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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Light Novel #9
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 9
In the new dungeon, The Great Forest Labyrinth, a dragon girl named Wiene has appeared and Bell meets her! Seeing that she is neither human nor monster but something entirely different, Bell promises to protect her but...
A band of violently immoral hunters slowly worm their evil influence into the Dungeon and begin to wreck havoc, irreversibly causing strife between people and monsters. Amidst all this, the Guild begins to move and the true master appears. All these events revolve around the vivre girl Wiene and cause waves in the city above as well!
The irregulars will shake humans, monsters, and even the gods to their core. The young hero walks his path and the goddess records it--the Familia Myth!
A band of violently immoral hunters slowly worm their evil influence into the Dungeon and begin to wreck havoc, irreversibly causing strife between people and monsters. Amidst all this, the Guild begins to move and the true master appears. All these events revolve around the vivre girl Wiene and cause waves in the city above as well!
The irregulars will shake humans, monsters, and even the gods to their core. The young hero walks his path and the goddess records it--the Familia Myth!
293 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 11, 2015
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September 24, 2017
There's some interesting developments in this latest arc, but I can't say anything, otherwise I would spoil it. I thought the plot was going in a very specific direction, but then Omori surprised me with where he was really taking things. Characters from the Sword Oratoria spinoff are beginning to intersect as well, and I have so many questions about some of the characters and groups.
Bell is still being a blockhead, but that's to be expected in a Japanese light novel. I was a little disappointed that Aiz wasn't present in the story. Apart from a single mention and one quick scene from here viewpoint, but the author in his Afterward has promised she will be in the next issue, so I guess I can't gripe too much, but I'd just like to see more development between Bell and Aiz. I mean, we are on volume 9 after all, but Omori seems to be taking his sweet ol' time with things. There was also very little development on Freya's side of things. I guess it would be repetitive if she caused Bell problems in every volume, but that hasn't been the case. Regardless, it's always fun to watch!
Bell is still being a blockhead, but that's to be expected in a Japanese light novel. I was a little disappointed that Aiz wasn't present in the story. Apart from a single mention and one quick scene from here viewpoint, but the author in his Afterward has promised she will be in the next issue, so I guess I can't gripe too much, but I'd just like to see more development between Bell and Aiz. I mean, we are on volume 9 after all, but Omori seems to be taking his sweet ol' time with things. There was also very little development on Freya's side of things. I guess it would be repetitive if she caused Bell problems in every volume, but that hasn't been the case. Regardless, it's always fun to watch!
March 15, 2021
If there is one thing I didn't like about this book -- it is the first of two parts. And that's not enough to ding it. I had been reading the spin off books (Sword Oratoria) more than the main line and something happened in book 10 that threw me for a loop so I knew I had to stop those for a bit and do some catch up. Volume 9 is the beginning of that spoiler and what a spoiler it was. Even knowing the bit I knew this book was not quite what I was expecting, but in a good way. I have a bunch of other things on my to-be-read pile but may have to promote volume 10 of DanMachi up there so I can find out what's going on!
For me Omori delivered another solid entry and I'm anxious for more.
For me Omori delivered another solid entry and I'm anxious for more.
August 13, 2018
This is the 9th volume in the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon series of light novels. I really used to love these books but finishing the last few books have felt a bit like a chore. At times they are truly great, which is why I have kept reading. Maybe it's that the series has kept running for too long and I have lost interest, this is the 9th volume after all, not counting the spin-offs. Or maybe it's the fact that this series is a bit less ”light” than other light novels, in many ways it's more like a western fantasy series. At this point I'm a bit split over if I should keep going with the 10th volume or not.
October 17, 2018
O autor criou um plot twist muito interessante nesse volume e que muda completamente o futuro da obra. Mas a história ainda continua arrastada em certos momentos e o desenvolvimento de alguns personagens são bem fracos. Espero que o autor trabalhe melhor esses fatores nos próximos volumes.
May 15, 2025
This is clearly where the story takes a steep right turn into the unknow, And adds a whole new feeling to the goo happy fantasy it was.
And i am here for it.
And i am here for it.
