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天才王子の赤字国家再生術~そうだ、売国しよう~ (Light Novel) #10
The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt (Hey, How About Treason?), Vol. 10 (light novel)
A PARTY TURNS TO PERIL The Delunio Kingdom has called for a meeting with Natra and Soljest to strengthen their three-way alliance. Wein is still dealing with the fallout from his latest escapade, so his sister Falanya attends in his place. And it doesn’t take long for her to notice that something is amiss. This ceremony has become the site of multiple political plots concerning the East and West! Does Natra’s princess have what it takes to end the schemes before it’s too late?
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168 pages, Paperback
Published July 18, 2023
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November 5, 2023
Princess Falanya is send to Delunio Kingdom as a representative of Natra in a celebration of the alliance between the two nations and Soljest. Of course, nobody of the major players has a simple feast in mind, except mayby Falanya, but as Wein has taught the princess: grab the opportunities you are given. Meanwhile, the contenders for the thrown in the East do not still either.
Like earlier volumes the book is written from a third person point of view, focussing mostly on Falanya, but switching around several times to show what is going on. While nothing major happened, it is a good setup for the next arc and it offers a great opportunity for Falanya to grow. The lack of clear information on Wein's goals can be a bit frustrating though even though it is at the same time also keeping me hooked into the story. The volume is also mostly politically driven narrative with little action and a lot of talking. It is also rather short, but that is true for most volumes of this series.
Still, an entertaining and intriguing story of for what up till this point at least looks like a genius MC done well. I hope the author can stick to the ending which they hint at it is coming soon.
Like earlier volumes the book is written from a third person point of view, focussing mostly on Falanya, but switching around several times to show what is going on. While nothing major happened, it is a good setup for the next arc and it offers a great opportunity for Falanya to grow. The lack of clear information on Wein's goals can be a bit frustrating though even though it is at the same time also keeping me hooked into the story. The volume is also mostly politically driven narrative with little action and a lot of talking. It is also rather short, but that is true for most volumes of this series.
Still, an entertaining and intriguing story of for what up till this point at least looks like a genius MC done well. I hope the author can stick to the ending which they hint at it is coming soon.
March 24, 2024
Is Prince Wein so dangerous an authority figure that he can influence the intergovernmental affairs of other sovereign entities without ever setting foot outside of the Kingdom of Natra?
Rhetorical questions aside, readers again drift across the Varno continent, this time landing in the near-western nation of Delunio. But things aren't going so well. Declining quality of life. Poor crops. Corrupt governance. King Lawrence of Delunio is a puppet and everybody knows it. As such, when it comes time to ratify a multi-national agreement with Soljest and Natra, conniving prime ministers, treacherous princes, and exceptionally shrewd princesses come together for some light debate (or not).
GENIUS PRINCE . . . v10 continues the novel series' enduring tradition of generating awkward and tentatively grave nation-building (or nation-destroying) scenarios whose resolution is a calculated third way nobody sees coming until it finally arrives. The drama, in the current volume, doesn't quite hit the right notes, but the book's exploration and development of previously minor characters elevates the story to a reasonable degree.
Falanya faces her first solo test as a foreign dignitary of sorts. Will she falter under the eye of more prudent or more vicious purveyors of statecraft? Tolcheila, princess to Soljest, descends upon a multi-national meeting with an agenda. Will she stomp all over Natra's Princess Falanya, Delunio's Prime Minister Mullein, and the mysterious Yuan, a visiting member of the Eastern Levetia group? Meanwhile, across the continent, Princess Lowellmina is pissed off at her feuding brothers because they've finally started allying to take her down. Will the scrappy young woman successfully navigate the silent betrayals her own citizens would hang her for?
This volume is all about making small moves to complement larger schemes. Falanya, thankfully, is rendered less as an annoying little sister character and comes into her own. Her appetite for statecraft is nowhere near as vicious as Wein's; however, the potential is certainly there. The girl's success could breed greater, future successes ("The princess trembled with immense joy. Did Wein ever feel this way? This sense of omnipotence, like everything was in the palm of your hand," page 104). Falanya is growing, as a person and as a politician, and her influence is increasingly noteworthy. One imagines it's no coincidence the girl asked her sickly father to tell her more about her difficult older brother. To which the old man hauntingly responds: "Before I answer, let me ask one thing. If I share my opinion, what will you do with it, Falanya?" (page 10).
Readers are still left in the dark as to what Lady Caldmellia truly wants. And readers, again, can only gather the smallest of scraps when it comes to the author articulating an end-game for the Flam people. But in GENIUS PRINCE . . . v10, the author retains a low-effort but purposefully entertaining style. Wein reveals his true plan for Natra, and revels in the disquiet his comments call forth. Lowellmina wields subterfuge to great effect, but immediately regrets the fact that underhanded dealmaking is what she does best. King Gruyere Soljest laughs off any of his children's attempts at a coup, however bloody they may be. How long until these characters fall prey to their own insouciance?
Rhetorical questions aside, readers again drift across the Varno continent, this time landing in the near-western nation of Delunio. But things aren't going so well. Declining quality of life. Poor crops. Corrupt governance. King Lawrence of Delunio is a puppet and everybody knows it. As such, when it comes time to ratify a multi-national agreement with Soljest and Natra, conniving prime ministers, treacherous princes, and exceptionally shrewd princesses come together for some light debate (or not).
GENIUS PRINCE . . . v10 continues the novel series' enduring tradition of generating awkward and tentatively grave nation-building (or nation-destroying) scenarios whose resolution is a calculated third way nobody sees coming until it finally arrives. The drama, in the current volume, doesn't quite hit the right notes, but the book's exploration and development of previously minor characters elevates the story to a reasonable degree.
Falanya faces her first solo test as a foreign dignitary of sorts. Will she falter under the eye of more prudent or more vicious purveyors of statecraft? Tolcheila, princess to Soljest, descends upon a multi-national meeting with an agenda. Will she stomp all over Natra's Princess Falanya, Delunio's Prime Minister Mullein, and the mysterious Yuan, a visiting member of the Eastern Levetia group? Meanwhile, across the continent, Princess Lowellmina is pissed off at her feuding brothers because they've finally started allying to take her down. Will the scrappy young woman successfully navigate the silent betrayals her own citizens would hang her for?
This volume is all about making small moves to complement larger schemes. Falanya, thankfully, is rendered less as an annoying little sister character and comes into her own. Her appetite for statecraft is nowhere near as vicious as Wein's; however, the potential is certainly there. The girl's success could breed greater, future successes ("The princess trembled with immense joy. Did Wein ever feel this way? This sense of omnipotence, like everything was in the palm of your hand," page 104). Falanya is growing, as a person and as a politician, and her influence is increasingly noteworthy. One imagines it's no coincidence the girl asked her sickly father to tell her more about her difficult older brother. To which the old man hauntingly responds: "Before I answer, let me ask one thing. If I share my opinion, what will you do with it, Falanya?" (page 10).
Readers are still left in the dark as to what Lady Caldmellia truly wants. And readers, again, can only gather the smallest of scraps when it comes to the author articulating an end-game for the Flam people. But in GENIUS PRINCE . . . v10, the author retains a low-effort but purposefully entertaining style. Wein reveals his true plan for Natra, and revels in the disquiet his comments call forth. Lowellmina wields subterfuge to great effect, but immediately regrets the fact that underhanded dealmaking is what she does best. King Gruyere Soljest laughs off any of his children's attempts at a coup, however bloody they may be. How long until these characters fall prey to their own insouciance?
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