The Bound Demon

Black Summoner, Volume 1

By: Doufu Mayoi, Taishi - translator

Narrated by: Kyle Tait

Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

Waking up in a strange new place with no memory of his past life, Kelvin learns that he's bartered away those very memories in exchange for powerful new abilities during his recent transmigration. Heading out into a whole new world as a Summoner—with his first Follower being the very goddess who brought him over!—Kelvin begins his new life as an adventurer, and it isn't long before he discovers his hidden disposition as a battle junkie. From the Black Knight of the Ancient Castle of Evil Spirits to the demon within the Hidden Cave of the Sage, he revels in the fight against one formidable foe after another. Join this OP adventurer in an exhilarating and epic saga as he and his allies carve their way into the annals of history!

©2016 Doufu Mayoi; English translation copyright 2020 by J-Novel Club LLC; Original Japanese edition published in 2016 by OVERLAP, Inc.; Cover illustration by Kurogin (DIGS) (P)2023 Tantor

Loved it

I loved the narrator and the story though it could have gone without all the honorifics like Sama, kun and Chan. Lol

It good

It a bit of a slow start but it speed up as the books go on.

Great performance and faithful story adaptation.

I recently had the pleasure of listening to the audiobook of "The Last Summoner" and I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. The performance by the narrator was excellent and really brought the story to life. The pacing was spot on and I never found myself bored or disengaged.

As a fan of the series, I was pleased to see that the audiobook followed the story faithfully. It was great to revisit the world and characters that I had grown to love through the anime and manga. The plot was engaging and kept me hooked from start to finish.

Overall, I would highly recommend "The Last Summoner" audiobook to anyone who enjoys fantasy and adventure. The combination of a well-written story and a great performance makes for an enjoyable listening experience. Whether you are a fan of the series or new to it, this audiobook is definitely worth checking out.

Good story that will keep you entertained.

The hero of the story is an overpowered battle junkie that plows through his enemies! When you finish the story you are ready for the next chapter!

This is a good story but not a great story

this story that kinda blends in with the rest it's a good story if you don't mind the tropes but it is almost ruined by the narrator what does he think he's reading a dictionary it's bland and monotone it might have been manageable if they would have gotten someone else to do the female voices

Really good.

I enjoyed the story from beginning to end, but i kinda dislike the hero and his mc syndrome, but I will definitely check out the next book

Harem lite

it is everything I was looking, I wanted something where the story is first and foremost and the harem is there but not shives in you face. This book is fucking amazing. I love how the language is actually adult, I love that they keep in the honorifics, because it actually matters in this series. The main character isn't so oblivious that he makes me want to tear my hair out. The only problem I have, is that I want more of something similar and everything else pales in comparison.

Good story, but monotone

The story is fine. It's (so far) 1 to 1 LN to anime, so if you watched the anime, it'll help. The draw back is that the narrator gives the main character a serious monotone. As well as some of the characters. Sometimes hard to tell that there's people actually talking. It's a fine listen and worth a credit, but I don't think I'll continue with the other books, if it continues down this monotonous path.

A story for degenerates by a degenerate

Just start off with the narrator to good for this book. this is nothing more than a generic power fantasy. Leaving genre criticisms aside There are many better ones try shield hero or False hero instead. there is next to no world building or environmental Is description. The protagonist is a Mary sue Who can obvious do no wrong. Despite being Is a massagenist and hypocrite. Outside of him only 3 kinds of characters exist. Girls whose only personality is Pretty. Characters who exist to praise the Mary Sue. And cartoonishly evil people who the protagnist can kill and Is still be objectively the good guy While also proving that he is the good guy for getting rid of them. I could go on longer explaining just why this book is so bad I can go into a lot of detail for any of the things I mentioned but It's not worth Any more effort than this. In summary Buy a different book.

Such a bad performance...

Black Summoner as an anime is a middle of the pack isekai struggling for room in a very saturated market. The light novel would probably be better to read, you might think. Well, sure, if you can put the voices in your mind and imagine that, great.

This audible is NOT anything like that. Don't get me wrong. This narrator would be GREAT if he were verbalizing a dictionary, an encyclopedia, a medical textbook, or anything technical. Unfortunately, this is a genre that really requires depth of voice and the ability to emote.

Peeves:
#1) Female characters are difficult to separate from the male ones as the narrator only heightens his voice a fraction of a percent. The only way you can tell they are female is when they say stereotypical things like, "Honey," etc..

#2) Narration of sounds should be loud if they are meant to be loud, not equal in tone and speed to everything else. "He folded clothes bored," and "He smashed his fist into the monster's face! BLAMMM" should not be read in the same monotone.
Battles that are supposed to be high-paced action have the feel of a meeting at the library.

#3) Attitude of this narrative altogether feels like, yeah, I've got to read this... bleh,,, light novel... Whatever... Not excited, not concerned, not intrigued, not enrapt in wonder. Think, watching paint dry and having to narrate it, what THAT might sound like, applied to this unfortunate book.

#4) The story starts off very trope-heavy. When there is a LOT of trope, one should avoid highlighting it with a tongue-in-cheek meta-commentary on how trope-heavy isekai stories are... It's laborious. Don't let that deter you from reading the kindle version, though. It gets better.

#5) The way isekai cheat "heroes" can act like their word is law and their perspective is right because someone handed them cheat powers is annoying. You can't claim the character earned anything if they are given massive advantages right from the start that no other character in the book can ever hope to attain. That can get preachy and self-serving, like the author writing wish-fulfillment.