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処刑少女の生きる道 (Light Novel) #1
The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Vol. 1
The Lost Ones are wanderers who come here from a distant world known as "Japan." No one knows how or why they leave their homes. The only thing that is certain is that they bring disaster and calamity. The duty of exterminating them without remorse falls to Menou, a young Executioner. When she meets Akari, it seems like just another job...until she discovers it's impossible to kill this girl! And when Menou begins to search for a way to defeat this immortality, Akari is more than happy to tag along! So begins a journey that will change Menou forever...
312 pages, Paperback
First published July 11, 2019
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April 24, 2021
Well, it's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it. Menou is an Executioner and her work involves keeping her world clean of troublesome strangers who show up from other, more Japanese, worlds. With nobility trying to use these Otherworlders to tip the balance of power, Menou already has her hands full before a seemingly invincible visitor shows up - the bubbly and slightly dim Akari. It all sounds like fun and games, except Menou has a job to do and she's not prepared to let anything stand in her way...
This book sure leads off with a bit of a bang, but then also a clunk and a bit of a thud and then a general crashing sound of pottery being destroyed. I like the stark and unflinching beginning to this series which immediately casts Menou in a pretty awful light (although the book does make it clear that the situation is teetering on the edge of going out of control) and doesn't seem to let up.
Then the book starts diving into its lore and I'm gonna be a bit of a crank and say that elaborate magic systems that are info dumped on you in the opening of a narrative are absolutely unpalatable and pretty annoying. Towards the end it becomes easier to follow but I was still feeling my brain trying to run out of my ears at times. There's a balance to be struck between hand-waving everything away and being slavish to detail that isn't really necessary and this book's screamingly angled towards the latter.
Menou's interesting in that she's a fairly blank slate, by narrative design instead of as a negative point, which has resulted in her throwing herself into her job with willful abandon. It's kind of surprising how little the needle has budged on her by the ending - you might think this sounds like a yuri, I sure did, but this book's concept of romance is pretty puerile.
In fact, there's way too much that's entirely too puerile. Menou's assistant Momo, who turns out to be unhinged and whose vocal stylings are annoying as hell, has some real issues going on and it's a 50-50 on whether she'll end up trying to kill Akari herself. A little of her goes a long way.
Everybody is dressed incredibly stupidly - the last main character we meet has a costume that's so unbelievably dumb and reads like something a man would want a woman like that to wear, not a proper fashion choice. And make no mistake, I am aware that manga and anime have made some crazy costuming work over the years, but this one is so bad I had to comment on it, which is my comment on my comment.
There's an early "reveal" of Menou's shocking nickname and I think it's supposed to be impressive, given how people react, but it's actually so dumb I laughed at it.
You might think that I have nothing good to say about this book, but that's also not the case. Parts of it are quite acceptable, even if literally every single plot beat is so, so obvious even from the very first second (I cannot believe this won a grand prize in a contest, I thought my jaw was going to fall off).
The idea of these people showing up from Japan and the amount of damage they've done is really intriguing and some of the ways it's happened are quite unique - there's a sword that turns things to salt and that's a new one to me (if they find the one that turns things to pepper they can corner the combat seasonings market).
The character relationships are kind of awful - again, if this was a yuri written by somebody who knew how to write yuri rather than some guy who thinks 'two girls, hurr hurr' it would probably be a lot more affectionate (probably more than Menou herself would allow). The book has its point to make about slavish devotion to something without thinking about it, but it's not like much changes in that respect.
When the manipulation of time gets involved later on it definitely does change things up and it's blessedly not hard to follow and also creates some interesting discussion about paradoxes - the author handles the fact that changing the past would alter whatever travelled back to affect those changes, which is neat. That turned out to be some of my favourite stuff in the book, although even then it brings out a mean streak in a character that was almost shocking.
2.5 stars, but we'll go down to 2 because there's a whole ton of chaff to get to the wheat hidden inside. I'm literally still baffled at that whole award thing or even the fact that this is getting an anime (actually, seeing the character designs in the artwork, I think I can guess exactly why this is getting an anime). It ends with me interested enough to give it a second volume, but this is one weird story that I don't find half as successful as I feel I should and I don’t know if I would go, ‘oh yeah, you just have to read this’.
