It is surprising (to me) how relatably human this manga is for a story about level-grinding virtual avatars and video game AIs.

Uh, this is a different world with game mechanics, not an actual game. Monsters are living, not AIs.

Is this canon? I am just asking since I may have missed something. :-/

Nothing to miss. No computers, AIs, or virtual avatars are ever mentioned. Pretty clear that Aki is a school girl summoned to a world she is afraid of and misses her family regularly. She had to deal with pawning her own personal possessions from her world to fund her hopes of getting home, despite depending on those items for emotional support.

There are definitely no video games ever mentioned, only mechanics recognized by the readers.

After starting to reread it from the beginning, even saving is explained as a form of insurance for your equipment that scales with their value.

I'm more curious where in the story someone could possibly get the impression that everything is virtual.

As earlier chapters have shown, the fact Goblin can usually kill with a single blow means she struggles with situations where that method won't work, or she's put in situations that she is weak against (like Death magic).

But she still won. Isn't that where the talent comes in?

Nothing to miss. No computers, AIs, or virtual avatars are ever mentioned. Pretty clear that Aki is a school girl summoned to a world she is afraid of and misses her family regularly. She had to deal with pawning her own personal possessions from her world to fund her hopes of getting home, despite depending on those items for emotional support.

There are definitely no video games ever mentioned, only mechanics recognized by the readers.

Hmmm, I guess you are right, but even if it's never stated to be an MMO, most interactions in the story are still ludic rather than social, which is why complex characterization may be so unexpected here...

As earlier chapters have shown, the fact Goblin can usually kill with a single blow means she struggles with situations where that method won't work, or she's put in situations that she is weak against (like Death magic).

But she still won. Isn't that where the talent comes in?

It's been more luck than anything.

Huh. Looks like Granite might get some real character development here. It should be interesting to see what she comes up with.

Was hoping for a Goblin x Aki ship, but I guess we can't always have the ship we want. Kind of like in the manga Tatchibanakan Triangle. It's always the childhood friend and not the lewd one smh.

-set up Granite's backstory
-set up demons being able to remove God's protection

Granite is going to die next chapter isn't she

Was hoping for a Goblin x Aki ship, but I guess we can't always have the ship we want. Kind of like in the manga Tatchibanakan Triangle. It's always the childhood friend and not the lewd one smh.

Isn't it always the mysterious and exciting new girl that wins out and never the childhood friend that was juuuust about to confess? Well, perhaps that is more of a common pattern on the het side of things.

-set up Granite's backstory
-set up demons being able to remove God's protection

Granite is going to die next chapter isn't she

I don't think so. The fact that she couldn't uses her spells as Goblin said "it's not her talent". Maybe she will changes class and defeat that demon

There's a giant Lily flower on her God's protection thing.
Yuri confirmed, I guess? Hahaha.

Isn't it always the mysterious and exciting new girl that wins out and never the childhood friend that was juuuust about to confess? Well, perhaps that is more of a common pattern on the het side of things.

I still remember the Shuffle anime ending. I'd never, ever expected the writers to go with the route they picked out of all the ones available.

But in 97.3% of all cases it's immediately obvious whom they are going with, so, yeah ...

From Goblin's thought last chapter, and this

I think we're about to see Granite's real talent. She's just ignoreg it because she loves fire

Oi, oi, no death flags in my yuri.
Then again, it's good to know Granite actually cares about Aki.

Every cliffhanger ever can go die in a fire. I will continue to be salty over this until the next chapter is posted.

1. Super hyped for Granite to beat stuff up

2. TIL about human candles, an absolutely horrific torture method that shouldn't exist. "Using someone pretty makes it more popular" and "You have a lovely face and voice" together in context of slow burning and screaming is probably the most terrifying thing to hear.

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Oh sweet god yes, she's not going to die. Characters like Granite usually get shafted to comic relief forever, or die when they're about to matter.

I'm really worried she's going to use that Self combustion spell Goblin mentioned once...

Omg I was just thinking about this today and how I wanted it to come out soon, or I had a feeling it would today for some reason, and here it is.

YAAAAY!!!

Maybe she’s not actually a fire mage but some other element and forced herself to change ?

Maybe some dumb magic she rather not use. This manga just getting better.

Self-sacrifice destruction magic flags are up.

You get it around level fifteen with death magic. She's level twenty one. It ignores enemy's strength, requires a buttload of mana to cast, and is ridiculously powerful. She's also pulling off the "stoicity in the face of certain death" thing that martyrs always do in scenes like this. And the dude was commenting on how death magic wouldn't work on him, which would only leave the alternative magic that would at her level that was mentioned by Wasabi.

Calling it now; RIP forehead.

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I believe in Granite... She better not go and get herself killed. What would Aki do?! But then why would she ask Aki to hold her staff for her, hmm...

Yeah, this is getting really interesting. Genuinely excited for the next chapter.

Death flags are raised very high up but somehow I don't feel like Granite is gonna die. Or maybe she will but she revives as an undead like that skeleton soldier from the demon king palace. And they'll pull some bullshit as to why her body doesn't turn into a skeleton and her memories intact