@xdrfiredogx said in A Solid Selection for Spooky Season!:

The bland protag and paint by numbers story means that I dropped the Seirei Gensouki novels like 3rd period French, so that's a hard pass, and I'm caught up on Bakarina. I could try DLR, but my tolerance for super lucky, super OP isekai tends to be rather low...

The supporting cast is fun and grows over time, and the super luck isn't as strong as tearmoon or grieving souls. It might not be your cup of tea but you might try it while it's here.

Combat Baker is an absurd series, in all the right ways. Lud has perpetual Mean Face going, so he endlessly scares all the small children he wants nothing more than to bake treats for, and at every twist and turn folks keep dragging him into their fights when he's really just trying to get the perfect rise on his souffle!

The setting is interesting as well... think slightly steampunk Victorian aged Europe, except this version is what has arisen after civilization rose up to our level, and then collapsed into the dark ages, taking all that knowledge and history with it.

It's been ages now, but I remember really liking it... I might have to find time for a re-read

@myskaros Oh, I should've been born an American then. So I would have a day off on my birthday instead of having to go back to work. 😜

Ah, I looked it up. It's not a fixed date so it would only be a holiday when it's the first Monday in September.

Nice to have Dahlia on catchup during the same month the anime is coming out. Quite an enjoyable series (with a misleading title) about a magic tool maker coming into her own. The romance is definitely sloooowww burn though. Nothing else quite to my tastes this month, but I do quite enjoy Dahlia.

Since June 1 falls on a weekend, catchups will be switching on Monday instead! Finish up your May catchup reading before then!

@saidahgilbert - it was a big shift from a mix of adventure and family time to 100% family time, and I agree the author didn't pull it off. I don't regret reading volumes 3-4 but I understand skipping them for being too much sugar without any spice.

so what's echo about? the synopsis doesn't actually say anything about it.
Or is it the kind of story where saying anything at all about it will spoil it?

@GeorgeMTO Thank. I probably buy it, look interesting to me.

@abcdave In any case, check the updates here. The home page has been updated late on occasion

@saidahgilbert said in Get Away for the Summer with July Catchups!:

I just finished volume 1 of The Great Cleric and was pleasantly surprised. The anime almost lead me astray with its portrayal but the story is more palatable as a novel than as an anime to me. So I will continue reading the books (and hopefully finish before month's end) and stop watching the anime.

That happens way too often. Off the top of my head:

Abilities Average - dropped the best part of the humor, of Mile believing she's cleverly convinced everyone that's she's perfectly normal, replaced it with stupid gags of her flying into a rage. Also skipped one of the best early arcs, the hunter school Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (both seasons) - speedruns the content, skipping a lot of the humor, depth, and the quieter bits with Yuna and the kids. They even messed with the picture books. Smartphone - skipped a lot of the content where Touya was training, learning, and building things ahead of time to somewhat earn his OPness Death March - did a poor job of conveying that Satou's main goal was to have fun as a tourist and take care of his wards, not be a hero or solve the world's problems Master of Ragnarok - made it seem like the MC's only skill is looking up things on Google

I've reached the point where I hesitate to watch the anime for a LN I enjoy since I expect to be annoyed by the changes and cut content.

@pcj said in JNC's June Catchup Travel Guidebook:

@pcj said in JNC's June Catchup Travel Guidebook:

I just finished volume 4 of Zero Believers.

and now Volume 5... and half that stuff I gushed about it got tossed on its head. But the writing style is still fun, and I'm enjoying the hell out of reading it.

I managed to finish volume 7, so I made it in time. Volume 9 is current, but Volume 8 is still in pre-pub until July 17, so I have a couple weeks to catch the rest of the way up.

@topgnu said in Memories of Another World in May:

@PuckGoodfellow00-0 said in Memories of Another World in May:

I managed to get through everything that I really wanted to read this last month.

I have observed that if I manage to read all catchup series I am interested in before the end of the month, the new ones are released on the 3rd or 4th of the month. When I am struggling for time to finish a volume or two, the new monthly catch-ups arrive on the 1st crisp.

I may have gotten to sleep really late for me because I wanted to finish Volume 2 of Deathbound Duke's Daughter....

@geetop

Hello,

They are set to change today, we appreciate everyone's patience until the changeover can happen.

Thank you

edit: it happened

@geetop said in Moving On with March Catchups!:

I am pleased to mention that I was able to finish Altina the Sword Princess and awaiting V15 whenever it should show up.

One of us!

Reminder that catchups will be changing on March 1 around noon-ish US time, so 1 week left to finish catching up!

So I've bought all of By the Grace of the Gods, and have just finished Volume 6.
I'd have to look through my various files where I've kept track of my reading progress to be sure, but I believe I was reading the fan translation at one time; Volume One was just too familiar in too many ways.

ETA:
Finished.
Eagerly awaiting the licensing of Volume 12, released in Japan in late 2022...

@endoftheline That actually was set up, even if only in passing back near the start of the series.

"You'll need language and crafting skills. I can also throw in some fighting skills for your self-defense. As a tradeoff, you'll have the bare minimum in magical ability, but you won't need it for day-to-day life anyway. What do you think?"
"Sounds good to me."

Admittedly, the actual combat skill he ended up with would seem rather disproportionate to its description...

@Geezer-Weasalopes

I'm looking forward to Volume 5 of Redefining the Meta at the VRMMO Academy.

I might re-read the first 4 volumes now that they are on catch-up.

Hooray for rescues!