Glad you are enjoying Tsukimichi! The first season of the show in particular did a lot of trimming and rearranging of the source to better fit a seasonal anime structure. They basically cut out all of the other POVs (the other heroes) from the first season and moved it into the second season.

The other thing I have noticed is the anime has a lot more humor. There are lots of funny bits in the anime but the LN is more serious. I heard Eminence in the Shadow is similar, the LN, Manga and Anime have different tones.

The idea of “true names” is a very ancient one in mythology and literature. Based on the wiki page, it looks like it goes all the way back to Egyptian mythology. Off the top of my head, it is a feature in an epic like The Odyssey by Homer as well as a fairy tale like Rumpelstiltskin.

Yeah the Myths and Legends Podcast had an episode on Egyptian Mythology. If I remember correct Ra was the top god as he knew the true names so could bring them into existence.

Getting back to Reincarnated as a Slime, lots of people like to compare Tsukimichi and Slime. The two series bear a lot of similarities in their worldbuilding and mechanics (naming being one of them). Slime was published later, but adapted into anime first, but they do tend to draw inspiration from one another.

Yeah I they defiantly have similarities. Again not read the LN but the anime’s both have similar themes.

Seirei Gensouki - Volume 3 to 13

Bookworm - Part 3 - Volume 1 to 5

Reincarnated as a sword - Volume 1 to 3 (Audiobook)

Reincarnated as a sword - Volume 4 to 8 (+56% of Vol 9)

Death March - Volume 22 to 23

Average abilities - Volume 19

Silent witch - Volume 1 to 6 (Including 4.5)

Bookworm - Hannelore - Volume 1

Abducted Princess - Volume 1

Appothacary Diaries - 20% of volume 1

Saving 80000 gold - Volume 1 to 8

Magical revolution - Volume 1 to 2

Making magic - Volume 1 to 5

Average abilities - Volume 20

Death March - Volume 24

Silent witch - Volume 7

Making magic - Volume 6 to 8

Bookworm - Part 2 - Volume 4 (Epilogue and Side stories)

~52 Volumes (+ Parts of volumes)

More than I thought I did

Of course Ferdinand was involved…

I guess I need to get round to reading the Fanbooks and Side Story volumes.

Saving 80000 for me

<Ascendance of a Bookworm> - Part 2 - Volume 04

I watched the Anime again so I had to read the Epilogue and Extra Chapters.

<TsukiMichi: Moonlit Fantasy> - Volume 01 & Part of Volume 02

As @[email protected] has mention it several times I decided to take the plunge.

I love the Anime and the LN is just as good. Lots of little bits of extra information. Things fall into place better, I finally understand why characters react the way they did.

Examples:

Tomoe on purposely took the male attacker back, so was actually surprised when it turned out they were female.

The way the contracts work from names being a vital part and consummating the contract?

Ace Mils actually cheated the level paper. (The anime hints but doesn’t say it outright)

Rembrandts history and why Tomoe say he was actually a bad person

More information about the hero’s companions

Just had to check through my comment history to see what I have read this year.

I will limit it to volumes I have read / reread this year so it’s quite limited.

Best Volume

<Ascendance of a Bookworm: Hannelore’s Fifth Year at the Royal Academy> - Vol. 01

New bookworm, what’s not to love?

Best Debut

<Abducted Princess Running Rampant: Wielding Forbidden Magic in the Demon King’s Castle>

Only newly released series I read but it was great.

Best Protagonist

Hannelore - <Ascendance of a Bookworm: Hannelore’s Fifth Year at the Royal Academy> - Vol. 01

Everyone’s favourite friend of Myne Dunkelfelgeron.

Best Antagonist

Hannelore (More accurately her prayer rather than herself) - <Ascendance of a Bookworm: Hannelore’s Fifth Year at the Royal Academy> - Vol. 01

Who is there to blame but the girl herself?

Best Supporting Character

Myne - <Ascendance of a Bookworm: Hannelore’s Fifth Year at the Royal Academy> - Vol. 01

Myne not taking centerstage was strange but she still shone (literally)

Best Couple or Duo

Ray & Raul - <Secrets of the silent witch>

Everyone loves a good introvert-extrovert duo

Nero & Neros Minion Bartholomeus - <Secrets of the silent witch>

Cool meets cool

Chise & Teto - <Making magic>

Who doesn’t love them?

