Sounds like the madame has been sent to rescue Opal and Ellie.

Whaaa??? Every human is reincarnated, not just the normal way, but in the refugee way? That's pretty interesting and unique.

Also, oh crap, those old men are in trouble! ~

Stein was obsessed with milk and chicken breasts

Heh. Stein's gainz.

It's nice to finally see Julia and Eliza's Numbers in action, as well as getting to see all 4 girls fighting together.

@Kurzaa dies? They're fucked if she so much as stubs her toe at this point.

How did he hide his ears?

@Jon-Mitchell I think you're missing my point. Up until Miracle failed to rez some people it was doing what he wanted. He expected it to work for everyone. And if we followed the standard tropes it would have worked. Yes, I know what Miracle is by end of story like everyone else, but when it first failed it was very unexpected.

Nice thought, but nothing to do with my comment as far as I can tell. The closest point was that this really delved into what being a slave would be like and the consequences to the person made a slave even if freed. Generally slaves end up being very toned down and glossed over. "Oh yeah you're technically my slave as that was the easiest way to explain why I'm taking care of you or make you a legal 'citizen' since you're an outsider, etc. Any and all trauma instantly gone once I free you and you join my party. Even though I think you're pretty having Asian eyes that's a no-go here so you've been skipped and nothing that bad has happened to you while you were a slave." But here was very real, you're a girl so you've been taken advantage of almost instantly. You were even condition to want and enjoy doing it in the moment. And now that you've been freed and "fixed" you get to remember that with your normal morals and that's traumatizing.

Again, nice thought. My point that I think you're addressing was it's unexpected for any lasting consequences to happen to "main crew" people. Knight and princess as part of his "harem" fall into that category of people that generally nothing bad happens to and even rarer have it stick. I wasn't commenting on the use or aversion of the harem trope itself.

(Yes they're technically all only 11) but can we talk about the bisexual energy from Coco and Raph both??? Incredible

@endoftheline said in Heir to a Monstermancer Vol. 1 Discussion:

@Jon-Mitchell I got the impression that Kobolds are technically omnivores (or whatever a meat/fruit -vore would be if insects/fish aren't potential options), but they aren't adventurous when it comes to food. Only eating what they're taught to eat as a newborn. Or another way to put it would be: an extreme case of picky eaters.

the author describes a mechanism very much like imprinting (where baby ducks think the first moving thing they see is 'mom') - baby kobolds think the first 'edible' thing presented to them is 'the only possible food' and then as they grow up fruit eaters are cooperative/docile and cannibals are near mindless savages (except for the 'leader' that 'evolved' the be clever enough to manipulate the situation to ensure his own food supply )

In nature the diets of most animals are more varied than we were likely taught in grade school- dogs and cats are not obligate carnivores (read the ingredients of some dog chow- rice/oats common) but CAN survive on almost entirely meat (where humans would have kidney issues) and pandas (in captivity) will eat chicken if presented, but in the wild exist almost exclusively on bamboo...but the individual animal doesn't 'change' into an omnivore, become a hunter etc. and a horse can't switch to a meat based diet no matter how hungry it is, it lacks the teeth/guts to process raw meat into calories effectively (I suspect a horse would survive in kibble though) ....yea I know I'm being pedantic

Man, I'm surprised, 5 parts in and it's all been super cute slice of life. I had forgotten how leisurely this series is and how often the stuff on the blurb might be the last thing to happen lol.

@LightningLeaf
And ice it is.

I quite enjoyed the short story from the crown prince's point of view. He seemed like a bit of a cipher before, as seen from Patience's perspective, so it was nice to see what he was actually thinking--especially about Patience herself.

The illustration with both Patience and Albert was a surprise to me. Considering how often Patience is called small, both by herself and others, I was expecting a greater difference in heights between her and Albert, especially since Albert is older than her by a couple of years.

It's a bit interesting that while Maomao has always been more interested in medicine rather than surgery, she seems to have gotten a bit of extra motivation to practice her surgical technique more. She'll become a doctor out of spite.

I can't wait for the next Dev interlude. Beyond that Yuri really is smart as hell. His bad luck may be legendary but it's clearly shaped him into quite the Machiavellian figure.

Also I love the idea of a stacking environmental effect. "If you keep adding fire to the fire floor it gets worse and worse," is very creative.

The Clan War is going to be insane too. The top players are all level 40 or lower. (Or were during the previous event) Meaning Yuri's summoner army is pretty much fighting on equal footing with top players. That's going to be insane!

@Poncho9761 said in Dragon and Blade Saint: Vol. 1 Discussion!:

@myskaros
Alright, corrections will be going in here then!

Please see the opening post.

※ Unlike prepubs of translated books, this is a fully edited, completed book, so there will be no corrections topic. Please do not post errors in this topic as it is meant for story discussion!

I figured after Strathclyde and Nova Scotia most of the names would be some sort of reference but I wasn’t getting any others until Famous flipping Grouse.

@xdbx said in To Another World... with Land Mines! Vol. 11 Discussion!:

@Enutas said in To Another World... with Land Mines! Vol. 11 Discussion!:

Now we wait for j-novel to license the next volume, and perhaps lay grounds for licensing the one after that too. Vol 12 came out in may, and 13 releases on the fifth. The next one looks like it'll involve the jade wings a bit, since they're on the front cover. Can't wait.

V12 actually came out in Japan on March 5, 2025 (see here) and 13 did come out on September 5, 2025 (see here).

In fact, given that JNC released first part of V11 on May 16 I was hoping that they might already have V12. queued up. But it seems not.

Well, at least there is a 13 on the way. That's a good thing.

I'd don't expect the english chapters to release here until about March or so going by previous patterns. But they might surprise me?

I always recommend this series for TTRPG players as a very solid example of steady levelling and questing. I'm also a fan of the authors other Alchemical series.

“Oh yeah!” Astrid said abruptly. “Nina, now that we’re travel companions, you can stop calling me ‘Miss Astrid.’ Just call me Astrid, like you do with Emily.”

Why does Nina call Emily Astrid? And wouldn't it be confusing if she was calling both Astrid and Emily Astrid? (I know that that's not what she meant but I couldn't help but read it that way, lol.)

@Paul-Nebeling I'm hoping it's one of his songstresses. It's like the only interest he's had other than magic.