Lots of stuff this week for me. I’m on vacation next week, so I hope I can lighten my backlog a bit. Especially happy to see a new Tearmoon, even if it’s just short stories. The release schedule of that series is depressingly slow.

<Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! Vol. 2> by Atekichi - ★★★☆☆, 166 MynePages™ - There are a few minor plot holes in this volume. Nothing too glaring, but they still stand out when reading the volumes back to back.

<Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! Vol. 3> by Atekichi - ★★★☆☆, 200 MynePages™ - This time they go on a summer vacation, and the plot gets a couple more threads up to the point where it’s starting to feel convoluted. I hope it gets reigned in a bit with the different directions the plot tries to go all at once.

<Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! Vol. 4> by Atekichi - ★★★☆☆, 182 MynePages™ - Young people beware - parenting anecdote incoming: You know how, when your kids do something genuinely funny, and you laugh, and they then repeat that same thing? While you laughed organically the first time you laugh out of obligation, the next couple times because you know that your kid is just trying to make you happy and it’s endearing, but after the 20th time, you are thinking that it wasn’t actually that funny in the first place, and you’re desperately looking for ways to distract your kid to make it stop? Yeah, that series is doing something similar with the deadpan narration. It was funny at first, and the author seems to have gotten the feedback. But now they’re trying to force it again and again because apparently people liked it. And by volume 4, it’s just hurting, and I’m wishing I could tell them that there is an ice cream seller near. Let’s get some ice cream, okay? You like ice cream, don’t you? Please?!

Finally Lessy. Doesn’t make the rest any better but I try to tune that out.

Where is the Inou Battle mention?

Don’t know about dubs.

If you like the manga then you will love the anime. It’s the best adaptation I’ve ever seen.

Po or angel girl. Forgot the first rule: never bet against an isekai protag.

Î am aware.

I don’t think I can look past the art style.

So many new series. From the synopsis, The Alchemist’s Fluffy Island Getaway and Return of the Corpse King could be something for me.

<Cooking with Wild Game> Volume 33 by EDA - ★★★★★, 193 MynePages™ - Another wonderful volume. It’s been 1 year since the last clan meeting, where Asuta and Ai Fa got the chance to prove within one year that their actions are the proper way forward for the People of the Forrest. The events in this volume are monumental for the entire region and very emotional on a more personal level for the characters.

<The Amazing Village Creator: Slow Living with the Village Building Cheat Skill> Volume 3 by Shichio Kuzu - ★★☆☆☆, 120 MynePages™ - My one-word review would be a unenthusiastic “meh”.

<Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)!> Vol. 1 by Atekichi - ★★★☆☆, 164 MynePages™ - Entertaining series. I wonder if there is any other series where the main character has no idea that they are in an otome game. Usually, it’s the game knowledge guiding the narrative, but here, MC is just ignoring the game’s narrative left and right to fulfill her maidly wishes.

So people now just show up out of nowhere. And then they just come up with their designs out of nowhere. Same with the pictures and everything else. This WIT adaptation continues to take everything that is earned in the novels, cuts out all the effort and their motivations, and then just shows the results. You know, just like in Rocky where the movie starts with some posturing of Rocky and Creed and then there is a cut to them having bloodied faces in the ring. What that wasn’t how the movie played out? I guess it wasn’t done by this WIT team then. Lucky Rocky fans.

But I do have to say that in this episode, I think the after credits scene about the ordonnanz has a very weird spoiler.

Who cares at this point? The ordonnanzes are all wrong anyway.

Too bad Sayu didn’t get that picture at the end on the train.

About the only source that I know as well. But finding a series via the English title is sometimes hit or miss.

Interesting choice to flip the mirror motif.

Also, this was too cute!

It has an interesting turn of events that differs from stories with similar premises.

Villains are the new pirates, which are the new ninjas, which are the new pirates, which are the new ninjas, which are the new cowboys, …

Cooking with Wild Game. My week is saved. Or one evening of my week is saved.

<Zilbagias the Demon Prince: How the Seventh Prince Brought Down the Kingdom> Volume 6 by Tomoaki Amagi - ★★★★★, 316 MynePages™ - Volume 6 is a behemoth of a book in light novel terms with 316 MynePages™. The volume has an epic fight that was a long time coming, and then beautifully blends into a new arc at the end. What stood out in this volume is that Zilbagias has overcome his inner torment and is now in full hero mode. I don’t remember if this shift was explained in the last volume or not.

<I Saved Myself with a Potion!: Life in Another World> Volume 1 by Akira Iwafune - ★★★★★, 172 MynePages™ - This was thoroughly enjoyable. There is just something about the first baby steps of an MC finding out what’s what in a fresh new isekai series. The MC here is likable, and the characters around her are all good people. The very few times she encounters not-so-good people, it gets resolved almost immediately, so all in all, it’s very comfy and relaxing. The pace is a bit too fast for how comfy it is otherwise. I’m not sure how the series will progress in the long run when the MC finishes everything she set out to do in the first volume. Anyway, great start. I’m looking forward to the next one.

I am still waiting for a RPG game where there is a set magic script and you can create your own spells like programming.

That’s a cool idea. I like games that have mechanics that teach kids programming without them noticing. Stuff like FF XII, Unicorn Overlord, or Factorio. There are also some that are more “on the nose” like Human Resource Machine, but for my taste they are too far on the teaching side and not enough on the fun side.

As for magic script, the Ultima series had an actual magic script from which you assembled your spells. It’s not very complex and didn’t exactly reminds one of programming, but I wonder where it could have gone if the series didn’t die with such a framework.