alone to his destination, and then bringing them back.

@Terabyte Well, Wridra has a mate, but I don't know if he'd truly fall under the human definition of "husband". I mean, all we really know about him is that he knocked up Wridra and flew off to god knows where. I don't think you can really apply human social conventions to the relationship of ancient dragons. For all we know, they could have an open relationship, or have the viewpoint of "what happens in a humanoid body stays in a humanoid body."

@Brentoni The first one is a reference to the second Parodius game from 1990. Parodius was a series of shooters from Konami that were a parody of their own Gradius series. Some wacky things happen in it and I recommend the series if you are interested in classic horizontal shooters. Cover of Parodius for NES featuring said cat ship

The book is something else when read as an entire volume. I finished it in a couple of sittings. The map was a huge help. The light tone makes it not sound like a history lesson. The dose of humor is just right. A family tree with all the aliases (like Duke Raul == Chancellor, Duke Agnicarl == Minister of ceremonies == Regent faction (more or less)) would have been an additional help..I had to map it out in my head with the aid of the map as and when more information was fed.
As we are reading the vol.2, I realise a lot of this groundwork and history was essential to understand the moves made there.
Thanks a lot to the translation team and the editing team who did a fantastic job in bringing this wonderful LN to us. @JasonL

@TrinaBear the second volume has begun streaming. The discussion thread for it is here: https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/9028/they-don-t-know-i-m-too-young-for-the-adventurer-s-guild-vol-2-discussion

Honestly, what is the point in beating these idiots if they don't finish the job?

3 members of the Church of Dickbutt were lying on the floor and they just leave them there? On the other hand, another rando who just received some cheat abilities joined them again.

I can't even remember the names of the villains anymore, there are so many of them and they just keep coming.

Will this series resolve anything at all?

@karasutengu said in Frontier Lord Vol. 8 Discussion!:

@Kurzaa I think he is the guy who hired assassins in the first volume to kill Dias, but they failed. His hatred for Dias is an obsession due to a miss-conceived wrong the man holds against Dias. At one time he was captured (I think), but escaped and is more determined than ever to get his revenge against the lovable big ax guy.

Didn't feel like the same sort of villain, the guy from v1 had a smalltime potatoes vibe, as seen in these dialogue samples:

" Because our target is Dias. Yes, that Dias! Think you can beat him in broad daylight? I'm not sure we can kill him even while he sleeps, and with the cover of darkness on our side. But know that if he's cottoned on to our attempt, we're through."

"And I want you to kill Eldan too, if you see him," whispered the client. "You may as well if he's here. I heard he came here to meet with that damned bastard Dias anyway. The more thrones we have without lords to sit on them, the better."

"Shit! Shit! Shit! They claimed to be the finest mercenaries! Liars! Useless! Taken down like mere flies! I told them that it was all over if Dias caught wind of us!"

"Dias! My old wounds ache, and it's all because of you! Always getting in my way, you wrteched upstart orphan! You crazy mongrel! You monster! Why won't you just die?!"

Granted he was fairly irate throughout that entire encounter, but this final example came after "the man was finally done shouting" and "clarity seemed to return to the man's face."

"Damn it," he sighed. "I have failed. That was not cheap, but...there is nothing I can do but cut my losses. No more lingering on past failures. Next time will be different. Next time, next time, next tiiiiime. Know this, Dias: I will not give up until this grudge has been repaid."

The dude in this part seemed more detached from the world, ancient even, though perhaps I am overreading into this guy being in a lonely, dark, and quiet place where no other signs of life existed. Unless this is the man from before who came across some dark god or something and changed, I feel like they are different people.

@Phabiohost I can understand your frustration. I had the same problem reading the final two volumes of "Enough with This Slow Life! I Was Reincarnated as a High Elf and Now I’m Bored".
The author knew the end of the series was set at Vol 8 and starting skipping 50 year cycles (or more) in each release without any major explanation. Many readers (myself included) bemoaned this fact since it affected the story line so much.

What? Liam turned down an offer of "new magic"? Could he actually be maturing a little due to the serious situation the dragons are in. If so, I may rethink my opinion of him.

Doh! Forgot the volume ended last week 😞