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魔導具師ダリヤはうつむかない ～今日から自由な職人ライフ～ (Novel) #9
魔導具師ダリヤはうつむかない ~今日から自由な職人ライフ~ 9
炎龍や氷龍のウロコに月光蝶の結晶、希少素材でダリヤが作るものは!?
スカルファロット家武具部門と協力し、開発を重ねる女性魔導具師のダリヤ。
ダリヤは魔物討伐部隊相談役として認められ、彼女の叙爵が正式に決定する。
そんなある日、王城魔導具制作部を見学する機会に恵まれたダリヤは、制作部長、副部長同席のもと、月光蝶を使用した魔導ランタンへの付与を体験することに。
「美しい付与は、カルロに似たのだな」
父から受け継いだ技術、そして彼女自身の人柄で多くの人を引き付けていくダリヤを前に、ヴォルフは彼女を守りたいという気持ちを強めていくのだった。
そんな二人を見守る周囲は、ダリヤが叙爵前のお披露目で舞踏会に参加することを好機とばかりに、ヴォルフの背を押そうとあらゆる手を画策するが――!?
魔導具師ダリヤのものづくりストーリー、二人の気持ちが動きだす第九弾、開幕!
スカルファロット家武具部門と協力し、開発を重ねる女性魔導具師のダリヤ。
ダリヤは魔物討伐部隊相談役として認められ、彼女の叙爵が正式に決定する。
そんなある日、王城魔導具制作部を見学する機会に恵まれたダリヤは、制作部長、副部長同席のもと、月光蝶を使用した魔導ランタンへの付与を体験することに。
「美しい付与は、カルロに似たのだな」
父から受け継いだ技術、そして彼女自身の人柄で多くの人を引き付けていくダリヤを前に、ヴォルフは彼女を守りたいという気持ちを強めていくのだった。
そんな二人を見守る周囲は、ダリヤが叙爵前のお披露目で舞踏会に参加することを好機とばかりに、ヴォルフの背を押そうとあらゆる手を画策するが――!?
魔導具師ダリヤのものづくりストーリー、二人の気持ちが動きだす第九弾、開幕!
324 pages, Hardcover
First published December 25, 2023
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March 22, 2025
I'm not a huge fan of the long stretches about other characters unless they're telling us something about Dahlia, (as always) but it's still good! A slow volume this time really with one major highlight.
April 12, 2025
Dahlia's story continues much like expected with some R&D into magic tools (and the monsters behind it), a bit off food and drinking and some progress (slow as it is) of the romance. There are some hints that there might be more behind Dahlia's father early death and I am curious if the story will do more with it (but it might as well be a protective father's paranoia). I enjoy the slow paced story due to its characters and decent world building even if I feel noble society is a bit too deadly to make sense, although it is also regularly contradicted through the behavior of most of the characters in the book. All in all, a solid addition to the series and looking forward to the continuation of the series.
April 25, 2025
3 Stars
I'm dissapointed with this volume. I waited for so long for it but nothing really happened here.
I'm dissapointed with this volume. I waited for so long for it but nothing really happened here.
April 25, 2025
The author has really fixated on a few topics and each novel is becoming a rinse and repeat. The problem is that the topics aren’t done well or consistently, and I end up rolling my eyes at the lack of realism. You can guarantee that it will blather about nobles and etiquette, Dahlia will accidentally invent things that are ridiculously helpful, she and Volf will eat and drink in great detail multiple times, and she will almost certainly attempt a magic sword that somehow is groundbreaking, if not exactly what she planned.
Over and over it emphasizes ludicrously strict rules for nobles and commoners, and how simple phrases can be misunderstood as essentially intimate invitations or flirting. That is so stupid, anything that causes that level of misunderstanding in complete innocence (it’s not even a matter of being oblivious to innuendo, it’s literally things like not being familiar with obscure flower language or phrases) would not survive socially, since it would cause too much trouble. The copious apologizing that’s always going on that is way out of place is super annoying. And after being told a zillion times that using first names can imply all kinds of things, in the shoemaker arc, they were all on first name basis after working together.
As for inventions, she’s sending a vegetable drink so they don’t get constipated from lack of greens. Besides the fact that they’re not gone long enough for lack of veggies to cause problems, it is absolutely absurd and impractical to think that carrying single servings of juice in chilled containers for everyone is a solution. If you had magic space bags, ok, but this isn’t one of those novels. If you want vegetables on a long campaigns, dry them out so they are actually portable and long lasting. You can then add them to soup or whatever like backpackers do. Which reminds me that I also want to know why you would finely mince carrots to add them to soup.
