What's so frustrating is that I cannot find any info on a second volume. Just had a look and can’t see a second volume on Japanese Amazon or Japanese Kadokawa but the original was release 17th Feb 2023. Bad omen or do they know something we don’t? Surely they can get our hopes up and leave us?

Both sound good to me. Especially Who Killed the Hero? sounds like something fresh.

So far it’s been interesting but not quiet on Average Abilities level. But that might be because not a lot has happened apart from being in the Demon Kings castle. Hopefully now she is escaping it will pick up more. But Mile defiantly has Mile qualities.

Lots of stuff for me. By the Grace of Gods, Dahlia in Bloom Side Stories, 8k Gold, Lia Niston, and after gods knows how long, a new Skeleton Knight. I thought that series was dead. (edit: take this date with a grain of salt. The publisher doesn't even have volume 11 on their website, and amazon has volume 12 listed for December)

Hello Bookworm! I looked it up, and the Library in Alexandria — which just so happens to be the greatest in all of Yurgenschmidt, nay... even the entire world — has the following entries: The Blessing of Liefe: Leave This Magical Letdown Alone! by J-Novel Club: ️ Vol. 1, 2 They Don't Know I'm Too Young for the Adventurer's Guild by J-Novel Club: ️ Vol. 1, 2 Welcome to Monstrous Miss Sophie's Enchanted Salon of Healing by Cross Infinite World: ️ Vol. 1, 2 Welcome to Olivia's Magic Jewelers by Cross Infinite World: ️ Vol. 1, 2 Management of a Novice Alchemist by J-Novel Club: ️ Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

To be fair, there might be more the Vending machine story in the form of the web novel. I'm only familiar with the two published volumes and the content from them should be exhausted in only a few episodes.

Have you seen this perfect specimen? He needs his beauty sleep!

Making Magic: The Sweet Life of a Witch Who Knows an Infinite MP Loophole 100% if you want a cute fluffy story you want making magic. Reasons to read: Short chapters for easy pickup and put down. Each volume is a complete arc so no worrying about forgetting parts. Teto & Chise Each volume ends with them revisiting the place X hundred years later and reminiscing.

read the new releaseof bookworm (hannelore year 5, vol1) , here's my thoughts: LETS GO HANNELORE!!!!

Secrets of the silent witch -Another-

Something I've been thinking about the entire week since finishing Expedition 33 (the video game). I have something of an obsession with the antagonist's motivations. It's what triggers me the most when reading/watching/playing something, and the villain is just evil for no other reason than to be something for the hero to fight against. To me, the motivations of the antagonist are more important than why the hero steps up to fight against them. After all, in almost every story, it's the big baddy that dictates the actions of the hero and starts the plot to begin with. Just look at how many main characters in this space are just bank self-inserts without any personality and the story works regardless. For me, a perfect villain is someone who has a clear and understandable motivation for their actions. Someone who follows their own path and isn't just there to push the plot in this or that direction. Someone who is written to act with their own knowledge base in mind and who isn't somehow omniscient. That's what I consider the minimum for a good villain. A great villain would be someone who I can say is not wrong, just coming to the wrong conclusions or taking the wrong steps to reach their goal. And a perfect villain would be someone who flips me and brings me completely over to their side. I haven't seen any such "perfect villain" in a light novel, but I haven't lost hope yet. The antagonist of Expedition 33 was the example of a perfect villain that made me think about this topic for the last week and Prince Nuada from Hellboy 2 was another one I could come up with. [META] This was the last Midweek Discussion topic I had prepared. If someone has some more ideas, please send me a DM. Otherwise I might just let them rest and then loop around from the beginning after a while. Or use whatever I can think of at that given day.