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The Devil is a Part-Timer! Light Novel #5
The Devil is a Part-Timer Light Novel, Vol. 5
With the repairs to his dingy one-bedroom apartment completed, Maou needs a new TV, so...the Devil's going digital! The trouble is, Maou and Ashiya don't know the first thing about flat-screens, so they bring Emi's friend Rika along with them to the local big-box electronics outlet. For some reason, Suzuno ends up coming along, and it turns into a shopping tour with the whole gang!
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First published June 10, 2012
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September 8, 2019
The Devil and the Hero have some fun and a lot of problems
As my headline for this volume suggests, there the usual sense of humor and lightness throughout the novel, but there’s also some very serious action that ties much of the events together with what is happening at the time of this novel and sets up what we can loosely expect for the next volume. There’s plenty of implausible other-worldly shenanigans, but they do make more sense when viewed through the lens of the bigger picture being developed around the universe in this series. A fun read with a slight mystery/thriller vibe in this one, I am looking forward to the next volume.
As my headline for this volume suggests, there the usual sense of humor and lightness throughout the novel, but there’s also some very serious action that ties much of the events together with what is happening at the time of this novel and sets up what we can loosely expect for the next volume. There’s plenty of implausible other-worldly shenanigans, but they do make more sense when viewed through the lens of the bigger picture being developed around the universe in this series. A fun read with a slight mystery/thriller vibe in this one, I am looking forward to the next volume.
August 20, 2019
The writing still isn't my favorite, but I'm really enjoying the plot and characters. This series is so much fun and I always enjoy reading it. This volume contained a lot of Rika, which I was very pleased by, and also gave Urushihara more to do. I'm excited to see what happens with their characters in later volumes! This is the last light novel that I've read in manga-form, so I'm excited to read the next volume since I have no idea where the plot will go.
January 24, 2017
I feel like I just posted my review of Vol 4 but I flew through this one I couldn’t put it down. Its hands down my favorite of all five volumes so far. Let me tell you why it is so good.
First off, its funny. The writing in this book makes fun of so much stuff. From cell phones to the death of TV in favor of the internet, to Pokemon, to anything else. The series always satirizes the life of the average Japanese person, but for whatever reason, this book does it in a way thats funnier than I think its ever done before, and its always relevant to the story and mixed in with humor making fun of the characters as well. Its perfect.
Second, I think this might be the most balanced book in terms of which characters get represented the most. Granted, the character that does get the MOST coverage is my favorite character, so of course I’d say that, but nobody feels extraneous or left out in this book. Other than Emeralda and Albert, of course. Eme shows up in a single conversation as always to drop some exposition and then never shows up again.
ANYWAYS though, without getting spoiler heavy (yet), there’s a lot more plot in this novel than usual. This book really gets back to the way the first book had a threat slowly creeping up throughout the duration of the story, not just for five minutes at the end. The climax is really long too. These books are always split into thirds, but the third act of this book seriously takes up about half of the pages. And those pages are filled too. There’s like 3 different twists and reveals that happen, plus multiple epic fight scenes. Its GRAND.
Overall, the writing is better. Smarter. More emotional. The illustrations are better. The epilogue is followed by bonus goodies again. Read it.
Okay SPOILER ALERT BEYOND THIS POINT.
The story picks up roughly where the last book left off, with the Devil and his cohorts moving back into Villa Rosa Sasazuka apartment 201.They discover that in addition to fixing the gaping hole Gabriel left in the wall back in Book 3, their landlord had an HDTV hookup installed. So now they can get TV channels. If they had a TV of course. Maou convinces Ashiya that they have room in the budget, and Suzuno decides to go with them and get one of their own. Ashiya invites Rika Suzuki, as he had previously asked her for help in the task of purchasing himself a cell phone (and to give her a souvenir he got her in Choshi during the previous book).
As the book progresses, they slowly discover a plot by Gabriel (returning after his unsuccessful attempt to take Alas Ramus and the Better Half from our heroes in book 3) and a less powerful, but higher ranking Angel whos name I cant remember for the life of me, to find the rogue Angel Lailah (Emi’s mother, also implied to be the angel who inadvertently started Maou on his quest, as well as gifted him with the Yesod fragment that eventually grew into Alas Ramus) so they can punish her for crimes against Heaven. In the process, they end up hurting Chiho, which of course provokes the ire of the Devil, the Hero, and their underpaid comrades in arms.
