86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 7: Mist

86—EIGHTY-SIX Light Novel #7

by Asato Asato, Shirabii (Illustrator)

Forever... If Possible

The Merciless Queen, a high-ranking commander unit for the Legion, has finally been taken into custody. Now the Federacy, the United Kingdom, and the Alliance of Wald can conduct a thorough analysis of this special Ameise, which houses the consciousness of Legion developer Zelene Birkenbaum. If their efforts bear fruit, they may learn the secret to stopping the Legion once and for all! In the meantime, the Federacy has decided to rest its battle-worn blades. The Eighty-Sixth Strike Package has been allowed leave for the first time in ages. As they arrive in the Alliance of Wald’s territory, they are able to step away from the iron and blood and enjoy a rare vacation! And it seems that two members of the Strike Package are getting a bit cozier than the rest…

Genres: Light Novel, Science Fiction, Romance, Dystopia, Young Adult, Fantasy, Fiction

216 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 2019

About the author

安里アサト, Asato Asato, born 1985) is a female Japanese novelist. The pen name Asato Asato is a combination of her real name (Toru Asakura) and eighty-eight.
Asato started writing novels just before she entered junior high school.

She initially submitted her work to the Kadokawa Beans Bunko Rookie Award, but when in 2014 her manuscript made it to the third round of the 2014 21st Dengeki Novel Prize, Asato started thinking about writing a novel that was "Dengeki Novel-esque." This novel would become the start of the 86 -Eighty Six- series.

In 2016, 86 -Eighty Six- won the 23rd Dengeki Novel Prize.

Reviews

[Beatrice in Bookland · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I want to show you the sea... I want to see things we've never seen before, things yet obscured by the fires of war. I want to enjoy the same sights as you.
I want to remain by your side. I want to be with you. Forever... if possible."

if this series doesn't end with shin showing lena the sea and them being happy and safe someone's going to pay

[Tomcat · Rating 5 out of 5]

A mission of love.

This volume brings a well deserved break for the 86 squadron members. The story is well written, despite not having combat or dangerous mission, this volume is full of tension (thanks to a pair of blockheads) and some new plots for future volumes. A lot of funny scenes, typical cliches in this genre, but the author manages to introduce them brilliantly in the story. The ending is great, with a couple of cliffhangers, and again, nicely narrated by the author. A great volume in this serie.

[Farnoosh · Rating 5 out of 5]

☑️ 86--EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 7: Mist/ Asato Asato/ 2019

☑️یکم بدون اسپویل نوشتن سخته ولی خوشبختانه شد.
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🟢 لایت ناول هفتم در مقایسه با جلدهای پنجم و ششم (و حتی اول تا چهارم) جلد سبکی به حساب میاد. از این نظر که هیچ عملیات جنگی علیه ارتش Legionها در این کتاب وجود نداره، در حالی که دو جلد قبلی نبردهای طاقت‌فرسایی داشتن 😓.

اما این جلد دو تا توییست فوق مهم درباره‌ی Legionها رو داخل این جلد قرار داده که واقعا: 🤯🤯🤯🤯
که از سبک شدن بیش از حد این جلد نسبت به جلدهای قبلی کمک می‌کنه و در عین حال یه استراحت بود، هم برای کارکترها😅 و هم خواننده.


🟢 نکته‌ی دیگه‌ای که دوست داشتم، کتاب اسم گذاری فصل‌ها بود:
1- Haze blue/ 2- Mist blue/ 3- Fog blue/ 4- Starlight blue
که به نظر می‌رسه متناسب با احساسات کارکترها این اسم گذاری رو قرار داده.
فکر می‌کنم آبی اینجا نماد غمی باشه که کارکترها به واسطه‌ی نبرد با ارتش هوش مصنوعی Legion و بی‌رحمی دنیای انسانی اطرافشون باهاش مواجه هستن.
اوایل کتاب که سردرگمن آبی مه‌آلود و مبهمه. اواخر کتاب که با احساساتشون کنار میان، آبی به رنگ نور ستاره‌هاست. فکر می‌کنم نور ستاره‌ها هم نماد راهنما توی دل تاریکی باشن و هم نمادی از کورسوی امید تو تاریکی باشن 💙💙⭐️

🟠 رشد شخصیت‌ها یکم اول کتاب توی ذوق می‌زد ولی داستان که ادامه پیدا کرد به نظرم باورپذیر شد.
🟢دنیای داستان هم با کارکترهای جدید و قدیم، گوشه‌ی دیگه‌ای ازش معرفی می‌شه.

