Even though there was a little kerfuffle, tye banquet seemed to go off without a hitch. It seems as if The People of The Forest's Edge are having more and more fun as the number of volumes ticks by.

@Exkalamity said in Cooking with Wild Game Vol. 34 Discussion!:

What a lovely chapter. Toor Deen is one of my favorite characters.

Agreed, I'm glad she got some focus.

@Village-Idiot said in Finding Avalon Vol. 6 Discussion!:

@xdbx They can only make one major change to the story too because once they do and it's big enough, they probably won't be able to make any reliable future predictions after so they have to make it count.

One person can make a major change to the story. If that person isn't you, you've lost your reliable predictions for no benefit whatsoever. At this point it is clear that someone else indeed has derailed the story, so there is no point in trying to avoid taking derailing actions yourself.

I just hope that everyone on this island (noncombatants exluded) will be massacred. Especially this Gilmore asshole.

I mean yeah, the church stinks like hell. The dark elf guy is also kinda sus... But none of them treat their own with such cruelty as they do on Shit Island. What monsters are they guarding that gate from when they already are monsters themselves without a shred of humanity?

But if Klimt is dead, nothing's keeping Kuraia there anymore, so I hope she escapes finally and leaves this shithole behind.

I thought Sli9 and Phinea was an obvious ship but looks like he's getting his first heartbreak instead.
Iceheat as usual cannot complete a task without something happening that ruins her day. I feel so bad for her, but as I often complained that Ellie stole too much of the spotlight amon the level 9999 cards, I'm not against seeing more Nazuna in action.
I hope Yume won't become overpowered herself, I like her current dynamic.
I hope we'll see more of the Daek Knight golem but with so many characters introduced it's going to be harder to keep everyone relevant.
Some little hints about C, I'm looking forward to learn more about it.

What a convenient misunderstanding by Marquess Dozran. He thinks Carmine's trump card is great magic, not "magic despite being sealed," which Carmine predicted when he was like two years old lol.

Dang Charles too? It would be crazy if all three of them

Samuel just came out and straight called Patience a brocon... 😭

Seems like the author isn 100% familiar with the Alps...
Anyway, seems like we're still getting the tournament, just with much dangerous opponents for Ikki and Stella. And I'm assuming the Vermilion roster will be also be different because I can't see the king and the rwo blazer girls as anything but cannon fodder against desperados.
Curious tosee if Lunaeyes is just trying to avoid even the slightest chance of collateral damage, even if that puts her side at a disadvantage, or is planning something else. Her being evil would be a plot twist for sure, but not something I expect from this series.
Nice to see that the king isn't only comic relief but also has some redeeming qualities, but I hope Ilki will have a larger role in the next volumes.

@Lex said in Path of an S-Rank Adventurer Vol 1 Discussion:

Turned out quite different from what I was expecting. The protagonist became strong quickly instead of having to grind. The childhood friend wasn't a villain but simply acted like an idiot. They basically made up on the first volume although they are going separate ways.
I had some doubts about Sasha 's role in the story but by the end it seems clear she's going to be the main heroine and I wouldn't be surprised if she and Hyse will eventually become a couple. Which probably also means that despite being another girl in love with Hyse and maybe others in the future I shouldn't expect much romance until the end.
Biggest problem I have so far is that I'm not really interested in reading about Sasha's clan so potentially half of the story will be annoying. Plus the healer should just die, that would make the series much better.

I'll be honest in that, while Hyse may have been wrong about Sasha and her team (not 100% like others say), I just really don't like her and her side, and I only really like reading about Hyse. I would like to see them together, but I'd like to see Hyse in a stronger position.

FYI @Hylebos - I don't believe Hyse was 100% wrong here, at least with dropping him - Technically, as co-leader, she really didn't have the authority to do that if he was against it (maybe), and so I believe Sasha and her team were easily 50% in the wrong - especially with their arrogance and how much they looked down on him. Not gonna argue about the Black Dragon, as Sasha was mostly innocent there (ofc, ignorance really isn't an excuse) but anyone would take Hyse's attitude, especially with their lack of an apology. I know I would.

Still unsure if the Demon Lord will be an enemy of if Lofus is changing the plot enough for Raymond to be a genuine friend.
Wasn't expecting Ysurika to be a reincarnator and having such a big role in the story, but I like the idea that Lofus isn't just stealing the hero's harem but also has his own heroine. Although her leaving the dark knight's to become his personal maid feels like the author was told maids are popular among LN readers abd he needed one in the story.
The battle with the Gkutton left me perplexed, are we going to hsve a rematch in the next volumes? It would seem pointless if it's killed offscreen by the loli mage.

So we came to the end of the never ending story. There were some sweet moments and some needed closure, but I guess it still leaves a bit of an unsatiated feeling at the end.

The Afterword made reference to the author’s next series, working title science club. With 3 volumes out so far, it is also quite a compelling read. Really hope that it’ll be picked up by JNC!

I was expecting shit to go down for the half-way point for the volume but I didn't expect meat wall Ern.

And poor Karen having to kill her again.

Just read the whole volume. I didn't think it was possible, but now I like Anos' parents even more.

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Okay, but like, are there any truly active novel series that you think would deserve their own subcategory? Keep in mind, those things are only useful for stuff like Bookworm where people aren't simply satisfied with each volume's discussion thread, they have to split off separate topics to talk about aspects of world building and so on and so forth. Otherwise it definitely will never scale to the number of series that J-Novel Club has in their library, it's much more efficient to have individual volume discussion threads bumped to the top of the list by activity.

Wow, so Sharanla is so much of a parasitic human pest that even death and annihilation of her body are not going to keep her down. In all evidence, she is going to be the leading core and dominant will of the gathering crowd of vengeful souls of the former heroes that Metis and the Four Gods used and discarded. And their growing undead gestalt is already eating people and developing in the next big menace. She has nothing to envy of the most tenacious supervillains.

Glad to see that the MC at long last confessed to his love interests that apparently welcome the idea, even if the shock sent one in a software crash, while the other is probably already planning the wedding.

The author seems to give incredibly inconsistent rules about how the youth potions work, when and how they can be used safely, and how many times. Personally I'd welcome the MC rejuvenating himself for good with its vast resources and magical expertise for the sake of his love interests and transition to a different stage of his life.

The 'middle-aged guy bemoaning his age and feeling inadequate for romance' side of his character concept has really exhausted its narrative usefulness and overstayed its welcome if you ask my opinion. It seems one of those cases when an author puts a gimmick in the title and then feels bound to keep it around beyond any reasonable narrative justification.

One of my favorite parts of this series is the attention to detail on the swordsmanship. The anime really nails it, but I've been trained on the techniques Beryl uses. Solid work on that aspect.

Grr, work was such a blur I wasn't able to read this until now. And, uh oh at that ending. Looking forward to the next volume indeed.

It was a good volume but I'm worried about all the ominous things the author is bringing out. First the corpse king gains power when his friends are killed and now his companions sap away his lifespan...I really hope this won't end in tragedy.

@Lex said in Zero Damage Sword Saint Vol. 4 Discussion:

It's always fun to see that Eugene can have more action with his girls in a single part than Makoto in 12 full volumes.

And don't forget all three girls are keeping score and insisting the Eugene maintains quid pro quo, so he gets even more action as a result.

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