Log Horizon: Manga w/ Side Stories Discussion Thread

[tsunade666]

chapter 15 of WWB is out.

seeing this chapter out just show how many variety Sou's harem is.

[DQueenie13]

HoneyMoonLogs volume 4 (final volume) cover has been previewed.

http://dc.dengeki.com/newreleases/978-4-04-866701-2/

It seems as though Nyanta's Fortune Recipes will release its second volume September 1.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%AD%E3.../dp/4047298948

Take with a grain of salt, though, since this is my only source (the other link that referenced this is no longer available/redirects to an error page).

[Sheba]

The manga will be published in France.

[DQueenie13]

U.S., too, although Yen Press didn't say which series they licensed, if not all of them.

[FRS]

Originally Posted by Sheba

The manga will be published in France.

Welp, that's one more way for me to support the franchise.

[DQueenie13]

WWB (or, "People of the West Wind," according to YP) is the Yen Press licensed manga for Log Horizon.

[p-kun]

Chapter 27 of WWB is such a riot! Roderick is moe

When WWB tested various questionable potions from Roderick, Souji naturally hit the jackpot with the appearance changing one.

[DQueenie13]

I dunno, Dolce's hair literally going through the roof was pretty funny.

[tsunade666]

Is it in raw or translated in 4chan?

[DQueenie13]

Raws. I have the cleaned raws for some of the WWB chapters, but my translator kinda vanished on me.

[Sheba]

Purchased and received the french version of the manga. The translation is okay even tho some wording choices can give the wrong impression on the protagonists' age, making you think that they are middle to high school age range instead of college. Also, The world's name is spelled "Serdessia".

[DQueenie13]

So now, we've got Theldesia (I think that was Hara's original spelling for it), Serdesia, Serdessia, and Celdesia (TRPG).

DEEN fixed this problem by not even showing the name on the map in the latest episode.

[Estavali]

Chapter 14 of Recipes is out. It touches on something that's usually been used for comedic value: Serara and her chubbiness. And young girls and diets in general =3

Spoiler for Unreliable summary:

While visiting one of the well-stocked tea parties at the Maple Consul, Serara (amongst others) were informed of Rod Lab's latest findings: that handmade food would lead to an increase in weight, be you Lander or Adventurer. To help monitor and regulate Adventurers' health, a weighing machine had been invented and Rayneshia herself had received one from Charasin. Serara, who has always been very conscious of her physical image (and who has been enjoying too much good food, no doubt often courtesy of the Chief), became (probably) its first victim with very expect-able results (the scale reading was mosaic-ed to protect her privacy XD). It didn't help that the ones at the scene had either a slender figure (Akatsuki, Reize), were well-endowed (Marielle, Henrietta) or both (Rayneshia).

Serara decided to do something about her weight and went on a diet, shunning meat and rice, and sticking to a diet of salads. Which... as we know, is just as unhealthy and she became worryingly listless after a week of this regime. What made things worse was that her diet produced no visible (healthy) effects and Serara was worried her continued chubbiness would only make Nyanta despise her.

Marielle and Henrietta couldn't take this any more and approached Nyanta for help. Marielle had hoped that the Chief could tell Serara that he cared not for her figure and from there guide her back to a healthier diet. However Henrietta pointed out that a girl at Serara's age could not help but be self-conscious. They would only end up hurting her even more if she knew that her diet had been found out by the very person (Nyanta) she had hoped to keep a secret from.

As they brainstormed of a way to make Serara adopt a healthy diet without Nyanta's involvement, an unexpected guest made his appearance: Dolce, the winner of the Autumn Curry competition! Will he be the solution to their problem? To be continued, in the Jan 2015 issue! =3

[DQueenie13]

Wait, Dolce won that competition? What'd he make? I just remember that Krusty's curry somehow had an eyeball in it and Serara fainted because of it.

[Estavali]

Originally Posted by DQueenie13

Wait, Dolce won that competition? What'd he make? I just remember that Krusty's curry somehow had an eyeball in it and Serara fainted because of it.

Fantastic curry, of course =3 And one that's made with conventional ingredients, not monster parts (delicious as those may be) or too much spicy stuff (courtesy of Henrietta).

WWB did say Dolce was a good cook in the old world, though his abilities were crippled in Celdesia since he's not a Chef.... until they whipped out that Newly-wed's Apron >=D

[p-kun]

A new chapter of WWB is out. The three crafting guild leaders have funny facial expressions. The lander inviting RTC to Eastal conference is speaking rapper style, lol. Kawara (my favorite WWB girl after Nazuna) is very adorable in this chapter. Did Souji just pull a girl by her hair and throw her?

I really don't get how WWB could be a famous combat guild if even Kawara, who is combat happy, is so far below Souji. Maybe it's due to other members that weren't trapped? IIRC there are 2 other tea party girls that are not trapped in WWB.

[DQueenie13]

So what exactly was up with Kawara? First she jumps off a building into Souji's arms, then runs off and does random errands (and becomes Henrietta's dress-up doll for a moment), then she duels Souji and loses.

WWB as a whole confuses me. By the time of the Catastrophe, they were already making a name for themselves, but doesn't Souji say in volume 2 that the guild was just starting up? Also, @p-kun you're forgetting that they were famous before the Catastrophe, where one's own physical fighting prowess didn't matter. I'll infer that Kawara, unlike Souji, didn't have any training in the real world.

[p-kun]

Kawara is homesick. Since her family is out of question, she wants attention from the next person she cares about (Souji). Unfortunately, Souji is really masterful in totally ignoring his harem as usual (how he manages to ignore Kawara hugging him from behind, confessing that she likes him out loud, and laying her head on his lap is beyond me) while talking about who to send to RTC expedition to Eastal to Nazuna. Olive tells Kawara not to get too touchy with Souji and Kawara leaves. Nazuna tells Souji to pay attention to her.

Souji asks if she wants to train like the good old times. Then there's flashback about how she joined WWB. She challenged Souji before (she challenged DDD and Black Sword before Souji, but they didn't take her challenge seriously). Nazuna told her to get to lv 90 before doing so, but Kawara was the impulsive type. Souji found her amusing and insta-killed her (lol). She joined WWB afterwards.

Back to the present, Kawara is unhappy as Souji is holding back against her, though she manages to get Souji to seriously throw her after punching his throat . Kawara's mood turns around after being taken more seriously. Souji then told her to go to Eastal so she'll have something to do other than being homesick.

[p-kun]

Chapter 29 of WWB is out. Lenessia is really cute. I like how straight faced Misa is compared to the crazy women in WWB and Henrietta. The chapter also gives an excuse for RTC uniform as to prevent what happens in this chapter (Nazuna going to meeting semi-naked) from happening in important meetings, lol.

[DQueenie13]

Chapter 2 of Nyanta's Fortune Recipes is out in English. Mission success! Now to teach Scott (no matter how much I read it, it still feels really weird to read an English name ...) how to cook.