🟢 فلش‌بک‌ها به جلدهای قبلی خیلی به موقع بود.
قسمت مورد علاقه‌ی خودم این بود که در پاسخ به جمله‌ی:
If, one day, you make it to our final destination, would you please leave flowers?
از جلد اول مجموعه،
این جمله رو گذاشتن:
I always want to be with you. Until your final destination. No matter where you end up, that will be my final destination, too.


🟢 در کل به نظرم خانوم آساتو آساتو از اون نویسنده‌هایین که کاملا متوجهن دارن چه کار می‌کنن و همه چیز توی داستانشون به جاست. امیدوارم توی جلدهای بعدی ادامه دار باشه، چون اینجا تازه وسط داستانه. 💕
انیمه تا جلد سوم رو اقتباس کرده. من همیشه نگران بودم نکنه داستان بره جلو دیگه این احساسات رو حس نکنم و ناامید بشم... خوشبختانه تا الان ناامید نشدم.
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🟡 در کل ۵ از ۵.

[~Avi Ward~ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 STARS. Getting to this review a little late but oh well.

Ahem. First thing’s first.

THE COVER???? AJGDFRdDHJdD!!! Maybe my favorite cover EVEEER?

Pretty dress? Check. Dancing? (Every girl’s happy place) Check. The EPITOME of the word SHIP? Double-check. I don’t think I’m ever getting over this one. Ever. *girly squealing* Lena and Shin… I just can’t. <3

Okay. *deel breath* Now onto the story. THIS BOOK y’all. It was something else. There’s too much to talk about. This book didn’t have near as much action as the other books, and I loved it. While I enjoy the action and plot, this was a refreshing break. It still added to the plot since they were interrogating the Merciless Queen, but this book was basically one big vacation for the members of the Spearhead squadron. And you know what happens on fun vacations right? Oh yeah, you know what’s coming. *wink*

SHIPPING. (I warned you hehe) The amount of shipping that happened in this book. I can’t even. It was everything to my fangirl heart.

First. LENA & SHIN.

These two are the cutest adorable awkward and most adorable people on the fictional planet. I’m living for it. All throughout the book, basically everyone is just matchmaking them. There is nothing NOTHING better than a group of people trying to matchmake (fight me). Some of my favorite parts was when they guys and girls are separately talking about how both Lena and Shin are basically hopeless and they are going to need intervention if they’re getting together. SO FUNNY. Basically every time there was the chance for a romantic moment, the whole team would be watching in hiding. And that one scene with Dustin. When he interrupts the perfectly orchestrated situation and Anju wants to kill him. Honestly probably the funniest thing to happen in the whole series. (Am I the only one that can perfectly imagine a hand from nowhere jerking him in perfect anime fashion?)

Speaking of which…

DUSTIN & ANJU. Lena and Shin weren’t the only ones to get their moments. These two also had some pretty great moments. Like when they are trying to leave Shin and Lena alone and they all pair off and Dustin is so happy Anju went with him (without knowing what was happening lol). I love those two so much. <3

The ending of this book was especially good. Like how Annette gave them matching cuff link things?? I love Annette. Also all the dancing. Love it. And…

THEY. KISSED.

Finaaaally. I’ve waited 7 books for this moment. The books ends there, but in true Asato Asato fashion she adds a bonus on the end of the post reaction. Poor Shin. Still confused lol. These two never change.

Overall though, it wasn’t just the ship moments I loved in this one though. Honestly it was just great to have the gang together doing fun things together (like having a pillow fight) and just living. It was great.

Now. I would be remiss in not talking about the negatives in this book. Yeah, there were a few. Probably the first I’ve had for this series sadly. First was the amount of fan service. Maybe not exactly fan service, but still I didn’t love opening the book to a bunch of girls in bikinis. Meh. But that one is easier for me to get past.

It won’t be for most people, but I was sad they are starting to put in junk stuff. I knew it was only a matter of time but I’m still sad. Like alluding that Shiden maybe liked Lena, and one of the characters was mistaken for a girl most of the time. Yeah. A little sad for me. Not enough to ruin the series for me, but there nonetheless.

