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師匠をたずねて世直し旅!?
善良さ故に奪われ続けた前世の反省から「悪徳領主」を目指すリアム。
彼は「一閃流」の剣士として厳しい鍛錬を重ねる中、己の成長の限界を感じつつあった。
それと同時に、エレンの師匠として彼女の進む道にも悩んだ結果――
「俺は一閃流の剣士として為すべきことを為す」
妹弟子の凜鳳と風華も連れて、リアムは師匠である安士を探す旅に出ることに！
しかしリアムの活躍で「一閃流」の名が広まったせいで、安士を騙る偽者が宇宙各地で悪さをしていて……!?
悪徳領主が目標なのに世直しの旅を満喫しちゃう勘違い領地経営譚、第９幕!!
善良さ故に奪われ続けた前世の反省から「悪徳領主」を目指すリアム。
彼は「一閃流」の剣士として厳しい鍛錬を重ねる中、己の成長の限界を感じつつあった。
それと同時に、エレンの師匠として彼女の進む道にも悩んだ結果――
「俺は一閃流の剣士として為すべきことを為す」
妹弟子の凜鳳と風華も連れて、リアムは師匠である安士を探す旅に出ることに！
しかしリアムの活躍で「一閃流」の名が広まったせいで、安士を騙る偽者が宇宙各地で悪さをしていて……!?
悪徳領主が目標なのに世直しの旅を満喫しちゃう勘違い領地経営譚、第９幕!!
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First published October 25, 2024
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January 22, 2026
Ellen Tyler worries she is a burden. The sole apprentice to a mercurial young count and the inheritor of a sword style as bedeviling to master as its origin is unknown, Ellen struggles to reach the height of swordsmanship. Her most significant trouble is the most obvious: Ellen has never killed anyone.
EVIL LORD v9 pivots around the growth, inner conflict, and maturity of an otherwise forgotten, tertiary character. Ellen was a fun, interesting add-on some volumes ago, and until now, never really mattered to the light-novel series' greater narrative. Intriguingly, the author found a way to explore the young woman's nascent adolescence while also exploring the lead protagonist's nascent adulthood. Indeed, if Ellen brokers a fundamental truth about personal inadequacy in the face of ongoing conflict, then so, too, should Liam and House Banfield extrapolate something meaningful when it comes to personalized devotion in lieu of tending to broader, more necessary obligations.
Liam gets it in his head that the proliferation of dojos, independent masters, and other so-called experts in the Way of the Flash is bad for his reputation. Why not go on an extended, intragalactic road trip to wipe out all of these false swordsmen? Riho and Fuka seem up for the ride. And Ellen could use some sword-on-sword experience. The only problem, of course, is that Liam starts neglecting his governance responsibilities, times starts slipping away, and his tendency to attract bad guys invariably mucks things up. The novel's climax involves a fun (chaotic) sword battle that pits Liam against several Flash-wielding upstarts, and the result is highly entertaining.
EVIL LORD v9 is the type of volume the novel series probably could have used earlier: Liam takes on a more learned, paternal role with his subordinates and conducts himself well in spite of imminent violence. Riho, Fuka, and Ellen must train, bicker, fight, and learn if they're to justify and save the Way of the Flash. The sole difference among them is that Ellen is actually quite sane, and as such, her self-doubt hits particularly hard ("She was wallowing in her own inadequacy," page 125).
Hunting down fake sword masters also means pursuing the one true sword master. Yasushi's increasingly pauper attempts at running away from House Banfield has numerous twists and turns, but all roads invariably lead him into the hands of people who aim to misuse his comically good sword instruction skills. Yasushi is probably the only character with worse luck than The Guide (who, interestingly, teams once more with G'doire to contrive a way to kill Liam).
