Well I think I've reach my limit. I just don't care what's happening in this volume and I'm skimming huge swaths of chapters. Perhaps I'll regain my interest later but I don't care about the third prince nor the three girl mercenaries.

The battle of the Victorian period and the late medieval period is also ridiculous. It's equivalent to a battle between world war 1 soldiers and napoleon. The tactics are just tricks and Regis even said that he doesn't believe in traditional tactics. So the complex battle planning that I was hopping for with a tactician MC have never materialized. I'm a hobbyist tactician and history buff so it's pretty frustrating.

Lastly the art is just bad. I think the novel would be better with out the art so I didn't have to see how dumb the characters look. Also they are all as skinny as Regis making the fact that they are fighting men and women ridiculous. The outfits are a mix of time periods and fashions that don't make sense.

I'm not entirely sure if this an apt comparison, but Jinguuji's group attacking Draconia makes me think of Heinz from Death Mage. Doing something that outwardly seems noble and they believe to be just, but as a direct result it garners the MC's enmity, and that of his followers.

Lobivia is undoubtedly one of Takahiro's group, and her family was massacred. Takahiro has indicated several times that he doesn't care if enemies are saviours. This seems like the seeds of a conflict that could well lead to Jinguuji's end.

@brentru

@Windsagio said in Is premium membership actually worth it?:

I find I make up the value with the purchase discount. (That's still a thing, right?)

Yes, except now you get $50 in coins for $43 instead.

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@brentru No, no, no. Eric is definitely a MAN, as far as people know.

But...

Random thought I had while reading: If this guy thinks a rampaging minotaur is just a cow and he said he would hunt wolves and rabbits at his cabin, are the wolves really like Cerberus and the bunny is the one from monty python?

It's like: "What? Aren't all animals like that?"

@Lily-Garden Ha! Jerome is awesome, once he accepts that working with Altina and Regis isn't exactly the end of the world.

Sorry to add this so long after but I'm now reading it on catch-up.

In volume 4, part 2

Arman says that Claus and he are half-brothers on their mom's side. That means they have the same mother but different fathers, right? Or am I interpreting the sentence incorrectly?
However, later paragraphs talk as if the previous Beast King is the shared parent. So do Arman and Claus share a father or a mother?

I believe there are 9 volumes total?

Do you never re-read titles? If so, then rentals to supplement the prepub streaming makes sense.

If you do re-read titles, then using your credit to buy a book is a good deal too.

For purchases, one thing to look at is the bonus content that is not included in catch-up months since those are the prepubs. It varies, but some of the content is really good -- my favorite is the bonus stories in the Realist Hero premium edition, where they aren't what-if or silly bits, they're nice additions to the main story.

Bonus list - https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/4902/premium-e-book-bonus-contents-list-updated-march-06-2023/21

@arghc No, I don't mean using slimes to dispose of trash.
I meant using the enhanced hair dryer to dispose of slimes, and sometimes also trash.
I'm pretty sure it happened a couple times. Notably, when Carlo used it on the black slime.

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Arcus, whatever you do, don't ever place together the words "Faraday" and "cage" next to each other, not even in your thoughts. I'd avoid visualizing lightning rods too, to stay on the safe side.

All the aggravating aggressive testing of his loyalties is necessary because his application to a highest position has been decided for him already. Arcus could have lived the happy peaceful life if he'd never met "Sue" on that day. His choices now are to take himself out (death or heavy disability), up and leave (standing against everyone and everything he holds dear), or bear with it. Not much of a choice really.

Thinking how Chain's chosen appearance is to be wearing tons of chains, I have a rather pleasing to the eye image of what Wedge might look in her preferred, well, clothes. Complete with a whip. Witn the primality of words and world scenario repeats, that particular pair do feel a bit like AI bots left after the game admins have left game for good but forgot to shut the servers down.