February 8, 2026
They Did the Monster Mash
This ninth volume finds the series virtually unrecognizable from the fun and flirty fantasy of the first volume. The initial focus on Bell and Hestia has widened so broadly that our two leads are lost in an ever-expanding ensemble cast, one which doubles in this volume alone.
To Omori's credit, this burgeoning third arc is ambitious and signals a turnaround from the wheelspinning melodrama that filled to bursting volume 8. Omori still spins his wheels, but I'm resigned that is simply his style: leisurely paced with an emphasis on emotion and reaction over advancing the scene or plot. I see it in stark relief because I'm also reading Reki Kawahara's two long-running light novel series Sword Art Online and Accel World. Kawahara's style is diametrically opposed to Omori's, boasting a brisk pace and rapid-fire plot advancement. A lot happens in the course of a Kawahara novel. Not so much in Omori's, as he admits in his afterword, acknowledging this story sprawled and will now require two volumes to contain it.
As I read scenes of Welf looking at Mikoto and Mikoto looking back at Welf while twirling her hair, I think how Omori could use a good editor armed with a sharp blue pencil, which would be a nub at manuscript's end. A good editor could trim the fat, tighten the pacing, and above all ensure all dialogue is attributed to a speaker! That last one is my greatest pet peeve, followed closely by all those inexplicably blank "..." lines that waste space and presumably provide a dramatic pause. (These are crimes committed against readers in many light novels, not just Omori's. If only the English translators would smooth down these wrinkles!)
I disliked the previous volume's romantasy side-story collection, so I came to this volume wary and even cynically, with a hair trigger to DNF and resign from the series. But I was quickly drawn into the story and the suspense inherent to keeping a life-or-death secret. And I'm always a sucker for an Under Resort scene, though now it appears Bell and friends travel there by express elevator. Once it was a long and desperate journey through those middle floors.
A long-distance dedication from the 20th floor: "Itsy-bitsy teenie Wiene sparkly blue-tinged skinkini," to paraphrase the 1960 song that sprang to mind when our new character was christened with the wince-worthy name of "Wiene." Uh, like isn't Wiene what Turbo Granny wants to gobble up? Yeah, this book predates Dandadan, but not my watching of that anime, so I involuntarily imported that painful reference. But even if I hadn't, Wiene is an awful name to lay on a character.
I had to laugh when Bell originally suggested "Wilusine," and an unidentified character responds that's it's "a bit grandiose," to which another--also unidentified, of course--says, "Yeah, and long. Stands out like a sore thumb" (p. 34). Wait, grandiose and long? Like Takemikazuchi? I just hope that wasn't Haruhime who was calling the kettle black, whose name is also eight letters long. What cracked me up is that it was the perpetually panting-for-Bell virgin goddess Hestia who comes up with the name "Wiene." I'd give a good five-cent cigar to know what Freud would say about that!
And what would Sigmund say about the confusing and contradictory sexual expression and repression in this dysfunctional familia? Wiene the blue nudist wants to shed her heavy woolen robe on a hot day hanging out in Hearthstone Manor's courtyard and makes a reasonable request:
"Bell... it's very hot. Is it okay to take this off?"
"N-no, you mustn't, Lady Wiene!!"
"Y-yes, you must put up with it."
"Ugh..." she mumbles, pulling at the salamander-wool robe's collar around her neck like she would give anything to remove it. Haruhime and I panic a little but somehow manage to persuade her. This is a relief, considering Wiene is completely naked underneath" (p. 48).
Gasp! A naked woman? Completely, no less! As if Bell--protesting with two exclamation points--didn't find Wiene au naturel in the Dungeon to begin with. And didn't our bashful manchild get an eyeful of Aiz, Tione, Tiona et al. when peeping and plopping into the hot spring a few books ago?
Oh, maybe it was Haruhime who would be scandalized by the sight of all that bare blue skin? Hardly, as a few pages later reveal "Haruhime smiled at the completely naked Wiene while holding a thin towel over her plump breasts with one hand" (p. 58). This is the spa scene captured by Suzuhito Yasuda in the glossy opening pages. Obviously, the women have no hangups lolling about buck naked, so why the "panic" when Wiene wanted to disrobe? Must an illusion of Bell's long-ago lost innocence be maintained? C'mon, he lived in the basement room with Hestia aka "Loli Big Boobs" who wears a skimpy and form-fitting outfit. As Hestia herself says, albeit in a different context, Why so uptight? (p. 56).