Together, the individual stories about Ellen's skills maturity and the eventual hunt for Yasushi form an interesting perspective on how Liam views strength (and of strength's role in becoming an Evil Lord). Liam continuously fails to justify his immense power (and the pursuit thereof) in a fantasy universe with so much unique and strange happenings (e.g., magical sword styles; fighting monsters), while, simultaneously, the man continuously fails to find comfort in the more human facets of his life that would otherwise render those fantastical musings completely unimportant (e.g., falling in love all over again).
I'M THE EVIL LORD OF AN INTERGALACTIC EMPIRE v9 is a good entry for how casually it reinforces how remarkable Liam's life could be if he actually opened his eyes and gave it a try. He always makes things harder than they need to be. Is his instruction of Ellen too over the top? Is his affection for Rosetta too indirect? Is his grasp of how to effectively govern a backwater planet too self-effacing? Liam answers each of these questions, on his own, and is a much better person for the solutions he finds.
EVIL LORD v9 pivots around the growth, inner conflict, and maturity of an otherwise forgotten, tertiary character. Ellen was a fun, interesting add-on some volumes ago, and until now, never really mattered to the light-novel series' greater narrative. Intriguingly, the author found a way to explore the young woman's nascent adolescence while also exploring the lead protagonist's nascent adulthood. Indeed, if Ellen brokers a fundamental truth about personal inadequacy in the face of ongoing conflict, then so, too, should Liam and House Banfield extrapolate something meaningful when it comes to personalized devotion in lieu of tending to broader, more necessary obligations.
Liam gets it in his head that the proliferation of dojos, independent masters, and other so-called experts in the Way of the Flash is bad for his reputation. Why not go on an extended, intragalactic road trip to wipe out all of these false swordsmen? Riho and Fuka seem up for the ride. And Ellen could use some sword-on-sword experience. The only problem, of course, is that Liam starts neglecting his governance responsibilities, times starts slipping away, and his tendency to attract bad guys invariably mucks things up. The novel's climax involves a fun (chaotic) sword battle that pits Liam against several Flash-wielding upstarts, and the result is highly entertaining.
EVIL LORD v9 is the type of volume the novel series probably could have used earlier: Liam takes on a more learned, paternal role with his subordinates and conducts himself well in spite of imminent violence. Riho, Fuka, and Ellen must train, bicker, fight, and learn if they're to justify and save the Way of the Flash. The sole difference among them is that Ellen is actually quite sane, and as such, her self-doubt hits particularly hard ("She was wallowing in her own inadequacy," page 125).
Hunting down fake sword masters also means pursuing the one true sword master. Yasushi's increasingly pauper attempts at running away from House Banfield has numerous twists and turns, but all roads invariably lead him into the hands of people who aim to misuse his comically good sword instruction skills. Yasushi is probably the only character with worse luck than The Guide (who, interestingly, teams once more with G'doire to contrive a way to kill Liam).
Together, the individual stories about Ellen's skills maturity and the eventual hunt for Yasushi form an interesting perspective on how Liam views strength (and of strength's role in becoming an Evil Lord). Liam continuously fails to justify his immense power (and the pursuit thereof) in a fantasy universe with so much unique and strange happenings (e.g., magical sword styles; fighting monsters), while, simultaneously, the man continuously fails to find comfort in the more human facets of his life that would otherwise render those fantastical musings completely unimportant (e.g., falling in love all over again).
I'M THE EVIL LORD OF AN INTERGALACTIC EMPIRE v9 is a good entry for how casually it reinforces how remarkable Liam's life could be if he actually opened his eyes and gave it a try. He always makes things harder than they need to be. Is his instruction of Ellen too over the top? Is his affection for Rosetta too indirect? Is his grasp of how to effectively govern a backwater planet too self-effacing? Liam answers each of these questions, on his own, and is a much better person for the solutions he finds.
May 10, 2026
Well, here's something interesting.
Liam goes out to find his master, mostly to avoid getting married, but he goes out and tries to find his master and also put down the schools that exist using his style's name. It's actually a pretty good arch progression for most of the characters. All the users of the Flash seem to evolve a little in this volume, which works out quite nice. You actually get to see them become more than what they are. And, you get to see Liam's teacher evolve as well, which is honestly a nice change from everything else.
