Thematically, for most of V1 I was reading this as a screed against imperialism and colonialism (think James Cameron's "Avatar") with the leader of the Reincarnators eventually revealed to be some sort of undead combination of King Leopold II of Belgium, Hernán Cortés, and a corrupt corporate CEO.

But the reveal of the identities of the original colonists and the Reincarnators has led me to reconsider; I now think this is, thematically, an attack on transhumanism rather than colonialism. Dill's repeated criticism of the very idea of immortality fits with that as well. I know it's dangerous to confuse a character's voice with the author's voice, but in this case I think Dill is speaking from the author's viewpoint.

I swear, whoever the orphanage director was originally must have been a reincarnated SAS officer or something, the kids are downright terrifying. xD

Runa is adorable in the last part of this volume. Seeing her grow to understand both what she missed with past relationships and what she has now is touching.

Now onto stuff I didn't want to put into the opening post, since this'll probably be revised a lot:

How I was thinking of organising this was roughly:
Major Arc -> Minor Arc -> Chapter -> Parts

So as an example, some chapters from Volume 1 could end up placed as:

Shi Clan Hougong Stint 1 Cacao The Unsettling Matter of the Spirit Part Two The Threat

With the major arcs being the Shi Clan (volumes 1-4), Shaoh (5-7), and the Locusts (8+)

And the minor arcs being each change in Maomao's base location (e.g. her first stint in the Hougong, her time with Jinshi in the Outer Court, her return to the Hougong, and her time as a kidnapee for the Shi Clan arc)

Though I'll give everyone a chance to respond to the proposal before I try writing up an exhaustive list for minor arcs!

I see a bit of a development contradiction with Mikhail’s character. Up to this point he seems complete repentant and is finally able to put himself in Ryoma’s and Helena’s shoes. Following this, it seems it would be more in line with his new mindset to act with sadness and regret to see Ryoma and Helena together, saying something like “I see, so you two really have been conspiring. To the very end the consequences of my arrogance come back to haunt me.”

Good grief, these volumes are always so short...
Anyway, looks like we finally have some antagonists that are actually a threat to Abel. And after the teasing in the previous volumes, our protagonist got his first girlfriend...the first of many, I suspect.

@nappingcub said in Rebuild World 3 Part Two Discussion!:

Okay... I think that Katsuragi's real name is Marcus Kincaid (from the Borderlands games). They have the same type of personality and if you look up Katsuragi in the manga and compare it to Marcus images, they're pretty much identical.

I know it's late, but I just read the book yesterday, and I was thinking the exact thing. Let's hope Akira doesn't also meet the equivalent of Dr. Zed in his adventures.

The tankrantula is definitely something that should become the protagonist of a Z movie produced by Asylum.

It's nice to see that Akira is becoming stronger and stronger and he even managed to achieve something on its own.

Overall, another nice volume for this series.

@Almainera said in Fiancée No More Vol. 1 Discussion!:

Are there more books? Is this a serie too?

The second book released in JP about a week ago, so it shouldn't be too much longer for the second volume to start pre-pub.

@LurkingMcLurk What's the average turnaround on acquisition and translation?

So Arshay was the first king's sister, it seems...

Updating the omnibus for this series, I paused momentarily on the character sheet included with this volume, and felt a need to share my favourite entry with the rest of you:

Footstool(?)
Unidentified
Trait: For some reason, still has a sense of presence.

It almost makes me feel sorry for the guyfurniture...

@kuali said in Young Lady Albert Vol. 1 Discussion!:

Kinda weird to think that there are still games today using a technique that early games were using back before I was born,

stare
No, change that.
thousand yard stare

This is really one of the most unusal romance LNs I've read despite not having any other gimmick besides romance and the titular familial situation. It's the way the series delves into what people are thinking, what they're feeling, that gets me. That and the way it doesn't have a single protagonist, but switches viewpoint between the two of them, and often a lot of others too.

The other volumes were already very open about young people having all kinds of feelings, impulses and desires; this volume takes it quite a bit further, and at times stops, I'd say, just short of being erotica - while never being just that, because it's always also about people dealing with the complexity of their feelings and relationships. I think, at this point, it might be comparable to Scum's Wish - yes, there's young people having intimacy and sex, but it also serves the story foremost, and it's often obvious that the characters don't really know what they're doing, and what they're doing might be a mistake anyway.

This volume was a bit slower that the series usual; but even when not that much happens, we get to see the thoughts and emotions of the characters, which makes a lot of difference from just stalling, because there's always development, just not a physical one.

@Gamen thanks. I was curious if the story went further in the WN, but maybe the author simply didn't have many ideas of how to keep it going.

@Roy-Nukia lol I remembered it wrong.

Still! The first 7 of 7x7x7 should be important!

Volume 15 (Premium Edition): 2 Bonus Short Stories The Remaining Apostles Gather The Remaining Apostles Brainstorm

The Springtime Chime of Marielle Clarac: A Bonus Short Story (Premium Edition)

Volume 6 (Premium Edition): 5 Bonus Short Stories Celia Estrella Elizabeth von Grantz Celia Ray Sinmara von Grantz Treya Verdan Aura von Bunadala Culann Scáthach du Faerzen Held Rey Schwartz von Grantz

@Terabyte I just saw that the Japanese novel for volume 9 releases on January 10, 2024 and since volume 8 released back in the summer and it took about 6 months for that to be fully translated I'd assume about same time frame so we won't get volume 9 until mid-summer 2024

@Village-Idiot said in Peddler in Another World Vol. 6 Discussion!:

Aina's dad either survived but lost his memory or got reincarnated already.

Another possibility is he was captured by the enemy and was sold as a slave or something. There are quite a few possibilities on what happened to her father.