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I had to drop this. The author’s style of writing is hollow and without much direction. There’s little emotional substance and a lot of words spent for the sake of words. A whole volume and whatever has happened could have been condensed into 3 chapters. I’m surprised this got published in the first place.

@kawabata268 I have to agree with @Geezer-Weasalopes on your translation here, and this is coming from someone who started this series with the web novel raws (not MTL). This series in particular would be incredibly easy to get wrong, and you've nailed the characters here, Yuki in particular. Massive props for making this my preferred version.

Radine is certainly a much better character than Lupis, having her around could be nice. I'm curious to see how Ryoma will react to the political marriage plan...I'm expecting him to refuse, but should he decide it's more convenient to accept, that could start a chain reaction among all his female retainers for a spot as concubine (I don't remember if there is polygamy in the setting), starting with the twins.
After like 20 volumes I'm tired of Lupis, and I'm not enthusiast that we still have to deal with her. I'm not sure what more she could bring to the story, especially since as others already mentioned, this arc was intended to be the prolonged to the real war between Ryoma and Shardina.
As usual, this volume felt as it could be condensed in a couple of chapters without any real loss in terms of content. From this point of view, Wortenia never disappoints (?).

@Harshal-Trighovan-mct6e6w most likely not, no. It's been a significant period of time since the last volume was released in Japan, so most people consider it to be axed.

Currently on Catch-up, will there be a sequel?
Well, I read it in a few hours and liked the story, streamlined as it is. Would make a good romantic comedy movie, I think. Much better than the fantasy stuff on Prime these days for which they spent so much money, they had to raise the price.
I especially enjoyed that the heroine is selfish enough to push things forward. Go, girls, go!

The ending is good enough without totally blocking a sequel. Still, there is no need at all, the story seems whole as it is. That‘s nice, as most of the stories on J-Novels and other portals are endlessly meandering. 🥱

Let me just say that while the volume was generally enjoyable to read, the extra story at the end was waaaaaay too long.

Volume 6 (Premium Edition): A Bonus Short Story Tabletop RPG

Volume 5 (Premium Edition): A Bonus short story The Secret Hidden in the Pie

Volume 6 (Premium Edition): A Bonus Short Story Greeting the New Kiddos

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Holy fourth wall break, batman!

@anony-mouse99

Yes, I prefer reading this series in the ebooks rather than the updates each week. I think it is a better experience.

@alahue We're taking a scheduled streaming break this week. I Surrendered My Sword for a New Life as a Mage: Volume 6 returns with part 8 on Tuesday, February 27th!

So just looking at the stat data over time in book 1, deciding if I wanted to make something like @Geezer-Weasalopes was talking about and I noticed that when Keigo reduced his STR after hitting 100, his HP did not go down. So HP is calculated on assigned points, not just active points. The same applies for the MP after reducing stats that affect that.

now on book 4, when Keigo steps on the SMD-PRO before Cathy does, his HP and MP show correct values based on the coefficients that Keigo discovered back in book 1. Since the original scanner only picked up 6 points, we can assume that the SMD models only pick up the 6 stats and the software calculates the HP and MP based on those 6 stats.

Wonder how much better this can get after the NYC meetup and Miyoshi gets ALL.THE.DATA.

Speaking of all the data... here is every stat block in the books so far. ChatGPT can build something for this pretty quick. I guess I'll look at putting something together. The last 4 should say evening. I already fixed it, but after my screenshot.
id_types: 1- Making, 2- Appraisal, 3- SMD
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@Geezer-Weasalopes said in Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter Vol. 11 Discussion!:

@Windsagio
It does seem awful convenient that his wife came down with a mysterious ailment that keeps her effectively catatonic and the Church of the Holy Spirit could convince him they could heal her...for a price.
And he's willing to die in the process of paying it.

Bets they caused it? Bets they don't bother with a cure if he's already dead?

I'm not in the habit of taking suckers' bets unless I'm on the winning side. That being said...

these Apostles are getting more and more tiresome. Their devotion to the Ain't is growing equally tiresome. Methinks they need a stiletto shoved through her spinal cord — but not through their trachea, they still need to be able to ask "why" in the few seconds of consciousness before they collapse.

And this "Io" is hardly any better. Methinks he needs to meet the Duchess Emerita and get a stern talking-to... as does her former ally, Crescent "I'll Become A Vampire And Side With My Master's Greatest Enemy" Moon.

@kuali said in The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 10 Discussion!:

Can't remember what the in-universe expected marriage age is, but even so, there's got to be some kind of middle age between teenager and ancient...

What, in a light novel? No way. You go from highschooler straight to spinster.

@LeavesCat said in The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 10 Discussion!:

or he's a chaos serpent

Crossover alert! :D

I think I will go mad if i read i am just an old man one more time

@Geezer-Weasalopes said in Private Tutor Vol. 5 Discussion!:

@afdsfafa said in Private Tutor Vol. 5 Discussion!:

@Gamen said in Private Tutor Vol. 5 Discussion!:

So there's a few possibilities.
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3. Everyone in the story is an alien. ...

My pet theory is that Allen is an "Alien", and he has some bizarre auto-charm field he isn't aware of.

I'll go along with his not being Human.
Or no more 'human' than the Personages of Mass Destruction he's tutoring.
An orphan of unknown parentage; what is his birth family background anyway?!

He's the Dragon Reborn. Works on many levels both literal and figurative. Not human(dragon!!!). World Savior. Master of magic. Someone important in a previous life(maybe) and possibly more. Heck, even the harem with a clear girlfriend(;Min/Lydia best girls).

@Crimson-Wise

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Edit; Taking my own advice about spoiler tags, since my answer is kind of a give away.