One other random think I didn’t like was how jealous Lena was in this book. Like, chill girl. It pretty obvious he likes you. *sigh* It didn’t seem like her and got a little old after a while lol.

Anyway, I can’t wait for the next book to come out. Back to battles and mecha! Long love the Spearhead Squadron!

(Side note: The anime just came out and I’m HYPED!! I’m watching it and it’s EPIC. Makes me realize how far they still have to go. But seriously, GO WATCH IT)

CONTENT NOTE: Some swimsuit fan service, allusion to a girl liking another girl, and several uses of strong language.

[Shirley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE THEM YOUR HIGHNESS, they're all so adorable and hilarious. This volume is lightheart and share similar vibe with vol. 4 but more lighthearted. It focus more on the eighty six story, their feelings, platonic or not, it has little progress in war/battle against legion.

[sally ✿ · Rating 4 out of 5]

FINALLY.

[Katja · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,5 stars. This is the more lighthearted volume Asato has been promising in the afterwords for a while now. Eighty-Sixth Strike Package first division (i.e. Shin and company) are on leave in the Alliance of Wald. They relax at a mountain resort so there's onsen scenes, stroll in the town and Lena and Shin's friends trying to create a moment for them to finally talk about their feelings for each other, haha.
But there's a bit of Legion plot too, just not fights. They caught Merciless Queen in the last volume and now they are interrogating her. And getting a big scoop too...

This was a nice change of pace but I'm looking forward to the military campaigns and combat in the next volume too. Vol. 7 had a chance to tell a bit more about characters and it did, but mostly about Lena and Shin. The whole book was such a tease until the end but there was a reward there too! <3
I know beach or bathhouse "episodes" are almost obligatory and I don't mind that per se, it's about how it's done. Here it wasn't my favourite; actually, the beginning was probably my least favourite part of the volume. But as a contrast, I liked the ball at the end very much. (And this volume's cover is one of my favourites in the series!)

The development regarding Legion this volume revealed was certainly interesting. I must say though: that switch thingy isn't even fractionally foolproof, what did Empire even think??

A new character was introduced too and I hope Captain Aegis sticks around.

Oh, and Raiden the squad mom. <3

[二六 侯 · Rating 3 out of 5]

套進日本學園漫畫必有的修學旅行模式，而男女主角感情線進一步退兩步又拖了一整集，雖然還是有審問戰俘推一點劇情，但完全沒作戰戲……讀來很疲倦。（其實戰亂時代部隊多數人若遇到對象會早早結婚吧，活著有個家可回，死了另一半也可以領撫卹金，當然更重要的是一起逃難才名正言順——好啦，我現實腦完全不適合輕小說。）

[Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had me smiling, giggling and crying with every single page. I’d give my life to protect my babies at all cost🥹

[Rose Ann Gache · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[Yeon · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Tôi yêu em."

"Tôi muốn cho em thấy biển, muốn cùng em ngắm nhìn đại dương và những miền đất lạ, những điều đang bị lửa chiến tranh vùi lấp."

"Tôi muốn ở bên em. Trọn đời nếu có thể."

Ôi... trời ơi từ từ đã... để tim hồi phục rồi mới viết cảm nghĩ tiếp được...

[Miley · Rating 5 out of 5]

If I could, I’d give this one a million stars!!!!! Oh my sweet baby Jesus!!!! This is soooo goooddddddd!! I’m out here giggling with happy tears on my face!!!!! 🥹🥹🥹🥹😫😫😫

[Esther · Rating 5 out of 5]

`wow`

เล่มนี้คือเลิฟคอมวัยรุ่นชัด ๆ มันชัดเจนจริง ๆว่า ตัวละครในเรื่องก็เป็นแค่เด็กวัยรุ่นอยู่ดี ในสนามรบก็เป็นทหารที่เก่ง ไม่กลัวอะไร แต่กลับเรื่องชีวิตประจำวัน เรื่องรักใคร่ ๆ ดันเงอะงะมากกกกก ซึ่งมันก็เป็นเรื่องธรรมดาล่ะนะ ต่างคนก็พูดไม่ค่อยเก่งเท่าไรเลย