This book sure leads off with a bit of a bang, but then also a clunk and a bit of a thud and then a general crashing sound of pottery being destroyed. I like the stark and unflinching beginning to this series which immediately casts Menou in a pretty awful light (although the book does make it clear that the situation is teetering on the edge of going out of control) and doesn't seem to let up.
Then the book starts diving into its lore and I'm gonna be a bit of a crank and say that elaborate magic systems that are info dumped on you in the opening of a narrative are absolutely unpalatable and pretty annoying. Towards the end it becomes easier to follow but I was still feeling my brain trying to run out of my ears at times. There's a balance to be struck between hand-waving everything away and being slavish to detail that isn't really necessary and this book's screamingly angled towards the latter.
Menou's interesting in that she's a fairly blank slate, by narrative design instead of as a negative point, which has resulted in her throwing herself into her job with willful abandon. It's kind of surprising how little the needle has budged on her by the ending - you might think this sounds like a yuri, I sure did, but this book's concept of romance is pretty puerile.
In fact, there's way too much that's entirely too puerile. Menou's assistant Momo, who turns out to be unhinged and whose vocal stylings are annoying as hell, has some real issues going on and it's a 50-50 on whether she'll end up trying to kill Akari herself. A little of her goes a long way.
Everybody is dressed incredibly stupidly - the last main character we meet has a costume that's so unbelievably dumb and reads like something a man would want a woman like that to wear, not a proper fashion choice. And make no mistake, I am aware that manga and anime have made some crazy costuming work over the years, but this one is so bad I had to comment on it, which is my comment on my comment.
There's an early "reveal" of Menou's shocking nickname and I think it's supposed to be impressive, given how people react, but it's actually so dumb I laughed at it.
You might think that I have nothing good to say about this book, but that's also not the case. Parts of it are quite acceptable, even if literally every single plot beat is so, so obvious even from the very first second (I cannot believe this won a grand prize in a contest, I thought my jaw was going to fall off).
The idea of these people showing up from Japan and the amount of damage they've done is really intriguing and some of the ways it's happened are quite unique - there's a sword that turns things to salt and that's a new one to me (if they find the one that turns things to pepper they can corner the combat seasonings market).
The character relationships are kind of awful - again, if this was a yuri written by somebody who knew how to write yuri rather than some guy who thinks 'two girls, hurr hurr' it would probably be a lot more affectionate (probably more than Menou herself would allow). The book has its point to make about slavish devotion to something without thinking about it, but it's not like much changes in that respect.
When the manipulation of time gets involved later on it definitely does change things up and it's blessedly not hard to follow and also creates some interesting discussion about paradoxes - the author handles the fact that changing the past would alter whatever travelled back to affect those changes, which is neat. That turned out to be some of my favourite stuff in the book, although even then it brings out a mean streak in a character that was almost shocking.
2.5 stars, but we'll go down to 2 because there's a whole ton of chaff to get to the wheat hidden inside. I'm literally still baffled at that whole award thing or even the fact that this is getting an anime (actually, seeing the character designs in the artwork, I think I can guess exactly why this is getting an anime). It ends with me interested enough to give it a second volume, but this is one weird story that I don't find half as successful as I feel I should and I don’t know if I would go, ‘oh yeah, you just have to read this’.
March 3, 2021
Thanks to the publisher for providing an eARC of The Executioner and Her Way of Life in exchange for an honest review.
It turns out Light Novels are just not my genre and this is definitely going to be my last one. The writing style is just very blunt and fast which I recognize is not a problem in the actual writing and is likely just the downside to me approaching this as a westernized reader who grew up having the whole "show don't tell" thing ingrained in on my very soul, but this one just didn't work for me.
It turns out Light Novels are just not my genre and this is definitely going to be my last one. The writing style is just very blunt and fast which I recognize is not a problem in the actual writing and is likely just the downside to me approaching this as a westernized reader who grew up having the whole "show don't tell" thing ingrained in on my very soul, but this one just didn't work for me.
