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リーフェの祝福～無属性魔法しか使えない落ちこぼれとしてほっといてください～ [Liefe no shukufuku: mu zokusei mahō shika tsukaenai ochikobore to shite hottoite kudasai] #1
The Blessing of Liefe: Leave This Magical Letdown Alone! Volume 1
It is said that Liefes are only capable of conjuring the most difficult and least useful of spells... but that won’t stop Yui from doing what she loves! Despite being born a Liefe, Yui adores magic and learning all she can about it no matter the challenge. The more difficult spells, the better! If only her noble father approved. Deemed a failure to the family name, young Yui and her mother are banished from their own home... but she won’t let that stop her either! After years of struggle and devotion to her studies, Yui is accepted into one of the most prestigious magic academies in the kingdom. Here she will learn from the best magical practitioners in the world—if she can survive amongst all the pompous nobles with more bluster than brains. Constantly ridiculed and undermined by her privileged peers for being a Liefe, will Yui be able to study in peace and prove them wrong? And what ancient mysteries will her research uncover? That is, if the academy doesn’t stop her first...
266 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 10, 2022
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December 17, 2025
Pulling the plug at 82%. It’s BORING. I keep pushing on to see if it was going to get any better and NOPE.
1) magic system is poorly described. We know the MC h is a “liefe”, meaning she has non-elemental powers, but since she’s WAAAAAY OP, it makes no sense why non-elemental powers are looked down on? It’s not even clear what either of those two power sets really are and what they can do, especially hers.
2) MC h = Mary Sue. She can LITERALLY do ANYthing, even touch and be touched by the second Prince whose touch kills most people who can defend against his magic. She even healed the first Prince when even the royal healers and magicians couldn’t. WOAHWOW!! Not.
3) said Mary Sue is hiding her powers because she has a goal she wants to achieve (saving the second Prince from his curse), and is treated like a second class citizen by those not in the know about how AWESOEM and SPESHUL she REALLY is! Of COURSE those “in the know” are powerful and loving people who do their best to protect her, like the royal family and her step father who is the Prime Minister and referred to as the Prince of Darkness because he so scawy AND so into his step daughter it borders on grooming and squick. Her school chums are also SUPER powerful and SUPER protective of our cwute wittle Mary Sue…
4) NONE of the “villains”/antagonists stand a CHANCE and the reader KNOWS it. The “love rival”? No chance. The evil teacher who tried to get her booted for cheating, when she didn’t because she’s just really THAT SMORT? No chance. The guy who had to duel her from Class A who hated her and wanted to “put her in her place” because she was from Class H? No chance.
So there is NO anticipation, no doubt, no “wow the antagonist is SUPER powerful, how is she going to make it???” feeling in the reader. Just a yawn and “wonder how she’s going to win this time? Her SUPER SPESHUL power, intellect or those with authority who love and cherish her for no good reason?”
OP characters need OP villains or it’s just BORING. Man characters need realistic struggles, they need conflict in order to grow and develop, they need to face real challenges. Otherwise they are just cardboard caricatures of a worn out trope that I, for one, can’t stomach.
Read only if you want something that will cause you absolutely no stress for the MC h and just need HEA where you can turn your brain off and let the story flow around you.
1, this is pap and I want my money back, stars.
1) magic system is poorly described. We know the MC h is a “liefe”, meaning she has non-elemental powers, but since she’s WAAAAAY OP, it makes no sense why non-elemental powers are looked down on? It’s not even clear what either of those two power sets really are and what they can do, especially hers.
2) MC h = Mary Sue. She can LITERALLY do ANYthing, even touch and be touched by the second Prince whose touch kills most people who can defend against his magic. She even healed the first Prince when even the royal healers and magicians couldn’t. WOAHWOW!! Not.
3) said Mary Sue is hiding her powers because she has a goal she wants to achieve (saving the second Prince from his curse), and is treated like a second class citizen by those not in the know about how AWESOEM and SPESHUL she REALLY is! Of COURSE those “in the know” are powerful and loving people who do their best to protect her, like the royal family and her step father who is the Prime Minister and referred to as the Prince of Darkness because he so scawy AND so into his step daughter it borders on grooming and squick. Her school chums are also SUPER powerful and SUPER protective of our cwute wittle Mary Sue…
4) NONE of the “villains”/antagonists stand a CHANCE and the reader KNOWS it. The “love rival”? No chance. The evil teacher who tried to get her booted for cheating, when she didn’t because she’s just really THAT SMORT? No chance. The guy who had to duel her from Class A who hated her and wanted to “put her in her place” because she was from Class H? No chance.
So there is NO anticipation, no doubt, no “wow the antagonist is SUPER powerful, how is she going to make it???” feeling in the reader. Just a yawn and “wonder how she’s going to win this time? Her SUPER SPESHUL power, intellect or those with authority who love and cherish her for no good reason?”
