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Reincarnated as the Last of My Kind (Light Novel) #3
Reincarnated as the Last of my Kind, Vol. 3
What It Means To Be The Last Of My Kind As my nature as Spherit Folk is becoming more difficult to hide, I’m faced with a shocking only one race can produce a Holy Woman that can save the world—and I’m the last remaining descendant of that race! With the human war raging on and traffic to my family’s inn cut off during these tremulous times, I must set off to the Mythical Continent to discover my destiny!
186 pages, Paperback
Published October 22, 2022
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April 6, 2023
I want to know what happens, but TBH it’s also very hard to slog through this volume. Everything happens in an incredibly easy and convenient way - Renge can teleport her wherever, he destroys the other army in 5 seconds, she regrows her dads arm, she creates amazing potions as soon as she thinks of them, can immediately heal with holy magic…it’s just too simple. I also find the weird jealousy she’s having toward Renge to be annoying. She’s only known him for a bit, and suddenly she’s getting jealous that the previous Saint Akari knew him, and all his fan girls? He’s over 3,000 years old! She’s all of 13, and despite her previous life, she has the maturity of a young teen. Tina’s starting range with the Stella is 16 feet, and they’re all disappointed, despite the fact that they assumed it could be much much less, and Akari had only a 30’ range at most. By the way, why is “Akari” completely unrecognizable from “Akari-Berz” to everyone?
Renge is both super sad and apologetic about killing people, yet oddly nonchalant about committing violence such as clearing out a fortress. It’s…not very consistent with his personality. I also find it bizarre that the Mythicals did nothing about the Spirit race getting wiped out (no, I’m not going to spell it in that annoying way. I hate it when authors try to use odd spelling for normal words as if that makes it more like a fantasy world) given that they were the ones that sort of cleansed the world.
Apparently religion is the main problem with everything in the world. The humans are essentially worshiping false gods, which somehow leads to the air being polluted and magic becoming scarcer. No idea why, that’s just the set up. There was some explanation of how kaguya or kamila (I couldn’t keep all the terms straight) is sort of a punishment for sinning, and if you just firmly assert your dominion over your own body, you can prevent the lesser kaguya from taking over…but TBH that didn’t make sense to me.
I don’t think I understand how a spirit stone works. It’s explained that it is reusable, but wouldn’t the mana in it get used up? How does it regenerate? I don’t think that the author has a good grasp of how magic in this world operates. I think that it said you are essentially offering mana to the spirits in order to do magic, and you run out of mana and need to regenerate it somehow. The air being polluted causes the spirits to go away, therefore they are not available to offer mana to. However, spirit stones are like a solidified spirit according to Renge. But… Wouldn’t you then need to offer mana to the spirit stone? How is it regenerating your mana, if you need to offer mana to it? Or…is it more like it’s compressed mana that you can then offer to spirits? But if the spirits are gone because of polluted air, that doesn’t help. And again, why doesn’t the mana run out? It also said spirits travel in the earth as well as air, and when they run out of air they get it from the earth because air travels along leylines to be purified by the god Air, but the humans in the bad country used all the air up with alchemy. I really am not following the mana vs air vs spirit system here.
There’s random melodrama inserted, such as Nakona and Tina getting teary eyed over their long dead, never-met uncle, and how his death wasn’t in vain. Uh…how do you know that? Is he the one that made sure that Tina survived? Yes, he apparently helped his friend fight, but there isn’t any evidence that he made a difference. They talk about how the leylines in the bad country are exhausted, which shocks Marcus, even though he barely knows anything about magic and shouldn’t have any idea what that means. Marcus also explains how the other country has lost territory so were considering getting rid of part of their fort. How exactly does he know that??
The author could really have benefited by writing out an outline that detailed her world better. I think she made up things as she went along, and inserted details that sounded funny or interesting without considering how it fit in the overall world building. In the Mythical country, the town is supposedly where mythical‘s from all over gather, but then randomly says that the townspeople are representatives from two different breeds of Mythical that take turns serving the dragon king. But…there are clearly more than two different types, so is that a typo??
The short story…sigh. I knew Mujimuji would be interesting, but…a poison dragon (mushufushu)? From an egg that broke off the king’s tail? Why was there an egg on her tail to begin with? It’s just…ugh. And Mone is just running around doing alchemy despite being a kid with nearly zero training…despite Mujimuji saying she would never come close to Tina’s natural ability, she already seems better than most humans.
Renge is both super sad and apologetic about killing people, yet oddly nonchalant about committing violence such as clearing out a fortress. It’s…not very consistent with his personality. I also find it bizarre that the Mythicals did nothing about the Spirit race getting wiped out (no, I’m not going to spell it in that annoying way. I hate it when authors try to use odd spelling for normal words as if that makes it more like a fantasy world) given that they were the ones that sort of cleansed the world.
