For those who don't know, Astrea Record is getting a manga. It will begin serialization in the magazine Big Gangan around Spring 2026.
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Uncertain. Not even DanMemo got all its anniversary events novelized. Also, this might be just me reading too much into it, but I think it is noteworthy that both stories were canon, whereas neither of DanChro's anniversary events is.
Nothing is set in stone though. Even those two novelizations were honestly just wishful thinking until they got announced.
Who knows. Maybe there is none because it is a special triple simultaneous release. The main selling point of DM21 and SO16 is the cliffhanger they ended in, so that could be a reason too.
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Ottar refused because that wasn't a battle that Freya "actually wanted". He knew LF just asked her to tell them to do it, not because she herself wanted them to go. If I remember correctly there is a SS in which she actually wants her familia to go after hearing what happened, so there's the explanation.
Freya Familia going would be as much of a "180° turn" as Bell going is. Oomori just wanted them to stay back so they could come in to rescue LF after things went south.
1. Theorically the resistances should stack, so maybe not entirely. It is presumably as good as the DA at G rank though, so she would probably hardly benefit from it.
3. It was just Oomori making a tense moment.
6. Yes. His stats were within the limit but Deus Ambrosia was what pushed him above his level, so there is no other explanation.
7. It wasn't implied Limit Off was what got Alfia's stat past the limit. The state has only been shown as a boost and Alfia has two other skills with unknown effects, so it is more likely that one of them is responsible for it.
8. I believe Strong Defense improves Gareth's abilities when he is serving as a wall. Unlike most other DAs it is an actual word and it can be used to mean "protecting". The kanji 剛 in Strong Body means strong in the sense of resilient/tough/sturdy. Given also Ottar's specialization in defense, it probably boosts physical resilience.
Volume 5, Chapter 1 (near the beginning):
Salamander wool, made by the fire-wielding salamanders, is very good at protecting against fire and heat. I’d call it an “anti-flame material.” It’s said to be very good against cold as well.
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Salamander Wool also protects against fire and heat, hence why it is used by newbies in the Middle Floors (Hellhounds) and in volume 9 it was given to adventurers who took a quest to kill Firebirds.
The difference between it and Undine Cloth is their price (Salamander Wool is cheaper) and other attributes, one of which is that only Salamander Wool protects from cold. So with their goal being Floor 60 that's likely why Bell is wearing it.
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The answer to all your questions is literally that we don't know. Logic would dictate that as monsters Xenos do reincarnate and really quickly too, but nothing has been shown or said about it.
The original line is: 体力及び精神力(マインド)の自動回復(オート・ヒール)。
It translate as "Auto-heal of stamina and mind." where 体力 means "stamina". It can also mean "physical strength" but in no context does it mean wounds. Liaris Freese also has the unmentioned effect of making Bell immune to Charms, so while weird this isn't entirely new.
The event is obviously non canon, but Oomori worked in making it, so whatever addition it makes I'd say it's canon.
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I don't know. AP24 is the one who has worked on the timeline, I never helped with any estimations.
Oomori could still have Bell grow slowly and still only spend a few days. The biggest example is him getting 1600 points from just two fights that both took place in a single night, and not even a big part of it. Bell could grow at a tenth of his growth speed from that scenario and still not take even a week to gain 2700 points, let alone three.
Only the author of a story has the last say in it, but it's not like there is no precedents to go off of. Besides, it is as simple as this: did Bell struggle? Because in-story high-rank excelia is all about facing a challenge, and storywise Oomori already did this but times ten yet didn't rank up Bell. Why would he do it now?
This is true, but it seems the reasoning behind this event was to showcase collaboration between adventurers.
Yeah, and? It being a demonstration of one thing doesn't mean it isn't anything else. The scene was also a demonstration of a three minutes Argonaut charge. But since it was a showcase of collaboration I guess it doesn't matter and it was just a deliberate misrepresentation of the skill's power.
