@Windsagio said in Min-Maxing My TRPG Build Vol. 8:

The thing that struck me was the 'now we finally have our party' in the epilogue.

What were all the monster girls for then?

Yeah that really deflated my interest in this series a lot. Seig, Kaya, and (these days, with her relative lack of dialogue or agency) Margit are easily the three most boring and generic characters of the "party members" that Erich has had so far, so the author implying that they'll be the main group going forward, with maybe a spot for one more? Jeez. Talk about missed potential. You literally picked the least compelling monster girl waifu (or rather, wrote her into being the least compelling if she wasn't already) and the two least interesting characters.

That being said, several of Erich's former party members have important other commitments that will leave them indisposed for some 3-5 odd years, so I'm going to hope the author is smart enough to bring them back into the party once Erich is outside of his "level 1-4" phase, since they can all easily coast past that power level without needing to join him.

The latest Henderson at least implies Erich will perhaps be returning to Agrippa for a bit, which will at least put him in proximity long enough for some of the old gang to rejoin, but... Like, logically speaking, few of them are able to pal around with Erich on his adventures without basically hand-waving them into the party via author fiat; if they were available, they'd have gone with him in the first place when he first set out. But you could say that Kaya and Seig don't really have much reason to go on a trip back to Agrippa either?

I don't know man.

Let’s just avoid super random sexist comments.

Dammit Leon, stop hitting the Blademail Axe!

@Windsagio Given this from Ark:

Ark was familiar with several hunters who were a higher level than him. Some of them were similar to the Thousand Tricks, and some might have even been below him in terms of combat prowess

We can infer that either:
a) He underestimates how weak Krai is, combat wise
b) There's a level 9 who's even more Krai than Krai

I feel like (a) is more likely, and that Krai is a unique existence.

@AliceCheshire he was holding on.

I bet this has been discussed before, but I only picked this up while it‘s on Catchup this march.

Well, my question is: If he was so bored and wanted to end this slow life, because he can‘t overcome his human mindset, then why did he a) life with the high elves for 150 years and b) finally choose to leave only to life a - by human standard - slow life again?
Now he even plays family - I mean that might be very exciting in its own way, but as reader, I don’t feel the need to read about his internal monologues on how to raise the kid.
Too many words about things that don’t really matter, like religion in other countries, and it goes on and on. Will this story pick up speed or remain in this style that seems to have become popular these days?
Rhetorical question!

I love the author's comments in the afterword. "I'm going to go as far as the editing department will allow" shows how much he wants it to happen.

@Outinthegardener said in I Don't Want to Be the Dragon Duke's Maid! Vol. 1 Discussion!:

The impression of Duchesse is he's gay-yandere (Yandergay?) for the Duke. Maybe if he kills all the women the Duke will finally love him! That and the immortal superweapon thing.

I was thinking the same thing, that he was in love with the Duke.

There are all kinds of things they could tie into the next novel. Remember that there were more women dying than usual? Was that due to experiments he was doing?

How are they going to bring back the mana replenishment ceremony?

Will other races try to gain dragon power by eating dragonkin?

It's been years since I read it, IIRC Jo Walton's Red in Tooth and Claw had a culture of dragons where an important part of the will was who got to eat how much of the decedent and thereby ingest their power. Perhaps elderly dragonkin could will their bodies for consumption. We'll hope there's no dragonkin varient of kuru if so.

I know this is super late, but I decided to give both of these books a chance on catchup... And I have thoughts...

So in book 1 she finally breaks the cycle that has kept her trapped for an indefinite period of real time... The exact point she goes back to varies, so we can't say to well... But it's suggested it's between 1 Month and a year from her return point to execution. So roughly between 8 years and 99 years. The entire time living as a noble under suspicion. By the middle of book one she's had as much of being among nobles as she can stand. She's also really tired of all the people she is basically executed by (The 'Saint', Her fiancé, his aide, the emperor, her parents, etc).

She only really comes back in the 2nd half of book 1 to finish the 'Saint' and avoid having her new life trampled by war. Which of course can't go right. She doesn't have nearly a hundred attempts at doing it after all to get it right...

