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Bofuri Light Novel #5
Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense., Vol. 5
After crushing the top two guilds in the game, Maple Tree places third in a massive upset during the latest event. Looking to strengthen her ties with the game’s three top Guild Masters, Maple decides to team up with the Order of the Holy Sword and the Flame Empire to take on a newly implemented dungeon. The strongest player is ready for a brand new challenge!
200 pages, Paperback
First published December 10, 2018
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October 19, 2022
Hm, well, basically filler.
After the excitement of the big battles with Flame Empire and the Order, it was sort of inevitable that 'what happens next' was 'not much.' This is a bridge story between the first four books and the stuff coming up next. It ends on a cliffhanger, which is a personal hate of mine, but really common in light novels once you get past the initial burst of activity. I think it's supposed to keep you reading, and it might work, but I often feel like dropping the series when they do that.
It's still a fair read, but this one really comes nowhere close to the excitement of the fourth volume. Attention has rather drifted away from Maple to other characters. That need not be a bad thing, but I feel like the author is trying a bit too hard to take Maple out of the picture to give the others the spotlight for a while, and maybe that spotlight is spread out too much to be effective. That said, I'll probably go on to the next since I don't have much else I want to read right now and it'll probably be fun.
After the excitement of the big battles with Flame Empire and the Order, it was sort of inevitable that 'what happens next' was 'not much.' This is a bridge story between the first four books and the stuff coming up next. It ends on a cliffhanger, which is a personal hate of mine, but really common in light novels once you get past the initial burst of activity. I think it's supposed to keep you reading, and it might work, but I often feel like dropping the series when they do that.
It's still a fair read, but this one really comes nowhere close to the excitement of the fourth volume. Attention has rather drifted away from Maple to other characters. That need not be a bad thing, but I feel like the author is trying a bit too hard to take Maple out of the picture to give the others the spotlight for a while, and maybe that spotlight is spread out too much to be effective. That said, I'll probably go on to the next since I don't have much else I want to read right now and it'll probably be fun.
May 18, 2022
Good, but reads like an anthology of side quests.
There were some very funny moments in this volume, and I look forward to them being animated later this year, but overall, this volume lacked spark and wit. Each team mate had their moment in the sun—even characters from other teams. Fans of the series will likely squee to read each character get their chance to struggle and succeed. However, if you were hoping for an over-arching plot, you’ll be disappointed.
This volume handles the LitRPG escapades of the various characters seriously, but perhaps that’s part of the problem. Yes, Maple still has some zany adventures and handles her problems in her inimitable way, and all the other characters are heavily motivated to catch up to and stand out on their own, but isn’t reading about OP Maple becoming even MORE OP by some bizarre means the point of the series? Those moments were missing from this volume. It had all the excitement of reading about Maple finishing Elden Ring quests.
Overall, this volume felt like filler with Maple being nerfed so that nothing important happens with her until next volume. That’s not to say that the book has no entertaining value. I just found it a little dull as a followup to the climactic events in the previous volume.
There were some very funny moments in this volume, and I look forward to them being animated later this year, but overall, this volume lacked spark and wit. Each team mate had their moment in the sun—even characters from other teams. Fans of the series will likely squee to read each character get their chance to struggle and succeed. However, if you were hoping for an over-arching plot, you’ll be disappointed.
This volume handles the LitRPG escapades of the various characters seriously, but perhaps that’s part of the problem. Yes, Maple still has some zany adventures and handles her problems in her inimitable way, and all the other characters are heavily motivated to catch up to and stand out on their own, but isn’t reading about OP Maple becoming even MORE OP by some bizarre means the point of the series? Those moments were missing from this volume. It had all the excitement of reading about Maple finishing Elden Ring quests.
Overall, this volume felt like filler with Maple being nerfed so that nothing important happens with her until next volume. That’s not to say that the book has no entertaining value. I just found it a little dull as a followup to the climactic events in the previous volume.