September 11, 2021
3.25-3.5?
We get thrown directly into a weird magic system right off the bat. Honestly, it feels like typing linux commands with the way it's formatted / written. And since there's a fair number of variants of the spells (conjurings), it can be a spot tough to follow what some of the spells are.
The story alternates between break-neck full speed ahead, unnecessary repetition, then ends with a sense of "guh, this feels like it hasn't figured out how to just end".
Then there's the yuri... It just doesn't feel right or like good yuri. Momo needs to find some chill; I can't picture Menou actually dealing w/ Momo's stuff as patiently as she does; Akari's feelings towards Menou kind of make a bit more sense later on, once we see the big reveal on her Pure Concept; and can we talk about Princess Ashuna's outfit? I detached a retina rolling my eyes at it.
Going to read v2 and see how it goes. Like, it's a fascinating concept, but idk if it lost something in translation or what, but... I just don't even know, something about the execution falls a bit flat (even if Menou is putting the 'cute' in 'execute'.
We get thrown directly into a weird magic system right off the bat. Honestly, it feels like typing linux commands with the way it's formatted / written. And since there's a fair number of variants of the spells (conjurings), it can be a spot tough to follow what some of the spells are.
The story alternates between break-neck full speed ahead, unnecessary repetition, then ends with a sense of "guh, this feels like it hasn't figured out how to just end".
Then there's the yuri... It just doesn't feel right or like good yuri. Momo needs to find some chill; I can't picture Menou actually dealing w/ Momo's stuff as patiently as she does; Akari's feelings towards Menou kind of make a bit more sense later on, once we see the big reveal on her Pure Concept; and can we talk about Princess Ashuna's outfit? I detached a retina rolling my eyes at it.
Going to read v2 and see how it goes. Like, it's a fascinating concept, but idk if it lost something in translation or what, but... I just don't even know, something about the execution falls a bit flat (even if Menou is putting the 'cute' in 'execute'.
April 17, 2025
The plot seemed all over the place for me. won't be continuing.
June 9, 2022
The Executioner and Her Way of Life is proof positive that a concept is only as good as the writer behind it. The idea of your standard, overpowered isekai protagonists being summoned to another world as essentially living WMDs is one that's immediately appealing. It's an inversion of an incredibly stale formula, which had a lot of potential...potential which was then utterly butchered by two things.
First, the writing, itself. For a long while, I was wiling to chalk this up to something being lost in translation, but eventually I realized I was lying to myself. I've read other Japanese novels that didn't feel this shoddy, banal, and downright repetitive. Allow me to illustrate what I mean:
" 'This is the power of a Pure Concept. Otherworlders can cause massive calamities.'
Human Errors--these calamities on a world-ending scale--were the work of Otherworlders."
Or how about:
"She chose one of the two crests etched into the dagger and charged it with power.
Guiding Force: Connect--Dagger, Crest--Invoke [Guiding Thread]
An ultrafine thread emerged from the pattern on the dagger.
She'd used one of the two crests on the dagger to create it."
This crap happens constantly, to the point where I swear the book could've been at least 15% shorter if they'd cut out all the redundancy. And that part in italics above? That's how magic is presented in this story; and that's not even the most stilted and labyrinthine example. It reads like someone transcribing a Yu-Gi-Oh match, and it's freaking terrible.
The other thing that completely destroys this book's potential is Momo. I hate Momo, to the point that I very nearly put the book down for good, after a few pages of her dialog. See, she has this haaaabit of drawing out the sound of random wooords, often at times that make her sentenceees incredibly awkward, and/or putting the emphasis on the wrong syllaaaable. I gather the intent is to make her sound "cute," but she really just sounds like she has brain damage. Another character, Akari, ends up being pretty insufferable too, but not to this extent.
