<In Another World with Household Spells> Volume 3 - There are 3-4 shotacon references in the volume (like when describing a classmate, she says that he’s too old for her taste, etc.). If they were to remove those completely unnecessary parts, it would be an okay series. They don’t add anything to the plot at all. All they do is make MC unlikable. I am still unsure whether this is a problem with the translation or not. In the west the term “shotacon” has a clear sexual connotation, but I don’t get that from MC here at all in the context. I think using the shotacon term in the translation might be an error since there is a different meaning over here. To put it differently, the use of the term makes you expect Rudeus from Mushoku Tensei, but the prose and actions of the MC give you Takanashi from Working!. As I said, it’s kinda unnecessary and sticks out negatively in an otherwise good series.
<Cooking with Wild Game> Volume 31 - End of the Observers Arc. I didn’t like this arc much, but I’m looking forward to the next arc since EDA is hyping it up in the Afterword. As a sidenote, I wish the illustrator would get his shit together again. Illustrations have become so rough and off-model. Look at this volume’s cover
Cover Vol 31
and then compare it to volume 3, for example
Cover Volume 3
(same peopleon the cover). Usually, the illustrations get better with time, but I consider this a step back. This is my favorite still-running series, so I wish the illustrations would get more care.
<Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World> Volume 12 - I don’t have much to say about this volume. List the last couple of volumes, it’s kind of boring. Feels like the series is treading water and the author is just trying to get something onto the page to fill the page requirements for a volume. Go into the dungeon with a different party. Then go into the same dungeon solo. Then go into the same dungeon again with MC’s own party. Then start discussing marriage with the in-laws. Then discuss the marriage with the royals. Then discuss the marriage with Mc’s grandparent. Then discuss the marriage with your close friends. Then discuss the marriage with another group of friends. Then, announce the marriage officially at a gala. Then discuss the marriage with the group of girls they had kept it secret from. And so on and so on. It’s boring to read the same thing again and again, and it honestly feels like a chore.
I wish the illustrator would get his shit together again
I seriously double and triple-checked the Illustrator credit just to make sure. That’s CRAZY. No perspective, barely any shading, no inking of the lines, barebones use of 4 colors… and then blurry brown rectangles because they were like “fuck it, I can’t be bothered to draw a second leg.” And now I just realized that’s supposed to be the same outfit on the guy… wtf?!
Yeah, I would say it’s around volume 28 when it started to get sloppy. The cover for 29 was okay again, so I thought it was just a one-off thing, but 30 and now 31 are just sloppy.
And the insight illustrations aren’t faring much better. Here is Rimee Ruu in volume 31 and 3.
Rimee Ruu Volume 31
Rimee Ruu Volume 3
Everything is just off-model and that’s especially jarring when you have read a series for such a long time. A series that excells at making the reader care for the characters.
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:
<In Another World with Household Spells> Volume 3 - There are 3-4 shotacon references in the volume (like when describing a classmate, she says that he’s too old for her taste, etc.). If they were to remove those completely unnecessary parts, it would be an okay series. They don’t add anything to the plot at all. All they do is make MC unlikable. I am still unsure whether this is a problem with the translation or not. In the west the term “shotacon” has a clear sexual connotation, but I don’t get that from MC here at all in the context. I think using the shotacon term in the translation might be an error since there is a different meaning over here. To put it differently, the use of the term makes you expect Rudeus from Mushoku Tensei, but the prose and actions of the MC give you Takanashi from Working!. As I said, it’s kinda unnecessary and sticks out negatively in an otherwise good series.
<Cooking with Wild Game> Volume 31 - End of the Observers Arc. I didn’t like this arc much, but I’m looking forward to the next arc since EDA is hyping it up in the Afterword. As a sidenote, I wish the illustrator would get his shit together again. Illustrations have become so rough and off-model. Look at this volume’s cover
Cover Vol 31
and then compare it to volume 3, for example
Cover Volume 3
(same peopleon the cover). Usually, the illustrations get better with time, but I consider this a step back. This is my favorite still-running series, so I wish the illustrations would get more care.
<Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World> Volume 12 - I don’t have much to say about this volume. List the last couple of volumes, it’s kind of boring. Feels like the series is treading water and the author is just trying to get something onto the page to fill the page requirements for a volume. Go into the dungeon with a different party. Then go into the same dungeon solo. Then go into the same dungeon again with MC’s own party. Then start discussing marriage with the in-laws. Then discuss the marriage with the royals. Then discuss the marriage with Mc’s grandparent. Then discuss the marriage with your close friends. Then discuss the marriage with another group of friends. Then, announce the marriage officially at a gala. Then discuss the marriage with the group of girls they had kept it secret from. And so on and so on. It’s boring to read the same thing again and again, and it honestly feels like a chore.
I seriously double and triple-checked the Illustrator credit just to make sure. That’s CRAZY. No perspective, barely any shading, no inking of the lines, barebones use of 4 colors… and then blurry brown rectangles because they were like “fuck it, I can’t be bothered to draw a second leg.” And now I just realized that’s supposed to be the same outfit on the guy… wtf?!
Yeah, I would say it’s around volume 28 when it started to get sloppy. The cover for 29 was okay again, so I thought it was just a one-off thing, but 30 and now 31 are just sloppy.
And the insight illustrations aren’t faring much better. Here is Rimee Ruu in volume 31 and 3.
Rimee Ruu Volume 31
Rimee Ruu Volume 3
Everything is just off-model and that’s especially jarring when you have read a series for such a long time. A series that excells at making the reader care for the characters.
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:
In Another World with Household Spells by J-Novel Club: 🖥️ Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4
Cooking with Wild Game by J-Novel Club: 🖥️ Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World by J-Novel Club: 📖 Vol. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; 🖥️ Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13