Iken Senki Völundio - Vol. 8 Ch. 61 - Heading South

[Oeconomist]

The publisher should have reacted to the galley-proofs by firing the editor, putting the series on hiatus, and publishing a one-shot in the issue.

 

[Trulvir]

The publisher should have reacted to the galley-proofs by firing the editor, putting the series on hiatus, and publishing a one-shot in the issue.

The what?

 

[Blackrobe]

Corpse delivery Namek

 

[Oeconomist]

The what?

publisher

 

[RC1138Boss]

Well Cleo finally learned wind based magic but now after more than a month Kohaku's body is likely very decomposed even if Cleo is using healing magic...pain and suffering.

 

[AfroMan609]

This is on par or even surpass the despair I felt reading helck's flashback

 

[Veruschka]

This is on par or even surpass the despair I felt reading helck's flashback

Helck is literally Superman, while Cleo is just a dude...

 

[Spooky_Spoopy0-0]

 

[ZenMasters]

 

[AAA1]

I do get the goal here. And I don't think it's being badly written or anything, but yeah, repeated, unrelenting despair chapters does make the consistent reading less fun. I still want to have faith in Nanao, and based on rough page count estimates, we've got 2 chapters left before the end of the volume (3 if they're short chapters), so I'm trying to hold on to the hope that this week was pretty much rock bottom, we'll see what that looks like a little more next week, but maybe even by the end of that chapter, there's gonna be a glimmer, a hand reached out, something, and by the end of the volume, we'll have a goal and in mind (even if in the short-term, it's something we know won't work out, like him joining up with Team Time-Reversal, or something) and a light to keep burning.


The double meaning didn't hit me until well after finishing the translation. I did a little bit of looking into it but apparently it's not like that in Japanese (outside of one instance I found of it, in Jujutsu Kaisen, of all things, along with a lot of Japanese readers of that series mystified by what it meant). A small chuckle to save some sanity for the English-speaking audience, at least.

based on my own impression to the author's lore in his other titles, the despair arc will end soon (maybe the most will be 1-2 chapters). but the next one will be the heavy plot story (multiverse or will of the world)

be patience guys

 

[StLL]

dog eat dog world

 

[frubam]

Somebody add the Tragedy tag right now !!!

 

[hlben10]

Alright Author-san we get it, times are tough for Cleo.
...Now can something PLEASE go right for our man??? This despair shit is dragging on a bit now...

 

[LordTartaros]

Why cant we be happy ?

 

[damywise]

Man..
This is becoming far more depressing than during the Helck era

 

[Quarterdane]

"...Did you just shoot a hole through my chest?"
"...No?"
"Then what, pray tell, do you think THIS is?"

 

[luminary]

Aw man come on man, don't fuck with Cleo and Kohaku like this...

 

[Hihachisu]

So just like Helck we must suffer crushing despair...

 

[flashmozzg]

https://imgur.com/DpyfPFQ

 

[HUNRonin]

My soul can't take this. It's too painful.