@Leon_97
Maybe some of it is that the series was originally written in Japanese for a Japanese audience? So the names are written in a way that may have seemed broadly identifiable (and non-Japanese) to the Japanese ear?
Equestrians as sort of like Mongols—which are sort of tied to China—so they just went with Chinese names. Perujin sort of Persian or Indian. And Lulus are more of generic stand-in for any of the world’s indegineous tribes that have been encroached on. And names that just seem generic to the western ear, were meant to seem genericly European to the Japanese audience.

@jcochran
Years late to this discussion and without having read further into the story... but I'd assume that the palace knows this happens, knows it can be investigated, and also doesn't care enough to put the resources into actually investigating it.

I'd assume if Maomao was more actively vindictive, as she gains more power/influence, she'd be able to make the investigation happen to punish her kidnappers. I'm only partway through vol 1 at the moment, but this also doesn't strike me as the kind of thing she'd go out of her way to do. And no one else would have the motivation to do so either.

Volume 3 (Premium Edition): A Bonus Short Story, & Textless color illustrations A Little Ride with Akiha

Wow, what a way to wrap up this arc. Mana finally manifests her wish and is happily in a relationship with Majima. She has come a long, long way from that hut in the woods. Eagerly awaiting the next (last) volume, though a bit disappointed it seems to end the series one volume prematurely.

Part 2:
"I would like to give birth at least once."
"Because you want a child?"
"No, because I want to eat a placenta."

Interesting to have a Male Lead who refuses to confess to the girl not due to fear of rejection, but rather because of the knowledge that rejection is impossible. Now that he's told her, Maomao cannot marry someone else (or even casually impregnate herself for science). The marriage itself could be delayed indefinitely for as long as Jinshi doesn't declare it publicly, but Maomao can no longer do anything that would make a future marriage impossible. Though, she did know what he wanted and made him say it anyway. Even used an example that said "you'll lose me if you don't."

@LeavesCat said in The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 6 Discussion!:

If her background was known at the start, she would have entered the palace as a high consort.

Probably not; While being an official member of the La family might give her the rank for it (we don't know exactly how the various families stack up, but Loulan is probably the only High Consort whose family would have straight up outranked Maomao's at the start of the series), she doesn't have the temperament or the looks for it.

Maomao is relatively plain (and very unfriendly) by in-universe standards, and bloodline is only one factor of several that go into the selection.

Last JP volume was over 2 years ago so this is probably all there's going to be.

The old woman watching Jinshi eat grasshoppers like "holy shit this guy's down bad."

That afterword was hilarious. Getting sucked in to Excel programming for tracking character stats, and having so many next steps that snowball into a much bigger project felt relatable.

@MMOSimca-ddm6ono said in Gag Character Vol. 1 Discussion!:

@Terabyte said in Gag Character Vol. 1 Discussion!:

@MalukuSeito said in Gag Character Vol. 1 Discussion!:

I actually dig this, what are the chances to get physical book?

I don't think there's any chance. The LN was canceled after 2 volumes. 🙄

Ah, so that's why JNC never translated a volume 3 of the LN.

Bummer, I really liked this. There are 10 novels about male protagonists for every novel about female protagonists. Probably changes to 20:1 if you exclude females under the age of 12, too.

And half of them are from FUNA :)

Not really, but they are rare outside of Villainess stories. At least we just got a Secret Saint volume and there's another Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear coming out this year.

Author, FYI you can use Chat GPT4 to do a lot of the excell work for you.

This was a good ending to a good series. Could have continued, if not for the cancellation, but was also self-contained enough that the cut-off doesn't hurt the story.

Alterisse is an amazing character! Her part of the story was great, and I kinda wish we could have gotten an Alterisse novel besides a Herscherik novel.

One of the rare LNs that deal with slavery (mostly) right - both in having the modern person repeatedly mention how disgusting and creepy the whole institution is for them, and for having sympathetic "local" characters fighting for the recognition of slaves as actual people against the status quo.

@jpwong
Thank you for the info
So the author is the one doing the re-write.They must have not liked the original story line as this version is sooooo much different to the WN

@trutherford2388 for published books it is best to contact support@j-novel.club

I think this is my favourite of the series, together with volume 1. Fairly complex, with quite a few plot twist, and a worthy resolution to the four-volume arc. Plus it leaves several intriguing plots hanging.

Too bad there was only one more volume before the cancellation.

@alyaki If you email support, they may be able to help you out.

Volume 5 (Premium Edition): 4 Bonus Short Stories Claudia's Designs Scáthach’s Sense of Shame The First Archpriestess A Message for My Brother

Volume 6 (Premium Edition): 5 Bonus Short Stories & Bonus Cover Art A Fourth Day with Olivia and Ashton A Day with Olivia and Ellis A Sixth Day with Olivia and Claudia A Second Day with Olivia and Gile Olivia's Memory

Volume 13 (Premium Edition): A Bonus Short Story After the Grind

Since someone else asked about this in another Receptionist thread here...

The Japanese volume 4 e-book, which I purchased from Amazon Japan, included an additional third side story at the end, which doesn't seem to have been included in the JNC premium edition. So here is a short spoiler summary for those interested:

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Some comments:

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