この素晴らしい世界に爆焔を! 3 ふたりは最強!のターン

この素晴らしい世界に爆焔を! Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! Light Novel #3

by Natsume Akatsuki, 暁なつめ, Kurone Mishima (Illustrator)

「上級魔法を習得してこそ一人前。爆裂魔法はネタ魔法」そんな紅魔の里の教訓とは裏腹に、爆裂魔法を習得しためぐみん。案の定、彼女を仲間にする者はおらず、ライバルのゆんゆんも同じく毎日ひとりぼっちで――!?

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Humor, Fiction, Anime

280 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2015

About the author

AKATSUKI Natsume
Name (in native language): 暁なつめ
Associated Names:
自宅警備兵
Jitaku-keibihei

Zodiac: Libra

Reviews

[Sean Newgent · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF: 50%

One of my biggest pet peeves with light novels comes in the fact that they are 200 pages of nothing happening. This book, the third in a mildly amusing if not totally unnecessary prequel to the main KonoSuba series, has no reason to exist and spins more wheels than a big rig. Megumin has finally arrived in the town of Axel, home of novice adventurers, and from the start keeps happening upon Aqua and Kazuma in various states of worklife distress. All the while, she and Yunyun are trying to find parties and failing miserably due to their being weirdos.

This book serves no purpose from what I can tell except to get us to Megumin's grand entrance in the main series. I was so bored out of my mind trying to force my way through this book that I ultimately gave up, deciding I'd rather read something with some substance. As much as I love Yunyun and would have liked to continue seeing her grow, the boredom was not worth it.

I only hope the main series is better at investing and engaging the reader.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars.

Thankfully this volume redeemed the series as the previous one was a big let down.

The story ended Megumin's prequel nicely and it explained everything it needed to, such as why Megumin was rejected from other parties (although I'm sure we could have already guessed), and why Yunyun wasn't a present character in the first novels of the main Konosuba series. It gave Megumin and Yunyun's relationship a wholesome pause and I hope they find each other again in later volumes of the main series.

Aside from the above I also really enjoyed the snippets of Kazuma and Aqua that are seen throughout the book and especially when they're trying to find the Arch Priest with the blue hair!

The only reason I give this less than a 5 star review is because Cecily is in this book also and I absolutely despise her character.

[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad. I enjoyed the focus on character relationships for Megumin. It felt a little clumsy with regards to fitting in the canon, but nonetheless, it was fine. The story does move rather slow and there wasn’t that much going on until the end. I enjoyed the returning characters and I did like some of the story advancements with Yunyun. Overall though, this spinoff works for fans but it’s mostly limited to that. It doesn’t hold up on its own as nearly as much, but I honestly never expected it to. Good simple fun.

[Maud · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel kinda sad having finished this series. I love Megumin, she is probably my favourite character in the series and I thought the combination with Yun-Yun was great from start to finish. It made me feel even more sad for Yun-Yun, I wish she would find a great friend group just like Megumin has.

I also loved (part of?) the story behind Megumin's familiar. I do feel a bit unsatisfied though, I don't know enough about what and why and how and when to feel completely satisfied. That is why this volume, and this series overall, got a 4 star rating.

[William Moses Jr. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Huh, that was actually quite enjoyable and introduced an unexpected plot twist that I didn't see coming. I didn't expect Host to actually finish his contract with Wolbach in this prequel series. Overall, it had the comedic pleasantness of a mainline KonoSuba novel, while also expanding the lore in an interesting way. Now I'm super hyped for volume 9 of the main series. Let's go!

[Dustin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly I'm not enjoying this side series as much as the main KonoSuba series. Megumin is just more fun when bouncing off of the other characters and Yunyun doesn't really work in that area.

[Athena · Rating 4 out of 5]

what are they waffling about