@yeahreally said in Nia Liston Vol. 10 Discussion:

Earthsplitter Vikeranda, huh? That has to be Nia's past life, right?

In the prologue of volume 1, Vikeranda was described as an elite monster slain by heroes, so probably not.

If it was in our world the butler probably would have posted his RPF on AO3 onder the penname "Servant of Love" 😂

@zwabbit

Sheryl Family still has their mechs, powered suits, and city connections while the rest of the gangs got squeezed dry during the gang war. Any gang trying to take them on would need a lot of support from an opposing official or a corpo just to even the odds. And that's before figuring in Akira.

I loved the bonus translator's notes. It shows how much work and thought goes into not just translating but also localising without losing the emotions and the spirit of the original!
Thanks a lot to @Kevin-S , the editor and the entire team for bringing this series to us!

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

And how does Kotori NOT know the name of her shaman teacher? Obviously the education had to take more than a working lunch break.

I would guess the elf had Kotori call them teacher/master/sensei, or something similar. The Kingdom was apparently secretive about everything, so maybe it didn't seem out of character.

So now basketball senpai is the only one without a girlfriend, the club manager should hurry. Or did they start dating and I forgot?
Yoshin doesn't realize he is the real romcom protagonist.

@Phabiohost I hope she's planning on using him as bait.

This was a really enjoyable series.

While I was thinking that Baldy's ring would play a part, I didn't think that way.

@Hylebos said in The Reincarnated Mastermind: Sundering Fate with Magic Swords Vol. 2 Discussion!:

"Umm... Licia, you—"
"I'm not Licia! I am Lica, the completely-unrelated commoner adventurer! My, it sure looks like you're in need of a party member!"
"Licia, this is ridiculous, does the Baron know that—"
"My! It sure looks like you're in need, of, a, party, member!"

The party encounters a great dragon.

This is the first time I’ve enjoyed the politicking in this series.

The reveal of the gate system seems like a major development even beyond the leak of the samurai job. It is one thing to face powerful nobles and assault clans, but losing access to the gate system essentially forces them to abandon adventuring altogether. There has to be a player behind the reveal given they also knew how to activate the gate, something that just stumbling across it in the DLC area shouldn't have revealed.

Kano's idea of "discovering" additional gates is interesting though, at least for Japan. Selling the knowledge to the Red Ninjattes for them to manage would allow Souta to remain obscure in most circles, though I am not sure if they would be amiable to offering access to the school's gate for free. I'm also curious how access to the gate would work on the other end? An exit fee for Orchid controlled gates?

Tanya always pretending to have Amnesia still but i still think that she juat doing it since working conditions in Celestial plane sucked ass. Poor new gal thou....

@wanderer_1204 while they have a destination, it is still a couple kingdoms away. Given the nature of LNs, I doubt we will be making it to Nyxnox in the next volume.

Overall a nice wrap up, though really surprised that the council continued 4 more days after a literal terrorist attack in front of the palace during the 50-year jubilee celebration.

side stories fill a much needed role here; worldbuilding, humanizing the characters and creating context for events(maybe sloppy/lazy on author's part, but maybe not? I find them enjoyable but some may argue that more skillful to build into the main story vs flashbacks within flashbacks or side stories.)
NOW we have an idea:

Why Allen's mother is so awesome/intimidating what some of the background events were (his grandmother saluting him as his ship departed etc.) Why Allen is considered such an oddball/so extraordinary as a noble (how other nobles behave- and are educated) how military culture is structured
etc.

if/when we 'meet' these characters again we will have insight as to aspects of their personalities and situations that don't need exposition/asides in the main plot - and we got a healthy dose of foreshadowing

hinted that Al's prosthetic arm will be essentially a self contained GOLEM (and a WAND) made from the monster wood that his wand is made from and the 'core' will be some type of mineral that Allen needs to rediscover in the mine

Yeah Blanc would be tve person to run into that wouldnt she?.

The whims of the Great Sage are truly pearls of wisdom! Lets us hope that they have not been tossed before swine.

Nods pompously

And Keithwood and Sion hanging out in taverns bribing informants was the laugh I didn't expect.

@modokin said in Tearmoon Empire Vol. 17 Discussion!:

@xdrfiredogx Well, in conjunction with this chapter, we at least know that he's still looking for the cure to pass on to Patty. Whether he finds it and hands it over to Patty and Citrina or has Citrina make the recipe and take it to Patty, it's clear that there's definitely some connection between the two

Yeah, knew there had to be since the odds would seem highly against two versions of the same thing. I had figured Rina would learn it from him but since he's still looking for it and it's up to Patty to bring it back into the past and out scheme the Serpents in order for him to get it, the door is wide open for her to be involved in creating it in the first place after all. 🤔

@LightningLeaf She certainly is capable of doing so. Probably even more now than when she first arrived.

Japanese v9 is coming out in July, btw. We might have to say Goodbye for a while but not completely.

@LightningLeaf you mean like the whole exploding and destroying nations thing no, but sounds like the seed pods do kind of work as described on normal cotton plants.

Looks like mini-mage probably won't get to tell his friends about the bugs. If he's left under the stewart's care, will he grow into a giant mini-mage?

Words of wisdom from Claudia:
Never send a man to do a woman's negotiations!