Story feels a bit odd to me but the happy optimism keeping me reading so far. The goddess giving her a -50% cost to healing spells cost seems kinda excessive though, lol

My guess for all this stuff is this is the mmo world as it would be like without players (besides her). Basically the spin-off dating game didn’t have players, you played as the heroine. But her knowledge of reas is the one with players. So elemental weapons were made by player blacksmiths probably.

ROFL, finally got around to reading this volume. I’m looking at it from perspective of that skit “Are we the baddies?” with his gorilla grandmother training him in how to defend or counter all the cowardly human tactics.

Eeeeeeveryone has had trials and tribulations in this kingdom, everyone is Not Okay! The margrave’s condition genuinely makes me wonder if he’ll be passing soon, all the more reason to teach Karen (and Sven) everything he can about running a domain.
Although on that note, his previous son wasn’t with Doctor Emma correct? I feel like he was described as a widower when first introduced but that was what, nearly three months ago now? It’s hard to remember every detail over such a long period of time! 😅

It's good to see that Anos is aware that his own immense power is unsuitable for peace. But he also uses it for good and encourages and promotes the growth of other individuals so that they can help themselves and serve as a deterrent to him.

I’m half-expecting Euphemia’s parents to drop by the house for an unannounced visit when she and the trio are out for work and Tori’s using his housekeeping magic skillz.

@Jason-Maranto I thought I was going crazy! I didn't realize it right away, but the repeated appearances of L'Arc made me look up the author, haha!

And here I thought that Kizuna being the party's main tank would be a one-off thing. It sounds like role will become permanent.

@Pokute said in The Dorky NPC Mercenary Knows His Place Vol. 2 Discussion!:

atmosphere that was chiefly methane gas. The surface temperature got as low as two hundred degrees Celsius

I assumed that was a typo, "got as low as 200 degrees Kelvin" made more sense, or "got as low as negative 200 degrees Celcius" but then I saw something about sodium chloride as a gas in the atmosphere and figured that the author never took chemistry and was just adding "poisonous" and "salt" to every descriptor and it was throw-away techno-babble gibberish (or a mis-translation)

regardless I just take everything described in a sci-fi setting (if you'll pardon the pun) with a grain of salt- they are creating a mood, and not every author is Hal Clement (who actually uses accurate chemistry/physics as part of the plot!)

@Outinthegardener said in D-Genesis Vol. 8 Discussion!:

Here is the portrait mentioned that Nathan Argyle is supposed to resemble. I don't see it.

The illustration is probably just off. Because I do see the resemblance to Robin Williams.

That was a great visual, by the way, picturing Robin Williams bursting into the room.

If that was the case then she might have been too hasty. Since she did have burn marks when she came out.

@Geezer-Weasalopes said in RVing My Way into Exile Vol. 3 Discussion!:

@trollsdotter
I'd been pretty sure there wasn't a digital edition.
Not sure if her estate considers the market large enough to justify the expense if they don't have digital files to start from, although a straight scan to pdf wouldn't be that hard if they could get the hardcopy publishers on board; it'd be very formatting intensive if starting from scratch.

Not… really?

I’ve done scan conversions of some out-of-print favorites like that. Most OCR programs preserve the formatting, and accuracy has gotten pretty good; the number of typos to correct has dropped dramatically since I first played with OCR in the 90’s.

By far, the most time-consuming thing is the scanning; the cleanup is a few hours at most.

This seems good so far. I want to know more. The boy is smart.
The change in POVs in the narration makes for a nice change of pace when things get a bit slow for Kiri.

@Kotenmaru more sounds like this was before ray and maybe what actually killed her was this God getting him to fall into the darkness.

@rkkn said in Knock Yourself Out! The Goddess Beat the Final Boss in the Tutorial, So Now I'm Free to Do Whatever Vol. 1 Discussion:

except with a zipper on her ahoge

I'm really, really hoping J-Novel Club was able to license the store specific bonus stories, especially the BOOK☆WALKER one.

Once again, the plot has advanced and nothing has been resolved. This non-stick story thing where character struggles end without affecting them has well outworn its welcome.

This volume I just interested the Saturday-morning "I'll get you next time!" as they run away into the text.

If I was lacking a sense of caution, it was because they had stolen it from me.

I might be reading too deeply into this, but I wonder if this line should be interpreted more literally, especially given the nickname he received.

Er, Charlotte's fiancé is weird.

Textbooks for his school are a treasure.

@Makine The author is currently writing a new web novel about the adventures of Tomochika's apprentice Fukura who was introduced this volume.

People getting set up and left to dry sure has been a thing in this series.
The problem in Neptotes case is...if he's making copies in his own handwriting of all these incriminating documents concerning forbidden research, how did he avoid realizing what they said?!
The others, yeah, more believable.
But he isn't portrayed as illiterate, copying by rote.
...It is Volume 16, this being my first major "Hey wait a minute" is in truth doing quite well.

Vice-Commanders are unsung heroes staying out of the limelight. So claims Friede.
Um, Friede, isn't your father a Vice-Commander?

If the author likes classic American sitcoms, we might see this:

The Jade Wings decide to take a boat down the river to Nao-town. It's a three-hour voyage, aboard the Minnow. A storm appears....

3 seasons volumes later they're still attempting wacky schemes to get off the island.

So join us here each part, my friend,
you're sure to get a smile,
from seven stranded castaways,
Here on Jade Wings Isle!