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Ren is one of the most passively written main characters I've ever seen. I'm starting to get frustrated with his characterization.

So she had been swallowed and was inside it the whole time trying to break out, which she was finally able to do after all the clerics attacked it.

@lapizlazuli I'm specifically talking about Japan and Japanese media's tendency to present most female characters as being deeply worried about any hint that they're "old," along with the societal bias against being an unmarried woman past roughly the age of 25. Yes, that societal bias exists...

I know Japan is full of sexist bullcrap about women being too old to marry and whatnot - see: "Christmas cakes" - but being an aunt (or uncle) has nothing to do with how old someone is. I've been an uncle since I was seven years old. It shouldn't be presented as such a big deal.

Even if this whole chapter was a bunch of silly contrivances, I appreciate that this wasn't yet another isekai that simply brushed off slavery as just "the way things are." (Although the number of isekai series I've read that treat slavery as an objectively bad thing is still in the single digits.)

I'd just like to say that I think SFX are overused. I hate when they give effects to things that don't even make noise.

"Sheila is special." That's high-level praise coming from an absurdly powerful being that doesn't normally think of other people as having value beyond what they can do for her son.

I'm deeply conflicted. While, I'm really glad to know that she won't always win, I also hate to see her lose like that. And there's the potential for her not to be in the series as much if she isn't part of his school life, which is just unacceptable!

More "I have to keep my powers a secret!" bullcrap. So boring.

...This has gotten pretty boring, hasn't it?

This was much more intelligible than the other version. Thanks for posting it!

It even referenced Panda! Go, Panda! It's one of the most obscure Ghibli-related projects, so that was nice to see.

...That was nearly indecipherable.

Based on her reaction after he defeats her - and isn't it a little silly for him to be a better sword fighter too? - I suspect that her back story is that she came from nothing and clawed her way to the top.

So it's finally clear why this shares a name with the other story.

As much as he may like being with Mary, he's basically living as a pet in a world where he can't directly communicate with anyone. Mary's certainly adorable, but that situation is... not ideal.

Honestly, this is one of the most egregious examples, in that it doesn't simply accept that "this is just how things are.” It tries to justify it. "See, they're scum that belong like this. You're a total chump for trying to challenge that." Anyone writing that kind of nonsense should absolutely...

At this point, it's much more surprising when an isekai doesn't involve slavery. It's become just another tired trope that authors employ without a sliver of real analysis on display. (Not that this series seems to have been especially well thought out in the first place.)

Having read the LHT version, it's even clearer that this translation is... not great.

I've learned not to get too attached to these novel adaptations, but even by that standard this was an abrupt ending. Even if they only published one more chapter, giving the epilogue some room to breathe, that would have made a big difference. Oh well....