I liked it much more than I thought I would, mainly because of the reasons stated by OP. It also pulled "weakest, but OP" card really nice - protagonists basic "firepower" is low, and doesn't change much throughout the series, most of his powerups are external and/or limited in use due to terrain/usage/time/etc. limits, so he has to be creative with his methods, and most of them are hinted on/explained/foreshadowed beforehand, so it doesn't look like asspull. Series even features male support characters that aren't comic relief who are OP in their own ways and cover for MC's shortcomings and even get laid before MC Overall it's rather lighthearted read, though it does periodically hits in the feels darker moments, especially when it comes to religion and politics, and not in typical "bad nobles bad" way - most of the time their actions have pretty solid reasons behind them, even if consequences are really unpleasant.

I read some of the manga and really enjoyed this. Definitely worth a look.

@zenzen said in The Male Lead’s Villainess Fiancée: do jnovel translate Korean? Not at this time.

I’m in. Read the manga for a bit and I’m curious about whether stuff that didn’t make it in would make some of the creepier characters more tolerable, or at least less alive. All kidding aside, it’s pretty fun and I’d totally pick up the volumes as they came available.

Thanks for this recommendation! I looked it up and read all of it and man... it was great!

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

@Hyperion you can find more when search under the Josei for Japanese Josei or what other mature smut josei I know of are Chiffon Bunko, Sonya Bunko, Melissa Bunko and Cinderella Bunko which is by JNC's close partner Hobby Japan.

Oh... yes. Unfortunately, the spoiler comment confirmed my suspicion from the blurb. Not my cup of tea, but I hope for those who do enjoy it it will be licensed!

@harmlessdave I'm assuming you've read everything on Jnovel? I would recommend all of the following titles. The Girl Who Bore the Flame Ring, The Girl Who Ate a Death God, Kumo Desu Ga Nani Ka, Tabi ni Deyou, Horobiyuku Sekai no Hate made. If you haven't read everything on Jnovel yet I recommend Bookworm and Other Side Picnic. Both are quite well written and a cut above most of the LN I run across.

@Clarys You're welcome. There are quite a few shoujo novels in the 'Licensing Suggestions!' forum, which are really good. I hope, that JNC will license them someday. In fact, they recently released a hint, which could be one of them.^^

Oh, this series sounds really fun!! Wow those character designs. Both MC are really cute, and oof, them boys! I would love to read this ^o^

@caramelwithoutthesalt Yep, most obviously for me it shows in every romcom ln/manga, you think there's finally progress, then next chapter the status quo is back I mean I get the whole reason they're called "light" novels, and I like the whole escape from reality with mindless trash as much as the next person.... though I suppose my taste in trash is just different to others. Still, it can't be all trash all the time.

@Zing said in 29-Years-Old Bachelor Was… Brought to a Different World to Live Freely: Oddly enough NU is listing this novel as licensed but I cant find any information about it anywhere on the internet. Is it true, has this been finally liensed? I don't recall seeing this title licensed, and looking at the page on NU I see it's also marked as completely translated when it's clearly not. Someone must have been messing around.

A new volume (8th) came out this month. Would be nice if they used volume numbers. Would make it easier to track down new volumes.

@Kilocron said in Magic Stone Gourmet (Maseki Gurume): The vote needs a "Kinda interested, might read it" option cause that's where I'm at. I read the manga on it and it was "okay" so I dunno. Like I said, maybe, maybe not. Hmm, I cant seem to find a poll edit option, but I will keep that in mind for the future.