A big takeaway was this book's galvanizing my distrust of the Guild, which has been growing since the War Game when it was implied the Guild was complicit in the sex trafficking to Ishtar's Pleasure Quarter. Lusty adventurers need an outlet or they'll tear up the town, so a "don't ask, don't tell" arrangement was struck. And after meeting the Epsteinesque Royman Mardeel, undressing Eina with his porcine peepers, I was convinced he would eagerly play "nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more" with Ishtar.
The half-elf Eina is usually more like half-Vulcan Eina, a very serious cookie. So when the workload piles up and Eina whines, "Ughh, I just pulled an all-nighter too!!" (p. 135) I smiled and wondered if this scene wasn't the inspiration for overtime-loathing Alina Clover in the very fun 2021 series I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time (Light Novel) Vol. 1. It was nice to see Eina's human side slip through. (And even more slipped through in the accompanying illustration!)
Trying not to spoil too much, I will only say the last quarter of the novel, toggling between scenes of the mission to the twentieth floor and Hestia's audience with Ouranos, took me back to the '80s. But the cringey '80s I want to forget. When Rei said, "I shall sing and add some color to this banquet," I could picture our cast peopled with humans, a prum, a renart, dragons, lizards, and even a skeleton standing side by side swaying and singing "we are the world, we are the children... we're all a part of God's great family... a change can only come when we stand together as one (yeah, yeah, yeah)!" That diabetes-inducing ditty may be better or worse than the "drunken monsters'" requesting--off page, of course--the nonsensical "Yub Nub" from The Return of the Jedi's closing Ewok celebration, which scene had so many nausea-inducing parallels to the Hidden Village hoedown.
This book revealed to what degree Omori is making it up as he goes, "pantsing," as Brandon Sanderson describes writing without an outline (and thus by the seat of one's pants). It's clear from Omori's candid afterwords that he doesn't have the series carefully planned out, even if he states, "I've wanted to write this particular episode since I started the series back in Volume 1" (p. 267). If he had, he would have known the ending like a good mystery writer and backfilled the narrative with foreshadowing, relevant clues, and characters. Yeah, "pantsing" can prove a strength, allowing for spontaneity and allowing the story "to write itself," offering plot twists and surprises even the author didn't anticipate. But it can also leave plot holes, inconsistencies, and in Omori'e case, reliance upon retroactive continuity implants.
For instance, like a bolt from the blue we get introduced to the hitherto-unmentioned god Ouranos, a "Supreme God ... one of the truly influential deities ... a towering, unyielding king, the true leader of the Guild ... the Father of Orario" (p. 190). Uh, shouldn't we have heard about this guy way sooner than volume 9? Like at least a couple books ago when Hermes was waxing historical about Orario, identifying the city's boldface names as Zeus, Freya and Loki?
Ouranos is a retcon, but I'm rolling with it because he's a fascinating and game-changing character. What struck me is Ouranos is a god who prays. Wow, to whom would a "supreme god" pray? Ouranos "spent his days beneath Guild headquarters, offering constant 'prayers' to the Dungeon. These prayers--powered by his immense divine authority--kept the Dungeon in check. It was his will that prevented hordes of monsters from reaching the surface and plunging the world back into the original state from the Ancient Times" (p. 190-91).
I welcomed to our unfolding epic Ouranos and the faithful Fels. I did wonder how Ouranos retained so many god qualities when Hestia had to empty herself of divinity when coming to earth. Compare Hestia, when abducted, "knew it was useless for a powerless goddess like her to resist" (p. 187) with "Ouranos knew from early on that Hestia and her familia were harboring Wiene. Everything that had transpired up to today, including the mission, happened under his watchful gaze. He saw their decisions, their reactions" (p. 192).
