@kingpendragon In any case, it looks like the map ought to be updated soon since Rocourt and Apraada are with their back to the wall and shall soon be forced the return the former Empire territory they grabbed in its spell of weakness.

Just finished reading the volume...I was expecting more from the first contact with Ms Maker, overall the volume ended up disappointing.

So Abel is king, Fiona duchess, Ryo Duke, Heinlein, Room 10, each information provided bit by bit... Is Sera queen of the elves or something similar which explains her absence ?

@xdrfiredogx said in The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods Vol. 5 Discussion!:

Psoriasis is a bitch, even in modern times 😬
The peals were most certainly planted there for her to make a big deal of providing to the village during the festival...

Those assumptions would explain a lot. Psoriasis is a genetic (noncontagious) skin disorder, and it seems to have been common in their royal family. People at the time probably knew it was a common thing, but wouldn't necessarily know it's not contagious (the princess might). Even if they knew it was genetic, they'd want to shun those with the condition because they don't want it passed down.

The princess likely knows more about it than anyone else if it's common in her family, so she knows it'll get steadily worse. She knows that while her fellow exiles will be grateful for a while, there's only so much goodwill that can be shown to someone whose condition grows progressively more debilitating and thus cannot work in a new settlement. So she comes up with a scheme to protect herself. She probably took a chest full of pearls with her when she left the palace, meaning to use them as funds for the exiles. In order to make herself a contributing member of the village, she buried the chest in the ocean, and then leaned on the "beloved by the god of the sea" tales to design a ritual that gives her an excuse to retrieve some of them. That way, the villagers will never turn on her.

Perhaps she intended to reveal the chest at the end of her life, but some other girl started developing psoriasis. Not wanting the girl to be abandoned, she takes her in, teaches her the ritual, the location of the chest, and tells her to continue passing the knowledge down to anyone else who gets the disease, as it'll likely continue to show up if there are others genetically predisposed towards getting it. Their isolation is partially imposed to quarantine them, and partially welcomed so they can more easily keep their secrets.

Now of course, a chest full of pearls can last for a while if you take 2-3 every year, but it's not infinite. After a century or so, it's probably running low. I suspect that's why the old priestess is so willing to break the rules and give Hugo hints as to how to rescue his sister. They can only keep this up for a few more years, and she doesn't want to know what happens when they "lose the favor of the god of the sea".

His only choices were a training sword or the holy sword? Really? He couldn't get a standard sword? Arrghhh!

Someday a bisexual harem would be a good change of pace.

A golem who does not pay attention to anything but farming and a mute golem. Yes they are bound to return reliable intelligence on normality :D.

I bet they sent out the super villain and the sarcastic golem as well.

These two do seem to closest represent Akira in personality aspects, absent mindedness and discarding of info and one unable to communicate outside of inferred expression like Akira before the communication spell.

@wanderer_1204 v8 released in the July lineup for Kadokawa Books, so close enough that it'll likely have a bit longer of a gap.

Oh boy. I'm not sure what is going on. I think Shoui is trying to get yet more growth from Eiri, he's trying to use Kouri (names may be inexact) to get Eiri to reach new heights not just in acting and modeling but in their relationship. I think Shoui wants more from Eiri, not a new muse. But I'm not sure.

The story of experience toppled by a new talent seems too pat to me. Personally I'd like to see the witch take Snow White under his wing and lead the way up. I fear, slightly, that a threesome may arise but honestly it doesn't seem likely. I wonder if Shoui wants to create Eiri as another sculptor of the extraordinary from what only seems ordinary. Eiri is easily seeing the potential in Kouri can he learn to polish it?

It's a very unusual book.

@Kurzaa - Weekly parts are better than 4 months of nothing before the next release, or 6+ months at other publishers, but I totally get wanting it all and wanting it now .

One volume a week sounds perfect :-)

(It's too bad Ryou's Work Is Never Done is not my cup of tea - 3 volumes in one week! -- because it's existing translations, but still)

Tagosack: "Nothin'. Just impressed by how clueless you are."

"No 'splaining why either, because the entire player base prefers you that way. Well, maybe Alyssa excepted."

(Part 2) I was wondering where this promised stat buff was all her life, but it turns out she has Level 2 Super Cheat Powers.

@LightningLeaf ...I will, begrudingly, grant it that she doesn't want Kalmia's downfall to come at the expense of Liv and Mac's happy ending. Begrudgingly.

@LightningLeaf said in Genius in the Library: This Bookish Rookie Will Save the Day! Vol. 1 Discussion!:

Placards are generally firmly attached, even screwed on, how could they blow off in the wind?

I think rather than metal plates screwed into the barrels, they're supposed to be standing placards placed next to the barrel (or perhaps on top of, or hanging from the spiggot). Regardless, it's clearly just there to give her something to do in the side story. I'll give it a bit of a pass because it's a side story, which doesn't have room to set up anything properly.

@karasutengu said in Let This Grieving Soul Retire Vol. 11 Discussion!:

I have to say that I'm enjoying this volume better than the last two. It reminds me of the early volumes that showed Krai's unbelievable (and unplanned) luck that helped him bumble all the way into level 7 ranking while making us rant and laugh at his lackadaisical attitude.

Hopefully, we’ll eventually get more of volume 1’s badass Tio, rather than just comic-relief screaming Tio.

I would love to have him accompany me to Los Vegas for a weekend of gambling.

It’d all work out in the end, but you would not enjoy it. For starters, he’d gamble away all of your money and you’d both get robbed/kidnapped at gunpoint.

I'm waiting for when Elio turns down Phinea's confession of love then has his confession to Suzu turned down by her/him. (I wonder if they both will drown their tears in beer at the pub.)

Just started reading this volume, but it suddenly feels like the author (narrator?) is making a lot more references to modern day japan. Yes, Emily is technically a reincarnator, but she isn't even in the scenes, nor or we reading from her perspective.