Nice to see that the author does acknowledge via other characters how stupid the whole shooting assassination set-up attempt was.

After reading the amount of circumstantial evidence the french ambassador laid out that was pointing to David's involvement with the terrorists, I'm surprised the JP Police didn't try to use grey zone tactics to keep holding him. (ie put him in "protective custody" for a while longer)

There's stoic and there's "Oh shit we're fucked."
And it just shifted to the latter.

So it's confirmed that Zagan and the others woth the silver eyes are related to Azazel. And now I believe at the end of the series she will be saved, like Solomon wished for. This will likely need the involvement of all the archdemons, plus Nephy, Chastille, Nephreros, Richard, Kuroka...meaning that Zagan either will have to do some convincing to bring everyone on his side or just make sure the sigil are passed to more cooperative individuals. Either way, I'm sure there is going to be a lot of fist throwing.

Just read the first volume, good story but crappy title. I think the title is longer than Hyse's journey from dead weight to weapon master. I also don't feel like he is really an S rank adventurer, he just has an OP ability with no downsides, unlike say the prince, Cless. Sasha is kinda similar, plus it was way to convenient that she just suddenly evolved and awakened an even stronger ability.

Besides the title, I was looking forward to an actual journey, not thrilled with the use of weapon master as the name of his ability. Weapon master implies the ability to use any weapons, but he is only able to use the "modern day" weapons from his little book. Feels like something else would be more appropriate, like Arsenal Master. I wonder if this is a translation issue or a cultural one, with Japanese weapons like katana being viewed as something special rather than a type of sword. Otherwise, what are all adventurers arming themselves with if not "weapons", where they should know what that word is even if they don't understand the ability itself.

Final gripe, adventuring should primarily be a male profession, even with the abundance of capable female characters. So why is the princess assigned to the male S rank rather than the female S rank?

This went much better than I was afraid of, which would've been the cliche of threatening someone else to force him to fight.

A civil discussion, interesting backstory, reasonable response from Hyse. I'm surprised.

“Why?! I just said I’m okay with waiting until the war ends! Just like that little girl who said, ‘I won’t wish for anything until we win’ way back when!” Ryo said, despairing, as he tried to plead his case.

What "little girl" is this? I'm not getting the reference.

@Cryten - yes it was nice to have a POV thinking that it's a nice realm but very much absurd. And day care + rehab is an interesting new story arc.

Light Blue (dragon's eyes)

...once in a while MC's names actually fit.

@LightningLeaf said in Imperial Reincarnation Vol. 6 Discussion!:

I remain unclear on why he wants to crush the other empire.

The other empire has a long history of beefing with his. He doesn't necessarily want to conquer it (the mountains make unifying the continent unrealistic), but he certainly would like to keep it weak.

I could really do without the trope of people testing a protagonist's choice of spouse.

I wonder if the person Patty likes is Alan.

New Volume! I was definitely missing this in my week!

For me the ending has shifted the series from "Could only be recommended only with serious caveats" to "Recommend others avoid".

@Paul-Nebeling said in Cooking with Wild Game Vol. 34 Discussion!:

@Hylebos said in Cooking with Wild Game Vol. 34 Discussion!:

Wild Game v38 is coming out in June in Japan, btw.

So we're like, a year from being caught up?

I'd have to plot it out, but we're certainly getting there.

@karasutengu said in Let This Grieving Soul Retire Vol. 10 Discussion!:

@HarmlessDave said in Let This Grieving Soul Retire Vol. 10 Discussion!:

@infiniteriches - at least Krai showed them (while being completely oblivious to it) that they could take another path. Maybe they'll have a redemption arc.

If they all survive. It appears that Adler was seriously hurt and is still not healed, and Yuden, my favorite monster centipede, got waxed in the fight with Kayraa.

Was not anticipating that they’d have a redemption arc speedrun. Well done Krai-sama.

Quint looked at Adler. “What are we gonna do now?”
“Good question...”
Just about every monster at their command had died. Nocturnal Parade was almost powerless. Of course, they could replenish their ranks. They could strive to get back on their feet. While the Thousand Tricks might have been a freak, she was confident her party was stronger than the majority of hunters out there.
However, after thinking about it for a bit, Adler scratched her head and said, “I’m kinda tired. Maybe we can try helping people.”

Alright, I think I've got a decent enough answer to the question of "how is there a volume 2?" Really not a fan of Dina and Teodoro's dynamic, so this is enough for me.

@karasutengu That map (minus arrows and the Republic’s name, with the different spellings that you noted) is included in the vol. 1 LN ebook that JNC just released.

If innocents weren't being hurt it wouldn't bother me at all to see the pope get taken down a whole ladder of pegs.