Ouranos appears omniscient but not omnipotent. There are things outside his control. Hestia asks, "Are Bell and the others safe?" Ouranos responds, "They're in the Dungeon. There are no guarantees" (p. 191). Ouranos is dependent upon agents to carry out his will. All this adds up to an intriguing character I'm eager to learn more about in future volumes.
A word on Suzuhito Yasuda's artwork, which is hit n' miss, as always. Beautiful cover and even more beautiful towel-snapping glossy illustration! I also liked the chapter 4 title page with Eina, but man, if you 're gonna draw a bare breast then put a nipple on the darn thing. Oh, but then the book would lose its 13 & Up rating, right? Okay, so nix the nip but slip in a full-page of female genitalia for the chapter 5 title page! Or maybe sometimes a tree is just a tree... except when it ain't.
I enjoyed the parts of the book I enjoyed, but there were many I didn't, like the endless conversations between unattributed speakers, the protracted fight scenes in the dungeon, and Weine's overplayed codependent emotional melodrama (her fleeing to the street in tears was the book's nadir). There were also just too many new characters to keep track of (I'm discovering I'm at a disadvantage not reading the Sword Oratorio spinoff series). But I enjoyed this novel enough to bump volume 10 to the top of my TBR--starting it tonight!--so as not to lose the compelling plot thread.
PS: Did you know the Fab Four prophetically wrote a song about this very volume? It goes like this, "Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9..."
This ninth volume finds the series virtually unrecognizable from the fun and flirty fantasy of the first volume. The initial focus on Bell and Hestia has widened so broadly that our two leads are lost in an ever-expanding ensemble cast, one which doubles in this volume alone.
To Omori's credit, this burgeoning third arc is ambitious and signals a turnaround from the wheelspinning melodrama that filled to bursting volume 8. Omori still spins his wheels, but I'm resigned that is simply his style: leisurely paced with an emphasis on emotion and reaction over advancing the scene or plot. I see it in stark relief because I'm also reading Reki Kawahara's two long-running light novel series Sword Art Online and Accel World. Kawahara's style is diametrically opposed to Omori's, boasting a brisk pace and rapid-fire plot advancement. A lot happens in the course of a Kawahara novel. Not so much in Omori's, as he admits in his afterword, acknowledging this story sprawled and will now require two volumes to contain it.
As I read scenes of Welf looking at Mikoto and Mikoto looking back at Welf while twirling her hair, I think how Omori could use a good editor armed with a sharp blue pencil, which would be a nub at manuscript's end. A good editor could trim the fat, tighten the pacing, and above all ensure all dialogue is attributed to a speaker! That last one is my greatest pet peeve, followed closely by all those inexplicably blank "..." lines that waste space and presumably provide a dramatic pause. (These are crimes committed against readers in many light novels, not just Omori's. If only the English translators would smooth down these wrinkles!)
I disliked the previous volume's romantasy side-story collection, so I came to this volume wary and even cynically, with a hair trigger to DNF and resign from the series. But I was quickly drawn into the story and the suspense inherent to keeping a life-or-death secret. And I'm always a sucker for an Under Resort scene, though now it appears Bell and friends travel there by express elevator. Once it was a long and desperate journey through those middle floors.
A long-distance dedication from the 20th floor: "Itsy-bitsy teenie Wiene sparkly blue-tinged skinkini," to paraphrase the 1960 song that sprang to mind when our new character was christened with the wince-worthy name of "Wiene." Uh, like isn't Wiene what Turbo Granny wants to gobble up? Yeah, this book predates Dandadan, but not my watching of that anime, so I involuntarily imported that painful reference. But even if I hadn't, Wiene is an awful name to lay on a character.
I had to laugh when Bell originally suggested "Wilusine," and an unidentified character responds that's it's "a bit grandiose," to which another--also unidentified, of course--says, "Yeah, and long. Stands out like a sore thumb" (p. 34). Wait, grandiose and long? Like Takemikazuchi? I just hope that wasn't Haruhime who was calling the kettle black, whose name is also eight letters long. What cracked me up is that it was the perpetually panting-for-Bell virgin goddess Hestia who comes up with the name "Wiene." I'd give a good five-cent cigar to know what Freud would say about that!
