Fushi no Kami: Rebuilding Civilization Starts With a Village Volume 7

Fushi no Kami Light Novel #7

by Mizuumi Amakawa, Mai Okuma (Illustrator), Jade Willis (Translator)

Thanks to the research laboratory’s efforts, Ash and the Territory Reform Promotion Office have successfully driven off the werewolves! However, the aftermath of the territory’s destruction has created a huge influx of refugees seeking shelter. Ash takes on the task, but will he succeed given their dwindling supplies? With experience helping Ajole village and plenty of allies at their side, the Promotion Office is also ready to help under a brand new name! Meanwhile, Princess Alicia works to rally the capital in support of Sacula.

The story of the boy who wanted to change the world concludes in the final chapter of Fushi no Kami!

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Slice Of Life

269 pages, Kindle Edition

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 Finally we get the last 5% which is Epilogue which is in this case the perspective of the person compiling these historical documents and then several unnecessary short stories.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.