@Jon-Mitchell said in "From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman" Anime Adaptation Announced:

former students apparently 'hot for teacher' If this is played light/humorous could be fun- if mishandled - could be squick

I've seen similar comments to this elsewhere. But I'm curious why 'hot for teacher' is so much a sticking point, especially since it seems like they haven't been his students in a decade.

I'd understand complaints over the significant age gap, but not so much the 'hot for teacher' since it so far seems more like an excuse (rather their only point of connection) than truth. Heck, with Allucia the power dynamic is now inverted from their former teacher/disciple relationship. She's captain and he's an instructor, essentially making her his boss.

My biggest issue with Allucia's crush is that it's basically out of nowhere, no foundations or justification for it is even given. It just seems to exist. If it was because he's the best teacher ever or something like that, then I could at least understand the 'hot for teacher' comments.

I'll add my own results. I've tried this using 2 different computers, one running Linux and the other Windows 11.
On the Linux PC, I tried Brave and Floorp (a Firefox fork). Both browsers refused to load images for any mangas, new or old.
On the Windows PC, I tried Brave, Tor, and Edge. Brave and Tor both failed to load images for any manga. However, I was able to read mangas using Edge.

Since Edge works, but is the only browser I have that does, it looks to be a security/privacey issue.

I'm not happy with using Edge as a workaround though. I hate Edge with the fury of a thousand suns! Ok, I'm exaggerating, but I don't trust Edge even as far as I could throw a wooly mammoth using a toothpick.

@Segoth said in Brilliant healer anime:

On top of that the episode was so dull.

This! so much this! I gave up after ten mins because we just saw the three gang leaders fighting over food that Lily made for too long. Well actually 3 demi-humans because those who are first seeing the anime dont know them... I got bored.
It didn't hook me. The LN did a good job at that.
If you had to choose any random scene to start with, why would you start with a boring domestic scene. It seems to give the impression that the anime is more about the harem than anything else.

I think I wasted enough time with Dahlia anime and I had to re-read the LNs to get the real thing back in my head and erase the abomination that the anime was. I don't think I will stick around for this.
The quality of the animation wasn't as bad though.

@Almond-Magnum In the book linked, that was a "side character" Shiina Mitsuya and her "childhood friend" Saburou Yaguruma, as it were. They were primary in that book.

Quoting the afterword of that book:
Saburou and Shiina, the new freshman duo, seem to have taken the hero and heroine positions in both Volume 21 and 22, but they will settle into regular supporting character status from Volume 23 onward. I know. It seems like such a waste.

I finally 'made the leap'; I purchased a Meebook m7. I had some gift cards for the bezo's site so purchased there (used 'like new" for $159)

ticked a number of boxes for me:

runs Android o/s and supports the JNovel app eInk - so easy on the eyes and long battery life has a browser mechanical page buttons size of a paperback (roughly octavo) usb type-c charging/data (plus wifi/bluetooth) rated decently by sources I trust

just got it and am playing with it now - will post more once I've used it on the train a few times

@jazzyjeoff thanks for the help pal, deeply appreciated it 😊

PLEASE pick this series, I’d read it all from beginning to end no to end!

There are a lot of details I enjoyed. Such as the stairwell being painted black so the flashlights don't show much, to the references to the building code, to the sidekicks enjoying the BL twist.

@Kotenmaru said in "Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!" Anime Adaptation Announced:

While I enjoyed the anime for the most part, I found myself disappointed that they felt the need to start cutting content in the later half of the season.

For some reason they decided to cut out Sven's plan to treat them and then either bully them into giving up the entry permit or just steal it while they slept.

The big one that bugged me was them cutting out Kazuhiro deciding to visit the Adventurer's Guild and earn a rank.

See, I like that they removed a lot of that. While I enjoyed it in the light novel, I see that as bogging down the story in the anime format.

It‘s a pity the novel didn‘t get licensed so far, it‘s such a cute and fluffy story.

It doesn't look like it at first, but the manga is really good! I would love for it to get licensed.

I‘ve read the web novel sometime ago and it was a really good read. The manga is also very nice and has such a pretty art style.

The manga was highly recommended to me and so far I really like it. That made me also very curious about the light novel as well.

I did some MTL reading of the web novel a year ago or so. This would be a good pick up.

Oh my god, my heart went all dokun and crazy, almost had a heart attack (seriously). Then I noticed it was only for the "Ongoing" stories (mine is complete). And I'm glad I did notice that before I checked the passing titles 🥵

I am still shaking here. I know I said I wanted to know the results as soon as possible, but now I was barely able to click the link. I better not come here and wait for the email because my heart won't last the stress of searching over a list of titles.

Also my vote for this. Great romcom!

@b-scot-morgan Quarkboy (Samuel Pinansky/admin here on JNC) just commented on a similar reddit thread

https://old.reddit.com/r/LightNovels/comments/1jna0zw/should_we_be_concerned_with_bookwalker/mkmueyp/

Hi everyone wildly speculating! One peace is in the process of switching how their ebooks are distributed so this is definitely temporary.

So just looks like weird timing

@TrinaBear sorry, no, but maybe the more specific title will lure in someone who does, while keeping new catch-up readers safe.