First, unfortunately this is where the manga ends, it leads into where the novel starts with the Chancellor showing up to beg Rei to come back. The manga makes it look like he's a villain plotting but he just shows up, climbs the stairs (Rei built them after Albert moved in so he could easily get food for them) and collapses at Rei's feet in tears and sweat along with the two knights he brought (because that tower is MASSIVE, imagine all those stairs, rip) and begs him to come back because the King genuinely wants to make things right and also everyone in the kingdom and other nations are being super passive aggressive about it and they're low-key afraid a rebellion might break out.
Rei is not miserable in the novel, everyone is kind and caring with him and anyone who causes him even mild discomfort is taken out by either Albert, the King, or Mireille.
Yes, he loses his magic and becomes fully disabled at the end, but it's not as bad as it sounds. It gets angsty but the ending is very sweet. Here's a snippet from the last chapter:
Seeing how dark the room was, I realized it was already getting late in the afternoon and hurriedly stood up.
Just sitting there in a daze until it got dark—I must be out of my mind.
And to think I didn’t even notice that Albert had left.
I suppose he must have been startled too, seeing me standing there in the dimming room without a single light on.
I looked at him apologetically, and he reached into a pocket inside his uniform to pull something out and hand it to me.
I took it without thinking and examined the object resting in my palm closely. It looked like a small bundle of parchment strips, bound together with a string threaded through a hole at the end.
This sense of déjà vu… I seemed to remember frantically flipping through something like this right before a test.
A compact bundle that fits in the palm of my hand… A vocabulary book?
But what was written on the pages didn’t look like letters—it looked more like pictures drawn in ink.
Seeing me tilt my head in confusion, Albert tapped the “vocabulary book” sitting in my hand with his finger.
I grew confused, not quite grasping his intent, but Albert, paying no heed, kept patiently tapping the drawings on the “vocabulary book”.
The stylized illustrations were good enough to belong in a picture book, but I could tell they were hand-drawn.
Two triangles poking out from a round outline, three whiskers added on each side, and a tail sticking out at a sharp angle.
“................”
“................”
The silent standoff continued between me, at a loss, and Albert, who kept pointing, until I finally couldn’t take it anymore.
What is this? What’s so special about this drawing? I mean, this is obviously *that*, right?
“......Cat."
I muttered the word as if it were a foreign tongue, looking at Albert, who was acting just as strange.
I thought the exchange would end there, left full of unanswered questions, but Albert nodded and spoke up.
“Neko.”
“Huh?” I looked up at his face, but he paid no attention to my surprise, simply turning the page of his vocabulary book and pointing to the next picture.
Then, just like before, he tapped it with his finger.
“..................Dog.”
“Inu.”
“Fish,”
“Sakana.”
Page by page, nodding with satisfaction as he repeated after me—the words were in Japanese, but spoken in Albert’s voice.
“Snow,”
“Yuki.”
“..................”
He urged me with his eyes, asking for the next one, but the words got stuck in my throat and my face contorted.
Albert never showed any signs of distress when I didn’t speak. And yet, seeing him like that, I’d been afraid his heart might someday drift away from me.
But I was wrong.
He wasn’t frustrated or burdened by the fact that I’d lost the ability to speak the language of this world.
Most people would have told me to study, right?
They’d have looked uneasy at being unable to communicate with me, wouldn’t they?
But he didn’t. Not even once.
He must have thought that if I couldn’t speak the language of this world, then he would simply speak the language of mine instead.
To him, there was no giving up on me—on Rei Sasamihara.
“……A-Albert…”
“Rei.”
As his arms immediately wrapped around me in response, my heart melted, realizing he hadn’t changed at all.
No matter what I lose, Albert will always...
That night, what happened was only natural.
Even as he held me in his arms, I was the one who reached out first, gazing at him with passion.
I fixed my gaze on him, filled with complete trust—the certainty that I could surrender everything to him—and a desire to accept every ounce of his love in return.
