tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.comments2023-08-17T02:18:21.530+12:00Lan's Side QuestLanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17236048894890201415noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-25713955566234562732022-04-26T00:30:16.942+12:002022-04-26T00:30:16.942+12:00Otorhauev_wo_1990 Terrance Shaw https://wakelet.co...Otorhauev_wo_1990 Terrance Shaw <a href="https://wakelet.com/wake/8jxVv1QDjeEpjLuwcK1y1" rel="nofollow">https://wakelet.com/wake/8jxVv1QDjeEpjLuwcK1y1</a><br /> rohavpingperOtorhauev_wo_1990https://wakelet.com/wake/CkgWtkLdMDWxNTorywgtPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-63744029688819107082022-03-06T00:34:01.397+13:002022-03-06T00:34:01.397+13:00Titsanium Rod in femur complications - Titsanium
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Drunk Wolf translation is a bit odd but I can deal with it.<br />The books are good. Really good. Not perfect of course, but especially Holo as a charackter became much more acessible for me again after it pretty much lost me for a while. I'm actually a lot more ok with what went on (and didn't) in 6-11.<br />SnW love status: rekindled.Rengenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-27175759562901325092015-03-20T00:26:55.729+13:002015-03-20T00:26:55.729+13:00Spot on. The earlier novels really invited introsp...Spot on. The earlier novels really invited introspection and coming from watching the anime, I really loved Lawrences deeper more mature character - aware of his flaws but still confident in his qualities. However, instead of growing together, recently it actually felt like he's internalized his inability to win skirmishes with Holo to the point where he automatically assumes he fucked up anytime she gets angry.<br /><br /><br />Now to be fair, once I got past the first major disagreement (The part where Holo flips her shit because Lawrence got outmaneuvered by Fran), volume 12 actually became quite excellent. So good in fact that it felt like I had just started reading but in fact three hours had passed and suddenly the novel was over. That hasn't happened to me with a SnW novel since V5, which gives me hope.<br /><br /><br />So yeah, thanks for writing these reviews. I really really appreciate your style of detailed commented synopsis.Rengenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-58460334250653258692015-03-19T13:49:33.826+13:002015-03-19T13:49:33.826+13:00While I understand that, this ending was just so w...While I understand that, this ending was just so wrong; nothing like the previous endings which were immensely satisfying. I felt like Isuna decided to include unnecessary things (contract voiding, cookies, etc) and ignore necessary points (contract's clauses, rational negotiations, profits). It's just a very strange and disappointing ending that also was very shortsighted in the book and writing. I hope the other volumes do not produce conclusions such as this.<br /><br />Yes, Isuna is a he. I would say I'm a fan of his but the previous pieces of his works that I've gone through were rather disappointing. Aside from this volume, World End Economica I while still good overall wasn't well executed, and his other Manga Billionaire Girl was a completely hollow experience. I'm starting to think Spice and Wolf really will be his one and defining piece of work. Shame really when he's such a great niche writer.XiCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-55500674272964595192015-03-19T04:48:01.524+13:002015-03-19T04:48:01.524+13:00Their character growth, or lack of it, was really ...Their character growth, or lack of it, was really frustrating to me. I didnt get that sense of it during the volumes leading up to this one. However i agree they need to bicker/argue more often to finally get to that stage in their relationship where they can reach an understanding like with real couples. It was S&W that taught me that real couples do this to sort out their problems a lot faster. And that was volume 3.Lanhttp://lanssidequest.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-58961054260476373552015-03-19T03:07:35.124+13:002015-03-19T03:07:35.124+13:00This will have been the 2nd time your reviews have...This will have been the 2nd time your reviews have brought me to pick SnW up again after putting it down in frustration.<br />Still, the cringes get incresingly painful every time Holo throws a tantrum and Lawrence just beats himself up over it instead of occasionally telling her to get over herself.<br />The dynamic of their interactions was incredibly well crafted back in book 5, but has become more and more formulaic and lazy since then.Rengenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-41171600338005969312015-03-17T22:33:20.823+13:002015-03-17T22:33:20.823+13:00fair enough. Unlike western authors, Japanese auth...fair enough. Unlike western authors, Japanese authors are pressured to churn out their novels as quickly as possible. If he(?) had enough time to work on each novel im sure details like this would have been ironed out.Lanhttp://lanssidequest.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-21165405837041010192015-03-17T17:55:15.252+13:002015-03-17T17:55:15.252+13:00Having just finished volume four I found the concl...Having just finished volume four I found the conclusion rather distasteful. While I understand what Lawrence did and why he did what he did in the negotiations, the results are less than ideal. In a position of great power (thanks to the "miracle") he still gives up the village's absurdly favourable contract (ignoring the stipulation that the villagers do not have to pay tax for goods they purchase) and does not manage to sell the wheat.