Second attempt at commenting on the second half of the volume here. (Lost the first comment to taking too long of a break.) But before that, I love how they handled the pages marking the first and second halves of the volume.

Part 6:
So Aides knew the letter was written by Wellmy this early, huh?
Really interesting stuff about the Lirouds having the special favor of elementals here, as well as the difference between elementals and familiars.
So that’s what vermillion eyes mean. Interesting…
Awww, the siblings really love each other!
I’m curious why Leo used to be sick.
See, I love some good old ribbing, but I don’t get the appeal of doing to get under the other person’s skin. To me, it’s only fun if the other person enjoys it, too.
Makes sense that as the Lionel house came to power in a rebellion, they want to avoid being on the wrong side of a rebellion themselves.
That’s an interesting effect of stronger magic.
I wonder how Wellmy was able to see through the magic hiding Iora’s eyes. Does Wellmy somehow have even stronger magic than Iora?

Part 7:
Leo got into a fight with his father? So much for Wellmy’s impression that Leo wouldn’t be willing to go against his father to protect Iora.
I wonder who the “girl who had been in the running to become the next saint” was.
Clever thing with Iora disguising her own hair to look dull again.
Hmmm… I wonder if the elementals have something to do with how Wellmy’s ability to tell if someone is honest works, and why it didn’t quite work properly on Clartes.
Oh boy. So Leo’s jealous of Wellmy, is he?
“That stupid promise she’d made.” LUL
Some of Aides’s comments don’t seem entirely appropriate to me.
I think Wellmy’s jealous of Leo, too.
Yep, definitely.
Cute illustration! Which one’s Wellmy and which one’s Iora, though? I’m not used to seeing Wellmy with her hair down.
I guess Iora’s probably the one in the back.
Man, that internal monologue from Iora… Oof.
Something was bugging me about Iora’s internal monologue, and I think I figured out what it is. Since Wellmy is the protagonist, it felt almost like second-person narration, which has always weirded me out.
“No advantages to offer the royal family”? “Slightly above average talent for magic”? You’re too modest, Iora.
Or she has low self-esteem. That works, too.

Part 8:
Oh boy, we’re getting Aides’s backstory?
Non-hereditary noble titles? In my Japanese fantasy? Impossible!
Unfortunately, I’m not so sure the good education Iora got made her less likely to be bullied. It might have made the bullies jealous, which would have caused her to be bullied more.
“He had looked so happy the first time that she had called him ‘father’ that she had decided to commit to it.” LUL
Savarin is getting hanged? Serves him right.
Definitely curious about that “caveat” Aides added to Arvine’s rather lackluster punishment, too.
“What a shame” that Aides’s deepest secret isn’t a weakness? Wow, Wellmy.
Between the cursed items that brought out Aides’s stepmother’s and stepsister’s darkest feelings and Wellmy’s mother’s apparently out-of-character behavior, I wonder if there’s a connection. I’m not sure whether I want there to be or not. Having everything bad that happens in a story being ultimately attributable to some singular “big bad” isn’t super realistic.
Wellmy has finally acknowledged her love for Aides! And that was a nice illustration to go along with it.
Oh, cool. Looks like we’re going to get to find out Arvine’s punishment, even if Wellmy doesn’t.

Part 9:
Seems Arvine has changed for the better. Let’s hope it sticks.
Looks like we’re going to be getting a contrast by parallels between Arvine and Savarin.
The ways Savarin’s brother and Aides’s father died seem suspiciously similar to me.
Savarin raped Isabella?! That doesn’t sound like the sort of thing that would engender her being in love with him to me. Hmmm…
Why I get the feeling that Savarin’s idea of “giving her plenty of love” wasn’t much like love at all?
Gordley was the one to suggest the second account book? Huh. Interesting…
And thus ends Savarin the scumbag.
“Everything had gone according to her plan.” Well, then. Like mother, like daughter, it seems. I’m guessing it was Isabella’s idea to have Gordley suggest the second account book to Savarin, then.
“He said, ‘I won’t tell Wellmy or Clartes.’” So how long until they figure out on their own? It’s definitely gonna happen at some point.
That was an interesting reveal about Gordley and House Schneiger.
Interesting to see Wellmy and Aides’s first meeting from Aides’s perspective.

Part 10:
“She refused to see her sister and Leo flirt in front of her eyes!” LUL
Feels like Iora has Wellmy wrapped around her little finger.
Cute illustration!
That bit with the play was hilarious!
So Wellmy’s pregnant now, huh?
That was a nice ending!

I have mixed feelings.
The beginning was fun, with Master Kacho and Suiboku undoing their own death after the former realized Sansui's training was still lacking.
I had great expectations for the climatic battle, but again the author didn't want to give Sansui the spotlight. We spent a lot of time showing the side characters, then our protagonist arrives to the scene and it's immediately over. I was hoping for a final boss for him to fight, but nothing.
The ending was bittersweet. We got to see Sansui concluding his journey to become a full fledged immortal, but he also ended up alone. It's something that was always in the air as an outcome given the difference in lifespan between him and the normal humans, but I was hoping at least Blois could've been made into an immortal herself. In the end, a new cycle begins, this time with Sansui as the master and not the protagonist.
This series had an interesting premise, but sadly I don't think the execution was as good as it could've been, at least for my tastes.