And what would Sigmund say about the confusing and contradictory sexual expression and repression in this dysfunctional familia? Wiene the blue nudist wants to shed her heavy woolen robe on a hot day hanging out in Hearthstone Manor's courtyard and makes a reasonable request:
"Bell... it's very hot. Is it okay to take this off?"
"N-no, you mustn't, Lady Wiene!!"
"Y-yes, you must put up with it."
"Ugh..." she mumbles, pulling at the salamander-wool robe's collar around her neck like she would give anything to remove it. Haruhime and I panic a little but somehow manage to persuade her. This is a relief, considering Wiene is completely naked underneath" (p. 48).
Gasp! A naked woman? Completely, no less! As if Bell--protesting with two exclamation points--didn't find Wiene au naturel in the Dungeon to begin with. And didn't our bashful manchild get an eyeful of Aiz, Tione, Tiona et al. when peeping and plopping into the hot spring a few books ago?
Oh, maybe it was Haruhime who would be scandalized by the sight of all that bare blue skin? Hardly, as a few pages later reveal "Haruhime smiled at the completely naked Wiene while holding a thin towel over her plump breasts with one hand" (p. 58). This is the spa scene captured by Suzuhito Yasuda in the glossy opening pages. Obviously, the women have no hangups lolling about buck naked, so why the "panic" when Wiene wanted to disrobe? Must an illusion of Bell's long-ago lost innocence be maintained? C'mon, he lived in the basement room with Hestia aka "Loli Big Boobs" who wears a skimpy and form-fitting outfit. As Hestia herself says, albeit in a different context, Why so uptight? (p. 56).
A big takeaway was this book's galvanizing my distrust of the Guild, which has been growing since the War Game when it was implied the Guild was complicit in the sex trafficking to Ishtar's Pleasure Quarter. Lusty adventurers need an outlet or they'll tear up the town, so a "don't ask, don't tell" arrangement was struck. And after meeting the Epsteinesque Royman Mardeel, undressing Eina with his porcine peepers, I was convinced he would eagerly play "nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more" with Ishtar.
The half-elf Eina is usually more like half-Vulcan Eina, a very serious cookie. So when the workload piles up and Eina whines, "Ughh, I just pulled an all-nighter too!!" (p. 135) I smiled and wondered if this scene wasn't the inspiration for overtime-loathing Alina Clover in the very fun 2021 series I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time (Light Novel) Vol. 1. It was nice to see Eina's human side slip through. (And even more slipped through in the accompanying illustration!)
Trying not to spoil too much, I will only say the last quarter of the novel, toggling between scenes of the mission to the twentieth floor and Hestia's audience with Ouranos, took me back to the '80s. But the cringey '80s I want to forget. When Rei said, "I shall sing and add some color to this banquet," I could picture our cast peopled with humans, a prum, a renart, dragons, lizards, and even a skeleton standing side by side swaying and singing "we are the world, we are the children... we're all a part of God's great family... a change can only come when we stand together as one (yeah, yeah, yeah)!" That diabetes-inducing ditty may be better or worse than the "drunken monsters'" requesting--off page, of course--the nonsensical "Yub Nub" from The Return of the Jedi's closing Ewok celebration, which scene had so many nausea-inducing parallels to the Hidden Village hoedown.
This book revealed to what degree Omori is making it up as he goes, "pantsing," as Brandon Sanderson describes writing without an outline (and thus by the seat of one's pants). It's clear from Omori's candid afterwords that he doesn't have the series carefully planned out, even if he states, "I've wanted to write this particular episode since I started the series back in Volume 1" (p. 267). If he had, he would have known the ending like a good mystery writer and backfilled the narrative with foreshadowing, relevant clues, and characters. Yeah, "pantsing" can prove a strength, allowing for spontaneity and allowing the story "to write itself," offering plot twists and surprises even the author didn't anticipate. But it can also leave plot holes, inconsistencies, and in Omori'e case, reliance upon retroactive continuity implants.