The first half of the book focuses a LOT on Alciel, which as I said in my last review, was something greatly needed, expected, and totally as good as I hoped it would be. He doesn’t exactly get much of a character arc, as he largely just goes from being totally unwilling to buy a TV, to getting one for as cheap as possible. But he gets development in other ways. In Vol 3, he seemed largely oblivious to Rika’s clear attraction to him, and his interactions with her seemed to largely just be because of his overly-polite personality. But, as their totally-not-a-date goes on, his politeness is revealed to have a bit of mutual feeling behind it, and he even tells her he may sometime tell her the truth about him and the others, something she doesn’t really question, as she never totally believed the story given to her anyways. Sadly, once the danger raises its head, she’s rushed out of harm’s way, and Ashiya stays largely quiet from that point on.
Maou, as always, is in the forefront, but at the same time kept mysterious. He mentions early on that a TV could be helpful in knowing what is going on in the world, and being able to predict and fight any Heavenly (or Demonic) things that come to threaten the Earth. And after the threat is resolved, mentions that its not like they’ll try the same thing again, so the TV is less useful now than it was. So, did he know they’d try to use the TVs in some way? Probably not, but its not beyond reason. As always, then, he treads the line between being a silly character, and being the most serious, as he can flippantly ask Rika if she likes Ashiya to her face, and can very earnestly out-debate Suzuno (who, reminder, is the closest thing Ente Isla has to a lawyer) when the two discuss whether or not Rika ought to be made aware of who and what they all really are.
She isn’t, by the way. I suppose we must wait for another book for that.
Emi and Suzuno, seemingly unaware that their fates were bound in with that of the Devil King a long long time ago, have learned, through Emeralda, that Ente Isla is now engulfed in a Civil War, which was seemingly instigated by Heaven, Olba, and the Demons that seek the Better Half at his suggestion. They decide that, at all costs, Maou must not be allowed to join in this war, as he would likely reuite the Demons, and crush the un-unified countries of Ente Isla, particularly because Emi is unable to join, as siding with any part of humanity over another wouldn’t be proper as the Hero. Hence, Suzuno continues her surveilance of the demons, now with the renewed purpose of making sure no Demons come with the intention of pulling their King into their war. Emi, assured that Eme and Suzuno are capable of the tasks before them, goes looking for her mother, unaware of the two Angels out doing the same thing...
Emi’s story is an emotional one, as it often is. Everything she knows is slowly crumbling around her, and as her mother is unable (or unwilling) to reveal herself and speak to her directly, and the other main characters all either preoccupied or still enemies in her mind, she is left only with Alas Ramus by her side to help her to understand what she must do and where she must go. I dont want to spoil specifics of Emi’s story in this book, but its very good. I didn’t cry as much as she did, maybe, but I at least teared up a bit.
Crestia Bell, meanwhile, has a lot more time in the limelight after last book forcing her to make sandcastles and do little else. She has slowly grown to be one of my favorite characters in the series. She’s far more multilayered than anyone else, with her background so steeped in religion and politics, combined with a fascination with Japanese culture, particularly the old pre-WW2 stuff, from when Japan was still traditional and religious itself. Plus, she really likes Udon for reasons nobody really understands. She’s funny, quirky, serious, and strong. And she gets a lot of time to show off all sides of herself in this book, and she manages to be awesome at every aspect of it, all with the calm serenity of a person of her religious station. There’s a reason she’s on the cover of this book. Heck, she’s more of the book’s standout character than Ashiya, I just was more happy about him getting focus so thats who I talked about more at first.
Hanzo Urushihara, after a surprising amount of character development in the previous novel, returns to heaven on earth (the inside of apartment 201 of Villa Rosa Sasazuka) with great enthusiasm. He too wants a TV, but obviously he isn’t going to go outside the apartment to get it, nor is he at all going to be helping pay for it, so he doesn’t help Maou convince Ashiya of its usefulness as that would not help the case. He instead stays home through much of the book. Gabriel stops by about halfway through, and they have a great interaction, where we get an inside look on exactly how Urushihara thinks, and how he justifies his existence to himself. While he seems unaware of it, he really has evolved as a character; He does a lot to help during the climax, and at one point expresses great pride in the work he was able to do at the Beach House in Choshi. Overall, he’s written much better now than he was prior to book 4 as well, as he still feels like a fusion or extension of the disparate parts of himself that seemed kinda incongruous in the first books. In fact, he’s more bad*ss now, humming “Amazing Grace” as he shoos one of the series’ primary villains out of his personal space, than he did menacingly levitating Chiho above Hatagaya in the first book.
