J-Novel has it. Currently there are 25 volumes out.

Cooking With Wild Game. The series doesn’t get enough love so I’m always shilling.

Thanks. I was wondering what to pick up next.

“Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want!” for me.

I did a catchup week and finished High Elf.

Enough with This Slow Life! I Was Reincarnated as a High Elf and Now I’m Bored: Volume 6 - The pace of this series always feels like a rollercoaster ride that only goes fast. It’s really unique in that regard, though I wish there were some more meat to some of the more interesting stories. But hey, MC gets a girlfriend at the end, so maybe that will slow the pace down a bit.

Enough with This Slow Life! I Was Reincarnated as a High Elf and Now I’m Bored: Volume 7 - Or not. Here’s the fucking first sentence of the volume: “Airena and I returned from the world of the giants above the clouds…and then forty-two years passed.” So much for slowing down.

Enough with This Slow Life! I Was Reincarnated as a High Elf and Now I’m Bored: Volume 8 - So this is the end of the series, and it made me outright cry at 3 different points. That’ll teach me to read at work. The series is something unique. A thousand years of a life in the span of 8 volumes. The pace is dizzying, and you get the feeling you’re missing so much of the story, but every time one of the characters in it passes away, it still hits like a truck nonetheless. I hope there will maybe be spinoffs that will tell some parts of the story in a more traditional speed. Maybe from the POV of some of the shorter-lived characters. At least there is potential for many stories to tell that got only hit at or glanced over here. Finally, would I recommend the series? Absolutely. I think it’s one of a kind, and there probably won’t be any quite like it again.

Yes, I’m a fan of the light novels and it’s definitively a slice of life with a isekai coat of paint. The most frustrating thing about it is when people take a quick glance at it and dismiss it as a harem.

I can’t think of a matchup for Reina.

Angelica comes to mind. And Bonifacius adopting her as his new granddaughter.

Myne and Mile also have their book making/writing fantasies.

Mile meeting Hannelore would also be an interesting pairing with their love for adventure stories.

I would like to see Mushroom Princess Miabell Luna Tearmoon setting out on an expedition from Miatown and finding through some shenanigans the portal gate to Rosemyne’s Alexandria. From there there would be clashing ideologies between the blind faith of Miabelle’s followers and the extreme competency of Rosemyne’s. All while Mia and Myne are happily exchanging ideas and generally getting along like a house on fire.

Honestly I just don’t remember if Miatown had a port or not? But thanks to Alexandria’s portal gate this is something that could easily be written around: “Suddenly a magical gate appeared in Miatown with a vast body of water on the other side. Mia had a ship build and set out to explore the town visible in the distance. The lure of new and tasty snacks was just too stong to resist.”

I feel conflicted about the new Bookworm Fanbook. It’s like browsing your ex’s Instagram.

Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement 5 + 6 - The usual FUNA shenaningans. He’s one of the most consitant authors I know. These 2 volumes mostly see Mitsuha build up her operations in the new world.

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Vol. 19 - Conclusion to the Land of Wa arc, and it looks like we maybe got another little (old) girl added to the cast. I don’t mind this, the character is entertaining. What I do mind is that they simply had to add an illustration of that character standing around naked. I wish I could have my prejudices of otaku Japan subverted just once.

Too Strong to Belong! Banished to Another World! - Another one of those “MC tries for the world record of obliviousness” books with absurd misunderstandings as a result. Each act of “not getting it” and each misundersanding feels so forced and unnatural.

The Otome Heroine’s Fight for Survival: Volume 2 + 3 - My favorite murder hobo is back at it again. Still such a great MC.

I often read the last chapter (or the last couple pages) of the previous book to remember what happened and look up my notes here when I’m unsure whether I liked a series or not. Tbh, most of the series I read are just mixing together into an incoherent isekai blend in my mind.

Conceptionally I’m all for it. There are even series that have LN, Manga and Anime, so we could do a 3 medium thingy in theory. It’s just becoming a huge tie investment at that stage, so maybe keeping the scope small for the first time would be a good idea. Like looking at just a specific high-profile scene from anime, manga and LN.

“The Death of the Skeleton Swordsman: Dominating as a Cursed Saint” - Did I miss the first volume of this?

EXP Is Golden: Volume 1 - Great first volume. It’s at the core a kingdom-building and game character progression story. MC more or less stumbles into the role of the final boss but decides to embrace it completely. No altruistic saints cosplaying as “Evil™” is to be found here.

Babel, Vol. 2 - I really can’t follow MC here. She takes actions that are completely unfathomable. For example, trying to kill herself to win an argument. I wish I could make this up. It’s also made up of a lot of conflicts that could completely be averted if characters wouldn’t treat information as if it were a secret. A simple “Oh hey Mr. Employer, I’ve overheard two suspicious people in the courtyard and it seems they want to use some sort of item on you. They sounded as if they didn’t like you but they really were a fan of someone called “insert name here”. I don’t know more but I thought you might want to know…”. I wonder if this is its own thing or if this belongs to the “oblivious MC” trope. I mean looking at how stupidly oblivious MC is in general I feel it would fit at least. That all being said, there are some genuinely interesting concepts in this series. If those concepts were handled better (and MC were different) it could really be one of the stand-out titles—so much wasted potential.

Yeah, I thought that maybe there just weren’t any twists in the genres I read, but plot twists doesn’t seem to be something done in light novels.

Is this true for English?

Nah, that’s just what I’m going with. Sounds plausible enough, doesn’t it? ;)

As far as I remember collective nouns are based on an old book (15th or 16th century) and there are some funny ones in there. I’ll look it up and report later.

Edit: “The Book of Hawking, Hunting and Blasing of Arms” by Julia Berners published in England in 1486. It includes 165 collective nouns for groups of people and animals. I suppose the good gal was bored out of her mind and everyone just ran with it to humor her. And today we have have masterpieces like a “conspiracy of lemurs”, “tower of giraffes”, and “destruction of wild cats” (all real I swear).

NineSwords says so too.

I do not, but I agree. (That bit never gets old). They had such a great chemistry with Satou and I would have loved to see a. more of them and b. have them interact more with the other characters. But the door is open now for frequent visits.

(What would the correct world be for a group of gods/goddesses?)

Probably a “Morsel” of Goddesses. The term comes from the sound the group makes most prominently.

I believe you asked for fantasy with aliens, and that was the only one that came to mind. I agree that it’s not good. I have a bad conscience now that you had to read that because I wasn’t clearer. Sorry for the confusion.

So many new series this week.