Ishura, Vol. 5

Ishura Light Novels #5

by Keiso, Kureta (Artist), David Musto (Translator)

Psianop the Inexhaustible Stagnation vs Lucnoca the Winter.   Aureatia took serious damage thanks to Alus the Star Runner. To take advantage of this and reclaim authority someone once banished by the Twenty-Nine Officials starts to make their move. As plotting goes on behind the scenes, the Sixways Exhibition moves forward.

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy

484 pages, Paperback

Published December 12, 2023

Reviews

[Tyas · Rating 5 out of 5]

At this point, I've already been emotionally invested too much in Ishura; the revealing of secrets of the past and secrets of the heart in this volume truly got me emotional. Hell, even Hiroto the Paradox, usually calm and composed, was frustrated here. To be honest, at first the match between Shalk and Mele felt kind of boring to me, but it turned out to wrap up a small sweet tale about Mele. And God (or Wordmaker), I wish they'd just leave Toroa out of this... he's too nice a person for all this shit... Ironically, the messy political shit is one of the reasons why I love Ishura. I often feel disappointed when reading books about the affairs of a (made-up) country (or countries) where things just feel too simple and even comically black and white... but in Ishura, it's all complicated, a true multiplayer chess between so many different factions.

Sloppy translation/editing still plagues the book, though: Kuuro the Cautious's name was in places written as Cuuro, Kuuro/Cuuro the Careful, and Kuuro the Clairvoyant.