<Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World> Vol. 1 - Had deja vu since the prologue and turns out this is the LN of the 2023 anime “The Aristocrat’s Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far”. I dropped the LN once I realised it’s the same because I didn’t really enjoy the anime.
<Secrets of the Silent Witch> Vol. 7 - I really love how the series has a main plot that is steadily continuing forward without falling into the LN trap of just idling to fill as many volumes as possible. This feels a lot like Bookworm in that regard. And not just because there is a main plot, but also in the way it feels like it’s well thought out in advance and not just what the author comes up with in the moment. It’s also a good one that keeps me wondering what might happen next. And speaking of the overall plot, in this volume, the picture just became a lot clearer.
<Heir to a Monstermancer> Volume 1 - Male MC is unnecessarily prickly towards female MC up to the point where it’s actually annoying and off-putting. He fights a monster in the woods, gets almost killed, and she saves him, reattaches his arm, and all he does is verbally attack her every chance he gets because she’s too beautiful for him to cope. Like a little kid in Kindergarten who pulls on the hair of the girl he likes. It’s not behaviour I want to read about from a fully grown adventurer. The second chapter is great, though. I think it was that chapter that made it win an award, and the reason it was picked up for publication. So if anyone gives the series a read, wait until you finish the second chapter before making a judgment.
<The Wicked Princess and The Twelve Eyes: The Legendary Villainess and Her Elite Assassins> - Okay, let’s play through my thoughts during the first page:
“SERENA ROSENBERG, I HEREBY BREAK OFF MY engagement with you!” a loud voice boomed. The Rosewood Academy’s graduation party, a grand and festive affair, was also a means for the royals and nobles enrolled at the school to make their societal debuts. I was in attendance when Crown Prince Edward declared that he would be breaking off our engagement.”
Oh God, another one of those… I think I’ve read a hundred of the same novels by now.
Half a page later:
“The king cast judgment upon me, and I was sentenced to death. My harsh sentence was due to the overexaggeration of the little pranks that I’d played on the saintess. I mean, all I’d done was try to drop a flowerpot on her head from the second floor, mix some sort of drug into tea to force her to drink it, hire a ruffian to plan a kidnapping, feign an accident to run her over with a carriage, and hire an assassin take her out!”
Oh? OOoohhh? An actual villainess and not just someone framed by the Prince’s new love interest? You got my attention now!
Ending Spoiler
In the end, it goes the same way as always, though. MC has a change of heart and becomes “good”. Just as in every Star Wars game ever that promised that we could play the Empire side. But it’s done gradually here and wasn’t as jarring as I feared it would be.
turns out this is the LN of the 2023 anime “The Aristocrat’s Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far”
Oh, that anime was… okay. Way too heavy-handed with the foreshadowing so by the time the big bad appears you’re just like “ABOUT TIME” instead of “OH SNAP!” I can’t imagine the book being any better, especially if you know what’s coming.
<Secrets of the Silent Witch> Vol. 7 - I really love how the series has a main plot that is steadily continuing forward without falling into the LN trap
Ooooh… I actually liked the anime but I was worried that it would degenerate into little more than “omg, I’m too shy to do anything… until I’m literally forced to do something and then I’m awesome.” Rince and Repeat. To hear that there’s an overarching plot bumps it up a few notches.
An actual villainess and not just someone framed by the Prince’s new love interest? You got my attention now!
I’m a sucker for Villainess stories… but sounds like it completely misses the opportunity to ACTUALLY have a cool villainess.
To hear that there’s an overarching plot bumps it up a few notches.
Even better. It’s an overarching plot that progresses without the protagonist. Too often, side characters seem to stop existing the moment the main character’s gaze is pointed somewhere else. Like a NPC in a bad video game. In Silent Witch, the overarching plot is progressing without any MC input, and she is just made aware of it in hindsight. Things happening behind the scenes become clearer with each volume but they are not things that MC has any active role in. It’s more like the actions MC takes are casting ripples, and those ripples have an effect on the big subplot. It’s good and I want to see where this is going. MC is also getting a lot less annoying in the later volumes. I initially dropped the first volume because I hate timid characters, but I’m happy that I picked it up again. Definitely one of the better series.
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:
Well, he didn’t get any time to shine this time around. Just waking up doesn’t get a standing ovation from me. I’m sure to praise him in the next volume.
