Tearmoon Empire: Die Chroniken der Heiligen(?!) Mia (Light Novel): Band 5

Tearmoon Empire Light Novel #5

by Nozomu Mochitsuki, Katarina Rinas (translator), Gilse (illustrator)

Prinzessin Mia arbeitet stets hart daran, die Zukunft zu verändern, doch diesen Sommer gönnt sie sich eine Verschnaufpause und nimmt an einer Kreuzfahrt im Galileameer teil! Was eigentlich eine amüsante Reise werden sollte, stellt sich allerdings flugs als waschechtes Abenteuer Erst strandet ihre kleine Truppe auf einer einsamen Insel ohne Schiff oder Proviant und dann verschwindet auch noch Esmeralda! Nachdem sie sich in mehrere Gruppen aufgeteilt haben, macht sich Mia zusammen mit ihrem Herzblatt Abel auf die Suche nach ihrer Freundin. Sie ahnt jedoch nicht, dass sie dabei in den Tiefen der Insel auf ein längst vergessenes dunkles Geheimnis stoßen wird, das zu Tearmoons Untergang und zu ihrem Tod führen soll. Wird es unserer Prinzessin gelingen, dem Strom des Schicksals zu trotzen, der sie mit sich in den Abgrund reißen will? Eines ist in jedem Fall sicher – ihr steht ein Sommer voller Liebe, Freundschaft und Tränen bevor!

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Fiction, Slice Of Life, Shojo

341 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 10, 2020

Reviews

[Ness ┏ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ┛ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love when we get to see Mia's diary and it's a week straight of detailed entries about food and then all of a sudden she goes "so anyways there was this crazy international conspiracy that I just dismantled, I had this amazing stew while at it..." Solid motivation.

[Alexis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting developments surrounded by fluff

There are some very interesting developments happening in this storyline! They are surrounded by cute fluffy story development, and this is just a pretty relaxing addition honestly! It's essentially a dramatic beach episode!

[¥uri ݁˖☘︎✟⚚☕︎݁˖ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this volume, Esmerald went from being annoying to becoming my second favorite character of the series, I loved her arc, and her friendship with mia is simultaneously hilarious and also one of the most wholesome things in this super wholesome series, I hope we get to see more of it in the future too.

this series stays surprisingly consistently great at developing its characters.

the horse riding arc was also tones of fun :)

[Live · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm really enjoying delving more into Tearmoon Empire's nobles in this volume. Each character is great, if not eccentric in their own way, and makes it really obvious just why Mia struggled to try and save the Empire in the first timeline once she realised she had messed up. There's a lot she couldn't have known and a single action really ripples out to effect the rest of the continent in this story. It's so clever and fun to see!

[Riri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Similarly to the previous volume, the fifth book of Tearmoon Empire is also split into two arcs. In the first half of the book, we see the conclusion of the summer vacation with Esmeralda. Since they kept talking about a cult, I was expecting them to run into some shady cult members on the island… but they don't. Instead, they find something that reveals the link between the Chaos Serpents and Tearmoon's first emperor. Which really explains the state of the empire. But this being a Tearmoon Empire book, the summer vacation safely ends with Mia recruiting Esmeralda as an ally. It seems that even in the preview timeline, Esmeralda had a lot of regrets about fleeing the empire with her family. She was previously a comical, stereotypical, bitter ojousama who just wants Mia's attention, but this book gives her more depth as a character.

Esmeralda isn't the only one joining Mia though, because after the second arc, Ruby from the Redmoon family also becomes an ally. Based on her portayal in the previous book, I really didn't expect her issue to be so focused on romance. Actually, the issue itself is romance. Which seems to lead to a happy ending, based on what the book says about her future. It might not be for everyone, but I personally find it cute. Mia has been unknowingly getting in their way, both in the previous timeline and the current one. It led to an especially terrible outcome in the previous timeline, and since Mia has matured a lot, she immediately realized where it went wrong. But as the Japanese saying goes, those who disturb the love of others shall be kicked by a horse and die. And that's what happens to Mia. Except she doesn't get kicked and doesn't die. Instead, she gets sneezed on by horses. For many, many times.

