Princess of the Six Flowers

この素晴らしい世界に祝福を! Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Light Novel #6

by Natsume Akatsuki

I WANT A LITTLE SISTER!
As Kazuma spends his downtime bemoaning his party's lack of a little-sister archetype, he's invited to a royal banquet, where he meets the young Princess Iris. She's enthralled by his tales of adventure, and once she takes a liking to him, Kazuma ends up getting transported to the royal castle! Though he's initially unsure of what to expect, life with Iris turns out to be a dream come true, and Kazuma doesn't ever want to wake up. . .so when he hears rumors of a righteous thief stalking the capital, Kazuma declares he'll be the one to capture the dastardly do-gooder!

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

224 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 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

[Bhavik (Semi Hiatus) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just like every other book from this series , our gang Vs the demonking's army happens.
Although this time ,Kazuma started this volume saying he wanted a little sister and he got one. A very good one at that.Instead of being a Darkness volume ,this time we had the focus on the Princess Airis and Kazuma.This one also focused on a character who was much like Robin hood.
Overall character development took at a lil place...Airis was definitely the bonus character here!
Overall it was a fun read just like the previous ones!

[Carol · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was better than the last volume. The whole sexual harassment thing hasn't got better, and it's frankly annoying, but since it's becoming part of the characters I'm just going to ignore it and try to focus on the plot. Kazuma is dead set in getting a little sister, so he gets close to the princess of the main city, and he actually starts getting along with her, he tells her of his adventures and the outside world. It seems that the plot will only revolve around that, half of the book is mostly only Kazuma and the princess, so it was just ok. The good part came later.
Later on, we learn there is a thief going around, and as things would have it, Kazuma gets involved and we learn there are some Sacred Items that are very dangerous and need to be stolen for the safety of the world, that is when the story really picks up. The story unfolds amazingly well and there are some shocking revelations later on, so now I'm rather curious about the next book and how this whole issue will be resolved later on.

[Jorge Rosas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an okay book, nothing relevant… until the last part with the rightful thief and the evilest character so far, not even the Demon Generals were so bad. I really enjoyed the last part of the book, that was impressive, but for most of the book it’s just Kazuma being Kazuma without the crowd, that mistreated him in the last book and now he feels weird about them, and we get a new character, the royal princess.

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great payoff in the final act, or the final quarter, or the final chapter, or the final whatever tf.

The whole royal living thing was actually alright, but also served as contribution to Kazuma’s development as he’s finally finding a reason to not just sit around all day and live easy.

If you like Kazuma, you get plenty of emotional gut punches throughout this volume, whether it be because he’s stupid sometimes, or he’s going through the ringer.

Darkness has been annoying as hell lately.

I forgot about Chris but I like her as I did in volume 1 lol.

Great ending, though. Also solid beginning and middle. That doesn’t necessarily warrant 5 stars but it’s how I felt by the end haha

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume felt a bit like a side story, to be honest. The previous events from earlier stories come back at Kazuma and the the crew, which leads to them meeting the princess and getting praised for their efforts. And ... that's about it, I guess? Of course, Iris as a character is introduced and her relationship to Kazuma is built up and explored. But besides Kazuma and the princess getting closer and the final chapter with its significance for the potential endgame of the whole story, there wasn't that much substance to the story itself. Maybe part of this is because Aqua, Darkness and Megumin are absent for about half of the novel - Konosuba really shines when in comes to the interactions between our four MCs and naturally does fall off a bit when suddenly one of them is without the others.

This is the longest Konosuba novel so far and, as I said, the one with the fewest things actually happening. But - it doesn't matter. Throughout the course of this novel I always felt entertained and never lost my interest. This is because, even though it is "only" Kazuma without his supporting crew in the spotlight, Akatsuki's writing, Kazuma's character and PoV are always entertaining and funny to read. Which means if you have liked the series so far and want to keep going, you can most likely jump right into this next installment without fear of disliking it.

