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So I'm a Spider, So What? Light Novel #7
So I'm a Spider, So What?, Vol. 7
Okay, let me explain. All I did was wipe out a bunch of spider monsters that attacked me in broad daylight. It was self defense! Completely justified. But...maybe, juuust maybe...I was noisy enough to wake up a swarm of ancient unmanned weapon systems. Now there's robots and tanks and who-the-hell knows what else running around!! What do we do???
248 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 10, 2017
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June 1, 2021
This book was one giant battle against what amounted to basically mechs. It was mediocre when compared to the previous volumes. In fact I lost interest half way through but forced myself to continue. Ariel and the now named Shiro’s (Nameless Spider/White) relationship developed further with both of them no longer wanting to kill the other. In fact towards the end of the story there is a cute moment where White hugs the demon lord. There were a few moments that made me genuinely laugh such as the moment where White impaled the elf bastard and Ariel’s reaction was spot on. Anyway the ending made up for the drag in the middle which was pretty amazing with the way the Arachne destroyed the villain of the volume and overcame her obstacle at the end. I have much higher hopes for volume 8 now. STOP READING THIS REVIEW AND MOVE ONTO VOL 8 ALREADY!!!
December 3, 2019
Great continuation of the past plot line
If you like the other books in the series, you’ll probably enjoy this one. If not, it probably won’t convert you.
We get some good plot progression here, even while half the book focuses on one big battle sequence. Our main villain earns some bad guy points, and we learn why everyone hates him.
If you like the series, I’d recommend picking this one up—though odds are that you already will, regardless of my recommendation.
If you like the other books in the series, you’ll probably enjoy this one. If not, it probably won’t convert you.
We get some good plot progression here, even while half the book focuses on one big battle sequence. Our main villain earns some bad guy points, and we learn why everyone hates him.
If you like the series, I’d recommend picking this one up—though odds are that you already will, regardless of my recommendation.
April 8, 2020
I am not sure but I still love it
It feels like the genre and pacing changed so much from previous volumes that I actually had trouble getting through. I am not big on action and enjoyed reading about conversations and White's thoughts.
However, I still really loved this book and I still love this series. This volume in particular was simply not my genre/pacing of choice.
It feels like the genre and pacing changed so much from previous volumes that I actually had trouble getting through. I am not big on action and enjoyed reading about conversations and White's thoughts.
However, I still really loved this book and I still love this series. This volume in particular was simply not my genre/pacing of choice.
May 12, 2020
My thoughts on "So I'm a Spider, So What?" (蜘蛛ですが、なにか?) Vol 7
Written by Okina Baba
Art by Kiryu Tsukasa
This volume had an incredible amount of sci-fi?
The story:
This volume was very different from all the other 6 volumes. Usually, each volume covers a very big span of time, some volumes cover almost entire years. This time was an exception this entire volume covered the span of a single day as a very long and big fight.
(spoilers ahead)
So kumoko and the gang discover the ruins of an ancient civilization that actually has robots (?) and a fuck ton of sci-fi things. Well, they accidentally turn on a UFO ( I shit you not) that has a bomb able to destroy the entire continent.
The rest of the volume is the 4 main (?) powers of the world: Kumoko, demon lord, Dustin (aka he is something like the pope), and asshole the elf fighting the UFO for a very very long time the whole volume was this.
(End of spoiler)
Enjoyment:
This vol was entirely narrated by kumoko with only 2 small chapters narrated by vampy and one narrated by Dustin.
The fight got very tedious very quickly (the reason it took me so long to read the volume).
I don't like the sci-fi elements but they don't feel out of place it's just that I don't really feel it when a very good fantasy setting gets some out of place sci-fi elements. Still, as I said it didn't fell out of place and the vol was actually very enjoyable.
The verdict:
I was thinking very hard about giving this vol a low score because I don't feel like it lives up to the other volumes but that 2 last chapters really made the entire volume for me. it went from a 7 to a 9 very quickly. 9/10
Written by Okina Baba
Art by Kiryu Tsukasa
This volume had an incredible amount of sci-fi?
The story:
This volume was very different from all the other 6 volumes. Usually, each volume covers a very big span of time, some volumes cover almost entire years. This time was an exception this entire volume covered the span of a single day as a very long and big fight.