The Princess Chronicles book does change and says Mia is going to die soon though, after the upcoming Holy Eve Festival. The reason is not divulged in this book, so I can look forward to that in the next volume. While we still haven't learned anything about the Yellowmoon family, we do get to meet their daughter, Citrina, who is now best friends with Miabel. Overall, it was a really fun read with a lot of horses and cute moments. Can't wait to see what's going to happen to Mia next.

[Hidekisohma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Took me a while to get through this one. I don't know whether it's that the series just isn't as GOOD as it goes on, or i just got hit with a few mediocre volumes in a row.

Either way, this one wraps up the "stuck on the island" story and then deals with Mia having to learn to ride a horse better as she's challenged to a horse riding race by another noble lady. in fact, an INORDINATE amount of time is taken up by this. basically her training to ride better and the hijinks that come along with this. this was probably the weakest part. the actual race at the end was pretty cool, but the leadup to it took WAYYYY too long and was pretty dull.

As Mia is basically the sage of the empire now, there aren't as many "woww mia's so wise!" when she's actually just muddling through things which were a lot more prevalent in volumes 1 and 2 and now it's sort of....her avoiding more bad stuff through the diary that her granddaughter from the future brought with her. (i still believe that bel is an unnecessary superfluous character and her only purpose is to replace the diary that mia lost in volume 2 and the author realizing too late that was a terrible idea)

This book took me about 6 days to get through and that's pretty long for a light novel. i think i just got bored during the horse training parts to be honest.

Mia is still her usual fun self and nothing really fundamentally changes other than mia learns she's going to die this autumn and now has to stop that. still, not BAD, just not nearly as good as the earlier volumes. will still continue as i hope/assume it will get better.

3.5 out of 5.

oh. and they had a character poll in this volume and i find it HILARIOUS that the side character Ludwig got 2nd place for most popular even beating out the love interest. i love when that kind of stuff happens.

[Rika · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es increíble como una historia tan simple tiene un lore tan interesante, me encantan los pasajes de la línea del tiempo original y todo lo que hay alrededor de la trama de Miabel. Las cosas se explican y avanzan muy lento pero nunca faltan los momentos cozy y divertidos qué hacen la lectura super amena

[Nicole Westen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The plot thickens! In this volume you find out a little bit of the history of the Tearmoon empire, and find out how deep, and how old, the corruption of the empire is.

[Mylove4book · Rating 5 out of 5]

阿貝爾王子的人氣居然這麼高啊, 還以為會哪天就莫名的退場......

[juul · Rating 4 out of 5]

a little too many miabel pov’s However the first arc made up for it

[Abi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great volume! We learn some big things that pertain to the overarching plot in the midst of character development, seeing moments from the Princess Mia Chronicles in action, and (of course) much laughter. I really enjoyed reading this, would recommend it to fans of the previous volumes, and will be reading volume 6! 4.5 stars.

Reread in Japanese November 15th-30th, 2022
This was a fun reread! I read it while listening to the audiobook (at 1.0 speed!) and it was overall pretty easy Japanese-wise. The audiobook narrator is very talented - she does different voices for every character and perfectly captures the emotions in each scene. It's quite impressive.

Audiobook aside, this is a pretty significant installment in the series. It marks a turning point in the overall story and has some pretty groundbreaking information. It also introduces an important side character. Of course, the usual humor and hijinks are present too! Definitely recommended! 5 stars.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es una de los mejores mangas que he leído este año. Es muy inocente y refrescante. La historia se centra en el renacimiento de Mia Luna Tearmoon princesa del imperio Tearmoon, cuyo personaje esta basado en la Reina Maria Antonieta, sin embargo esta es una princesa reformada, que después de morir en la guillotina y volver al pasado aprovecha esta segunda oportunidad para cambiar su destino y el de su país, con una mentalidad renovada se da cuenta que puede hacer nuevos amigos y aliados que nunca tuvo en su vida anterior, teniendo una vida mucha más rica. Con un toque de comedia y sátira este manga es una delicia. Excelente uso del humor negro!!

[Allen]

Less than half way through, the original story arc comes to a nice, satisfying close, and overall I just didn't feel like delving into the next arc. It's only awkward that this transition happened at about 1/3 into this volume.