Raymond gave up being royalty to be duke Flitwick, but Parker is the king’s younger brother? If Raymond used to be a prince then are both not the kings younger brothers? It is later made clear that Raymond is the king’s brother as well, so the intro is phrased oddly in general.

@LightningLeaf said in The Tanaka Family Reincarnates Vol. 7 Discussion:

There's no fear greater than human imagination conjuring from incomplete data in the dark.

I'm quite certain that uhhh, seeing the said bugs coming into the carriage would have in fact induced far greater fear than not seeing them in this situation.

Mia in the image this chapter looks a lot like her Grandmother. The great sage can switch Tarame from Tsurime eyes as situation requires huh.

But more about the chapter, this is exactly the kind of situation Mia really shows her gift for negotiations and diplomacy. She's actually really good figuring out the diplomatic and political consequences for the discussions she's part of. She's also really good at knowing when and how much she can push using the authority she has as a "Tearmoon Princess". It's rare, but it is fun to see Mia throw her weight around when she's normally too worried about being seen as tyrannical.

Duke Greenmoon being present is interesting. We know he's opposed to Mia, given that he tried use Esmeralda to form an anti-Mia alliance with the Sunkland conservatives. But being a Tearmoon noble, he can't exactly overtly oppose Mia's actions in favor of foreign nobles. King Nestori also doesn't seem to be similar to the previous monarchs Mia's met, who were generally benign. Should be an interesting set of new antagonists for Mia to contend against.

So now the fake has a mecha in addition to an off-brand-Godzilla? Cool.

I kind of wonder if this will end in something like the Batman movie where Val Kilmer is Batman?!

@MegReader the people of the forest as descendants of an isekai protagonist theory has gotten more support with this chapter. The case is probably aluminum of plastic.

Hah this series is the master of an anti climax with that sudden kill steal. Also hats off to Admiral Breskin, he knows how to take advantage of a situation, he immediately turned John's luck of getting out of being highlighted for an Ace kill into a veiled threat.

One thing that surprised me is that the young ace was killed. There is a small possibility of subterfuge in the story since it mentioned recovery of pilots both enemy and ally. But it does seem quite unlikely with the story being put to bed.

With the hornets wrapped up, that just leave the 2nd fleet as the last remaining plot thread of the series. Outside of the one that just occurred that is.

Didn't expect the second part so soon.

This week's part was just full of surprises. Claude mopped the arena with Robert. (He couldn't look bad in front of his new fiancee.) Obi-wan Erinyes did some Jedi Angel training with Eugene and let him in on some of the stuff she's been putting up with for the past 1,000 years. Airi tips her hand that she's after Eugene after all. (That's the real reason she came.) Sumire and Sara actually admit that Eugene spends time with "Miss Eri". (Nice cover, Sumire.) Since they know he didn't do anything with her this time, they'll go batshit-crazy trying to figure out what he did do, since he didn't do that.

This exhibition match with Claude is going to be interesting, but thanks to Eri, even more one-sided. And as an interesting side note, since Eri just showed a genuine vulnerability to Eugene, how much closer will this bring them? You know he won't let it go. Not in his nature at all.

Gonna be a long week.

@Lex This seems to be the phrase of the week, but...

We'll see.

Yo those guards (and the king for that matter) needa be investigated bro 😭 It’s funny seeing the stark contrast to how the king behaves now compared to how he was talking to Ikki’s dad in that stoic serious tone back in the end of the anime/vol3

@Burgerlava Kris has not only joined the harem he's oblivious to, but is heading towards Tino's "master is god" over-estimation of him.

Kris' Japanese voice actress didn't have much screen time in the anime but she was perfect for the role.

@SilverFuton From memory, he's just a random Joe. I can't particularly recall, but I think he might have been introduced relatively early on, having stocked edible seeds that Noor liked to eat?

A humble seller, not too much of note about him, just raised to importance by his connection to Noor, and him having the niche knowledge needed for this specific situation.

@syilphion It still would've been nice to see some of Sol's main objectives, such as recruiting all of the monsters or gathering all of Luna's organa fleshed out beyond vague descriptions and rough flashbacks. The author could've easily given us something with Sol talking to the Hero instead of that stupid irrelevant bit with the Great Grandson or whoever it followed at the end of the last part.

I feel bad for Modern Reen, but clearly Modern Sephiras has enough instinct to know he and Julia belong together and Reen is meant to be only with Sol.

@LightningLeaf He’s probably planning on betting on him to win.

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And these words come from a ten year old child...

+1 Reverse harem member.

ah, nice. a good way to avoid it

@Lex They were already a weird family. Right from the moment that Mizuto's dad met Yume's mom. Let's not forget that Mizuto and Yume were dating before their parents got married. That just ramped up the weirdness. Yuni being pregnant only adds to it. Now would be the perfect time for them to come clean and tell them that they are dating, but they probably won't.

I'm not sure if they will break up or not. They really don't have a reason to. Worst case that I see is that they keep it discreet and quietly get married after college when parental notification isn't needed.