downvoted. My hand moved on it's own for some reason. Sorry (not).
you will be reincarnated as a … shumil
Perfect. I'll infiltrate the royal academy and will be pampered by the entire female student body.
I think I'll go with Bookworm.
- finished. I wouldn't want to die on a cliffhanger.
- I love the series enough that the PSD (post series depression) would put me in the mood to say to the warden "yeah, okay. You can zap me now".
- why not go out on a high note?
- one of the better worlds to isekai into. Knocking on wood that I'll be a noble.
I am pretty sure you picked it up before and dropped it.
I did not have it, so I think someone just said something about it and I didn't give it a chance. Probably something about how timid MC was.
(I am sure you are much farther in the story that I am), but he is mostly a self-proclaimed cool guy
I'm almost through volume 4 now, and sadly, him asking for praise is absent in the later volumes. Would have been a funny running gag. But there was a moment when he got angry and showed his claws, which was in all honesty "cool". "Wise man fear the anger of a gentle ~~man~~ cat" and all that.
Ascendance of a Bookworm: Hannelore’s Fifth Year at the Royal Academy - WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IKZ!!!!
<Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World Volume 10> - Another series that fell off quality-wise. There has been a shift towards something like "Marvel MCU Banter" but if feels extremely forced and overused. In this volume, there is about 90% of just this. The group of characters is trying to be funny but isn't. And it's running in circles, repeating the same supposedly funny joke again and again. 5/10
<Secrets of the Silent Witch, Vol. 1> - I needed to know why Nero is a cool guy, so I had to pick up the series. Little Magical Rainman's story is structured like a mystery story and had me guessing the culprit the entire time. It's the teacher. No, it's the haughty, evil queen bee. Or maybe that one student council secretary... and so on. It got a bit more predictable towards the en,d so there was no big reveal "NO WAY!?!" moment, but still very entertaining. 6/10 (score is for all volumes I read this week combined.)
Secrets of the Silent Witch, Vol. 2 - I expected the series to follow a different format with Monica doing different things every volume, so I was surprised to see her still in the school setting. But after that initial confusion, I have now become wise in the ways of the Matsuri Isora. And as proof of this, I have identified the ultimate baddie of this volume from the very beginning. I am also beginning to see why Nero is so cool.
Secrets of the Silent Witch, Vol. 3 - I'm not a fan of bullying stories, and half of this volume is exactly that. And I really don't think the series needed that forced pity trope to stand on its own. It can perfectly function without trying to make the reader feel extra sorry for MC. And then the bully just inexplicably turns 180 after an event and is now not a bully anymore, like a switch. I hated that especially. In the end, it was used as a point of character development so I see why the author might have pushed this so hard, but I still disliked reading it. Anyway, at least the second half was entertaining.
Just a quick reminder: this is a anime about cameras. Just like Grand Blue was about diving.
I can understand the curry craving making you do insane trips. Been there, done that. Here where I live there was a short period of time where Dominos tried to get a foothold and during the 2 or so years they were here I ate nearly every day their special brand of garlic bread sticks. Even though we most of the time got something else to eat we also grabbed the bread sticks from Dominos. Fast forward a decade or so and a friend and I are glazing the hell out of Dominos bread sticks to my then-fiance who didn't understand the glory of those masterpieces of culinary art. So we googled the nearest Dominos chain and it turns out there is one the next country over. Not "county". "Country". So we filled up the car and drove for hours just to get those bread sticks. And as it turns out not every Dominos chain restaurant does the bread sticks the same. They weren't even sticks to begin with at that place and tasted terrible and should burn in hell!
If you grab a physical light novel you probably didn't know that it was printed in the country of "Bookland". At least when you believe the EAN Code printed on it. That the barcode on the back of practically everything you buy.
The first 3 numbers on any EAN code declare the country of origin. the US for example has 001-139. the UK has 500–509, Germany has 400-440, and Japan has 490–499. And the country of "Bookland" has the numbers 978 and 979. So if you grab one of your light novels (or any book really) and check the EAN code you'll see that your book was printed it Bookland as well.
Wouldn't it be wonderful to be a citizen of Bookland?
That's interesting. (ha-ha, that's the title!)
I've read a lot of afterwords talking about the differences between the web and light novels, but I don't remember anyone talking about the differences writing them. I would imagine for light novels the editor would somewhat play the role a the readers would have in the web version.