Then comes Book 2... Where she comes back to make sure her brother is good and happens across an entire plot to revive the 'saint'. Which of course means she gets involved... again. After all if there is one person she doesn't want to see again it's that person.

Then the 2nd half of book 2... Where the prince who loves Alphina and his father the emperor effectively kidnap her and force her to marry the prince... Because they want her to. She seems to have let them railroad her. It feels awfully forced and as a woman the whole thing feels icky. Personally if it was me I'd probably butcher the damn prince, screw his feelings and the entire empire.

I mean I feel like grabbing the damn prince by the lapels and saying to him "She doesn't love you you stupid prick! Stop treating her as an object!" Even her parents treat her that way (it's why they totally deserve as few visits as possible).

If I were her I'd start babbling all their thoughts out loud and see how long they like it... She doesn't even need to admit how she knows what they are thinking! Heck claim to be a saint! The last one was obviously a fake... At this point I'm sure anyone with unusual powers could be considered one...

I haven't actually quite finished the book... I'm tired of reading them come up with new ways to convince an obviously unwilling woman to marry the prince. I'm sure I'll end up finishing anyways in a day or two, but at this point I'm only really reading because I want her to escape and give the entire empire a middle finger.

@Zeteni said in Conqueror From a Dying Kingdom Vol. 6 Discussion!:

@potlucktlo said in Conqueror From a Dying Kingdom Vol. 6 Discussion!:

Does anyone know when Vol 7 begin?

https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/3478/future-volume-release-schedule

Based on when volume 7 released in Japan it could begin pre-pubbing just about any time now, but it's always anyone's guess.

Yeah, I try to never worry about a release for caught up series until 6 month have gone by, this case that is the end of May. J-Novel often gets them on the calendar sooner. Though I still gets antsy sometimes.

@myskaros oh.. thats Unfortunate.. shouldve seen this earlier

Hello,

At this point I will just nudge us back on topic.

Beyond that, yes. We are aware of user feedback for submitting corrections. J-Novel Club being an incredibly small team means resources must be always be used wisely. A brand new reporting system would be a majorly time sink.

And with that let’s spite back on topic.

Thank you

I had to drop this. The author’s style of writing is hollow and without much direction. There’s little emotional substance and a lot of words spent for the sake of words. A whole volume and whatever has happened could have been condensed into 3 chapters. I’m surprised this got published in the first place.

@kawabata268 I have to agree with @Geezer-Weasalopes on your translation here, and this is coming from someone who started this series with the web novel raws (not MTL). This series in particular would be incredibly easy to get wrong, and you've nailed the characters here, Yuki in particular. Massive props for making this my preferred version.

Radine is certainly a much better character than Lupis, having her around could be nice. I'm curious to see how Ryoma will react to the political marriage plan...I'm expecting him to refuse, but should he decide it's more convenient to accept, that could start a chain reaction among all his female retainers for a spot as concubine (I don't remember if there is polygamy in the setting), starting with the twins.
After like 20 volumes I'm tired of Lupis, and I'm not enthusiast that we still have to deal with her. I'm not sure what more she could bring to the story, especially since as others already mentioned, this arc was intended to be the prolonged to the real war between Ryoma and Shardina.
As usual, this volume felt as it could be condensed in a couple of chapters without any real loss in terms of content. From this point of view, Wortenia never disappoints (?).

@Harshal-Trighovan-mct6e6w most likely not, no. It's been a significant period of time since the last volume was released in Japan, so most people consider it to be axed.

Currently on Catch-up, will there be a sequel?
Well, I read it in a few hours and liked the story, streamlined as it is. Would make a good romantic comedy movie, I think. Much better than the fantasy stuff on Prime these days for which they spent so much money, they had to raise the price.
I especially enjoyed that the heroine is selfish enough to push things forward. Go, girls, go!

The ending is good enough without totally blocking a sequel. Still, there is no need at all, the story seems whole as it is. That‘s nice, as most of the stories on J-Novels and other portals are endlessly meandering. 🥱

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