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魔法科高校の劣等生 [Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei] (Novel) #18
The Irregular at Magic High School, Vol. 18: Master Clans Council Arc, Part 2
A suicide bombing brings the Master Clans Council to an abrupt close! Armed with only the knowledge that the explosion was triggered by corpse manipulation magic, Tatsuya sets off in search of the perpetrator along with Juumonji. After being egged on by his father, Masaki trails behind them to Tokyo in an attempt to one-up Tatsuya’s investigation. But things take a turn for the unexpected when Masaki summons up the courage to propose to Miyuki…
214 pages, ebook
First published November 10, 2015
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Tsutomu Sato
152 books150 followers佐島勤 / Tsutomu Sato / Tsutomu Satou
Author of 魔法科高校の劣等生 / Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
Author of 魔法科高校の劣等生 / Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
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July 19, 2023
Of course this has to end in a cliffhanger! I'm just glad I'm not reading it when the next one isn't published yet.
March 27, 2022
Minus points for a cliffhanger ending. Not just 'to be continued' but a real 'we're stopping the action right here suckers' cliffhanger. I hate that. I'm tempted to dock a star entirely just for that. Oh well.
In volume 17 the author says that he loaded it with 'angsty emotion' instead of action. He said he was joking and I disagreed. Now I've seen what happens when he's being serious, and I take back what I said. There's a Mother's Basement YouTube video about surviving being the MC in a harem anime, and the characters in this book could really learn from many of the lessons made there even if this isn't really a harem story. Talk to each other for God's sake! Admittedly, Tatsuya does try only to be conversation-blocked by a video call, but he lets things slide after... Well, conflict drives plot, even if it's contrived conflict.
Oh, and poor Pixie seems to have been relegated to a picture in the character list section at the front. Said section is now growing so much that I suspect it will exceed the length of the novel by the time this series finally comes to an end.
The actual conflict here is pretty good this time. There are some fairly good fight scenes in this volume. There's also a new character, a psychometry specialist, that I'd love to hear more about. Like why does she dress like 'The Invisible Man' all the time (minus the bandages)? Does she get heatstroke a lot in Japanese summers? If you stripped the book down to the hunt for the bad guy, you'd have a very short book, however. There's a lot here that involves social interactions which have become a bit irritating to watch.
Overall, a fairly solid volume. My rapid consumption may have a little to do with cold weather and the clocks changing. I didn't really want to do anything else today. However, good pacing and an interesting story did nothing to harm me swallowing the thing whole. (And now I can't read the next part for over a month!)
In volume 17 the author says that he loaded it with 'angsty emotion' instead of action. He said he was joking and I disagreed. Now I've seen what happens when he's being serious, and I take back what I said. There's a Mother's Basement YouTube video about surviving being the MC in a harem anime, and the characters in this book could really learn from many of the lessons made there even if this isn't really a harem story. Talk to each other for God's sake! Admittedly, Tatsuya does try only to be conversation-blocked by a video call, but he lets things slide after... Well, conflict drives plot, even if it's contrived conflict.
Oh, and poor Pixie seems to have been relegated to a picture in the character list section at the front. Said section is now growing so much that I suspect it will exceed the length of the novel by the time this series finally comes to an end.
The actual conflict here is pretty good this time. There are some fairly good fight scenes in this volume. There's also a new character, a psychometry specialist, that I'd love to hear more about. Like why does she dress like 'The Invisible Man' all the time (minus the bandages)? Does she get heatstroke a lot in Japanese summers? If you stripped the book down to the hunt for the bad guy, you'd have a very short book, however. There's a lot here that involves social interactions which have become a bit irritating to watch.
Overall, a fairly solid volume. My rapid consumption may have a little to do with cold weather and the clocks changing. I didn't really want to do anything else today. However, good pacing and an interesting story did nothing to harm me swallowing the thing whole. (And now I can't read the next part for over a month!)
May 21, 2022
Part 2 (of 3) of the Master Clans Council Arc has Tatsuya helping with the hunt of the terrorist responsible for the bombing. Meanwhile tension rises against magicians, non-mages blaming magicians for the evils in the world. The world building is great. So are the characters. It does ends with a cliff-hanger, but considering I knew it would be a trilogy that did not come as much of a surprise. Not much attention is given to the high school, which might be a bit of a disappointment for some, but I don't mind. Lots of switching points of views, which I did found a bit irritating. Finally, I really dislike mind control even as a villain especially those that work quickly, on a fundamental level without clear limitations. It raises too many questions about why the villain is ever caught. Still, it was a good read and I am looking forward to the final of the arc.
July 14, 2026
Gotta love how problematic this was lol.
February 20, 2022
I really liked this series across the first few books, but I'm running out of steam. There's just too many characters to keep track of. The light novel format makes this worse since you have to remember all the characters but then only get to read a few hundred pages before having to wait long enough to forget all of them and repeat the cycle with the next release.
January 20, 2022
Overburdened with filler
A whole bunch of tension building without a whole bunch actually happening, expect at least one more book in this arc.
A whole bunch of tension building without a whole bunch actually happening, expect at least one more book in this arc.
January 31, 2022
Can't wait
I was introduced to the light novel by watching the anime, which I find makes watching the anime more interesting
I was introduced to the light novel by watching the anime, which I find makes watching the anime more interesting
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