So, why then isn't this a one-star review? The short answer is, I wanted to like this. There's world building in the background that's cool and evocative; there are some uses of magic that, once you get past the half-assed faux computer code of how the incantations go, are creative and intriguing. It's just that Sato seems determined to crap on it all, every step of the way, in favor of filling space with the same information constantly repeated, and immersion-breaking fanservice. It's like reaching for a refreshing beverage after a long, grueling day, only to discover it's been left out in the sun all day, and gone flat and warm. Also, it's a La Croix. You could've had something worthwhile, but the end product is a pale shadow of what it should be.
First, the writing, itself. For a long while, I was wiling to chalk this up to something being lost in translation, but eventually I realized I was lying to myself. I've read other Japanese novels that didn't feel this shoddy, banal, and downright repetitive. Allow me to illustrate what I mean:
" 'This is the power of a Pure Concept. Otherworlders can cause massive calamities.'
Human Errors--these calamities on a world-ending scale--were the work of Otherworlders."
Or how about:
"She chose one of the two crests etched into the dagger and charged it with power.
Guiding Force: Connect--Dagger, Crest--Invoke [Guiding Thread]
An ultrafine thread emerged from the pattern on the dagger.
She'd used one of the two crests on the dagger to create it."
This crap happens constantly, to the point where I swear the book could've been at least 15% shorter if they'd cut out all the redundancy. And that part in italics above? That's how magic is presented in this story; and that's not even the most stilted and labyrinthine example. It reads like someone transcribing a Yu-Gi-Oh match, and it's freaking terrible.
The other thing that completely destroys this book's potential is Momo. I hate Momo, to the point that I very nearly put the book down for good, after a few pages of her dialog. See, she has this haaaabit of drawing out the sound of random wooords, often at times that make her sentenceees incredibly awkward, and/or putting the emphasis on the wrong syllaaaable. I gather the intent is to make her sound "cute," but she really just sounds like she has brain damage. Another character, Akari, ends up being pretty insufferable too, but not to this extent.
So, why then isn't this a one-star review? The short answer is, I wanted to like this. There's world building in the background that's cool and evocative; there are some uses of magic that, once you get past the half-assed faux computer code of how the incantations go, are creative and intriguing. It's just that Sato seems determined to crap on it all, every step of the way, in favor of filling space with the same information constantly repeated, and immersion-breaking fanservice. It's like reaching for a refreshing beverage after a long, grueling day, only to discover it's been left out in the sun all day, and gone flat and warm. Also, it's a La Croix. You could've had something worthwhile, but the end product is a pale shadow of what it should be.
June 18, 2022
It was a decent story, but felt a little short.
I liked some of the revelations. Nothing absolutely insane, and I did kind of start to suspect one of the ones at the end just before it happened, which was nice. They leave enough little mysteries that keep you wanting to read more too (where is Menou's red haired master; what really happened with the ancient civilization and what relics survive from it; how far back can Akari really go with her time skill and what are the properties of it).
I didn't get too caught up in the actual magic usage and battles sadly. There's like a color system to the magic? There's also some incantations that seems to be references to some long past something or other (Momo's long invocation).
The "politics" of the title are light, but there, a sort of heirarchy of the church at the top, nobles in the middle, and peasants below that. I'd like if future volumes explore it more.
The morality play of whether killing otherworlders is justified (because they're thought to be a ticking timebomb) was interesting. Again, curious how they'll solve this without killing Akari or Menou (I at least hope they both survive).
There's some nice Yuri content in it. From Momo's affection to Akari's cute innuendos towards Menou.
I did like that it's basically a bunch of crazy powerful girls, and the art style of the light novel reflects that (the eyes in particular got a bit of a crazed look to them imo, and it fits). The story was a bit darker than I expected at times, which was nice.
I liked some of the revelations. Nothing absolutely insane, and I did kind of start to suspect one of the ones at the end just before it happened, which was nice. They leave enough little mysteries that keep you wanting to read more too (where is Menou's red haired master; what really happened with the ancient civilization and what relics survive from it; how far back can Akari really go with her time skill and what are the properties of it).
I didn't get too caught up in the actual magic usage and battles sadly. There's like a color system to the magic? There's also some incantations that seems to be references to some long past something or other (Momo's long invocation).
