Random thought. Once the kerfuffle between Akira and the city gets settled, absolutely no one is going to want to be Akira's handler (aside from Kibayashi, and Inabe's not going to let him). Hikaru is going to be stuck with Akira for the rest of her career. At least she'll be regularly getting big bonuses that'll help cover for all the meds she'll be taking for stress.

@sorvani To be fair, the alchemist wasn't in the web novel, which would make an awkward divide in the storyline if he started crushing on her in the LNs while being single many volumes of WN content later. Kaho might be a similar issue. The author may have a specific future character in mind for Touya, and had to come up with justifications as to why people who show up earlier aren't the one.

@wandering-dreamer said in Dahlia in Bloom Vol. 12 Discussion!:

For real, Jonas you've been as dense as Dahlia when it comes to these matters!

You're totally right. Didn't realize it before altho similar frustrations have been felt over Jonas. Actually, it's worse for Jonas than for D&V because you know they'll end up together. Jonas' mom and step-dad could die before he wises up.

(At least I take comfort in the fact that, if anyone else in the cast knew precisely what Jonas has been thinking all this time, that they'd bonk him on the head without second thought)

I need someone to actually do it.

Also, given Bernigi being the one to come to visit Yusef, even if it was more of a pretext to drag Jonas there, I'm feeling like Jonas is going to be adopted into that family to resolve all of this.

You know he's got to adopt someone (and why can't he adopt Marcella, again? They just want to stay commoners?)

(And heck, last part got me wondering if Dahlia might be symbolically adopted into Yusef's family as a thank you, that might be enough to give her standing as a noble in society? Seems more far-fetched but the thought did occur to me!)

A slight implication from one of a small number of people would get the job done. 8-)

@Hylebos said in In Another World with Household Spells Vol. 5 Discussion!:

v7 was just announced to be coming out in June, though I wouldn't go looking at the cover as it spoils a fairly major looking development. :P

Let me guess! What could be spoiled by a cover illustration?

Patience being romantic with someone Patience's dad doing a paid job Patience's dad's funeral Big battle scene Patience is building a mecha Muppets cross-over Patience has become Batman

@Paul-Nebeling said in Frontier Lord Vol. 14 Discussion!:

@Geezer-Weasalopes Now the questions are: How big is Aruharu's clan and what will the Empire's reaction be to them packing up and leaving - to an enemy kingdom?

Given what we've seen previously, if they catch on that they're debunking to Dias's Duchy...
Nothing drastic.
Provided their military gets listened to.
The sense I got is that anyone with a brain within the Empire knows that their defeat in the recent war was completely due to Dias and his buddies. Ticking him off is thus considered A Very Bad Idea.

As to how large Aruharu's group is?
Large enough that it'll be noticed.
But there's also the implication that they haven't been treated well; not properly appreciated.
So there could be a certain level of "Eh, them?" coming down from those not appreciative of their abilities.

Sanserife and the Empire both have human supremacist factions.
Those groups will look down on Dias for his attitudes toward non-humans.
And not appreciate what he's accomplishing.

Technically they aren't in a state of war at this time.
There's a peace treaty ending the twenty year conflict.
So if they aren't breaching their terms of employment with their sudden departure?
Not that this matters to anyone looking for a fight with Sanserife.

@Cryten even the MC realizes burning top-quality monster materials into nothingness wasn't the smartest move, but he doesn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed or to be very genre-savvy.

I'm wondering if the guild will even believe them that the Arachne was defeated instead of driven off since someone destroyed all the evidence.

I'm finding this story to be an eye-rolling read so far.

To me it's also missing the unique touches of other wildly OP MC stories like I Got A Cheat Skill, Fruit of Evolution, Death March, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, or JNC's Flung Into a New World. It's closer to a paint-by-numbers story like Isekai Tensei.

@AliceCheshire Nope, Agnes offhandedly mentions that they found out shortly after Agnes discovered she was pregnant, which was at the very end of V7 with V8 starting sometime after both of them have given birth and resumed their normal duties. They skipped straight to "Lillianne and Torre have a child now" without any build-up.

