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俺だけ入れる隠しダンジョン / The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter #5
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter (Light Novel) Vol. 5
The fantasy series about exploring a secret labyrinth that inspired the anime
--and don't miss the manga adaptation, also available from Seven Seas!
Hidden dungeons--legendary places that no one knows how to enter--are full of extremely rare items, incredibly dangerous beasts, and strange beings that can grant power beyond measure. Noir, the third son of a penniless baronet, just lost his job. He was contemplating becoming an adventurer when fortune struck only a mile from home, and he opened the entrance to just such a dungeon!
Hidden dungeons--legendary places that no one knows how to enter--are full of extremely rare items, incredibly dangerous beasts, and strange beings that can grant power beyond measure. Noir, the third son of a penniless baronet, just lost his job. He was contemplating becoming an adventurer when fortune struck only a mile from home, and he opened the entrance to just such a dungeon!
- GenresLight NovelFantasy
292 pages, Paperback
Published September 28, 2021
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April 20, 2022
This volume 5 has 160+ pages, 7 chapters and one bonus side story (about 100+ pages less than volume 1-volume 2). It basically a story in two parts. The first part is how he settles a "peasant fight club in the capital Rosette. The second half deals with the possibility of releasing his teacher, Olivia (founder of his guild) from her death chains. All the while, Noir attends classes and tries to advance in his personal infinite Dungeon. Although Tigerson can enter his "personal" Dungeon, so it is not necessarily "The Hidden Dungeon Only I can Enter" (Noir).
Because author has probably run out of fresh ideas for his light novel series, this one basically is about fight clubs, duels and delinquents that were trying to harm his retinue or his little sister, Alice. It took the author a year to write and publish this volume 5 (2020).
If author, for example, would have focused on Noire's classes at the Hero Academy, special quests at the Adventurer's Guild, new floors and challenges in the "Private Dungeon", Monster discoveries or problems near his home town, supplying or growing his family rare monster parts store, the story could move forward in this Volume 5, more smoothly and probably 5-10 more volumes. Because the two parts don't have much in common, it seems that the author has somewhat given up on this light novel series.
If it's true that Noire can probably get any skill or talent from his acquire and edit cheat skills, Noire has no real martial arts training. He owns a sword, but has little to no training in swordsmanship, hand to hand combat, strategy or usage of artifacts, armor, etc.
I feel that the publisher is also to blame because author is basically alone in this series and publisher is doing little or nothing to support him.
Because author has probably run out of fresh ideas for his light novel series, this one basically is about fight clubs, duels and delinquents that were trying to harm his retinue or his little sister, Alice. It took the author a year to write and publish this volume 5 (2020).
If author, for example, would have focused on Noire's classes at the Hero Academy, special quests at the Adventurer's Guild, new floors and challenges in the "Private Dungeon", Monster discoveries or problems near his home town, supplying or growing his family rare monster parts store, the story could move forward in this Volume 5, more smoothly and probably 5-10 more volumes. Because the two parts don't have much in common, it seems that the author has somewhat given up on this light novel series.
If it's true that Noire can probably get any skill or talent from his acquire and edit cheat skills, Noire has no real martial arts training. He owns a sword, but has little to no training in swordsmanship, hand to hand combat, strategy or usage of artifacts, armor, etc.
I feel that the publisher is also to blame because author is basically alone in this series and publisher is doing little or nothing to support him.
October 18, 2024
One of the biggest highlights in reading this book was Noir’s transformation from coward to courageous. In all the previous books, he was a self-proclaimed coward, but in this book, he really showed his braver side and did so much good for the betterment of the people all around him, not just fleeing from a fight or taking the easy route.
Noir truly worked on himself as a person, not just someone who leveled-up through buying skills but actively training himself to be better as a warrior.
Noir stopped an uprising in another realm, then was granted any wish he’d ask for and thus stopped the Nobles’ Fight Club, where the affluent forced poor villagers to fight each other to the death and gambled on the victor.
To top all that, Noir freed his master, Olivia Servant, from the Hidden Dungeon! To Noir Stardia go all my kudos, congrats, and applause!