I guess I should also talk about Gabriel, because he comes back, and he’s better now than he was. A nice effort is made to make him and the other Angel distinct characters, rather than Gabe feeling like a tamer, but more powerful version of Sariel like he did when he first showed up. He’s still not as good as Olba, or even Lucifer were as villains, but he’s still cool, and the threats he’s a part of feel really legitimate this time around, which is a really nice change of pace from both the previous books.
Finally, Chiho. At first, I was kind of dissappointed that her injury was basically keeping her from actually helping with the plot at all, despite being its whole inciting incident.
Without spoiling it, lets just say that uh, dont count Chiho out because she has a bigger role here than, like ever. I mean, she’s been damsel in distress, she’s inspired the others, and convinced Gabriel to delay his attack in Book 3. In this book, she basically saves the day.
How does it make any sense when she’s just a normal girl? Um read the book ya dummy.
First off, its funny. The writing in this book makes fun of so much stuff. From cell phones to the death of TV in favor of the internet, to Pokemon, to anything else. The series always satirizes the life of the average Japanese person, but for whatever reason, this book does it in a way thats funnier than I think its ever done before, and its always relevant to the story and mixed in with humor making fun of the characters as well. Its perfect.
Second, I think this might be the most balanced book in terms of which characters get represented the most. Granted, the character that does get the MOST coverage is my favorite character, so of course I’d say that, but nobody feels extraneous or left out in this book. Other than Emeralda and Albert, of course. Eme shows up in a single conversation as always to drop some exposition and then never shows up again.
ANYWAYS though, without getting spoiler heavy (yet), there’s a lot more plot in this novel than usual. This book really gets back to the way the first book had a threat slowly creeping up throughout the duration of the story, not just for five minutes at the end. The climax is really long too. These books are always split into thirds, but the third act of this book seriously takes up about half of the pages. And those pages are filled too. There’s like 3 different twists and reveals that happen, plus multiple epic fight scenes. Its GRAND.
Overall, the writing is better. Smarter. More emotional. The illustrations are better. The epilogue is followed by bonus goodies again. Read it.
Okay SPOILER ALERT BEYOND THIS POINT.
The story picks up roughly where the last book left off, with the Devil and his cohorts moving back into Villa Rosa Sasazuka apartment 201.They discover that in addition to fixing the gaping hole Gabriel left in the wall back in Book 3, their landlord had an HDTV hookup installed. So now they can get TV channels. If they had a TV of course. Maou convinces Ashiya that they have room in the budget, and Suzuno decides to go with them and get one of their own. Ashiya invites Rika Suzuki, as he had previously asked her for help in the task of purchasing himself a cell phone (and to give her a souvenir he got her in Choshi during the previous book).
As the book progresses, they slowly discover a plot by Gabriel (returning after his unsuccessful attempt to take Alas Ramus and the Better Half from our heroes in book 3) and a less powerful, but higher ranking Angel whos name I cant remember for the life of me, to find the rogue Angel Lailah (Emi’s mother, also implied to be the angel who inadvertently started Maou on his quest, as well as gifted him with the Yesod fragment that eventually grew into Alas Ramus) so they can punish her for crimes against Heaven. In the process, they end up hurting Chiho, which of course provokes the ire of the Devil, the Hero, and their underpaid comrades in arms.
The first half of the book focuses a LOT on Alciel, which as I said in my last review, was something greatly needed, expected, and totally as good as I hoped it would be. He doesn’t exactly get much of a character arc, as he largely just goes from being totally unwilling to buy a TV, to getting one for as cheap as possible. But he gets development in other ways. In Vol 3, he seemed largely oblivious to Rika’s clear attraction to him, and his interactions with her seemed to largely just be because of his overly-polite personality. But, as their totally-not-a-date goes on, his politeness is revealed to have a bit of mutual feeling behind it, and he even tells her he may sometime tell her the truth about him and the others, something she doesn’t really question, as she never totally believed the story given to her anyways. Sadly, once the danger raises its head, she’s rushed out of harm’s way, and Ashiya stays largely quiet from that point on.