There are inconsistencies like Jonas noting that there are some areas only an earl or above can enter, but when he’s awarded a barony, he’s relieved that he can still enter those areas…even though a baron is lower ranked than an earl. To clarify, he was never an earl or above before, he was just the son of a noble family, so not clear on why he’d lose access if he shouldn’t have it in the first place. There’s also a thing where they talk about waterproofing leather being impossible because the blue slime won’t stick it. Dahlia’s “brilliant” solution is to use scrap leather that is already used and headed for the trash, because that accepts magic easier. First, if the leather is used to the point it’s heading for trash, why would you want to make boots from it, and second, it’s still leather, why does the blue slime stick to it? If they discovered some property about the used leather that they could apply to make the new leather accept blue slime, that would at least make sense. I also can’t understand why the royal toolmakers are making boots, instead of focusing on creating the materials, which is their actual expertise. Why would they be able to make boots successfully, given that there are apparently 250 steps that go into making boots for the Order? How is it cost effective to have the royal workshop make them when they have no experience?? They didn’t even consult the cobblers that have been making them? And why TF are they allowing the knights to customize the boots so much which raises costs?? It also talks about how carefully she experiments and tests to create things, but that hasn’t been shown at all. One of my complaints is that they don’t test the products enough before rushing them to market. Like these prosthetic limbs, which she invented on the spot and immediately fitted it to someone. And now we’ve got seniors coming out of retirement because now they can fight with the prosthetic limbs. There’s a guy saying he can finally hold his grandchild - excuse me, can you not hold a kid with one arm?? And here he is eager to cut off his other arm so he can have two prosthetics and fight better?? That’s just stupid. I understand being forced to retire because of an injury, but that doesn’t mean you want to go back to dangerous work as an elderly person!
I’m also confused that Marcella seems completely ignorant of his paternal family. I could have sworn he found out in the last volume.
Over and over it emphasizes ludicrously strict rules for nobles and commoners, and how simple phrases can be misunderstood as essentially intimate invitations or flirting. That is so stupid, anything that causes that level of misunderstanding in complete innocence (it’s not even a matter of being oblivious to innuendo, it’s literally things like not being familiar with obscure flower language or phrases) would not survive socially, since it would cause too much trouble. The copious apologizing that’s always going on that is way out of place is super annoying. And after being told a zillion times that using first names can imply all kinds of things, in the shoemaker arc, they were all on first name basis after working together.
As for inventions, she’s sending a vegetable drink so they don’t get constipated from lack of greens. Besides the fact that they’re not gone long enough for lack of veggies to cause problems, it is absolutely absurd and impractical to think that carrying single servings of juice in chilled containers for everyone is a solution. If you had magic space bags, ok, but this isn’t one of those novels. If you want vegetables on a long campaigns, dry them out so they are actually portable and long lasting. You can then add them to soup or whatever like backpackers do. Which reminds me that I also want to know why you would finely mince carrots to add them to soup.
There are inconsistencies like Jonas noting that there are some areas only an earl or above can enter, but when he’s awarded a barony, he’s relieved that he can still enter those areas…even though a baron is lower ranked than an earl. To clarify, he was never an earl or above before, he was just the son of a noble family, so not clear on why he’d lose access if he shouldn’t have it in the first place. There’s also a thing where they talk about waterproofing leather being impossible because the blue slime won’t stick it. Dahlia’s “brilliant” solution is to use scrap leather that is already used and headed for the trash, because that accepts magic easier. First, if the leather is used to the point it’s heading for trash, why would you want to make boots from it, and second, it’s still leather, why does the blue slime stick to it? If they discovered some property about the used leather that they could apply to make the new leather accept blue slime, that would at least make sense. I also can’t understand why the royal toolmakers are making boots, instead of focusing on creating the materials, which is their actual expertise. Why would they be able to make boots successfully, given that there are apparently 250 steps that go into making boots for the Order? How is it cost effective to have the royal workshop make them when they have no experience?? They didn’t even consult the cobblers that have been making them? And why TF are they allowing the knights to customize the boots so much which raises costs?? It also talks about how carefully she experiments and tests to create things, but that hasn’t been shown at all. One of my complaints is that they don’t test the products enough before rushing them to market. Like these prosthetic limbs, which she invented on the spot and immediately fitted it to someone. And now we’ve got seniors coming out of retirement because now they can fight with the prosthetic limbs. There’s a guy saying he can finally hold his grandchild - excuse me, can you not hold a kid with one arm?? And here he is eager to cut off his other arm so he can have two prosthetics and fight better?? That’s just stupid. I understand being forced to retire because of an injury, but that doesn’t mean you want to go back to dangerous work as an elderly person!
I’m also confused that Marcella seems completely ignorant of his paternal family. I could have sworn he found out in the last volume.
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April 19, 2025
The ending
The short story at the end was the perfect end to the beginning of Dahlia finally seeing her love start to bloom along with her wonderful business. Emphasizing relationships as a continuing circle of support and personal growth is definitely working for this series. Always ready for my update.
The short story at the end was the perfect end to the beginning of Dahlia finally seeing her love start to bloom along with her wonderful business. Emphasizing relationships as a continuing circle of support and personal growth is definitely working for this series. Always ready for my update.
April 7, 2025
Its more like a 3.5
The author keeps making other people feel grateful to Dahlia from her unintended action. This time it feels a bit force :/
The author keeps making other people feel grateful to Dahlia from her unintended action. This time it feels a bit force :/
April 18, 2025
good series
Read the whole series 3 times. Love how much comedy there is. Plot is really nice. You can read the next volume and still want more.
Read the whole series 3 times. Love how much comedy there is. Plot is really nice. You can read the next volume and still want more.
May 15, 2025
jonas is kinda the best. also is the magical tool research club the marauders of this universe ........
December 8, 2025
Love it. Funny as always and I’m glad for some progress.
I’m just hoping it’s not another year for the next translation.
I found the site where it’s published in Japanese I think. Book 9 is 280 out of 500 odd post in. Trying to read google translate is giving me the patience to wait for the translation.
I’m just hoping it’s not another year for the next translation.
I found the site where it’s published in Japanese I think. Book 9 is 280 out of 500 odd post in. Trying to read google translate is giving me the patience to wait for the translation.
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