<br /><br />His solution is temporary at best and in the short term thanks to the extra quantity of wheat the villagers should be able to profit greatly with cookies. He has their unilateral support due to this but that is because no one has foresight nor knows of business. In the future the village will be cornered into the trap that all villages face at the time as they have been effectively folded under Enburch's influence. Without the contract they will lose their way of life within years and will have to work extra hard on side jobs to ensure they have enough money to survive. After all, cookies will be done by other bakers given the time and since the contract no longer exists, Tereo is no different economically from any other village now.<br /><br />The compromise Lawrence made is disastrous and he has effectively screwed the villagers; he offered the contract to be nullified when he had no need to. Yes, it would avoid further conflicts in the future only because Enburch has gotten what they wanted. What makes me cringe most about this solution is that Lawrence himself does not profit greatly from this ordeal. He, humbled for whatever reason only asks for his wheat to bought at an above average price from the villagers of all people. He could have very well sold it to that wheat merchant in Enburch as part of the negotiation as his wheat is not of Tereo.<br /><br />Of all the novels so far this one's conclusion is the most disappointing. I am actually glad it never made it to the Anime as if this was the arc that finished the Anime series I would have been left immensely disappointed.XiCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-11355913523944330622015-02-10T21:26:13.188+13:002015-02-10T21:26:13.188+13:00Thanks for doing these reviews. I enjoyed the anim...Thanks for doing these reviews. I enjoyed the anime, but was concerned the writing might turn awful. Thanks for sparing me the many hours and impeding disappointment.Greg Sonnenfeldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-79370451870724589052015-01-10T02:58:33.938+13:002015-01-10T02:58:33.938+13:00Thank you for the info. :)Thank you for the info. :)TripleSRanknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-1675506142738252462014-12-01T11:10:57.220+13:002014-12-01T11:10:57.220+13:00There is covered nudity.There is covered nudity.Lanhttp://lanssidequest.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-38800962408780665802014-12-01T08:20:10.316+13:002014-12-01T08:20:10.316+13:00Do the early novels have nudity in them? I've ...Do the early novels have nudity in them? I've confirmed that novels 5 and onward do not, but I'd like to confirm for the early novels as well. I don't mind it if it's censored, but I'd rather not be looking at private bits. (I've read that the manga does include uncensored nudity. No thank you.)TripleSRanknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-31615879421105939622014-08-26T22:45:07.660+12:002014-08-26T22:45:07.660+12:00TestTestLanhttp://lanssidequest.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-54158245251816327472014-05-13T20:40:06.017+12:002014-05-13T20:40:06.017+12:00Rrighhhhht OK ^_^;Rrighhhhht OK ^_^;Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236048894890201415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-11369768681026743492014-05-05T10:02:04.737+12:002014-05-05T10:02:04.737+12:00BTW this is my go to funk / easy listening albumBTW this is my go to funk / easy listening albumLanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236048894890201415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-85527747448782028122014-05-05T09:59:56.388+12:002014-05-05T09:59:56.388+12:00OK its been about a year later. I have to say this...OK its been about a year later. I have to say this is a good album. Just delete 'Touch', add in the Japanese only track whilst making it the 2nd to last track. You end up with a solid album right there.Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236048894890201415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-32692433695500860152014-04-22T07:32:49.360+12:002014-04-22T07:32:49.360+12:00currently reading it! ^_^currently reading it! ^_^Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236048894890201415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-43522828444753915432014-04-21T14:47:31.341+12:002014-04-21T14:47:31.341+12:00thanks for summary . i recently found out the blog...thanks for summary . i recently found out the blog . when is the next vol coming?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01353536136604855202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-46482342132755174862014-01-23T08:45:17.469+13:002014-01-23T08:45:17.469+13:00Something left field needed to happen in order for...Something left field needed to happen in order for these 2 books to be considered 'good' in my books. I agree that my views are far likely to be proven incorrect, and when that happens I will be changing this entire review, and giving it 4/10. This book was utterly UTTERLY boring and it may just be that I was looking for something, anything, to make it worth while at the end of it all. Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236048894890201415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-27186413080047001462014-01-23T04:23:17.721+13:002014-01-23T04:23:17.721+13:00Just found your blog. I've been looking for f...Just found your blog. I've been looking for forums to discuss SW LN's coherently, but those are hard to find, so i appreciate the effort you put forth for your reviews.<br /><br />Per Vol. 9 - I honestly am slightly confused at how you came to that conclusion. Opti Fish's comment is spot on and exactly what i thought after reading it. Think about it, Eve surprised him with a Kiss (Eve is a looker and KL highly respects her as a merchant). She can smell the herb on his cheek. KL literally saved her life. Col being sent outside (with a somewhat scared look no less) is no surprise to KL bc he knows he's going to get the mother of all lectures and beatdowns that going to come from that kiss. Having sex, at that moment would be totally out of character for this couple and the author. It would litterally be coming out of left field. Not to mention, why would he NOT want to remember such an intimate moment? He doesn't want to remember the beating he's going to get. <br /><br />Hell, they still haven't even had "the kiss" yet. Their intimacy is still in therir banter, their pride, holding hands and hugging. Sex? No way. That sounds more juvenile and wishful thinking.<br /><br />I'm not trying to change your mind (nor will), but your interpretation seems very far fetched to me.<br /><br />I look foreard to your review on Vol 10 as i thought that ending was very very vague. i don't need my hand held through everything, but i do like to be on the right track regarding things that happen. Vol 10 left to many question marks and i'll have to reread the last few pages again.<br /><br />keep up the good work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-89821393197612410512014-01-11T08:45:35.286+13:002014-01-11T08:45:35.286+13:00If the payoff wasnt sex, then these 2 novels get a...If the payoff wasnt sex, then these 2 novels get a 4/10, and i will end up saying It was boring with an incredibly poorly described ending. Only time will tell.Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236048894890201415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-31272592485712749392014-01-08T16:58:50.355+13:002014-01-08T16:58:50.355+13:00Woah. I'm bummed that you didn't enjoy thi...Woah. I'm bummed that you didn't enjoy this novel up until the end (which I'm glad to see you did enjoy). Just going to offer up my thoughts here, some of which will address your comments, some will just be me talking, because I have no where else to voice my thoughts (and I just spent the last week rereading the series while stuck sick in bed).<br /><br />First, most light novels are relatively short, 50k-60k words, so yeah this story was split between two novels. Weird, but oh well.<br /><br />Second, I think your assessment of the ending is off. This is just my take (and I really need to get my hands on the English translation to make sure it says what I think it says), so I could be completely wrong myself, but I believe Eve kissed Lawrence in the hallway, which Holo's ears pick up on. Hence she sends Cole out so she can punish Lawrence and why Lawrence doesn't want to remember the next few minutes.<br /><br />Now hear me out. We know Eve likes Lawrence. Besides Kraft (shorter to type so I'm gonna call him Kraft), Arold is the only person she seems to like and respect. Even after betraying him in vol. 5, she left the deed to the inn so he could buy Holo back. In Town of Strife she continually tries to get him to team up with her and expresses her respect for him while the other big shots don't really pay attention to Lawrence until he comes up with his plan at the end. In some ways, she shows him more respect than Holo, and while not nearly as important romantically, from a business standpoint it means a lot to Kraft to be recognized by someone he sees as a great merchant like Eve. it may not be obvious, but she does a lot of non-Eve things for/with Lawrence. She drinks from his glass in the market (the author makes a big deal of this when Holo and Lawrence share a glass as well, so this is a big deal in Japan I guess and seen as romantic). She comes to visit him at his inn instead of making him come see her or sending someone to summon him. She also constantly compliments him (and we know from her other dealings Eve really isn't big on using flattery to get what she wants. She's more crafty than that and pretty arrogant). When she thinks their plan has failed, she actually comes to try and warn him, which is when she's captured, something the old Eve would never have done. And in the end Lawrence saves her life. She admits one things she wants as much as the profit is to make others shout her name in respect and she and Lawrence are the ones exchanging names at the end in respect. While Eve is far too much a lone wolf and too selfish to really love him, I think she likes him a lot more than she planned. And she already admitted being jealous of Holo's and Lawrence's bond, which she'll never have. Even her line about taking her opponent by surprise fits. She couldn't ask for a kiss or really pursue him because Holo would win. But by catching him by surprise, she gets the biggest profit possible (a kiss, since Lawrence couldn't return her feelings, and she couldn't really commit to him over gold anyway to have a real relationship) and it makes sense with her being able to smell the herb on his face because she'd be close to him after the kiss. As for the 'payment' line, I believe she took the kiss as repayment for the letter of introduction she gave Lawrence, which he said he'd need to repay, thus making them even.