Maou, as always, is in the forefront, but at the same time kept mysterious. He mentions early on that a TV could be helpful in knowing what is going on in the world, and being able to predict and fight any Heavenly (or Demonic) things that come to threaten the Earth. And after the threat is resolved, mentions that its not like they’ll try the same thing again, so the TV is less useful now than it was. So, did he know they’d try to use the TVs in some way? Probably not, but its not beyond reason. As always, then, he treads the line between being a silly character, and being the most serious, as he can flippantly ask Rika if she likes Ashiya to her face, and can very earnestly out-debate Suzuno (who, reminder, is the closest thing Ente Isla has to a lawyer) when the two discuss whether or not Rika ought to be made aware of who and what they all really are.
She isn’t, by the way. I suppose we must wait for another book for that.
Emi and Suzuno, seemingly unaware that their fates were bound in with that of the Devil King a long long time ago, have learned, through Emeralda, that Ente Isla is now engulfed in a Civil War, which was seemingly instigated by Heaven, Olba, and the Demons that seek the Better Half at his suggestion. They decide that, at all costs, Maou must not be allowed to join in this war, as he would likely reuite the Demons, and crush the un-unified countries of Ente Isla, particularly because Emi is unable to join, as siding with any part of humanity over another wouldn’t be proper as the Hero. Hence, Suzuno continues her surveilance of the demons, now with the renewed purpose of making sure no Demons come with the intention of pulling their King into their war. Emi, assured that Eme and Suzuno are capable of the tasks before them, goes looking for her mother, unaware of the two Angels out doing the same thing...
Emi’s story is an emotional one, as it often is. Everything she knows is slowly crumbling around her, and as her mother is unable (or unwilling) to reveal herself and speak to her directly, and the other main characters all either preoccupied or still enemies in her mind, she is left only with Alas Ramus by her side to help her to understand what she must do and where she must go. I dont want to spoil specifics of Emi’s story in this book, but its very good. I didn’t cry as much as she did, maybe, but I at least teared up a bit.
Crestia Bell, meanwhile, has a lot more time in the limelight after last book forcing her to make sandcastles and do little else. She has slowly grown to be one of my favorite characters in the series. She’s far more multilayered than anyone else, with her background so steeped in religion and politics, combined with a fascination with Japanese culture, particularly the old pre-WW2 stuff, from when Japan was still traditional and religious itself. Plus, she really likes Udon for reasons nobody really understands. She’s funny, quirky, serious, and strong. And she gets a lot of time to show off all sides of herself in this book, and she manages to be awesome at every aspect of it, all with the calm serenity of a person of her religious station. There’s a reason she’s on the cover of this book. Heck, she’s more of the book’s standout character than Ashiya, I just was more happy about him getting focus so thats who I talked about more at first.
Hanzo Urushihara, after a surprising amount of character development in the previous novel, returns to heaven on earth (the inside of apartment 201 of Villa Rosa Sasazuka) with great enthusiasm. He too wants a TV, but obviously he isn’t going to go outside the apartment to get it, nor is he at all going to be helping pay for it, so he doesn’t help Maou convince Ashiya of its usefulness as that would not help the case. He instead stays home through much of the book. Gabriel stops by about halfway through, and they have a great interaction, where we get an inside look on exactly how Urushihara thinks, and how he justifies his existence to himself. While he seems unaware of it, he really has evolved as a character; He does a lot to help during the climax, and at one point expresses great pride in the work he was able to do at the Beach House in Choshi. Overall, he’s written much better now than he was prior to book 4 as well, as he still feels like a fusion or extension of the disparate parts of himself that seemed kinda incongruous in the first books. In fact, he’s more bad*ss now, humming “Amazing Grace” as he shoos one of the series’ primary villains out of his personal space, than he did menacingly levitating Chiho above Hatagaya in the first book.
I guess I should also talk about Gabriel, because he comes back, and he’s better now than he was. A nice effort is made to make him and the other Angel distinct characters, rather than Gabe feeling like a tamer, but more powerful version of Sariel like he did when he first showed up. He’s still not as good as Olba, or even Lucifer were as villains, but he’s still cool, and the threats he’s a part of feel really legitimate this time around, which is a really nice change of pace from both the previous books.
Finally, Chiho. At first, I was kind of dissappointed that her injury was basically keeping her from actually helping with the plot at all, despite being its whole inciting incident.
Without spoiling it, lets just say that uh, dont count Chiho out because she has a bigger role here than, like ever. I mean, she’s been damsel in distress, she’s inspired the others, and convinced Gabriel to delay his attack in Book 3. In this book, she basically saves the day.
How does it make any sense when she’s just a normal girl? Um read the book ya dummy.
