Recent content by konpyuutasan

@Mondhexe Yes, a bunch really. Most "slow-life" isekai start out in the same vein. Cooking specifically is one of the larger sub-sub-genres of the slow-life isekai. Brewing, pastries, tea, health/super-food and of course Japanese food-- there's one or several for each. There's also pretty much...

Rather forced plot contrivances in this one and I'm not quite ready to buy the "it's supposed to be like that 'cuz it's an otome isekai". Feels rather like a mystery plot, which doesn't really suit the setting in my opinion. I kind of regret reading it before it's complete, it's one of those I...

@Dommelien Maybe that's the case, I honestly don't know enough about gender roles in Japan to be able to tell. As an exercise I've been trying to think of counter-examples in the genre (that are Japanese), ie "go-off-on-her-own isekai". After only being able to think of two off the bat...

As a middle-aged white dude I'm pretty tired of these stories where the MC decides to go off on her own but only manages that for a few pages and then becomes dependent on some romance target ikemen. Some real relationships with proper setups and payoffs would be really nice for a change, rather...

@saitoh514 Lake Hamana is connected to the ocean after a massive earthquake in 1498 and has both cephalopods, sea bass and oysters. It's technically a lagoon.

I was like "what the?! they have alpacas in japan?!" and lo and behold, there really is an alpaca farm in Nasu ....

Soppy, cheesy, overly emotional and unstable characters with the maturity of 12-year olds as well as some downright sleazy lines-- I like it! Entirely unapologetic shoujo romance in a light isekai-otome package that does nothing out of the ordinary but does it well. I do feel it may overstay...

I guess I have a differing opinion on this one; I found it rather pointless and contrived. I don't feel invested in the characters at all and end up just speed scrolling through the chapters. I'm not keen on stories that try to tell you how to feel about things and this one hits you over the...

Absolute trash, truly bottom-tier wuxia-- although to be fair that ain't saying much-- with a bunch of seizure-inducing deus ex machinas. It tries to trick you with the 'villainess' tag, but the MC is by far too dumb and gullible to be a villainess and she doesn't do anything villainous to...

@ohyun Ah, well, pretty much the same here regarding the Korean and Japanese ones-- I'm making an effort to catch up on the Chinese take on the trope. One that does stand out, although it isn't a villainess story as such but because the MC really is a villainess-- imperious, ruthless and...

Heh, I think this is the first manga I've read with an MC so boring that even the author forgot about him! This goes from bad to worse, pretty much the worst bits of the harem and power-of-friendship tropes so common in isekai and shounen, played straight with little more than a thin attempt at...

The story itself is a pretty classic reincarnation thingy but without the reincarnation, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired in terms of structure and pacing. There are lots of reused panels and padding; the chapters are short and there are endless attempts at cliff-hangers that break...

@Dier_runner That is what I would expect, especially with this barely sentient main 'character' to contend with. What else could the story even be with that protagonist, other than some manga-girl archetypes and stock scenes.

Isekai, timetravel/transmigration and system -- all in one! The supporting characters are nothing more than foils for the OP MC and get stupendously tiring. 40+ chapters in and my levels of caring are dropping rapidly. The MC isn't a strong enough character to carry the story, so I'm not sure...

Thanks for the translation! but... we're 28 chapters in and I really hope there's some character development soon, this is getting tedious-- is there more to the party than flipping between idiots and frozen by fear? Are they anything more than foils for the OP MC? If, so I hope the story gets...