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I suspect (but don't know) that citizenship is tied to ability to register with a guild, sign contracts, do business, own property, and get protection form the local lord. Travelling merchants probably don't get some or all of those benefits or have to pay for them in each town they visit. (Like the have to pay surcharges to the local guilds to do business, or fees to use roads, gain entry to other towns) I also suspect that protection of the local lord/ government etc. is important/valuable - the knights' order or town guards get dispatched to deal with magical disturbances, bandits whatnot, and without citizenship you are on your own. I think it was also implied that there is an issue with non-citizens being able to marry a citizen (or stay within the town if not a citizen)
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@hopebestman said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:
Maybe citizenship is not what are we think.
It's not but not even fully explained in the LN yet. The registration is done the same was as the guild card. One thing skipped over in the anime is that the magic contract Benno, Myne and Lutz signed will affect all citizens of the city it was signed in. So if anyone tries to sell a Myne workshop product not through Lutz or reproduce plant-based paper the one doing so could be injured or killed by the contract they have.
Magic contracts need to be cleared with the Archduke of the city and cost a substantial amount (1-2 large golds).
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@justaidan I think selling Mynes products through Lutz only applies to the initial sale.
This was why later in Part 2
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One thing jumped over in the anime is that Myne starts getting really good at negotiation, management, planning and all those types of skills.
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There is also a major world building items the anime skipped. For example the magical plants and animals.
While there was a hints of it with the trombe and parues. The anime skipped a part where the "radish" would scream when cut, or magical creatures that contain "mana crystal". Creatures that would melt if you nicked the crystal inside while butchering it, or how their eye would change to rainbow color if mad.
So the world on Bookworm is a lot more fantasy then the anime lets on. So it is probably a lot more dangerous out in wild then the anime lets on. So being in the city probably have a lot more benefits then we know.
Also traveling merchants can probably be thought of as small mom and pop operations, there are probable larger organized merchant groups that handle the bulk of the trading between cities. Traveling merchants probable deal with all the smaller towns and villages.
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@bunnyfufu Anime also skips over Gunther's job details and he hunts down the "weaker" fantasy monsters that the Knight's Order isn't required for. Anime probably cut out the kid's story about hunting the rabbit-things with magic crystals because that side-story was to hint at what actually happened during the clay tablets incident. The anime would have to show that scene completely differently to keep the viewer in the dark.
One thing the anime can't do is hide certain things in a visual medium. In the LN even what Myne looks like isn't revealed to the reader for ~2 books.
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@bunnyfufu said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:
There is also a major world building items the anime skipped. For example the magical plants and animals.
If they can be skipped, that means that they may not be that important for the author. In Q&A, she says that story line is the most important for her before world building and characters. World building and characters are just plots to tell the story and they are not her main focus. Of course, as the reader, we don't know what that story is so everything looks important to us.
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@justaidan i am waiting part 3 for that. in part 2 i dont think , we will learn about that. but its LN conversation , i shouldnt talk in here.
8 parts, 8 weeks to read a book, than binge read the same book within' 2 hours again.
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@justaidan said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:
In the LN even what Myne looks like isn't revealed to the reader for ~2 books.
What do you mean? Myne appeared on the cover of the first book.
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@shiny Myne is on the book cover but Myne's description doesn't show up until much further in. Myne sees herself in a mirror when clothes shopping with Benno and describes herself as with something like "a well proportioned face but with skin too pale to be called healthy". It's the first time an actual description of her occurs and Myne is a lot more ill and sickly looking from her constant fevers than then covers would have you believe.
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@lurkingmclurk Really looking forward to seeing
Oddly the first OVA is a spoiler to the english LN readers but it will probably be similar to the short stories that were written for the end of arc 1 that give a general state of play of all the main characters, set the stakes for arc 2 and give characters like Gunther's view on Myne.
For anime only watchers I would really recommend those short stories. Honestly all the side stories from other characters' perspectives are excellent and really drive home that each character has their own goals, opinions and aspirations.
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Man, those japanese have no mercy towards anime-only fans.
Already spoiling "trombe fruits" in 1st BD box.
I don't remember if we ever saw this room in anime. Maybe it's from the second half?
Have HP finally cleaned his mess of a room?
(Why don't images load when you open spoiler? Because of that I'm forced to insert them as previews with a link.)
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The forums do not let you put an image in a spoiler box, it just doesn't work.
I recommend putting a link to the image in a spoiler box
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@rahul-balaggan yeah, I changed it to preview inside a link to full size.
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@alexusman I suspect that second image isn't anywhere in the series. The bench reminds me of the merchant guild building, but the desk wouldn't belong there. The amount of clutter reminds me of the magical room for Ferdinand, along with the balances and other material. But I don't remember reading anywhere about that room having a window, so that's out as well. Suspect it's just a generic cluttered room that the artist labeled for AoaB since it's currently popular.
Morning and Mourning sound alike for good and sufficient reasons.
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@jcochran said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:
The amount of clutter reminds me of the magical room for Ferdinand, along with the balances and other material. But I don't remember reading anywhere about that room having a window, so that's out as well.
““E-Excuse me.” The moment I went inside and the door shut, a window appeared in the once-dark room and allowed a bright stream of light to pour inside. It was very sudden, as shutters had been opened very quickly.”
— Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 2 Volume 1 by Miya Kazuki
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@lurkingmclurk Ah. So I see.
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And just reread a bit of P2V1 and found Myne's first entry into the room there. And yes, windows are mentioned. Along with a black and white drawing of Myne sitting on the bench with a window to her right. Although the window style is different. The drawing in P2V1 has many small panes of glass with more muntins separating them than the drawing linked by @alexusman or in the manga linked by you.
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