The "politics" of the title are light, but there, a sort of heirarchy of the church at the top, nobles in the middle, and peasants below that. I'd like if future volumes explore it more.
The morality play of whether killing otherworlders is justified (because they're thought to be a ticking timebomb) was interesting. Again, curious how they'll solve this without killing Akari or Menou (I at least hope they both survive).
There's some nice Yuri content in it. From Momo's affection to Akari's cute innuendos towards Menou.
I did like that it's basically a bunch of crazy powerful girls, and the art style of the light novel reflects that (the eyes in particular got a bit of a crazed look to them imo, and it fits). The story was a bit darker than I expected at times, which was nice.
March 1, 2021
I received an eARC courtesy of Yen Press via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
The concept of this is really intriguing and the artwork-more please! But the story has left me super-confused. Something has just been lost in translation. I feel like this is a book 2 and I have missed some background information or something. Will I watch the anime that has been announced? I definitely will-if anything so it will explain the story to me a bit more thoroughly.
The concept of this is really intriguing and the artwork-more please! But the story has left me super-confused. Something has just been lost in translation. I feel like this is a book 2 and I have missed some background information or something. Will I watch the anime that has been announced? I definitely will-if anything so it will explain the story to me a bit more thoroughly.
February 1, 2023
I think the Executioner and Her Way of Life is a decent starting point for the series. The art is nothing short of amazing, and the general concept of the story is really interesting. It breaks away from the stereotypical trope of being summoned into some magic fantasy world and having disproportionately strong powers. The main objective here is to deceive and kill any overpowered person from Earth, as to prevent them from accidentally causing great disasters in the past. However, the writing could definitely be improved. The great potential from this plot concept might have been a little ruined by somewhat poor writing. Perhaps it’s because it’s the first book in the series, but plot holes and unnecessarily complex moments are scattered well throughout the novel. The characters also seem shallow and a little forgettable, even though there aren’t that many characters to develop. I also think that one of the characters, Momo, is annoying. Aside from that, however, the writing is pretty decent. Hopefully it improves throughout the series. I would recommend this to anyone who wishes to turn off their brain and cruise through a 280 page light novel.
September 9, 2024
The Executioner and Her Way of Life is one of my favourite yuris to date. You don't see action fantasy adventure in the yuri genre that isn't a copypaste isekai trope often and that alone gives it five stars to me.
TEAHWOL as it is well-known for takes the isekai genre and flips it on its head. With enriching worldbuilding, originality and entertaining characters, this story isn't afraid to be silly and self-indulgent and I love that for it so much.
As for the Yuri, which is my whole purpose who reading anything really, it's assassin x target yuri which already promises saur much angst and i love me some good angst, and also in the second volume the dynamic just gets even better like gwahhh PLEASE read till vol 2 ending I swear that changed my life frfr I'm lying on the ground please I need more people to read this n cry with me
As my first translated Japanese LN, the prose was a little hard for me to get into at first but i promise ITS SO WORTH IT OKAAAY like you have to accept the silliness its a way of life (hahahehee) you must enjoy TEAHWOL filled with joy and whimsy .
TEAHWOL as it is well-known for takes the isekai genre and flips it on its head. With enriching worldbuilding, originality and entertaining characters, this story isn't afraid to be silly and self-indulgent and I love that for it so much.
As for the Yuri, which is my whole purpose who reading anything really, it's assassin x target yuri which already promises saur much angst and i love me some good angst, and also in the second volume the dynamic just gets even better like gwahhh PLEASE read till vol 2 ending I swear that changed my life frfr I'm lying on the ground please I need more people to read this n cry with me
As my first translated Japanese LN, the prose was a little hard for me to get into at first but i promise ITS SO WORTH IT OKAAAY like you have to accept the silliness its a way of life (hahahehee) you must enjoy TEAHWOL filled with joy and whimsy .
