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TWI Volume 6 some random thoughts.
Welp, finally finished it, took me forever to finish.
Good volume overall, can't think of anything from the top of my head that was extremely boring/dissatifying. Tiqr war could have been a bit shorter but whatever.
I liked the general structure, the "mini" arcs here and there and overall less hair pulling cliffhangers compared to the last volumes.
One thing I really appreciated was Grimalkin and his attitude towards Erin. I love how she usually pulls strings on everyone and is just generally a likeable dork, getting her way all the time, but I'd been feeling for a bit that she was overdoing it as fun as it was to read, so him and the innkeepers from Pallass humbling her a bit was nice. I have been finding weird how uninvolved she is with her inn now though. Magical cooking, perfect recall, other food than freaking pizza and hamburgers, etc, feels like all those aspects have been "forgotten" by her and everyone else.
The last bit with Toren made me a bit sad desu.
Ryoka's change was really nice and I didn't mind at all all the new characters on her side of the story, specially her girlfriend Fierre.
I'm a bit torn up about Laken, I feel like depending on how he handles stuff in the near future I could grow to hate him a bit. Goblins and witches could be his salvation as a character though.
I noticed some discussion about Flos last thread and I honestly don't get the hate. He's not the best character but the Reim/Chandrar chapters are overall pretty good and interesting. My only problem is with the Empire of Sands, the original threat feels so far away now with all the nearby developments. Feels like it's taking a bit too much to set up.
Baleros was kinda whatever past the games in Daquin in my opinion, the UN group feels too stagnant although from the last chapter it feels like that's gonna change.
Rhir and Terandria still feel too far away for my liking. Rhir I don't really mind but Terandria sounds like it could be filled with fun stories with connections to already established characters, mainly Lyonette, Pisces and Wil, I think.
Not to hate on the goblins, but not hearing about them every other chapter this volume was a nice gust of fresh air.
I hate to admit it but I'm starting to hate the whole of Wistram and the current "management", the three archmages feel kinda weak for some reason and just too meddly.
Anyways, looking forward to the next volume. Hope it's not just filled with war and death.

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I'm only at the second volume but it's grown on me a lot, specially the characters, I'm basically falling in love with every other one and just generally caring about them and their little adventures and ambitions.
The litrpg elements are there, but there's not a lot of autism tied to it like with a lot of other books in the genre. I often forget it's litrpg and not a traditional comfy fantasy book. It's handled quite well I'd say.
The story is mostly localized in a couple places for now, but every now and then they mention places and give hints about the world in general and mysteries, and after hearing people praising the worldbuilding in the next volumes, I'm really lookimg forward to that.
It has its corny moments, specially at the very beginning, but it's already gotten better even at the point I'm at.
Overall, really fun read so far.