edit: ANIME DROPPING IN JAN 2026 NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT BUT I'LL GLADLY TAKE IT (you know it's bad when your brother sends you the update like "this is that series you like about the weird little accountant right?")
RELEASE DATE DROPPED HELL YEAH I HAVE A REASON TO LIVE NOW SHOUTOUT TO THESE IDIOTS
Ach, es war sehr schön, dass es endlich mal wieder romantisch wurde! Auch wenn ich die ganzen Charaktere nicht mehr auf die Kette kriege und diese ganzen verschiedenen Ämter unnötig kompliziert sind.
The Church reform project is coming to an end. Kondou is down to his last scraps of magic barrier that Aresh created before he went to fight miasma, and he’s starting to suffer from the effects of magic. Nonetheless, he joins a prayer ceremony that sucks out extra magic energy. Something goes wrong, and a magic explosion almost incapacitates Kondou. Good thing that Aresh arrives in time.
Aresh is able to save Kondou the usual way, but he’s now spent all his magical energy and needs to recuperate. He doesn’t want to worry Kondou with it, which leads to the latter worrying for their relationship instead. But in the end, it brings them closer, but only because Aresh’s butler reveals the truth to Kondou. Others are starting to pay attention to their relationship too. Especially since Aresh is jealous when Father Sigvold and the prime minister pay attention to Kondou.
But the Church project isn’t quite over. Because someone deliberately targeted Kondou with the explosion. The volume ends before we find out who.
Great volume. There was good progress in Kondou and Aresh’s relationship, shown much better in manga form than the light novel, which tends to skip the important bits. Looking forward to reading more.
"Men in love sure move quickly" BRO YOU HAVE ONE TOO, WHY ARE YOU SURPRISED, LOL. Also, the prince being "ok" that Yua likes Aresh but not another guy is so funnyyyyyy!! Aresh really is the man among men, so get your hands off Sei-chan Mr. Priest!! ISTTTTTTT!!! PFFFFFFF!!!
Bro (Prince) is like there are too many men in this kingdom LMAO
I LOVE THEM SO FREAKING MUCH AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Also I think Sei-chan and Aresh should adopt Sigma and Selio, be like their godfathers, hehe.
Isekai🔥office🔥worker The worldbuilding is lacking a little… it’s a bit conventional. However, Seiichirou is still an ICON so I still think it goes hard
Since it's been more than a year between manga volumes, I've finished the whole light novel series, and the manga has instead become a refresher and alternate perspective. (The anime's also reached this point in the manga, too.) That changes a bit how I view things, but I continue to hope that the manga adaptation covers the entire series, because there is a lot I seem to prefer in this format.
For instance, the scenes with Aresh hit a lot harder because you're able to actually see the unspoken expressions on both Kondou's and Aresh's faces. Written descriptions can accomplish that...but the light novels kind of don't, so it was really, really lovely to have some of Kondou's massive realizations playing out with more visual impact.
I'm still not particularly fond of the prime minister and priest trying to pull tug-of-war with Kondou's affections, but I did like how clearly he brushes them off in favor of Aresh. It's not something Aresh can really see a lot of the time: he's still heartsick with what continues to feel like a mostly one-sided love. The roughest part is that it doesn't really matter to him. He would quite literally die to save Kondou's life, knowing full well that while Kondou would appreciate the gesture, he might never love him the way Aresh desperately needs.
The line about Kondou never sending him a single letter while he was away felt like a knife straight into the chest. Aresh has some issues with possessiveness and jealousy, largely stemming from his insecurity about Kondou's feelings and his protectiveness over his well-being - but his genuine, self-sacrificing love is so fully on display in this volume.
Loved the conversation with Aresh's butler. Kondou needed that practical assessment of their situation, and he definitely needed to be told that while it's bad enough for him to be endangering his own health, he's also actively putting Aresh in danger. He's...trying to do better. It's not something he can fix overnight. But he's at least aware now.
And I did love that heart-clenching moment when Aresh looked up at him with so much hopeful longing, and Kondou finally realized that he can't keep putting his feelings on the back burner forever. He does have incredibly deep feelings for Aresh, and he's going to have to address them.
The church conspiracy storyline is continuing...I can't remember how much longer it takes to wrap up, but maybe by the next volume? I assume that will be the conclusion of the anime, since there are only a couple episodes left. But the stuff with Sigma getting recruited for the royal sorcery department is really fun, and shows the impact Kondou is making on people.
I also like the prince more in the manga...he feels more human and more truly devoted to the Holy Maiden. Rough on him, because she seems a lot more interested in knight captains and handsome priests and in going back home...
...something Aresh's staff is really worried about when it comes to Kondou, but all they can do is wait and watch over the household, and their lost-in-love young master.
J’ai bien aimé ce tome 6, notamment pour les retrouvailles entre les personnages, que j’ai trouvées très réussies et franchement satisfaisantes. On est clairement dans un bon BL, avec cette rivalité entre plusieurs hommes autour d’un même personnage, et ça fonctionne très bien. Les tensions, les regards, les non-dits… tout est là.
L’arrivée de l’assassin, qui cible directement le comptable, apporte une dose d’action bienvenue. C’était sympa, dynamique, et surtout très efficace pour montrer à quel point le capitaine est inquiet pour lui. On sent que ses sentiments sont profonds et sincères, et ça rend certaines scènes particulièrement touchantes.
L’intrigue autour du royaume continue aussi de s’épaissir. Le trafic de mana apparaît désormais comme une véritable magouille à grande échelle, ce qui donne encore plus de poids à l’aspect politique de l’histoire et renforce l’intérêt global du récit.