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Yankee & Carameliser
Creator: Chiuko Umeshibu
Summary
Take one influencer and one bad boy extraordinaire, whisk in a sprinkling of sweets, a scoop of social media, and you get...? Maki and Akito's love story, hot out of the oven! After all, even though Maki might have a bit of a bad rep, the guy must be just as gooey on the inside as the glorious goodies he posts all over social media. So when Akito gets a taste of how dangerously delicious his desserts are, he can't help wanting a taste of the man himself...
Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!? (Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa inai!?)
Creators: Norishiro-chan (story), Sakana Uozumi (art)
Summary
Meet Takuya Seo, an otaku who sits behind the popular gals in class, Ijichi and Amane. Since they're people from different “castes,” you wouldn't expect them to have much in common. But when their worlds collide over a borrowed eraser, Takuya slips up about his favorite anime, and Amane...is rather quick to correct him. She says she's not a fan, but her familiarity with the series suggests otherwise. Could she be...a fellow geek?!
Magical Midlifer (Mahō Chūnen) Creators: Maki (story), Nemumi Haiba (art)
Summary
Magical girls—guardians of the people, vanquishers of witches, and defenders of the innocent, all while putting smiles on the faces of children in a flashy spectacle of mass-marketable entertainment. However, things aren't always so family friendly behind the scenes! When the villains get too gruesome for Saturday morning cartoons, these youthful protectors are, in turn, protected by...grizzled middle-aged men? They may be a bunch of old farts, but these geezers have one job: to use their wealth of experience (and some kick-ass magic) to support the mystical maidens from the shadows!
D.N.Angel New Edition
Creator: Yukiru Sugisaki
Summary
He was an ordinary boy. Seriously, Daisuke Niwa cannot stress it enough—he was just a regular guy with a normal crush on one of the pretty girls at his middle school, end of story. If only that were the case... Instead, he's stuck body-swapping with a daring phantom thief every time he sees the object of his affections, and his totally average life has been turned upside down by the people chasing after him in some crazy game of cat-and-mouse!
Monster-Colored Island (Kaijū-iro no Shima)
Creator: Mitsuru Hattori
Summary
Middle school student Kon Chigawa has never left the small island she was born on, nor does she expect to. Shunned by her classmates, Kon's always alone, and she hasn't ever been in love, either. That is, until she encounters the city girl Furuka on a cliff—and ends up resuscitating her after they fall into the ocean! Upon waking, the two mysteriously find themselves in front of a cave said to house monsters, a place Kon often spends time by. And with that, strange occurrences begin to happen on the island...
The Maid is a Vampire (Maid-san wa Kyūketsuki)
Creator: Yasushige
Summary
Fifteen-year-old Alfred Sainoji, the heir to the prestigious Sainoji family, spends his days becoming the perfect gentleman. His only solace from the strict lifestyle his family expects of him is his maid, Magly. However, this cool and collected maid has a secret—not only is she a vampire, she's a naughty vampire.
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Home Alone (Seishun Buta Yarō wa Orusuban Imōto no Yume o Minai)
Creators: Hajime Kamoshida (story), Tsukako Akina (art), Keji Mizoguchi (character design)
Summary
The manga adaptation of the ever-popular Rascal series is back with another installment! Sakuta's shut-in sister, Kaede, has been content always being at home after the bullying incident that put her there. Plus, that's where her favorite onii-chan is! Yet, slowly but surely, Kaede's feelings are beginning to change as she looks to the world beyond the four walls of her home
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Lira and the Winds of War novel
Creator: Sayuri Ueda
Summary
Lira, a Polish girl who lost her parents during the Great War, now lives in a mansion with an immortal being known only as the Count. After witnessing the tragedies occurring across Europe along with Joerg, a German soldier who serves as her guard,she resolves to use the Count's powers in a desperate bid to protect her homeland. Meanwhile, Joerg must make a choice of his own, with the fate of mankind hanging in the balance. Conflict after conflict, humanity's history and deeds are filled with an endearing foolishness.