October 8, 2017
The plots in this series are always pretty silly and I generally think they would make better anime episodes... In this the 5th book in the light novel series, the Devil King decides he needs to buy a new TV. So, over half of the book is them talking about and going TV shopping. The final ~1/3 of the book spends time dropping some revelations on the reader about what the rest of the series will be focusing on. The search for Emi's parents, and heaven trying to keep their secrets away from mortal hands.
Its hard to judge these books sometimes since so little happens in each one. If this was adapted to anime it would probably be a maximum of 2 episodes. They would be enjoyable episodes, but just 2 episodes in the middle of a series. Luckily my friend Jeff let me borrow 4 of them, so I'll be reading catching up on the series over the next couple of weeks.
Its hard to judge these books sometimes since so little happens in each one. If this was adapted to anime it would probably be a maximum of 2 episodes. They would be enjoyable episodes, but just 2 episodes in the middle of a series. Luckily my friend Jeff let me borrow 4 of them, so I'll be reading catching up on the series over the next couple of weeks.
September 3, 2018
It seems in return for the slight disappointment I suffered with the previous light novel, this one decided to defy expectation. When last we left off in The Devil is a Part-Timer! the gang went to a beachside shack so the residents of the "Devil's Castle" in Villa Rosa Sasazuka could earn some money whilst Maou's beloved Hatagaya MgRonald's is shut down for renovations. My disappointment with that particular previous book lay in the fact that it seemed to set up a longer range of time it would be covering, and didn't do that.
By contrast, this book's summary seemed to low-ball what actually transpires in this volume, and the story itself took me by surprise.
All of this caught me a little off-guard. After my slight let-down with the previous light novel, I had been expecting this one to be little more than an installment of 200-some pages of the perils of buying electronics, when in actuality, it gave us quite a bit more in the over-arching plot of the entire series and threw a couple of curveballs our way. Everything about this was stellar, and I enjoyed getting to read this and see how much richer and in-depth everything is becoming. None of this was boring in the slightest, and getting to see how much everyone--the demons, Chiho, Emi, Suzuno, and Alas Ramus--have become invested in one another's lives is really building up to something strong.
Please, if you've followed the series up to this point already, keep going. These books are so worth it, I promise you.
By contrast, this book's summary seemed to low-ball what actually transpires in this volume, and the story itself took me by surprise.
All of this caught me a little off-guard. After my slight let-down with the previous light novel, I had been expecting this one to be little more than an installment of 200-some pages of the perils of buying electronics, when in actuality, it gave us quite a bit more in the over-arching plot of the entire series and threw a couple of curveballs our way. Everything about this was stellar, and I enjoyed getting to read this and see how much richer and in-depth everything is becoming. None of this was boring in the slightest, and getting to see how much everyone--the demons, Chiho, Emi, Suzuno, and Alas Ramus--have become invested in one another's lives is really building up to something strong.
Please, if you've followed the series up to this point already, keep going. These books are so worth it, I promise you.
September 7, 2016
Every book the author tries to make me learn something, this time was haggling, tvs, and Tokyo tower info.
Also plot progress happens, and Emi learns something that could change everything.
Also plot progress happens, and Emi learns something that could change everything.
May 14, 2019
Good Lord, did this ever drag...
Felt like half of it was an information dump, and information about nothing important.
Felt like half of it was an information dump, and information about nothing important.
December 19, 2019
The plot really show the way they reassure lived in Japan, although they already lived in Japan 1 half-year (?) or so, they still did not know about the modern stuff and others. it's funny that they express and feel more of "human" anxiety about money haha.
That part really that I love about this story, usually we had some character that gets cheat for living or lucky perv bastr*d or gift from god.
AND CHI-CHAN GOT HOLLY POWER HAHA great, chi-chan will not be your average innocent human. This development shows us that she will be got deeper in Maou and others and be the person that can change Maou's world as well.
That part really that I love about this story, usually we had some character that gets cheat for living or lucky perv bastr*d or gift from god.
AND CHI-CHAN GOT HOLLY POWER HAHA great, chi-chan will not be your average innocent human. This development shows us that she will be got deeper in Maou and others and be the person that can change Maou's world as well.
January 26, 2019
Didn't like this one. While the slice of life part of it was fun, the rest of the story was boring. Author tried some new ideas, but I didn't really find them exciting or that interesting. It felt a bit like the author wanted to prepare the next volumes and wanted to do a couple of reveals that would drive the characters forward. The reveals were interesting, but it was one of those that aren't memorable... nothing in it had a WOW factor.
