May You Be All Caught Up with Reading JNC Series!
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@myskaros said in May You Be All Caught Up with Reading JNC Series!:
@saidahgilbert said in May You Be All Caught Up with Reading JNC Series!:
An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride The 'buying a slave and expecting them to fall in love with you' plot kinda turned me off which is why I still haven't attempted to read this. I also meant to check out the anime but it's still sitting on my watchlist unwatched.
It's one of my favorite series, and all I can say is that her being a slave basically plays no part in their relationship, and he frees her by the middle/last third of the first LN. Also, he doesn't buy her expecting anything out of her, he basically does everything on impulse and only after the fact does he realize how absurd it was.
Exactly -- this is in no way the typical LN slave maid fantasy. This is a slow romance between two incredibly awkward, naïve and sweet people.
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@HarmlessDave said in May You Be All Caught Up with Reading JNC Series!:
except there is a sexual assault-turned-"romance" side plot. It's not the MC but a main character in their party, and it ruined the series for me :( . Your Mileage May Vary.
HIya's plot? Because I'm really blanking on this. I read 4 or 5 of the LN before I paused it for other books. Planning to pick it up on this catch up.
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@sorvani said in May You Be All Caught Up with Reading JNC Series!:
@HarmlessDave said in May You Be All Caught Up with Reading JNC Series!:
except there is a sexual assault-turned-"romance" side plot. It's not the MC but a main character in their party, and it ruined the series for me :( . Your Mileage May Vary.
HIya's plot? Because I'm really blanking on this. I read 4 or 5 of the LN before I paused it for other books. Planning to pick it up on this catch up.
Yes, and her "romantic" partner / victim who the author has fall in love with her attacker.
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@myskaros said in May You Be All Caught Up with Reading JNC Series!:
all I can say is that her being a slave basically plays no part in their relationship, and he frees her by the middle/last third of the first LN.
Thanks, this puts my mind at ease.
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@saidahgilbert said in May You Be All Caught Up with Reading JNC Series!:
@myskaros said in May You Be All Caught Up with Reading JNC Series!:
all I can say is that her being a slave basically plays no part in their relationship, and he frees her by the middle/last third of the first LN.
Thanks, this puts my mind at ease.
Honestly, it's fairly evident that he was planning on freeing her from the moment he bought her. It's been a while since I've read the first volume of the light novel, and the Anime goes out of its way to make it clear that he intends on freeing her ASAP. To the point where he decides to become an Archdemon (Sorcerer high muckety muck) in order to obtain the key necessary to open her slave collar.
I was hoping for the light novel of the Archdemon's Dilemma to be on Catch up this month. I'm good with the Manga for now.
Ironically enough. I actually did fall behind on Chilling in Another World after the last time it was on Catch up. So I'm looking forward to reading 10-14.
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Another liker of Archdemon's Dilemma here! I think the manga is a great way to dip your toes into the series; it's a solid adaptation and one of my favorite things about it is the fun character expressions. In fact, seeing it on catch-up reminded me that I made a spoiler-free collage for when it ran a few years ago, so here, allow me to share once again!
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@saidahgilbert said in May You Be All Caught Up with Reading JNC Series!:
A Pale Moon Reverie Reading the synopsis and looking at the cover, I got the impression of a grimdark fantasy. Is that correct?
I wouldn't call that one grimdark. It's a bit spooky, maybe. Dreamlike and alien. I quite liked it.
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@eggnog said in May You Be All Caught Up with Reading JNC Series!:
@saidahgilbert said in May You Be All Caught Up with Reading JNC Series!:
A Pale Moon Reverie Reading the synopsis and looking at the cover, I got the impression of a grimdark fantasy. Is that correct?
I wouldn't call that one grimdark. It's a bit spooky, maybe. Dreamlike and alien. I quite liked it.
It's different.
One of those you need to be in the proper mood for. -
The Apothecary Witch Turned Divorce Agent
I enjoyed reading and wish there was another volume or two to read in the series.A Pale Moon Reverie
I had a kind of off relationship with the series. Writing is excellent but I cannot help feeling that as things start heating up action wise the FMC ends up on the shoulder of the MC while fleeing danger quite a bit. -
Since June 1 falls on a weekend, catchups will be switching on Monday instead! Finish up your May catchup reading before then!
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