Fran & Teacher - <Reincarnated as a sword>

Every girl needs her sword with her.

Best Author

Best Illustrator

Best Worldbuilding

<Saving 80000 Gold in another world for my retirement>

FUNA strikes again

Best Overall Series

Best Emotional Moment

The ships spirit saying goodbye to its sailors as the goddess took it home - <Saving 80000 Gold in another world for my retirement>

Who didn’t cry as the goddess took the ship to her final destination?

<Making Magic: The Sweet Life of a Witch Who Knows an Infinite MP Loophole>

I have continued my reread of Making Magic and now finished the series.

I can’t wait for the new volume at the end of January.

Thank you for the info.

It’s on my list to read.

How did I look at it for so long and never notice! I thought it was a blanket around her.

It’s where’s Waldo all over again. I couldn’t even find him on the front cover.

I noticed similar with the latest Average Abilities. There is a 3rd leg?

Spice and Wolf - The Wolf Whistling Song

YouTube link

New series:

That time an overpowered gardener dragged me around and made me eat his vegetables, I will curse this world to death!

The puppet spiders get new outfits. Ronandt retires and is frequently seen playing with Fiel.

This is the true ending, I am deleting the ending from my brain and using this one!

Volumes 15 & 16. Honestly, a bit of a disappointment.

Yeah the ending is not the best. It felt like they were rushing to end it or had given up and wanted it to end.

But it is also left open, we know white is still there and things could happen. I am still hoping the author decides to do another series after this one continuing with White.

<Secrets of the Silent Witch> Vol. 7 -

Another good volume. I am glad the forest arc is over, I didn’t find it too enjoyable but it wasn’t terrible. We got to meet some new characters and see some new connections form.

It feels like it’s coming close to the end, there was a big reveal and things feel like they are building.

Best bits:

1. Neros is awake again!
2. Raul and Ray are friends? (The letter Raul sent to Monica was great)
3. star weaving mira meets her true love again
4. the big reveal

<Secrets of the Silent Witch> Vol. 7 -

You didn’t even mention the key points in this volume:

1. The coolest character comes out of hibernation!
2. Nero wakes up

Also, I guess Hiro Ainana is losing his patience with people calling it a harem because in this volume he isspelling it out twice and very clearly that Satou is not interested in anyone other than Aaze. I mean it was always that way but it hadn’t been spelled out that clearly if memory serves.

It’s been mentioned multiple times since he met her that he only has eyes for Aaze, but it does seem to be made clearer.

Just a single mention of Karion and Urion in a byline. Makes the volume barely worth the ink.

We understand you are a Karion and Urion worshipper but barely worth the ink is a bit harsh. We do need more morsels of them in our life though.

We did get to learn about doghead and the evil god. And everyone’s favourite priestess is on the move!

<Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody> - Volume 24

Not the best volume but I still enjoyed it. It feels like it wraps up the Arcatia arc. But with the cliffhanger of the appearance of some people and the paragraphs of exposition from others POV who knows.

Okay, let me just say that Volume 11 sucked.

What volume 11? There is no volume 11. It never existed.

It’s also great to see how White and Ariel went from enemies to friends. When Ariel wraps White up in a blanket of thread and tells her to get some sleep because she looked tired, my heart melted.

White and Ariel are great together.

On a side note, anyone have any recommendations for what to read next? I’m thinking either Slime Iseaki, Average Abilities Isekai, or Overlord Isekai but feel free to recommend whatever.

If you want another wild mc, Mile from Average Abilities is your girl.

If you want something slower and fluffy there’s Making Magic and Death March.

Side note, I am going to have to reread spider now. I miss White, Ariel, Sofia, puppet spider sisters and even D.

So I’m a Spider, So What

The first LN I read. I really enjoyed it.

in case you couldn’t tell from me reading a whole 8 books in a week

I don’t know if it’s short volumes or just so good, but on my first read I was doing about 1 volume per day after work compared to my normal 1 volume per 2-3 days.

I am waiting for the Extra volume. Looks like March 2026!