What light novel(s) have you read this week, and what do you think about it? [January 1. - January 7.]

Lemmy.ml rolled back a day so here's the post again.

The Magician Who Rose From Failure: Volume 6 - The series has an interesting magic system which was always a standout, but in this volume, the author appears to have lost every creativity because it this volume is the most generic and trope-filled magic academy arc I’ve read in a long time. Complete with haughty-ringlets-student-council-noble-girl looking down on MC and forcing a duel with expulsion on the line. - 5/10

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 11 - I used to love this series. It was my second favorite LN only after Bookworm, but since the translator change it lost most of its charm and wit. And in this volume, it even uses anachronisms like “meme” in a fantasy setting. And not even in narration but in dialogue. I’ll give it two more volumes until Mia becomes Picklemia sticking out her gyatt for the Pepefrog. Another example would be “… Mia and her crew ...”. Before it would have been something like “… Mia and her retinue …” or something more fitting to the setting. But now it’s “crew”. Another character said “nope”. There are a lot more examples. The entire prose changed into something you would rather expect in Twitter thread. It could have been one of the all-time greats but thanks to the translator change it became mid at best. It’s really so saddening to see something you love get turned into shit. - 5/10

reading Spice&Wolf for the.... 12th(?) time, and just finished rereading Mushoku Tensei, as well as up to vol 5 of Grimgar.

Kajiu preservation society. Character development was two dimensional with either quippy likeable character or obvious asshole baddy. Pacing was 80 percent, woah here is the Kajiu and its environment but you already known this because of Jurrassic Park. This was followed by a brief third act about stopping the baddy from wanting to abuse the Kajiu for money-making profits.

I did enjoy some of the unique properties of the kajiu and how they function however the parasites were not parasites, they provided benefit to the Kajiu, there relationship was commensal!