@myskaros All good here! Thanks!

@HarmlessDave
I wonder if he'll end up being the new realmseed creator?

@Paul-Nebeling Indeed! July 6th is the correct date.

The artist never seemed to have gotten the memo that Sara is 19.

@abernan said in Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter Vol. 0 Discussion!:

So Allen isn't as dense as he appears to be, or he has just gotten stupidier with age

Nah, it’s because he’s been tamed.

Aargh this series and the cliffhangers.

@LeavesCat said in Imperial Reincarnation Vol. 7 Discussion!:

The marriage laws are unfortunately a bit more gender-specific, but that bridge can be crossed later. Maybe Count Ethaiq will have to marry a woman and produce children with a manstress.

Sounds like a job for Merlin! Or maybe not, it didn't go great when he tried.

Well, Elio sure has found some motivation. I just hope Suzu doesn't beat him tona pulp like she did the last guy.

@karasutengu said in Campfire Cooking Vol. 17 Discussion!:

My only drawback to reading this series is that I feel hungry right after (or sometimes during) a part. I end up eating something (usually meat) each time which has contributed to my more orc-like appearance (fat that is). I need this break to lose some weight before the next volume comes out, but I'm still looking forward to Vol. 18.

Follow up: I went to see my doctor today for a quarterly follow-up visit. I desperately tried to avoid being weighed, but failed. The scale must have been miscalibrated because it showed I weighed 6 Lbs (2.72 Kg) more than I did in April of this year. (It's all water retention I tells ya!). I blame this LN for causing today's depressing result.

Side stories, to me, should be like up to 4 pages for a section and like maybe 3 in a story. A nice little breather to break up the main story and flesh things out, or as a second view of an event from a different non-main perspective. I don't want half the book as meaningless fluff! Make a collection or secondary book of such stories. That way those that want more flushing out of the maids and the world can go it, and those of us that don't care about such fluff can know not to waste time on it.

Like if this was a book I was looking to buy I'd feel ripped off. Paying full price for a book that only has half a story, say having 200 pages but only 100 that matter. It'd be like going to a movie theater for a 2 hour movie, and the second half was just commercials, BUT you don't know if it'll loop back to the plot so you need to stay and watch the entire thing.

And this is giving a lot of credit that having a whole arc following this girl actually counts as "main story." I feel in the next book they can take a paragraph or two as they relay the info to light and it'd render this book meaningless. Like have we had such a focus on some random person before? I feel we get a small insight into the group Light's about to deal with just to setup his action. I don't believe we've had an entire book dedicated to the setup and lacking Light.

So it definitely won't be Gluttony, the Vice, joining his harem since I don't see him picking up a guy. At the same time, Narva doesn't seem to match the description of our oni on the cover, so I'm not sure if she's going to be switching sides or not. Adding a heavy swordswoman to the team would be different enough from Lenka who's more of a sword and board tank to not overlap.

People complaining that the villain got all the accomplishments in this book didn't really pay attention. Iora did the research to find out what the queen had, she did the research to find out the connection between eyes and magic control, she did the research on how to make the drug, and is doing the research on how to make it safe for everyone. All the guy did was point her to a drug that did what she already was attempting to do. One that she couldn't have known about because it was developed in secret in a foreign nation that he only knew about due to his heritage giving him access.

He didn't create the cure and steal her accomplishment. What he did was the equivalent of pointing out a foreign research paper that relates to the subject to a fellow colleague.

Is this series being continued? Was it one and done? What's up here?

Edit: Disregard, found a comment below that answered me

@AnimeJ well this is the latest volume in Japan, so it'll be hard to tell (over a year since it released there, which is an unusual gap for this series).

Huh… This book was obviously so engaging that its volume discussion thread is overwhelming in length.

I’ll go read Long Story Short v6 and have fun with the chickens before the volume expires in a few days. If I still have time before the 15th, I probably won’tmight come back and try this book… Giant chickens vs Claire…

Just read the light novel. My thoughts:

The writing is good but clearly a begginers work. Plot is all over the place and not in an expert multiple view sense but an uncontrolled one. But the author has a clear strong vision in writing that keeps the interest.

There is good counter forces to the main character which suffers a bit of Isekai'itus, with complete do anything with the power of imagination magic skills. The life and political circumstances help keep her in check and allow other characters to have engaging personalities. That said no one else is fully developed, just lots of partially developed characters.

The mystery of things is likely the most engaging of the stories conceits. But it does feel like it keeps forgetting bits of its own mystery plots. And it risks devolving into kids super power battles with the dark super powered kid vs the light one.

Overall enjoyable but also messy. It feels a sight better then many simple stories we get each licensing season. I hope it evolves and not devolves.

Now to read everyones comments.

@grevvvv Naturally; You've seen how smart the heroes are - how would they win if the villains weren't morons?

It was hot, even if they didn't do it in the end.
Not sure how longer this series will last but I won't say no to see Yoshin abd Nanami living together, ger married and flirting at their job. The spinoff potential is also high, with a fair number of side couples that could get their own ser8es.

I dislike Or Gol.

Ah next volume gonna be interesting one as hoho Will someone finally arriving it seems ( well i mean knowing righr tvou their gonna capsize too tgou lmao)