It felt like the weakest volume so far. Only relevant character outside of Liam was Lardon, and while I don't mind her being and advisor, I'm not a fan of Liam acting like a upper controlled by her. We also got another overpowered loli dragon which felt unnecessary and risks overshadowing everyone else.
Maybe the novelty of the series is wearing off and I'm starting to lose interest, but this time I was a bit disappointed.

thought plot was thin, 'beams' were crutches, and character development weak. it was almost entirely without substance (like chewing bubblegum instead of eating)

sometimes bubblegum is ok .

this ain't fine literature, but it was ok for what it was

@LightningLeaf Going by the afterword, next volume's plot was supposed to be this volume's plot, but the Beth plotline expanded into a greater explanation of her charitable organizations as well as a way to restore Opal's reputation, and it took up the whole volume.

@neosovereign That's much too early to say. Who knows? He might just have a useful talent! Plus, I believe, that befriending him is actually relevant to patching up old wounds, if you know what I mean.

Liz’s cookies turns the battle between heroes with swords into a battle between heroes in bed.

A new haremparty member!!

Big "I won't die even if you kill me" energy.

I'm gonna have to buy the volume to reread it to remember all the characters at this point haha. JNC gets another purchase from me I guess.

My policy of not reading book blurbs because they spoil too much does backfire from time to time. For example, if you read a collection of short stories, with some set even before the first volume, but the book itself doesn't say that, you might find yourself wondering why the text is constantly contradicting previously established facts, and wonder if you missed something like the main character falling into an alternate world at the end of volume 7.

The stories, at least those that come after Edgar has entered the picture, just nail the dynamic between the main duo, even better than the main story. And the Christmas story is really a treat.

Euphie is really got that Koala cosplay going strong

@kingpendragon Still, I can see another close encounter with a royal princess in the next volume.

I'd been way behind.
I'm still behind.
7.11, partway through.

Gonna make an Anosian Statement: "Just because you'll be defeated doesn't mean y'all are going to die."
Be interesting to see if I'm right about this.

Not much collecting in this volume, but still a huge amount of beams and animal ears. And we know at least one other girl is going to be added in the next volume esimce they need a party of five people...I was betting on the squirrel girl, but she stayed back with the cook.

Among the many books of LN fantasy I read, this series clearly stands out - and one of the biggest reasons is that it's not actually a "LN fantasy", a very specific genre with many customs and rules, but much more of a traditional fantasy, with deep worldbuilding, always revealing bits of lore that might come to matter in a big way, or be just a background detail. In particular, I appreciate it having magic (if it could even be called that) that never loses its mystery and becomes purely practical, because it is just too otherworldly, a matter of gods and legends, not something for an adventurer to pick up from a book.

While it's not quite as good, it does somewhat resemble Apothecary Diaries in the way it sets up a world, drops in various noticeable characters, and lets it all play out instead of going straight for the story. Also, both are great stories that don't really resemble anything else coming out in LNs at the moment. And since I'm drawing comparisons, one could also say it distantly reminds me of Twelve Kingdoms, with both setting up weird and unearthly worlds, but populating them with characters that are all too human, and drawing a lot of interesting stories from the contrast between the too.

Reverie is not perfect; very noticeable is the tendency to give men and male-coded entities a lot more agency than women and female-coded entities, to bind women with more rules and give men more leeway even outside of those imposed by society, and to have women fall into a lot more distress - even if some of those have very satisfying resolutions.

Despite that, it was a very interesting trilogy that I'm sure will stay with me for a long time.

And finally, a personal aside: Riko is a relatively minor character but she's a damn hero in my book.

@Almond-Magnum said in D-Genesis Vol. 7 Discussion:

@Zerio said in D-Genesis Vol. 7 Discussion:

And in the case of regular gun, as long as the person shoots by themselves unsupported, the gun can be pre-loaded by someone else. So, yeah, it's weird for them to have this worry now.

IIRC, that is explicitly not the case.

edit:
From book 1:

On the majority of these tours, the businessperson would provide their clients with guns, allowing them to shoot monsters from a relative distance. However, if the gun were affixed to something or supported by someone else, the explorer would fail to receive a D-Card. More surprisingly, having someone else load the bullets would lead to the same result. Even letting another person aggro the target monster would lead to a failed acquisition. In short, a higher-level explorer couldn’t carry you to victory.

So, yeah, there's a difference between handing someone an empty gun and a magazine, vs handing them a loaded gun.

huh, I guess I misremembered that part

Shuri’s ready to kick butt and take names.

Okay, maybe she’s not there yet, but she’s definitely been inspired by Alia and has started to improve herself. She’s also given up on her crush on Alia after learning that Alia’s not a boy after all… or maybe the crush will continue? And not just Shuri’s crushing! ^^;

So after the spokon and music, this time author wanted to write about delinquents.
I wonder if author has a plan for getting Haibara together with Miori without making him look like an asshole to Hikari. Maybe a second time leap? Or he'll simply move on from his feelings with time, but then would've been easier if Miori stayed as the childhood friend. I have to admit that I feel a bit nervous each time Hikari and Haibara are together, since I'm always worried they might suddenly break up.

Looking forward to the next volume of DUNGEON DIVE: Aim for the surface

I hope foxes being able to escape before Ein gives the finishing blow doesn't become a trend.
Anyway, looking forward to the next volume.

Oh joy, it looks like Surtr is trying to gather all five of the Spiritblade Sovereigns. I suspect it's for whatever twisted plan he's been working on and it seems that he's aiming for Laevateinn next which will bring him into direct confrontation with Liz.

What a letdown. It's becoming more and more boring and the MC showing how pathetic beta he is. I had good expectations for this one after the 1* volume but what a deception.