I prefer You Shiina's artwork to the screenshots I've seen of the anime, but that's normal - Shiina's illustrations can have a level of detail that just wouldn't work in an animated series.Ī folded page with full-color illustrations on both sides, black-and-white illustrations throughout, a map of the portion of the town Myne has access to, a drawing of Myne's family's home, and six bonus stories. I strongly suspect that the emotional scenes in this volume will work a lot better in the anime than they did here. I haven't seen the anime yet but plan to do so. I've been able to put up with its issues so far, but I'd totally understand if others couldn't. But I won't lie, this isn't a well-written series. I look forward to seeing where the author goes with the new developments in the story.
In this volume it was revealed that (view spoiler) ĭespite all of these problems, I still plan on reading Part 2 once it's possible for me to get all three books. First there was the whole thing, earlier in the series, about commoners not having access to rice. I have a bunch of questions about the world-building - it seemed shakiest where foods were concerned. The author had to cheat a bit in this volume to get around the limitations of Myne's first person POV, and honestly most of the bonus stories also came across as clumsy attempts to get around the series' POV limitations.
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And this series really should have been written in the third person. Things like: "Sniff," "Nnn," and "Ngggh." And speaking of sound effects, it seemed like Myne said "Bwuh" way more in this volume than she did in the previous two, and it started to irk me a bit. That fact was easier to gloss over in the previous two volumes, but in this one the author included a few scenes that should have been very emotional and that were instead ruined by the author's reliance upon what were essentially sound effects to convey characters' emotions. I still agree with what I wrote in my review for Volume 1: Part 1 really would have been better condensed into a single volume rather than spread out over three books. Lots of planning for Myne's baptism, getting Lutz ready to become an apprentice merchant, more paper-making but bigger, and Myne accidentally inventing yet another new food. Unfortunately, the story had a bad tendency to meander - I had to flip through it to remind myself what happened in between the more important plot points. There were only a few overly detailed "making stuff from our world in a fantasy world" scenes, more emphasis was put on characters' relationships with others (Myne and her family, and Lutz and his), readers finally got a small glimpse of the wider world and its politics, and there was forward movement in the Devouring aspect of the plot. In some ways, this was the best volume in the series so far. So Myne has some tough decisions to make. Then there's Myne's family and her friend Lutz - if she signs a contract with a noble, she'll likely never see any of them again. Benno wants Myne (and her lucrative product ideas) to stay with him and the Gilberta Company. If she doesn't sign a contract with a noble and agree to become their slave, Myne likely only has another year at most before the Devouring kills her.įreida and the guildmaster, who already have connections with nobles, want to corner Myne into working with them. And not only that, they don't cure someone with the Devouring, they just temporarily lower the person's mana level enough for them to feel better. It's a good thing that Myne has saved up so much money, because even old and nearly broken magical tools cost a lot, and are typically only available to nobles. But of course she didn't - in the beginning of this volume, it's revealed that she was taken to the guildmaster to be saved by one of the fragile magical items he collected in order to save his granddaughter, Freida, who also has the Devouring.
It's a good thing that Myne has saved up so much money, because even old and nearly broken magical tools cost a lot, and are typically only available to nob At the end of the previous volume, Myne passed out due to the Devouring and seemed likely to die. At the end of the previous volume, Myne passed out due to the Devouring and seemed likely to die.
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