Just finished blitzing through the epub. I don't know what to say, I mean, everyone here has seen the anime, right? Like, what exactly would there be to be said? The discussions finished years ago. Kinda. Now the long wait for vol 4 to drop.

@legitpancake you are right, well it seems to be the case that it is paperback only

Volume 3(Premium Edition): 3 store exclusive short stories Memories of the Collar The Elf and the Collar A Present for the Small Dragon

Oh, looks like the other topic is posted in the premium members only section. Let me quote a reply from there:

@rahul-balaggan said in December Catch up?:

@locobauer it might not happen this month with Sam moving to the states, you can read more about it (pure speculation) here

@hatguy12 His name in the original Japanese was コーゼン・ウァイセツ, (Kouzen Uaisetsu) which is a blatant pun on 公然わいせつ (Kouzen Waisetsu) which is Japanese for "public indecency" or "indecent exposure" or whatever term your respective country uses for that.
He's a minor character that only appears in this volume and tbh I quite like the way it was localized as "Stark Neykid" in the spirit of the joke. A ton of characters in this series have extremely silly names, so this one's just another example of the author having fun with it, a joke for the readers while people in-universe think it's just a perfectly ordinary name. I mean, heck, Orphen mentioned one of Childman's students by the name "Forte Puckingham" in this very volume and that's not even a localization that's straight up his name (フォルテ・パッキンガム) which is also a joke on "Buckingham Palace" which is バッキンガム宮殿 in Japanese.

Man, I really like the climax of this volume and the foreshadowing by Phonoghoulous at the end. I've already read most of the volumes in Japanese (huge fan of the series and probably one of the people most excited to see it localized), and I'm quite enjoying the translation so far. The afterwords must be hell to deal with because the author tends to drop in wrestling/boxing/MMA jokes and references from the 90s and they're always very silly and nonsensical with very little context.

Next up is volume 4 I guess, and without spoiling anything, anyone who's seen the anime will recognize a lot of the plot of it (although it was HEAVILY edited because they decided to adapt Volume 1 into an entire 24 episode season lol). Can't wait to see how it turns out!

There are about 120 pages between chapter 2 and the epilogue in the table of contents menu, i'm guessing that the link for it within the file had been missed.

@rahul-balaggan That explains it, thanks. I was wondering why I was getting 404ed.

V6 Premium Edition has the usual textless color illustrates, however I have to point out that anyone who likes really risqué ecchi borderline H images this is the premium edition you want.

Well I’m all caught up and have to thank you @Rahul-Balaggan for showing me this LN. This LN is so lit, I’m sad now I have to wait months for v5. Gotta admit this author sure knows how to write battles between life and death pretty good.

The janitor is the true principal, quite cliche, but I didn't see it coming. They never talked about it before now after all...

P.S.: I guess we're gonna get some romance for Dan, too? lol

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Volume 5 - Part 8:

[14%] “My own prince to live happily ever after with...“ ► The closing double quote is wrongly a starting one. [19%] "There were striped a menacing black and yellow," ► It should be They (the claws). [27%] "Autumn’s attacks hammered as me as I struggled" ► It should be hammered at. [28%] "underestimating a spider’s web! As I struggled" ► The dialogue's closing double quote after web! is missing. [37%] "Mysterious Lady’s unique appearance was the two crystalline parts" ► It should be were. [56%] "like it’s any fun to live with me33.” ► It should be me. [72%] "the meaning of ‘working in the shadows?’” ► The question mark should be outside the single quotes? [85%] "nickname of ‘Conscience of the Academy’. This" ► Move the period inside the single quotes. [87%] "If you the core as the heart of an IS," ► It should be you think of.

Volume 2(Premium Edition): Store exclusive bonus story The Dragonkin Champion and the Immortal Sage

@seltzermx I've noticed that as well. It seems, in my case, to be related to rebooting my phone.

@sam-pinansky Thank you.

Oh this is a pisser... I’m not the only one suffering through this... Well I guess I was planning a nap around now. Might as well take two and check again in the morning.

@terabyte ah true, figured that it only came out like 24 hrs ago, so they might still check this thread

I made a r/lightnovels discussion for this volume.

Sam said he just hasn’t set up the timer yet. There is still another part coming today and every Friday until the volume is finished.

I just read the 1st half of this volume on ebook. I like how the author various historical events to provide context. The thing is(not he'd know probably) the land swapped for some trinkets belonged to a third party.
go figure....