For instance, like a bolt from the blue we get introduced to the hitherto-unmentioned god Ouranos, a "Supreme God ... one of the truly influential deities ... a towering, unyielding king, the true leader of the Guild ... the Father of Orario" (p. 190). Uh, shouldn't we have heard about this guy way sooner than volume 9? Like at least a couple books ago when Hermes was waxing historical about Orario, identifying the city's boldface names as Zeus, Freya and Loki?
Ouranos is a retcon, but I'm rolling with it because he's a fascinating and game-changing character. What struck me is Ouranos is a god who prays. Wow, to whom would a "supreme god" pray? Ouranos "spent his days beneath Guild headquarters, offering constant 'prayers' to the Dungeon. These prayers--powered by his immense divine authority--kept the Dungeon in check. It was his will that prevented hordes of monsters from reaching the surface and plunging the world back into the original state from the Ancient Times" (p. 190-91).
I welcomed to our unfolding epic Ouranos and the faithful Fels. I did wonder how Ouranos retained so many god qualities when Hestia had to empty herself of divinity when coming to earth. Compare Hestia, when abducted, "knew it was useless for a powerless goddess like her to resist" (p. 187) with "Ouranos knew from early on that Hestia and her familia were harboring Wiene. Everything that had transpired up to today, including the mission, happened under his watchful gaze. He saw their decisions, their reactions" (p. 192).
Ouranos appears omniscient but not omnipotent. There are things outside his control. Hestia asks, "Are Bell and the others safe?" Ouranos responds, "They're in the Dungeon. There are no guarantees" (p. 191). Ouranos is dependent upon agents to carry out his will. All this adds up to an intriguing character I'm eager to learn more about in future volumes.
A word on Suzuhito Yasuda's artwork, which is hit n' miss, as always. Beautiful cover and even more beautiful towel-snapping glossy illustration! I also liked the chapter 4 title page with Eina, but man, if you 're gonna draw a bare breast then put a nipple on the darn thing. Oh, but then the book would lose its 13 & Up rating, right? Okay, so nix the nip but slip in a full-page of female genitalia for the chapter 5 title page! Or maybe sometimes a tree is just a tree... except when it ain't.
I enjoyed the parts of the book I enjoyed, but there were many I didn't, like the endless conversations between unattributed speakers, the protracted fight scenes in the dungeon, and Weine's overplayed codependent emotional melodrama (her fleeing to the street in tears was the book's nadir). There were also just too many new characters to keep track of (I'm discovering I'm at a disadvantage not reading the Sword Oratorio spinoff series). But I enjoyed this novel enough to bump volume 10 to the top of my TBR--starting it tonight!--so as not to lose the compelling plot thread.
PS: Did you know the Fab Four prophetically wrote a song about this very volume? It goes like this, "Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9..."
September 17, 2017
Having just finished this, here're my thoughts
+The story... one of the best in the series
+The Xenos - complete game changer and could make for some really interesting developments
+The dialogues between Hestia & Ouranos, Fels & Lilly, Lido & Bell provide so many answers, you just can't put the book down once you start the long last chapter
+Although it's the first part of a 2 book story, it ends sensibly (no cliff hanger) so no need to wait for December to start reading this one :)
+Ikelos and the introduction of a possible Evil god (he doesn't accept being name as such, but he was scouted to join them)! I expect that to become a big driver for the series in the next volumes.
-No Aiz yet again... in a way great because it gives Bell some time to grow, but I really want to see Liaris Freese (how it's been translated by Yen) have an even bigger impact on Bell
-Some traditional japanese harem tropes aren't needed at all and feel forced, like an indirect kiss with Mikoto... bah
-No real interaction with the vilains, they're there and important to drive the story to where it needs to go, BUT no real interaction.
-Not really a negative, but I would also like the other team members leveling up, not just Bell. Anyway, a great volume, the minus are really minor points and can't wait for December to read volume 10 that concludes the story.
+The story... one of the best in the series
+The Xenos - complete game changer and could make for some really interesting developments
+The dialogues between Hestia & Ouranos, Fels & Lilly, Lido & Bell provide so many answers, you just can't put the book down once you start the long last chapter
+Although it's the first part of a 2 book story, it ends sensibly (no cliff hanger) so no need to wait for December to start reading this one :)
+Ikelos and the introduction of a possible Evil god (he doesn't accept being name as such, but he was scouted to join them)! I expect that to become a big driver for the series in the next volumes.