The novel ends with a sex scene, they are fine and happy and there is hope for the future! (˵ Ò ⩊ < ˵)b
Yessss! Ty for sharing! Can I ask where u were able to read the ending?
I'm working on the translation myself, just wanted to share this for now because I don't want people to think the novel is just "Rei Suffers Even More" based on the description of how it ends. It's primarily a comedy, and before the magic loss at the end the serious/angsty chapters are actually the ones from Albert's pov. The man works ruthlessly 24/7 to make sure Rei's life in this world is stress-free and happy so most "threats" we only find out even existed through Albert's chapters
AGHHHH NOOO so there isn’t gonna be a continuation of the manga TT
but thank u for telling us the ending! That makes the closure feel a bit better
Aww thats so cutee! Would love to read it someday - anywhere i could read ur translation?
Same here! Where do you read the novel?
When you say fully disabled, you mean he’s physically immobilized ? Or is it that he can no longer coexist with that world
In the sense that his physical capabilities are severely limited, and he becomes dependent on Albert to take care of him when he used to be able to live independently. Though he lost his arm, magic pretty much negated any possible restrictions in day-to-day life, so the loss was an inconvenience but not debilitating, which is why he was able to live just fine in the tower alone. When he lost that magic, along with the massive language barrier, all the ease and convenience he had relied heavily on was also taken away. He can't really do house chores or cook anymore because he'd used magic to do everything, and Albert helps him gets dressed everyday and anything else that would require two hands.
I'm still trying to figure out where to put my novel translations when they're done, but I'll be sure to link this one's here when it's finished (˵ Ò ⩊ < ˵)b
Why did he lose his powers?
Unfortunately the author went MIA in 2021 after the cliffhanger so we never got the explanation or resolution to the power loss. At this point we can only hope she'll come back someday to finish it
Σ( ￣□￣||) wait what?! The novek is also uncompleted on a cliffhanger?! ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡
To avoid any confusion, I just want to clarify that there are 5 chapters of this manga, not 6/7. The paid published version only has 4 chapters plus the extras, and the 5th and final chapter seems to only be available on Pixiv Comics here https://comic.pixiv.net/works/11313.
Unfortunately a good chunk of the chapters were wiped from the Pixiv version at some point, and I'm not sure if the physical book includes the last chapter either, so as far as I can tell there's nowhere to read the whole manga in one place.
Hey guys, sorry updates are slow, but I wanted to clarify something about the relationship between Griz and Twilight because it's kind of important to keep in mind.
First of all, yes, the lingering issues with Towa believing Griz hated him for 15 years were brushed off, *for now*. The epilogue does tackle that, Towa breaks down to Minya about being afraid Griz was mistaken or might not really love him, so she tricks Griz into explaining how and why he fell in love with Towa/Twilight.
Which brings me to the most important part; what we see of Griz in the past is filtered HEAVILY through Towa's own self-loathing and belief that everyone, especially Griz, hated him. Griz, from the very beginning, was actually very kind to Twilight, even defending his character, and treated him like the vulnerable child he was. Griz's feelings towards Twilight weren't sexual, and as far as I can tell they weren't romantic at the time either. He took his responsibility as Twilight's guardian very seriously and genuinely wanted him to grow up properly. While he had initially thought of Twilight as arrogant and difficult, he still treated him well, and that opinion changed entirely with the fever. After Twilight fell asleep, he started feverishly calling out for his mom, which hit Griz with the reality of the situation. That this was a child, who was dropped into this world alone at just 13 years old, with no one he could rely on, and in an environment where he didn’t know who to trust.
He realised that Twilight's attitude and the lying was all just a defence mechanism, and fully committed to protecting and staying by his side.
