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Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Light Novel #8
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Light Novel) Vol. 8
A bouncy light novel series about a girl transported to her favorite video game world with her magical bearsuit equipped--and don't miss the adorable manga version, also published by Seven Seas! (Now an anime!)
Fifteen-year-old Yuna prefers staying home and obsessively playing her favorite VRMMO game to doing anything else, including going to school. When a strange new update gives her a one-of-a-kind bear outfit that comes with overpowered abilities, Yuna is torn: the outfit is unbearably cute, but too embarrassing to wear in-game. But then she suddenly finds herself transported into the world of the game, facing down monsters and magic for real, and the bear suit becomes the best weapon she has!
Fifteen-year-old Yuna prefers staying home and obsessively playing her favorite VRMMO game to doing anything else, including going to school. When a strange new update gives her a one-of-a-kind bear outfit that comes with overpowered abilities, Yuna is torn: the outfit is unbearably cute, but too embarrassing to wear in-game. But then she suddenly finds herself transported into the world of the game, facing down monsters and magic for real, and the bear suit becomes the best weapon she has!
332 pages, Paperback
First published December 22, 2017
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December 31, 2021
This kind of got an extra star for coming out just when I needed a book to read. If I'm totally honest, it's not the best of the series, but I laughed in quite a few places, so 3 stars is probably appropriate.
It's fairly clear that this is a bridge piece, setting things up for resolution in the next volume (I hope). Being that kind of book, there's a lot of filler. The pace drags quite a bit at times. There is an illustration missing which I cannot believe was left out: Yuna in a dress... with additions. Um, you'd need to read it to understand.
Pet peeve... Technically, this book does not end on an actual cliffhanger, but it's pretty clear that the current story continues beyond the end of the book. It's a pseudo-cliffhanger, and it's pretty much there for economic purposes. Two books, twice the money. I'd have preferred paying a bit more for a complete story, but this is the way light novels work. The multitude of add-on stories bulking out the book were kind of cute, but really added very little. That's another common thing with light novels.
Summary: Not bad, funny enough, not great.
It's fairly clear that this is a bridge piece, setting things up for resolution in the next volume (I hope). Being that kind of book, there's a lot of filler. The pace drags quite a bit at times. There is an illustration missing which I cannot believe was left out: Yuna in a dress... with additions. Um, you'd need to read it to understand.
Pet peeve... Technically, this book does not end on an actual cliffhanger, but it's pretty clear that the current story continues beyond the end of the book. It's a pseudo-cliffhanger, and it's pretty much there for economic purposes. Two books, twice the money. I'd have preferred paying a bit more for a complete story, but this is the way light novels work. The multitude of add-on stories bulking out the book were kind of cute, but really added very little. That's another common thing with light novels.
Summary: Not bad, funny enough, not great.
August 6, 2022
Another cute and sweet volume. This one is mainly about Misa and Garan's birthdays, as well as Yuna finding another Bear trinket- stuffed animals. Also introduced are this worlds moles.
I enjoyed seeing more of Misa in this volume, and seeing how protective Yuna is of her Noa and Fina.
I enjoyed seeing more of Misa in this volume, and seeing how protective Yuna is of her Noa and Fina.
January 4, 2022
Although it is nice to have a light novel series that doesn’t involve a boy getting modestly excited about the soft torso of a girl pressing up against his arm, I have to admit that passing the Bechdel test doesn’t save this book from humdrum writing. This was easily the weakest book in the series.
There were several scenes that were humorous, but they were buried in padding as the author searched for a plot while discussing how to bake things. The next big event at the dwarf town was hinted at but artificially put off until later, just like in the previous volume. Instead of adventure, the author explored Yuna being reluctantly cute, building a cult through her pastries, and being fawned over as the characters talked and talked and talked.
Some of these scenes needed severe tightening as well as focus. They needed to be rewritten for novel format. However, when pantsing content week after week, sometimes web authors just have their characters meander around talking about nothing. In this volume, most scenes were told mostly through dialogue as people walked around and observed things. What follows is made up by me, but feels just about right.
“Yuna! What are you doing today?”
“Oh, I’m hungry. Let’s find some food on another continent.”
“Normal people don’t just pop over to another continent to find food.”
“You don’t want to come?”
“No! I do!! I can’t wait to see what you find. You’re so cute. And amazing. And cute, too.”
“I don’t want to talk about that. Let’s walk through the door instead.”
Yuna approaches the door. She passes through it.
(Insert three pages of Yuna contemplating how weird she is as she explains again, to herself, that she’s from Japan. Then she remembers that she’s hungry.)
“What a nice door.”
“Be sure to shut it.”
“I will!”
I’m not sure if I could read another volume like this. There were even three chapters where the story stopped while three background characters retold what had already happened from their point of view. One of them was a security guard we had never met before. Some people might find that wonderful and delightful world building. I just wanted the author to return to the plot.
I borrowed the other seven volumes and purchased this one. Volumes one, four & six were some of the best ones. Volume eight wasn’t one of them. I feel robbed.