Apparently religion is the main problem with everything in the world. The humans are essentially worshiping false gods, which somehow leads to the air being polluted and magic becoming scarcer. No idea why, that’s just the set up. There was some explanation of how kaguya or kamila (I couldn’t keep all the terms straight) is sort of a punishment for sinning, and if you just firmly assert your dominion over your own body, you can prevent the lesser kaguya from taking over…but TBH that didn’t make sense to me.
I don’t think I understand how a spirit stone works. It’s explained that it is reusable, but wouldn’t the mana in it get used up? How does it regenerate? I don’t think that the author has a good grasp of how magic in this world operates. I think that it said you are essentially offering mana to the spirits in order to do magic, and you run out of mana and need to regenerate it somehow. The air being polluted causes the spirits to go away, therefore they are not available to offer mana to. However, spirit stones are like a solidified spirit according to Renge. But… Wouldn’t you then need to offer mana to the spirit stone? How is it regenerating your mana, if you need to offer mana to it? Or…is it more like it’s compressed mana that you can then offer to spirits? But if the spirits are gone because of polluted air, that doesn’t help. And again, why doesn’t the mana run out? It also said spirits travel in the earth as well as air, and when they run out of air they get it from the earth because air travels along leylines to be purified by the god Air, but the humans in the bad country used all the air up with alchemy. I really am not following the mana vs air vs spirit system here.
There’s random melodrama inserted, such as Nakona and Tina getting teary eyed over their long dead, never-met uncle, and how his death wasn’t in vain. Uh…how do you know that? Is he the one that made sure that Tina survived? Yes, he apparently helped his friend fight, but there isn’t any evidence that he made a difference. They talk about how the leylines in the bad country are exhausted, which shocks Marcus, even though he barely knows anything about magic and shouldn’t have any idea what that means. Marcus also explains how the other country has lost territory so were considering getting rid of part of their fort. How exactly does he know that??
The author could really have benefited by writing out an outline that detailed her world better. I think she made up things as she went along, and inserted details that sounded funny or interesting without considering how it fit in the overall world building. In the Mythical country, the town is supposedly where mythical‘s from all over gather, but then randomly says that the townspeople are representatives from two different breeds of Mythical that take turns serving the dragon king. But…there are clearly more than two different types, so is that a typo??
The short story…sigh. I knew Mujimuji would be interesting, but…a poison dragon (mushufushu)? From an egg that broke off the king’s tail? Why was there an egg on her tail to begin with? It’s just…ugh. And Mone is just running around doing alchemy despite being a kid with nearly zero training…despite Mujimuji saying she would never come close to Tina’s natural ability, she already seems better than most humans.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 6, 2022
A step backwards, but still enjoyable.
I enjoyed how much the main events in the plot line exploded with his volume. There was an increased sense of menace and danger in this volume. I also enjoyed how Tina was not perfectly OP and therefore more challenged by the events that she faced. I also enjoyed the older Tina encountering and processing romantic events as a young teen would. I didn’t care for the long political history lessons, but accepted them as background to explain the dynamics of the world around Tina, as well as necessary to explain why her Dad would get dragged back into the conflicts. Once she repairs his arm, he’ll no longer be useless to those in power or need.
One event that troubled me as much as it impressed me was when the horses bearing Tina’s gifts from her trip to Del Mar were chased off by the zombie. I kept hoping that somebody would go off and get them back for her, but that never happened (unless I missed it!). Sometimes, things are lost. Not every plot point is tied up neatly. So as much as it bugged me that I never got to see what that amazing flower from state alchemist would do, I appreciated this detail of loss and realism.
Then we arrived at the Mythical Continent.
What a sad disappointment. What should have been an episode of wonder and delight—a payoff after three volumes of buildup—was anticlimactic. The magical creatures were two dimensional, many reduced to groupies, and the transference of the Stella was lacking in majesty and splendor. I’m not even sure what happened. Was it an object? Was it a title? At any rate, Tina now has it. And she has to get used to it, whatever it is.
The battle between the ancient forces of evil and Renge made up for the previous lack of magical wonder, but then the event where Tina liberated monsters from their curse was told to us after the fact. No wonder. Just sixteen feet of disappointment.
Then the story ended for that volume and the rest of the book was a side story featuring Mujimuji saying “Muji muji!” a lot. The story was too cloyingly sweet for my tastes.
However, if you have invested time in the series, there is enough happening in this volume to satiate your interest. I may take issue with how certain dramatic beats were handled, but I can’t deny that the scope of the story has expanded. Tina has her work cut out for her. The big reveals about her origins from last volume were built upon in this one. I was pleased at how she chose to embrace her fate—no longer a passenger in her own tale. Her father’s role has also increased without eclipsing her involvement. I look forward to the next story.
I enjoyed how much the main events in the plot line exploded with his volume. There was an increased sense of menace and danger in this volume. I also enjoyed how Tina was not perfectly OP and therefore more challenged by the events that she faced. I also enjoyed the older Tina encountering and processing romantic events as a young teen would. I didn’t care for the long political history lessons, but accepted them as background to explain the dynamics of the world around Tina, as well as necessary to explain why her Dad would get dragged back into the conflicts. Once she repairs his arm, he’ll no longer be useless to those in power or need.