As for the day of Twilight's death, what he said was both incredibly hurtful and insanely childish, but there is a reason for it. This isn't to excuse what he did, personally I don't like Griz and think he needs to grow tf up (he's still a manbaby that goes to drink and cry at Mommy's if Towa doesn't talk to him for a few days, like you're married and over thirty, wtf are you doing). That being said, it is important to remember that it was Minya's birthday, and along with him being a massive Momma's boy, at that point there was no cure for her illness, meaning there was no telling which birthday would be the last he could spend with her. Combined with the growing frustration with Twilight refusing to open up to him (again, not an excuse, but it was a sore spot for him), the stress got to him and he lashed out.
It was cruel, it was stupid, it wasn't okay, but it was understandable. And Twilight's subsequent disappearance DESTROYED him. Like I cannot emphasize enough how badly he felt, and how desperate he was to find him, even going to WAR because there were rumours of an Otherworlder in that area. He had left him somewhere that should have been the safest place in the country, with the knowledge that the next shift would be coming around soon after. If he thought there was even the slightest possibility that Twilight would be in danger, he would have stayed, no hesitation.
I'm not gonna defend him making out with or jerking off what he assumed was a 17-year-old Towa, but I understand why he wouldn't be in the state of mind to go about it the right way. He spent 4 years in a state of severe mental distress over failing to protect Towa and not knowing what happened to him, regretting that the last words he'd ever said to him was "I hate you" and that he'd never properly expressed how much he cared about him. He was overwhelmed by the reunion and was terrified of making the same mistakes. He skipped a lot of very necessary steps, but at the core of everything he has always genuinely loved and respected both Twilight and Towa.
Anyway, I bought this anthology specifically for the Crybaby Magician chapter, but it's been like two years since this was updated and leaving 3 and 5 untranslated like that feels wrong, so I'll see about getting them done too if no one else wants to
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PLEASE, I BEG YOU
omg you need to get to ittt
They have physical copies for this?!?!?!?!
Yes, this is available both digitally and on paperback in Japanese bookstores
That said I do buy digital copies for my translations because it's easier and sites like CMOA often have exclusive digital bonuses included (not with this anthology, unfortunately (´-﹏-`；))
Thank you!!! Im definitely gonna look into the physical copy of the anthology
The fact that so many people are confused or asking questions about things that were already explained a long time ago makes the amount of "there's finally plot" comments understandable now. Y'all really are only paying attention to the smut, huh.
And to answer the people wondering about the love potion, the manga itself has already heavily implied that it wasn't; Loneal's Holy Bride powers not removing the effects, the amount of time that has passed since the potion was first spilled being ridiculously long for a trial product, not even a complete potion, and none of the ingredients in the recipe except the flower that gives visions of a loved one having any effects that would even remotely relate to a love potion.
However, the anime actually goes a step further and explains that no, it wasn't a love potion, it was a stimulant, and wouldn't have an effect on someone who wasn't already interested.
Idk why this suddenly stopped being updated, the manga is very much still ongoing lol
Anyway, chapter 21 releases August 19th, I'll have the series caught up here by then (˵ Ò ⩊ < ˵)b
thank you i love you
Thank you so much!
bless you <3
So the extras in the physical and digital releases of this series haven't been translated in English, which sucks because they're super cute
Since what's posted here is Coolmic's official translation, I don't know if fan translations of the extras can be uploaded, so in case not I made an album I'll be uploading my own translations of them to for anyone to check out if interested
Tysm!!! They’re adorable!!!!
Idk why everyone always acts like just because there's a lot of smut there's no plot at all. Like bro where have you been?
Cain was literally in the first chapter when Alec and Loneal were having tea, acting all shady about Loneal being close to Alec. That was plot. Cain attacking Loneal in the forest, saying he "betrayed them" and was supposed to be the Prince's enemy, then Alec saving Loneal, was plot. There was boning after that, but the plot still happened.
Cain almost killing Alec and Loneal saving him this time when they went to get the love potion ingredients was plot. Smut happening before and after that event doesn't negate the plot.
