Recent content by RonJB

The Disowned Queen's Consulting Detective Agency v1: This one was a lot of fun but, sadly, there is yet to be a sequel and I want to see what happens to Octavia. It's in the far future after a disaster involving a previous king apparently running amok and civilisation being saved by angels...

My general anime thoughts, as I languish in exile in the hell-hole that is a small town in the south of France (irony) is that anime/manga seems to be quite popular. This town has around 10,000 people and there are a number of boarded up shops around the main square. Despite that, there are TWO...

I also refrained from any festive purchases this year, but it's more because I've just moved to France and had to cull half my collection to reduce the moving costs (after making digital copies of course). Plus I also have a big backlog to plough through before I can consider buying new stuff.

Well, if it means I can get English language (Japanese) content in France I'll be happy. Maybe I'll even un-cancel my AL membership.

Disciple of the Lich: Or How I Was Cursed by the Gods and Dropped Into the Abyss! v1-v2: This is a departure from your standard isekai, as our hero is dumped to die in a fantasy world greated by the Gods for their amusement (humans are regularly inserted into this world and messed around with in...

Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want! v1: A young man finds a door to a fantasy world in his grandmother's old house and starts selling common items from Japan into this world. Moderately intersting premise. Some nice elements, but I find the whole buy stuff cheap...

The Accursed Chef and His Pair of Furry Foodies v1: bit of a darker isekai here, as our hero is reincarnated into a world where his dirt-poor mercenary parents only had him so they could sell him into slavery when he turns 5. Luckily (?) they are killed and Thor is forced to fend for himself at...

Well, there goes my AL membership, I suppose. It's my own fault for choosing to move to France. :-(

I can't wait to find out what I can get once I move to France next month. Luckily I have a large back catalogue to plough through.

Foolishly I have started two new light novel series. The first, called Making Magic: The Sweet Life of a Witch Who Knows an Infinite MP Loophole, is a fun take on the isekai story, as the protagonist Chise can't remember anything about her former life (incuding gender, life, or age and manner of...

Flung into a New World? Time to Lift the 200-Year Curse! v1: odd book, as almost the entire novel is a monologue, as he can't understand the beasts he has tamed and he has not yet encountered any humans, as he emerged in this new world in the middle of a huge forest. He seems to have limitless...

The Bladesmith’s Enchanted Weapons: It claims to be volume 1, but reads very much as a stand-alone. The plot in a nutshell is a young unaffiliated blacksmith specialising in making the katana finds love and creates some magical blades for the nobility. Lots of references to the individual parts...

Humble Bundle has a bunch of anime related games in their latest sale. https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/autumn-allies/?mcID=102:690d2b9d4025a3633f0a3fcb:ot:633b366e10a508e927d70859:1&linkID=690d39ad3bbc2c7b7a09b19a

A Cozy Life in the Woods with the White Witch. Just the one volume. Deals with a very slovenly but super powerful witch who hires an adventurer who has been kicked out of his team as all he can do is cook and clean(!). Nice little love story, no big surprises, and a happy ending. Can't see this...

I've been digitising my DVD collection (moving to France next month - don't ask) and so far the SAVE sets have worked fine. Haven't checked some, including the Tsubasa discs, yet but I hope they'll be OK too. I've gone through a couple of hundred discs (not all anime) and only a couple have been...