ตอนแรกนึกว่าเลน่าจะเป็นคนพูดซะอีก แต่ชินนี่พัฒนาขึ้นมาจากเล่มแรกที่ดูเหี่ยวเฉา ไม่มีชีวิตชีวาเท่าไร พอเลน่าเข้ามาชีวิต ก็ดูสดใสขึ้น ดูเปลี่ยนไป เหมือนกับคนธรรมดาทั่วไป

นอกจากคู่เลน่า+ชิน ก็มีอันจู+ดัสติส ที่น่าลุ้นด้วย อันจูดูพยายามเปิดใจอยู่นะ

ชิเดนเนี้ยคนเขียนเฉลยแล้วใช่มั้ยว่าเป็นเกย์ ….คนเขียนไม่ได้บอกชัดเจนด้วย แต่ดูจากบทที่ตัวละครอื่นพูด ก็น่าจะใช่แหะ แต่ก็อยากให้คนเขียนเขียนให้ชัดไปเลยนะ มันหายากมากเลยว่าที่ LN จะพูดเรื่องนี้กันตรง ๆ

เออ….ในระหว่างที่บรรยาการณ์การพักผ่อนดี ๆ ก็มีสลิ่มหมูขาวมาซะได้ แบบเห็นแก่ตัวมาก ไม่มีสำนึกกับสิ่งที่ทำกับ 86 ไม่มีความละอายใจเลยแม้แต่น้อย ตรรกะเหตุผลทุกอย่างก็ย้อนแย้งสุด(ไม่ยอมรับ-86- แต่ก็ไม่ยอมให้ไปใช้ชีวิตที่อื่น) ตอนอ่านคือโมโหมาก แต่มันก็ดูเป็นประเด็นที่ยังไม่จบอยู่ดี เล่มอื่น ๆ อาจเอาประเด็นมาเล่าต่อ เพราะหลังจากเล่มต้นๆ ก็ยังไม่เล่าว่าประชาชนสาธารณรัฐคิดยังไงกัน มีความรู้สึกผิดต่อ-86 -หรือเปล่า แต่ที่แน่ๆอิพวกบนๆหลายคนยังอีโก้แรงอยู่เลย ขนาดลุงของเลน่ายังอีโก้แรงอยู่นะขนาดจะตายห่ากันแล้ว

เอาจริงสุดท้ายอยากให้พวกเลาน่า ลิตตา ดัสติส เนี้ยตอนจบออกจากสาธารณรัฐเถอะ ถ้าสมสติทั้งประเทศยังมีแนวคิดสลิ่มหมูขาวอยู่

[Mimi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Primera Lectura 2022: 5⭐🥰

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Relectura 2024:
5⭐

Qué volumen más maravilloso y no puedo estar más contenta.

Es un tomo en el que la historia se encuentra bastante alejada de la guerra para dar un poco de paz a todos nuestros protagonistas.
Con esto se podría pensar que la trama principal no avanza nada, pero en verdad no es así porque se revela algo muy importante que es crucial para lo que se viene y la vuelta de todos a la batalla contra la Legión.

No hay ni media página de acción, pero ¿qué más da? Lo he disfrutado muchísimo y después de volúmenes tan densos era algo que necesitaba. Son cosas que pasan cuando los protagonistas te gustan tanto, que da igual en medio de qué se encuentren, mientras trate sobre ellos me va a gustar lo que sea.

Porque sí, al final ha sido una novela que se centra principalmente en Shin y Lena y cómo ambos terminan de entender sus propios sentimientos y empiezan a tomar decisiones.

¿Y el final del volumen? Aaaaaaaah que emoción al fin hay un avance de verdad no puedo esperar a continuarlo.

[Gabriel d'Matos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Um volume extremamente necessário e que finalmente avançou a história e encaminhou pra mostrar uma linha de chegada. Não houve uma batalha nesse volume e ele acabou sendo o meu favorito depois do primeiro.

[Natalynn]

I still don't know why I went through seven of these novels in less than a week. Am I going to continue reading it? Probably not honestly???

[piranha · Rating 1 out of 5]

Why am I still reading this series? There was one decent book in it, and that was the first one. The others were overloaded with lengthy, repetitive battle scenes, which I never care for, and not enough character development.