Zeno approaching Loneal and starting their fake friendship was plot. Everything that happened during summer vacation was plot. The school festival was plot. Zeno's schemes in recent chapters are the result of plot points that had been building from day one when he was first introduced. Just because smut happened frequently throughout these events doesn't mean the plot was non-existent.
Everything having to do with the Holy Bride is plot, and it's been there from the beginning.
The incident that occurred when Alec and Loneal first met was already foreshadowed in the scene Loneal awakens the powers of the Holy Bride, after Alec thanks him and Loneal gets deja vu when we're shown a glimpse of a hooded black haired man thanking him. Guess what? That was Alec. That was the incident. That was plot.
After Loneal confesses to having no memories of before the accident, Alec's mumbles of "why you always tried to look so happy" and "why you always worked so hard" are relevant to the present, but it's specifically him looking back on Loneal's behaviour and words during that first meeting. Him constantly hovering around Loneal that Loneal interpreted as Alec monitoring him pre-love potion? Alec had been searching for him for months before the school year started, he even quit his knight duties and went back to school specifically because he remembered Loneal having mentioned returning to school soon. He was dead set on winning Loneal's heart before they even knew each other's names. He when he said "I've always wanted to touch you" he was NOT lying.
Alec's behaviour after the love potion was also because of "the incident". Because Loneal did the exact same thing when they first met, except that time he tripped and spilled it on him. Even the way Loneal apologized for spilling the potion was the same. When Loneal talks about going in circles after talking to Lily, Alec's reaction in that moment is because they had the same conversation when they first met. It's one of the things they'd bonded over, even if Loneal doesn't know it had been Alec back then.
Every time Alec says "you haven't changed" this is what he means. Throughout all the chapters leading up to the actual backstory from Alec's POV we already get glimpses of that moment and why he fell in love with Loneal. None of this is a sudden development, the story was already building up to it.
I'm not gonna say this is some life-changing flawless masterpiece. You can say what you want about the funky anatomy, the love potion dragging on, or Loneal's personality being annoying, but saying it's only been smut up to this point is just a straight up lie. What is happening now is literally just expanding on stuff that was already established day one. That's how stories work.
Lots of boning doesn't mean no plot.
THANK YOU!! honestly.. I was so confused on why people kept saying there's no plot or that the plot "just started" when the plot is literally being told throughout the story.
Thank you!!! People just wanna hate!!!
This a good explanation but let me tell you why people kept saying "I don't see the plot anymore" the first few chapters were actually great I'm gonna tell you that. But then when we got in the middle everything was ALMOST SEX! and that was so tiring to see every single time.
People won't even see the plot no more cause there's alot of smut like alooooott that you get tired of it. Of course that's why people would think that, I mean sex for almost every situation are we deadass? They fell down and got injured and then after a few moments they f*ck? That would make people say "wtf again?" It's always smut till it makes people forget about the plot cause that's what they always see. It gave vibes that its just for gooning and fan service that's why people got a lot of ick. Honestly I got tired too because of that. Like almost half of the chapters are sex and now they're continuing back to the plot.
I'm glad that I'm starting to see some developments cause what I kept seeing was not development at all but SEX! Of course wouldn't you expect your readers to think that? That's why so many people hated it.
Good start but then smut and lots of sex half the chapters was the downfall of this manga.
We don't hate, but we don't like how they progressed the story almost about SEX. some people might be unreasonable but this issue the truth.
we don't like how they progressed the story almost about SEX. some people might be unreasonable but is the truth
No, it's not. The story has had a pretty consistent smut to plot ratio throughout, so I don't see where people would get the idea that it became "almost all sex".
Again, lots of sex doesn't equal little or no plot. It's not the story's fault if people were to distracted by the smut to pay attention to the plot developments that were, in fact, still happening.
