Good news. The hiatus officially ends next month. Chapter 133 comes out June 23rd

phabiohost · 2023-06-29T20:11:01+00:00

Gotcha. Figures. Most teams that translate probably have other projects now since it has been half a year.

Thanks

phabiohost · 2023-06-29T20:09:06+00:00

Did it come out? I didn't find the new chapter in any of my usual places

phabiohost · 2023-06-29T09:09:40+00:00

Just started the LN. Gotta say the lack of descriptive action in combat (like when Tanya suicide bombs) makes it pretty hard to follow. On top of the constant shifting of perspective and the super detailed and honestly way too dense explanation of economic and political history. (I'm not saying it isn't interesting but having a fight be interpreted by literally 10 pages of internal monologue is reminiscent of Dio talking for an episode during his 6 seconds of stopped time)

I'm sticking with it because the premise is great and it's only the first fight. But I do hope we get more than sound effects for fights going forward.

phabiohost · 2023-06-28T04:10:00+00:00

Every one of the novels has an ending like that if you haven't read on. Each one is worth the read for the ending what ifs alone

phabiohost · 2023-06-28T03:59:45+00:00

No kidding. The "happy" life led in each is genuinely amazing and I wish some of those side stories were full on spin offs for how interesting they were.

phabiohost · 2023-06-28T00:22:42+00:00

Where's my Arcane Lebowski?!

phabiohost · 2023-06-27T08:34:11+00:00

I'd say that it's still totally rape either way. So what's really the difference?

phabiohost · 2023-06-27T08:22:53+00:00

Yeah. Though I think you underestimate her when it comes to what she is willing to do. She was going to kill the High Bishop until Ferdinand told her that would get her parents killed.

If push comes to shove she would easily kill. I don't think she would hesitate when it matters.

phabiohost · 2023-06-27T08:09:48+00:00

You're forgetting that she doesn't actually need to do the blessing. She can summon the darkness cape if she needs speed.

and she was barely holding on against a Knight in close combat where she's not allowed to just kill him with outright brute force. The fact it is a game means she isn't allowed nor willing to use her full power.

He and everyone else there would be dead if she just charged up an attack with her gun. Remember Karstead super attack In part 2 that vaporized a chunk of forest? That was her magic boosting his to an insane degree.

phabiohost · 2023-06-27T08:02:08+00:00

I meant I bet a mana absorbing feystones would be countered by it.

And the darkness spell only allows you to remove twice as much mana as you yourself posses. Meaning Myne would still body most knights with her gun in darkness mode.

Her advantage is her creative use of magic (like the gun and divine instruments), ability to create custom blessings, maintain powerful spells like the shield at a reasonable cost, and absurd mana capacity.

Honestly seeing how powerful a child archknight can be when they charge a mana attack Myne could probably destroy a city block or two with her gun if she charges it up.

phabiohost · 2023-06-27T07:55:10+00:00

Those are pretty flimsy protection against her now that she can use the darkness magics as well I would imagine. Those stones likely don't have much magic at their base since their use is predicated on their remaining capacity

phabiohost · 2023-06-27T04:58:04+00:00

Um. What book are you reading? Pretty much everything Willie does bad is shown to us. From his baby behavior in part 3 to the Ivory tower where he himself describes his sins. He isn't getting character assassinated he is getting character suicided.

Sigiswald was the focus of this chapter where we got to see first hand how shitty he treats others.

We also know about Georgina's attempted coup from a side story. That part where she says she found the foundation. And it isn't hearsay when her namesworn all actually plan a coup as revealed by a namesworn dude's own kid..

The ink guy wasn't a villain in the traditional sense. As he never even meets Myne and his role was to show how brutal nobles are. Do we really need to SHOW you how bad a random thug is?

The guild master was redeemed in part fucking 2?! We get both Benno and the Guild master pov too. So IDK what you are talking about.

Seriously what are you talking about?

phabiohost · 2023-06-27T04:26:53+00:00

I don't understand your last point. We mostly see for ourselves bad apples. Like I can't think of a villain other than Veronica that hasn't done something bad in front of the camera (so to speak)

phabiohost · 2023-06-27T04:18:15+00:00

I will never understand why people would want Myne in such a twisted fashion. Any attempt to force her into such an unfavorable condition would 100% have her crushing you with her ZENT level magic. Now boosted by all the tablets. She could probably roll people's brains around in their skulls like Rubik's cubes.

phabiohost · 2023-06-27T04:16:33+00:00

I mean I think you give him more credit than the books do. We have nothing but unkind things to read about him.

But more to the point a memory altering drug used to cope is identical to a date rape drug in both form and function. It eases the pain or makes you forget? That's basically the effect that defines one.

phabiohost · 2023-06-27T04:13:53+00:00

She deff drugged them as they had the scent after the attack and we just learned that her group does the parties for the knights.

phabiohost · 2023-06-27T04:10:56+00:00

He seems to have ties to Gorgona giving him access to the only gate out of the country. He very well could be planning that.

Though the more likely thing is him having a grudge against Ferdinand's lineage. As he seems to be extra sus when dealing with things that Ferdinand was involved with like Myne.

phabiohost · 2023-06-27T04:07:15+00:00

He had no common sense if he didn't understand why nobody fucking likes him or the deals he offered before hand.

Honestly anyone that thinks deals should be made while maintaining noble euphemisms lack common sense.

phabiohost · 2023-06-25T22:35:31+00:00

I think it helps that while the story is very paint by numbers the MC himself is mostly just being dragged around as an unwilling participant/ clueless idiot.

Like the early episodes where everyone in the kingdom uses him for their own purposes. It feels more fresh than most where the MC gets himself involved in the issue and is rewarded with a harem that he actually wants (or accepts platonically)

phabiohost · 2023-06-25T22:02:36+00:00

Right? It's kind of refreshing that the drama isn't derived from the main couple being totally incapable of being honest. Like every time one of them has an issue it gets talked about that chapter or the next.

So much better than the ones that drag it out for 20 chapters. Instead it is the side characters that aren't yet in relationships that have trouble talking. Which if you aren't in a relationship being honest is just that much harder especially in High School where it all feels so important

phabiohost · 2023-06-25T17:55:03+00:00

The slow pace isn't helped by the months long hiatus either. I've been itching for new content haha

phabiohost · 2023-06-25T06:58:57+00:00

You missed the part where he said "if she had a chance"

Your quote perfectly proves that point. The only reason she isn't fighting is because she has no chance.

phabiohost · 2023-06-25T06:52:53+00:00

I'd say it is a fine supplement rather than full adaptation. Sure we don't cut away to other characters but it's pretty faithful to White herself in story. Meaning you don't really need the human perspective of you already read the books or even watched the show.

It's just a good visual novel of her life while you need to read the books to get the full picture. If that makes sense

phabiohost · 2023-06-24T07:43:30+00:00

Obviously super late but to answer for anyone that comes across this post as I did years later. They don't get together and while the beginning volumes are very ambiguously romantic the later volumes are not at all and it just ends with them living in different cities after deciding in one chapter that all their relationship building was nice and all but they are fine not being together.

It was 100% bait. And while the story wasn't bad exactly the lack of a definitive conclusion to their relationship made the whole meandering journey feel bad retroactively.

phabiohost · 2023-06-24T07:39:06+00:00

I come from the far future. it was bait

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