I like how it depicts the feelings of being a "genius" and the attempts of trying to overcome a rival who truly is someone special. I enjoyed seeing how the relationship between the female lead and the Mc developed. The depiction of the emotional struggle of the MC was one of the highlights to me.

Volume 3 to be released in June

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Cover illustration for volume 5, releasing December.

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This sounds neat, I'm in. I like how in this one instead of the villainess or the heroine getting past life memories its a third party who has a mission of her own

Thanks @Lily-Garden! As stated, please use the existing topic to show your support!

EDIT: Wait, is this just a discussion topic? It's not in the suggestion subforum, so I got confused.

Interestingly, Amazon has the manga of this series on Kindle Unlimited now, as "The Thunder Magican (sic) returns to be the strongest: Reincarnation", and priced at US$3 per book.

It's suspicious because it has the publisher as "Cherepanova It", all 4 volumes show the same cover (but different page counts), all were released on 8/31/2021, and the page order is left-to-right, instead of right-to-left.

There is another "volume 2" that is "under review", by Adam Thibodeau.

I expect that, once Amazon reviews the submission, I'll get a $12 refund and the books will disappear.

Edited to add: oh, what a surprise! It's a scanlation, complete with the translator's notes about caring for his sick mother...

Rooting for this one lol

Giving this my upvote/bump. It's quite surprising that the series has never been fully published in English. Just a few groups that did parts of it while it was still ongoing in Japan. Would be nice to be able to own all the volumes. (DRM-Free)

I've seen several variations on this theme, where mechanics/rules/magic create situations (Love Tyrant, If Her Flag Breaks, etc.) As long as the gimmick isn't distracting, and the content/story is compelling - I say 'yes'

overall JNC is lacking in romcoms

lighthearted, cute, funny? all good things

if the underlying message is that it is "OK" for girls to be humans with desires also (anti-slut shaming) that's a plus
get's my upvote

I liked the anime, it is a good and wacky romantic comedy with some nice albeit mostly insane girls in it and a lot of all around good nonsense

@bloodygaikotsu Thanks