OP characters need OP villains or it’s just BORING. Man characters need realistic struggles, they need conflict in order to grow and develop, they need to face real challenges. Otherwise they are just cardboard caricatures of a worn out trope that I, for one, can’t stomach.
Read only if you want something that will cause you absolutely no stress for the MC h and just need HEA where you can turn your brain off and let the story flow around you.
1, this is pap and I want my money back, stars.
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August 28, 2024
3.5 rounded up. It's nothing special, and the heroine is industrial cement levels of dense, but I really enjoyed it anyway.
March 27, 2025
i didnt really like most of this book. the MC and her motivations/ actions dont really make sense to me i did like the last couple of chapters where it was focused on the prince but that was it. :(
August 30, 2024
Written by Kureha and illustrated by Yoko Matsurika, J-Novel Club’s latest title, The Blessing of Liefe, proves that there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to support-type magic.
Following other staples within the genre e.g., The Oblivious Saint and The Fallen Daughter of the Duke, JNC’s newest series is another title looking at a protagonist whose unknown abilities lead them to being persecuted. At the centre of contempt in this series is Yui. Born a Liefe, someone who can only use support-type magic, she often finds herself at the end of harsh words and abuse. This comes to a head when Yui is banished alongside her mother back to her parent’s house. Away from her harsh beginnings, Yui can finally focus on baking and studying the magic that she loves, that is, if she’s able to avoid all the naysayers and distractions.
As far as titles within the banishment genre go, this series gets off to a strong start. The author takes their time to highlight the slow healing that takes place for Yui and her mother after years of abuse at the hands of their noble household. For Yui in particular, these scenes are well realised; her reluctance to move in with her mother and her new husband even after discovering their loving relationship shows that her trauma is deep-seated and needs time.
Furthermore, the series’ first volume introduces a sweet, well-paced romance for the protagonist. Going by the nickname El, he’s the country’s second prince. Introduced as the volume progresses, we learn that the two share a long history together. Their secret meetings together in childhood and their mutual understanding of each other’s weaknesses allow for an equal relationship to take place despite their difference in status.
Unfortunately, this series isn’t without its issues. While The Blessing of Liefe could’ve been a strong contender within the genre, it suffers from an identity crisis. Its cutesy slice-of-life moments and bullying/abuse segments don’t mix. Thanks in part to its paper-thin antagonists, the change between the two themes often comes across as jarring and abrupt.
Diving deeper, the volume also struggles with missed opportunities. Several times throughout, the volume fails to go into further detail about the world’s magic system and how Yui can create new support spells. These support spells play a vital role within the volume, including a pivotal moment in the climax surrounding El’s abilities. With little explanation regarding Yui’s processes to create these new spells, it leads me to be at a loss in getting some of the answers and having to chalk it up to the protagonist’s privilege.
Additionally, some of the characters could’ve done with a better introduction. Yui’s father, for example, Layce, suffers on this front. A cold and calculating prime minister on one side and a doting father on the other—more should’ve been done to highlight these differences in his original introduction by moving his introduction to the royal family to being beside his family introduction.
Overall, while The Blessing of Liefe’s opening instalment had potential, it inevitably fell short. Despite a strong start and an interesting look at healing post-abuse, the lack of depth into the world’s magic system and jarring differences in tone mean I will not be continuing with this series into its second volume.
Following other staples within the genre e.g., The Oblivious Saint and The Fallen Daughter of the Duke, JNC’s newest series is another title looking at a protagonist whose unknown abilities lead them to being persecuted. At the centre of contempt in this series is Yui. Born a Liefe, someone who can only use support-type magic, she often finds herself at the end of harsh words and abuse. This comes to a head when Yui is banished alongside her mother back to her parent’s house. Away from her harsh beginnings, Yui can finally focus on baking and studying the magic that she loves, that is, if she’s able to avoid all the naysayers and distractions.
As far as titles within the banishment genre go, this series gets off to a strong start. The author takes their time to highlight the slow healing that takes place for Yui and her mother after years of abuse at the hands of their noble household. For Yui in particular, these scenes are well realised; her reluctance to move in with her mother and her new husband even after discovering their loving relationship shows that her trauma is deep-seated and needs time.
Furthermore, the series’ first volume introduces a sweet, well-paced romance for the protagonist. Going by the nickname El, he’s the country’s second prince. Introduced as the volume progresses, we learn that the two share a long history together. Their secret meetings together in childhood and their mutual understanding of each other’s weaknesses allow for an equal relationship to take place despite their difference in status.