-No Aiz yet again... in a way great because it gives Bell some time to grow, but I really want to see Liaris Freese (how it's been translated by Yen) have an even bigger impact on Bell
-Some traditional japanese harem tropes aren't needed at all and feel forced, like an indirect kiss with Mikoto... bah
-No real interaction with the vilains, they're there and important to drive the story to where it needs to go, BUT no real interaction.
-Not really a negative, but I would also like the other team members leveling up, not just Bell. Anyway, a great volume, the minus are really minor points and can't wait for December to read volume 10 that concludes the story.
September 25, 2017
Best so far!
This has been my favorite light novel series for some time. That said, I felt like the quality of the series took a serious step upward in this volume. I really got to connect with the characters and had an awesome opportunity to take a step more fully into mr omoris world. I would dearly love to see mor of the series follow after this volumes example.
I cannot praise this enough!
This has been my favorite light novel series for some time. That said, I felt like the quality of the series took a serious step upward in this volume. I really got to connect with the characters and had an awesome opportunity to take a step more fully into mr omoris world. I would dearly love to see mor of the series follow after this volumes example.
I cannot praise this enough!
July 18, 2018
"We know what we are. Our place is in the shadows-halfway between man and monster, neither side accepting us...Even so, we want to keep dreaming"- Lido, The Sentient Lizardman.
The quote itself speaks for the theme of this 3 book arc. Divulging from the the usual norm of having adventures in a dungeon, the story is progressing towards a more political tone. Prejudice and bigotry are slyly intertwined into the story, and gets you to rethink everything, you had known up to this point about the dungeon and its inhabitants. As per usual, the author knows how to build suspense and will keep you biting on your nails, with every page turned. I was expecting a generic story about friendship, from the summary of this book, but what I got turned out to be more complex, and I enjoyed every second of it. The conflict in the book doesn't seem to be one dimensional, and seems to be relate-able to anyone who has experienced prejudiced of any kind in today's society. I would highly recommend this book and its 2 subsequent novels in the book arc, if you are a reader seeking for a story that diverges from the norm of being an action story, and want a story that is more has more heart than exposition.
The quote itself speaks for the theme of this 3 book arc. Divulging from the the usual norm of having adventures in a dungeon, the story is progressing towards a more political tone. Prejudice and bigotry are slyly intertwined into the story, and gets you to rethink everything, you had known up to this point about the dungeon and its inhabitants. As per usual, the author knows how to build suspense and will keep you biting on your nails, with every page turned. I was expecting a generic story about friendship, from the summary of this book, but what I got turned out to be more complex, and I enjoyed every second of it. The conflict in the book doesn't seem to be one dimensional, and seems to be relate-able to anyone who has experienced prejudiced of any kind in today's society. I would highly recommend this book and its 2 subsequent novels in the book arc, if you are a reader seeking for a story that diverges from the norm of being an action story, and want a story that is more has more heart than exposition.
October 2, 2017
This was a good set up for the next volume, I liked how it showed that the dungeon is not what it seems and that new precedent will be set for the series. If there was anything I'd say I didn't care for it was that the scenes where Bell and company were fighting was glossed over a bit and didn't have the same impact as previous volumes. Overall very good and looking forward to volume 11.
4.3 stars
4.3 stars
March 9, 2018
This was a great expansion on the world of DanMachi. It gave new meaning to the mystery called the dungeon and lifted its importance in the overall story. I will disagree with the author on one point as he was not happy for this story to finish in a second volume, this book is a self-contained story. While there are plenty of dangling plot threads this particular novel can stand on its own.
If you have read this far into the series you will not be disappointed.
If you have read this far into the series you will not be disappointed.
February 13, 2020
"En résumé, une nouvelle aventure qui promet plein de péripéties par la suite ! Des personnages que j'ai pris plaisir à retrouver, une nouvelle intrigue qui se dessine pour encore plus de plaisir. Cette découverte redonne un coup de boost à l'histoire, qui commençait à tourner en rond. Je suis très curieuse de découvrir le tome 10 et de voir ce que nous réserve l'auteur..."