October 22, 2022
Easy enough to read, but for me easy enough to put down. Not enough Maple shenanigans (or the others the book followed) to be entertaining really. Were I to compare it to anime -- it's a filler book. I don't even feel like Yuumikan was setting up a new arc or anything very clearly. It was almost just like reading a journal of somebody's time playing an MMO when nothing of particular note happened.
Would I read more? Yeah, if the library gets them. But I've got other things on my list that will take precedence.
Would I read more? Yeah, if the library gets them. But I've got other things on my list that will take precedence.
February 14, 2023
Maple mostly normal
I love that no matter what it is Maple is always doing something unexpected, although I was kinda sad that she was much more mellow this time around and didn’t do anything to give the admin and everyone else a heart attack. Those parts are always hilarious to read. But I like that the rest of her guild got a break to try and catch up to her crazy op ways.
I love that no matter what it is Maple is always doing something unexpected, although I was kinda sad that she was much more mellow this time around and didn’t do anything to give the admin and everyone else a heart attack. Those parts are always hilarious to read. But I like that the rest of her guild got a break to try and catch up to her crazy op ways.
June 22, 2024
Un tome sympathique comme d'habitude, j'ai cependant l'impression que cette série commence un peu à tourner en rond ... En soit ce n'est pas forcément très grave, on prend plaisir à découvrir les nouveautés, mais je ressens une certaine lassitude à chaque nouvel évènement, boss etc ...
February 28, 2020
比上一冊稍微有點點起色了……
July 25, 2022
New content!
Interesting character work!
A cliffhanger!
Now I have to wait for aaages until the next volume comes out…
Interesting character work!
A cliffhanger!
Now I have to wait for aaages until the next volume comes out…
January 10, 2024
Kind of a filler that ends on cliffhanger but the story itself is fun.
October 23, 2022
Bofuri is solidifying itself as a pretty solid three star read of a series thus far. Occasionally, there will be a novel that aspires to the heights of a three point five and on even sparser occasion a potential four star but for now Bofuri makes for a far more exciting experience to watch than it is to read. I haven't read many literary RPGs and indeed the Bofuri novels are the only ones I have undertaken thus far so maybe there are others that could enlighten me towards the highs of the genre but as is I'm not particularly impressed. I feel the same indifference towards reading Bofuri as I do reading a video game walkthrough.
Having recently listened to the Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai audiobook, another Yen Press light novel series translated by Andrew Cunningham, I can conclude that Bofuri prose is simply Like That in its technical recounting of Maple and Friends adventures. Sure, Maple is cute but by this point even those antics are wearing a bit thin. Volume 5 feels the most "filler" so far so maybe the next volume will reignite my interests? As is I feel like I'm just treading water until the anime restarts next year or until the manga catches up to the LN.
Having recently listened to the Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai audiobook, another Yen Press light novel series translated by Andrew Cunningham, I can conclude that Bofuri prose is simply Like That in its technical recounting of Maple and Friends adventures. Sure, Maple is cute but by this point even those antics are wearing a bit thin. Volume 5 feels the most "filler" so far so maybe the next volume will reignite my interests? As is I feel like I'm just treading water until the anime restarts next year or until the manga catches up to the LN.
September 25, 2024
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March 6, 2023
The volume reads much like a string of short events for all the members of the Maple Guild, and occasionally them teaming up with well-known members of their rival guilds. I got the feeling Maple is getting a bit bored with the game and it shows in the story. It lacked focus and somewhat haphazardly switched points of view and events. Still entertaining, but not the best volume of the series.
October 28, 2023
This volume was interesting because you get some more insights into the motivations of some of the other characters.
Maple, as usual, is doing her own thing. This series is still fun to read and Maple Tree's antics are still hilarious.
Maple, as usual, is doing her own thing. This series is still fun to read and Maple Tree's antics are still hilarious.
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