フシノカミ 7 ~辺境から始める文明再生記~

Fushi no Kami Light Novel #7

by Mizuumi Amakawa, 雨川水海, Mai Okuma (Illustrator)

本を守り、意志を繋ぐ。

『古代文明の伝説にあるような便利で豊かな生活』を今世に取り戻すため、文明の再興を続けるアッシュ。
その活動拠点となるサキュラ辺境伯領を襲った人狼の群れを、研究所の成果によってアッシュたちは殲滅する。
そんな彼らに届いたのは、隣領の壊滅とそれに伴って大量に発生した難民がサキュラ領に押し寄せているとの報せだった。
難民の受け入れと隣領の再生を決断した領地改革推進室だったが、前例のない事態の上、圧倒的な物資不足により無理難題に思われた……。
しかし、決して不可能ではない。
廃村の危機から村を再興した経験を応用して難民を受け入れ、技術交換や留学を機に築き上げてきた人脈を駆使して人材を手配する。
さらに、王都ではアリシアが神殿に協力を仰いで物資を支援し――。
領地改革推進室の一同は、崩壊した領を再生し、人々を救うため奔走する――!
理想の暮らしを手にするため、世界に変革をもたらす少年の軌跡を紡いだ文明復旧譚、第七幕!

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Slice Of Life

351 pages, Paperback

First published June 25, 2022

Reviews

[Tory · Rating 3 out of 5]

As far as I can find this volume marks the end of this series and it was honestly the least satisfying volume to read. The first 60% of the book is clean up of the activities in volume 6 which mainly consists of the characters talking about planning and doing paperwork. The next 20% consists of events happening solely so that the characters end up where the author wants them in the end for a happily ever after, The next 10% is wrapping up projects that have been in the works since volumes 1 and 2, the next 5% is to revealing the answer to the grand mystery of the series that most readers put together several volumes ago in a really unsatisfying rushed way. Finally we get the last 5% which is Epilogue which is in this case the perspective of the person compiling these historical documents and then several unnecessary short stories. It's really feels like the author got bored with the series and wasn't sure where to take it so they quickly closed all of the open plot holes they could and ended it. This is reflected in the way that currently it's still listed as being worked on but this is very clearly the end of the series.

Overall I enjoyed the series as a whole I just didn't enjoy the final volume very much.

[Pieter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Volume 7 starts were 6 ended, and now our heroes have to deal with the clean up. Thousands of people have been displaced, and there is no ruler anymore in the neighbouring county making it all the more difficult to deal with the situation. To make matters worse, the king and his heir are more focussed on keeping the peace in the capital then dealing with a major refugee crisis at the borders of his country.

Much like the previous volumes, it is mostly a slice-of-life, this time without much action, but more about how to deal with such a big crisis both organizational and political and how Ash has changed the people around him. As usual I like the characters and the world, but the pacing is a bit off. As far as endings go of a series, we get answers (which by now should not be entirely unexpected) to the overall plot, but it feels rather abrupt when it comes to Ash's life, not at a story wise natural point (which I know is kind of vague statement).

Still, it was an entertaining quick read and a decent ending to a fun and interesting series.

[Adam · Rating 3 out of 5]

In general I'd describe this series as Sim City in novel form. Doesn't make it sound very appealing but I still found the series at least somewhat enjoyable overall. I liked the gradual unfolding of the world's lore but the focus on city-building really doesn't tend to be for me.