I cannot believe the Keishi Ayasato that wrote Torture Princess also wrote Bride of Demise. Actually I *can* believe it, the side characters have depth and the story has the feels.

But I can only describe it as a disappointment. Only nameless or briefly introduced characters die, there is no weight or severity. Banter and wit are gone from the dialogue.

This sentiment is shared, the final afterword says the series was axed due to sales.

How sad.
I still recomend reading it, but I warn regret.

Is Ecstas Online just an edgy boob fondling novel? That depends on the person, what did you think of Testament of Sister New Devil?

If you are like me, you read this kind of novel for the story, not the eros. How much do you struggle to make friends? Is your everyday a constant struggle to fit in? How much would you to keep being friends with someone?

I don't consider myself normal, and that's not in a good sense. This #LN felt like a mirror held up to my face.

I recomend it. Do you need it?

Witch and Mercenary is a #LN about a witch and a mercenary doing stuff.

The mercenary is a gigachad with a big weapon that can't use magic.

The witch is a cute girl that can use magic.

I know I've already sold you on the story. Give it a read, you will like it.

The Torture Princess #LN is quite something.

If you only read the first 3 volumes you would think it's just a gory dark fantasy.

If you read all the way through you will see its a love story, an epic, and a tragedy all in one.

Here is my list of awakened takes:
Guiles is selfish, Vlad is a good father, the Kaiser is benevolent, Lewis is perfectly sane, Alice is justified, the demi humans aren't racist, none of the saints believe, Elisabeth did nothing wrong (triple layered).

La (become)-...

All genderbender stories are good. But Hayaken has a way with them that no one else does.

Not just anyone can write basically the same story twice and still get me to read them.

I don't need to say much about *why* these are great, give them a try and you will immediately understand.

I greatly disliked "Backstabbed in a backwater dungeon: my trusted companions tried to kill me, but thanks to the gift of an unlimited gacha I got lvl 9999 friends and am out for revenge on my former party members and the world".

That is why I've read 11 volumes to date.

Every character including the MC has so much personality, but as soon as they begin talking to the MC it all becomes the same platitudes or cringe insults.

So much wasted potential.

And so much fun.

Go on, give it a read!

From my ivory armchair of know-nothingness, I can freely say that despite the great animation in the anime, water magician deserved slightly more. The bits and pieces the anime skips are a great part of the character Ryo is built up to be. This puzzled me greatly before reading.

It did not feel rushed, but *packed*, and they left off near the end of volume 2, rather than the end itself...

I greatly recomend to read the #LN from volume 1 even if you watched the anime beforehand like me.

Witches can't be collared is a detective #LN it was my first but I can tell it has all the common twists and turns that make one of these good.

I loved the name of one of the characters, knowing what the word means made her much more real.

The ending of the first volume however, left me with a similarly uncertain and fluttery feeling as the in-between-crashouts in Dungeon Dive. I await the second volume.

Do I recomend it?

Yes, but wait until volume 2 comes out, save yourself the butterflies.

Outer Ragna has a strong theme that deeply resounded with me, lunacy and devotion, turning the self into a small flame for a greater fire.

The MC serves its purpose as oblivious witness well. The feelings the story gives you are via everyone else.

The black tongued priest that finds a god to pray to, the knight captain that finds an army to fight for, the wizard that finds a battlefield to cast his spells, and more. In 2 volumes I became as fanatical as them.

My heart needs more of this #LN.

When Kodansha's Legend Novels imprint died in late 2020, we lost a lot.

Her Majesty's swarm and Villainess reloaded were wonderful stories *because* of how edgy and over the top they were. I found them at a time I really needed them to take my mind off things, and I still hold them very dear to my heart.

Outer Ragna... The humanities be cursed and the earth poisoned, I weep and long, I regret. We only have 2 volumes of this masterpiece. My life was given fire by it, and now I've lost it.