(spoilers ahead)
So kumoko and the gang discover the ruins of an ancient civilization that actually has robots (?) and a fuck ton of sci-fi things. Well, they accidentally turn on a UFO ( I shit you not) that has a bomb able to destroy the entire continent.
The rest of the volume is the 4 main (?) powers of the world: Kumoko, demon lord, Dustin (aka he is something like the pope), and asshole the elf fighting the UFO for a very very long time the whole volume was this.
(End of spoiler)
Enjoyment:
This vol was entirely narrated by kumoko with only 2 small chapters narrated by vampy and one narrated by Dustin.
The fight got very tedious very quickly (the reason it took me so long to read the volume).
I don't like the sci-fi elements but they don't feel out of place it's just that I don't really feel it when a very good fantasy setting gets some out of place sci-fi elements. Still, as I said it didn't fell out of place and the vol was actually very enjoyable.
The verdict:
I was thinking very hard about giving this vol a low score because I don't feel like it lives up to the other volumes but that 2 last chapters really made the entire volume for me. it went from a 7 to a 9 very quickly. 9/10
May 24, 2025
Wooow O.O
May 28, 2022
Unfortunately, this volume is pretty boring. Who knew that fighting a giant UFO that contains dangerous bomb and robots, while simultaneously working together (trying to stab each other in the back) with your nemesis are actually boring to read. I also don't really like how the author writes about human honestly but whatever.
The only good thing from this volume is White and Ariel finally admitting that they've grown to care for each other. I guess White evolving to a god and losing all her powers are also an interesting end.
*2.25
The only good thing from this volume is White and Ariel finally admitting that they've grown to care for each other. I guess White evolving to a god and losing all her powers are also an interesting end.
*2.25
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June 17, 2026
Spider :) 👍
September 26, 2024
The writing is quite bad sometimes. There is a lot of repeating, over explaining and summarising what happened in previous books. Through the whole story.
The story is still interesting when something new happens. The end was a nice action packed suprise.
The story is still interesting when something new happens. The end was a nice action packed suprise.
December 28, 2019
The whole book was action sequences. I won't say that they weren't entertaining. I've been coming up through this series for the story though. This book made me seriously doubt whether I wanted to continue when volume 8 comes out. Maybe now that her life isn't in perpetual danger, the story lacks a certain tension.
February 19, 2021
This whole volume was one boss battle against mechas. Probably my least favorite volume so far, read it just for the sake of finishing it tbh. The series feels so different compared to when I first started it, but I'll probably keep going for kumoku, or should I say Shiro?
June 10, 2026
Yeah, no.
This book is about 90% one giant battle. One giant, boring, pretty much pointless battle that is just there to help the protagonist get to a particular event.
Honestly, for an entire series that was doing pretty well for me in ratings (4 stars consistently), this volume felt like a kick to the gut. Everything in this book felt out of place in the overall story, even taking into account what we know about Pontimus. (or however you spell the elf's name) It feels disjointed, out of place, and honestly wrecks the entire flavor of the story thus far. And we haven't even caught up to the rest of the class yet.
The writing also felt off, like Baba crafted something they initially thought would be an interesting event, and then realized it got out of hand and suddenly they were working with far too many moving parts. As a reader of a lot of Warhammer fiction, this happens a lot to their writers as well, especially when they are having to do a lot of large scale battles. Baba is doing something smaller than a planetary-scale conflict, but you can tell that they couldn't really concentrate on everything going on, and thus, the story kinda suffers because of it.
In the end, I was very disappointed in this book. There were ways that things that happened could have been handled to have to feel a lot smoother, and honestly, the entire thing could have been redone as something else to get the protagonist to where they needed to be in a far more interesting and engaging way.
Will I keep reading, sure. But a volume or two more of this and I am out, which will suck, because as I said, so far the ratings on all the books have been quite good...
This book is about 90% one giant battle. One giant, boring, pretty much pointless battle that is just there to help the protagonist get to a particular event.
