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Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles Omnibus #2
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles: Omnibus 2 (Light Novel)
Contains the complete Volumes 3-4! The secret of Rio's birth is revealed in his parents' hometown!
After bidding farewell to his comfortable life in the village of the spirit folk, Rio finally reaches his his parents' homeland, the Yagumo region. He arrives in a small village in the country of Karasuki, where he has a fateful encounter with his paternal grandmother, Yuba, and his older cousin, Ruri. After being told that his parents' past cannot be revealed until just the right moment, Rio decides to remain in the village for the time being, and spends his time devising ways to improve the village's quality of life! When the time comes ot move on, Rio travels to the spirit village where Latifa and the others are waiting. After receiving a fiercely warm welcome from the spirit folk, Rio heads toward the Strahl region to gather information. On the way, he is guided by large pillars of light to save three people nearly captured as slaves... one of whom one of whom is Amakawa Haruto’s ― Rio’s previous life’s ― first love!
After bidding farewell to his comfortable life in the village of the spirit folk, Rio finally reaches his his parents' homeland, the Yagumo region. He arrives in a small village in the country of Karasuki, where he has a fateful encounter with his paternal grandmother, Yuba, and his older cousin, Ruri. After being told that his parents' past cannot be revealed until just the right moment, Rio decides to remain in the village for the time being, and spends his time devising ways to improve the village's quality of life! When the time comes ot move on, Rio travels to the spirit village where Latifa and the others are waiting. After receiving a fiercely warm welcome from the spirit folk, Rio heads toward the Strahl region to gather information. On the way, he is guided by large pillars of light to save three people nearly captured as slaves... one of whom one of whom is Amakawa Haruto’s ― Rio’s previous life’s ― first love!
- GenresFantasy
464 pages, Paperback
Published July 6, 2021
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October 21, 2021
Volume 3: 2.5
Volume 4: 4
I wasn't 100% sure I believed the people who told me that the anime made a hash of the source material, but this omnibus absolutely proved it. Part of the problem is, of course, that the author notes that volume 1-3 of the series are essentially the prologue, and that they were committed to writing it this way both to differentiate it from the rest of the isekai herd and to really have the chance to develop the world and Rio. Volume four brings things to the start of the main story, and because of the preceding books, it hits harder and feels much less pat than it otherwise would have. (Incidentally, this is also basically where the anime stopped.) Knowing Rio's past in both worlds as well as Latifa's, along with the implications of how time runs differently between worlds gives this more pathos, and while I was just sort of reading because I felt I ought to before, now I'm actively looking forward to the next omnibus.
Isekai doesn't have to be rote and boring, even when it hits a lot of the usual notes.
Volume 4: 4
I wasn't 100% sure I believed the people who told me that the anime made a hash of the source material, but this omnibus absolutely proved it. Part of the problem is, of course, that the author notes that volume 1-3 of the series are essentially the prologue, and that they were committed to writing it this way both to differentiate it from the rest of the isekai herd and to really have the chance to develop the world and Rio. Volume four brings things to the start of the main story, and because of the preceding books, it hits harder and feels much less pat than it otherwise would have. (Incidentally, this is also basically where the anime stopped.) Knowing Rio's past in both worlds as well as Latifa's, along with the implications of how time runs differently between worlds gives this more pathos, and while I was just sort of reading because I felt I ought to before, now I'm actively looking forward to the next omnibus.
Isekai doesn't have to be rote and boring, even when it hits a lot of the usual notes.
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