The Weakest Occupation "Blacksmith," but It's Actually the Strongest - Vol. 11 Ch. 163 - A Blacksmith's Determination

[dbgecko]

Honestly, give me a spin-off with the battle nun and chibi-Mear and I'll probably enjoy that more than the latter half of this manga.

 

[Endilbiach]

Thank you for finishing translating this series!
But boy fuckin howdy did this series go downhill hard at some point, it got frankly just boring.

 

[tseng]

I read the novel like a year ago, so my memory is a bit fuzzy; however, the novel and the manga are very different, the first 2 or 3 arcs from the manga are kind of based on the novel but still with differences and then at some point the manga just goes a whole other direction that has 0 relation to the novel. For example the last 2 or 3 arcs of the manga iirc dont exist on the novel. Another big difference is that Philia doesnt move with MC she stays at her mansion. Theres actually more romantic development with the merchant lady, cause she and MC become bussiness partners with lots of planning and alot of shared time. Actress charater appears for a short time and then leaves, the part were MC saves her is the same tho, but the arc was totally different from the manga's. Also MC at some point reaches his max lvl, and the blacksmith system allows him to "reset" his lvl in order to become more powerful but leveling up from that point becomes harder so he accepts and starts from 1 again, also yes theres a leveling system in the novel with numbers for lvls and stats for each lvl, also skill trees and the like. So MC is not as powerful as the manga MC, but his skills have depth, making him smarter and more hardworking. This also reflect in the fights he gets, he ends up being closer ends up resembling Naofumi (Shield Hero) in the way they approach problems. Novel's MC main interest is Lynn, he spends most of his time thinking about her and trying to catch up to her. In the novel they still havent met, but it was foreshadowed that they were going to very soon, but at that point I had already caught up. Novel is really good imo, just a bit slow, but you get all the perks of better characters, plot, context and world building.

After seeing what you posted 3 times and didn't realize, what you read is highly likely the WN and not the LN, because the WN stopped updating before finishing Arc 2/LN Vol.2 and is what is translated (and available in NU), which is why the last 80 or so chapters "don't exist" in the WN, manga continued and finished LN Volume 3 here, manga completely adapted the LN not the WN

 

[jokerxhisoka]

meh

 

[noore]

Did Relius make an Axe?

 

[unnamederror]

welp... it's feel like someone is hanging my dick in my front door

 

[tseng]

Oh... it's over? Well i guess read the LN for the rest (idk if this has an LN)?

It started good imo but it just got more and more mid as it went sadly.

Thanks for the TL

Curious to know if any source readers would shed some light if there is more to the story after this? It didn't have that go read the source material ending but it felt a bit lackluster. I mean it is great that he is aware of Phila's feelings for him & will think about it but of course Lynn is another girl he always liked. Anyways the story itself was basically junk food, bad for you but turn off your brain & enjoy the ride (especially if it gets an anime adaption but a lot series have been getting them oddly). Poor Mear she didn't even get to really talk but at least her chibi form was cute enough to acknowledge that she was there. Thanks for translating this to the end & hope the artist gets another title to work on.

Unlike what the other guy said, there is nothing after this, manga completely adapted the LN which is only 3 volumes, while the WN stopped updating before finishing what is LN vol.2 so there is nothing you would miss, the ending is completely mid

 

[dexdoujinmanga]

Figured it would be axed since the manga totally deviated midway from the webnovel. Somehow the manga version of Relius looks like heavily inspired by Emiya Shirou from Fate with his Unlimited Blade Works. And for sure copycat like that won't last long.

 

[GameyMGD]

You might be surprised the Manga have more chapter than the WN also it was discontinued. So this is the best we got.

 

[Tatsuya-Kai]

Not surprising that this super mid series ended or possibly got cancelled.

It deviated heavily from the novel after a certain point so it probably got cancelled.

 

[tseng]

Figured it would be axed since the manga totally deviated midway from the webnovel. Somehow the manga version of Relius looks like heavily inspired by Emiya Shirou from Fate with his Unlimited Blade Works. And for sure copycat like that won't last long.

You might be surprised the Manga have more chapter than the WN also it was discontinued. So this is the best we got.

@Tatsuya-Kai

It deviated heavily from the novel after a certain point so it probably got cancelled.

Of course it have more chapters and deviated from the WN, because manga went off and finished the LN instead, which LN Vol.3 is content the WN doesn't have, though yeah author still didn't know what to do with this work in the end and went to work in a different blacksmith novel that have an adaptation too

 

[MesaOracle]

 

[nomadicengi]

I want to ask. The LN stopped right? cause if this was purely adapted from the LN, then I see why this one ended

 

[Scallywag96]

Axe-kun strikes again

 

[BobBob]

Nice of Yumine to give up her predicted romantic moment for Lynn.

 

[HyuugaHattori]

I read the light novel like a year ago, and this manga and the novel have pretty much nothing in common apart from the characters and the magic system. There are completely different arcs and MC is a deeper character than manga MC. Also the main love interest is always the childhood friend as he spends most of the tome thinking about her. The novel is really really good, but the pace is kind of slow, however the plot is really interesting, the first chapters of the manga are what I enjoyed most and that is the only thing based on the novel.

Where can I go to read the LN?

 

[nepx]

i mean at least it has an ending.
thanks for the translation, it has been a long journey.

 

[BlackDeTheMynahBird]

It got axe? I stop reading it

 

[manhunt0r]

Only one question - Why was this series?
It didn't have an original bone in its body, it never had any semblance of a story it wanted to tell, it never had good art, good characters, good fights, good Anything.
Why? To put food on the table I guess, but that raises the question as to who bought it.

 

[Siderealist]

Thanks for completing this series!