[Scott Agni · Rating 5 out of 5]

この素晴らしい世界に祝福を! 6 六花の王女
Natsume AkatsukiNatsume Akatsuki

“Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!, Vol. 6 (light Novel): Princess of the Six Flowers” is the sixth installment in the “Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!” light novel series. KonoSuba tells the stories of the adventures of Kazuma Satou, a shut-in NEET, as he is reincarnated in another world to defeat the Demon King together with his party members, Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness. In this installment, Kazuma discovers the existence of Princess Iris, a 12-year old princess of the Kingdom Kazuma is in, and seeks to befriend her as he thinks she fits the missing female archetype in the world he is reincarnated in: the little sister archetype.

After returning to Axel, Kazuma and his party were called by the young Princess Iris to dinner who wanted to hear their stories of adventure. As the dinner ended, Kazuma was “kidnapped” by the princess, saying that she wanted to hear more of his stories. He stayed with the princess and developed a close bond with her, to the point that she called him “onii-chan” or big brother. But, after a week, his party arrived in the capital and wanted to take him home. Saddened by this, Princess Iris arranges a departure party.

In the departure party, he later learns of a righteous thief who stole from the corrupt nobels, and he declares to catch him just so he could stay with the princess. He successfully caught the thief in the act. But, it was his friend Chris, and she tells him her real reason for stealing. Apparently, two dangerous divine artifacts were missing, and one of them was with the princess. Kazuma and Chris decided to break into the castle and seal the artifact. They were successful and the princess was saved.

Two major themes are tackled in the story: the irrelevance of social status in relationships and being righteous even without anybody’s knowledge.

At first, Princess Iris was repelled by Kazuma not only because of his disrespect but also because of their difference in social status. Iris was a princess, while Kazuma was a mere adventurer. However, this gap later dissolved after she bonded and talked to him. She even regarded him as her big brother and was sad that he would leave. Even up to this day, there are still people who discriminate and refuse to befriend others just because of differences in social standing or even race. I really was touched by Kazuma and Princess Iris’ relationship because they showed that social status, race, and other differences do not matter when it comes to friendship or love.

After knowing about the dangerous divine artifact that Princess Iris had, he was determined to save her, even when he had to hide his identity in doing so. He threw away his desire to stay in the castle with her and prioritize saving her life. He risked his life to save her even when others did not know it was him. Today, there are a lot of social media influencers, though not all, who help others and do the right thing for the sake of publicity and praise. I was really amazed with Kazuma’s resolve because he was known in the past light novels to be very prideful. He set the example of how we should be righteous.


I would give this book a 5/5 star rating. Aside from adding another main female figure into the series and the previously mentioned themes discussed in the story, it retained and even improved the comedic quality and the appeal of the KonoSuba series. There were a lot of funny scenes and callbacks in the book, just like Kazuma vs Aqua in Rock, Paper, Scissors. The book discussed and delved deeper into the romantic development between Kazuma and Megumin, also explaining the events in the 5th light novel. The book also emphasized the wits, capabilities, and competence of Kazuma and his party, and it was really interesting. Thus, I would really recommend this book, and even the entire KonoSuba Light Novel series, especially if you are a KonoSuba Anime fan.

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Nah, you're my jailbait, remember? I don't like mixing archetypes."

****

I complained a little that last volume felt like it forced the Demon Lord General encounter a bit, like Sylvia only existed to have a conflict that would lead into a big battle. So Volume 6 is a pleasant change of pace since it doesn't inject action where it isn't necessary. Or, at least, it doesn't force a large-scale event. Well, there is a skirmish between Adventurers + Knights versus the Demon Lord's army, but Kazuma isn't really part of it since he dies early on (he gets better!) and it feels like a possible reference to Bilbo's exclusion from The Battle of Five Armies.

This volume is maybe a little disjointed regardless. The idea is that Princess Iris has invited Kazuma to stay at the Castle to regale her with stories of his adventures. Somewhere along the line, word is mentioned of a "righteous thief" stealing from corrupt nobles. Eventually it becomes a thing that there are two Sacred Treasures afoot (gifts Aqua granted to other isekai'd Japanese) and they may be used for evil. They aren't, ultimately. Well, not in this volume, at least.