@arghc said in The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 16 Discussion!:

@Libri-Liberorum said in The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 16 Discussion!:

When Maomao went missing (kidnapped to work in the rear palace) did Luomen go to Lakan to ask for help finding her?

Didn't MM send letters and money back home?

I think only after she got her new job at Jinshi's. During her first job, the kidnappers were registered as her family and received any money, which was why she was trying to make as little as possible.

A great volume. Sadly during the years after the anime aired I got some spoilers for what was going to happen, but I didn't know all the details and the climatic battle was still exciting to read. Given that Stella got a huge power up in the previous volume it was only fair that Ikki got his upgrade too. I wonder if he now has the potential to reach rank A himself, although given the theme of the series I don't think it's going to be easy and he'll still be the underdog in the future. Also, I'm always happy when the main couple is allowed to have sex.

Pretend to be your lover? Oh, please.

ETA: Dyphon is going to lose her mind.

A lot of people have DVD collections. Some people collect toys- Beanie Babies, or figurines. People might collect tea cups or commemorative coins.

Nia Liston has a collection of 30-40 naked criminals in her basement. Lynokis and the kids aren't questioning it one bit. This is easily the most hilarious arc of the story.

The Princess Pilots? That's a precocious name. Saying she's gonna take a spectacular stumble makes me think her program is gonna die on the vine. It's gonna be a chain of escalations. First kid got his mech smashed. Then they'll send another, bigger kid to get smashed. Then the older kid to get smashed. Then a richer kid. Up and up the ladder until the Princess has to step in herself to prove a point, or something. And get smashed.

@Phabiohost said in Miss Medic’s Diary at War Vol. 1 Discussion!:

@Gat said in Miss Medic’s Diary at War Vol. 1 Discussion!:

@Phabiohost said in Miss Medic’s Diary at War Vol. 1 Discussion!:

This "attack all fronts poorly" strategy doesn't do anything to actually take advantage of the superior numbers they possess.

Simply win on all fronts simultaneously, problem solved.

Doh!

Why didn't I think of that! It's so dumb it's brilliant.

It puts victory in the hands of the soldiers.

That certainly was an unexpected turn of events. It leads me to wonder "Now what?" I'm seeing a tragic ending to all of this with nobody getting a happy end.

Yes, I can see Eris becoming the Demon Lord. I can see her not being killed, but not sure if she can "unbecome" the Demon Lord, which leads to... Yes, I can see Mia becoming the vessel for the Goddess. Sorry to say, killing the evil goddess means killing her vessel. The Dragon Fang is the weapon that will kill the goddess. That pendant has a function in all of this that has yet to be revealed Sora has to kill the goddess because he can't kill the Demon Lord. Like a Shakesperarian tragedy, I see Chris, Sera and Hikari dying as collateral damage, with Eris and Mia either taking each other out or Mia killing Eris followed by Sora killing Mia. The kingdom will be destroyed in a spectacular fashion.

It's going to be quite a while until we get to the end, so buckle up, it's will be a bumpy ride, even with Absorb.

Its nice to see what exactly went down during her interview since ir was mentioend loong ago how it was that.impact that made them hire her. And uh wow Awayuki you rly had no fear lmaooo. Still what a nice way to end this series Yuki said that she wisved to ne a Legend and a legend she became. Godspeed to her and as author mentions The spinoffs and youtube (lol) still going so Awayuki truly is forever !!!

@AliceCheshire
And some manga-readers think she's not clever lol
If you're not a merchant with codes from that time period you can't see through fake Lotton with that simple conversation.

@LightningLeaf said in I Parry Everything Vol. 10 Discussion:

Can you even shoot an arrowhead?

Remember that we are dealing with fantasy and a guy who is incredibly strong and can parry anything with his bare hands or giant black sword. So I guess it's probably possible here, and we should find out in the next release.

With the rumor that V10 will begin pre-pub soonish, i got motivated and reworked the stat site.

https://d-genesis-stats.com

It should now be fully mobile readable.
Anyone with a github account can submit a change as the contribution form will create a github issue for me to copy/paste a json block of the submitted contribution.

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Default WDARL view is a modern card view
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But I added a button to show a novel/manga formated WDARL list.
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Clicking/tapping a card shows the detail
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