@elkensteyin Volume 13 (this being 12) came out in Japan last month.

No indication, as far as I can see, that it would be the final one either.

What is with this dude's obsession with Elizabeth Pink? He's not only fine with poisoning his workers but his customers, and the only reason he wanted more power was so he could spread the color even further? It'd be a hell of a twist if it was revealed that it was like in Color Out Of Space or Elden Ring or something where the color is a conduit to an outer god and that's where his otherwise inexplicable, insane obsession comes from.

If the third volume (if there's a third volume) turns into a cosmic horror that'd be pretty intriguing.

So now the cat is out of the bag regarding Seika's identity as the demon lord. Looking forward to see how he's going to handle the situation in the next volume.

I've been so busy lately that I'm chronically behind on EVERYTHING it seems, and obviously couldn't really comment until I'd read the whole volume...

And now that I have caught up and read it all... well, in a word: daaaamn

Marc's plans are like a bag of cats, but kudos to him for giving himself the perfect way to rescue Ashy. After all, having a strong tie to Azz is needed to replace her as a pillar and he just gave himself the strongest tie possible. 🤔

@Geezer-Weasalopes said in Elf Bride Vol. 19 Discussion!:

If the author uses a cookie cutter, it was designed by Escher.

I am absolutely gonna appropriate this. That's such a glorious way to put it.

@Kotenmaru said in Elf Bride Vol. 19 Discussion!:

I can't say I'm a huge fan of the author skipping both the events following the stabbing and the defense of the castle

I'm betting we get a detailed retelling of the castle defense next episode. SOMEONE is gonna need to tell Zag, after all.

@Lex said in Heavenly Swords of the Twin Stars Vol. 6 Discussion!:

We got a romantic resolution with the main heroine winning. I don't know if we should take this as a hint for how Private Tutor might end, but I'm going to adjust my expectations accordingly.

This author seems to like his pseudoharems to include a clear monogamous winner, which I find a bit baffling. The setup in private tutor is even sillier than here, since there isn't even a way for a harem ending, considering the girls include ducal daughters from opposite sides of the country and a princess. And in that series, the protagonist has shown pretty clear signs of returning the "main heroine's" affection.

As far as I can tell, the author likes having a bunch of girls fight over a guy, but also wants there to be a clear winner.

So, the author's answer to the Haibara-Hikari-Miori love triangle is to have Hilari develop a fetish for NTR? That's not what I was expecting...

Hey at least this cliffhanger isn’t as bad as the one at the end of volume 1 lol (and I thought the previous break between these volumes was more like 3-4 weeks)

@Travis-Butler Good. I'm not seeing things. I'll give Kizuna ½ a point for not being clueless and asking himself if he should do something romantic. His inexperience with women is showing a bit because he didn't realize the answer was most likely "Yes!...

He grew up with two sisters and hasn't figured out that yes they do expect you to read their minds.

Liked it. It seems to have the right combination of the protagonist being ruthless with people who wronged him but, kind with people on his side and willi g to help those in needs. He's not a paragon of virtue but doesn't seem shitty as the one from Overpowered and oversummoned.
I wonder if the mage and priest will end up in the harem. The elf did, but since the beginning she was portrayed differently frkm the other two so might be a special case.

The sister accidentally overthrows the kingdom while looking for her brother who's not even in the country. Her side stories are always hilarious.

@LightningLeaf said in The Tanaka Family Reincarnates Vol. 3 Discussion:

I look forward to the next volume. The Tanakas are so cute.

Sadly the team is taking a well-deserved catnap so no mew part this week, but at least we have Secret Cat (Engaging the Plot) to keep us company.

@heimdal7 I am assuming there will be a major ceremony involved once she turns 18. Personally I think it would make for a nice Vol 10 landmark (?), though I realistically I think we won't see it until vol 11 or 12. Forget the kingdom's laws, Dias himself was against the marriage before she was 18.

@heimdal7 Alternate theory: Her enhancement on herself made her uterus resistant to implantation.

Looks like the author realized that competent male characters isn't what this series is about and so Arthur has to be killed. Let's see in the next volume if he learnt something from the apostles and managed to run away.
We got some world building and started to unravel some mysteries, but the fact that in order to have a villain be killed we have to wait until they double cross each other is becoming ridiculous.

I found a typo in chapter 1. The paragraph reads.

It sounds like they'd gone and fussed over him f0r no good reason. With a sigh, Zenos sat down at the table and straightened up slightly. "All right, then," he said. "Let's hear it."

The typo is in f0r as it has a zero where the letter o is meant to be.

In the ebook, the first illustration "Dramatic Personae" seems to be split over two pages, which makes it unreadable in an ebook format. Would it be possible to make it in Landscape mode and fit it in one page?

@xdbx Thanks for the update.

Is there anything so bad as knowing the worst romantic lead is going to get picked?

that was a very rude ending point :(

Shinichi is a serial sexual harasser (will happily buy photos taken without consent) and Hikaru intentionally got a bunch of people dangerously addicted to porn for his own financial gain. I thought the 3rd story was a bit of a comeuppance, personally. Shinichi got a taste of his own SH medicine, and Hikaru found himself on the wrong end of a porn addict. I'm a girl, and I have had to slog through Shinichi's constant perverted drivel to get to the part of the series I actually like. The 3rd story just switched the genders around.