16-year-old Mochizuki Touya marches across the blazing desert sands toward the Burning Kingdom of Sandora. His goal? The Second Babylon. But once again, his journey is not so simple. The land is fraught with danger, and the cryptic words of an ancient doctor echo in the back of his mind. The Phrase rear their ugly heads, the dimensional boundary of the world begins to strain, and the mysterious monochrome boy, Ende, appears once more to puzzle Touya and friends. To make matters worse, a government starts to crumble, falling on the cusp of a military coup! Can Touya and his ever-growing band of adventurers stand against the combined forces of chaotic fate? Or will he finally meet his match? The curtains rise one more on a tale of swords, sorcery, and unnecessary housing renovations.
While the anime and volume 3 of this series has been a fairly light-hearted harem adventure, I was surprised to find myself entirely absorbed in this installment as more mysteries are unveiled and worldbuilding expanded, and hey...they own a country now?!
A lot happens in this volume and a new fiancee arrives! It's still light, but I love watching...er, reading everything unfold as more creativity with magic and the smartphone is explored.
I'm also still blown away by all the western references in these pages.
Mochizuki Touya aids the Regulus Empire, finds another piece of Babylon, becomes the ruler of a new kingdom, and more in the fourth volume of the light novel series. The book still has comical characters and situations, so I am eager to start the next volume once I arrive home.
I enjoyed the book. Thanks for reading my review and see you next time.
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This one just felt a little more aimless, a little more sloppy narratively, and strangely more homophobic than the previous novels. It wasn't entirely boring, but there wasn't a lot here interesting either.
Which is weird when you consider the book has an attempted military coup, 2 adversaries that give Touya a run for his money, and a new heroine.
Much like previous volumes, slow paced slice-of-life, entertaining but with the MC breezing through various challenges and events. The characters and story is entertaining to me, although with little depth, at times a bit predictable and lacking tension. Not the best in the genre, but a decent enough read.
My only two complaint is the wasted subplots. I get that the mc is op but come on the author could stand to make an arc or two. Other then that the girls are getting forgotten and that's a no no. But the story is still interesting.
If you don't mind overpowering main characters with a harem, this is a good series. It's getting a little more mature in its language, hence 4 stars, but I'm anxious to see where the story goes and how the group will overcome their next challenge.
Getting better, I liked how the short stories tied in better to the main plot. Although I wish they spent as much time on his other betrothed girls and not just Yumina.
I love the missing pieces from the anime. There are several questions answered here in the novel. I love how Touya keeps being dimwit about small things.
Good book and everybody was going on with and he get in trouble for him it comes as all was it good ps he need to ask God to one of friends over of course he what have as much power but give null and water magic all of null spell it be nice if that happens