The guide and his buddy play a bigger role in this book, and honestly, it's oh so very tiring. He's not the antagonist anymore, despite everything he does, because he really poses no threat to Liam. Sure, he sets things into motion, but at this point, he almost feels 'monster of the week' rather than the big bad. (For the 40k players out there, think like how Abbadon is supposed to be the big bad, but because he keeps failing, has kinda become a joke)
The climax of this book is alright. It expands what is going on and Liam's understanding of what he is doing, so that is good. It also makes him even more powerful, which is fine, I guess. It's just starting to get excessive. It's getting to the point where things aren't able to challenge him and that is going to make for some very boring stories, and Mishima is going to have issues coming up with stronger and stronger things to challenge them.
So I guess we will see where things go. As it stands, this was a good book, better than the last few, so here is hoping things continue onwards.
Liam goes out to find his master, mostly to avoid getting married, but he goes out and tries to find his master and also put down the schools that exist using his style's name. It's actually a pretty good arch progression for most of the characters. All the users of the Flash seem to evolve a little in this volume, which works out quite nice. You actually get to see them become more than what they are. And, you get to see Liam's teacher evolve as well, which is honestly a nice change from everything else.
The guide and his buddy play a bigger role in this book, and honestly, it's oh so very tiring. He's not the antagonist anymore, despite everything he does, because he really poses no threat to Liam. Sure, he sets things into motion, but at this point, he almost feels 'monster of the week' rather than the big bad. (For the 40k players out there, think like how Abbadon is supposed to be the big bad, but because he keeps failing, has kinda become a joke)
The climax of this book is alright. It expands what is going on and Liam's understanding of what he is doing, so that is good. It also makes him even more powerful, which is fine, I guess. It's just starting to get excessive. It's getting to the point where things aren't able to challenge him and that is going to make for some very boring stories, and Mishima is going to have issues coming up with stronger and stronger things to challenge them.
So I guess we will see where things go. As it stands, this was a good book, better than the last few, so here is hoping things continue onwards.
October 2, 2025
In this volume Liam goes on a warrior's journey trying to find his master together with his fellow apprentices while trying to overcome the bottleneck in his progress as a swordsman. The first half was in all honesty a bit boring. Liam doesn't really fit the mold of the lone warrior and events were for the most part a bit repetitive. The later half though was a lot better though, and I especially like the ending. Lets hope the author doesn't chicken out in the next volume even if I doubt that even if there is a little bit of character growth it will not be by much. All in all, despite its slow start it was a rather decent addition to the series.
July 19, 2025
Lol 😅
The star of this book has to be a tie between Liam and Yasushi. Liam is just his sweetly dominating self and Yasushi stays useless but manages to get saved by his students. So enjoyable!
The star of this book has to be a tie between Liam and Yasushi. Liam is just his sweetly dominating self and Yasushi stays useless but manages to get saved by his students. So enjoyable!
August 29, 2025
None of you have been Liking enough of my reviews, so now you all have to wear cat ears and maid outfits until morale improves.
July 28, 2025
This volume was a real letdown. The main plot, Liam supposedly searching for his master Yasushi, is just a cover for him avoiding marriage. It also feels like the author is avoiding any real story progression.
The first 70% is pure filler. Nothing of substance happens, and I found myself bored and waiting for something to kick in. Only in the final third does the plot and character development finally move forward, but by that point it felt too late.
This easily could’ve been condensed into a few chapters of a stronger, more focused book. As it stands, it felt like a stalling tactic rather than a full, satisfying volume.
The first 70% is pure filler. Nothing of substance happens, and I found myself bored and waiting for something to kick in. Only in the final third does the plot and character development finally move forward, but by that point it felt too late.
This easily could’ve been condensed into a few chapters of a stronger, more focused book. As it stands, it felt like a stalling tactic rather than a full, satisfying volume.
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