Is now available (despite my not being awake yet).
Yes, I’ll be doing an art dump at some point this week.
The Girl Who Dreamed of a Different World
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Witches and Ray-Guns 
Got it! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081WQZ5TT
They do seem to be working remarkably fast this time.
I just checked the sample on Smashwords – there’s something messed up in the fonts of the epub. It’s readable but the font changes are annoying.
I’ll check on it. I have the weirdest feeling this is going to be a pain.
Back again… I downloaded the epub and can’t see anything weird in the first 20 pages or so. Where are you seeing odd font changes? What reader are you using?
The first paragraph of each chapter section has the class “c9”, which has no font-family associated with it, all others have the class “western”, which is formatted as “Times New Roman” or any other serif font. If the epub reader chooses a different default font (e.g. Arial) and doesn’t override the fonts defined in the epub, then there may be a mismatch.
It doesn’t bother me, because I just disable the “Use Publisher Fonts” option in such cases or even edit the epub file.
Thanks. I’ll look into it.
Finished reading the book. Great story, although personally I found her seemingly being right about the narrative conventions and just getting handed the greater wish ring a bit annoying.
I really liked the characters and the heroine not being recognized as the savior even after being summoned specifically for that.
try to keep spoilers to an absolute minimum here, okay. Like, don’t do it.
I know you were iffy on continuing this past one book, but geez Niall, where’s the nose rubbing? Kana going back to the White Castle and telling off the Master? Also it’s a pity the chain is regional US only. A White Castle hamburger joke or two would have been easy to work in there somewhere.
Anywho, semi entitled fan boy demand aside, I really enjoyed this one. I’m not a big anime fan and have no knowledge of the Isekai format other than through your writing, but as far as I could tell I think you did it proud and struck a really good balance of explaining the tropes and being meta as you were going along. I very much hope at some point you find a way to revisit these characters. I really enjoyed this one a lot.
I have never heard of White Castle hamburgers. Sorry.
I do know what would happen in a second book. It might happen. OTOH, there’s only about one plot thread without a resolution, so I could also let it go. We’ll see.
There is also NAPA from the Fox books. Here in the US, it is a brand name for auto parts as well as wine-producing valley in California. The auto parts brand is all caps, so I was a little confused the first time I saw it in Fox Hunt.
I’ve heard of Napa Valley. I’ve drunk their product (not bad IIRC).
The auto parts brand I have no heard of.
American here. I can’t stop giggling every time “White Castle” pops up. 🙂
Good book so far, but I’m still at the beginning.
I enjoyed the book. As someone who never read or watched Manga or Anime (apart from Captain Future and Simba in my youth), I’m positively surprised to learn the rules of that special segment of literature.
I think that overall, this book is a little rushed. Other books with a similar premise (one person thrown into a world of magic, e.g. Christopher Nuttall’s “Schooled in Magic”) take much more time to establish the world before the protagonist is thrown into a quest against such a powerful enemy.
On the other hand, the supporting characters are well thought out and only as much clicheic as necessary to fulfill their respective roles. I, however, didn’t like the appearance of a deity-ex-Machina.
If it gets a sequel, Sakka will be further explained. I’ve not read ‘Schooled in Magic’ so I can’t comment. I prefer to explain the world as I go and an isolated castle/school/research establishment away from the majority of civilisation isn’t the best place for that. I thought she spent far too long getting ready to go out into the world myself. Everyone’s different, which what makes the world the fascinating and frustrating place it is. 🙂
I was greatly amused by the line where Aneshti introduced herself as a shitagi and Kana thought that it sounded like a mushtoom. (Shiitake, I assume.) But really, it sounds a lot more (as in exactly) like the Japanese word “shitagi” — meaning “underwear”!
That aside, I really loved this book (and loved it again on second reading), and would be deeply happy to read more if it becomes a series.
I have one more, once I’ve figured out who the villain is. 🙂