• ludrolA
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    3 days ago

    The Only Thing I’d Do in a No-Boys-Allowed Game World - vol 1- first half was at least funny. Second half got somewhat serious with tragic backstories etc. etc. and any will to read has left me. MC is unlikabe, unhinged non-delusional character where the world treats him as a good guy. His is total asshat. Worldbuilding is uninteresting. Harem of heroines throws themsefs at MC without any interesting quirks differenting them. Not a fun novel, would not recommend.

    P.S. probably misogynic but I wouldn’t know

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    4 days ago

    Ascendance of a Bookworm - Part 3 - Volume 05

    I knew it was coming but it still got me.


    Reincarnated as a Sword - Volume 03 - Chapter 1-3 Now complete

    I am enjoying Volume 3 more than I did 1 and 2, I think it is because it’s got less drawn out fights. Fran making friends is the highlight so far.

    Some quotes:

    Bath Time With A Sword

    Reincarnated as a Sword - Vol.03 - Chapter 1

    Now, I know what you’re thinking. Even though I am currently a sword, I was still a man in my past life. Taking a bath with Fran would be the height of indecency.

    Aah, but I’m her guardian, you see. I’m well within my rights. Besides, I’m a sword! I can’t have sex even if I wanted to!


    Didn’t I say to make my abilities average - Volume 19

    I didn’t get to read it… No digital release!

    Nanos, please find a copy, transcribe it and send me an epub.

    When you first realise there’s no digital release

    When you have accepted it


    Side Note -

    Has anyone read Kikis Delivery Service?

    I watched it after a few years this weekend and realised there is a book series. The first book has been translated to English, but the others haven’t.

    Looking online it seems it’s often recommended for learning Japanese but I can only find French copies.

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      I knew it was coming but it still got me.

      Most elegant time-skip ever. Usually, they aren’t interwoven into the story itself.

      I didn’t get to read it… No digital release!

      Due to licensing or platform-specific content restrictions, not all books are available digitally.

      I haven’t seen that one before. Usually it’s the other way around.

      Has anyone read Kikis Delivery Service?

      Years and years ago. To my knowledge the other volumes have never been translated (at least not officially). The first book has the plot of the movie, so the other volumes would be new content.

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        4 days ago

        To my knowledge the other volumes have never been translated (at least not officially)

        Looks like only volume 1 was translated to English. I will stick the French or Japanese ones through machine translate when I get round to reading them.

        The first book has the plot of the movie, so the other volumes would be new content.

        Looking though the reviews the film is not a very true depiction of the book, so it may be all new content.

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    4 days ago

    The Angel Next Door Spoils me Rotten Vol. 5

    Well not like anything ever happens in this story. Just more undiluted sugar straight to the veins.

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      4 days ago

      At least their relationship goes somewhere. It’s more than I can say about most other romance novels I’ve read.

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        That is absolutely true and will likely be why this ends up being the one slow roll romance novel I don’t end up dropping. Too many others are just forever stuck in the relationship twilight zone where they’re a couple but not actually doing anything with it so the author needs a new source of drama every volume to keep readers from realizing that their relationship is not progressing at all.

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    Gaming week, so I’ve only read one.

    By the Grace of the Gods: Volume 15 - Two new and interesting characters and one pet get added to the roster. We might be done with the adventuring part for a while and starting to build something up again for the next volumes and looking forward to them.