Honestly, for an entire series that was doing pretty well for me in ratings (4 stars consistently), this volume felt like a kick to the gut. Everything in this book felt out of place in the overall story, even taking into account what we know about Pontimus. (or however you spell the elf's name) It feels disjointed, out of place, and honestly wrecks the entire flavor of the story thus far. And we haven't even caught up to the rest of the class yet.
The writing also felt off, like Baba crafted something they initially thought would be an interesting event, and then realized it got out of hand and suddenly they were working with far too many moving parts. As a reader of a lot of Warhammer fiction, this happens a lot to their writers as well, especially when they are having to do a lot of large scale battles. Baba is doing something smaller than a planetary-scale conflict, but you can tell that they couldn't really concentrate on everything going on, and thus, the story kinda suffers because of it.
In the end, I was very disappointed in this book. There were ways that things that happened could have been handled to have to feel a lot smoother, and honestly, the entire thing could have been redone as something else to get the protagonist to where they needed to be in a far more interesting and engaging way.
Will I keep reading, sure. But a volume or two more of this and I am out, which will suck, because as I said, so far the ratings on all the books have been quite good...
January 25, 2025
This is another one that focuses exclusively on Kumoko’s party, or should I say /White’s/ Party? They’re still traveling to the Demon Lands, and it sounds like there’s been a time skip of about one year since the end of volume 6.
This is a big one in terms of world building. We learn a good deal more about what happened in this world’s past, along with some hints that underpin its present. You know that "System", which has been mentioned more and more often? More of that is coming to light.
We also learn a good bit more about Guli-Guli, which is great, because he’s this big mysterious entity in prior volumes and the anime’s first season. That’s fun.
We also see more of the machines that appeared near the end of the anime’s first season. In fact, the whole book is about defeating an army of them and a particularly troublesome aircraft carrier. Like White says, it is a massive genre shift that seems totally out of place in a standard medieval fantasy setting, and that it makes it quite intriguing.
It is a lot of fun. Reading the different stages of this battle is fun. It’s a good example of how to write mass combat – focus on the emotions and the overall progress of battle. Blow by blow is boring and laborious; it’s far more fun to read and easier to write about either officer-types observing the battle from a distance and a soldier pushing forward on a key objective.
Wonderfully foreshadowing for that bomb, which leads to a fantastic sequel hook.
Trickster Eric Novels gives “So I’m A Spider, So What? Volume” an A+
This is a big one in terms of world building. We learn a good deal more about what happened in this world’s past, along with some hints that underpin its present. You know that "System", which has been mentioned more and more often? More of that is coming to light.
We also learn a good bit more about Guli-Guli, which is great, because he’s this big mysterious entity in prior volumes and the anime’s first season. That’s fun.
We also see more of the machines that appeared near the end of the anime’s first season. In fact, the whole book is about defeating an army of them and a particularly troublesome aircraft carrier. Like White says, it is a massive genre shift that seems totally out of place in a standard medieval fantasy setting, and that it makes it quite intriguing.
It is a lot of fun. Reading the different stages of this battle is fun. It’s a good example of how to write mass combat – focus on the emotions and the overall progress of battle. Blow by blow is boring and laborious; it’s far more fun to read and easier to write about either officer-types observing the battle from a distance and a soldier pushing forward on a key objective.
Wonderfully foreshadowing for that bomb, which leads to a fantastic sequel hook.
Trickster Eric Novels gives “So I’m A Spider, So What? Volume” an A+
December 4, 2023
While Vol 6 is still probably my favorite so far Vol 7 still was very enjoyable to me!
As mentioned in the author's note this was very different from all of the other books in the series thus far. It took me a little bit longer than usual to finish because the pacing was slightly different but I still found all the action compelling and entertaining to read. The author's writing style is just fun and easy to read. I had a few moments in this volume that made me just kinda sit there and think "wow this is going off the rails a little bit here" but I still found it very entertaining.
I don't want to give too many spoilers but if you have read this far into the series you might as well continue reading with this volume because I found it to be just as interesting and love the plot that was set up for future books. We got some really good information and character moments in this one.
As mentioned in the author's note this was very different from all of the other books in the series thus far. It took me a little bit longer than usual to finish because the pacing was slightly different but I still found all the action compelling and entertaining to read. The author's writing style is just fun and easy to read. I had a few moments in this volume that made me just kinda sit there and think "wow this is going off the rails a little bit here" but I still found it very entertaining.