Well, this one diverged. We get no action, all "fun", and some character development. Alas it feels like a standard Japanese high school story, including every crappy romance trope possible:
- onsen, complete with girls engaging in sexual harassment over boob size, and boys listening from next door
- FL gets surprised by ML in "compromising" dress/undress; humiliation and embarrassment ensues
- speaking of the Cicada, the form-fitting suit that leaves Lena horribly embarrassed -- she knows that's what it does, she hates it, and yet, she "forgets" to take clothes to wear over it. You just need a cloak, girl; start having one in your bugout bag since this matters so much to you. Of course one wonders how she can hate it so much, considering her uniform is very form-fitting, with a tiny mini-skirt and those garters, which couldn't be more sexualizing if they tried
- massive amounts of completely unjustified jealousy and possessiveness on the part of Lena
- which comes complete with a misunderstanding of what another woman means to Shin
- total unwillingness to actually build a relationship by talking with each other, regularly. THAT's what I find romantic rather than the rollercoaster feelings one gets by avoiding each other
- and because they don't talk, they both wallow in deprecating themselves and having absolutely no understanding of how the other person feels about them
- everybody else knows how they feel about each other and both scheme how to get them together, and alternately cockblock in just the wrong moment, or humiliate people by teasing (the Japanese seem to have a humiliation fetish which I could not hate more)
- after there's finally a confession, and finally a kiss (volume 7!!!), that lasts for about a nanosecond before Lena screws it up thoroughly so we can have an extension of the never-ending misunderstandings

These are all tropes I am sick and tired of, so much that I cannot enjoy the romance at all anymore. I could handle it from Shin's side because for the most part he's just a bit too much on the stoic side, but at least the boy has reasons; he's severely traumatized. But Lena really has no excuses, and I am sorry, it's 2150. My entire lifetime (I'm almost 70) has been spent more romantically enlightened than these people are. I was screwed up as a teenager, I've had a more traumatic childhood than Lena, and even my teenage romances were more adult. I just can't find any of this "cute".

I know I'm a completist, but I should let it go. I keep hoping for something Asato Asato isn't going to give me, extended character development and growth of the original 5 kids plus Lena while they're trying to find a place in the world that can give them some happiness. All the battles against superior forces in minute detail do nothing for me, and the characters are too mired in dumb tropes.

[Nyx · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG... well this volume was something.

Let's start with our cuties - Shin and Lena - FINALLY !!! My cuties I can't with them sometimes smh...
God, this was one of the slowest slowburns ever. I can't with everyone's reaction to them just jumping around each other for sooooo long... (my reactions were literally the same, Anju, Raiden I feel you) GET TOGETHER FOR GOD'S SAKE, THANK U !
I was almost ready to admit that these two are hopeless and will never get together.
Jokes aside, the romance here is very well distributed, and the ratio between the sweet moments and the combat just works perfectly for me.


Back to the start - and the mandatory beach hot springs episode ! I can't believe I'm saying it but it was done extremely well. I'm usually not a big fan of said episodes but here it felt so... natural. No weird 'tripping' and falling onto someone but just casual teenagers acting like... well... teenagers.


This volume had absolutely zero combat (apart from the training session with Olivia who btw is hilarious I love him) but even so it was action packed. It makes me so happy that the Eighty Six squad finally got some well deserved rest :]

And now hopping back to the ending ! The ballroom scene, heck! the whole party was just so beautiful. Everyone looked breathtaking!!! And omg Annette you sly fox hahaha. This goes for Shiden too, I loved how she was teasing Raiden non-stop.
The whole dance sequence between Shin and Lena just took my breath away. Combined with their later conversation and fireworks??? 💕💕💕
AND THE KISS !!! THE KISS, HELLO??? MOST AMAZING SCENE IN THE WHOLE VOLUME I AM NOT WELL


The Legion could be stopped.
what... WHAT?!!!! y'all the scream I let out when I read this sentence. This was just... wow. I did NOT expect this so soon (?) but well, wow, okay, great !


Overall I feel like vol. 7 quickly joins my favorite volumes of 86. Literally smiling like crazy even now while writing this review :]
Excited af for the next one !!!

[Sam (not.a.sidekick) · Rating 5 out of 5]

“You might be a woman of the Republic, but at the same time, you’re the queen of the Eighty-Six. Please don’t deny that. Not now.”

There's really not much to say about this volume other than I downright loved it! Our crew finally got the vacation they deserved, with some added training fun in between, and we had some wonderful development between Shin and Lena (much needed tbh!). It's so interesting to see the variance in Shin and Lena's perspective. Asato does an excellent job at portraying just how mature Shin is for his age, given when he's been through, in comparison to Lena. He doesn't second guess himself as much, his thought process is very linear while insanely thorough, and he's quite calm while navigating Lena's tumultuous emotions.