There were several scenes that were humorous, but they were buried in padding as the author searched for a plot while discussing how to bake things. The next big event at the dwarf town was hinted at but artificially put off until later, just like in the previous volume. Instead of adventure, the author explored Yuna being reluctantly cute, building a cult through her pastries, and being fawned over as the characters talked and talked and talked.
Some of these scenes needed severe tightening as well as focus. They needed to be rewritten for novel format. However, when pantsing content week after week, sometimes web authors just have their characters meander around talking about nothing. In this volume, most scenes were told mostly through dialogue as people walked around and observed things. What follows is made up by me, but feels just about right.
“Yuna! What are you doing today?”
“Oh, I’m hungry. Let’s find some food on another continent.”
“Normal people don’t just pop over to another continent to find food.”
“You don’t want to come?”
“No! I do!! I can’t wait to see what you find. You’re so cute. And amazing. And cute, too.”
“I don’t want to talk about that. Let’s walk through the door instead.”
Yuna approaches the door. She passes through it.
(Insert three pages of Yuna contemplating how weird she is as she explains again, to herself, that she’s from Japan. Then she remembers that she’s hungry.)
“What a nice door.”
“Be sure to shut it.”
“I will!”
I’m not sure if I could read another volume like this. There were even three chapters where the story stopped while three background characters retold what had already happened from their point of view. One of them was a security guard we had never met before. Some people might find that wonderful and delightful world building. I just wanted the author to return to the plot.
I borrowed the other seven volumes and purchased this one. Volumes one, four & six were some of the best ones. Volume eight wasn’t one of them. I feel robbed.
July 6, 2023
(read in Japanese)
I admit, when I saw this volume was going to concern another birthday party, I was somewhat dreading it, fully expecting a rehash of the Emperor's birthday arc from volume 2. This series has had a tendency to recycle similar plotlines in different context, but this ended up not only being a refreshing change of pace but probably the strongest single-volume story of the series so far. Some volumes have the first half as one plot (sometimes tying up the previous volume's story) and switch to something else halfway through, but this volume was focused and was stronger for it.
Yuna is indeed invited to another birthday, this time it's Misa who we last met all the way back in volume 2, but when she gets to Misa's town she finds the political situation is more complex than she expected. It turns out ownership of Misa's town is split between two powers and the birthday party becomes a pawn in a game of politicking and there's a great scheme that hatches beautifully halfway through. I wasn't expecting 48 laws of power type stuff to go down in what seemed like a fluffy filler arc, but seeing how each piece of the puzzle slots together for a brilliant payoff was immensely satisfying.
Language-wise this volume has some political words that haven't appeared before and a couple new turns of phrase that are repeated fairly often. Each successive volume has definitely been easier to read and I feel like I'm hitting a good pace for the more standard vocab and sentences and only really looking up fresh words when a new topic comes up.
I admit, when I saw this volume was going to concern another birthday party, I was somewhat dreading it, fully expecting a rehash of the Emperor's birthday arc from volume 2. This series has had a tendency to recycle similar plotlines in different context, but this ended up not only being a refreshing change of pace but probably the strongest single-volume story of the series so far. Some volumes have the first half as one plot (sometimes tying up the previous volume's story) and switch to something else halfway through, but this volume was focused and was stronger for it.
Yuna is indeed invited to another birthday, this time it's Misa who we last met all the way back in volume 2, but when she gets to Misa's town she finds the political situation is more complex than she expected. It turns out ownership of Misa's town is split between two powers and the birthday party becomes a pawn in a game of politicking and there's a great scheme that hatches beautifully halfway through. I wasn't expecting 48 laws of power type stuff to go down in what seemed like a fluffy filler arc, but seeing how each piece of the puzzle slots together for a brilliant payoff was immensely satisfying.
Language-wise this volume has some political words that haven't appeared before and a couple new turns of phrase that are repeated fairly often. Each successive volume has definitely been easier to read and I feel like I'm hitting a good pace for the more standard vocab and sentences and only really looking up fresh words when a new topic comes up.
October 18, 2025
Another entertaining addition to the series. This one has more political intrigue than others. I'm looking forward to seeing the consequences of the actions in this book. Downside is not a lot of action scenes. Maybe only a chapter. We got reunited with Misa and her family and it was enjoyable. Will continue to read the series.
January 5, 2022
Just awesome
Doesn’t even matter if it’s not worth your money, it’s going to be worth it. Trust me.
Tags: Isekai, slice of life, chill, fantasy
Doesn’t even matter if it’s not worth your money, it’s going to be worth it. Trust me.
Tags: Isekai, slice of life, chill, fantasy
August 31, 2023
I love this series so much!! It’s such a joy to read.
This volume had some particularly funny moments too.
This volume had some particularly funny moments too.
April 6, 2025
While generally good, it would have been nice to cut on the excessive different PoV to finish this arc in one book instead. Things got redundant and having seen the anime, I know there's more to it.
August 6, 2023
This series is really goof! Can’t wait to start Volume 9 tomorrow
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