The manga adaption got licensed in Germany, I can't wait to read it! I really would like to read the novel too, please license it J-Novel Club!!!
Overall the novel reminds me a bit of Pandora Hearts, maybe it's the dark touch and the mystery part the story has?

Always down for some time travel romance.

Bought all 5 of the volumes out.

I've heard this be compared to 'The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria' a couple times, a work that was hardly known in Japan but beloved and hailed as hidden gem by its English readers, and from what little I've read, it does seem very charming... even if that tragedy tag scares me a bit lmao. Still, I'd welcome any good mystery, especially if it is one with a strong central character dynamic.

I love reading this manga. I would add this to my reading list hands down

Fun fact, Overlap is starting a clone of the series this month.

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I seem too like the Manga better so far, it shows what's really going on.

One of the OG, yeah. No Reincarnation / Otome game, but it seems to be the progenitor of the modern Villainess sub-genre. Released in Web Novel form in 2012, two years earlier than Bakarina from what I could tell.

https://ncode.syosetu.com/n6169bb/

This sounds really fun, I'm getting spy thriller vibes from the description of undercover missions. I would love to be able to read this.

I love the premise of this book and the fact that it’s already completed is a plus. I hope this gets licensed!

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.

Sounds like a good read and I like that it’s a duology.

The biggest problem I can see is that apparently the fan translation is already approved by the author, so people might be upset if it's shut down in favor of an official release. Or it might become another Rokujouma, but that means it would be less viable commercially.

The manga adaptation for this recently was completely fan-scanlated for anyone interested. Note though that the manga is partially an original story so it might not convey exactly the story of the LN. However, it feels like a good taste of it. And it really just makes me want to read the Light Novel all the more.

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.

I think a Goblin Slayer story focused on a goblin could work maybe.

John Gardner managed to make Grendel look like the good guy (and Beowulf the bad guy). We could see the story of one of the Goblins that didn't come out of his hole, or one of the Goblins whose whole family died to Goblin Slayer, but he managed to live, and he plans revenge.

Goblins themselves are being manipulated and used by the people controlling the board, the "gods". They're the ones who made the rule that Goblins can't reproduce without a human host.

I've always thought it'd be interesting to explore what would happen if a woman they saved gave birth to a Goblin, and then an orphanage decided to take the Goblin in from birth. Is the way they act in their genes, or is it a learned parental environment thing?

I do want this series. Having a goblin lead should be interesting, reincarnated human or no.

I love meta-humor and romcoms so I'm in, you have my support.