October 1, 2022
I really like the book personally. I thought that the opening especially was very interesting and completely caught me off guard. The story starts off as a completely different story and is just going for a traditional isekai, until it takes a complete turn. The story is a bit slow however it is just a single volume in an overarching series, so it does make a bit of sense. The characters have decent personalities and the character development is alright, but it could be a bit better. I would say that Menou, the main character, is my favorite in the book and the connection with the character I had is very relatable in some aspects. As someone who does watch anime I did like the way the story was told, it was very easy to follow and the overall structure of it was very favorable. I can't wait to get started on the second volume and continue the story to see what happens next. This is my first light novel so I would recommend this book to anyone who likes the way anime is structured but wants to read something other than a manga. Overall I would rate the book a solid 8/10.
July 28, 2021
I really like this idea of someone from a fantasy world killing isekai'd people to avoid the calamities their powers could cause. I think Menou has a lot of room to develop as a character and, even given the small glimpse of the future we see, I'll be curious to see how that plays out. I do think the author is a bit too repetitious at some points, constantly relaying that Menou has to kill Akari and that they're going to Garm to do so. So I hope it pulls back on some of that in future volumes. I really like how they're using time powers here, especially towards the end with a future version of Akari taking control of her younger self and using her powers expertly to get out of the bad situation, and implying that she sticks with Menou and Momo for quite a while. But quite fun overall with characters that have many ways to grow and some very intriguing foreshadowing. Excited to dive into volume 2!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 21, 2023
While there are flaws, I still don't understand how the magic system works, the exposition could be conveyed more organically, and the illustrations aren't the best. Still, I am eager to see where this series goes. Save one reveal at the ending; there really isn't much surprising plot-wise.
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However, the aforementioned reveal, which I will not spoil, is quite good, as it puts the relationship between the two main characters in a new light. Though speaking of the characters, they are all quite over the top, so I don't know what I think about them yet. But, I am really interested to see how they interact with each other in the following volumes.
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However, the aforementioned reveal, which I will not spoil, is quite good, as it puts the relationship between the two main characters in a new light. Though speaking of the characters, they are all quite over the top, so I don't know what I think about them yet. But, I am really interested to see how they interact with each other in the following volumes.
February 21, 2021
This is the first time I read a Japanese light novel. Unsurprisingly it really feels like reading an anime. The plot starts smack into the middle of action, dropping you into a crazy rich fantasy world without any explanations, lots of the typical cast of characters and let you unravel the threads to make sense of things and get your mind blown by some interesting ideas. This will no doubt fill a void in the adrenalin demanding teens. I admit I would have liked it better as a video game I think, a point and click would have been nice but I would have taken an RPG too, or maybe a manga. The lack of descriptions left the world a little stark and none existent. It was strange to me to have so much details put into the clothes of the characters and none about what they are doing as they talk. It packs quite a punch and is very dense for such a slim volume.
April 27, 2021
Its a fun read, very trope filled so reader be warned?
If everyone is OP is anyone really? This series seems to want to find out. The main lass, the executioner, is trained by the most feared executioner before her, MC's assistant/companion was top of her class, the reincarnations are OP because reincarnations, and it kinda goes on. The assistant is the pink haired overly bubbly one, reincarnation is big tiddie ditz, and they're both madly in love with the MC. Despite the setup there, the series is off to a good start. A little rough around the edges, I think the author explained the same concept 4 times, and all as background/thoughts to self from whichever character you as the reader are following behind. By following different characters throughout it makes it so much more bearable. Getting to read why Momo is the way she is before she had overstayed her welcome was a great move. I enjoyed it more often than not, but it still has work to do, so it sits with a 4/5 from me. Hope the next installment keeps up the good work
If everyone is OP is anyone really? This series seems to want to find out. The main lass, the executioner, is trained by the most feared executioner before her, MC's assistant/companion was top of her class, the reincarnations are OP because reincarnations, and it kinda goes on. The assistant is the pink haired overly bubbly one, reincarnation is big tiddie ditz, and they're both madly in love with the MC. Despite the setup there, the series is off to a good start. A little rough around the edges, I think the author explained the same concept 4 times, and all as background/thoughts to self from whichever character you as the reader are following behind. By following different characters throughout it makes it so much more bearable. Getting to read why Momo is the way she is before she had overstayed her welcome was a great move. I enjoyed it more often than not, but it still has work to do, so it sits with a 4/5 from me. Hope the next installment keeps up the good work
September 29, 2023
If you've watched the anime, then you know what to expect from this volume. The Executioner and Her Way of Life turns the isekai tropes around. In this world, people from our world (who would normally be the isekai protagonist) are dangers that must be killed. Menou, our protagonist, is one of the Executioners tasked with that bloody duty.