Much as I liked Noir Stardia’s transformation as a character, my favorite character overall must be Emma Brightness; she’s the loyal best friend everyone can’t stop themselves from loving. Even newer, I loved Olivia Servant, Noir’s master, because she’s a legendary being who does right by Noir, as he’s the supposed reincarnation of the young boy who swore his allegiance to in the past. Whether the boy was reincarnated as Noir is a mystery, but Olivia sees the boy in Noir now and adores him like a son, brother, and friend all rolled into one. Overall, I cared so much for all the characters, and the childish part of me wanted one of two things; I either wanted to enter the book and become an adventurer like Noir, or for a magical device to make this series come to life—the childish part of me was so impressed!
Whether the characters felt realistic to me, or the complete opposite, it doesn’t matter; what I feel is they work so well together as a lengthy cast that little else truly matters, personality-wise. Although I don’t have a crush on any of the characters, they’re the type of adventurers I’d love to befriend in this life or a fantasy one, and I’d definitely share a drink with Olivia and hear her epic stories of conquering enemies and death—I greatly admire her!
Reading this book, I felt the story was bittersweet. Yes, so much good happened, and I felt totally entertained from beginning to end, and I rejoiced when Olivia Servant was freed by Noir from the Hidden Dungeon and returned to the world awestruck by her vast legendary status, but I realized I’m nearing the end of this series, so that’s where the bittersweetness came in… I’m definitely not ready to say farewell to this series, so will I reread this whole thing in the near future? Abso-freaking-lutely!
I think I answered the generality of my favorite part in this book, but if I were given more options as favorite parts in this book, emphasizing the plural, I’d say my favorite part—
Was when Noir saved his player of an older brother and gave him a second chance at life (and Noir’s brother surprised me by accepting the do-over and making things right by others he’d previously wronged—there’s hope for him yet!)
Was when Noir stopped an uprising in a neighboring kingdom and then stopping the Nobles’ Fight Club altogether
And a final favorite part of mine (yes, to top all this off, ha-ha) was when Noir Stardia finally freed Olivia Servant from the Hidden Dungeon!
One scene that had me confused was the art specials at the start of the book. I’m not totally sure what they’re called, but they’re art depictions of scenes throughout the book, so to me, they’re art specials. The one depicting Noir fighting Olivia had me thinking they were both so excited for Olivia’s freedom that they celebrated by fighting in the town square with the clashing of their swords ringing out like dazzlingly loud church bells for the whole town to hear. That was my initial guess, but that Olivia was the Fake Olivia. You’ll understand what I mean when you read this book, but it’s so cool on so many levels!
This book didn’t make me laugh or cry, but there was a bittersweet moment upon realizing that there’s only one more book in this series before an eventual end, and I’m not ready to say goodbye to these characters, their journeys, or the page-turning adventures within this whole series. I felt this book series was everything I wanted and more (especially with the video game vibes that had me playing high fantasy video games for hours afterward), and there was very little I disliked in this saga; the exception being the final book coming next.
If I were the author of The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter series in place of Meguru Seto, there isn’t a whole lot I’d change to make this series better; the only thing I can think of altering to enhance the writing is making the series longer, and possibly adding a scene just for the adults where Noir finally decides which heroine he wants to ask as his first girl-friend, because this is a high fantasy series with light harem romance vibes that I found I enjoyed more than I thought I would.
Finishing my review—If there was any person or type of people I’d recommend this book to, I’d say this is perfect for my circle of friends, who all love anything that takes us away from reality to provide us with entertainment and adventure for an unknown amount of time; and I think this whole series, not just this book exclusively, is custom-made for fans of high fantasy video games but want to get into reading added to their list of hobbies. Far as a rating goes, I can’t rate this anything less than a 5/5 stars, but if GoodReads allowed it (and I know I sound like a broken record here), I’d rate this 100/5 stars, since it gave me all I asked for and more. There aren’t many other books I’ve read that have this video game vibe, unless it’s the Dungeon Dive series, but I’d be psyched to read any recommendations you’ve got for me with this type of high fantasy/video game aura. I’m impressed beyond words can describe, and I want so much more than just the final book in this series. Again, in that regard, I’m sad, but otherwise, I’m thrilled from head to toe! This is one high fantasy series I won’t forget in this lifetime or the next!
Noir truly worked on himself as a person, not just someone who leveled-up through buying skills but actively training himself to be better as a warrior.
Noir stopped an uprising in another realm, then was granted any wish he’d ask for and thus stopped the Nobles’ Fight Club, where the affluent forced poor villagers to fight each other to the death and gambled on the victor.
