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REVIEW: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Novel 9

but who might he mean by “a certain other heroine, who has gone ‘dark’ if you believe the rumors”?

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but who might he mean by “a certain other heroine, who has gone ‘dark’ if you believe the rumors”?

I assume Omori means Syr, and hope we finally get details on her relationship to Freya. Is she a Spirit?

I did not like this volume. It felt like Omori decided on the fly to add racism to his world, but realized it would be a stretch to just throw it in without making sure we knew the complete history and all the implications, so he wrote an academic essay about it. Then he noticed it was a bit short of a book, so he tossed in the characters and added some hijinks.

This late in the game, getting an entirely new plot out of nowhere at the expense of advancing the previous plot was a real letdown. If it were at least heavily foreshadowed in previous volumes, it wouldn't be so bad, but this development really came out of thin air.

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This late in the game, getting an entirely new plot out of nowhere at the expense of advancing the previous plot was a real letdown. If it were at least heavily foreshadowed in previous volumes, it wouldn't be so bad, but this development really came out of thin air.

I disagree that there was no set-up here. Omori has been hinting for a long time now that Ouranos and Fels were up to something beyond the ken of adventurers or even the main body of the Guild, and now we know what.

The fact that it's a two-parter also hurts because we don't know how this affects the overall plot. I'm hoping it'll be worth it, but, on the other hand, I just want to see them fight stuff and descend in the dungeon. After three volumes of familia politics (2 of which I really liked, don't get me wrong), we finally dive back into the dungeon only for there to be no real dungeon progression since now it's turned into a societal/black market issue.

myskaros wrote:

I did not like this volume. It felt like Omori decided on the fly to add racism to his world, but realized it would be a stretch to just throw it in without making sure we knew the complete history and all the implications, so he wrote an academic essay about it. Then he noticed it was a bit short of a book, so he tossed in the characters and added some hijinks.

No, there's always been a bit of racism around, as he's made occasional indications that prums usually don't get much respect.

i wouldnt be so sure about that. compared to the massive BS lilly went through, i would say her kind gets even worse treatment and even less respect than the prums.

I have been wondering for a while now...but is't Oomori Fujino a female?

jr240483 wrote:

i wouldnt be so sure about that. compared to the massive BS lilly went through, i would say her kind gets even worse treatment and even less respect than the prums.

Um, Lilly is a prum. She just uses her magic to pass as other races at times.

(I think you probably mean supporters, which is an occupation, not a race.)