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Skeleton Knight in Another World Light Novel #5
Skeleton Knight in Another World (Light Novel) Vol. 5
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Arc, Arianne, Chiyome, and Goemon voyage to the southern continent in pursuit of Arc’s newest culinary obsession: chili peppers! But when a dark figure from Chiyome’s past returns to haunt her, and a nightmarish demon lays siege to a human city before the group’s eyes, the skeleton knight and his crew realize they might have bitten off more than they can chew.
Arc, Arianne, Chiyome, and Goemon voyage to the southern continent in pursuit of Arc’s newest culinary obsession: chili peppers! But when a dark figure from Chiyome’s past returns to haunt her, and a nightmarish demon lays siege to a human city before the group’s eyes, the skeleton knight and his crew realize they might have bitten off more than they can chew.
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First published November 25, 2016
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February 1, 2023
Books four and five are of much lower quality than the first three books of this Fantasy-isekai-light-novel series...
The Obi Wan Kenobi (master/teacher) -- Darth Vader (padewan/student) moment with Rowe and Chiyome felt forced, maybe because the author introduced Rowe until this Book 5 and concluded this arc, in this same book 5 (100 pages later) It was supposed to be a "dramatic moment" that "failed" because there is no "investment in the teacher/master character". It is ironic that Arc being supposedly so Over-Powered helps stranger (that aren't loyal or kind) more than important and relevant characters like Rowe, etc...
I also found ironic/contradictory, that Arc, fakes a "foodie/glutton" vibe in this book 5 (felt like filler vibe) and made a trip to another continent just because he "had to have" a local type of "tomato"...and then a local type of "Chilli"...The author states that the "tomatoes" of this other world cause "diarrhea" if not "treated by magic"... The irony/contradiction reaches absurdity, if one realizes that Arc, is a Skeleton Knight that does not have a "digestive system", Arc eats (not because he needs to, but because he wants to), but never goes to the bathroom (because he has no physical body, just bones. So, why make the desperately needed "tomatoes" in this world to "loosen bowels" if the main character and only person that desperately desired the "tomatoes" does not have any "bowels" to "loosen"??? A similar thing happened in Book 4, when Arc was "bathing in the hot bath"...It reminded me of "bone bouillon" soup... a Skeleton that "loves" to bathe, when he does not "sweat or stink" is absurd... A main character that is a "glutton" but has no real need for food is nonsensical... Is it a fiasco moment (several of them) at trying to be funny (by the author)??? The editor?? The Translators???
The Obi Wan Kenobi (master/teacher) -- Darth Vader (padewan/student) moment with Rowe and Chiyome felt forced, maybe because the author introduced Rowe until this Book 5 and concluded this arc, in this same book 5 (100 pages later) It was supposed to be a "dramatic moment" that "failed" because there is no "investment in the teacher/master character". It is ironic that Arc being supposedly so Over-Powered helps stranger (that aren't loyal or kind) more than important and relevant characters like Rowe, etc...
I also found ironic/contradictory, that Arc, fakes a "foodie/glutton" vibe in this book 5 (felt like filler vibe) and made a trip to another continent just because he "had to have" a local type of "tomato"...and then a local type of "Chilli"...The author states that the "tomatoes" of this other world cause "diarrhea" if not "treated by magic"... The irony/contradiction reaches absurdity, if one realizes that Arc, is a Skeleton Knight that does not have a "digestive system", Arc eats (not because he needs to, but because he wants to), but never goes to the bathroom (because he has no physical body, just bones. So, why make the desperately needed "tomatoes" in this world to "loosen bowels" if the main character and only person that desperately desired the "tomatoes" does not have any "bowels" to "loosen"??? A similar thing happened in Book 4, when Arc was "bathing in the hot bath"...It reminded me of "bone bouillon" soup... a Skeleton that "loves" to bathe, when he does not "sweat or stink" is absurd... A main character that is a "glutton" but has no real need for food is nonsensical... Is it a fiasco moment (several of them) at trying to be funny (by the author)??? The editor?? The Translators???
June 17, 2021
This one felt more like a side story, with our characters getting swept by something bigger instead of creating ripples like usual. Also it looks like Ariane is turning into a fanservice-only character and it's kinda sad. We can finally see some of Chiyome's story but it felt like another side-story instead of being a full part of the story. Overall a drop in quality, but I expect that some elements in this book will come back in the next volumes.
