@Kurzaa Oh, I knew that. I've looked at all the covers and such already. Been reading ahead on the japanese site.

@kawabata268 I have a question regarding volume 4 .
the japanese version of the volume has a bonus short story with the title (magic stone transfer) why is it not included in the english ebook not even the premium version ?

I admit I was a bit wary of reading this. Zero damage in the title seemed a red flag. Weak protagonist is not amon my favorite tags. From the author of Zero believers...well, I like that series and I'm looking forward to the conclusion, but I was worried we were getting another herbivore protagonist who'll take 10 volumes before holding hands with a girl.
My expectations were completely shattered, protagonist lost his virginity on the first volume and is actually a compete fighter given the right conditions. I'm glad I gave this a chance.

Yeah, I could've done with a longer epilogue. More details on what happens to Elza and Art as well. Are they just moving in with the other orphans? Maybe some mention of the orphans creating a formal partnership with the Adventurer's Guild to be a cheap service for breaking down low level monsters? Ah well.

The final encounter was pretty well thought out. Definitely felt like a multi-phase MMORPG encounter, where you deal with mobs, dispell dark clouds, etc. I can see where it would've been super problematic without the appropriate intel.

The bit with Ignis was interesting as well. I assume by bandits and "the corrupted land" he was referring to the dark men from Elesia and their kingdom. It'll be interesting if they turn out to be the main antagonist and not the demon kingdom. That said, Ignis still killed a lot of humans early on, and Adonis (the demon in the holy kingdom) sure caused a lot of chaos, so it's not like demons are friends either.

@Serah definitely get that, just felt weird to me that someone as nice and wholesome as Sharon was ever considered a "villain". Obviously she was really only the villainess for the five minutes it took the prince to exile her from the kingdom, and even then, the accusations were all just lies.

@LockedOnTargetShow I guess he wants to extract the magic stones and study the tech of the golems, so he just wants to incapacitate them. He isn't in danger and he isn't impacted enough by Inverey losing so he doesn't have any drive to destroy them, either. I keep telling that there's definitely some insanity in him from when he stayed isolated for decades.

@dragon3010 that's likely.

I also wonder if they are going to merge Ikaruga and Kasasagi or we'll keep Magatsu Ikaruga with Ernie and Addy as pilots.

@myskaros I understand on a logical level. But I'll admit it's still frustrating when it happens to a series I personally enjoy so much.

I keep not reading the weekly releases coz it feels like a slog at times. But it goes right back to being interesting af once there are more chapters to read through at once. I suppose it is because the narrative threads tend to be looser and more longwinded in this series.

Still, love the ending in part 18. Shits about to get real again.

So Orcs went from some kind of sea monster, to some kind of zombie monster, to aggressive corrupted elves, and then kinda branched off into D&D/Warcraft/Warhammer greenskin, Japanese pigman, and Chinese beastman. But in general, it seems that their main fate is to embody the Worf effect; the tough guy that gets beaten up to show how strong the other guy is.

Nothing special, but not too bad so far. No romance sadly, it seems the main love interests are going to be the sisters and I don't see anything happening with them until the end, and the protagonist is showing signs of being dense.
We'll how the story goes on in the next volumes.

So we got our first level 9999 opponent, I wonder if C will break the level cap.

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.

Kinda felt like the author realized they were tired of writing this series. I mean, right at the start we got an entire war arc skipped over and the rest of the volume was making sure all the various story beats got nice bows. All in all it was fine, but I doubt I'll remember I read this in a few years.

@wanderer_1204 said in Long Story Short, I’m Living in the Mountains Vol. 3 Discussion:

Ooh a chicken POV chapter. Unfortunately it was too short. I would have liked to know more about the supernatural features of Sano's mountain.
I am looking forward to seeing their winter.

Way too short, but was still a good reminder that Yuma really is Best Girl, in this and many other series.

I feel sorry for the lady knight but it doesn't feel she has any real chance of winning. I'm one curious about the mysterious swordsman, thoug.

I actually thought this volume was more interesting than some in the middle of what we have of the series translated so far. I felt the plot was moving along nicely with some developments in personal relationships... I was thinking of dropping the series, but still wanted to finish this one and was glad I did.

So we one more volume left. I'll be extremely disappointed if this end with Liz winning against Demiutgos by herself and Hiro failing even in his new life.

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@yzh4rjdzob6 said in The Troubles of Miss Nicola the Exorcist Vol. 3 Discussion!:

But in the end, it was just.. bleh. Using the doppleganger to frame the framer is very unsatisfying. With how it ended, I'm more curious as to how the Char/Emma switcharoo turned out..

Even with the doppelganger in play this could have been more interestingly written.

Imagine if instead of the main cast setting her up it was written that her up her own actions causing one of the 7 wonders and the bad karma with all those grudges on her was the catalyst for the part developed second doppelganger to fully form and that one incriminated her before being made into a familiar for Char.

Or the doppelgänger plan hits a few snags while they act it out. For example, Nicola & Co need to make sure it's not imprisoned and executed before it can switch back with the vice president.

The flip side of solving this without using a doppelgänger is that it makes the protagonists look like they're holding an idiot ball. The doppelgänger option is available to them. It doesn't make sense not to use it.

I think the entire setup should have been different. More specifically, a problem that can't easily be solved by throwing Ernst, doppelgängers, shikigami, flawless-otome-suitor-powers, and concealment magic at it. The solution should include these things, as appropriate, but it can't be enough.

This volume felt like a reverse Umineko no naku koro ni until the reveal that the murder really was done without the assistance of the supernatural. (Both series have closed room murder mysteries in a setting where the supernatural actually exists. But it's not certain whether the culprit used mundane methods or supernatural powers to commit the crime. Either way, the protagonists need to explain how it could have happened without the influence of nonhumans.)

What annoys me is that this lady is the second homicidal vice president to pop up within the span of three volumes.

Also, I appreciate how the first chapter mook baddie became the MVP of the entire series. Gemini is adorable.

I was convinced that Ferlin was going to be a new heroine, but I guess being more interested in Siegfriend doomed her in the end. Still, I appreciated that she was killed after going berserk and becoming too dangerous, less so the fact that Erich wasn't able to do so by himself.
Speaking of our protagonist, I hope we won't have to wait too long before seeing what he's truly capable of, sometimes it feels the author started the story with an overpowered protagonist in mind and then decided writing a newbie would be more interesting.
Next volume we should have female Mika back, I hope we'll get an answer of at least a solid hint if she's in love with Erich and we should expect an harem ending outside of the Hendersons.