I didn't see that coming... So Hakura has been dragged into something really big. Will the author want to build up and elaborate on each of the adventures they face on the way to the far north or will we jump to the site of chromrorm..I wonder 🤔

The magic part of this setting shows up!

I wonder if Akio really sees his little sister like that. My assumption is that he has gender dysphoria and hasn't realized it yet.

Really curious to see what Izumi's deal is.

After a while I thought "wait, is this BL?" and had to go out and check the tags and label.

But then now, midway through part 6, it finally made sense with the reveal in the "Then it's a good thing I'm a woman" line. That explains why it was starting to look like a MLM romance without the tags for it.

Anyway I'm still on part 6 and have read no comments yet.

bruh. He says "I knew this wench's face very well" and that her features are "difficult to forget". But the only thing she did was unbind her chest. Her face was not disguised at all, and they spent the whole day together.

Though I suppose long bangs tied up by a bandana can count as disguising the face

That was cute. I wouldn't mind more, but I also think the story has a respectable ending, so it doesn't need more.

Somehow, in my mind's eye, Ruka kind of overlaps with Manatsu from "Girlfriend Limited to Seven Days".

I was amused when Suela needed some of Ruka's terminology translated into "older person language". I did also!

Speaking of translation, this one must have been incredibly difficult to translate in such a way that the youth culture carries over credibly. But it certainly seems like they succeeded, so complements to the translator Gwendolyn Warner and editor Ren Alea.

I guessed who he was right away but it was fun watching Demi figure it out and add a new entry to his list of titles. That she is totally going to pretend was not her.

It will be even more amusing if he sees it the next time he does a status check.

@grobinson2k1 Skipping town lets you avoid heat, but it comes at the cost of any established connections you've made. Easy for some random adventurer, hard for a noble. And if you've engaged in a contest at a specific location, it's not gonna help you win it (even if they went to another city and bought ranks or something, it's not like the guild here would forget what happened and they'd be suspicious).

@Kurzaa Once they break the curse he won't be the accursed chef anymore, it'll just become the adventures of The chef and his pair of furry foodies.

@yzh4rjdzob6 said in Sowing Vengeance: The Eldest Son’s Disgraceful Green Thumb Vol. 1 Discussion!:

Ideally, Chris could turn her against his brother; failing that, keeping her neutral-ish is probably the best he can hope for. But now, she's for sure solidly antagonistic towards him.

I don't think he had a good way of doing that. She was already willing to kill him just for being antagonistic towards Claus; if he told her that Claus tried to kill him, she might not care. If she's going to be working against him no matter what, then at least he can make sure that she won't be working with Claus.

@Cryten said in Heir to a Monstermancer Vol. 1 Discussion:

I really enjoyed this first novel. A pickup for me for certain. The afterword seems to indicate that the story is intended to be a short story possibly ending in volume 2.

I understood the afterward only to indicate that the first draft of the volume was originally quite long -- so long the publisher split it into two. That may be why the first volume lacks the usual 6-10 illustrations: the standard number were commissioned then half of them rolled into the split-off second volume.

@lighthawk96 said in Now I'm a Demon Lord! Vol. 14 Discussion!:

And Lefi and Mrs. Rir trying to teach the guys to hunt. Ridiculous.

I actually thought Lefi's hormones might have been fluctuating due to the pregnancy and causing her over-enthusiasm. But in the end I guess it was just her and Mrs. Rir showing the boys who the "real bosses" were (heh).

Well, you knew the two doting family members would end up causing some sort of scene.

Well, Eri got what she wanted from Eugene, without too much protest. Any bets that Princess Airi will meet Eugene's whatever-he-travels-in.

Still waiting for Eugene to admit that he loves Eri.

Its still funny hiw Count de Havilla d rly do just think so highly of Blanc when you also consider how silly thr girl is. Like guy is worried abouy what she would do once she becomes more powerfull than him? She will probaly just be smug about it lmao. This might be weird saying considering her race and the side shes playing but Blanc kinda just a bundle of nice

Niice. Really nice.

Gotta be honest, this is slowly but surely becoming more and more tolerable. Mainly because they are minimizing the incesisters plot and being a straight up OP adventure.

Hrm, these past couple of books and this part have just made me think that amyu is going to just up and leave w.o telling him one day soon.

They seem to be growing apart to me, especially since he's telling lies and half truths to her. Not like he hasn't been doing that from the start.

And amyu seems to want to do something and help people as the hero. I can't see how the group will keep on going w.o something happening, it's been years since they set out on the adventures afterall plenty of time to grow up and change

@rkkn I also liked the joke. I thought her being that quick to jump on the first solution she thinks of no matter how crazy is a funny gag. But it's like the entire setting is built on people being that stupid regularly and that breaks my immersion.

Can we please not make the prey so sympathetic...