@admin said in After-School Dungeon Diver Vol. 1 Discussion!:

The best thing you could do is read EVERYTHING ELSE on the site just to make this one look worse in comparison.

Sorry, while there are some really good things on the site and I've spent quite the amount of ducats and/or points on epubs, there's also stuff that's just a big fat NOPE from me, such as this one. I'll happily enjoy the ones I support, though.

Gonna bow out here, but good on anyone else who gets enjoyment out of this bucket of cringe, however alien it may seem to me.

Damn, poor Violet.

I guess this is Airena’s real reward after over a century of slaving away for Acer’s whims. At least now she’ll be by his side while cleaning up his messes.

Thrown away, eh?
...such a treasure trove of unique items brought into existence by Yuki would seem likely to find space in a research facility...
Leila would never do such as that.
Right?
Right?!

@GeorgeMTO "This is a Frito Pie. I had to ask for individual leather bags to be made because y'all haven't invented chip bags yet."
"So exquisite!"

@pcj said in Villainess Level 99 Act 5 Discussion!:

But she really is a nice person. She just gets a little fixated once in a while. Which is exactly what the Marquess learned in the end. "Everything she said was logical and made complete sense. I couldn't refute a thing! But she just kept going... And some of the things she said were scary."

I was terribly amused that the Marquess found the most terrifying part to be when he started to truly understand Yumiella's perspective. It was truly a kind of Lovecraftian horror for him, a curse of understanding.
I think he would relate to the quote, "some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." For him that vista of reality was Yumiella, and that day was right now.

@TheGrimLich said in Banished Former Hero Vol. 2 Discussion!:

I think Brett here suspects Allen is the mysterious Third Man. He also seems savvy enough to know not to tell the fanatic that the plan isn't going to work. Maybe a little encounter with his bro will get him to abandon ship. The costs are sunk, but better to cut the losses and run.

Given one of his recent POVs it seems likely Brett isn't as completely sold on Allen being a complete waste of oxygen as his father is, somewhere in the recesses of his soul.
I agree that the niggling thought at the edge of his awareness concerns Allen, who has past associations with the two women.

Given all of Allen's other abilities brought over from his former life, I have to wonder if anything akin to instantaneous transport to places he's been before might be another of them.

The stolen designs might be 'out of date'.
What they've done with them?

...what kind of monstrous industrial base do they have, and at what expense to their citizenry?

Town girl A seems like a mirror to Yoshida,the Villager, in naming. I'm curious as to how she is a disaster. Judging by how other people cheering them or motivating them has lead to the other heroes winning, I'm guessing that she is someone Yoshida loves and he powers up to defend her. I would be glad to be wrong as that is boring.

The HDF leadership has to go.

@Gamen said in Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter Vol. 12 Discussion!:

@Windsagio If you mean "The Mentor in a Frontier City" it's a prequel of some nature, but the only actual connection I see is the last name Alvern :P and I recall reading it takes place on a different continent or something.

Mentor takes place in roughly the same part of the world, but a really long time ago. It ties in to Private Tutor in a lot of little ways, mostly through characters who seem to be the distant ancestors of people or countries. You get to see a Wainwright developing her shield magic, for instance. It also gives more details on what characters in Private Tutor mean when they occasionally mention the gods being dead.

I keep meaning to write up short reviews for the rest of Mentor, but it hasn't been easy finding time. I might wait to review volume 3 when volume 14 of Private Tutor starts streaming, since there's kind of a connection there.

Edit: Oh, and while the LNs for Mentor finished, the manga is still ongoing. It's on volume 3 of 6 now, so it might actually cover the whole series.

As weird as I find the romance in this novel, I'm still frustrated by the ending. The MC always does what's 'rational,' ignoring his own desires and not learning a single thing since the end of volume 1 despite so many characters warning him. Fortunately, there's another 6 volumes out in Japan so this is obviously not actually the end. Hopefully next time he'll find a way to get a human form again and stay in that world so the drama won't get played out.

"Let's use asking Lady Mary about her past life memories as a cover for conducting a job interview for Head of House Albert!"
"Yes, let's!"

@myskaros Maybe add that below each novels hub site. I doubt I'm the only one not knowing this.

I know the always answer on releases, but I'm jonsein' here.

@hornet65 Sweet, usually its pretty easy to find info on the series on a wiki (usually with a listing or something but for this one its been rough finding anything

Gee, I wonder how much of a sonic boom there was from Allusia refusing the king’s request for Beryl to join the Princess Guard? ;)

Just placed my pre order of vol 2. Let’s get it. Now to decide if i read chapters as they released or hold off.

I am bored…
Report card for the first 12 volumes of Tearmoon Empire:

Vol 1 perfection + 10+
Vol 2 just perfect 10
Vol 3 Everything is good, Rafina election arc and Bel is introduced 9
Vol 4 Peak Esmeralda 9
Vol 5 Mia vs. Kuolan, then Mia and Kuolan vs. Ruby and Skyred hare—I can’t have two perfection pluses, so I will call this one perfect. 10
Vol 6. This one is tough, 90% is on the level of the original arc, and we get the best side-story of all-time. BUT, as Dion would say, it does NOT stick the landing—really, the landing is more of a face-plant than a landing—meh exposition and ignores the two young women that are on the cover of the book! Boo! As bad as the conclusion was—it still does not ruin the book (and, again, it ends with a marvelous side-story). 9
Vol 7 Mia’s Birthday and a trip to Perujin—less ambitious than the other volumes and I don’t remember anything really heart-pounding, but it was all enjoyable with no flaws. 8
Vol 8. A fine introduction to a very meh story-arc 7
Vol 9. A great translator cannot save the worst story-arc of the series. Almost 2 volumes in Sunkland, and it was just not very interesting and it was actually cringey in some parts. Sion seems to backslide into being volume 1 Sion. Mia is an object that is battled for between Sion and Abel—you can justify it anyway you want (and the rationalizations just make it worse), it’s just cringe. Sion’s brother is boring and stupid and I don’t want him anywhere near Esmeralda! Esmeralda is not nearly as much fun as she was in her first arc. Tiona is okay. Mia, Citirina and Bel are bright spots—but, by Tearmoon standards—a total carriage wreck! Still, it’s Tearmoon Empire 6

Vol 10. New translator in an arc that is far superior than the previous one. Rafina and Malong may be the most enchanting couple in the series, and Mia racing horses. The new female characters are also fun 8 .5

Vol 11 We get Valentina, the Wolfmaster and the death of Bel—it should have been great—but it was just good. 8

Vol 12. Bel is back (that was quick!). I liked the volume but the elementary students sounded like geriatric lawyers at the end (yuck)—still, it was good. 8

@GeorgeMTO said in Oblivious Saint Vol. 2 Discussion!:

Translator and editor you've both done fantastic work on this series, I really enjoyed the prose itself, but the plot didn't live up to its standard.

We appreciate that! I for one was rather less than thrilled with the turn things took, as I spend a lot of time with Carolina, and that sweet, often irritatingly dense girl could do so much better. Unfortunately, I can only spiff up the turns of phrase, not turn around and let Carolina bop Edward on the nose as he so richly deserved.

OMG I thought I was the only one that was getting irritated how the author over explains things or uses multiple examples to explain a single thing that you already understood the first time and before you know it he used up a whole chapter just for that.

@Rahul-Balaggan said in RVing My Way into Exile Vol. 1 Discussion!:

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