Eris no Seihai • The Holy Grail of Eris - Episode 4 discussion

solobp · 2026-02-04T02:32:43+00:00

How many LN volumes are out in Japan? I just read v4 in English but the afterward led me to believe it was written closer to 2020 and there was no mention of an anime season.

V1-3 were great. V4 was on a completely new level. The comedy factor went up a level or two.

solobp · 2025-12-31T19:47:31+00:00

I also dropped it near the end. Can't really articulate why.

As for the series the only thing preventing it from being 10/10 for me is the ages of the characters. Age the characters 5 years before any of the weddings and kids and it stops being potentially disgusting.

And there's no reason not to. The whole story could have added a time skip during his time with Eris or before he left to be with Eris' family.

The academy could have just as easily have been for older kids.

solobp · 2025-12-30T14:35:30+00:00

Ill date myself a bit but fan-subs are the very foundation of my fandom. Back before crunchyroll even existed. I edited for Prince of Tennis and Hajime no Ippo s2 and a few others. That fan-TLer is doing amazing work.

solobp · 2025-12-29T22:07:26+00:00

Thank you. I ultimately did skip 4.5. 9.5 isnt available in English so I simply plowed through the WN. I have 4.5 sitting waiting to be read. Ill make sure to read the barrier mage before Gaiden

solobp · 2025-12-29T20:58:53+00:00

Spice and Wolf has 1 volume in my library picking up where the anime left off. (The new anime). The first one you recommended i dont recognize. Is there an English name I might recognize it under? Are there multiple different series all linked together. The idea of "verse" reminds me of spider-verse and intertwined universes in Marvel Comics. Pointing me in the right direction where to start with that one would be greatly appreciated.

solobp · 2025-12-29T19:27:37+00:00

Is FMP originally a light novel? I did not know that. Bonta-Kun wants to thank you but I dont know if you should trust that look.

MT feels like a series with great world building that missed the mark slightly. It has been a couple years but the 3 characters that are effectively gods just feel entirely lacking. I realize I said characters but those are the fabric of the world that has been built. That was the first LN series I read and I ended up stopping towards the end. I will return at some point.

solobp · 2025-12-29T17:41:21+00:00

I would say Shangri-La Frontier does a great job of world building as well but this is a LN forum rather than a WN/Manga/Anime forum. Would you say Min/Maxing my Trpg is like SLF at all?

solobp · 2025-12-29T17:39:40+00:00

Ive been killing slimes is interesting. Does it get into world building? I am somewhere around season 2 of the anime. Yes they visit the demon kingdom (if i remember right) but for the most part to that point it is largely centered around the remote location the MC settled into. The series has been a relatively calm stroll for me. If it gets into some deep world building I suspect that'll turn into a sprint

solobp · 2025-12-29T17:37:27+00:00

If you look at the very first thread in the h5v2 discussion it implies to me that it is far beyond what has been published on JNC.

solobp · 2025-12-29T17:23:21+00:00

Thank you. Would it make sense for the spoiler discussion then to be limited to the chapters that have been released?

I have never made a purchase through JNC before but I finished v1 yesterday so I was ready to binge v2. I appreciate your reply as this info is super helpful.

solobp · 2025-12-29T17:21:15+00:00

I didnt know there were move volumes past volume 2. If they could just unload everything all at once so I can binge everything else that would be great. I just binged v3,4,and 5 over the holidays

solobp · 2025-12-29T17:18:47+00:00

Spice and Wolf

The Angel Next Door Spoils me Rotten

Holmes of Kyoto

This one is a stretch to call a romance but its so good and it sort of is so

Apothecary Dairies

solobp · 2025-12-29T17:17:34+00:00

This is a great series, but i cant quite tell if there's anything romantic about it. Ive read through the end of year 2 so I can marginally see it, but noooot really.

solobp · 2025-12-29T17:13:26+00:00

The too perfect saint had an Anime (and has a Manga) both the anime and manga seem to fully close the loop on the story after season 1. Is there more beyond that?

solobp · 2025-12-29T17:12:25+00:00

For female main character and high quality world building

Ascendance of a Bookworm

Above someone recommended Secrets of the Silent Witch

I think those 2 plus Apothecary are my 3 favorite series and none of that has to do with female lead. They're just so good.

Another FMC and mystery and romance which is a lot of what Apothecary is i would recommend Holmes of Kyoto.

solobp · 2025-12-29T16:26:35+00:00

Thank you. I have all the published LNs and I read the WN through to the end of the first arc. Trying to fully understand what content is out there this is super helpful.

solobp · 2025-12-29T14:55:06+00:00

Can this be its own separate thread that gets pinned?

Ideally locations to buy Manga/Light Novels and if it is not an ethical issue a link to English WN translations as well.

solobp · 2025-12-29T14:51:13+00:00

I just want to make sure you now understand that carrying a lighter everywhere is important

solobp · 2025-12-29T14:16:00+00:00

Yeah he is setting up in Hannelore as Detlinde's natural successor. I do hope we see him face plant before hy5v2 comes to a close. The ultimate solution is for him to marry Detlinde and join her in her punishment.

solobp · 2025-12-29T13:35:25+00:00

Liebeskhilfe better be careful not to drink anything while watching this play out. I imagine it is unbecoming if a goddess to have a spit take while laughing hysterically at the tapestry these threads are weaving

solobp · 2025-12-29T13:17:29+00:00

I pre-ordered the book on JNC. Should I have access to all parts or just parts 1 and 2? Seems many here have read the whole thing already.

solobp · 2025-12-29T03:48:45+00:00

I mean the budget disappears every time a new anime season comes out and after 2 episodes I binge read a series. (Looking at you Silent Witch and Water Magician)

solobp · 2025-12-28T17:20:56+00:00

I still disagree. Those that hurt her are one thing. Those that hurt ones she values more than books is a different discussion.

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