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:
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:
<Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World> Vol. 1 - Had deja vu since the prologue and turns out this is the LN of the 2023 anime “The Aristocrat’s Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far”. I dropped the LN once I realised it’s the same because I didn’t really enjoy the anime.
<Secrets of the Silent Witch> Vol. 7 - I really love how the series has a main plot that is steadily continuing forward without falling into the LN trap of just idling to fill as many volumes as possible. This feels a lot like Bookworm in that regard. And not just because there is a main plot, but also in the way it feels like it’s well thought out in advance and not just what the author comes up with in the moment. It’s also a good one that keeps me wondering what might happen next. And speaking of the overall plot, in this volume, the picture just became a lot clearer.
<Heir to a Monstermancer> Volume 1 - Male MC is unnecessarily prickly towards female MC up to the point where it’s actually annoying and off-putting. He fights a monster in the woods, gets almost killed, and she saves him, reattaches his arm, and all he does is verbally attack her every chance he gets because she’s too beautiful for him to cope. Like a little kid in Kindergarten who pulls on the hair of the girl he likes. It’s not behaviour I want to read about from a fully grown adventurer. The second chapter is great, though. I think it was that chapter that made it win an award, and the reason it was picked up for publication. So if anyone gives the series a read, wait until you finish the second chapter before making a judgment.
<The Wicked Princess and The Twelve Eyes: The Legendary Villainess and Her Elite Assassins> - Okay, let’s play through my thoughts during the first page:
Oh God, another one of those… I think I’ve read a hundred of the same novels by now.
Half a page later:
Oh? OOoohhh? An actual villainess and not just someone framed by the Prince’s new love interest? You got my attention now!
Ending Spoiler
In the end, it goes the same way as always, though. MC has a change of heart and becomes “good”. Just as in every Star Wars game ever that promised that we could play the Empire side. But it’s done gradually here and wasn’t as jarring as I feared it would be.
Oh, that anime was… okay. Way too heavy-handed with the foreshadowing so by the time the big bad appears you’re just like “ABOUT TIME” instead of “OH SNAP!” I can’t imagine the book being any better, especially if you know what’s coming.
Ooooh… I actually liked the anime but I was worried that it would degenerate into little more than “omg, I’m too shy to do anything… until I’m literally forced to do something and then I’m awesome.” Rince and Repeat. To hear that there’s an overarching plot bumps it up a few notches.
I’m a sucker for Villainess stories… but sounds like it completely misses the opportunity to ACTUALLY have a cool villainess.
Even better. It’s an overarching plot that progresses without the protagonist. Too often, side characters seem to stop existing the moment the main character’s gaze is pointed somewhere else. Like a NPC in a bad video game. In Silent Witch, the overarching plot is progressing without any MC input, and she is just made aware of it in hindsight. Things happening behind the scenes become clearer with each volume but they are not things that MC has any active role in. It’s more like the actions MC takes are casting ripples, and those ripples have an effect on the big subplot. It’s good and I want to see where this is going. MC is also getting a lot less annoying in the later volumes. I initially dropped the first volume because I hate timid characters, but I’m happy that I picked it up again. Definitely one of the better series.
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:
Secrets of the Silent Witch by Yen Press: 📖 Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7; 🖥️ Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7; 🎧 Vol. 1, 2, 3
<Secrets of the Silent Witch> Vol. 7 -
You didn’t even mention the key points in this volume:
Well, he didn’t get any time to shine this time around. Just waking up doesn’t get a standing ovation from me. I’m sure to praise him in the next volume.
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:
Secrets of the Silent Witch by Yen Press: 📖 Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7; 🖥️ Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7; 🎧 Vol. 1, 2, 3
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:
Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World by Seven Seas Entertainment: 📖 Vol. 1, 2; 🖥️ Vol. 1, 2
Secrets of the Silent Witch by Yen Press: 📖 Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7; 🖥️ Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7; 🎧 Vol. 1, 2, 3
Heir to a Monstermancer by J-Novel Club: 🖥️ Vol. 1, 2
The Wicked Princess and Her Twelve Eyes: The Legendary Villainess and Her Elite Assassins by Seven Seas Entertainment: 📖 Vol. 1; 🖥️ Vol. 1