Again that what we see most of the time thus people wouldn't even notice the plot anymore. Cause that's what the author wanted us to "see" ╮(￣ へ ) they focus to much on sex if you notice that, if they really wanted us to FOCUS on something then don't make it too much about sex
I stopped reading at chap 36, so I guess I can't say much
I'm not hating on this manga, merely just saying my perspective and what the people's perspective would have been. So I'm happy it did got development after a few more chapters since I dropped this along time ago and came read the lastest chapter. It true that it may be our fault for not noticing but the first few chapters was almost sex, and it's also true that author introduced the manga with too much sex in the first and mid chapters. I guess this makes me look stupid now? Nice talk.
I'm not saying you or anyone else is stupid, dude. People are allowed to feel however they like, and if they felt there was too much sex that's fine. But acting like it's a fact or blaming the author is ridiculous.
There are stories that are all smut with no substance, and stories that just happen to have a lot of smut. Authors should be able to write the latter without people completely ignoring the plot then complaining that it's the former.
And for the record, I like both types. I like this series because it has so much smut, but I also appreciate the story that goes along with it. For me, if I don't vibe with a story for whatever reason, I just stop reading and look for something I'll actually enjoy. I don't see the point being negative in the comments of something I personally didn't like.
The actual 5th chapter is the end. It's 44 pages starting from Albert's childhood through to the events of the main story from his perspective, and then the conversation that follows Albert showing up at the tower. Insane that it was skipped, it's literally the best chapter. There's also another, albeit shorter, comic adaptation of this published in another BL anthology, illustrated by a different artist, which also wasn't translated. That one is more faithful to the novel, Rei actually loses his arm instead of just being unable to use it.
To the people critical of Albert for not doing anything in the main story despite being the only one who noticed Rei's trauma; Yes, he did put his revenge first and used Rei to achieve his goals, which was a hugely scummy thing to do. And he KNOWS that.
The thing is, he'd convinced himself, just like Rei did, that everything would work out once the Demon King was dead, because he also believed Rei could go back home. Rei's trauma wouldn't magically go away, but not even Rei realized that until it was all over. They were both too desperate for things to be over to think clearly, and while I agree that Albert should have said something to Rei, I understand why he didn't.
To Albert, there was nothing left for him but defeating the Demon King. The world didn't matter, nor did the people in it, just vengeance and the Demon King's end.
But at a certain point Albert's goal shifted completely from "killing the Demon King to avenge his family" to "killing the demon king so Rei can be happy again". Because in a world so miserable that even kids couldn't laugh, Rei was the only hopeful thing in his life. Rei losing the ability to smile or even cry was genuinely devastating for Albert, even more so because he knew he was just as guilty as everyone else for Rei's lost emotions.
The man climbed a 160 foot tower with his BARE HANDS just to ask him what he had to do to make him smile again, even offering to be his personal jester for life, whatever it would take to see him genuinely smile just one more time. In the novel he literally formed a whole knight order to wipe out all crime in and around the capital just so Rei could feel safe and not have to experience anymore violence, even keeping knights posted around to keep people from approaching Rei because he knew that Rei didn't view himself as the hero everyone adored, he only saw a murderer, and even the gratitude of the people he saved just made him feel worse.
Albert is the first and most willing to openly admit, very frequently at that, that he f-ed up big time, and dedicates his entire life to atoning for it.
Also, in the novel, no one but the King and his council knew the situation. Everyone found out the same time as Rei that he couldn't go home, and they were all PISSED, especially since by that point Rei was a beloved hero. People did not take kindly to the news that the King had kidnapped some poor kid and forced him to fight for a world that wasn't even his own, only to tell him after he'd LOST HIS ARM that there was no way to send him back.The King's reputation plummeted so low he sent the Chancellor out to the middle of nowhere to climb all the way up that massive tower and desperately BEG Rei to come back. (They needed Albert back too, but as long as they could convince Rei, Albert would follow. Albert was NOT happy about them showing up, and Rei only agreed to return to the capital because Albert was giving REALLY strong "If you don't want to go back just say the word and I'll kill these guys right now so the kingdom will leave us alone" vibes.)