In contrast, Lena has a lot of self doubt and internal panic about her feelings and who she is as a person. This is largely due to the fact she's never been in a genuine fight or flight scenario where being attuned to herself is critical so she can make decisions are needed. But I have to hand it to Lena, she had a lot of personal growth in this one, where she was able to admit her strengths and feelings without second guessing herself so much. It was nice to see her take charge and I'm so, so proud of her!

Regardless, their romance was adorable, and the little snippets we get into everyone else was enjoyable as well. Raiden, my mannnn, I love him so much. His bond with Shin is on another level, and you can really tell they're brothers at the end of the day. It was hilarious to witness the crew try their best to push Shin and Lena into full blown ConfessionTM mode, while also trying to remain subtle. It was highly entertaining.

Asato had said in the acknowledgements they were worried about how a "non combat" volume would go...and I gotta hand it to them: it was so good. 10/10 stars, thanks. I'm scared for what's to come in the next "combat heavy" volumes! The merciless queen will be at the forefront of my mind with the way she interacts with Shin. Wish me luck, I'll need it.

[zefanya · Rating 3 out of 5]

a beautiful "filler" volume, despite the cliche tropes and the usual dragging. loved the pining, anticipating, and back-and-forth between Shin and Lena. i did wish there was more of it, though (i'm a big sucker for slow-burn and angst, yes ANGST). most of their relationship developments were told from Lena's pov, which tipped off the balance in this book. i was legit STRESSING with her, like GIRL I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOU!

however, i hated to see Lena being so miserable and pathetic for relying on Shin as her "sole reason to live." all she did in this volume was run around, obsess over him, and get jealous of everybody in his life. missy literally got jealous of Fido, and Fido's not even a human! like girl be so fr... that felt like a major decline in her overall, already-poor character development throughout the last few volumes, as if her character only served as Shin's "complement" or "love interest," and not actually a character of her own, crucial to the plot.

on a positive note, Asato really outdid herself in delivering the heartfelt scenes while still keeping the Legion plot nicely integrated. one of my favorite lines read: "The moment seemed to last an eternity—as if they had surrendered themselves to each other, body and soul." boom! straight out of a Jane Austen novel. some characters became more likable as well, like Anette and Vika, whom i used to hate before. last but not least, Shiden really carried the story. she's the realest.

[Ethan Leacock · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Your being there made me believe... that I should live
on."

"It's because you were there that I escaped the
Eighty-Sixth Sector."

"I want to show you the sea... I want to see things we've never seen before, things yet obscured by the fires of war. I want to enjoy the same sights as you. I want to remain by your side. I want to be with you. Forever…if possible."


Eighty-Six: Volume 7 brings a much lighter tone and a nice break to the overall darker themes that the novels explore. Shin and Lena are finally able to face their growing feelings towards each other, but neither are brave enough to take that first step.

Shin’s character development, in my opinion, is up there with the greats in ani-manga. Him being able to find a reason to fight, after losing his brother, a reason to keep going, to reach that final destination, to show Lena the sea, is absolutely beautiful. Lena had been there for him at every step, she helped him escape the battlefield of the 86 Sector, she helped him realize that the battlefield isnt all that he needs to know, and that he can rely on her. Shin finally realizes that he wants to live, so that he can be with Lena, and its so heartwarming. Asato Asato delivers a masterpiece with this entry, and I cant wait to see where this series ends.

[Sarul Sakulthong · Rating 5 out of 5]

