So Arshay was the first king's sister, it seems...

Updating the omnibus for this series, I paused momentarily on the character sheet included with this volume, and felt a need to share my favourite entry with the rest of you:

Footstool(?)
Unidentified
Trait: For some reason, still has a sense of presence.

It almost makes me feel sorry for the guyfurniture...

@kuali said in Young Lady Albert Vol. 1 Discussion!:

Kinda weird to think that there are still games today using a technique that early games were using back before I was born,

stare
No, change that.
thousand yard stare

@myskaros said in Grimgar Vol. 19 Discussion:

@TURI "We don't know" means we don't know; there are no conclusions to jump to from there. There's just as much "a chance" the series was canceled as the author or illustrator having been ill, or the printers' schedules being full, or it's just coming next month. I don't think it's productive to assume anything from lack of information.

My apologies I didn't mean to be rude or hurt you I just question this because other Light Novel series that I was following seem to stop without any warning or message from the creator so I was worried that would be the case here.
The name of this Light Novel series was: "Braves Of The Six Flowers" ("Rokka No Yuusha").

@LurkingMcLurk said in Grimgar Vol. 19 Discussion:

Vol. 20 announced to release in Japan on 2024-02-25.

spoiler

Thank you!

This is really one of the most unusal romance LNs I've read despite not having any other gimmick besides romance and the titular familial situation. It's the way the series delves into what people are thinking, what they're feeling, that gets me. That and the way it doesn't have a single protagonist, but switches viewpoint between the two of them, and often a lot of others too.

The other volumes were already very open about young people having all kinds of feelings, impulses and desires; this volume takes it quite a bit further, and at times stops, I'd say, just short of being erotica - while never being just that, because it's always also about people dealing with the complexity of their feelings and relationships. I think, at this point, it might be comparable to Scum's Wish - yes, there's young people having intimacy and sex, but it also serves the story foremost, and it's often obvious that the characters don't really know what they're doing, and what they're doing might be a mistake anyway.

This volume was a bit slower that the series usual; but even when not that much happens, we get to see the thoughts and emotions of the characters, which makes a lot of difference from just stalling, because there's always development, just not a physical one.

@Gamen thanks. I was curious if the story went further in the WN, but maybe the author simply didn't have many ideas of how to keep it going.

@Roy-Nukia lol I remembered it wrong.

Still! The first 7 of 7x7x7 should be important!

Volume 1 (Premium Edition): A Bonus short story My Sister, the Slime Ring, and a Flea Market

Volume 15 (Premium Edition): 2 Bonus Short Stories The Remaining Apostles Gather The Remaining Apostles Brainstorm

The Springtime Chime of Marielle Clarac: A Bonus Short Story (Premium Edition)

Volume 6 (Premium Edition): 5 Bonus Short Stories Celia Estrella Elizabeth von Grantz Celia Ray Sinmara von Grantz Treya Verdan Aura von Bunadala Culann Scáthach du Faerzen Held Rey Schwartz von Grantz

@Terabyte I just saw that the Japanese novel for volume 9 releases on January 10, 2024 and since volume 8 released back in the summer and it took about 6 months for that to be fully translated I'd assume about same time frame so we won't get volume 9 until mid-summer 2024

@Village-Idiot said in Peddler in Another World Vol. 6 Discussion!:

Aina's dad either survived but lost his memory or got reincarnated already.

Another possibility is he was captured by the enemy and was sold as a slave or something. There are quite a few possibilities on what happened to her father.

@QuixoticHorizon
Same publisher.

Oh, and one more vote for more like the wyvern and rabbit story. That was adorawholesome.

Having read the manga until this very point, the ending didn't come as a surprise. I look forward to what the author has done in the next 3 volumes. 😋

Go tournament was interesting to me, primarily for how the freak's games are structured. As noted, he played second and without komi. Also as noted, komi is a relatively new addition to the game; while it's origins track to the 1920s, the current values of 6.5 or better are roughly 2 decades in age.

As to why I find this interesting, it's mainly an artifact of reading 8 immediately after 7. As the translation notes (which I find to be of immense value, so thank you for providing them) there indicated, our setting is most likely historical pseudo-china. Given that, I would assume that the relatively modern invention of komi would likewise be excluded, but clearly that isn't the case.

Please, Little Vio, I’m begging you. Have mercy on him.

Little Vio wins the Best Character award! 🤣

And with this, the series has ended. Thanks to the team for working on this series. 👏 🎉

In the afterword, I'm not sure if that bit about the manga is a jab or sincere praise

@Eminent said in Earl and Fairy Vol. 1 Discussion!:

Is this a good series? There are 33 volumes, so there's certainly a lot of content.

I like the volumes released so far.

It's an older series (started 2004, so pretty ancient (: ) and it doesn't read much like modern light novels, or even modern romance light novels. Not much focus on the cuteness of the heroine, or how she feels embarrassed by whatever the male lead does, or any of the other staples. Not much fanservice either.

It reads a bit like a romance set in the world of old British detective stories, with two major deviations - one, that lord Edgar is much more of an Arsène Lupin or Irene Adler type of character rather than any sort of detective, and second, that Lydia, besides being the HolmesWatson of the duo, is also a specialist in the old Scottish (or sometimes other British) supernatural creatures, who turn out to be very real, and very fae.

The romance is of the kind that some people might bounce off. There's enough of something there for it to be a real relationship, except that as it turns out Edgar has had a very traumatic past and is used to approaching the world in a "manipulate them before they could manipulate you" manner, and can't get rid of that habit even when it gets in his way, which makes the progress of the romance very slow, with frequent steps back. So far I'm happy to report that Lydia doesn't respond well to seduction and manipulation as opposed to honest dealings (but there's enough of manipulation attempts there that it might drive some people away anyway).

So, there you have it. It's been an interesting read so far for me, but the romance is slow burn and some people might not like some aspects of it.