Personally, I don't think the King could ever redeem himself to Rei the way Albert and Mireille did, no matter how much "grandfatherly doting" he does, but I do still think it's really funny finding out that the King not only fully backed Albert's super intensive "Rei Protection Operations", he even banned everyone in the castle from approaching Rei without good reason or otherwise doing anything to "disturb his peace of mind". Legit mass no contact order because he did genuinely feel bad about what happened, and wanted to respect Rei's wish to just be LEFT ALONE.
Also the King very loudly announcing to Albert he was legalizing gay marriage in the middle of the very public castle courtyard as a way to not-at-all-subtly push him to stop being such a pussy and just confess to Rei already, love him for that. Truly iconic behaviour
can you tell me where to read the novel?
The author published it to read for free here: https://novel18.syosetu.com/n0449go/
Unfortunately it wasn't picked up by a translation group, so the only way to read it in English as of right now is something like Google Translate or your browser's built-in translator.
I am working on the novel along with the manga chapters that weren't translated, but as I only know very basic Japanese I do rely on MTL tools and dictionaries. I know a lot of people don't vibe with that, totally get it too, questionable accuracy and all. I spend a lot of time trying to make sure it's as accurate as possible, but I am limited in that regard compared to a proper translator.
I only translate things that aren't available at all in English, unless what's out there is very poor quality, because I want people to be able to enjoy and appreciate all the series I love, and in a readable state.
Thank you so much for filling us in! It's really unfortunate we can't read it in manga form
This manga really doesn't do justice to the novel. I feel like they focus to the main conflict instead the detail, if i don't read your review i don't know they are skipped so many detail
I think this manga does a decent job as an introduction to the novel, since unlike the other adaptation this goes over both Rei and Albert's beginning pov chapters. The only changes I didn't like were toning the brutality and having Rei only lose the use of his arm (check out the chapter for this in the BL anthology book because that one does NOT hold back), for some reason only giving Rei one pet (he had a cat too! He missed them both equally, and he even compares Albert to his cat in the novel), and the King straight up lying to Rei that he would find a way to send him home if they defeated the Demon King.
They never made any promises or gave him false hope, Rei just thought, logically so, that if he did what the world wanted it would let him return. In reality the King and everyone else just kind of forced him along and hoped he'd eventually just be cool with it. Dick move, but it's better than lying.
Can you give me the link of that anthology comic??
Hey everyone, so as a previous comment mentioned, these are adaptations of webnovels. They're all available for free to read online, I couldn't find any that were translated yet so for now they're only available in Japanese, but I figured I'd link them here in case anyone wanted to check them out
Chapter 1's Novel, Single Chapter Short Stories: https://novel18.syosetu.com/n2654gk/ (Louie's' POV)
https://novel18.syosetu.com/n8755gk/ (Owen's POV)
Owen's a freak in his chapter lmaoo
Second Chapter's Novel:
https://novel18.syosetu.com/n1966hn/
I've mentioned in a previous thread, but there is a paid version on Comic Seymour, the only difference between the free and paid is an exclusive additional bonus chapter
Third Chapter's Novel:
https://www.alphapolis.co.jp/novel/84296488/694679860
The story of this one is actually really interesting, both of them are reincarnated and also childhood friends from their original world
Fourth Chapter's Novel:
https://novel18.syosetu.com/n0449go/
This one I am working to translate because I love it so much, it's unfinished but sweet
Fifth Chapter's Novel, Single Chapter Short Story:
https://novel18.syosetu.com/n6720hf/
Really cute, low-key sad story. Basic rundown is the crown prince does the queen selection, chooses the knight of the girl instead, reveals later that they'd met as kids when the knight mistook him for his recently deceased dog. This is the couple on the cover, btw
i'd love to know where and when you translate the novel for chapter 4!! thank you in advance ^_^