Axis Church vs. Eris Church

この素晴らしい世界に祝福を! Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Light Novel #8

by Natsume Akatsuki, Kurone Mishima (Artist)

MAY THE BEST GODDESS WIN!

It's time once again for the annual Eris Appreciation Festival, and everyone in Axel Town is in high spirits... except Aqua. In her mind, it's totally unfair that Eris gets an entire festival thrown in her honor while she doesn't. So Aqua announces that she'll be having an Aqua Appreciation Festival at the same time, and both Kazuma and Chris get dragged into helping out. And once the festivities are underway, Chris also ropes Kazuma into helping her infiltrate a noble's mansion in pursuit of a new Sacred Treasure: a legendary suit of armor...that can talk?! Two festivals plus one mysterious suit of armor equals chaos for Kazuma, and it won't end until the whole town gets caught up in the madness!

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Comedy, Manga, Fiction, Adventure, Humor

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2016

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

[Carol]

Just ok, good fun, nothing impressive, definitely a transition book by all standards, author even admits to it. There's a little fun here and there, not much plot development really, it was like an anime chapter on the school festival, but instead of a school is another world with crazy people on it.
Aqua wasn't around much, and whenever she was she caused the usual problems. Megumin was fun when she was teasing Kazuma. Darkness was also not around much. And the only thing the author expanded on was the relationship between Kazuma and Chris, which seems to be growing nicely.
Other than that... there was the usual pervertness, but that's not new.

[Jorge Rosas]

A funny book with an unexpected twist and interesting quirks but it mostly was going nowhere in terms of plot.

[John]

Cute breather side-story after the really good beefy last couple volumes, I loved all the focus on Chris!

[Tai Tarantino]

(This is the 8th in the series, read the others first) The yearly festival celebrating the goddess Eris has come to. However, the Axis Cult wants to participate as well, resulting in a rivalry in the 2 cults. Kazuma is dragged in, and is stuck as the advisor, seeing over the festival.
This volume has the signature comedy that Konosuba is known for, and plenty of it. Just seeing everything unravel keeps me glued to the screen, for the hours and hours that it takes to complete.
Like most series with an episodic format, Konosuba may eventually get boring. The plot also isn't focused on all that often, as this series is mostly character-driven.
You don't have to be an advanced reader for this. However, it contains strong language and some suggestive themes, so don't read it if you're sensitive to those type of novels.

[Austin Roberto]

An Axis cult vs. Eris sect culture festival arc... *chef's kiss*

I really enjoy Konosuba's approach to slice of life developments. Funny how a story whose main plot is to defeat a devil king doesn't always have some sort combat climax for each installation in the series. I like when my expectations are derailed to allow for the ridiculousness that ensues.

Looking forward to the next volume, feels like I'm finally getting to the points that encouraged me to read the light novels in the first place!

[Recto Jr. Ruiz]

It's fine, I guess. The volume is not really that plot significant, however it is still fun. Really love the moments between Eris and Kazuma (this ain't a spoiler unless you really have zero idea how to see foreshadowing). Kazuma's antics are still there, but not really as deplorable as the last one in my opinion. Still got a good amount of laugh of the characters and their quirks. In truth, it was not really about Eris vs Axis Church, but rather more on a bit of character development for Eris.

[Rebecca]

How did Vanir become my favorite character? Also, a crossover between this and Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer where Aqua's "dragon" turns out to be an unusual chicken would be kind of amazing.

[Adayn Cao]

Same old world and same old characters, working as well as before. These books are short, so nothing has gotten old. Jokes hit, wholesomeness prevails, friendships bloom, etc. The plot was all over the place for this one, but a lot of character development. If you've been liking the series so far, you'll want to read this one and the Next one for sure.

[Elilith]

une phrase dans l'afterword est un résumé parfait de cette série : "don't forget what series your reading". Voilà, si à un moment vous avez l'espoir que les personnages évoluent, que le plot avance, que quoi que ce soit change : n'oubliez pas ce que vous lisez.

[Teeny]

This was amusing enough but everyone being pissy towards Kazuma seems not as funny on paper as it does in animated form.....

[Ricardo Matos]

Good fun but kind of a side story. Author admits as much in the afterword. Still made me LOL :D

[Dustin]

It was alright.

[Rakuza]

Eris is really underrated, so I’m glad to see a book (kind-of) centred around her. People say this book is filler, but I think it is still one of the better volumes.

[Athena]

Polytheistic religion

[nyaru]

joever

[Rolaka Pisarka]

Kiedyś mi się podobało, minęły lata zmienil mi się gust

[Matthew Bee]

Officially stagnant plot. Kazuma’s comeuppance will likely resume next review.

[Aaron Nagy]

Another fun and enjoyable entry in the series, certainly weaker than the last few books though as this one was a good bit more aimless.

[Chitalu Andrew Kabalika]

Funny but Average

Akatsuki sensei is funny as usual, but like other reviewers have mentioned, the plot seemed to meander in this volume.

I enjoyed the developments between the characters. Between Kazuma, Megumin and Darkness. Even Eris!

The only one missing in this dynamic was Aqua! I was hoping for a volume focused on the development of the relationship between Aqua and Kazuma, as has been hinted in the earlier volumes.

Still, this entry was amusing and that was enjoyable enough.

[Adam]

Good fun by my standard as a fan, but definitely felt like filler and a bit meandering. I just love the world so it’s great for me regardless. But 3/5 in respect to the rest of the series ig…

[Love]

The Konosuba light novels are always amazing, this one maybe a little less so than the previous volumes. The author himself describes it as being a bit all over the place and it being a case of him ”taking a breather” in the afterword. Still, an average Konosuba novel still means a great light novel. This is a series I’ll keep following.