@lucaslp5 said in Demon Lord, Retry! Vol. 8 Discussion:

@HarmlessDave On the good side, we most likely will be reading the new volume sometime next year!

I'm really looking forward to it. Especially with that cliffhanger at the end of volume 8.

@tsenglol On the author's twitter, some tweets seem to say they're going to start writing it again while the anime is airing, but I can't read Japanese. Their user is @SameSame_panic. I think they will write more because they are INSANELY excited about their work getting an anime. DeepL translates the tweet to "I'd like you to finish the original story, so I'll write more. ...... #Ikenai-kyo."

So we have to wait for the next volume to see the proper reunion between Asuka and Ryoma. The plot advanced a bit, but again, author could have done the same in three parts without losing any meaningful information. Well, I just hope it won't take five more volumes just to defeat Lupis.

Volume 1 (Premium Edition): High resolution color illustrations

Volume 9 (Premium Edition): 4 Bonus short stories The Water Goddess’s Questions The Queen of Laphraig Princess Sophia and the Crimson Fangs A Day in the Life of the Pegasus Knights' Commander

Volume 4 (Premium Edition): Bonus notes from the translator, Full Wraparound Cover Jacket illustration & High Resolution Color Illustrations

Volume 14 (Premium Edition): 2 Bonus Short Stories Trycen's Defense Parth's Defense

Volume 4 (Premium Edition): A Bonus Short Story I Hope That from This Day Forward

@Leon_97

It usually refers to a minor update in grammar. If the update is something substantial it gets posted about on the forums.

@Leon_97 I assume the tag appeared because there was a small correction made to the map of the peninsula.
The bridge labeled as "Hotto Bridge" was corrected to "Hoto Bridge".

Done reading. My impression is pretty much the same as the previous volume. Fairly well written novel which keeps being engaging despite being mostly about nobles having noble problems, I mean rich people having rich people problems, which I'm normally pretty meh about. Relationship driven and despite that, fairly drama-light. Prone to bouts of "harassment is fun when it's girl on girl".

Often it undercuts itself by how the viewpoint character Misaki doesn't have any personal goals besides "become a good enough maid to be worthy of the privilege of serving my mistress" - after four volumes, that's just too weak. On the other hand, the problems that spring up are personal, just personal for somebody else, and Misaki being always willing to lend a helping hand, whether it's to the ladies or to the maids, is what makes her so endearing.

This is the final volume (in JP too), it ends in a middle of an arc, and I must admit, I didn't expect this when I first started reading it, but I'm genuinely sad I'll never learn how it all ended...

Psst, did you know there's a manga too? Keep an eye out for volume 8 streaming later this year as well!

Volume 5 (Premium Edition): A Bonus Short Story Aura's Anxiety

I'm not sure when this series turned from "these two are exes and have very complicated feelings for each other" to "this bunch of people all have their own unique circumstances that make their lives complicated", but it happened and it's great. The narration is switching viewpoint characters around all the time, between so many different people, to tell their little stories, and it's like so many windows opening and closing that let you see the same situations from different angles and I love that style of narration. All the details people notice! All the details they miss! Lovely.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy this is not +++ Massive point deduction for trying to hitch a ride on its glory +++ Ejecting intruder to outer space +++ The End

I'd put off reading this because I was a bit tired of high-school romances and I thought it was about a loner getting dragged into socialising. So since it was on catch-up, I decided to read it. It still took me 3 weeks to get in the mood to read it and now I am glad that I did. It is a sweet romcom but it's not a popular character dragging the loner character into a new life. Instead, the loner just does his own thing which can include other popular characters. Sometimes. When he feels like it.

It reminded me of my school days. I was the loner child but there were a few classmates that I interacted with on a daily basis and not just because they sat next to me. It was fun to talk about mutual interests with other people and not just read all the time. It was even better when I joined a club where it was people either reading together or talking about the latest chapter of Bleach or Naruto which were popular in those days.

So I might have to put this on my 'to buy' list. I'm interested in the bonus stories as well.

So let me guess, sierra going home and the elves choose her to become a sacrifice then soma who is transported to near the elves forest save sierra and bring the witch back with him because she can teach him how to use magic

@xdrfiredogx thank you for giving Lucia a chance 💖

This story is really charming. Love how it deals with both entirely practical realities of the human world and the strange lives of the fey without either of those feeling out of place.

I like the romance side of things more than I expected to. Edgar is the dangerous seductive type and the story handles it wonderfully. It's not that his moves don't work on Lydia; they do, she's just seen him do it so many times to so many people she doesn't see any genuine interest behind his words, and on his side, he's too wounded from his past life to be able to speak his feelings openly and honestly, without hiding behind the polished veneer of his trained persona. It's easy to feel for Edgar while finding Lydia's reactions completely reasonable. It is my hope that the romance will be resolved when he realizes it's not games and seduction but honestly opening his heart that is the way Lydia accepting him.

Also a cool revelation of this volume, that while Edgar is a scoundrel and impostor, he takes his duty to the people of the earldom very seriously, which I'd say does a lot to rehabilitate him as a male lead. After all that's not something even real nobles always manage. (But being the scoundrel he is, he still manages to do a lot to, uh, unrehabilitate himself again.)

Love how alien the fairies often are. "He isn't the same man your queen met, he just inherited the title." "They cannot be too different, given they share the same name." Perfectly reasonable fey logic, right there. (-:
I'm also fond of the way certain people can almost see the faeries but not quite, like the way Edgar & Co sometimes assure themselves that of course Nico doesn't talk to them, he's a cat - althought they are also aware that he often asks to be served tea...