I don't want to give too many spoilers but if you have read this far into the series you might as well continue reading with this volume because I found it to be just as interesting and love the plot that was set up for future books. We got some really good information and character moments in this one.
February 20, 2022
Desde a revelação que Potimas era um cyborg eu já tinha várias teorias sobre o mundo em que os alunos reencarnaram, mas mesmo assim me surpreendeu a revelação de que eles vivem num mundo pós-apocaliptico.
O livro apenas cobre uma grande batalha entre os grandes poderosos de Kumodesu (White, Ariel & cia., Potimas e Dustin) contra UFOs e aviões de batalha e, nesse sentido, é bem lento e nada de mais acontece.
Mesmo assim gostei desse volume e de vários momentos que se passam, como a White desistir da guerra dela com a Ariel e como ela tem um momento de vingança contra o Potimas.
O volume termina com algo bem importante acontecendo: A White vira uma Deusa, ou seja, ela não está mais confinada aos limites do sistema.
Vamos ver onde isso a leva e como ela eventualmente irá entrar em guerra com os humanos, na linha do tempo do presente.
O livro apenas cobre uma grande batalha entre os grandes poderosos de Kumodesu (White, Ariel & cia., Potimas e Dustin) contra UFOs e aviões de batalha e, nesse sentido, é bem lento e nada de mais acontece.
Mesmo assim gostei desse volume e de vários momentos que se passam, como a White desistir da guerra dela com a Ariel e como ela tem um momento de vingança contra o Potimas.
O volume termina com algo bem importante acontecendo: A White vira uma Deusa, ou seja, ela não está mais confinada aos limites do sistema.
Vamos ver onde isso a leva e como ela eventualmente irá entrar em guerra com os humanos, na linha do tempo do presente.
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May 8, 2026
3.5/5 The weakest volume of So I’m a Spider so far. I like White traveling with Demon Lord Ariel, Sophia, and the puppets. That part is fun. However volume 7 all of a sudden goes super tech heavy and while it was action packed battling hordes of robots and tanks was just a weird change of pace for the story.
We also end the volume with another weird evolution and power up. Which is par for the course in the genre but with the whole bizarre, hopefully temporary, switch to sci-fi it just dealt even more off. Still enjoying the story and excited to see where it goes but hopefully a little less war machines in the fantasy setting. Or at least improve upon it.
We also end the volume with another weird evolution and power up. Which is par for the course in the genre but with the whole bizarre, hopefully temporary, switch to sci-fi it just dealt even more off. Still enjoying the story and excited to see where it goes but hopefully a little less war machines in the fantasy setting. Or at least improve upon it.
December 11, 2022
One of our anonymous patrons asked us to choose a light novel for their Patron's Choice episode this season, so we chose this because the title made us laugh. We, uh, got volume 7 instead of 1 because we thought the 7 was a 1. So what!? Strangely enough we read a different light novel a few episodes ago for a different patron and they happen to be from the same publisher. Can TBC survive another light novel so soon after the last one?
January 12, 2021
I Couldn’t Breathe, I Was Laughing So Hard
Guys... she literally ripped him a new asshole. This particular volume is packed full of new information and solidifies your hatred for a certain elf. There are so many hilarious moments that I was wheezing. Not to mention, this almost felt like a completely new theme with the whole sci-fi vs fantasy thing. I highly recommend. Besides, if you’ve already come this far then I see no point in stopping.
Guys... she literally ripped him a new asshole. This particular volume is packed full of new information and solidifies your hatred for a certain elf. There are so many hilarious moments that I was wheezing. Not to mention, this almost felt like a completely new theme with the whole sci-fi vs fantasy thing. I highly recommend. Besides, if you’ve already come this far then I see no point in stopping.
February 10, 2022
FANTASY VS SCI-FI
That is basically the summary of it.
I almost give it 4 because of pace is starting to get bland and there is a scene which irritates me on how no one think of that that place to become a suggestion.
Luckily, it is saved the the wicked plot twist, which is the reason I give it a 5 star! Still hoping that it get hold the intensy that it leaves based on the last chapter.
