I always thought I would make a good cult member.

I thought you were the cult leader? Isn’t this the Bookworm LN Cult?

Statistically speaking a peasant in a random kingdom is the most likely option. So I am aiming for a world where peasants aren’t abused, or at least not abused as much.

What about the riskiest worlds?

1 - So I’m a Spider so What?

1. The protagonists were reincarnated as the being that most suited their soul. There is a real possibility I could be reincarnated as a slug or worm
2. The world is ruthless. The MC was reincarnated as a spider in a dungeon about to get eaten by their mother

2 - Ascendance of a Bookworm

1. If you are born with the devouring and not a Nobel there is a high chance you will die.
2. If you are not a Nobel and upset one you could be killed.

3 - Death March to another world rhapsody

1. There are lots of stong monsters
2. Demons seem to pop up regularly

Here are the top ones based on the LNs I have read.

1 - Making Magic

Pros:

1. Before and After Chise is reincarnated the world is mostly at peace. There are monsters and criminal gangs but they are not as common as in other worlds.
2. When Chise is reincarnated she is given creation magic as a gift from the gods and is able to gain skills.
3. Commoners seem to be treated fairly ok and are not abused.
4. It seems to be fairly easy to generate money so living should not be too hard.

Cons:

1. I can’t think of any major Cons

2 - In the land of Leadale

Pros:

1. Before and After Cayna the is reincarnated the world is mostly at peace. There are monsters and criminal gangs but they are not as common as in other worlds.
2. There are other players who may be able to relate / help
3. Commoners seem to be treated fairly ok and are not abused.
4. It seems to be fairly easy to generate money so living should not be too hard.

Cons:

1. If you didn’t have skills in the game you don’t have them after reincarnating
2. You are unable to gain any new skills
3. Opusketten-Shultheimer exists in the world

3 - Log Horizon (Based on Anime, I haven’t read the LN)

Pros:

1. You are not alone - There are lots of other people with you
2. It looks like you can still level up but things have changed compared to the game
3. The world is changing - It is evolving with the flavour text becoming real and people becoming the Avatar, this opens the possibility for positive paths
4. There are a lot of smart people working on solutions
5. You respawn if you die

Cons:

1. You respawn if you die - There is no escape
2. You lose memories if you die
3. There are Factions, hostages, unknown variables

I read the first volume then picked up another series instead. Maybe I will give it another try.

Favourite Parts:

• Myne interacting with her friends and family like a normal child
• Myne doing weird and odd things
• The world building
• side character POV at the end of the novels

Least Favourite Parts:

• Battle for Ehrenfest (I enjoyed parts of it but it just didn’t resonate with me)
• Ferdinand x Myne

Characters

1. Myne - The Lovable Gremlin
2. Justus - The Man of Many Face
3. Hannelore - The Quiet Dunkelfelger
4. Benno - The Menacing Merchant
5. Bonifatius - The Boisterous Grandfather
6. Angelica - The Dim Dedicated Guard Knight
7. Harmut - The Brainwasher
8. Rihyarda - The Dependable Retainer

I think it’s unfortunate that the friendship between Myne and Frieda (granddaughter of Merchant’s Guild guildmaster) didn’t pan out. I wonder what happened to her.

I agree, I was hoping to see more of her. Myne only survived because of her but she got relegated to restaurant duty. I was hoping she might be saved from marrying a Nobel by Myne now she has more authority.

Lutz x Tuuli is another pairing I wish I knew more of. It feels like there is an untold story there and I would absolutely love to see a spinoff novel to see their point of view.

Yeah, again I would have liked to see more of the lower city in the later volumes. What are Mynes family doing while she at school?, what is Benno planning?, what is Heidi up to?, What do people think is happening with the nobels?

One of my least favorite points in the entire story was when the whole Rozemyne x Ferdinand thing started to crystalize. The thought alone made me feel icky.

Yeah, I can see the familiar love but romantic love just seems wrong. Also did you get an obsessive love from Ferdinand when he was saying how he views Myne at the start of the final volume? It sounded like he was obsessed with Myne rather than in love with her.

Ascendance of a Bookworm - Part 5: Vol.12

Bookworm has come to an end. It ended better than I thought, the loose ends were wrapped up and it ended at a good point. I would still like to know what happens after that and what happens to all the people she meet along the way. It looks like there are side stories to come and possible an extension to the main story so there is hope.

I knew I would get someone with Number 1.

I thought Number 2 would be easy if you have seen the anime or read the LN up to meeting the character. It’s quite a unique position.

Quote 1 -

Why, at this rate I’ll have to write the books myself, and then I can become a librarian like I always wanted!

Quote 2 -

Lemme go, [Redacted]! Insulting me is one thing, but I cannot let him get away with insults to the demon king and my subordinates! Otherwise, I am a failure as minister of agriculture!

Quote 3 -

Anyway, now that I’m back home, I’ve wasted no time doing some follow-up investigations. The Colonel’s gonna look out for the elves until they reach the border, but there’s no telling what’ll happen after that.

We also have the next Anime season to enjoy.

Bookworm this week.

I am going to miss it.

So I’m a spider so what?

The ending was rushed resulting in uncharacteristic actions by the MC and other people. Then it has a chapter listing 2 sentences of what happened to each person. It would have been much better to use the chapter to expand the ending a bit.

So I’m a spider so what?

I do enjoy this series but there are defiantly parts which could be changed and improved.

Thank you for reading my rant.

Didn’t I Say to make my Abilities Average - Volume 6 to 8

I have continued my reread of Average Abilities.

I have had a look through my read series and it looks like only Death March to another world rhapsody and spice and Wolf (listened to the first few audiobooks) are older than 10 years. Unless you include the original Novels then a few others like In the land of Leadale would be included (but I never read them).

Death March is one of my top series so it is defiantly my favourite over 10 years old. I just wish they would release it quicker.

Didn’t I Say to make my Abilities Average - Volume 5

I have continued my reread of Average Abilities.

Still enjoyable the 2nd time, Miles antics never get old.

Maybe something like Alice in Wonderland based on cards?

That is already a manga. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Borderland
Almost the exact same concept. Have you been stealing other peoples ideas again?

None come to mind but how many classic board game have any lore that could be used as a setting?

Pokémon / yu-hi-oh cards - surely there’s some lore behind them that could be used…

I haven’t read no game no life but the end game seems to be the world is a giant chess board? (Highschool DxD aswell?)

1. Snakes and ladders - as a dungeon exploration?

2. risk - as a historic war

3. poker - as a gambling setting? (Kakegurui [manga] / Kaiji [Manga]?)

4. game of life - every month the gods roll a dice to decide your fate

5. monopoly - following rich people as they battle to take over a city? Or real estate agents? (Dragon goes house hunting [manga] / rpg real estate [manga])

6. Snap - twins are seperated and put into a death match. The first twins to reunite and make it to the exit win.

Note - I haven’t actually read any of the mentioned manga so I am not sure how accurate they are.

Feel free to, unless anyone else steals them first.

I’ll be on vacation for the next two weeks and if someone has an idea for a Midweek discussion I would be glad If someone else could answer the call of duty. (Or want to post about non-Japanese LN or even fat novels but fear my vengeful wrath? This is your chance!)

If no one else does I can try if I remember.

You may also want to either restrict posting or add a temp mod. I have seen some communities getting spammed recently. I don’t know what ani.social is like whether the admins will block the community if it’s spammed and not cleared swiftly.