There hasn't been any new chapters posted to the WN since Nov 2024.

There's just enough material remaining to publish a volume 7, which will finish the current school arc. So even if the series doesn't continue, at least it won't end on a cliffhanger.

It's interesting that the anima is your "true self" but Sora's anima is a being with history. Does that mean the original soul eater died and reincarnated as Sora In a kind of Hindu system?

Or did it override his original Anima as an opportunist attempting to revive itself?

I kind of get the vibes that his knowledge of Anima is more propaganda than fact. It just seems like anima users are people with corrupted/mutated souls of monsters inside themselves.

@Hylebos Could be Dozran, the fact that he waited till the final charge indicates to me that the plan was to have the spider kill either the emperor or Duke Raul, considering Volk took the place of Duke Raul to keep up the pretense of that objective hiding the fact that it was actually artilleryman #22. who killed Duke Raul

I would not be surprised if it ends up being someone in the Eins group.

I wonder if the spider is someone that Volk has successfully gotten under his thread thing that is close to Carmine as well.

Question about Ernesta considering the Mountain Capital.

I don't remember her backstory, but is she adopted or are side effects of heralding random? I mean - Karen's mother forgot about her, but did Ernesta's also? Cause her current banished mother doen't seem to.

It is frustrating to see Stella be unable to go 3 sentences without mentioning Allen at all

Allen did finally show up, and looks like Elna has been calmed down for noslw

The epilogue did a nice job of showing why they all care for him so much - he gave Nifl and probably others a home and a family when no one else would accept them.

@WhirlwindMonk said in Reborn to Reign: Imposing My Rules with My Mastery of Magic Vol. 1 Discussion!:

And while slavery in these wish fulfillment stories always give me a little ick, most of the time it's easy enough to look past. This one just kept putting it front and center in really uncomfortable ways.

"Thanks to me my dad, once a humanitarian noble, is now enlightened to the merrits of slavery" is wrong on so many levels that part of me actually feels like applauding.

At the end the only sense for the future is: Cool boy doesnt like curses because of his tragic past and that is the impetus for his ongoing attraction to the main character. Plus standard villainess plot B: Unprepared girl shoved into upper echelons of noble society (despite also being shown to be hyper competent (Sub-type A).

The entire volume was taken up addressing the opening premise and has had no room to establish anything else about its characters, world setting or plot outside of that premise. Take away that premise of Proud to Be the Villainess and who is Whelemy and who is Iora? I think we know far more about Mr cool then the main characters because he was the narrator for half the volume.

Nothing stand-out about it, but it wasn't bad. The random text messages from god were probably my favorite part, creating a fun little dynamic with Merlin, but the rest was reasonably enjoyable. The discrimination (and some of its lessening) were kind of hamfisted, but eh, there's worse things an author can do. All that said, for me, stories with a hilariously OP main character get two volumes. In the first, they get to screw around, solve all their problems trivially, and have fun while introducing the setting and the characters. In the second, they have to actually do something interesting with the characters or setting that challenges the MC in a way they can't just OP their way through. If they manage that, cool, I'll probably keep going. If not, I get bored and drop it. So I will reserve further judgement on this one until Volume 2 has had its chance (assuming there is one coming).

@groudonvert-own27br I could also assume that greater stretches of logic would require a greater price from the Grimoire. Doing this blinded her in one eye, which she was able to rationalize as a side-effect of her mana rampage stunt, but something more serious might paralyze a limb or worse. It'd be a significant problem if the plan requires her to fight, plus if the side effect makes her realize that she hypnotized herself it might make her realize that she's trying to dodge the contract.

Bulk mailings of travel brochures targeted at Meowgens: ✔

I still think that the monster(s) being killed by stray (or deflected) cannon fire would be peak since it sounds like they're actually pretty weak, it's just their illusion powers that make them strong.

@pcj or since 1 doesn't know where the island is, maybe she was the last or only protege that Mina created before she went off to the island.

First time comment on the forum. As always the translation is wonderful.

The first 2 short stories in this volume set during the time Lydia hasn't accepted Edgar's proposal yet, she was still in denial about her feelings at this time. I love that even a philanderer like Edgar didn't know how to handle Lydia's stubborness sometimes. Lydia struggled a lot with her feelings, it's understandable why she was so wary given her past and how Edgar acted, and I do enjoy reading about her contradictory and complicated feelings and behavior towards Edgar lol. It's nice to see Edgar being her emotional support as well.

Also I like that even though Edgar is usually somewhat coercive,

Last short story is about the past of Lydia's parents! Lydia looks a lot like her mother, but the way she's so oblivious to love is definitely a trait she took after her father lol.

Can't wait for vol 13

Speaking of insane, where is the afterword?

v11 was just announced to be coming out in jp in June.

A great volume. Sadly during the years after the anime aired I got some spoilers for what was going to happen, but I didn't know all the details and the climatic battle was still exciting to read. Given that Stella got a huge power up in the previous volume it was only fair that Ikki got his upgrade too. I wonder if he now has the potential to reach rank A himself, although given the theme of the series I don't think it's going to be easy and he'll still be the underdog in the future. Also, I'm always happy when the main couple is allowed to have sex.

Its nice to see what exactly went down during her interview since ir was mentioend loong ago how it was that.impact that made them hire her. And uh wow Awayuki you rly had no fear lmaooo. Still what a nice way to end this series Yuki said that she wisved to ne a Legend and a legend she became. Godspeed to her and as author mentions The spinoffs and youtube (lol) still going so Awayuki truly is forever !!!

With the rumor that V10 will begin pre-pub soonish, i got motivated and reworked the stat site.

https://d-genesis-stats.com

It should now be fully mobile readable.
Anyone with a github account can submit a change as the contribution form will create a github issue for me to copy/paste a json block of the submitted contribution.

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Default WDARL view is a modern card view
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But I added a button to show a novel/manga formated WDARL list.
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Clicking/tapping a card shows the detail
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Not me grabbing a pen & paper to solve the math problem.

That diary/logbook is cursed if the princess was influenced just by reading it.