What light novel(s) have you read last week, and what do you think about it? [February 24 - March 02]

Mercedes and the Waning Moon: The Dungeoneering Feats of a Discarded Vampire Aristocrat Volume 1 - I like it. It's very formulaic but changes some bits and bobs of the formula here and there, making it an interesting read. It's like a cover version of an overused song. You recognize the tune but never heard a screamo version of it. The most noteworthy thing about it though is that there is a scene where MC (a little girl) fights and her armor gets shredded until she is fighting in her underwear. No illustration. I know, right? Mind. Blown.

The Tanaka Family Reincarnates: Volume 1 - This one is confusing to me since there is an entire 5-head family worth of names to remember all at once with all of them having their pre-isekai names, their post-isekai names and their nicknames they use with each other. Add in all the names of the side characters and I'm mostly paging back to remember who the fuck "Peyta" was. Then there is the lolicon brother (acknowledged as such in-universe. I.e. the sister calling him outright "pedo scum" and he's proudly declaring himself a lolicon) that is trying to hook up with 6 year olds. Similar to Mushoku Tensei, this is played off more like a joke for comedic effect. This is simply not a "ha ha #justLoliconThings how funny" situation. While it's not a main plot point and is maybe only 1-2% of the novel, it still isn't sitting well with me. There were things that I liked, for example, a chapter from the view of one of the family pets, but those lolicon 1-2% are really pulling the good parts down. I'm not sure yet if I give the second volume a chance.

The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects: Volume 7 - A sweet and heartwarming vacation volume. Nothing much really happens plot wise but the strangest thing happened. Or happened again to be precise. There was another girl's bathing scene and there wasn't any fan service or illustration of it. It's starting to get really unnerving for me. It's like there is something really bad just around the corner waiting for me to lower my guard. I can literally taste it.

Reincarnated as a Sword - Volume 04

I have continued with sword this week.

High point - Fran continues to make friend

Low point - Everywhere I go there’s a reminder of her…

“We’re an adventuring party, the Crimson Maidens.