Upon thinking about this some...

We have established that at least one of Aurora's original disciples has also reincarnated Said reincarnated disciple has an obsession with Aurora merchandise Char has an obsession with Aurora merchandise

Therefore, the plot twist we hadn't thought of yet: Char is the reincarnation of one of her disciples and hasn't gotten his memories back yet.

I know, the evidence is a bit flimsy... Given the sheer amount of Aurora merch available for sale, they're obviously not the only two obsessed with it, and there's way more buyers than her 3 disciples. But it would be the cliche plot point to throw at us in this situation. :-)

@Makine said in I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin Vol. 5 Discussion!:

Sometimes it's hard to tell if Liam is smart or an idiot.

I'm wondering who's the bigger pervert, Dyphon for flirting with herself using Liam's voice or Liam for retooling the spell on the fly to make her flirting better.

Lardon is probably dying, from laughter or embarrassment, I'm not sure.

@kuali said in Tearmoon Empire Vol. 14 Discussion!:

Well... if nothing else, he's probably a better source than Mia is...

Sadly his advice was "Leave it to Love Sage Mia!"

Such a great part. No other comments, I’m speechless from feels.

I'm expecting great and terrible things for the master if those soldiers.

That or, given the blurb, maybe we will find a survivor from her pre-trio days.

Oh? Is it time for D-Powers to find out about D-Cards from dungeon food??? (If they haven’t already, it’s been too long for me to remember, haha.)

@taz2 I'm betting "no".

It sure be like Meryl to not think the BEZ is that great for not having a lottery girl will never escape that addiction anymore....

@Makine That's all kinds of wholesome. I don't think Allen is that wholesome though. What little we saw of Reina and Allen was Reina telling him "You're good enough to leave this place for better things!" and Allen replying "Hold on I need to catch this fish." It feels like Allen is too good for Reina, and too dumb for Reina.

Then again, that was pre-awakening Allen. Maybe the childhood friend is exactly his kind of trope ending. After he saves the kingdom, of course.

I remember the last I read on the web novel ended here, so now it's caught up to what I know. I think. That being said... don't remember arthur's telecast, but it makes more sense than takuya giving mav some space to activate his steroids.

It does feel rushed in some parts, after all. Resolution is very murky; it doesn't seem like Takuya's motives are clear to us. The motive seems sensible, but the approach not so much. The story's as good as ruined now, but the author will likely see towards the more tropey and objectively bad approach of having mav try to maintain a low profile and keep the story on track... if he doesn't then by all means do that.

Tsukijima seems to be Sloth... so we know who's Sloth, Wrath, Gluttony, Lust, and Envy now. That leaves Pride and Greed. Tbh I hate it when fantasy stories do this of all things, and it's a surprise that the other 2 haven't made the first moves out of all of these, but whatever.

Speaking of the story... the game still hasn't been properly fleshed out, has it? Like we don't even k ow the future that is to come for this game aside from certain people being involved and a great cataclysm. Maybe I am kinda spoiled on this matter, but... it's always been more intriguing when there's a stronger grip on the ship's wheel, instead of letting it spin with the waves

@karasutengu Making an estimate from the manga pacing:

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Awww, I liked the hunter lady.

Burn the whole country down.

Are we heading to a conclusion? This could play as a final confrontation

I have a feeling if the series ever gets far enough, Ekatrina marries the prince and Flora marries Alexei. Especially if they enter the magic rainbow stone age as foreshadowed earlier.

She was already starting to appreciate the prince earlier in the volume and really since end of volume 1. Her main issue is that the otome game of her as the villainess and being pretty clueless how others view her. But both the prince and Flora just view each other as friends and realize the prince likes Ekatrina with Ekatrina inadvertantly co-opting every flag that was meant for Mikhail-Flora.

Considering how mucked up she's already made of the plot, the game's outcome doesn't seem to be more than an alt future anyways.

On otherhand, I can see Flora and Yuri to be an even stronger ship where they slowly become lovers. They both love Ekatrina and unless the series goes off the rails into yuri or incest, Ekatrina talking Alexei up to Flora and Flora up to Alexei and spending time with one another for lunch or social visits should lead to a slow romance. Heck, they probably suspect Ekatrina is trying to gently set them up together. Ekatrina herself would have already thought up matching Flora to Alexei herself if she didn't have Flora attached to the prince in her mind. Alexei already swore an oath to her at end of volume 1 so they can probably use that along with her holy magic as excuse to bridge the social status difference.

Claudia sure is shameless.

@Kotenmaru said in Now I'm a Demon Lord! Vol. 12 Discussion!:

I'm curious who's going to terrorize the Supremists more, the VERY pissed off Demon Lord in their basement or his VERY pissed off wives on a rescue mission.

At the moment...they'd be better off with Lefi.
Because Yuki doesn't remember that he got those he was travelling with out safely.
And he doesn't remember who they were.
Except, likely, Nell being one of them.
So Yuki may be thinking they did something bad to folks he cares a whole heck of a lot about.
Bad bad.
And with no reason to hold back against them.
They'd better hope he gets all his memories back before he tracks them down.
The kingdom would at least be humane in how they execute them.