December 1, 2021
It was okay. I found a lot of reasons to do something else rather than pick this one up and finish it. Especially during the two-thirds of the book. Thus far I've been less than impressed with the Southern Continent and its denizens. There was far too little of Arc, Ariane, Chiyome and Goemon actually doing anything in this book.
There is obviously a bigger world story brewing somewhere in Karari-sensei's mind. I just hope it moves along a bit more quickly than in volume 5.
There is obviously a bigger world story brewing somewhere in Karari-sensei's mind. I just hope it moves along a bit more quickly than in volume 5.
October 4, 2020
Worldbuilding. Worldbuilding. Worldbuilding.
That erstwhile esoteric, pensive, and feverishly logical obligation of all creative writers and novelists tends to astound the unprepared as much as it does, on occasion, wound the overeager. In SKELETON KNIGHT. . .#5, the author pushes to integrate each character deeper and deeper into the lore of this odd yet dangerous fantasy realm. In the previous volume, Arc and his crew encountered beautiful forests and rolling fog and pitch-black caverns. In the current volume, the cast hits upon the open sea and makes its way to the southern continent, where craggy cliffs, a mysterious and uncharted forest, and vast, open plains lay in wait.
For readers eager to see Arc get back into action, SKELETON KNIGHT. . .#5 is a tedious ride. Sadly, nothing exciting occurs in the book's first 200 pages. Arc and his friends spend much of the novel mingling with sailors, wandering street markets in search of novel foods, and making-nice with regional clans of tiger-people. It isn't until Arc, Ariane, Chiyome, and Goemon cross blades with a several-meters-tall dark giant that things get serious.
The second half of the novel pits the heroes against an array of shifting foes and shadowy odds. Do they fight the dark giants? Do they fight the cloaked invaders? Do they, themselves, invade the local human city, where beast-people are surely kept as slaves? The trajectory of the story shifts and pivots not unlike the earliest books in this novel series, and the result is that familiar and exciting combination of accidental heroism and clever magic.
The quality of writing does take a dip with this volume. The author relies too heavily on various tropes and turns of phrase whose redundancy betrays a lack of originality in both scope and conscientiousness. Every female character has a large bosom (under which she invariably folds her arms in discontent), every male warrior character has bulging and rippling muscles, every sunset paints or bathes the horizon some variant of red or scarlet or crimson, and so on and so forth. The organic detail of the previous volume, it seems, has completely evaporated.
SKELETON KNIGHT. . .#5 is fun but lacks finesse. Even the final monster whom Arc battles in the novel's waning pages is so pitifully described that it's rather impossible to successfully visualize. Furthermore, the book's "surprise" character addition appears all for naught, since the character is an "undead" who just, sort of, dies. What a waste.
That erstwhile esoteric, pensive, and feverishly logical obligation of all creative writers and novelists tends to astound the unprepared as much as it does, on occasion, wound the overeager. In SKELETON KNIGHT. . .#5, the author pushes to integrate each character deeper and deeper into the lore of this odd yet dangerous fantasy realm. In the previous volume, Arc and his crew encountered beautiful forests and rolling fog and pitch-black caverns. In the current volume, the cast hits upon the open sea and makes its way to the southern continent, where craggy cliffs, a mysterious and uncharted forest, and vast, open plains lay in wait.
For readers eager to see Arc get back into action, SKELETON KNIGHT. . .#5 is a tedious ride. Sadly, nothing exciting occurs in the book's first 200 pages. Arc and his friends spend much of the novel mingling with sailors, wandering street markets in search of novel foods, and making-nice with regional clans of tiger-people. It isn't until Arc, Ariane, Chiyome, and Goemon cross blades with a several-meters-tall dark giant that things get serious.
The second half of the novel pits the heroes against an array of shifting foes and shadowy odds. Do they fight the dark giants? Do they fight the cloaked invaders? Do they, themselves, invade the local human city, where beast-people are surely kept as slaves? The trajectory of the story shifts and pivots not unlike the earliest books in this novel series, and the result is that familiar and exciting combination of accidental heroism and clever magic.
The quality of writing does take a dip with this volume. The author relies too heavily on various tropes and turns of phrase whose redundancy betrays a lack of originality in both scope and conscientiousness. Every female character has a large bosom (under which she invariably folds her arms in discontent), every male warrior character has bulging and rippling muscles, every sunset paints or bathes the horizon some variant of red or scarlet or crimson, and so on and so forth. The organic detail of the previous volume, it seems, has completely evaporated.