UNTIL YOUR FINAL DESTINATION
ฮืออออ!! เล่มนี้คือดีต่อใจมาก เนื้อหาเบาสบายแบบรอมคอม เนื่องจากกองกำลัง 86 Strike Package ได้รับอนุญาตให้ไปพักร้อนหลังจบศึกที่สหราชอาณาจักรโรอาเกรเซียในเล่ม 6 ที่ผ่านมา ซึ่งแน่นอนว่าไม่ใช่แค่เหล่าตัวละครที่เรารักได้พักร้อน คนอ่านเองก็เหมือนได้พักร้อนเช่นกัน หลังจากเสพเนื้อหาการรบเครียดๆต่อกันมา 6 เล่ม อาจารย์ Asato เลยจัดบรรยากาศชวนผ่อนคลายมาให้ พอพวกเขาและเธอได้พักรบ บรรยากาศชวนพบรักก็ย่อมบังเกิด เล่มนี้มีเรือให้ชวนขึ้นไปช่วยพายหลายคู่มาก ไปอ่านเอาเองนะครับ ผมไม่สปอยล์ว่ามีคู่ไหนบ้าง ซึ่งจากที่เล่ามานี่ไม่ได้แปลว่าน่าเบื่อนะครับ ถึงบรรยากาศมันจะต่างจากเล่มก่อนๆ ผู้เขียนเค้าเขียนให้อ่านได้ไหลลื่นมาก รู้สึกว่าอ่านแปบเดียวจบ อ่านแล้วแบบหลงรักไปหมด รักทุกอย่างในนิยายเรื่องนี้ ไม่ได้อินกับการอ่านนิยายเรื่องยาวๆมานานมาก แต่ก็แอบกังวลนิดๆว่าทุกอย่างมันสวยงามขนาดนี้ มันคือความสงบก่อนพายุในเล่มต่อไปหรือเปล่า

ปล. ประมาณ 30% สุดท้ายของเล่มนี้ ถ้าทำได้แนะนำให้นั่งอ่านคนเดียวเงียบๆ แล้วเปิดเพลงบรรเลงแนวเบาๆผ่อนคลายคลอไปด้วยระหว่างอ่านนะครับ มันช่วยเสริมอรรถรสเพิ่มไปอีก 300% เลย

[reen · Rating 4 out of 5]

all i can say is.. thank Heavens their romance pining is done! i can't stand it. i feel like annette rn. i need it GONE. okay maybe not gone but now that it's 85% resolved... can we not talk much abt it anymore...

anyway

1. genuinely thought olivia was a WOMAN — he's so pretty, can you blame me? but regardless of his sex, he's still my type.

2. EVERYONE HAD FUN! me too btw i hope i was there in the bath with the girlies! so much fun

3. VIKA IS SO FUCKING HOT and smart, WHICH MAKES HIM EVEN HOTTER. i hope lerche danced w him . . .

4. i love annette! she's so me

5. legion revelation... frederica, our savior.

6. vika is important in the story, huh, i like that 👍

7. it's okay Kurena. it's okay, shiden. — shiden our Sapphic queen iktr 🏳️‍🌈 the s in shiden stands for sapphic

8. hmmmm what else... OH I TRULY NEED TO SEE THIS ANIMATED!


and so . . .

THEO'S GONNA LOSE HIS HAND NEXT VOLUME I AM NOT FUCKING READY YET. IT'S BEEN 3 YRS SINCE IVE KNOWN THIS INFORMATION YET IT STILL FRIGHTENS ME! I WISH NOT TO WITNESS IT . . . MY LOVE, THEOTO RIKKA

[Ami 乁⁠ ⁠˘⁠ ⁠o⁠ ⁠˘⁠ ⁠ㄏ (written by Jane Austen) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now, I'll be honest, this volume was one of the easiest to get through and I enjoyed it quite a lot!

But why then am I giving it a meagre three stars you might ask? Well, because it was chockfull of every cliche you would find in a high school romance. From bathing scenes to pillow fights to misunderstandings to boundless jealousy to more misunderstandings! It had every ingredient that made it the most cliche high school romance you could think of. And yet, I still enjoyed it. Seeing the kids being kids was very fun. But all the same, I wish it wasn't so trope-y. Much as I love the developments between the characters, it could've been written in a better way, without making their teen-age so exaggerated.

That being said though, I'm excited to see what the eighth volume holds since now, finally, Shin and Lena have made some real progress in their relationship!

P.S. - Lena is such an idiot.

[Angel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Surprisingly, this might be the best volume so far of 86 Eighty-Six. Which is surprising, because the action is non-existant in this part of story. It's about the Eight-Sixth Strike Package during their R&R (rest and recreation) period after the events of the United Kingdom arc, and their stay at the Alliance of Wald. You can really see that Asato Asato enjoyed writing this volume by how detailed she is, as well as finally focusing on the character development of our protagonists.

