Just announced: Volume 20 will be released on December 15th 2024, and SO Volume 15 on January 15th 2025.
https://twitter.com/fujinoomori/status/1842228875516133794?s=46&t=oxl07DRL9AycW0xalINQDQ
Just announced: Volume 20 will be released on December 15th 2024, and SO Volume 15 on January 15th 2025.
https://twitter.com/fujinoomori/status/1842228875516133794?s=46&t=oxl07DRL9AycW0xalINQDQ
Vol 20 SS contents have been revealed.
Animate: Nina @ Hestia Familia
Bookwalker: Ryu, Asfi and Aisha
Melonbooks: Syr and Idunn
Gamers: Leon and Ottar
We probably will see Nina interact with Hestia Familia in actual volume though. I notice that it says Nina “at” Hestia Familia instead of “and”, which indicates Nina does join Hestia Familia or at least going there for an internship.
Ryu, Asfi and Aisha were equals when they were all Lv4 but now Ryu is Lv6 so I wonder how their relationship is now.
Syr/Freya probably never met after coming to the Lower World so looking forward to see them meeting again for the first time.
Finally the interaction between the two Lv7s that everyone wanted to see.
The Reddit translation said Sil, not Syr. Is that a bad translation, or could this possibly be a new character? If it is Syr/Freya, Idunn better run for the fucking hills, Freya won't forget who was the one that sent her on a wild goose chase for millennia.
It's Syr, that's just a common translator mistake.
Bookwalker SS are often longer than other SS. Honestly an SS about Ryu, Asfi and Aisha interests me the least compared to the others.
Melonbooks: Syr and Idunn
Who is Idunn?
Idun (sometime translated eden) is the Goddess from Volume 18 flashback, the one who tell Freya that she was looking for an Odr.
She currently is one of the School District teacher.
Ryuu, Aisa, and Asfi were a fun dynamic during both the Xenos incident and the battle against Filvis, so good to see more of them together.
I forget if Aisha was a Level 3 during Volume 7, or if she was always a Level 4. If it's the latter than there is a possibility she'll become a Level 5 at some point in the future, Asfi at the very least is definitely gonna level up by the time of the climax.
She was a high level 3, she rank up after an off-screen training a little after her defeat against Bell.
All her stats during MS 10 were at I so unless she gets the Lefiya treatment no further rank up would be possible during the story. As for Asfi by luck Bell has still to repaid Aisha's Favor during the Ryuu Arc by joining Hermes Familia expedition.
Yeah I remembered Aisha being the same level as Bell during their fight in Volume 7, but only her Lv 4 stats were posted, so wasn't sure if I just completely misconstrued that or not. So she's not getting another level up.
I'm pretty sure that we will see every character get 1 Level up by story's end, so everyone who hasn't gotten a level up since before the start of Volume 1 will get one, and everyone who has won't get another (with Bell, Ryuu, and potentially Ais being the only exceptions to get multiple).
Animated: Nina @ Hestia Familia: Hopefully this will be something better than just annoying jealousy scenes because Nina is in love with Bell and they only focus on that when they receive her. It would be better to focus on professional socialization with the family and field adventures to learn how to work together.
Melonbooks: Syr and Idunn: I don't think this is going to be something extremely interesting but it doesn't hurt to know Syr's new approaches regarding the search for her Odr with the person who embarked her on said search. Also if Syr shows a truly contrite attitude for her bad actions it would help improve her perception with fans who still despise her.
Bookwalker: Ryu, Asfi and Aisha: This trio has worked together in different adventures, even in DanMemo and I personally like it; Of course, now that Ryuu is level 6 it becomes more complicated to maintain it for practical purposes (2 levels of difference is a lot), but it could serve for a closer collaboration between the Hestia and Hermes families, both parties would benefit from it.
Gamers: Leon and Ottar: By far I find this the most interesting thing about these SS, and not only to know who is stronger than who, which has been the most recurrent doubt in this regard, but I have other more interesting questions, for example how did Leon get to level 7? How has he gotten stronger living far from Orario and therefore without the dungeon? And most importantly, how do they plan to get to level 8? Truth be told I see it as very complicated due to lack of options. As long as some of these issues are addressed I'll be satisfied.
What do you think?