What? None of that is making sense, if you never showed up the status quo would have just continued. Risking war and your HOME being invaded just to sate your curiosity about demons hardly seems like logical risk-reward.

Wow, so all that was a prank. I didn’t really enjoy this side story. It just seems too mean, especially as a birthday gift and not a Halloween prank. Here, have some trauma for your birthday! Thanks, I love it! If any one my friends did this to me, I wouldn’t be talking to them for a good couple months.

@Abedeus It's called "Volume 0" in Japan, so.

@NAme said in Water Magician Arc 1 Vol. 5 Discussion:

@b-scot-morgan he did say that he was interested in theoretical physics before ending up with history, so he could have memorized them. It's just a set of equations with very similar terms. Technically he only needs to memorize T00, T01, T11 and T12 to remember how the rest work, so that's four equations instead of all 10(16). He's also had decades to mull them over or test things out with his magic, as he's done. Even if those same decades also made him crazy lol

The reason I give him the benefit of the doubt here is that I have volume 1 in fresh memory. In It, he tested a great deal and figured out that the less he works with physics, the more expensive his spells are.

He also tested that smaller scales require more energy to affect, so the author could have thought of magic as a field theory of sorts. Because if magic is carried by a field, then higher frequencies and smaller distances require more energy. Just like how smaller photon wavelengths require higher frequencies, which means more energy.

That's fair, I can see where you are coming from. It's certainly true that he has had plenty of time to experiment with magic, and devoted a lot of effort to training and testing things out during that time.

It's just that my impression of Ryo's character so far has been that he likes to talk like he knows more than he really thinks he knows (he likes to pretend to be an expert, especially when he is playing around with Abel).

@HarmlessDave agree with you. I am really wondering if the "real" Lucille we came to know in the brief premonition is still alive or was just completely obliterated by the resurfacing of Lilybell's memories.

@lucascba Less filler and more recap, I'd say.

@GeorgeMTO said in Blade Skill Online Vol. 1 Discussion!:

I do now remember it being pointed out that this was by the same author as Make It Stop when the manga got licensed, but I had forgotten while reading this novel until the afterward. That sure is an experience, just like last time.

I knew I had seen the author's name somewhere! BSO almost masqueraded as a normal work.

The entire book was a romp.

I love how the translator just gave up in the afterword - yet leaving the names in Japanese ironically makes the rest of the content easier to read.

Liz has gotten VERY good at being effortlessly BADASS!

I'm curious to see if he does end up going after the Spirit King as well. Apparently that's the only Lord left - and not to be trusted, from what Rey was trying to say (I think) - but it does seem like it'll be rushed fitting that in 🤔

@heimdal7 Yeah, not sure what exactly the author's point is. Also , not sure on their research. Pretty sure high heels came about from riding boots, the heel of which helped you stay firm in your stirrups.
It feels like they think they're dropping fun historical facts on you, but it's actually just "ancient man dumb," which, while true, was also really not true. I am pretty confident in saying the only fashion choice designed so people could soil themselves where they stood was diapers.

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There was a missing image for Isekai Tensei Volume 12: part 1 that has now been properly added. If you have already read part 1 and would like to go back and reread it or view the image, you are now able to do so.

Part 2 streams tomorrow~

All the best,
Devon

Just like a Wortenia chapter nothing but redundancy

Last update that is

@Alexius Read here for how future volumes work! https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/3478/future-volume-release-schedule/1

Review: (Binged up to part 12)
I read a good amount of isekai villainess webtoons. This really reads like a gender flipped version of that genre, as others have noted. We have the white lotus commoner! half/step-sibling, abused-as-a-child noble! MC, and MC focusing on building relationships (as opposed to reinventing double entry bookkeeping or becoming the greatest mage that we typically see with male MC). It also has pretty sloppy world building that comes with much of the genre after its explosion in popularity. Still, props to author for not getting bogged down in exposition. The incoherent world building gets brought up when plot-relevant, so it's a pretty breezy read.

Seems like this time we managed to have an enemy killed for real....I hope the next volume won't start with Saint calmly stating that Io's death went according to plans.
This time Allen wasn't able to avoid being given credit for his accomplishments, and with the Hero name, he now has the standing to marry the noble g8rls who are pining for him. I hope this will lead to some progress.

@Segoth Fortunately, I couldn't confirm what she said behind the bleeps, but from the reactions I've seen elsewhere, it was pretty revolting, lol

@LightningLeaf I'm not into little girls so I'd be ok with that...but yeah, not happening. The best I can hope is a timeskip near the end so she'll be and adult.

@sillymel One thing I forgot to mention from this volume’s color illustrations (seen on Japanese Bookwalker):

@Kurzaa said in Frontier Lord Vol. 10 Discussion!:

@Paul-Nebeling However, going from blood red to blue is BS imo. People living their lives are white, people who only care about themselves are red, and the extremely rare individual like Dias with no ill-intention towards anyone are blue. Even if the count's actions stopped being for his sole benefit, he still intended to hitch his wagon to Dias and get some eventual benefit. Pale, pale blue at best.

I agree. I'm just going to pretend that 'sparkling' is a synonym for bright, I.e. pale.