That battle was also the one to introduce Limit Off and give any explanation of it, as short as it was. But since it was a showcase of collaboration I guess none of that meant something. So Limit Off must not be important.
Oomori intentionally slowing down Bell's growth for the sake of lore exploration, training and learning new techniques
Bell gained over a 2000 points and went from being unskilled by the standards of Level 2s to being as skillful as a Level 3. Both from the same traning. Oomori has no need to slow stats growth to make him more skilled. At all.
Oomori kind of wrote himself into a corner with how strong he made the OEBD, so eventually he is going to have to compensate with power-leveling the characters at some point or another.
Oomori wrote himself into a corner with the releases of Episode Freya and Astrea Record. Anyone could tell from that point on that he set the bar too high for the current generation. Yet it was precisely after writing both stories that he stated that he wanted Bell's growth to slow down. And he so far has stuck by them.
Because if he wanted to solve that issue he could have started from the very next story he wrote, volume 16. Yet he had about a week pass in it. Then he had Bell spend 20 days in Folkvangr during volume 17. Let another week or two pass in volume 18 before the Great Faction War. Then made Bell spend an entire month fighting Level 1 monsters and at most Level 2s; if he was even fighting. These things alone are over two months total.
We were already at the halfway mark, as Oomori himself stated, and he still decided to waste a third of the six months he had left. And yes, Folkvangr was a waste of time too because:
1. At Level 1, with a less severe instructor and in just a week, Bell gained about 2000 points. Not to mention the sessions weren't even all-day long, as he also went to the Dungeon normally.
2. At Level 2, with less severe instructors and in just a week, Bell gained over 2200 points.
3. At Level 3, just from a single fight with Dix, who because of his curse got his status lowered to match Bell's pseudo level, he gained over a thousand points. Later, from fighting Ais and Asterius, he got about 1600 points in a single day.
4. At Level 5, Bell gained a thousand points from being beaten around by Ottar and fighting him alongside Ryuu and Mia, and both things didn't even take a day.
Meanwhile on those twenty days he gained only 2700 points. If Oomori actually wanted to speed things up he would. He is more than perfectly able to do so and have it align with previous growth speeds. Instead, he has deliberately chosen to bleed time and even wasted one of the best excuses he could use to accelerate his growth (Folkvangr).
Even with Ariel Ais fought alone and it was a hard battle that lasted for like an extra hour after what we got to see. Like you said the fight with the Centipede Dragon lasted but a few minutes and all that Bell did was throw a single attack at it. He is likely to gain way more excelia from the beating Leon gave him than killing the dragon.
Yes, it wasn't much of a fight, but my point is that Leon was the one that faced it the most, even if just as a distraction. That is bound to reduce his gains from it.
For as cheap as the Loki trio's rank ups were, at least you got the excuse of all the fights they had up to SO12. Just like Asterius was for Bell, you can consider the Spirit Altar to have been just the final push. Afterall, Oomori even outright admitted that Gareth should have ranked up after fight Gugalanna in SO7. So the rank up requirement hasn't been diminished really. Meanwhile, Bell's only big fight as a Level 5 has been the Great Faction War.
Volume 8 developed over the span of a month and it still took more weeks for Bell to rank up. So the break that was the School District is no reason for him to now make Bell reach Level 6 after one expedition.
If the Centipede Dragon qualified as a feat then ranking up wouldn't be even half as hard as it has been. The thing was the same level as Bell, and Leon was the only one to actually fight it, he literally just delivered the killing blow.
Reminder that against the Black Goliath he also only delivered the killing blow, while Rivira and mainly Ryuu faced it, with the difference that it was three levels above Bell himself. And yet, even with the additional high rank excelia that we are explicity told he got from making his way to the 18th Floor, it still took him another major fight to finally rank up.
Bell has also always ranked up in the volume after he first reaches SS rank. There's no reason to assume it will be any different now.