Unfortunately, this series isn’t without its issues. While The Blessing of Liefe could’ve been a strong contender within the genre, it suffers from an identity crisis. Its cutesy slice-of-life moments and bullying/abuse segments don’t mix. Thanks in part to its paper-thin antagonists, the change between the two themes often comes across as jarring and abrupt.
Diving deeper, the volume also struggles with missed opportunities. Several times throughout, the volume fails to go into further detail about the world’s magic system and how Yui can create new support spells. These support spells play a vital role within the volume, including a pivotal moment in the climax surrounding El’s abilities. With little explanation regarding Yui’s processes to create these new spells, it leads me to be at a loss in getting some of the answers and having to chalk it up to the protagonist’s privilege.
Additionally, some of the characters could’ve done with a better introduction. Yui’s father, for example, Layce, suffers on this front. A cold and calculating prime minister on one side and a doting father on the other—more should’ve been done to highlight these differences in his original introduction by moving his introduction to the royal family to being beside his family introduction.
Overall, while The Blessing of Liefe’s opening instalment had potential, it inevitably fell short. Despite a strong start and an interesting look at healing post-abuse, the lack of depth into the world’s magic system and jarring differences in tone mean I will not be continuing with this series into its second volume.
September 12, 2025
Yui and her mother live a hard life, thanks to Yui's inability to use most magic. As a Liefe, she's shut out from actually casting most spells . . . but that won't stop her from learning what she can, and using her skills in unconventional ways. But with her noble father rejecting her, and her classmates mostly against her, will she be able to live the life she wants?
This isn't a bad story, although a few smaller things just lost my interest in reading any more of the series after this volume. Yui is the classic hard-working child with a bad parent--in this case, her father--who can't see her for anything beyond her poor skills in traditional magic. But she has her mother, her brothers, and a few specific others who do support her, so her situation doesn't feel as bad as it could be.
(Although, along those lines, her stepfather is SO much of a fan he comes off as a complete creep. And her brothers also have way too much interest in her, although theirs doesn't ping as romantic.)
It's building a romance with the prince, who is clearly interested in Yui, but on her side she's less sure she wants to be embroiled in this mess (and due to her family situation, she's never really looked at him as a legitimate possible romantic interest).
Overall, this was decent, and I liked that it doesn't quite end the way you'd expect. But the stepfather's obsession with her I find more creepy than funny, so I never really went any further than this first volume. Recommended.
This isn't a bad story, although a few smaller things just lost my interest in reading any more of the series after this volume. Yui is the classic hard-working child with a bad parent--in this case, her father--who can't see her for anything beyond her poor skills in traditional magic. But she has her mother, her brothers, and a few specific others who do support her, so her situation doesn't feel as bad as it could be.
(Although, along those lines, her stepfather is SO much of a fan he comes off as a complete creep. And her brothers also have way too much interest in her, although theirs doesn't ping as romantic.)
It's building a romance with the prince, who is clearly interested in Yui, but on her side she's less sure she wants to be embroiled in this mess (and due to her family situation, she's never really looked at him as a legitimate possible romantic interest).
Overall, this was decent, and I liked that it doesn't quite end the way you'd expect. But the stepfather's obsession with her I find more creepy than funny, so I never really went any further than this first volume. Recommended.
October 19, 2024
can’t wait for book 2
This was a great book that reminded me of the book wife of the barrier master. The book itself was a fun read but it felt like some things were missing like descriptions, the types of words being used (like the respectful ones) and the feel changed from chapter to chapter so not very uniform making us kind of confusing and clunky.
I’m thinking that this is due to the quality of the translation but thats okay all was understandable.
There is one thing I want to point out though why did her grandfather who owned a bakers have piles of advanced magic books in the attic. May w it will be a part of a grey revile but I hope this gets answered.
This was a great book that reminded me of the book wife of the barrier master. The book itself was a fun read but it felt like some things were missing like descriptions, the types of words being used (like the respectful ones) and the feel changed from chapter to chapter so not very uniform making us kind of confusing and clunky.
I’m thinking that this is due to the quality of the translation but thats okay all was understandable.
There is one thing I want to point out though why did her grandfather who owned a bakers have piles of advanced magic books in the attic. May w it will be a part of a grey revile but I hope this gets answered.
August 11, 2024
I am in all honest a bit conflicted about this book. Girl lacks magic talent, or at least one easily recognized, is scorned because of it by those that don't know her, but is skilled enough to work around the issue and in the process befriends the "cursed" prince. The characters were entertaining, the world different enough to be intriguing, and I did enjoy reading it. It is just that it was fairly predictable and trope heavy, including the overprotective dotting dad type who is feared/respected by the rest of the world which just makes me role my eyes (especially if you take into account the daughter is a high school age teenager). A good popcorn read, which is fine. So 3.5 stars rounded up due to personal enjoyment.
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