<br /><br />Again, I have no proof of any of this, but it makes sense with Eve's words, Lawrence's reaction, and the ending with Holo. And not to spoil anything in the future, but there is no hint in the next novel that Lawrence and Holo had sex at the end of this one unfortunately :(<br /><br />Sorry if that makes you dislike this volume. Personally I loved the ending, since it seems like Lawrence is usually the jealous one, and because I liked the idea of Lawrence winning on his own power rather than relying on Holo's wolf form to win against all these high class merchants he thought were above him, but I can see how it might bore people.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10505679357972178018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-64708297150474326892013-12-22T22:03:30.398+13:002013-12-22T22:03:30.398+13:00That was money, a hell of a lot of it. Read a bit ...That was money, a hell of a lot of it. Read a bit further on. she says to him "You taught me that business is most profitable when you take your opponent (in this case, Lawrence) by surprise. That (what she just handed him) was payment for the lesson"Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236048894890201415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359282494220851602.post-51210918583151494982013-12-21T19:11:53.450+13:002013-12-21T19:11:53.450+13:00Greetings, I've been lurking about your site e...Greetings, I've been lurking about your site ever since I read the Town of Strife II within a week of it's US release. At the time, you had only reviewed up to Town of Strife I, and while I disagreed with some of your thoughts on Town of Strife I, it was clear that you held the series in high regard and you were pretty decent about just reviewing the product. Truth was, I was a little baffled by the end of Town of Strife II and how others were interpreting it. So, I was desperate to find others who had actually read all the books so far. thus leading me to find out about your work. <br /><br />I certainly hope you found Town of Strife I more tolerable once you'd read its second part. Obviously, to some extent you did, because Town of Strife II got a ten out of ten. I can see your approach, but I don't know if I agree. Personally, at time I find Hasekura's language vague in a very fulfilling way. The same vagueness that is in the scene for example where you interpreted it being followed by sex - which is a valid conclusion by the way - if I'm not mistaken, is often used at crucial moments in their relationship, like at the ending to volume five after Lawrence buys Holo back and they have another pleasant conversation basking in the same sort of vague language. Because Hasekura didn't spell it out, I have trouble subscribing to your theory, plus I can't honestly gauge if they'd be at that phase. That being said, you clearly interpret the vague language better than me, so it's very well that you're completely right. I didn't want to dash your dreams, I was just offering another prospective. <br /><br />Also, Volume 10 was amazing. I don't think you'll be disappointed (though this novel doesn't confirm or prove that the sex happened at the end of volume 9). The side characters all felt very rich and real, perhaps as strong as some of the best side characters we've met so far (of whom I hold Eve in regard). I just finished it before writing this, and all I'm going to say is I can't wait to see what you have to say about it. As somebody who loves the economical troubles of the Spice and Wolf verse, I'd say this novel easily rival the Narwhal incident in Kerube or the debt crisis Lawrence faced when the arms market crashed. Of course, Volume 10 had plenty of cute moments of everybody's favorite couple, and Col for the most part doesn't ruin them, so that's good. We see Holo being even more maternal to Col, and Col, for his part, really holds his own in Volume 10, helping provide new insights and bringing a new dynamic of thinking to the plans of the (now) trio. I mean, if it were a role playing game, I'd hate to make enemies of a party that consists of a genius merchant with "precious cargo" to protect, a scholar of church law with the resolution of a stout survivalist, and a "god" of rich harvest with enough wisdom and life experience to put even the most learned sage to shame. Of course, Holo and Lawrence have shining moments too, but that's a guarantee. I was, and still am, impressed with Col in this novel. <br /><br />Hopefully, you don't feel as though I've ruined anything. But, if I may ask a question, at the end of Volume 9 (Town of Strife II), Eve comes to thank Lawrence and give him her real name. I was confused by a bit of vague language, language which I'm certain you managed to interpret at something that I could not see. This is the excerpt (page 211): "Lawrence smiled and looked down to shake her offered hand - that's when it happened. <br />'...-!.'<br />He couldn't begin to guess at whether he could ever have anticipated such a thing happening. His mind went white with surprise."<br /><br />What do you reckon she did to surprise him so? This question has been gnawing at me since August. Can you please enlighten me? Matt Witthersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05871414087164912639noreply@blogger.com