This volume is generally alright. I didn't notice any major typos, and the illustrations are nice. The writing reads choppily, which I'm not sure is caused by translation or if the original reads as choppily.
The story is interesting with a limited but engaging set of characters. It's definitely worth a read.
This volume is generally alright. I didn't notice any major typos, and the illustrations are nice. The writing reads choppily, which I'm not sure is caused by translation or if the original reads as choppily.
The story is interesting with a limited but engaging set of characters. It's definitely worth a read.
March 5, 2025
Ate this shit up I won’t lie to you. Cool little isekai that subverts some expectations but is very much a light novel ass light novel. There’s the usual hang ups of character age and fan service but there’s some good characters that have some good moments, a cool and (contrary to what other people say) pretty easy to grok magic system. The world and story also have a lot of mysteries and questions to keep you engaged. It’s a Yuri book and I don’t really know much about that but I think it does that well, maybe. Characters are a little 2d sometimes but I trust the process enough to see where the story goes.
May 25, 2022
I was looking forward to reading this after seeing the hype around it from yuri fans, and that it won the grand prize for GA Bunko but sadly I was so disappointed with it.
The thing is, I love the idea behind it especially with the magic system and the concept of lost ones-- it was intriguing and made me look forward to the world more, and with these great concepts being thrown in, sadly the writing just didn't do it any justice.
I'm not a fan of the prose, just a very flat exposition, and I'm not a fan of the writing feeling like it's telling me the story as if I was 7-years-old.
The thing is, I love the idea behind it especially with the magic system and the concept of lost ones-- it was intriguing and made me look forward to the world more, and with these great concepts being thrown in, sadly the writing just didn't do it any justice.
I'm not a fan of the prose, just a very flat exposition, and I'm not a fan of the writing feeling like it's telling me the story as if I was 7-years-old.
February 27, 2023
La historia es envolvente, atrapante con una protagonista de pensamientos bastante integrantes y la propuesta muy fascinante
Rompe el estereotipo de isekai donde a un nuevo "heroe" se le trata bien.
Romanticamente tiene un concepto muy profundo sobre "lo que una es capaz de hacer por la otra persona" y vice versa.
Y lo mejor es el villano, es un giro que sorprende porque viene del lado menos pensado, y te hace preguntarte ¿será capaz de lograrlo? Y las intrigas que deja dan ansias de leer y seguir leyendo
Rompe el estereotipo de isekai donde a un nuevo "heroe" se le trata bien.
Romanticamente tiene un concepto muy profundo sobre "lo que una es capaz de hacer por la otra persona" y vice versa.
Y lo mejor es el villano, es un giro que sorprende porque viene del lado menos pensado, y te hace preguntarte ¿será capaz de lograrlo? Y las intrigas que deja dan ansias de leer y seguir leyendo
February 24, 2023
I really liked the concept of the book, and I enjoyed the world. The characters were very irritating to the point that I actually liked the villain of the book the most; even if their motivations were mostly petty and irrational.
The spell casting is presented in a very clunky way.
Overall, this book felt like one giant setup for the second book, and because of that I am unsure if it is ultimately going to go anywhere, or if it will drag on more than anything.
The spell casting is presented in a very clunky way.
Overall, this book felt like one giant setup for the second book, and because of that I am unsure if it is ultimately going to go anywhere, or if it will drag on more than anything.
June 28, 2023
I think I’m mostly as much of a fan as I am because I got roped into the anime as a good isekai inversion. It’s hardly high literature, but it *is* a fun inversion of a lot of isekai tropes, and I like the magic system despite what other reviews say. I’m gonna read until I think it’s not worth doing anymore, but so far I’m enjoying. The twist near the end lands better via text than anime, I think, so that’s worth keeping in mind for future pilot developments.
