Torture Princess: Fremd Torturchen, Vol. 2

異世界拷問姫 (Light Novel) #2

by Keishi Ayasato

There are many foes that will succeed the "Emperor" and his contractor, Vlad. In preparation for future battles, Kaito begins to study magic. He even managed to defeat the Governor, but it was a trap. Vlad's old friend, Fiore, the Grand King, was able to sacrifice the soul of his brother and seal Elisabeth's powers! With the Torture Princess out of commission, the one to come to the rescue is none other than Hina!

Genres: Light Novel, Horror, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Manga

218 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 8, 2019

About the author

English name of 綾里 けいし

Reviews

[Tarl · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I read the first book, I got tired of the author trying to write the most edgelord book they could pretty quickly. It seemed like everything put into the book was to make it seem more badass and, sadly, more like it was written like a preteen trying to seem cool.

Now book two surprised me. The author seems to have matured in their writing style and even though a lot of the same edgelord stuff makes an appearance, it is portrayed in a far more well written light. I actually didn't mind it this time around, or perhaps I just got used to it.

A lot happens in this book. Without spoiling anything, the neutering of the Torture Princess means that the protagonist actually has to plan things out for himself against a significant foe. Much like the first book, the antagonist they present is one of insane power, which was nice to see as I was wondering what they were going to do after the first novel basically blew everything on the most powerful villain that it could. It made me wonder how the protagonist was going to win, and I was actually not let down in this one. The author did a fantastic job coming up with a unique solution and one I will remember for a good long while.

Overall, I liked this book better than the first one in the series. Normally, with light novels, this is not the case, as a lot of them tend to falter a bit after the first book. This was pleasant to see, and made me interested as to what will happen in the next book. So if you are looking for a more unique light novel with a bit more of an edge to it (though be warned, it can feel cheesy a lot of the time), check out this series!

[Nayuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the fact that they gave such an important role to Hina. This volume has interesting concepts and fights, as well as key developments for the protagonists.

Still, I feel like the narrative becomes a bit too repetitive with the whole idea of Elizabeth going to die alone. It gets mentioned too many times, and Kaito constantly has it on his mind. We get it,it doesn’t need to be brought up on every page.

Also, I would like more background on Grand King Fiore

[Thor Christiansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Continuing onwards from the last book, the trio is still fighting demons.

This book's focus is not on Elisabeth, but rather Kaito and Hina.

Overall, this book is equally as good as the first one. A solid 4/5.
Some might critique it for being "too grusome", however the grotesque grusomnes is what makes this story unique.

[Spoilers from here on]

Elisabeth gets her powers severely limited due to a suicide attack from another demon. The trio finds out it's the work of the Grand King and her abilities. Elisabeth gets challenged by the Grand King, and has to fight all the rest of the demons currently alive.
In their next fight, her powers are once against limited by yet another suicide attack. This time, she's put into a severe coma.

Facing now an all out attack by the Grand King and other demons by her side (as well as several thousand underlings), Kaito ends up asking the soul of the Kaisers Contractor for help. He ends up forming a contract with the Kaiser.

The power he gained was enough to awaken Elisabeth from her slumber. She now fights against the Grand King, and ends up beating her.

However, just after their victory, the Church sends her a message.
The capitol is under attack. An attack that was set forth by the death of the Grand King.

[Viro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though I do think this is an upgrade to its predecessor, it still doesn’t capture my interest entirely. The endings feel repetitive, with Elizabeth clearing the antagonists in one swell swoop before they all scream her name; it’s become somewhat nauseating and diminishes any form of stakes towards Kaito’s character (though this is something that’ll obviously be improved as the series goes on.) Kaito has a phenomenal chapter/sequence in this book during his contract with ‘The Kaiser’ I love sequences like that, -and a like a large majority of the moments- it was reminiscent of Re:Zero (Where they’re sent back to Earth and are tested) but of course Kaito takes an immediate different route, a character defining decision, that was really fascinating. I’m curious if they’ll touch on his self harming, I really hope so. If anything I’m sticking around for Kaito to see where he ends up, probably has to fight Elisabeth now because of the contract, and the atmosphere the author has built. Hopefully my problems are fixed in volume Three.

[Rumi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn’t write review for the first one as i felt like the top comment is sufficient for me.

But here it’s a bit lacking what it deserves. This book was so different. It had a lot of emotional moments and growth especially for hina and kaito. I honestly couldn’t drop it. Not only the growth of them as characters but also how the power system worked. Caught me and as you know me i’m weak to magic and good power system.

It was so fun to read and I didn’t expect such growth in one volume. The only thing that made me not give it full stars was Elizabeth fights. Since from V1 and i feel like it’s so lazy and easy to win. It kill the fun.

However if you want good characters and with good development. You feel attached to characters this novel is your best choice.

[Namtarn Chawanrat · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the book. It was better than what I've expected.
It wasn't clumsy like most Isekai plots. Kaito was an interesting protagonist, Elisabeth was too fine *chef kiss*, and Hina was my new waifu.
In this volume" Kaito and Hina took the the spotlight. I love that they were so badass in this volume.
So far, I'm already fond of the trio and their relationship.
The translation was nicely done. It wasn't awkward like the other LNs I've read, so hat-off to the translator.

[Ophilia Adler · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this due to my youtube followers telling me i was unfair to the series. They promised me that the cringe from the first volume was just for the first and that this book was alot better.

I have never seen an author do such a complete 180 in writing style. From cringe and edgelord in the first volume to actually poetic and perfect now. The interactions between characters felt normalt and not as cringe as in the first book.

Not sure if this is the work of bad translation or rather an author that took in what ppl said and learned. None the less, i wanna read more and see where this series is going.

[The Sombre Nook · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this volume, Kaito and Hina takes the stage and played a more central figure, while Elizabeth played a supporting role in the background. It was fun to see how Kaito mature and grew out of his past self, to one that truly understands others and wishes to protect the people he loves.

[m · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even better than the first one. Kaito is the best protagonist I've had the joy of reading by far. There are a lot of twists and turns in this volume but they are so satisfying to read! Unhinged characters are the best and they are written so well here!

[Allen]

Very early in this vol 2 there's a scene where a bunch of Children are killed in a pretty horrifying way. I started the series with a book club, and once I hit this point, I remembered I don't really like the horror genre anyway.

[Saskia Taylforth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This entire series is FANTASTIC, I love Elizabeth's character and personality, Keito is your typical protagonist yet they way he deals with problems is very well done.

[Thi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thanks to volume 2, i came to like more Kaito and Hina, especially Hina. Hina really shined is in this volume. And Kaito got more interesting and growth.