@Travis-Butler said in Frontier Lord Vol. 15 Discussion!:

(Honestly, my first thought was that it was another one of the ‘treasures’, which she knows about because of the hand axe she gave him; it wasn’t until she specifically mentioned the Beastkin Kingdom that I thought in terms of proof of identity.)

Hadn't thought of that, but, um, there's a meme concerning this. Why not both?

Rank 6 vampire? This could get nasty. Or rank 5? One of them is wrong. Anyway, Karla playing a spoiler from the audience made this simpler. Though it was still a hard fight, she's had harder.
And speaking of Karla being a spoiler... I half expected her to take down the sorcerer clan elder. She still might, depending on who that black arm belongs to, though I think it's a third party. Either way, she did a lot of damage to his party.

@vilobion said in God Sleeps in Seafoam Vol. 2 Discussion!:

@Travis-Butler said in God Sleeps in Seafoam Vol. 2 Discussion!:

Reading this week’s part and the comments here makes me wonder just who knows about who Akira is.

Not sure you're thinking of what I'm thinking of... not just his status as a Godless Palanquin, but his heritage as one of the Eight Families, his initial training by his family, and his later rejection by that family.

Red and Tsuguho, probably a few of the named assistants whose names I don't remember

Red, yes. Tsuguho... as I said, I've got major doubts, especially after your prior post. If Tsuguho knows about him being a scion of the Eight Families, there's a lot about her behavior that doesn't really make sense; as you pointed out, she seems to be treating him more as the commoner he's been acting as. Named assistants, I'm dubious; they seem to be keeping his identity close.

Black and Gioin Shizumi, more named assistants whose names I don't remember

They're the only ones I can be sure know exactly who and what he is, since they've been following him most of his life. And even they didn't know about how he's been treated by his family, or that he was kicked out and is living as a commoner.

Fuyo Gozen, the spirit residing within Ugetsu Fusae, Akira's Grandmother (it's ambiguous if Fusae knew, but it's beyond a shadow of a doubt that Gozen did granted she spoke with Akira right before he became (almost) void and met Red)

They know about him being a Godless Palanquin, yes. About his current situation... I'm not sure what they know.

Rindo Saki ("Since receiving orders to assist with Akira's training, she'd been given some knowledge regarding Godless Palanquins, but only so she could prevent others from learning the same." Volume 2 Prologue - And Yet Life Goes on Unchanged)

No, I can be certain she doesn't know about his heritage or family situation. And it sounds like there's a lot she doesn't know about Godless Palanquins.

Rindo Kozaburo, Saki's father.

Same.

Presumably the other heads of the eight houses not name Ugetsu, assuming they haven't also forgotten about Godless Palanquins

They may know about Godless Palanquins; given Ugetsu's work to erase Akira from public knowledge, I'd be surprised if they even know about him at all, let alone that he is one.

@TheGrimLich This series has taught me just how easy it is for someone who is perceived as weak to snap the moment they get ahold of any real power. Yeah, it's just a story at the end of the day, but I could see it happening.

@arghc said in Genius in the Library: This Bookish Rookie Will Save the Day! Vol. 2 Discussion!:

I was going to complain about Japan's endless obsession with food and how all the light novels and manga seem to manage to procure the necessary ingredients to make Japanese delicacies even though they are completely different worlds and universes

Yeah, that's what I saw at first glance, but it doesn't quite seem to fit with the direction of the writing, where it's from the perspective of the summoners, plus the Japanese person didn't say that the world's cuisine was inferior, just that she wanted comfort food. It seems more the author's style for this to be an excuse for them to stumble across a lead from an unexpected source.

I mean, I could be giving the author too much credit. But it would be a pretty neat way to play with the "Rice and Soy Sauce" trope and not only have a legitimate explanation to why this world has soy sauce and miso (the previous saint spent years producing it herself after giving up on ever going home, and her children naturally grew attached to "mom's home cooking"), but connect it with the actual main plot when the readers expect it to be a page-filler side plot.

Cute flashback ending. :)

That felt somewhat final. Was this a one-off, or was more written and published?

I can see the day when Illug beats Lynokis in a sparring match and then he tries to take on Nia feeling confident...

My money is on Tory just being stunted from all the shit she went through/did.

It would be odd for a daughter or doppelganger to recognize him with an old nickname.

Also, it tracks that she would be willing to take extreme measures to prevent another world war.

And we know she always had an incredible intuition. I could see that easily translating to lie detection.

@grobinson2k1 said in The Trials and Tribulations of My Next Life as a Noblewoman Vol 5 Part 2 Discussion:

@strangeattractor said in The Trials and Tribulations of My Next Life as a Noblewoman Vol 5 Part 2 Discussion:

I did not predict that this was how Karen intended to change Wilhelmina's mind.

Effectively though, you can surrender and choose to live and keep my brother alive… or you can choose to fight, and everyone you know will die, you will be alone and never know death until old age eventually takes you.

And I think both Six and Karen were right about this.

Sixtus: it is a blessing to realize the beauty of life.
Karen: if you choose death, it will be a curse.

Freesia learns she is the Sun Witch? Didn't Kalmia outright tell her before her first death?

Still, her learning that Vute also remembers the future is a positive sign. Fingers crossed it happens at the start of the book, not the end...

I have to say that these cookoffs are starting to become a repetitive theme at this point.

I like how Nyt and Rys had theor little ribbing session. It was very hilarious.

@Kalessin said in Finding Avalon Vol. 7 Discussion!:

Well, it's annoying to not get to find out anything about what's happening with Souta after how last week's part ended, but I guess that that's just what we get for reading the prepubs instead of waiting for the finished book.

In any case, Sanada's question at the end of this part definitely implies that the whole story is in the process of going completely off the rails. Whichever player he interacted with clearly does not care about keeping things on track at all - either that, or someone other than a player has knowledge about players and is interfering, but presumably, it was a player.

Agreed.

Sanada himself might even be a player.

I will be greatly amused if it turns out that Blanc legitimately achieving True Vampire without alchemical shortcuts causes her to eventually eclipse the sisters in firepower.

The argument over who influenced Blac is very reminiscent of the "She's always been this way"/"His training made me this way" moment between Ferdinand and Rozemyne in Bookworm.

@LightningLeaf said in Looks like a Job for a Maid! Vol. 5 Discussion!:

I doubt Tien herself wronged this guy.

Can't believe Tien killed the dude's parents with her prodigious strength as a newborn :D /sarcasm

I stopped reading this series after volume 3, but I was looking up some things on Bookwalker for series I read in the past and for anyone who'd be interested, I noticed a volume 10 for this is randomly coming out in Japan next month, after a 7 year gap.

Scar Arc

“[...] Scar, the demon dragon [...]

Even a dragon?! Rondo has gone places.

This seems to be the only volume in Japan, with nothing else in a year so far, so I imagine this is it. Some stuff aside, I enjoyed it for what it's, so thanks for the translation.