October 17, 2023
This is my second time reading this book, and it has a lot of charms, a lot of things that are pretty brilliant, a lot of reasons to return. But it's good in the way Swedish fish are good. They get repetitive tasting and suddenly you're sick of them, despite the first couple of handfuls being delish. There's so much here that could be so, so cool, but it never really lives up to any of the potential. Which is a shame.
May 20, 2025
This would’ve worked better as an anime than a light novel. Action-packed story with an incredibly tedious magic system and convoluted conspiracies. There was a lot of infodumping that dragged down the pacing, particularly during action sequences and a 15 or 16 year old’s breasts were repeatedly mentioned which was icky. Momo was a kinda fun yandere character (her going berserk was the highlight of the book) but overall this was just not my jam
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June 1, 2025Un de mes coups de cœur animé de 2022, je me lance enfin dans son support original.
Pas de grosses surprise dans l'histoire qui me plaît toujours bien.
Le volume est peut être un peu trop verbeux dans l'explication de sa magie, mais sinon cette histoire de retournement des codes de l'isekai est toujours aussi efficace.
Ma surprise sera sans doute du côté du personnage d'Akari qui ici contrairement à l'animé m'a paru beaucoup plus antipathique. Vivement ses évolutions futures.
Pas de grosses surprise dans l'histoire qui me plaît toujours bien.
Le volume est peut être un peu trop verbeux dans l'explication de sa magie, mais sinon cette histoire de retournement des codes de l'isekai est toujours aussi efficace.
Ma surprise sera sans doute du côté du personnage d'Akari qui ici contrairement à l'animé m'a paru beaucoup plus antipathique. Vivement ses évolutions futures.
February 16, 2021
A interesting story about a young executioner who has to exterminate “the lost ones” before they bring about chaos. Menou meets Akari, who is a lost one but for some reason shes unkillable. Things pick up and on an adventure we go. The light novel contains really gorgeous artwork in it too!
**Thanks Netgalley and Yen Press for sending me an arc in exchange for a honest review**
**Thanks Netgalley and Yen Press for sending me an arc in exchange for a honest review**
March 24, 2021
True Rating 3.5 stars
Though the concept on this one is quite interesting, I find that something got lost in translation with this one. I feel like the writing is too abrupt for my personal enjoyment. If this ever came to us as a manga, I would try it again.
For more of my thoughts, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Zcs...
Though the concept on this one is quite interesting, I find that something got lost in translation with this one. I feel like the writing is too abrupt for my personal enjoyment. If this ever came to us as a manga, I would try it again.
For more of my thoughts, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Zcs...
September 6, 2022
I knew the premise but not the rating and was expecting it to be written for a slightly older audience than it’s for. Good book nonetheless! World building heavy, but not to the point that it detracts from the plot and the characters are all interesting. I’m not going to order and binge them all at once but I will probably proceed with the series from here.
May 17, 2022
This is, I think, the first light novel I ever read. And I picked it up coz the manga is too slow and the anime release has me way too hyped. It's a good read, although reading the manga first probably ruined the experience, since knowing stuff beforehand made the exposition kinda boring.
June 2, 2024
Okh this is fucking trash manga super trash mato sato you mother fucker sulty bitch why why what is this you killed a good person and that bitch mc pink pussy bitch fuck that bitch fuck her kill that bitch and fuck yourself writer mato sato you bitch
July 10, 2024
Dnf 60%
There's some compelling stuff like the interludes and prologue but most of the time the book is written in the most annoying way with the most annoying execution of its characters possible. I love the concept of a lot of it, but the actual storytelling did this world no favors
There's some compelling stuff like the interludes and prologue but most of the time the book is written in the most annoying way with the most annoying execution of its characters possible. I love the concept of a lot of it, but the actual storytelling did this world no favors
November 28, 2025
Great concept, lackluster execution (no pun intended). It's on the long side for a light novel, but nothing much happens in the book. Even actions scenes are quite boring to read, and I couldn't really feel a connection to any of the characters.
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