Beside the Vector (minor) trouble everything seems to be going according to Ryoma's plan so far. (Or so it seems at least.)

@lightningleaf

It appears that in China, and areas influenced by China, that was the method of making eunuchs. To emasculate them and not just to remove the testicles.

I'm a little glad that the dragon is out of the bag. This is a low-stress series so removing that bit if tension from keeping the secret is fine.

This is shaping up to be a most interesting fight between Kiema and Leona.

Reading the parts again. I never really get it when ground is used instead of earth (not sure if that was the translator or author). Unless there's a situation where there's ground/sky magic opposites situation.

But here is just seems to called ground, just because.
Its not a problem, just something I personally find weird.

Volume 10 (Premium Edition): A Chat between the Translator & Editor

Volume 17 (Premium Edition): A Bonus Short Story & Textless Color Illustrations A Cold?

Oh boy. Now it’s Hero Gold-Hair’s turn to be possessed, I bet.

“It had a mane of golden hair,” huh? Gee, I wonder who it is (not).

So, while Rys and the monster duke it out, Flio’s in charge of damage control. LUL

I have to say, I find Tsuya and Hero Gold-Hair’s horrible luck pretty amusing.

I guess Hero Gold-Hair’s learned to be wary of windfall riches? Eh, probably not.

That was a nice little bit about Rys asking where that one spring was.

Oh no. The other pair of idiots is here now. “Operation Vacation,” huh?

“Sadly, the museum was closed for the day.” Yeah, sure. “Sadly.”

“What in the hells happened while I was using the toilet?” LMAO

Rys visualizing herself giving birth to triplets, and not only that, a second set? I mean, I’m not a woman, so I wouldn’t know for sure, but giving birth to multiple sets of triplets seems like a bit weird of a thing to wish for to me. Maybe it’s because Rys is a lupine demon, and dogs (so, wolves as well, presumably) tend to give birth to litters of multiple pups at once, so it’s sort of like that.

“‘I’ll remember this!’” Talk about a cliche two-bit villain line.

@terabyte the corollary to that is that you already know he's going to go places that the system prevents you from following. Risking getting access to his photos and information from inside these locations is a lot to ask. Plus following people around requires so much more effort than simply doing what you want and waiting for information to come to you, might be hard to find enough members willing to do it.

“So I guess she’d have to buy a new vehicle.” Or, you know, she could ride with you.

Nice that Nito’s calling Keisuke by name now.

So, they knew the apocalypse was going to happen beforehand? That’s interesting.

@terabyte ah, yeah, if the speaker order is fixed that makes much more sense.

The way the plot in this series is going, I will be somewhat surprised if at some point Canary isn't revealed to actually have some flaw of some sort and she isn't that absolute perfect woman that Aki imagines her to be, and Aki will be the one to, completely accidentally, discover it. And in the process of everything else, he will somehow help her with it.

That or we find out that she used to be exactly like him years ago and that's why she's helping him out so much because she sees herself in him. He's probably got the potential to be that scary-competent once he deals with his love issues and gets those out of the way.

And it wouldn't surprise me if both happened.

Sam mentioned at the Announcements/QA stream a couple weeks ago that licenses for the Square Enix Books novels (such as Second Path 3 and presumably Der Werwolf 14+) that negotiations are still ongoing, but it is certainly taking a "very long time."
At least with Second Path, it's been nearly 5 years already, so what's a couple more months of waiting.

@lighthawk96
She Has standards...

Is Fightable? Do EVERYTHING you need to do to fight it.

Is Edible? TAKE NO PRISONERS!!!!

Cannot really give you a definite number but it is low if it is not planned. Altina fans will be rejoicing since that series has been on the back burner for nearing 3 years since volume 14 as the author concentrated on this series. So, I think it is more likely to return but probably with a 2 year window.

