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Grimgal of Ashes and Illusion
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Rating(4.1 / 5.0, 336 votes)
5 | 57% (192 votes) |
4 | 19% (65 votes) |
3 | 7% (25 votes) |
2 | 6% (19 votes) |
1 | 10% (35 votes) |
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2013
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Status in Country of Origin. One entry per line
20 Volumes (Ongoing)
2 Side Volume (Ongoing)
2 Side Volume (Ongoing)
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Yes
Completely Translated
No
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One entry per lineEnglish Publisher
One entry per lineRelease Frequency
Every 193.6 Day(s)Activity Stats [Graph]
Weekly Rank: #2000Monthly Rank: #14118
All Time Rank: #3744
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On 5256 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #2175
All Time Rank: #1279
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.Why are we doing this…? When Haruhiro came to, he was in the darkness. Not knowing why was he here, or where “here” even was. With him were others who also remembered little more than their own names. What they found when they came out of the underground was a world that was `just like a game.” In order to survive, Haruhiro forms a party with others in the same situation as him, learns Skills, and takes his first steps forward into the world of Grimgar as a Trainee Volunteer Soldier. Not knowing what awaits him… This is a tale of adventure born from the ashes.
Associated Names
One entry per lineGrimgar of Fantasy and Ash
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
灰と幻想のグリムガル
灰與幻想的格林姆迦爾
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
灰と幻想のグリムガル
灰與幻想的格林姆迦爾
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If you're looking for something along the lines of 'easy mode', or 'cheat-y feature', or TRIUMPH OVER THE GODS, then THIS ONE IS NOT FOR YOU.
If I had to say the weakness of this story, then I had to pick: character selection (mostly because of Yume and Ranta) and snail-like story progress.
Story-wise development? 10/10; Character dev? 7/10; Romance? It's so sour-sweet; it's pretty relatable so I LOVE it; Comedy? Nah, this one isn't directed that way.
The story is real, it's live, it is also the real world.
The story is fantasy-genred but it fantastically realistic: there's no such thing like level, status window, status screen, stat, true-resurrection skill and such or such, only you, your body, your skill, your ability and talent, your way of thinking, and your experience, and luck -in a sense. You think you could get away with anything you want? Then you must be a solo player for life, for that was not the case for Haruhiro -he was 'entrusted' with the life of his comrades, he wanted them to live, he wanted to live together with his loved one- reluctant as he ought to be, untalented as he may be, he had to shoulder them. You never know what the world of Grimgar will throw at you, and how does it feels for you when you're aware of your own powerlessness and mediocre-ness and then always comparing yourself with the genius, the capable, and the powerful one around you? It SHUCKS and Haruhiro knows it better than anyone, even so he still need to get stronger for his comrades. Cheat skill? Blessing from the gods? There's no such thing, only the curse of Ranta. It can't be helped if the story progression speed is terribly slow, I mean there were no 'welcome our yuusha banner'-thing, no 'please save my world from the No-Life King'-from the Gods, furthermore the weird amnesic state the 'summoned' people were in at first -in other words there isn't any specific task or guide given to be completed, and yet they pay no mind to what were they once before they arrived in Grimgar, just accepted the 'advice' to become soldier 'obediently' and throw their life into the battlefield. And I'll say it again: cheat skill? Blessing from the gods? There's no such thing, only the curse of Ranta. I won't ask for people who rate this novel lowly to understand, but I'll just remind you: what's normal for you doesn't mean that it was also the norm for the others. If your life is smooth sailing, then good for you -you won't have to suffer like Haruhiro and co (the group of mediocre one, the misfit, etc, etc).
The story started strong, dropped hints of what might have been going on in the background and built the characters well - up until volume 9, maybe volume 8.
Volume 8 was a big turning point in the whole story as the team got split up in a slightly careless manner. I think that's where my pet peeve started with the story progression. It seemed forced. Anyway, it was the volume where Ranta made the decision to leave his companions and had a fight with Haruhiro, showing how a maybe-hopeful story made a dark turn real fast. But it might have been a way to build character again, so I let it go.
It felt like the author had no desire to deepen anything resembling romantic relationships between characters. Haruhiro constantly kept Merry at a distance while his inner monologue seemed to say "i love her, I want to help her", and yet he didn't say anything out loud. The author created a chance with Kuzaku having a monologue about how he loved Merry and helping Haruhiro get together with her as she wasn't into Kuzaku anyway, because he figured if the two were left alone, nothing would progress. But nothing happened, the whole thing was forgotten.
The author decided to kill off Merry. I honestly felt like I would quit reading right after they buried/burned her body. But they brought in a revival chance. Of course, there was a catch. Apparently there was an existence who could live through thousands of lives by changing bodies, among one of which seemed to be either the No Life King or someone who knew him. Long story short - Merry was alive but it wasn't really her anymore, it was something else. Haruhiro then made the biggest character growth since the end of volume 7 by hugging Merry, but it was honestly too late. Everything about the revival was foreboding of what was going to happen, the romance in the story was being buried under "she's someone else now"
At the end of volume 14 after they left the world of Parano through the throne door there's a scene where a mastermind along with Hoyumu? Fed Haruhiro and the others some potion that made them forget and they seemed to wake up much the same way as in volume 1.
- Haruhiro : the brainless/dense protagonist
- Ranta : the Chuuni chatterbox
- Shihoru : the quiet girl who clearly can't hold a conversation
- Yume : the airhead
- Manato : the only competent character who dies trying to save his party of dead weight
and a bunch more characters who I can't remember since they were all so flat. Combine this with the cast's... more>>when haruhiro found out that Mary was in love with another its just top sad.