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July 12, 2020
The anime better be this good
This book was one of the better stories of humans and monster trying the coexist together. It was interesting during the start and the end but a during a little bit middle I felt like the story was mediocre but after that few bits the story became great again.
This book was one of the better stories of humans and monster trying the coexist together. It was interesting during the start and the end but a during a little bit middle I felt like the story was mediocre but after that few bits the story became great again.
September 14, 2023
The start of an new arc is here!
unfortunately it is only the start of it, but the beginning is good we get a closer look into the dungeon and quite a lot of new characters are introduced.
The only drawback is that in its core it is like a prologue not an bad one but it is clearly a set-up for the next part which I am really looking forward to.
unfortunately it is only the start of it, but the beginning is good we get a closer look into the dungeon and quite a lot of new characters are introduced.
The only drawback is that in its core it is like a prologue not an bad one but it is clearly a set-up for the next part which I am really looking forward to.
November 29, 2017
Good story and plot.
Really good story, well developed characters and a great continuation of this saga. The plot and theme are quite interesting and can’t wait how the author continues with this in the next book.
Really good story, well developed characters and a great continuation of this saga. The plot and theme are quite interesting and can’t wait how the author continues with this in the next book.
January 22, 2018
I absolutely love these light novels, however the thing I really enjoyed in previous vols. was the progression, especially that of the characters, and in this volume that is missing.
It feels like a filler story and thus the rating of 3.
It feels like a filler story and thus the rating of 3.
May 3, 2019
I'm not a bad slime!
This volume greatly broadened the scope of the world and the story with its twists and turns. It's going to be tough reading through the next volume of the side story as I anxiously await getting back to the main event.
This volume greatly broadened the scope of the world and the story with its twists and turns. It's going to be tough reading through the next volume of the side story as I anxiously await getting back to the main event.
January 8, 2020
Good book
I liked how it’s no longer that the monsters are always bad bloodthirsty animals but they can also be sort of like humans too I think it added a bit more depth to the dungeon
I liked how it’s no longer that the monsters are always bad bloodthirsty animals but they can also be sort of like humans too I think it added a bit more depth to the dungeon
June 12, 2020
This book introduces a slightly new direction in the story, but the pace is slower than usual, except at the end where it feels rushed. I still can't wait to pick up the next book, that will be the part 2.
January 13, 2018
An interesting change in direction, while maintaining the characters I keep coming back for.
January 21, 2018
Interesting conflict being set up but way too much video game like narration
May 8, 2018
Nice continuation of the series.
Some of the hinted at parts of the story start to unfold.
Looking forward to book 10.
Some of the hinted at parts of the story start to unfold.
Looking forward to book 10.
July 27, 2019
2.5 stars.
October 16, 2020
A neat story that expands the setting while deepening the mystery of what the dungeon actually is.
March 9, 2023
this mf is a dragon
March 15, 2023
"Bref, ce neuvième tome de DanMachi – La légende des Familias de Fujino Omori emmène ses lecteurs dans les profondeurs du Donjon et ses secrets. Beaucoup de choses sont dévoilées, soulevant encore plus de mystères et de craintes… L’existence de Wyne remet tout en question mais il est impossible de ne pas s’attacher à elle, Bell et le reste de la Familia d’Hestia se mettent en danger pour la protéger, je n’en attendais pas moins de leur part ! Vivement la suite !"
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March 3, 2018
In the new dungeon, The Great Forest Labyrinth, a dragon girl named Wiene has appeared and Bell meets her! Seeing that she is neither human nor monster but something entirely different, Bell promises to protect her but...A band of violently immoral hunters slowly worm their evil influence into the Dungeon and begin to wreck havoc, irreversibly causing strife between people and monsters. Amidst all this, the Guild begins to move and the true master appears. All these events revolve around the vivre girl Wiene and cause waves in the city above as well!The irregulars will shake humans, monsters, and even the gods to their core. The young hero walks his path and the goddess records it--the Familia Myth!
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