To top all that, Noir freed his master, Olivia Servant, from the Hidden Dungeon! To Noir Stardia go all my kudos, congrats, and applause!
Much as I liked Noir Stardia’s transformation as a character, my favorite character overall must be Emma Brightness; she’s the loyal best friend everyone can’t stop themselves from loving. Even newer, I loved Olivia Servant, Noir’s master, because she’s a legendary being who does right by Noir, as he’s the supposed reincarnation of the young boy who swore his allegiance to in the past. Whether the boy was reincarnated as Noir is a mystery, but Olivia sees the boy in Noir now and adores him like a son, brother, and friend all rolled into one. Overall, I cared so much for all the characters, and the childish part of me wanted one of two things; I either wanted to enter the book and become an adventurer like Noir, or for a magical device to make this series come to life—the childish part of me was so impressed!
Whether the characters felt realistic to me, or the complete opposite, it doesn’t matter; what I feel is they work so well together as a lengthy cast that little else truly matters, personality-wise. Although I don’t have a crush on any of the characters, they’re the type of adventurers I’d love to befriend in this life or a fantasy one, and I’d definitely share a drink with Olivia and hear her epic stories of conquering enemies and death—I greatly admire her!
Reading this book, I felt the story was bittersweet. Yes, so much good happened, and I felt totally entertained from beginning to end, and I rejoiced when Olivia Servant was freed by Noir from the Hidden Dungeon and returned to the world awestruck by her vast legendary status, but I realized I’m nearing the end of this series, so that’s where the bittersweetness came in… I’m definitely not ready to say farewell to this series, so will I reread this whole thing in the near future? Abso-freaking-lutely!
I think I answered the generality of my favorite part in this book, but if I were given more options as favorite parts in this book, emphasizing the plural, I’d say my favorite part—
Was when Noir saved his player of an older brother and gave him a second chance at life (and Noir’s brother surprised me by accepting the do-over and making things right by others he’d previously wronged—there’s hope for him yet!)
Was when Noir stopped an uprising in a neighboring kingdom and then stopping the Nobles’ Fight Club altogether
And a final favorite part of mine (yes, to top all this off, ha-ha) was when Noir Stardia finally freed Olivia Servant from the Hidden Dungeon!
One scene that had me confused was the art specials at the start of the book. I’m not totally sure what they’re called, but they’re art depictions of scenes throughout the book, so to me, they’re art specials. The one depicting Noir fighting Olivia had me thinking they were both so excited for Olivia’s freedom that they celebrated by fighting in the town square with the clashing of their swords ringing out like dazzlingly loud church bells for the whole town to hear. That was my initial guess, but that Olivia was the Fake Olivia. You’ll understand what I mean when you read this book, but it’s so cool on so many levels!
This book didn’t make me laugh or cry, but there was a bittersweet moment upon realizing that there’s only one more book in this series before an eventual end, and I’m not ready to say goodbye to these characters, their journeys, or the page-turning adventures within this whole series. I felt this book series was everything I wanted and more (especially with the video game vibes that had me playing high fantasy video games for hours afterward), and there was very little I disliked in this saga; the exception being the final book coming next.
If I were the author of The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter series in place of Meguru Seto, there isn’t a whole lot I’d change to make this series better; the only thing I can think of altering to enhance the writing is making the series longer, and possibly adding a scene just for the adults where Noir finally decides which heroine he wants to ask as his first girl-friend, because this is a high fantasy series with light harem romance vibes that I found I enjoyed more than I thought I would.
Finishing my review—If there was any person or type of people I’d recommend this book to, I’d say this is perfect for my circle of friends, who all love anything that takes us away from reality to provide us with entertainment and adventure for an unknown amount of time; and I think this whole series, not just this book exclusively, is custom-made for fans of high fantasy video games but want to get into reading added to their list of hobbies. Far as a rating goes, I can’t rate this anything less than a 5/5 stars, but if GoodReads allowed it (and I know I sound like a broken record here), I’d rate this 100/5 stars, since it gave me all I asked for and more. There aren’t many other books I’ve read that have this video game vibe, unless it’s the Dungeon Dive series, but I’d be psyched to read any recommendations you’ve got for me with this type of high fantasy/video game aura. I’m impressed beyond words can describe, and I want so much more than just the final book in this series. Again, in that regard, I’m sad, but otherwise, I’m thrilled from head to toe! This is one high fantasy series I won’t forget in this lifetime or the next!
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