Things could always have changed, but in a past Q&A Sam indicated that they’re not interested in licensing these anthologies. So don’t get your hopes up.

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Personally I'd just recommend buying it somewhere else

@xdrfiredogx Haha indeed, it's the perfect descriptor for the likes of Epic Movie or Meet the Spartans.

To parody isekai you have to be an isekai of course so I can't guarantee it'll be for you. That's the beauty of the catchups of course though. I have several series I'm now purchasing premiums for that I wouldn't even have considered buying if they were from another publisher. I'd say the first 4 or 5 parts of volume 1 would give anyone a pretty clear idea whether it's to their tastes or not.

You've got about a week and a half to finish reading April's catchups! May catchups will be coming on Monday, May 2, around 10 AM PDT/1700 UTC!

Raw Site: https://seiga.nicovideo.jp/comic/34334

Just managed to scrape in Economics of Prophecy before tomorrow’s turnover. I was intrigued by the concept but somewhat unimpressed with its execution.

I also got pretty bored of The Magic in This Other World after just two volumes, I rather quickly didn’t vibe with its pacing and hearing people’s comments on later volumes just killed my interest I guess lol.

At least Bookworm manga was there to appreciate <3

I am so freaking happy, I had been trying to read honzuki, and had to rush it since I just joined a few days ago. Love and hugs for you!!!

I had a random thought. There are quite a lot of parallels between Rozemyne and Maomao.

Each has a quirky monomania. They are highly intelligent. They live in highly status bound societies. They have friends and associates with status from monarch down to skilled commoners. They have been both low and high status at different points in their lives, in ways which are pretty much unheard of. While both are conscious of the risks posed by people of higher status than themselves and try to navigate those risks, they struggle to treat superiors with the deference expected of them. They are blind to status in how they place value on their own friends/acquaintances. In both, romantic feelings are very slow to develop, or possibly (in Maomao's case) non-existent. (Although Myne is a child for much of the story, this still holds when she is old enough that she is expected to have romantic feelings.) Both have a "romantic partner" who initially was a mentor to them. (Although these relationships have rather different dynamics. Maomao/Ferdinand are repressed and Myne/Jinshi outgoing and pushing the relationship.)

Any more that I missed?

Anyone want to argue that these parallels are not very strong/important?

Somehow there was no emotional impact of Rozemyne being poisoned. The voice over for Rosemyne doesn't show the extent to which she is suffering under that potion. It was too breezy. I think it is a directorial choice seeing how the voice artist managed emotional scenes in the past.

The impact of her losing 2 years is also not coming across.. i guess mostly because it was a series of post it notes.

It is good that they chose to highlight that Ferdinand was coming back to check on her often from the harvest festival. I guess they wanted to pack as much content from the short stories as possible. So none of them have the necessary emotional impact. I am not sure if an anime only person will truly understand the struggles of those close to mybe in her absence.