Perhaps a fan of the series can guess that Chris is the "thief." It doesn't really matter, since the color illustrations at the front of the book spoil it outright. Do we know that Chris is Eris yet? If not, it is at least kept secret still. Kinda; you can tell by the illustration as well. Kazuma has to team up with Chris to find and re-steal the Sacred Treasures because Eris told him so when he was dead, more or less. The climax of this novel is thus, rather than a battle with a Demon Lord General, a chase scene wherein Kazuma struts his stuff while fending off Castle knights to help steal the magic body-swapping necklace from an ignorant Iris. (Oh, there's a very brief episode of Kazuma and Iris swapping bodies from the necklace earlier in the book, which is kind of weird because you might expect an author to draw that out into the entire premise of a volume, but I don't know.)

Kazuma's Freeze-Create Water-Freeze combo against Mitsurugi is actually sick as fuck. Man has some moves. Pretty fucking brutal to use against someone who is kind of an acquaintance of yours, but okay.

****

Darkness's lewd thighs on the illustration on Page 132...!!!!!!!!!! 🥵🤤🥵🤤🥵🤤😋😋🤪🤪
(Also, her "assfangs"...!)

Aqua's boobs look really nice on the cover, as well.

[Casey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am struggling with my rating for this book (and part of that is related to the series as a whole, more on that in a minute). The first half I honestly hardly remember. It hasn't even been that long but it was pretty pointless. The second half was certainly better. But do I rate it a 4-star for that which was good, or 2-star for that which is eminently forgettable? Bah, just put it in the middle. On one really good thing that MAY lead somewhere -- the girls actually come together and do something pretty cool so maybe they're growing and not remaining so one-dimensional.

Now for more on the series as a whole -- I think I am coming to realize after reading several of these (light novels and manga) that I may not be the ideal audience for this. At first I wanted to empathize with Kazuma being stuck in this world with a bunch of companions who were more than a little trouble individually and as a group were just a pain in the neck. But as the series as progressed his attitudes have started to rub me the wrong way. A lot of the situations that are meant to be "funny" I'm finding less and less so, perhaps because so many of them are just repeats. For example -- using Steal and ending up with panties. Maybe that's kind of the trademark of when Kazuma does it, but any novelty it may have ever had has LONG since worn off.

Don't get me wholly wrong. It isn't as if I'd give Konosuba a 1 or 2 star rating as series. But I could not give it a 5 or even a 4 star as a series. It's a solid, middle-of-the-road 3. At least for me. If you get more out of it, I am truly happy for you. Will I read more? Probably if the library gets more of them, but they've got a bunch of other things I want to read. So who knows.

Verdict: It's more Konosuba. You probably aren't starting here so you should know what to expect. Sadly, that's part of the problem... very little changes. Your mileage may vary.

[Jacob Saunders · Rating 5 out of 5]

Something of a change of pace for Konosuba, because there isn't really a big bad guy like a general of the Demon King for the cast to contend with, with the threat instead coming from certain items that could potentially spell danger in the wrong hands. Having Kazuma split from his party for a lot of the book's a bit different too, but it all works for me.

The unseen villainous forces needing to be equally illicitly stopped injected a different type of drama for the series that kept me engaged and makes me keen to see more as it's presumably followed up in volume 7, whilst separating Kazuma from the girls gave us a bit more an insight into him and his motivations, making it a mostly Kazuma-focused story. His interactions with Iris were fun, too and I enjoyed seeing him team up with someone a bit different from usual in Chris, who was great in this volume. Iris herself was a great addition to the cast who I hope to see more of, too. Her relationship with Megumin, potentially as romantic rivals being something I'd like to see develop, too.

Most importantly, though, it's a very funny book! If you liked the previous volumes, this is just as funny as them (albeit the jokes about various characters implied attraction to Iris did get somewhat uncomfortable, considering she's only 12), with Darkness in particular providing a lot of laughs this time with her fruitless attempts to corral her incorrigible friends in the world of nobility and high society. An attack on the capital by the Demon King's army leads to some memorable laughs, too! Looking forward to volume 7!