Divine Incursion (Ryōkai Shinpan) novel
Creators: Oumi Kifuru (story), syo5 (art)
Summary
In this world, there exist divine beings beyond mortal comprehension. They scoff at the binary of good and evil. Some cast their own flesh down to the earth, others encroach upon the sanctity of dreams, and yet others warp the very fabric of reality. These beings threaten peace across Japan, and humans are completely at their mercy. Agent Katakishi and his junior partner Miyagi belong to a secret government organization tasked with investigating these incidents. But even as they work to oppose these deities and the dangerous humans who worship them, Katakishi has a personal mission to pursue: He wants to track down the whereabouts of his missing wife, even if it forces him to confront a terrible truth...
Bone Ash novel
Creator: Tow Ubukata
Summary
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga is an investor relations manager at a large development firm that's currently in the process of constructing a new high-rise building. After claims surface online of fires breaking out, illness spreading, and human bones unearthed at the site, he ventures there himself to find out whether there's any truth to the rumors. During his search, he detects an eerie dryness and the distinct smell of a person burned completely to ash, bones and all. Eventually, Mitsuhiro stumbles across a mysterious ritual space with a huge hole not on any blueprints—and inside it, a man in chains. Mitsuhiro flees aboveground in a panic, only to quickly learn it is but a taste of the terror that has begun to plague him and his family!
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I Want to Be a Saint, But I Can Only Use Attack Magic!
Creators: Fuyu Aoki (story), Bodax (art) Release Date: June 30 (digital), physical version at later date
Synopsis
“You're always alone.” From the bottom of her heart, Yuffie Abisus desperately wants to be a saint for one reason only—so no one will ever say those aggravating words to her again. Fortunately for her, she's been blessed with an extraordinary supply of mana despite being a commoner. Determined to succeed in her mission to become a saint and have everyone fawn over her, she enrolls in the Academy of Magic where she's sure to free herself from her gloomy life. However, Yuffie has a secret. For whatever reason, she can only use attack magic, which itself falls strictly in the domain of men. Meaning she's incapable of utilizing healing magic, women's magic. Maybe that's why she ends up being labeled a second-rate student and isolated from the rest of her cohort from day one.
So begins the tale of a girl who's a smidge socially inept, disheartened by her struggle to make even a single friend, and once more mired in the drudgery of a loner life. A girl who, in spite of the challenges she faces, pushes herself ever onward to achieving her goal of sainthood!
Welcome to Monstrous Miss Sophie's Enchanted Salon of Healing
Creators: Sachi Konzome (story), Harenochihareta (art) Release Date: May 31 (digital)
Synopsis
Meet Sophie Olzon, the only daughter of a wealthy merchant family, cursed from birth with a mysterious skin condition. With her rough, bark-like appearance, Sophie has been cruelly nicknamed “The Monstrous Miss” by her peers and bullied relentlessly at school until she could bear no more. Forced into isolation, she retreats to her family estate and dedicates herself to mastering her peculiarly weak brand of magic that can only heal surface wounds.
One fateful day, when Sophie nearly succumbs to the weight of her condition, a forgotten truth hits her—she once lived a life as a single mother in modern-day Japan! With renewed purpose, the Monstrous Miss opens her heart and doors to those seeking her unique brand of healing.
The Hired Heroine Wants the Villainess to Gloat
Creators: Hanami Nishine (story), Rin Hagiwara (art) Release Date: July 31 (digital), physical at later date
Synopsis
One day, a white cat who calls himself the messenger of a god comes to scout Nina Scaglione for a certain role. The prince, whose heart she's meant to capture only to be thrown aside by him, is obsessed with farming. The villainess, who's meant to gloat over the heroine's failure, is a seemingly perfect noble girl with hidden flaws—one of them being an inability to effectively carry out a plan. Once Nina takes on her role as heroine, she encounters another character: a handsome boy with silver-white hair.
Nina must work hard to make sure the villainess gets a satisfying triumph or she won't get her payment, but can she pull it off?
Welcome to Olivia's Magic Jewelers
Creators: Rinrin Yuki (story), Suzaku (art) Release Date: May 31 (digital)
Synopsis
After coming home one day after working herself ragged, Olivia finds her engagement called off by her fiancé. What's more, her adoptive sister claims Olivia's jewelry designs as her own while Olivia's adoptive family chases her out of her own home and store. Having lost everything, she tightly grips a letter of introduction her late father wrote and heads to the capital, all alone. There, she works hard and manages to start her own shop.
This is the story of a girl who hits rock bottom then climbs her way back to happiness through her own hard work, showing the people who took everything from her that she can't be kept down.
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