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Let This Grieving Soul Retire (Light Novel) #1
Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Woe is the Weakling Who Leads the Strongest Party (Light Novel) Vol. 1
The golden age has dawned for treasure hunters, who raid treasure vaults all over the world in search of glory, despite the dangers. Immeasurable wealth, fame, and power await those who prevail.
"Let's be treasure hunters!"
This promise between Krai Andrey and his friends came to a sad conclusion when young Krai realized he didn't have a treasure-hunting bone in his body. Yet for some reason, people's expectations of Krai continued to grow—as did the danger to his life. While his friends became greater, greedier beasts, Krai mastered the art of begging and pleading!
Witness the weal and woe of a man who just wants to retire.
"Let's be treasure hunters!"
This promise between Krai Andrey and his friends came to a sad conclusion when young Krai realized he didn't have a treasure-hunting bone in his body. Yet for some reason, people's expectations of Krai continued to grow—as did the danger to his life. While his friends became greater, greedier beasts, Krai mastered the art of begging and pleading!
Witness the weal and woe of a man who just wants to retire.
242 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 28, 2020
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April 17, 2023
Is it damning this with faint praise if I just say I liked it better than the manga?
March 27, 2023
Krai used to have a dream of becoming a legendary treasure hunter, someone who plundered the Vaults for magical items and wealth. But life proved him overly optimistic--he was never going to cut it at that life. The problem is, his friends could. And did. Now he's stuck as the leader of one of the most famous parties in the capital, trying his hardest to ease his way into a quiet retirement.
There is an ongoing question through the book as to how much of an unreliable narrator Krai actually is. He knows himself to be incapable, despite everyone's enormous faith in him. And yet, he succeeds a little too often to call it all luck.
To be fair, a lot of his narrow wins are absolutely the result of him having the right friends. Friends who would do anything for him, and are strong enough to plow through whatever stands in their way. But enough of them are coincidences that just so happen to line up that it's impossible to say just how much of Krai's protests are legitimate.
By now, novels featuring dungeons and RPG-like mechanics are a dime a dozen, so the excessive time this book spends setting up its worldbuilding comes off as a bit much. It's nice to see "levels" as mana accumulation, but in the end I didn't think it was different enough to be worth the page time spent explaining it all.
Overall this was decent. I liked Krai, but not to the same level as other misunderstanding protagonists I've read. I rate this book Recommended.
There is an ongoing question through the book as to how much of an unreliable narrator Krai actually is. He knows himself to be incapable, despite everyone's enormous faith in him. And yet, he succeeds a little too often to call it all luck.
To be fair, a lot of his narrow wins are absolutely the result of him having the right friends. Friends who would do anything for him, and are strong enough to plow through whatever stands in their way. But enough of them are coincidences that just so happen to line up that it's impossible to say just how much of Krai's protests are legitimate.
By now, novels featuring dungeons and RPG-like mechanics are a dime a dozen, so the excessive time this book spends setting up its worldbuilding comes off as a bit much. It's nice to see "levels" as mana accumulation, but in the end I didn't think it was different enough to be worth the page time spent explaining it all.
Overall this was decent. I liked Krai, but not to the same level as other misunderstanding protagonists I've read. I rate this book Recommended.
June 12, 2024
I don't know that I have ever laughed this hard while reading a light novel.
Our protagonist, Krai, and his predicament are hilarious.
I can't say it's a super unique concept, but I did enjoy the fact it was not an isekai tale and the story is so well told you don't really mind it's similar to one you may have been told before.
The only complaint I have is I think the translation could have used some work.
Still, I'm putting this series on my auto buy list.
Our protagonist, Krai, and his predicament are hilarious.
I can't say it's a super unique concept, but I did enjoy the fact it was not an isekai tale and the story is so well told you don't really mind it's similar to one you may have been told before.
The only complaint I have is I think the translation could have used some work.
Still, I'm putting this series on my auto buy list.
January 8, 2025
There's some details here missing from the adaptation that I think elevate it a bit. Rather than just clumsily importing RPG mechanics and calling it a day, the author has put some work in to explain how it is hunters get stronger, why dungeons exist etc that doesn't feel immediately hand-wavey. Definitely worth the time.
February 22, 2026
Honestly its very interesting story with main character Krai being leader but nothing special about him but still manages to get out of situation, etc. Tino is cute, Liz is interesting and both obsessive with Krai. cant wait to meet more of Krai friends cuz seem interesting with way story going. Mana and relics in world with hunters levels is great too.
December 31, 2020
Pretty good. Fun premise, fun characters. Interested to see where it goes as the English volumes release.
April 17, 2022
It’s hard to pull off ‘the MC is a lucky coward but no one realises’, and this book doesn’t, in my opinion.
June 20, 2023
Not for kids
February 20, 2026
Finding actually funny comedic fantasy books that are not written by Terry Pratchett can be a bit of a challenge, but this series was a lot of fun.
It features a very Rincewind-like main character called Krai Andrew who finds himself always accidentally saving the day because his twisted luck keeps landing him in trouble before saving his neck through a series of improbable coincidences.
Except that this happened enough time that now everyone believes he is actually a badass hypercompetent hero who plays 5D chess with everyone, instead of the incompetent selfish coward who barely understand what is going on around him that he actually is.
It also has a great cast of secondary characters, starting with his Dungeons & Dragons party of childhood friends, The Grieving Souls, who are all actually highly competent heroes but are unfortunately (for Krai) also all completely insane and often causing more trouble for him than they solve.
I would definitely recommend that series to fans of characters like Rincewind from the Discworld series or King from One Punch Man.
It features a very Rincewind-like main character called Krai Andrew who finds himself always accidentally saving the day because his twisted luck keeps landing him in trouble before saving his neck through a series of improbable coincidences.
Except that this happened enough time that now everyone believes he is actually a badass hypercompetent hero who plays 5D chess with everyone, instead of the incompetent selfish coward who barely understand what is going on around him that he actually is.
It also has a great cast of secondary characters, starting with his Dungeons & Dragons party of childhood friends, The Grieving Souls, who are all actually highly competent heroes but are unfortunately (for Krai) also all completely insane and often causing more trouble for him than they solve.
I would definitely recommend that series to fans of characters like Rincewind from the Discworld series or King from One Punch Man.
January 17, 2022
A humorous take on an RPG based fantasy. Cry is the leader of the famous clan of treasure hunters "Strange Grief". The clan is known for their members' amazing strength and skill. Cry, a level 8 treasure hunter, keeps insisting that he has no skills and his level is a combination of luck and his clan members' hard work. No one believes him of course, but what they don't know is that Cry is telling the truth. A comedy of misunderstandings ensues.
January 13, 2021
Nice... Nice... Nice...
March 9, 2023
Fun!
It starts a bit slow but gets funnier and more interesting as it goes on. I'm excited to see what's in store in the next installment.
It starts a bit slow but gets funnier and more interesting as it goes on. I'm excited to see what's in store in the next installment.
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