The Ryuo’s Work is Never Done!, Vol. 1

りゅうおうのおしごと! [Ryuoh no Oshigoto!] #1

by Shirow Shiratori, Shirabii (Illustrator)

Latest series from Shirow Shiratori, the author of “No-Rin”! A comedy about a live-in apprentice who won't take “no” for an answer and the most intense Shogi matches this century, all supervised by “Saiyuki”, Osaka's young professional Shogi team!!

Open front door, and there's a grade school girl sitting there--.
“I'm here to be your apprentice, as you promised!”
Claiming the Shogi World's strongest title, “Ryuo”, at the age of 16, Yaichi Kuzuryu comes home to find a 3rd grade girl waiting for him, Ai Hinatsuru. A nine-year-old.
“Come again? ...... Apprentice? Huh?“
“...... Don't you remember?”
He did not, but that's how the two came to share the same roof. Yaichi's spirit was oncthe verge of breaking, but Ai's unyielding enthusiasm reignites the fire within him--.

Genres: Light Novel

399 pages, ebook

First published September 12, 2015

Reviews

[Love · Rating 4 out of 5]

The light novel scene, especially the English language one, has been completed taken over by isekai stories and those few that won't fit in the 'adventure in another word' category have heavy scifi or fantasy elements. So it feels really refreshing to have a story set in the real world without any super natrual stuff, but still with the manga-esque story telling one expects from a light novel.

[Sean O'Hara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Welp ... that was a book.

I sure hope the people who say the series gets better are right.

[Can · Rating 5 out of 5]

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