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一華後宮料理帖 [Ikka Koukyuu Ryourichou] (Novel) #9
一華後宮料理帖 9 第九品
「陛下のため」――朱西の離反の真意を知った理美。彼を取り戻したいという思いを深めながらも、朱西の葛藤の鍵・考仁と対峙した際、相応しい料理を饗せなかったことに迷いを覚えていた。そんな最中、誘拐の真相を巡り尋問が始まる。皇帝としての判断を求められるショウ飛だが、すれ違いから考仁と対立することに。考仁は宰相の地位を退くと宣言し、宮城を去る最悪の事態を迎えてしまい……!? もつれた感情がほどける第９弾!!
【電子特典短編】
若かりし頃の考仁と青修。彼らはいかにして出会ったか――。 書き下ろし短編「彼と出会った日」を収録！
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※一部の携帯電話・スマートフォン機種によっては読み取れない場合がございます。
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【電子特典短編】
若かりし頃の考仁と青修。彼らはいかにして出会ったか――。 書き下ろし短編「彼と出会った日」を収録！
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※購入特典キャラクターボイス動画の公開期間は2019年11月30日（土）23:59まで。
※一部の携帯電話・スマートフォン機種によっては読み取れない場合がございます。
※パケット通信料を含む通信費用はお客様のご負担となります。
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- GenresLight NovelFantasyNovels
262 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 1, 2019
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November 7, 2023
This should've been titled The Unraveling of Shu Kojin.
There's a lot of things that bothered me walking into this particular volume, so for the entire first half I actually considered rating this 3⭐ due to all these reasons. First of all, it's incredibly slow. Shohi had a moment where he reverts back to the horrendous person he was back in the first volume, and it proves to be fatal because it results in Kojin quitting his position. So now it falls upon Rimi to visit Kojin and convince him to come back. You seriously cannot convince me Shohi has truly grown as a character, especially not when he puts up the mature act only to go back to the exact same personality again at the very end. Nine volumes into the series, I still do not like Shohi and at this point I doubt I ever will. Rimi deserves better.
That being said, Shusei is definitely not a better option either. Despite what happened between them in the previous book, Shusei is back to treating Rimi terribly in this one. Even she admits that she's running out of love for him due to his actions, which he openly encourages. His reason for switching allegiance, one that involves Kojin, is petty at best and twisted at worst. Rimi really does her best to bring everyone together by drawing out Kojin's inner feelings, but even after he finally admits all the emotions he's kept hidden all this time, it barely changes anything when it comes to Shusei.
So... still not a fan of the romance.
The thing I can definitely say is good from this volume is how Kojin is being handled, and I bumped the rating up for him alone. This man is undoubtedly the most complex character in the series so far, and a good example of a grey character who does things for his own beliefs. I really liked how his conflicting feelings towards Seishu and Shusei are portrayed, as well as seeing him from his wife's perspective. It gives him depth as a character, precisely because he is flawed. The second half of the book highlights this sufficiently, sending the plot rolling fast along with all the politics going on.
Also, the issue I mentioned before remains. The book is still referring to characters as "the consort", "the emperor", "the teacher", "the noblewoman", and so on. Repeatedly. Sometimes multiple times in a single paragraph, and some of them in the middle of normal usage of "he" or "she". It's so awkward and frankly quite annoying to read. Seriously, is this the original writing or the translation? Seeing that we're so close towards the end of the series though, sadly I doubt this would improve in the next two books.
There's a lot of things that bothered me walking into this particular volume, so for the entire first half I actually considered rating this 3⭐ due to all these reasons. First of all, it's incredibly slow. Shohi had a moment where he reverts back to the horrendous person he was back in the first volume, and it proves to be fatal because it results in Kojin quitting his position. So now it falls upon Rimi to visit Kojin and convince him to come back. You seriously cannot convince me Shohi has truly grown as a character, especially not when he puts up the mature act only to go back to the exact same personality again at the very end. Nine volumes into the series, I still do not like Shohi and at this point I doubt I ever will. Rimi deserves better.
That being said, Shusei is definitely not a better option either. Despite what happened between them in the previous book, Shusei is back to treating Rimi terribly in this one. Even she admits that she's running out of love for him due to his actions, which he openly encourages. His reason for switching allegiance, one that involves Kojin, is petty at best and twisted at worst. Rimi really does her best to bring everyone together by drawing out Kojin's inner feelings, but even after he finally admits all the emotions he's kept hidden all this time, it barely changes anything when it comes to Shusei.
So... still not a fan of the romance.
The thing I can definitely say is good from this volume is how Kojin is being handled, and I bumped the rating up for him alone. This man is undoubtedly the most complex character in the series so far, and a good example of a grey character who does things for his own beliefs. I really liked how his conflicting feelings towards Seishu and Shusei are portrayed, as well as seeing him from his wife's perspective. It gives him depth as a character, precisely because he is flawed. The second half of the book highlights this sufficiently, sending the plot rolling fast along with all the politics going on.
Also, the issue I mentioned before remains. The book is still referring to characters as "the consort", "the emperor", "the teacher", "the noblewoman", and so on. Repeatedly. Sometimes multiple times in a single paragraph, and some of them in the middle of normal usage of "he" or "she". It's so awkward and frankly quite annoying to read. Seriously, is this the original writing or the translation? Seeing that we're so close towards the end of the series though, sadly I doubt this would improve in the next two books.
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