It's not just the romance between Shin and Lena, we also see new progress in the war against the Legion, and the future difficulties they'll fight after a new discovery that will make them question if they're willing to sacrifice their people to achieve victory. It's light-hearted, and in the world of 86 Eighty-Six, this was a breath of fresh air before the start of the new arc, and to finally settle the relationship between our protagonists.

They finally kissed. Good for them.

[Mimi · Rating 5 out of 5]

"It was said that the human was once one being comprised of two. But the gods grew enraged, punishing humanity and literally tearing people apart. And ever since then, all people have lived in search of their lost halves. Maybe this was why a kiss felt so sweet and why parting was so terrinly painful, even if it was only for a moment...Shin's eyes were still wide with shock. And looking up at him, Lena could only marvel."

FINALLYYYYYYY
After all the fighting and all the flirting in between they finally kissed and my heart is fluttering and bursting because they are so adorable.

I really liked this volume, which gave the reader and the characters some break from all the fighting and the dread and the dead. It is clear that the fighting will continue but Shin finally revealed his feelings and we finally saw all the ways in which he has changed between the first volume and now.
I am so excited for what's to come!!!

[Andrew Meza]

First off, this book keeps getting better and better with the dialogue and the show's landscaping and the amount of detail they go into with the characters' writing and show of expressions. Although this volume was shorter than the rest of them, I think they really captured the show of life and death perfectly. This fantasy story of discrimination, hatred and love is really fascinating to me because im wondering how someone can write something so beautiful yet so dark. The second favorite thing I like about this book is that the main characters finally confessed their love for each other which is something that fills my heart with joy. Finally the last thing I like about my book is when they really go inside the characters head and we get to see what they are thinking and what the other person thinks and that is one thing that really hooked me onto the story.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

a nice breather from all the emotional roller coaster that was vol. 4-6 and we finally got to see those two knuckleheads figure their feelings out and get together. The fireworks scene was a touching yet bittersweet throwback to the one way back in vol. 1. I am so happy for all characters for finally getting to this point after all the shit they went through and my only quibble is that I wish we got to spend more time with the side characters. Nonetheless it was a satisfying conclusion to the united kingdom arc and I feel like shit is about to go down for real from here onwards

and that last part about shiden? Istg my jaw dropped I KNEW I sensed some sapphic vibes but I never thought the author would really do it

[Liyana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Surprise, surprise - a book that did not have battle in it.

The kids are forced to vacation after their arduous time at Dragon Fang Mountain. It was a nice change of pace, all things considered, and it had some cute illustrations. I liked the character buildup for Shin, the poor guy. The rest of the 86 crew being so behind making Shin and Lena confess to each other was amusing too. The one gripe I had was with Lena - at one of her lower points, she acted awfully pathetic, as Annette put it so kindly, that I was lamenting all the way. It was aggravating to read.

The ending was cute, but the bonus in the author's commentary annoyed me somewhat, despite the fact I kind of expected it to happen.

[Satang Cottoncandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

เขาบอกว่าเล่มนี้กลายเป็นนิยายรักโดย​สมบูรณ์​ช่วงพักรบ​ ได้เที่ยวเล่นต่างๆ​ ขำชินกับเลน่า​ กว��าจะรู้ความรู้สึกตัวเอง​ เพื่อนแม่งชงตั้งแต่ต้นจนจบ​ เพื่อนก็ช่วยจนไม่รู้จะช่วยยังไงแล้ว😂 เล่มนี้ได้เห็นเลน่าเป็นแบบชินเล่มที่แล้ว

ชอบคำพูดที่ชินพูดกับเลน่าตอนท้ายมาก​ คำว่าดีใจที่ได้เจอแม่งอิมแพ็ค​กว่าคำว่ารักชิบหายสำหรับสองคนนี้​ 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

เดะจะว่าหวีดแต่ความรัก​ นอกจากความคืบหน้าเรื่องคสพ.พระนางแล้ว​ ในเรื่องสตอรี่ก็มีตัวแสดงตัวใหม่​ สมาพันธรัฐ ประเทศที่ทุกคนต้องเกณฑ์​ทหาร​ 'ราชินีไร้เมตตา'​ ยอมบอกเหตุผลในการสร้างลีเจี้ยนและวิธียุติสงครามแล้ว​ หลังจากนี้ก็ภาวนาเอาว่าตัวละครที่ดิฉันชอบทุกตัวอย่าตายนะคะ;-;