One event that troubled me as much as it impressed me was when the horses bearing Tina’s gifts from her trip to Del Mar were chased off by the zombie. I kept hoping that somebody would go off and get them back for her, but that never happened (unless I missed it!). Sometimes, things are lost. Not every plot point is tied up neatly. So as much as it bugged me that I never got to see what that amazing flower from state alchemist would do, I appreciated this detail of loss and realism.
Then we arrived at the Mythical Continent.
What a sad disappointment. What should have been an episode of wonder and delight—a payoff after three volumes of buildup—was anticlimactic. The magical creatures were two dimensional, many reduced to groupies, and the transference of the Stella was lacking in majesty and splendor. I’m not even sure what happened. Was it an object? Was it a title? At any rate, Tina now has it. And she has to get used to it, whatever it is.
The battle between the ancient forces of evil and Renge made up for the previous lack of magical wonder, but then the event where Tina liberated monsters from their curse was told to us after the fact. No wonder. Just sixteen feet of disappointment.
Then the story ended for that volume and the rest of the book was a side story featuring Mujimuji saying “Muji muji!” a lot. The story was too cloyingly sweet for my tastes.
However, if you have invested time in the series, there is enough happening in this volume to satiate your interest. I may take issue with how certain dramatic beats were handled, but I can’t deny that the scope of the story has expanded. Tina has her work cut out for her. The big reveals about her origins from last volume were built upon in this one. I was pleased at how she chose to embrace her fate—no longer a passenger in her own tale. Her father’s role has also increased without eclipsing her involvement. I look forward to the next story.
April 28, 2022
Renge a Mythical Beast, takes Tina to Spirit Capital, they give her a Stella because she is one of the last if not the last Spherit folk (people with crystals on their forehead) destined to control and defeat the Sugula (a falling from the sky monster that has the potential to annihilate the whole world).
Tina uses the special power that the Stella allows for a miracle, to recover her adoptive dad's (Marcus) right arm.
This volume 3, has about 160+ pages and only 3 chapters. Although it is the shortest volume so far, at least the story seems to move forward in this volume. With Tina's power to purify the monsters and the beasts, if used stealthily this can be the formula to win the war. Because Tina has very low stamina and no offensive or martial powers, Revi, Eure and Renge (Mythical Beasts) go around with Marcus and Tina to protect them.
Author has a recurring problem in his light novel series, he changes the point of view and the narrator without any warning or notice. It takes a few sentences, a couple of paragraphs to try to figure out who the heck is telling the story.
Tina uses the special power that the Stella allows for a miracle, to recover her adoptive dad's (Marcus) right arm.
This volume 3, has about 160+ pages and only 3 chapters. Although it is the shortest volume so far, at least the story seems to move forward in this volume. With Tina's power to purify the monsters and the beasts, if used stealthily this can be the formula to win the war. Because Tina has very low stamina and no offensive or martial powers, Revi, Eure and Renge (Mythical Beasts) go around with Marcus and Tina to protect them.
Author has a recurring problem in his light novel series, he changes the point of view and the narrator without any warning or notice. It takes a few sentences, a couple of paragraphs to try to figure out who the heck is telling the story.
November 17, 2021
Tina has turned 13 and she has to make a choice. She has to either accept the Stella to save the world with the consequence of never having the carefree simple life she wants or face the destruction of the world. Not much of a choice and she makes the expected one. Together with Renge she has to begin dealing with the threat.
Volume 3 felt a bit rushed, and in all honesty, turned Tina a bit too much in a damsel in distress with little real agency. Even the use of the Stella power is active just by her presence. On the other hand, there are some interesting reveals in regards to Renge and what is going on, some of which was not entirely a surprise, but still interesting. So an enjoyable read, but not the best of the series.
Volume 3 felt a bit rushed, and in all honesty, turned Tina a bit too much in a damsel in distress with little real agency. Even the use of the Stella power is active just by her presence. On the other hand, there are some interesting reveals in regards to Renge and what is going on, some of which was not entirely a surprise, but still interesting. So an enjoyable read, but not the best of the series.
April 16, 2022
This book feels like it just flew by me - some new developments and more lore but at the same time, it didn't feel like it? Anyway, it's quite funny that Renge is feeling more and more like a hidden protagonist of the series with the amount of action that involved him. I hope there's more of Tinaris taking action in the next book.
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March 9, 2022
This series is shaping up to be a lot more interesting than the first book would lead one to believe. I liked the simple girl obsessed with methodically learning magic thing from the first book, but the story is moving past that into things a bit more involved, and I'm enjoying where it's going.
August 22, 2022
There's nothing strictly wrong with the story, it just not holding my attention at all. I got half way through Chapter 4 and just can't bring myself to keep going. There's just so many better things to read available.
October 27, 2021
Great
Enjoyed reading this one, hope another one gets released in a few months. Would recommend the novels to friends and family.
Enjoyed reading this one, hope another one gets released in a few months. Would recommend the novels to friends and family.
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