@elkensteyin You are correct that he lacks common sense regarding marriage.
I think that his character is what the author intended.
Because he is such a character, he was so adamant about his engagement to her.

@Planguy same, i was sure volume 8 was the ending.
tbf 9 feels more like an epilogue/start of a new part of the story, so it's possible we're either beyond the original WN now and this is new LN only content.

@Zerio One of the reasons we chose General is because of who Kongming was in real life, rather than just because it was a replacement for -san. Cat lovers love to give their cats strange names, and I would say using an honorific like -san is about as strange as calling them General. Additionally, they don't always call her General Kongming -- they tend to just go with Kongming or the General as well!

We chose not to use honorifics for most circumstances in this light novel because they're mostly in a pseudo-European fantasy setting, where using honorifics would be quite odd. However, there are instances where we kept honorifics (such as "Mina-nee" for Minato) since it's only used by the Stewarts/Tanakas amongst each other - and in a setting like that, it would be normal to have honorifics. Since they introduce Kongming to other people in the pseudo-European setting as -san on occasion, we needed to find a way to make that balance out as well.

There are some plot related reasons later on that we chose to do it this way, so I hope you'll continue reading to find out what those are as well!

@saidahgilbert yeah I mean, I have similar guess. I just wished it was officially explained.

The Marionette spell almost killed this series for me. The volumes are short and easy to read, but it's quite clear it's not going in the direction I was hoping for.

@Rahul-Balaggan thanks for the quick reply. I'll have to keep watching out for it now.

@Hylebos Gotcha, been a while since I last reported errors so got that wrong. My bad and thanks for the clarification.

After having read through volume 4 I can say that it should have never been written. Write out the ghost witch blob thing and let the main character stay dead.

One of the better volumes among the recent ones. Still wish there were less inner monologues and more action, but this time the digressions weren't unbearable as before. I hope it's not a fluke but a sign that the writing is improving.

In a parallel universe, Maomao leads a research lab at Monst... It is pesticide, not a poison at all!

@Jon-Mitchell apparently I missed a v9 coming out, because I've just seen that v10 has been announced and seemingly marked as the final volume.

@Lex Well the main issue with Ikaruga is that it outstrips the rest of the units mechs leaving it with no real support.

So rather than upgrading it a better option woukd be to provide similar powerful mechs to his closest friends/allies so they can keep up and support him.

And woth this volume, I've caught up with what I previously saw for this series on manga and anime form. The Seven Stars tournament has been hyped a lot, but we gotba glimpse of the fact that it's just the tip of the iceberg and a much longer and harder road awaits for Ikki.

If that was the ending, it was a damn good one. I love that the story threaded the needle between complete disaster chef and inexplicable perfection. Like, the former is almost a standard trope and it wouldn't fit this series, while the latter could be either "oh this is just like making potions" or "oh this is just like [insert task] I do all the time" and they somehow make an amazing meal. It feels real for the story being written.

Just a quick few errors I had screenshot but never actually reported that I don't see anyone else mentioning on here (I'm sorry I can't check anymore if these have been fixed, should be a quick check though):

"...the pinnacle of sophistication de. I could..."

"...as to its identity, the massive crocodile like fish swam towards me..."

"...it was a Technique that I had used thousands, ten thousands, even millions of times before."

If they aren't viewed as errors then I understand. Just wanted to report this just in case.

Sorry for bumping an old thread, but it looks like volume 7 is being released in Japan this week.

Well that illustration is certainly ominous. Mark was given the power they believe will crush Sol, but we'll see how that goes. Looking forward to the next volume, since we were told in the afterword that the Numbers will get their time in the spotlight. Hopefully, we'll get some illustrations of them too.

The royal children talking about how eager their father was to finish up his kingly duties and hand them off, while clearly thinking about getting his old team back together had me laughing out loud. I'd love to see them show up or just be referenced in future volumes.

@Ingraman - enjoy. The series has fun, clever and silly moments like that all the way up through the current volume 15.

Good grief. I like this series and I wouldn't have minded one more volume, but if the author felt this was the natural conclusion it was better this way. I won't deny that part of this volume felt rushed and would've benefited from a higher page count, even if it's already longer than the previous ones.
I'm a bit disappointed that Eliza and Noel didn't get their happy ending, although the implication is that it's only a matter of time.
This isn't going to be remembered as a masterpiece or anything of the likes, but it was a nice read.

@Ingraman said in Frontier Lord Vol. 7 Discussion!:

@Geezer-Weasalopes said in Frontier Lord Vol. 7 Discussion!:

@karasutengu said in Frontier Lord Vol. 7 Discussion!:

So now we know how Alna ended up with the outfit on Vol 7's cover.

The artist wanted to draw the picture, and we let them. Upon seeing it, we had to write a story related to it.
I enjoy hearing of such a relationship between those involved with the story.
That author and illustrator inspire each other, resulting in the story going down paths it might not have otherwise.

That definitely explained why we didn’t read about something that we saw on the cover until the last possible moment in the book. I was a bit confused when the departure from Mahati came up and Alna still hadn’t been portrayed in that lovely outfit. :)

It could have been like Cooking with Wild Game, where they stated that starting with volume [redacted] the cover art might have nothing to do with the contents, but would just be what the artist felt like drawing.