Zenjirou might invent the reel lawn mower in this world...maybe 👀.

@Gamen hmm thanks for the info

You have to love the Cast of Characters trying to be sneaky about the Apostles, saying that the Tenth Seat was unfilled when Ange left. Which completely disregards the fact that she knew Tristan was going to be reincarnated for it, she just didn't know if it had happened yet when she left, and that the LN showed us his introduction to the other Apostles itself.

Only time Lupis is decisive is to screw over Ryoma. But yeah, characters are a bit too weird in this novel. Ryoma won't let anyone be above him on a permanent basis without plotting their downfall but its somehow their fault. Lupis wouldn't let Ryoma leave the country because she's afraid of he might be on an enemy's side someday but is fine screwing him over and turning him into one right away,etc. Meltina and Mikhail are the two stooges that only learn the wrong lessons from their mistakes. They came to conclusion Ryoma may break free when they gave him that land but are constantly shocked when he does stuff towards the goal or kills the 10 northern nobles (when there's already been precedence judging by other countries that have been conquered in war). Mikhail saying they have no need for nobles sitting on the fence that would accept an invitation to the party but yet they keep around a princess, a former duke and his faction that are just waiting to usurp Lupis.

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@shockoblivion said in Master of Ragnarok Vol. 21 Discussion!:

I don’t mean to be impatient, and I know translators have their own lives, but when is vol 22 starting.

This link is the only answer you'll ever get to that kind of question: https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/3478/future-volume-release-schedule 😋

Mu god poor Awa chan how will she handle these news..

Novels might end up being considered timeless because of world-building, influence, quality, or popularity. So a LN series doesn't necessarily need to invent its own alphabet or write a 2,000-year reference book for its history.

Of LNs that "deserve" to be timeless, the first I thought of was The Faraway Paladin, but that's just saying I really enjoyed it and I thought it was well-written.

The translated prose in TRPG is excellent, but it's hard to guess whether it should be "timeless" since it's a standard story otherwise.

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear is sweet and fun, I could see it becoming a timeless YA series like Winnie the Pooh is for younger kids.

While I have been waiting for the translation of volume 10, I started a re-reading of UUA and as I see it volume 4, despite some little problems, is one of the best of the entire series: Nive, the Twilight Vampire, and the Earth Dragon (which Rentt said he will defeat in the future) all in one volume.

In particular, the fight with the Earth Dragon will probably be one of the last of the entire series, because as Rentt said: "a Mithril-class adventurer would be able to fight something like this head-on. I suddenly became very aware of just how far away from my goal I was. One day, I would surely defeat this monster. One day... I thought, deeply and solemnly".
So, unfortunately, we have to wait years for that to happen lol. I hope the anime will speed things up with the LN a bit.

@Jon-Mitchell

I have another theory. Eizo's notoriety has reached the empire. Helen's two "lightning blade" swords were payment along with a cart filled with his elite weapons reached the empire as "payment" for a troublesome area. That is why Marius was notified and the reason why Eizo was involved. The Epilogue goes on to say that the emperor knew about the rebellion but lacked forces to keep it. Rebellion forces were the ones that captured Helen. It looked like they had outside support from the kingdom side (key question is who). They are right. A dead body of a famous mercenary would lead to questions if her body was found in the kingdom side (especially if they knew her lineage). If her body was found during an Empire rebellion, then that would be a different matter.

Helen is the Margrave's illegitimate daughter. Figured since he had an unusual interest in her safety, red hair, and prowess in the battlefield. I would not be surprised if he was giving her jobs, giving her opportunities, directing her activities in the shadows, etc. I view magic as an equalizer (women and men can become powerful, but most nobles will use their bloodline as pawns [doesn't matter the gender]).

I would not be surprised that the "elder" was one of the guards that Eizo helped with their swords and noticed he was killing rebellion troops.

But here is the key thing. Eizo is leveling his skills and is getting stronger along with greater access to mystical metals!

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You know, I'm a big mecha fan and I love the action from the main series, but these short stories are great too.
Pony!
Fumoffu!

Very belated, but the stories this time around were much better. This time there was much more proactive action on the part of the various characters, both Jessica and Jim. If this is where we end, then we at least ended on a high note.

Update as of volume 6.

Daniel Vauxhall - Son of a whisky distiller, had memory of Jessica wiped, for better or worse.

Robert Beck - Hotel manager of haunted castle.

Jeremy Baxter - Victim of Jessica while she was being possessed by a dead murderer. The threshold of getting a date with Jessica is climbing ever higher.

Also, Jim's single again. Though the fact that he wakes people (most importantly, Jessica) up early on Sundays might see him stay that way.

@BookManiaReader said in The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 1 Discussion!:

I am wondering why you chose the carpula language to be Spanish when Zenjirou recorded Aura? That's not exactly what was used. And since The Caprula kingdom seems to be Arabic, wouldn't using the Arab or even Latin would make more sense.

But Spanish? Why Spanish? It doesn't fit the culture at all.

Spanish was used because the raw used Spanish, albeit transliterated into katakana.

Everything should be explained in this post: https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/5900/sol-press-license-rescues

To copy over the relevant part:

We ran the previous English releases through an additional round of QA, then published these direct to ebook. This series was already completely translated, so we focused on getting the books back in stores. We may go back and create streaming parts for each volume later, but we do not have an ETA on that.

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