Slow day at work today = I managed to finish up Vol 8. ( I was already halfway through it when I put in my notes for Vol 7 on the other thread)

Vol 8 Thoughts:

Dragon Girl is pretty cute imouto type. She's got just the right about of tsun/dere mix. Usually tsunderes are a bit TOO much tsun, but she's got it down pat. I do hope it doesn't end up going romantic with her. She hits a good target in the sister role. Keep her there I say.

Funniest moment for me is problem how every single character is thinking "What am I gonna do about the future?! I'm worried..." or "Oh noes... the memories are fading or something...." or "What's gonna happen with XYZ" But no... not everyone.... Gerbera : "What's a spider-girl gotta do to get LAID" Haha. Love Gerbera. She's adorable as hell.

I'm all for the plan to have Rose and Gerbera open up a shop with Mana as clerk. Lily managing the stock with Taka. Ayame can be the adorable mascot that everyone will want to provide pets to. Asarina will be there to help out too, in her own lil ways. Shiran/Kei can be security... Lobelia (If they aren't hiding monster-ness at that point) can fly cargo. Hmm yes, that sounds nice, doesn't it?

Was this the first Volume that DIDN'T end on a cliffhanger? Hmm might be... can't remember them all too well though. How they ended anyways.

Now that I'm on Vol 9, I can slow down and not worry about missing out on the catchups. Since it's in prepub and all.

@myskaros said in Monster Tamer Vol. 7 Discussion!:

@kilocron said in Monster Tamer Vol. 7 Discussion!:

Also, what the HELL is a "Skanda"?

http://nihonshock.com/2010/05/韋駄天走り/

ohh. so that's what "idaten" is. I'd seen that word before (long time ago) but didn't know that it's a name. (also side note, it is now apparently impossible to google)

@sniper_samurai Fixed

@netknight said in By the Grace of the Gods Vol. 10 Discussion!:

Is there anywhere on the forums or website where J-Novel lists up to which light novels volume that they have licensing for each series?

JNC doesn't say anything regarding licenses that they don't have in hand and often not even until they're ready to put up the first pre-pub part of the volume. As Rahul linked and copied, there is a pinned topic regarding the official response to when is the next volume of anything coming out. So unfortunately your only option is to sit tight and the next volume will start when it's ready.

If you are interested in additional content for this series though, the Funimation release of the season 1 anime has a special edition that contains an additional 3 side stories as part of the bonus material.

Volume 4 (Premium Edition): 3 Bonus Short Stories Just a Little Lonely Life at the Fli-o’-Rys General Store The Stables

Just finished volume 7 a couple days ago but having trouble motivating myself to continue before the end of the month. Reading ahead in the summaries, it sounds like Alus past might be revealed (i.e. his origin story). Could I possibly get some spoilers and maybe thoughts on what you like so much about the series? Thanks.

Volume 13 (Premium Edition ): High Resolution Color Inserts

Volumes 5 (Premium Edition): Bonus Notes from the Translator

Volume 16 (Premium Edition): A Bonus Short Story & Full Wraparound Cover Jacket illustration A Sweet Moment

It didn't click to me that this was the same producer that messed with the Owner before, sad they had to draw it out for me.

Still, nice climax to the volume!

Prediction: For the trip they're either doing Hokkaido or somewhere in the Ryukyus (but somewhere a bit more obscure than Okinawa, maybe Ogasawara, since it's about as far from Japan as you can get while being in Japan?)

@myskaros Kouki goes through character altering growth during the afterstory (ow which there are many hundreds of satisfyingly long web installments), possibly the most of all characters. Thinking back, I like the afterstory better than the main one.

@kilocron said in The Greatest Magicmaster Vol. 2 Discussion:

Tesfia still pisses me off

She's a walking cliché that could've wandered in from any number of anime series. Perhaps she gets less annoying in later volumes?

Volume 9 (Premium Edition): 2 Bonus Question Corners & Full Wraparound Cover Jacket illustration Question Corner 4 Question Corner 4: Bonus Section

Reading vol. 7 sadly reminds me a lot of what’s going on in the Ukrain the last weeks and this was written 10 years ago, ofc with the Gulfwars and WW2 in mind! Is humankind this predictable? Knowing history well I would say yes, and it seems no one in power has learned from the past. Just a personal thought while reading this wonderful series.

@rkkn Just checked. Should be eleven years. Looks like my brain added a number in front of it while reading somehow. I'll submit a correction and get that fixed.

@strangeattractor said in Tearmoon Empire Vol. 8 Anticipation Discussion:

@jazzyjeoff

Wonderful!

Reading these has brightened my 2 weeks. Bravo!

There’s nothing better than having a bunch of folks that you can be a little silly with! Thanks everyone who wrote stories—and everyone that read them!

Volume 2 (Premium Edition): High Resolution Illustrations

Seems to be a new volume of this out this week according to light novel reddit's weekly top 10 sales ranking. Not sure if it's a sequel or reboot or completely standalone.

Edit: Ah, I see now. It's part of a spinoff series.

@calibus the way I read it was that she killed herself before anything could happen. When Lily absorbed her body, some "trace" of her soul remained. Presumably Miho liked him even though nothing ever developed between them, so Lily answered Miho's dying regret, while giving into her own desires as a servant, and forced herself on him. Afterwards, that remaining part of Miho vanished.

I might have misread things. Certainly wouldn't have been the first time. But I like my interpretation which gives the girl some closure and makes her death a little less tragic. If you really want to gripe, consider that she abandoned her junior, Katou, to that horrible fate. Armed with a knife, perhaps the two might have been able to fight back.