[Elilith · Rating 1 out of 5]

Je suis quelqu'un d'obstiné, et je n'aime pas ne pas lire tous les livres en ma possession. D'aucun me dirait d'abandonner vu que je n'aime pas cette série et ils auraient raison. Mais bon, je lis pour le plaisir et je préfère de loin m'arracher les cheveux sur un livre mais avoir la satisfaction de ne plus jamais avoir à me demander si je dois le lire ou non. Mais vraiment cette série me met à rude épreuve. J'avais été choquée dans le dernier tome des allusions grivoises sur une adolescente de 14 ans avant de me rendre compte que le héros en avait 16 et que c'était donc bizarre, dérangeant, mais pas aussi horrible que ce que je le pensais. Comme pour se foutre de moi, ce tome met maintenant en scène des allusions du même type ... avec une fille de 12 ans. Ce livre devrait être tout simplement interdit à la vente.

[Rolaka Pisarka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Uwielbiam Kono Subę, nie ma co ukryć, ale... Właśnie istnieje to "ale". Wiadomo, że życie Kazumy nie może być lekkie, łatwe, przyjemne i spokojne. Chwilową cisze musi coś zakłócić i tak się stało ty razem. Z wioski pełnej dziwnych magów, przenosimy się do pałacu, królewskiego życia i tego, jak Kazuma pięknie umie manipulować innymi. Fajnie się czytało, ale oczekiwałam na więcej. I tak naprawdę prawdziwa akcja zaczęła się dopiero w 3/4 tomu, kiedy to wyruszamy wraz z Kazumą i pewną złodziejką, by ukraść księżniczce bardzo cenny przedmiot. Genialny fragmenty, który czytałam z zachwytem. Tak więc ogólnie tom w porządku, ale poprzedni dużo bardziej przypadł mi do gustu. Mimo to, nadal polecam ;)

[Recto Jr. Ruiz · Rating 3 out of 5]

The start of the story felt a bit boring, and it is the main reason why it took me long to read it. Nevertheless, as the story progressed, it became much interesting, fun, and action packed. As the volume nears its end, it was exciting, and it made me want to read more. As usual, the themes of the KonoSuba series is still the same, albeit Kazuma's traits got a bit more showy in a wrong way. Those moments made it felt cringe for me to read. The volume was also able to add more to the series, especially in terms of the relationship between the reoccurring characters, specifically Kazuma and Megumin

[Austin Roberto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Class act comedy with a memorable hint of heartfeltness, what more could you ask for? Glad to finally be continuing the story from where the anime left off, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series!

[Kanin Nitiwong · Rating 3 out of 5]

ฟอร์มพระเอกที่ยามปกติเป็นพวกขี้แพ้ แต่พอสถานการณ์จริงจังก็โชว์เทพ อ่านแล้วฮีกเหิมดี

[Elio · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoy this vol of konosuba. The caracters are all likeable and kazuma is still the same bastard as always

[Shannon Ng · Rating 5 out of 5]

Iris-sama.

[Ricardo Matos · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kazuma pervs way too much, and Darkness’ personality is off. This was a dud volume, even if it made me laugh a few times.

[Kevin Hsu · Rating 5 out of 5]

王女様かわいい！また登場ができたら嬉しいな～

[Bimugdha Sarker · Rating 4 out of 5]

The thief run was soo good!

[Musa]

Good book for a light read

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 1/2 stars

[Chitalu Andrew Kabalika · Rating 2 out of 5]

As Hilarious as ever!

This volume got a few good barks of laughter out of me! I felt a little sorry for Kazuma though.

Though he is the cause of most of his misfortune! I also enjoyed the foreshadowing of more major antagonists.

Looking forward to more!

[Dustin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ehh, a bit of a filler volume.

[Love · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this series, it just makes me happy.