But the slice of life part was definitely fun :D
But the slice of life part was definitely fun :D
August 15, 2020
Ok, I wasn't really impressed with the last couple of books in the series so I decided that this one was where I was going to stop if it didn't pick up and well... It didn't pick up.
If I'm being honest I quit after 135 pages of mostly dull filler. I now get why they never made a second season of the anime. It was because everything that was funny or interesting about the series is extremely front loaded.
If I'm being honest I quit after 135 pages of mostly dull filler. I now get why they never made a second season of the anime. It was because everything that was funny or interesting about the series is extremely front loaded.
November 2, 2017
The anime on Netflix was fun to watch. The light novels though... are so bad. The writing is childish and its really cliche... it's just not good. But I've read 3 of them. Why do I keep reading them?
June 27, 2021
Each book develops so well whilst keeping it's own light story
February 3, 2022
This book was definitely more focused on the overall plot of the series than the previous four, which I really liked. Now we have a general direction for the series as a whole, and a sense of where the characters might be going. I personally want to see them all go to Ente Isla at some point, but that's something for a later book. Speaking of Ente Isla, they have some political issues going on for both humans and demons, so I think we'll see the effects of that on Maou and Emi ramp up a bit in the next couple of books.
In this book, we see a love interest develop for Ashiya in the form of Rika, as was hinted at a bit in books two and three, I think. I'm down for it; I like both of them and it sounds pretty cute.
As for all the TV stuff, it was a bit boring at times, but ended up connecting to more of the plot than expected. Speaking of that,
As for the battle scene towards the end with Maou and Alciel, On Suzuno's great fight scene:
Overall, while it was a longer last third (the climatic battle type part) than I was used to, compared to the earlier books, it was really nice to get some vital information, and I look forward to seeing the impacts it will have on the characters. This is the book where we actually get a sense of where the series is going as a whole, and it's worth reading simply for that. It it worth noting that there's none of the usual part-time working, and a lot less slice of life stuff after the TV buying at the beginning. With that said, it's really worth it to read. 4.5 stars!
In this book, we see a love interest develop for Ashiya in the form of Rika, as was hinted at a bit in books two and three, I think. I'm down for it; I like both of them and it sounds pretty cute.
As for all the TV stuff, it was a bit boring at times, but ended up connecting to more of the plot than expected. Speaking of that,
As for the battle scene towards the end with Maou and Alciel, On Suzuno's great fight scene:
Overall, while it was a longer last third (the climatic battle type part) than I was used to, compared to the earlier books, it was really nice to get some vital information, and I look forward to seeing the impacts it will have on the characters. This is the book where we actually get a sense of where the series is going as a whole, and it's worth reading simply for that. It it worth noting that there's none of the usual part-time working, and a lot less slice of life stuff after the TV buying at the beginning. With that said, it's really worth it to read. 4.5 stars!
February 26, 2020
Another solid read. The writing itself is still not the series' strongest point, getting a little confusing at times. However, the narrative really heats up in this volume, and some interesting questions about everything that was asssumed in relation to the novel's world are brought to the table. In this volume there is a lot of extra flavor to be found by anybody who has ever been to Tokyo, as the geography of the city gets explored extensively. A good read.
September 22, 2016
I honestly can't get enough of this series, one of the few that continually makes me laugh and interested in more of the Enta Isle history...can't wait for more
April 16, 2017
Part-Timer continues with a heavier focus on the ladies of Villa Rosa Sazakuza (well, Chi and Emi are visitors, but saying Villa Rosa Sazakuza is cool, so). Suzuno gets her noodle on, Emi's friend Rika finally goes on a shopping outing with a certain someone, and Chi figures her way into a conflict between holy and demonic forces once again.
I like that they're finally breaking down the obstacles between our heroes and our human cast. It'll hopefully be our first step towards a happy end.
Gabriel still annoying as ever. The new villain was a bit forgettable, and the conflict happens pretty late in the story. We learn a lot more about Angels in this volume, and get hints about a certain someone's mother who is seemingly doing a bunch in the background.
Overall, it was good, though there were parts that dragged more than others.
I like that they're finally breaking down the obstacles between our heroes and our human cast. It'll hopefully be our first step towards a happy end.
Gabriel still annoying as ever. The new villain was a bit forgettable, and the conflict happens pretty late in the story. We learn a lot more about Angels in this volume, and get hints about a certain someone's mother who is seemingly doing a bunch in the background.
Overall, it was good, though there were parts that dragged more than others.
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