@Travis-Butler said in Frontier Lord Vol. 15 Discussion!:

(Honestly, my first thought was that it was another one of the ‘treasures’, which she knows about because of the hand axe she gave him; it wasn’t until she specifically mentioned the Beastkin Kingdom that I thought in terms of proof of identity.)

Hadn't thought of that, but, um, there's a meme concerning this. Why not both?

@arghc said in Genius in the Library: This Bookish Rookie Will Save the Day! Vol. 2 Discussion!:

I was going to complain about Japan's endless obsession with food and how all the light novels and manga seem to manage to procure the necessary ingredients to make Japanese delicacies even though they are completely different worlds and universes

Yeah, that's what I saw at first glance, but it doesn't quite seem to fit with the direction of the writing, where it's from the perspective of the summoners, plus the Japanese person didn't say that the world's cuisine was inferior, just that she wanted comfort food. It seems more the author's style for this to be an excuse for them to stumble across a lead from an unexpected source.

I mean, I could be giving the author too much credit. But it would be a pretty neat way to play with the "Rice and Soy Sauce" trope and not only have a legitimate explanation to why this world has soy sauce and miso (the previous saint spent years producing it herself after giving up on ever going home, and her children naturally grew attached to "mom's home cooking"), but connect it with the actual main plot when the readers expect it to be a page-filler side plot.

I can see the day when Illug beats Lynokis in a sparring match and then he tries to take on Nia feeling confident...

Freesia learns she is the Sun Witch? Didn't Kalmia outright tell her before her first death?

Still, her learning that Vute also remembers the future is a positive sign. Fingers crossed it happens at the start of the book, not the end...

I have to say that these cookoffs are starting to become a repetitive theme at this point.

I like how Nyt and Rys had theor little ribbing session. It was very hilarious.

I will be greatly amused if it turns out that Blanc legitimately achieving True Vampire without alchemical shortcuts causes her to eventually eclipse the sisters in firepower.

The argument over who influenced Blac is very reminiscent of the "She's always been this way"/"His training made me this way" moment between Ferdinand and Rozemyne in Bookworm.

@LightningLeaf said in Looks like a Job for a Maid! Vol. 5 Discussion!:

I doubt Tien herself wronged this guy.

Can't believe Tien killed the dude's parents with her prodigious strength as a newborn :D /sarcasm

I stopped reading this series after volume 3, but I was looking up some things on Bookwalker for series I read in the past and for anyone who'd be interested, I noticed a volume 10 for this is randomly coming out in Japan next month, after a 7 year gap.

Scar Arc

“[...] Scar, the demon dragon [...]

Even a dragon?! Rondo has gone places.

This seems to be the only volume in Japan, with nothing else in a year so far, so I imagine this is it. Some stuff aside, I enjoyed it for what it's, so thanks for the translation.

Calling it now, Dialto Berch is the true mastermind. He’s plotting something against his father, Gilmore Berch, and using Sora to accomplish it.

Aoi has never told anybody that her sole purpose for teaching, and even her sole purpose for learning magic at all, is to find a way to go home.

Aside from her complete indifference to romance in general, she's going back to Earth the moment she has a viable means to do so. Getting married is obviously out of the question.

Me: enough of Lilka, let's go back to Fol and Yusurika.
Author: Lilka is my favorite character and I'm expanding her role from the WN.

Anyway, it was a nice volume with hard battles that showed how Lofus still needs to grow in order to erase all his enemies. And speaking of enemies, Raymond Is growing on me, I hope in this timeline he will stay on the right side.

@xdbx said in The Villainess Speaks Not Vol. 3 Discussion:

But the only Arcacian that has shown overt hostility to Liliana so far is Marquess Finch.

She was made to stay in the palace because the faction has grown hostile towards her.

@kuali said in Tearmoon Empire Vol. 18 Discussion!:

I guess my wording didn't make that obvious?

It was not obvious to me at least, but perhaps it is unusual to interpret "ultimately loses" and "ultimately lost" in different ways.

@dragon3010
Still a stupid attitude.

@Paul-Nebeling There is an evil god standing behind the demon lord, so Allen shall gear up for the bigger target. Just like he's currently adjusting from hunting dungeon critters to spirit ones. We just don't see much of the Bigger Bad yet because they are currently beyond Allen and friends' pay grade. Much like in the first part of the LN you didn't have a clear perception yet that the world was in an existential struggle against the demon hordes.

"If I make her too mad to be sad, she won't spiral."

"He can't be making me mad so I won't spiral, right...? Nah, that sounds too clever for him."

Still a bit unclear what exactly Haruka's organization is. The claim is that they're nationalists, but that's not necessarily true, what with how many times the nationalists have been used as a front or stooge.

So, the soul thing. I'm guessing that Abel will be able to take over Ryo's body at some point or at least see/hear through Ryo what's going on at the destination. Interesting that the earring is a constant mana drain but presumably, as a melee fighter, Abel the ring wearer doesn't have much mana?