Having successfully averted the airship attack, Satou and company arrive safely in the royal capital. There, they are reunited with Nana’s “sisters”—Numbers 1 through 8— and give them the gift of a lifetime. But as is tradition with every trip to the capital, Satou must rub elbows with the aristocracy before he can enjoy his sightseeing. He even receives a surprise visit or two, including a summons from Sir Juleburg of the Eight Swordsman of Shiga! Because no leisurely trip would be complete without a friendly duel…
The usual flaws still exist, but this one's pretty good!
The "I don't kill people" attitude continues as evidence of Satou's weak moral character. Still, he's better than many heros from other stories. I, as a person have not killed anyone and I don't advocate it, but I have had martial training, firearms training, faced deadly circumstances and have no issue with a necessary killing. People in my family have died. Death itself is not what hurts, but the lost contact with others or the discontinued living. This volume dances on the edge of morality and manages to present a miracle one could believe sensible for its fantasy world.
The morality of killing is subject to one's ignorance of eternity and the implications they believe in. As such, stories sometimes advocate killing as an appropriate response to unjust efforts to kill or terrorism. Some people advocate reform of terrorists. If you advocate reform, this series will comply much of the time with a little related comedy to complement it. If you advocate justice killing, then you might be walking a dangerous line. This series will possibly annoy you, but it will also provoke some thought that may sometimes temper your darker feeling over time.
This series is still going strong! It’s a great way to look at somebody who’s OP but it’s a slice of life story with somebody who tries to stay out of the fray. But as the story goes on I begin to see some small inconsistencies. For example why doesn’t he have a have his fairy sword on him, keeping it in his inventory and just pretend that it’s in a magic bag. The several small incidents like this.
Duke Vistall doesn’t like Satou Pendragon for some reason. Despite Satou constantly saving his life, Duke Vistall continues to be prickly. We get some more development with Mito, the black haired girl from the last volume and some other characters.
The series is still pretty good. I can understand why Satou avoids fame, I guess. If I was in his shoes, I don’t know if I could be so clever.
Satou and his friends have arrived at the royal capitol together with the finally reunited sisters of Nana. There is much sight seeing to be done. To complicate matters though, much against his wishes Satou is drawn into the conflict that resulted in the airship attack in the previous volume. It was a fun read of Satou's life in the capitol, including a fair bit of action, none of which truly threatens his life (at most his identity) or even that of his gang of friends and a few pages on product development and sales. If you like the previous volumes, you like this one. If not, you hardly need this review.