{"id":9862,"date":"2022-10-10T09:28:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/?p=9862"},"modified":"2023-03-24T08:09:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T08:09:54","slug":"the-strange-adventure-of-a-broke-mercenary-1-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/the-strange-adventure-of-a-broke-mercenary-1-6\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strange Adventure of a Broke MERCENARY #1-6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Based on the cover of the first Kuitsume Youhei no Gensou Kitan<\/a> novel, you might expect to find a variation of Berserk<\/a>‘s main character as its protagonist… and those expectations would be fulfilled. This series is basically pre-demon invasion Guts if he happened to live in Goblin Slayer<\/a>‘s setting.<\/p>\n

It is not<\/em> obsessed with goblins however, so each novel (so far) features a different sort of antagonist ranging from undead, to slimes, to fae. What binds everything together are three ongoing background plots: The evolving relationship between the two main characters, the periodic appearance of unsealed dark gods, and the mystery behind Loren’s abilities\/training.<\/p>\n

It’s a lot of fun, mainly thanks to the interplay of the characters’ personalities. Only thing I can complain about is the localization. This is a series that would’ve greatly benefited from leaving the honorifics alone instead of trying to translate them; each “Mr. Loren” causes physical pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Based on the cover of the first Kuitsume Youhei no Gensou Kitan novel, you might expect to find a variation of Berserk‘s main character as its protagonist… and those expectations would be fulfilled. This series is basically pre-demon invasion Guts if he happened to live in Goblin Slayer‘s setting. It is not obsessed with goblins however, so each novel (so far) features a different sort of antagonist ranging from undead, to slimes, to fae. What binds everything together are three ongoing background plots: The evolving relationship between the two main characters, the periodic appearance of unsealed dark gods, and the mystery behind Loren’s abilities\/training. It’s a lot of fun, mainly thanks to the interplay of the characters’ personalities. Only thing I can complain about is the localization. This is a series that would’ve greatly benefited from leaving the honorifics alone instead of trying to translate them; each “Mr. Loren” causes physical pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[28,565,564,29,510],"class_list":["post-9862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-related","tag-fantasy","tag-kuitsume-youhei-no-gensou-kitan","tag-mine","tag-paranormal-romance","tag-young-adult-novel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}