It is kinda silly, I think a drop box (since it only accepts 1 to 10) might be a better UI element there :P.

@trompi80 Every month, 2 series go on catch up, and members can read certain titles from the very beginning. For the month of July, Realist Hero and Grimgar, 2 of J-Novel’s top-selling and highest rated titles, can be read from the very beginning. I suggest checking out those while you have the chance.

@terrence you bringing that up made me picture a time skip where Theo is a retired old codger slurping an ale and patting Vint while his kids are running the place when Dale and Latina come to visit.

https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/534/expiring-volumes?page=1
Expired on May 15.

So Haru has at least 3 girls who want him enough to want to claim him / claim him over other girls now. This guy is lucky.

Of course, he barely knows or cares for two of them, so.

Yume's solo action scene reminded me of Potato Girl in Titan getting a scene like that. I mean, she's not 100% comic relief, she had factored into battles, but still, no meows / Nyans in that serious scene iirc.

Shihoru's dark... what are its limitations? If the string she's holding on Dark is cut / let go, how long does it take to get him back out?

So, this goes offline in the early morning hours tomorrow, right? Hmm. I wonder if I can get through it before then...

I'm up through part 4 volume 1. I do like that they address my questions as they come up in this book (a skeleton has no muscles, so shouldn't his limb movements be bad? The answer was yes, very sluggish to start).

Edit: I'm on the last part.

Are you guys on the Lorraine Train or do you ship someone else?

@myskaros said in WTF kind of scam is this?:

I feel like the first question in the FAQ needs to be "Is this like Netflix or Crunchyroll but for light novels?!" with an emphatic "NO!"

I thought JNC was just that for a long time. Was quite disappointed to learn that it was otherwise, and further more disappointed to learn that from reddit rather than the official site. FAQ really needs that question imho.

I got my membership fully knowing how the site worked, so no regrets on that part, well worth it for me. But I can see where misunderstandings could occur where it shouldn't.

Well just finished reading this one... It's certainly not as wacky as the 1st book, and a lot more of a serious tone in the book, though there are some elements that still exist in the same format.

That isn't to say that it's worse or better, it's just different.

I still really enjoyed the story and I'm looking forward to new things in book 3! 😊

@terabyte Thanks for the link. What a mess. I think I can see where all sides of this mess are coming from and I have not had enough time to think it through. Unfortunately like most Americans I have only limited knowledge of the Sino Japanese war and Nanking both of which I have read of or seen mentioned but basically no information beyond the bare fact that both happened. Too bad something like this blowup had to happen I was enjoying the series and the characters up to this point Loli God was hilarious

Too bad, especially since the first two volumes didn't seem to me particularly controversial.

@paul-nebeling The viewing party was there, albeit shorter and with less details about the film. It just went straight to how embarrassing it all was for the empress. XD

Aaah, after reading the afterword, now it's obvious that this was meant to be a Minori volume. Aww man. Of course the color illustration isn't included in the prepub!

@darkrad Isn't she control AI No. 1? In one of the bonus stories (I think in vol 1) they mention that #1 wrote an article about the Dendro Diet where girls can eat all they want in Dendrogram and not gain wait, and that AI had the initial of "A".

@paul-nebeling back off, she's mine!!

Edit: 3p7 get to go one!/get to go to one!

I had a lot of fun with this volume. The whole series is tonally all over the place but somehow at this stage it really works. One minute it’s slice of life, then gory action then goofy hijinks all with a side order of cynical OP. I wouldn’t want every Light Novel to be like this but I’m really happy this one is.

Just read this and liked it way more than expected. It’s more grounded and that last battle scene with multiple perspectives was great. Looking forward to volume 2 being published.

Sorry I’m late, but I just finished this one and really enjoyed it.
The preview doesn’t seem to include the title image, but the other volumes’ previews do.

@paul-nebeling said in Bluesteel Blasphemer Vol. 4 Discussion:

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Glasses was totally

How bad I am with names:
Glasses girl's name was Asa I think? Church servant girl / sacrificial lamb had a Swedish name iirc (like Helga or Hilda?)? The rest I don't recall at all. xC

Really looking forward to when the LN passes the anime.

So this marks the end of everything I knew about Grimgar from impressions before JNC got the series (I knew