SKELETON KNIGHT. . .#5 is fun but lacks finesse. Even the final monster whom Arc battles in the novel's waning pages is so pitifully described that it's rather impossible to successfully visualize. Furthermore, the book's "surprise" character addition appears all for naught, since the character is an "undead" who just, sort of, dies. What a waste.
July 4, 2025
Goodness enough with the repetition...this is book 5, we know what the main characters look like and what they are wearing!
Still hate the annoying elf woman, Ariene. What a horrible personality! Please remove her from at least a few volumes! Or better yet, kill her! At the beginning she was quiet and respectful, but sometime along the way, she turned into a psychotic bitch. I hate that word, but it fits her perfectly! All she does is complain and nag over and over. Then stay the hell wherever you are from and let people do whatever they want! Have I mentioned I hate her?
I did not get the sudden need to eat tomatoes. It would have made more sense to go crazy about rice or soy sauce since the MC is Japanese and that is more of a "staple" everyday item, versus tomatoes, which are more of a seasonal fruit! Or if you go for a fruit at least make it a yummy one, not one that most people think is a vegetable. Especially when all of the "earth" people focus on tomatoes, it makes no sense. he diarrhea story is also ridiculous and unnecessary. The books have been getting worse, and the characters' personalities have changed incredibly. The first books were at least serious, and more "adult," but this one is just a joke. Also, you have an incredibly OP character that can use magic, doing nothing with the Kraken? Total let down. On to my next adventure, Happy Readings!!!
Still hate the annoying elf woman, Ariene. What a horrible personality! Please remove her from at least a few volumes! Or better yet, kill her! At the beginning she was quiet and respectful, but sometime along the way, she turned into a psychotic bitch. I hate that word, but it fits her perfectly! All she does is complain and nag over and over. Then stay the hell wherever you are from and let people do whatever they want! Have I mentioned I hate her?
I did not get the sudden need to eat tomatoes. It would have made more sense to go crazy about rice or soy sauce since the MC is Japanese and that is more of a "staple" everyday item, versus tomatoes, which are more of a seasonal fruit! Or if you go for a fruit at least make it a yummy one, not one that most people think is a vegetable. Especially when all of the "earth" people focus on tomatoes, it makes no sense. he diarrhea story is also ridiculous and unnecessary. The books have been getting worse, and the characters' personalities have changed incredibly. The first books were at least serious, and more "adult," but this one is just a joke. Also, you have an incredibly OP character that can use magic, doing nothing with the Kraken? Total let down. On to my next adventure, Happy Readings!!!
May 25, 2023
I'm not going to be as harsh as some of the other reviews here but this really does feel like a wheel spinning side adventure for the characters.
The author opens and closes all of these books with chapters of the political machinations of the various factions of the world and out of 5 volumes I think I'v only cared about the outcome of one of them.
The author opens and closes all of these books with chapters of the political machinations of the various factions of the world and out of 5 volumes I think I'v only cared about the outcome of one of them.
August 22, 2024
The books get more and more boring.
Arianne has been ultra annoying for 2 books now. All she does is complain.
MC gets super excited about tomatoes for no good reason.
He's only been in the new world for slightly more than 1 month.
He hears about tomatoes and he goes wild, and wants to take a boat to another country, just for tomatoes. AmAzInG plot line!!!!
Arianne has been ultra annoying for 2 books now. All she does is complain.
MC gets super excited about tomatoes for no good reason.
He's only been in the new world for slightly more than 1 month.
He hears about tomatoes and he goes wild, and wants to take a boat to another country, just for tomatoes. AmAzInG plot line!!!!
May 21, 2020
Enjoyed this book
I enjoyed this book and read it fairly quickly. I am interested in where the story is going. Will get the next book.
I enjoyed this book and read it fairly quickly. I am interested in where the story is going. Will get the next book.
April 9, 2022
It was very slow in the beginning and I got bored and stopped reading. Then I decided to power through and things became more interesting towards the end.
July 22, 2023
Eagerly waiting for more
This story is amazing. I'm excited to read the next book! Arc makes me laugh at his naivety. Can't wait for more!
This story is amazing. I'm excited to read the next book! Arc makes me laugh at his naivety. Can't wait for more!
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