La fin du tome a un petit goût de “fin d’arc”, presque de conclusion temporaire, avec ce côté à suivre. Personnellement, ça ne m’a pas dérangée : j’aime toujours autant l’univers et la direction que prend l’histoire.
Mon seul vrai bémol, c’est le comptable lui-même : j’aimerais vraiment qu’il assume enfin ses sentiments pour le capitaine et qu’il arrête de le repousser pour des raisons un peu futiles. Tout est là, il ne manque plus que ça.
Un tome 6 plaisant, équilibré entre action, romance et intrigue politique, qui confirme que la série reste très solide et toujours aussi agréable à suivre.
welcome to volume 6 of sei being reckless with his body and health, this time featuring aresh, also being reckless with his body and health. I know love makes you stupid, but aresh doing the same shit he's been nagging sei about for 4 volumes has to be a new low 😭
though I do get its meant to be a turning point for sei, to see the consequences of his actions, so I can forgive it.
what i can't quite forgive is whatever is going on with the plot. I expected the miasma to play a bigger role here. for obvious reasons, but its just not. instead we have nobles abusing a religious system, a church cover-up, and an assassination??? and it wouldn't feel so abrupt if the plot didn’t seem like just set-dressing for the characters to go through their arcs.
I think having a work that is more character focused than plot focused is fine. I just think this manga series is trying to balance both, and it isn't really doing a good job of it.
sei and aresh are adorable though, and reading this is worth it for them alone.
The extra, as usual, is very cute. Vol. 7, I'm waiting for you to deliver that part!!!
I have to say, the reason I gave this four stars out of five is probably because I read this in Japanese, and before that I've already read the original novel in English so it was a bit tedious for someone who's already read it. The manga itself is very well-paced and well-drawn and I have no actual criticism about the one star I docked. I'm just personally a little miffed that the church plot is still on going since I've already read that part. But reading the manga... it truly is inevitable. If you don't want to take away anything from Seiichirou and Aresh's developing relationship, you truly have to just draw the manga the way it is. So the book two of the light novel will be wrapped up in Vol. 7, I guess. I can't wait to see how that goes.
It's been a few years since I read volume 5 so it took me a moment to remember what was going on with the church. Actual plot aside, I do love how the romance is progressing. It's really sweet that Aresh wanted to go informal with Kondou. I'm uncertain how I feel about this random "love triangle" vibe with the religious dude, but I can't say I blame a man of the cloth wanting some "holy sex." I mean... sex in the name of saving a life is admissible. Right?! Right?! (lol) Outside of the spice content, I absolutely love the boy (Sigma, I think). He's so smart, and I'm glad Ist and Kondou are trying to help him growing educationally and professionally.
I liked this volume but I think the conflict is just okay, I want to know the church stuff... I guess. I mostly like it cause our Knight is a jealous man. But then our Bean Counter annoys me again. He finally acknowledges that he needs to take better care of himself because it drains our knight, and then he goes and IMMEDIATELY "forgets" to eat lunch again... just le sigh dude. But we got more cute moments between them. I wish there was more dialogue to build a real relationship between the two of them. Its hard for me want their success when I am not sure why they actually like each other.
Je ne me lasse pas de cette petite histoire, pas mal ficelée du tout! Franchement, je ne m'attendais pas du tout à ça quand j'ai ouvert le premier tome de la série, mais je suis bien accrochée à ce petit BL guimauve mais pas niais. J'adore Seichiro alors que j'ai horreur des bourreaux de travail dans son genre, mais son abnégation, sa logique et son pragmatisme ont eu raison de moi. Sur le papier ce manga n'était pas fait pour moi, mais j'adore.
I don't think I can begin to express how much I love this couple! Pair the sweetness of their interactions with a solid story and you get quite a winner! The pacing is just right and there's always something worthwhile added to the story with each volume!
Another life and death situation brings the pair together for their 3 time. When kondou wakes up though, the sweet wuvvies in his eyes as he faces at aresh.... Squee!! 🥰
Wszyscy, cały świat i religia sprzymierzyli się, by ubić Seiichiro. Ale przynajmniej mamy gołe przytulasy z Areshem - tak się zastanawiam, czy panowie ruszyli coś dalej z cielesnością, czy to nadal takie przyjacielskie mizianie się parówkami? Bo to już szósty tom, można by ustalić, na czym stoimy (okej, ciut ustalili, ale to tylko pod publiczkę).
Is it because it’s been awhile since I’ve been back into this series or did the art change????
And this is definitely cos it’s been awhile since I’ve read this series, but I need there to be a more significant romantic progress between the two leads cos I couldn’t be less interested in the whole church/magical energy plot that’s been going on.
Toujours très mims J’adore l’intrigue magique en réalité, même plus que l’aspect romance, j’aimerai que celle-ci aille plus lentement et certaines choses sont un peu insensées mais malgré tout je reste friande de cette série !
The anime is now on Crunchyroll ans this is another great installment, but Sei is making me crazy with his refusal to admit his feelings. And he almost cheated on Aresh who looks ready to implode for the final 25% of the manga.
binged vol 1-6 of 'the other world's books depends on the bean counter' bc i kind of left reading the series 2 years ago and an anime adaptation released recently. i didn't enjoy the story as much this time round and i found seiichirou annoying. the art is gorgeous though.
i’m actually so obsessed with seiichirou and aresh’s relationship development 🫣 selflessly i don’t want seiichirou but he also has a life of his own and he does miss his parents.
Sei really needs to be careful. Although, I don't trust that Bishop and we all know that there are people who don't like that Sei tagged along with Yua. So who knows who wants him dead.
I first read as a manwha online. Loved the series and hope there will be more about the couple. A workaholic meets a younger knight commander and what starts as medical energy turns into love.