Not to mention Oomori's wish to slow down Bell's growth, like him introducing in this very volume the idea of Level 5's container being significantly "wider, deeper and longer". Not exactly an idea an author that wishes to accelerate things would make up.
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I'm not quite sure I understood you, but to answer what I think you asked: I incline to believe any boost reduces excelia gain due to making any fight easier.
It is only a small conversation Bell and Lili had when he asked her if he was relying too much on Firebolt. It is clearly just a scene for Oomori to give an exposition about magic, but that's really the gist of it. Higher magic stat means greater effects, though what it entails specifically depends on the aspects of the magic itself.
I named the SS Pure Hearted Tactician Mage here on the wiki. Someone made a translation some time ago: https://danmachi.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Elschlumpfo/(Sword_Oratoria_Volume_2_-_SS)_Shrewd_Mage_With_A_Pure_Heart
If you got the Minor Myths and Legends volume 2 book you can also read its official translation. I don't know its official name, but it is a SS from SO2.
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The magic stat has never been said to limit how much mind one can pour into a spell, and it certainly puts no limit on how many times it can be cast. Because the latter depends on one's mind reserves, which aren't affected by the magic stat.
In SO15 when talking about the effects of Lefiya's Double Canon skill, Loki speculates that it gives her excelia that improves her magic stat and mind reserves, treating them as different things. In a SS Riveria's traning to improve Lefiya's reserves is to just make her spam spells until she tires out in an empty room of the Dungeon rather than having her shoot them at monsters, which would better in regards to increasing her stat.
In DM3 Lili explains that the magic stat increases the effects of a magic. Cinder Ella is limited on how much it can modify her appearance, but once her stat was high enough it gained the ability to copy clothes. Bell also notes how Firebolt had become bigger and stronger compared to when he first cast it.
Yeah, that is what (at least I) refer to when talking about a boost affecting excelia gain. There is a reason UnK's biggest downside is the decrease in excelia gain.
As for Ox Slayer reducing excelia gain, who knows, maybe or maybe not. Logic would dictate that since it is easier then it should, but Ais still gained excelia at a high rate despite spamming Avenger for half of her time as a Level 1.
Laurus Hildr was already stated to be comparable to Uchide no Kozuchi, so the gap between them is minimal, ergo LH is already a full level boost for all intents and purposes.
Argonaut's max charge time wouldn't be affected by other boosts, but the attack power boost would. As for Firebolt, so long as the enhancement affects his magic stat, yes, it would. LH wouldn't because as an enchantment it only boosts physical parameters. However Ox Slayer heightens "all abilities" and Vanadis Tevere "all stats", so both skills would indeed strengthen Firebolt.
If Kokonoe could be transmitted through an occulus they would have done it in the Great Faction War. From what we know, with how powerful the OEBD even a Level 6 is as useful in the frontlines as Haruhime or Freya. Honestly a lot more since they could at least strengthen many and one of the top fighters respectively. He already demonstrated he doesn't mind putting characters in fights they shouldn't be by having Level 2s participate in the fights with Demi Spirits in SO12.
While the English translation says it is likely, in Japanese Ox Slayer's description says as a fact that it enhances Bell's abilities above his level.
While it can be an interesting topic to think about, I'm sure it is one of those things that will never be brought up. For as nice as it would be that it wasn't a one time wonder, Oomori has already demonstrated he isn't the type to avoid that.
The DA Escape was introduced in the same volume and, for as important as it was, has seen a single use. It is a given that Ox Slayer will be the same, playing a pivotal role in the fight with Asterius, but nothing after that.
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The status we have of Level 2 isn't the final one, so nothing can be said for certain, that's why I said at least dexterity and agility. Magic I personally believe does remain Level 5 tier.
I wouldn't say ThatRabidPotato is the type to argue just for the sake of it. He agreed on a two levels boost, and it is clear from his example that what he considers dangerous is anything beyond it.
The description and it being born out of Bell's desire to defeat Asterius clearly mean the skill only works when fighting them, not alongside them.
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