In anime tropes, she probably fit the "bookworm girl" archetype.

Glances over at Rozemyne ...Different type of bookworm, I guess? Honestly, she's closer in personality to Angelica. Just focused on VR instead of combat.

Ai: "You worry about what people will think of you, don't you?"
Megumi: "Ai, how can you talk so easily?"
Ai: "By not worrying about anything!"

A wired connection would be much faster,

Uh, maybe? Or 'it depends', if you prefer. Cable connections are almost always more reliable, but faster is more of a tossup. If you go on Amazon and buy 'some ethernet hardware', chances are you'll end up with a 1gbps network. If you do the same with wifi, you'd probably get 1.5-2gbps.

Of course, the cable is far more likely to actually hit the number advertised - with most wifi equipment, you need the router in your lap to get anywhere close to the headline number.

And for most of us, it's pretty easy to get either option to a speed higher than that of our actual internet connection. At which point it mostly stops mattering which one we use.

Anyway, for what they're actually doing, they probably care more about latency (the delay between data being sent and arriving at its destination) than actual speed (how much data gets sent in a set period of time). And cables generally are better for latency than wifi is.

I always had a hard time determining whether Ai was being serious or silly.

Because she doesn't see it as an 'or'.

Krai had less than 10 minuted with Byker and his gang and he managed to make them pull one of the dumbest things that they could've done.

Well, I can see a couple of things in this part. The first is that those dolls are working as advertised, so far. The second is that three of the four Hero Candidates are total battle maniacs. The third is my behind that Eugene is going to end up killing both of the Vespar queens. The last one is that Eugene is really treating Eri like his wife. Don't tell either one of them though.

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

@Geezer-Weasalopes

Yeah, but it doesn't say that citizens of other countries didn't get one. To quote a professor of logic

all of Alma Cogan is dead, but only some of the class of dead people are Alma Cogan

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.

Narrative hasn't realized that her final battle with Caim will play out verupy differently from what she imagines. I'm curious tosee if after joining the harem she'll defect or she'll act as a double agent inside the Church.
I'm happy to see that Millicia isn't a pure and idealistic ruler but she's willing g to play dirty when required, it fits the tone of this series.
The giant turtle was dealt with very quickly but I'm not surprised, at this point nothing short of a demon lord can be a troublesome opponent for Caim.
Looks like next volume Rozbeth will get the spotlight since she was absent this time.

Wow. That part was more chaotic than usual. Still fun chaos.

@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.

@karasutengu said in The Isle of Paramounts: Reborn into a Slow Life Among the Strongest in the World Vol. 5 Discussion!:

"Demigod Lord Arata"...That has a nice ring to it and rolls so easily off the tongue...

What's nice about it is that its meaning is relatively resilient to Spoonerizing:

Demigod Lord Arata Demilord God Arata Lord Demigod Arata God Demilord Arata Demi Godlord Arata Demi Lordgod Arata

Are all about equally cringey. "Deli Modgord" is right out though.

A situation so screwed up even Theresalo couldn't handle it? Damn. Maybe now that she has more experience healing people...? And bring in Zumiano's fiancee for good measure, she's been researching mental stuff too...

That was a fun part, I do wish to have gotten snippet of each fight. Just to see how the party would handle it on their own.

And with a little tip from Sharon, Kent was able to clear the fight in under a minute. Sadly I don't think that run counted for the challenge the party set up.

If even more crazy people are going to appear in the next volumes, Zil's greatest battle won't be against the gods, but to keep his sanity...

I thought the ending was kind of abrupt. When I think about it, all the "arcs" after the first one where the MC was training knights were kind of similar - MC beats up bad guys and rescues someone. The bad guys have some weird ideology and are super violent and "really bad".
I do want to see (if there is another volume) what the next is one is about. I don't care all that much about the characters.

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.

Sakuya the lady charmer and detection device extraordinaire. Kids gonna be something when he grows up.

And Yuki and En get to go on a hunt. Fun times.

The first part was a bit bittersweet, but the proposal to Miori was nice. I still hope Hoshimiya will get the same treatment.

Kitty cat!