@Anderson38 said in Water Magician Arc 1 Vol. 7 Discussion:

Finally Abel and Ryo are finally getting into the action!! I was so damn sick of waiting for that.

Ryo is still being held in reserve at the moment though. Where is the Inferno magician currently deployed to?

@LeavesCat or he weakens the imperial empire such that it allows a transmigrator to take control, similar to how he took over control of a weakened empire at age 15.

But really from what we know so far, seems this is the kind of story where transmigrators are not uncommon and not that strong inherently. First the imperial empire didn't suppress his empire or develop any advantage (tech or otherwise) in the hundreds of years BEFORE he was born. Second, his main advantage as a transmigrator is that it fit so well with his circumstance of birth and bloodline.

The other four transmigrators I can recall, one of them is topping out as butler to a countess who can't even imagine beating Carmine in a magic duel, one was killed by the butler in a duel and was never gonna change the world much, one of them (OOPARTs woman's father was apparently set up to be killed by the church) and his biggest impact on the world was educating his daughter, and one of them fled the main continent to become jesus which eventually became the main religion but it didn't seem like he was a conqueror or anything.

In any case this is a world where inventing shampoo or mayonnaise isn't gonna make you a central figure.

Love this series. Also glad to see more of Isaac.

@GeorgeMTO I'm curious to see if Shio will stay weaker than in his first summoning or he'll find another way to get power ups. So far he seems to be progressing fast, but we don't know how many abilities he had.

Oh, you don't have to worry about the women being alone with me, This giant fenrir is always by my side, not to mention the dragons.

Our newbie dungeon master seems to in for a divine scolding when this is all over

@rsog412
I thought maybe it had to do with his research background. In my own math studies, sqrt(3) was sqrt(3). No more, no less. But he had to deal with actual physical realities.

I really enjoyed this first part, Lydia is the same as ever right from the get go huh lol.

The poor professor is in for a world of hurt clearly lol poor dude doesnt know yet to not get in Lydia's way.

Hyse trying to be solo yet he keeps making friends. Hahaha. This is an interesting dungeon. I wonder if it recreates worlds or if it assimilates worlds that have been conquered?

Fran: "You can't take me hostage, I'm taking myself hostage."
Lastiara: "Me too!"
Tiara: "Stop copying me!"

Never a dull moment in this series.

@LeavesCat said in Looks like a Job for a Maid! Vol. 3 Discussion!:

So her mistress is also a battle maid, and suggests that it's part of being a true maid. Did Nina just not get to that part of the curriculum yet?

That will be the next subject once they get to Nyxnox.

Well, you knkw that coronation ceremony is going to go all kinds of sideways. I just wonder if Nazuna can do her job without leveling the entire kingdom.

And poor Iceheat. She just can't cut a break.

@trollsdotter said in In Another World with Household Spells Vol. 6 Discussion!:

It is hard to tell much about household/ancient magic with Patience as our main example. Is her proficiency due to a higher "mana pool" (for lack of better terminology), or is it due to her mental flexibility and imagination? Or bot

It could also be an after-effect of her being reincarnated.

Mewi was late coming home? Face it Beryl...it's definitely a boyfriend. (get your sword ready)

So luna did have an ancestor. Also, Arata must have some ability to influence how things are at their core, alter the truth if you will. I believe this isn’t the first time Mina stopped him from thinking about creatures and individuals that line up with our world.

I read the entire volume thinking that while the overly protective father is a bit overused as a trope, the comedy was good and we got to see once more how awesome Ikki is.
Then I thought the Blazers from Cradleland were interesting characters, but the tournament better not take more than a volume, since Ikki and Stella's matches are already decided and while I'm curious to see howctue king fights, I'm not so invested in reading a lot about Ikki training him and the two girls,
Then the author decided that it's time to get serious and give us some tragedy.
Definitely not expected, and it changed completely my impression of this arc. Of course I want this Puppet King to due in the most painful way possible, Ikki better have no mercy for him.
One thing I have to say, the series is going to be more interesting now that the scope is becoming broader than school shenanigans.

As with any book, movie, song, or other work of art, I strongly encourage everyone check it out and draw their own conclusion.

That's all the nice things I have to say.

@Lex I don't see her as the suicidal type, though perhaps in the original timeline she became that disillusioned with the ruling class. We don't know the full story of parts one and two of the game, but perhaps the viscount was finally successful in dispatching her father, leaving her with little will to fight on.

@arghc there was one interview of a JNC contest winner two years back or so. I was expecting more of it. I get that probably not every author is comfortable doing interviews and stuff but at least a summary of how things are and where the contest winners are at now or something like that would make a good newsletter article.
But I am done defending JNC after the whole bait and switch membership fiasco, when I still haven't seen any communication beyond the stock responses. Some of my favourite series are available here and I like the forum community where I get to discuss with other readers. That's what keeps me coming.

The book’s over already… ;_;