Hmm... Is it possible that Shu Kojin wanted Shohi's father on the throne to increase his own power, and that Seishu running away was less because he wanted to and more because he had to? We know Kojin is cold-blooded and ruthless, and if Kojin saw the ascendance of Shohi's father as the means to gaining power to rival the Emperor, I have few doubts that Kojin would've committed full on regicide in order to obtain what he wanted.

Ahem. Hello! How many parts has it been? Two? Let's say two. It's been a hectic few weeks, and will probably continue to be, but you see, I've been reading volume 6, among many other things, and I am greatly entertained.

But enough teasing, you folks still have a few weeks to go. So what's happened... Luciel legally bound an entire nation to not be jerks, and a bit of horror for the road. The Wicked One sure is being awfully wicked. Who woulda thunk?

@mortcs said in The Great Cleric Vol. 5 Discussion!:

Thus continues the adventures of Luciel contract negotiator.

Luciel has a habit of going absolutely ham on bureaucracy. I find it hilarious.

@amakaze said in The Great Cleric Vol. 5 Discussion!:

True enough. I hope we'll get to see him asking some day. Luciel did note it himself at one point earlier, about how bad he is relying on others and I feel it also applies to understanding people under him, which he certainly should put more effort in. He's not a bad boss by any means, but he's definitely not the greatest one either.

I think that's central to his character at this point in the story. The guy's kind of incompetent and most of his strangeness only comes from his values from the modern world. He's also pretty self aware, too, considering how he acknowledges that Jord's kind of the one doing a lot of the behind-the-scenes work while Luciel kinda just fumbles around.

@weasalopes said in The Great Cleric Vol. 5 Discussion!:

And above all else, make the readers wail and gnash their teeth due to where you end each section...
This is the pledge taken by all who join the ranks of the JNC Translation Teams...

Can confirm, I do this on purpose. Hehe.

@terabyte said in The Great Cleric Vol. 5 Discussion!:

Yep, it was impossible for nothing to happen. Let's see how many rats get caught in the trap now.

What, in Yenice? I think you're confused. There are no rat-people. There is nothing strange going on here, please carry on.

@masterlillyclaw said in The Great Cleric Vol. 5 Discussion!:

@masterlillyclaw said in The Great Cleric Vol. 4 Discussion!:

Who wants to place bets on Forêt Noire being suddenly blessed by the dragons and turning into a human (or beastperson) - aka the Drakesworn that Mr. “harborer of the flame of love” dragon mentions? XD

It’s confirmed that Forêt can’t be the Drakesworn, since Milphene monologues earlier in V5P3 that she was instructed by the Spirit of Tides “to bring Luciel [...] before the Drakesworn,” so rip that concept, as hilarious as it would’ve been.

But what am I supposed to do when we literally get an illustration of Forêt snapping Luciel out of his funk, followed by him describing it as being “jolted by his partner’s warning”? Yes I know he’s used ‘partner’ platonically in other scenarios I’m just making a point that sometimes I feel like Luciel x Horse is real

I salute this theory and think it is founded on a very firm basis. Luciel x Horse could even rival Luciel x Brod.

Apologies for my absence, to those who enjoy my teasing and rambling! I'm definitely going to try and be here for next part, though. It's worth seeing.

Next part:

spoiler

So, Berta's still around? 👀

Dear Father,
Our efforts to convince Rolmund to never even think about invading Meridia is progressing well. That is all.
Your well-behaved daughter, Friede

Dear Friede,
I have already been informed about the melted blast cane. Be thankful that Empress Eleora has declined to ask us for compensation, as otherwise that would have come out of your allowance.
Your well-informed father, Veight

Negotiations on a new volume take time. Then there's fitting it into the translation team's schedule; they try not to leave them idle, since if they don't work, they don't get paid. Finally, fitting it into the overall release schedule for all titles; making sure there's a steady flow of new volumes being published each month takes some juggling.

All of which has to do with why they don't say a new volume is becoming available until just before the first pre-pub section goes live.

So if the volume was just released last month in Japan, it's gonna be a while longer yet presuming the negotiations prove successful.