FINISHED THIS IN 1 DAY ☝❤
That is basically the summary of it.
I almost give it 4 because of pace is starting to get bland and there is a scene which irritates me on how no one think of that that place to become a suggestion.
Luckily, it is saved the the wicked plot twist, which is the reason I give it a 5 star! Still hoping that it get hold the intensy that it leaves based on the last chapter.
FINISHED THIS IN 1 DAY ☝❤
October 15, 2022
I love this light novel, but I found this book quite boring. The author said that it was mostly battle too compensate for the last one but really, it was mostly self reflecting on things we already know with a battle in the background and repeating the same things over and over ... I'm scared by the ending, and excited at the same time. Hope it brings some fresh air to this character I enjoy so much.
April 10, 2023
The story goes from a fantasy, to a sci-fi real quick! Loved the meeting of the biggest powers in the universe, but this book in itself feels a little unnecessary.
First time in this series that I felt like what was happening, didn’t need to happen. I understand that Kumoko wouldn’t have become a deity if she didn’t swallow that bomb, but i also don’t feel like we needed an entire book about the battle.
Really enjoyed it, but definitely the weakest book in the series so far.
First time in this series that I felt like what was happening, didn’t need to happen. I understand that Kumoko wouldn’t have become a deity if she didn’t swallow that bomb, but i also don’t feel like we needed an entire book about the battle.
Really enjoyed it, but definitely the weakest book in the series so far.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 25, 2024
So, what happens when OP goes beyond OP and all you've got are OP friends and frenemies and OP baddies to keep you company while the OP blows up your world?
Oh, just outdo the OP, right? Right.
Well, I'm amused enough to want to see just how OP this goes, but I'm starting to lose steam. Cuteness can only take you so far.
Oh, just outdo the OP, right? Right.
Well, I'm amused enough to want to see just how OP this goes, but I'm starting to lose steam. Cuteness can only take you so far.
December 14, 2019
Fun but a bit too much retreading
Fun to see just how off the rails things are going but retreads of plot points we’re well aware of and navel-gazing takes a toll on the pacing here and there
Fun to see just how off the rails things are going but retreads of plot points we’re well aware of and navel-gazing takes a toll on the pacing here and there
December 15, 2019
The biggest problem with this book is that it ends.
I'm not much of a book expert but its just a story you get atached to. Like, i read this book in one sitting so its definetly really good.
I'm not much of a book expert but its just a story you get atached to. Like, i read this book in one sitting so its definetly really good.
January 17, 2020
3.5
This took me a bit longer to read than usual. Unlike previous vols this one focuses on White's story only. It's pretty much a long battle, which I personally find boring, but luckily the author made it worth it by the end. Pretty excited to see what happens next~
This took me a bit longer to read than usual. Unlike previous vols this one focuses on White's story only. It's pretty much a long battle, which I personally find boring, but luckily the author made it worth it by the end. Pretty excited to see what happens next~
August 21, 2021
Que bonito volumen... La parte que más me gustó es como nos muestra que Ariel y Blanca se vuelven realmente cercanas y al fin considerarse ambas amigas cosa que también pasó con los vampiros. Y como después de que Blanca se trago la bomba todos estaban relamete preocupados por ella.
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January 17, 2023
Another great novel
I really enjoyed this novel. It carried much more action than the previous one but nonetheless was still enjoyable. Hopefully next volume slows things down a bit bc I also enjoy the slow journey they had last volume.
I really enjoyed this novel. It carried much more action than the previous one but nonetheless was still enjoyable. Hopefully next volume slows things down a bit bc I also enjoy the slow journey they had last volume.
May 23, 2025
This book was more of non-stop action around one particular incident, which I didn't like as much as the usual mix of introspection, time passing, and action. But hey, despite it not being something I quite liked, it's still more of So I'm a Spider and I'm still enjoying the story.
December 8, 2019
Ahora el proximo a esperar.
December 25, 2019
4.5 stars. i really liked this one, compared to the previous volume this one had much more action and showed more world building with some interesting and satisfying twists along the way.
January 29, 2020
Continues to be some of the best light novel storytelling available. Such well realized characters. I love them.
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