We don't get the wedding? What?

I mean, okay sure, this ending was perfectly serviceable. And I'm glad the story didn't outstay it's welcome. But I would really have appreciated a final volume with the wedding and a time skip with the shape of their family. Kids, whatever.

Still. The series as a whole was fun even if the world building was a mess and basically nothing was actually explored, explained, or resolved about all the issues in the dungeons that cropped up throughout the series.

And so ends volume 5 of well that happened, the series. I do like the Nosweil intrigue angle. Too bad its paired with the MC's persecution complex manifested into his reality.

@hornet65 Why wouldn't an AI-driven calamity already know that info? The devs probably programmed it in as part of the event!

@GeorgeMTO "Naturally, you'd die with my fist in your head! Right? Right?!"

So...prediction: former hero never died, but he lost his selection as hero because of his hatred.
It does sort of feel like Araignée needs to face him anyway and this seema the way. Whether or not it happens in this book.
If this happens, the final showdown will also likely cement Lina as the kind of hero Araignée imagined from the book as a child.

I don't know if becoming a teacher to spend time with the guy you like is the best way to go about it. But at least that's not how they met!

@Mitalma I'd certainly hope so considering it reset his Corpse count, but giving him the exact same ability does mean there's a chance it didn't.

One thing I like about this series is that it leys Yuki and Rir be fathers loved and respected by their kids. It helps me appreciate these parts even if as someone who doesn't plan to make a family I can't 100% relate.

There did exist a means through which one could escape the shackles of slavery, but from the documentation I saw the rules were incredibly strict. For starters, the master had to approve it, then the slave had to prove they had abilities worthy of leaving servitude. There was also a set fee that had to be paid to the clan in which the slave resided. It was a head-scratching piece of legislature if only for the fact it seemed to make escape impossible.

In present day Japan such legislature would result in criticisms, protests, and revolt, but alas this was a different world entirely. This was a place with an entirely different culture in which slavery hada well-established history, and so very few-if any-thought it unfair or abnormal.

Karen is much less naive than a lot of people, but this is very, very telling about her upbringing in both Japan and Falkrum, and also the kind of person she is. She learns information to benefit her current situation, but doesn't really look into cultural or historical affairs otherwise, and I think that's a weak point of hers in geopolitics. If she had any curiosity about world history in her last life, her first reaction would be "oh, this reminds me of the slave trade in the Americas".

I had the same sense when she described Ern as "not from Japan" (nor did she state her actual religion) way back in volume one. Ern had a terrible old life and so the information about what country she was from wasn't important information for Karen, just the basics of her death, because in Karen's mind, Ern's shitty life/death and where she was from weren't really related, at least considering their current circumstances. But to someone like me, they're absolutely related, and it's odd to think of someone's life divorced from them. For instance, it's very obvious the Ern lost her faith (or at least the appearance thereof) at some point, but Karen doesn't discuss this.

(There's also the Doylesian view that the author didn't want to state the country and religion to avoid making any nation/religion look bad, but they definitely did it in a way that helps you get a sense of Karen's character.)

@meteorsfalling said in Chillin' in Another World Vol. 20 Discussion!:

@heimdal7 He sure did! He was very insistent about not being made a noble early on in the series. Maybe he softened on that point as he grew to understand the extent of his omnipotence. Or maybe we can just put it down to the ever-shifting setting of Level 2 Cheat.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised the author just forgot. You think it be brought up in some way otherwise.

Fal should update Lofus with her timeline and ask him to wait for her.

@irioth Owain thinks they're stuck-up jerks who don't know half as much as they think they do and are too proud by half of the half they know but misunderstand.

@topgnu Not to mention they were socialized according to the internalized standards of premodern royalty and nobility that made it normal to get engaged and marry in one's early teen years. Both of them have been long trained for the role of working royals/nobility, and preparation for marriage was definitely part of that. Farrah was obviously drilled by her Tiger Mom to be the Perfect Empress Consort since she was old enough to have permanent memories. Reid is a mental adult thanks to his reincarnation memories.

The days of childish innocence are long past for these two. Having luckied into getting a Perfectly Arranged Engagement with someone they are very fond of and greatly admire, it is normal they behave like the lovestuck tweens/teens they are. The fate that arranged the Perfect Engagement for them also took of all the courtship clumsiness stuff, so they can just enjoy each other's company when they get to be in dating mode.

Narratively speaking, they just have to act the Japanese trope of "I am forever embarassed by doing romantic stuff with my soulmate, even if we have known each other, confessed, and been dating for years" because this is a Japanese LN <sigh>. We can just hope that tiresome trope relents (as it sometimes does) once they are well-established as an Official/Married Couple. At least, they have it not just as bad as Rubens.

@chibiacer said in Isekai Walking Vol. 7 Discussion!:

I'm slightly confused on timeline, as previously I was under the impression that his connection to the Demon King happened a long time ago, but now there seems to be a link to the death of his wife. Assuming that was Sark and Sahanna's mother, it couldn't have been longer ago than when they were born.

Perhaps his concept of time is different from normal humans and is more like the long-lived races (elves, demons, and of course dragons. A year in his time could be a century to humans.)

I vote for gold leaf over stone or bronze.

Too bad Gomuji survived being a "meat shield" while Tory was carrying him... (I hate the bastard)

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