@Lex said in Isekai Walking Vol. 6 Discussion!:

So far the series has been barely interesting enough to keep reading. Halfway through this volume I thought about quitting, but with the big reveals about the demons and the goddess I hope it's going to be better from now on. I'll stick around for the next volume too.

I can't argue with that. Volume 1 started off with some original ideas but 2-6 have felt a lot like every other generic isekai story.

Hopefully the author does pull off something interesting with the possible conflict with the goddess...and doesn't decide to drag that out for another 100 volumes like Failure Frame did.

(rant! FF author you had the perfect setup for concluding the main arc. Then you or the publisher decided you wanted more volumes to sell.)

Kudo is in a position those in-world don't grasp.
He's still in school.
And he needs to fly under the radar back home.
He can get away with a surprising amount of stuff given what his home reality is like, but there are still limits.

Be interesting to see how things change once he reaches his majority back home.
Bet he still strives to fly below radar back there.
Still get a job and everything so he doesn't look too anomalous.

@PatrickPhelpsnpc - many LNs are short, almost all are much shorter than western fiction novels. Prices are based on the cost of licensing from the Japanese publisher plus the team to translate and edit the book. Those costs have to be paid for with a tiny number of copies sold compared to a Stephen King or the ghost of Robert Ludlum.

Of course some western books now sell for $20+ even as ebooks.

As for the quality and value of this particular light novel, it's a "meh" series for me so I'll read the prepubs thanks to my membership but am unlikely to buy the volumes to read them again.

@Min-Ro I like the way the author wrapped everything up so well. It was a joy to read this series. (and thanks to JNC for providing it)

@GeorgeMTO I'm curious to see if Shio will stay weaker than in his first summoning or he'll find another way to get power ups. So far he seems to be progressing fast, but we don't know how many abilities he had.

@LeavesCat said in Looks like a Job for a Maid! Vol. 3 Discussion!:

So her mistress is also a battle maid, and suggests that it's part of being a true maid. Did Nina just not get to that part of the curriculum yet?

That will be the next subject once they get to Nyxnox.

I read the entire volume thinking that while the overly protective father is a bit overused as a trope, the comedy was good and we got to see once more how awesome Ikki is.
Then I thought the Blazers from Cradleland were interesting characters, but the tournament better not take more than a volume, since Ikki and Stella's matches are already decided and while I'm curious to see howctue king fights, I'm not so invested in reading a lot about Ikki training him and the two girls,
Then the author decided that it's time to get serious and give us some tragedy.
Definitely not expected, and it changed completely my impression of this arc. Of course I want this Puppet King to due in the most painful way possible, Ikki better have no mercy for him.
One thing I have to say, the series is going to be more interesting now that the scope is becoming broader than school shenanigans.

As with any book, movie, song, or other work of art, I strongly encourage everyone check it out and draw their own conclusion.

That's all the nice things I have to say.

@Lex I don't see her as the suicidal type, though perhaps in the original timeline she became that disillusioned with the ruling class. We don't know the full story of parts one and two of the game, but perhaps the viscount was finally successful in dispatching her father, leaving her with little will to fight on.

@arghc there was one interview of a JNC contest winner two years back or so. I was expecting more of it. I get that probably not every author is comfortable doing interviews and stuff but at least a summary of how things are and where the contest winners are at now or something like that would make a good newsletter article.
But I am done defending JNC after the whole bait and switch membership fiasco, when I still haven't seen any communication beyond the stock responses. Some of my favourite series are available here and I like the forum community where I get to discuss with other readers. That's what keeps me coming.

The book’s over already… ;_;

Updated the OP to version 0.26.2

This update adds the following edited volumes:

Tearmoon Empire 16 Tearmoon Empire Short Story Collection 1 AOAB Manga P2V11 AOAB Manga P4V6 Apothecary Diaries 16 VTuber Legend 10

It also contains a rework of the Tearmoon Empire omnibus, giving a consistent part->volume->chapter structure, instead of the mixture of some parts splitting chapters by volume and some parts not.

@Paul-Nebeling Vepar seems the obvious candidate. Khimari and Gremory also should get some leftover crests.

@GeorgeMTO I doubt JNC would hold it up, but I could see the publisher adding stipulations to the licensing as anime's are primarily just a form of advertising for the source content, at least from my perspective. I also highly doubt they would license a single volume of a series, unless it is part of a multi-series deal from a single publisher, legal fees are expensive. But definitely possible if there are multiple volumes Earth Star wants translated. Its also possible 15 was already licensed with the last batch of agreements, as the publisher would have know prior to April that the author was contracted to release another volume in the spring. I just tend to be pessimistic and am surprised when a volume appears.

While there's been no official statements from JNC, some of the authors have mentioned working on a v2, though I don't have memory of who has said what off the top of my head.

@Makine I'm under the strong impression that he's adopted and none of them are blood related to him. I think there was something of the sort mentioned in a blink and you'll miss it moment.

As always, best boy is back, Carlos. It's funny to see him ship Fol and makes sense. If a harem ensues Fol has backup, watch out Lofus

Well, after two parts beating up on the other guy's army, it sounds like Shelia has decided that she wants to be Queen of the Monsters rather than Grand Dutchess of Partha. Let's see if Dyphon lets her live.