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Popping in during catch-up. So many POVs, it’s like game of thrones. 3rd volume, so a pattern emerges: Ash will play Cupid or be instrumental in a pair coupling up, he will be nearly killed during a foolhardy feat of derringer do, one more girl falls in deep but unrequited love with Ash, and people will fall over themselves fawning over him. It sits pretty squarely in harry sue territory. It’d be great if even one person discovered something first even if by research. Or, people start specializing so that he’s not the font of all innovation. It’d be nice if Hermes actually was the subject matter expert on flight. Speaking of specialties, Maika is supposed to be our warrior to our pasty and spindly librarian, but Ash goes all action hero and takes out 5.5 assassins all by himself. George didn’t even get there to help him with the last 3.

I appreciate that the womenfolk are not fighting over Ash, although it’s a little River Song in as much as they are both not expecting the sunset to admire them back.

Ignoring his family duties is problematic to me. He needs to move them to the city or send more help than the occasional piece of equipment. He’s already noted a couple of times how rough and short life is in this world and especially in a farming village.

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Well, this one was quite the oddball in the romance genre. And I mean that with the utmost respect and as a good thing. I were expecting a shorter, condensed version of Otaku Girlfriend (also here in JNC) but this was totally beyond expectations.

The author stated in the "Afterword" he sort of give a shot to an idea he had and, he did, he got away with it. Long-story short, most of my time reading this was done with a stupid grin on my face at how the plot developed, along with the backtracking after a certain change in the POV. I were like "seriously?" in more than one instance, wondering where the inspiration came from.
Definitely recommended.

I read through it when it was on catch-up here a year or two ago. It did feel a bit like it was rehashing things or like the author was stretching to find new powers to give new girls in the middle... But it did have a satisfying ending arc, and I think it was worth the read in the end.

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Popping in on catchup, not reading the entire forum… Ash is reincarnated from a world with telepathy. What killed him? When he thinks about it it doesn’t seem like he died of old age… no one seems worried that Ash will become a werewolf himself despite being scratched and bitten. Not that kind of werewolf I guess. This volume goes full rashomon with 3 pov characters (and 1 extra single chapter pov). Arthur says a lot about agreeing with how Maika feels about Ash, multiple times before Maika fully declares love. Do they still agree? Also, are they actually trans or just a political refugee? Based on internal narration it seems like the latter. Wow, I thought soap was easier to make than that. Maika is going to seize power and then let Ash run roughshod over the whole county (province?), whee!

@myskaros never think about the website, but thankfully it was available again today. Thank you to whoever got stuck working this weekend.

The first part was somewhat of a struggle, but I'm really finding the story intriguing so far.

Hello,

Seems we have crossed that line into real world politics.

Rather then move the conversation I am just closing it here and now.

As always, please avoid going down the real world politics route on these forums.

Thank you

Popping in during catch-up (after being introduced to via the manga) and not reading the entire discussion. I like Maika's POV even if it just centres on Ash. I like Ash's constant revisions to his exposition to (?) us (it doesn't really seem like internal narration). I like that Maika starts doing similarly towards the end. Makes her seem less like just an appendage. Also, her more active resolution at the end is a welcome break from just unrequited pining.

Ash mentions that the world he is reincarnated from had healing nano-bots, so clearly not from modern Earth unless modern Japan is very good at keeping secrets. 8-)

Wonder if the demons that are occasionally mentioned come with magic and spells as well. So, light (period) urban fantasy with monsters or full sorcery and mythic beings fantasy? At least Maika is bringing the swords.

Hello, everyone! I hope you're all doing well. This is Kashi, the translator for this series. Following some internal discussions, we on the translation team will be making a few changes based on reader feedback, specifically relating to our decision to name an item "Ifrit." At the time of naming, the translation team hadn't been aware of an event that occurs involving this item that may have repercussions later on. As freelancers with multiple clients and projects, reading ahead in a story is rarely possible, so you can imagine our surprise when we found out about this event!

Anyway, said event was brought to our attention and discussions were had, and the following was decided - we will be changing "Ifrit" to "Zaien" in an effort to avoid issues later in the series. Additionally, "Juggernaut," a similar item that was named in a similar fashion, will be changed to "Hasai" in order to maintain consistency with naming conventions and characterization. We plan to stick to this style of naming as we go forward, so hopefully we don't run into situations like this again. Thank you so much for your feedback, we really appreciate it!

@Terabyte Yeah, that was great. They're all "We got one!", which had Phillip getting really emotional about their loss, and Edward is actually the voice of reason "Which one? Maybe the fox or doll? Shouldn't be the slime or spider..."

@Rahul-Balaggan from the pleasant surprises category, there's even more goodies than you said there were (you missed one). There is also this story:

Rinka Aiba’s As-of-Yet Unrequited Love

Which is right after "The Final Day of Yuna Momose's Unrequited Love".

@Rahul-Balaggan said in Yuri Tama: From Third Wheel to Trifecta Vol. 1 Discussion:

I Want a Part-Time Job!

It's a Koganezaki story! I'm glad we got some more of her.

These little vignettes were awesome, definitely worth the read. We even get to see a couple other girls at school becoming interested in Yotsuba, sort of. She probably is going to wind up with a full on harem eventually, isn't she?

"OMG, she knows my name!"

@TheWickerMan The king seems like the kind of guy who wouldn't discard a potential asset. Send him on a suicide mission at the worst, but not outright execution. That would be a waste.

@Geezer-Weasalopes said in The Extraordinary, the Ordinary, and SOAP! Vol. 3 Discussion:

@heimdal7 said in The Extraordinary, the Ordinary, and SOAP! Vol. 3 Discussion:

Did this series have a conclusive ending or was it a basically open ending or rushed end? For instance such as the author was told they get no new volumes or other reasons they stopped writing?

I've already been burned three times with those kind of endings.

Looking at your post, I'm going for a different take than the other's who've responded.

They seem to be thinking that you've read the trilogy and are wondering if that's all they wrote, as it were. I think you haven't even started reading it, and are checking in advance to make sure the 'ending' won't just be more of the same in regard to being frustrating due to not having a proper resolution. And the responses you get will influence whether you do read it.

It has a proper resolution.
I haven't reread the series (yet), but I remember enjoying it as it came out, and being satisfied with the ending.
Reading it is a positive memory; nothing about it would prevent me from considering reading it again.

Ya you are correct. Two j novel series I've read got left on unfinished cliffhangers with one being left full of all kinds of unanswered mysteries that were about to be gone into. Another had three volumes but the third and final volume was rushed and a big downgrade in quality of the story plus the ending was such a disappointment that I think the majority views it in a very negative light and that it ruins the series.

I've read the first volume of Soap a good while back and just never got around to the others not knowing it was only three volumes. I just don't want to invest the time or money again in another series that would end up as the previous mentioned ones.

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@DeuzVolt new volume just dropped.

@AliceCheshire said in Tearmoon Empire Vol. 8 Discussion!:

all three of those volumes have released in Japan since the start of the year.

and at the same year that he must have been swamped with work having to be available for the anime studio.
dude what a workhorse.

Final volume of the original Fujimi Shobo (1994-2003) series, although TO BOOKS did later take over the franchise and began the sequel in 2011 (which they released volume 12 of in 2021).