sounds like could be fun also in a genre different than anything else JNC seems to currently have in the lineup also Kiyotaka Haimura also compete w/ 9 volumes (some meat to it) * anyone know if "complete" means a series with an "ending" or one that just has no more to be published ?

Similar to the Girl Who Ate a Death God, this is a dark fantasy story that is more gritty and complex than most LN fair. It's one of the better LN I've read and it would be nice to see it get a proper adaption. This is the sort of story that might appeal to people who like stuff like Overlord where morality comes in shades of grey and there is a lot of emphasis on big picture political struggles as seen through the lens of the character's perspective, large scale war and complex world building.

I've read this one and it's really quite good. It's a dark, low fantasy war story told from the villain or anti-hero's perspective. When I say low fantasy setting I'm referring to stuff like Game of Thrones where there certainly are serious fantasy and supernatural elements, but they are mysterious forces beyond what is seen in common everyday life, the stuff of myths and legends. The fantasy is well grounded and depicted in a much more gritty and realistic light than a high fantasy story where you could wake up as like a God one day and then walk down the street and buy a burger from a lizard man. It has more mature themes and morally grey perspectives than you generally see in a LN. It's not an isekai. I think perhaps the sort of people who liked Overlord or GOT might like this LN.

Look cool, i tend too find romcom boring but this one look like it wont stagnate until the last vol where everything is resolve in one go. And an old man like waifu sound fun.

Second volume of the manga releases July 12th. Cover: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D9lW4krU8AMj_O_?format=jpg&name=large This has also sold over 100,000 copies (don't know if they're referring to the whole series, all 3 LN included, or just the manga adaptation). https://mobile.twitter.com/yoshyaa/status/1142039780068229121

I've heard that the anime followed the manga fairly well, they probably missed some side stories due to time constraints, probably more in the www.working!! as it only had 1 season to cover 6 volumes while working!! got 3 seasons to cover 13.

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The anime is really good but even thou it was mostly in vampires perspective it did nothing but make them more detestable.

Damn how did i miss that suggestion, it look great. Well at least if they got the science right, otherwised it can quickly become very cringy.

I think we’re getting too far into the weeds about the topic. I don’t know about the economics of translation/ publication of the entire series. I would like to see it in print. I would like to encourage publishers to take on longer series and I am a fan of Zero. Heck I’d be super happy if JNC published (only) the memorial volume or an omnibus of the side stories or whatever.

Huge fan of this series I'd love to read it from you, and buy it.

You had me already by the author. I LOVE both Erin and Moribito, so upvote

Sounds interesting. Upvote

Oh man, this to be licensed would be perfect, since the fan translation was dropped, I really enjoyed the anime

Giving a bump because the manga adaptation finished scanlation recently for anyone that wants a simple taste of what the LN has.

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Yeah, it looks like this series is complete at volume 12. I just found out recently. (LNDB still lists it wrongly as ongoing though.) EDIT 1: I've updated the first post with some more relevant information. EDIT 2: Aru updated LNDB, it's listed as complete now :)

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The full fan-translation is too famous, good and old for the digital release to have much sense tbh. Though you never know, priorly translated famous VNs usually sell much better than their counterparts without a fantl.