The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash, Vol. 8

Light Novel

De: Honobonoru500

Narrado por: Heather Corrigan

MIXED SIGNALS

Druid seems on edge these days. First, he senses a disturbance in the forest, but Ivy doesn't feel anything amiss. Then, they meet Zephyr, a party of adventurers. Sora insists they're safe, but Druid has a bad feeling about Zinal. So, just who is this guy? And does he have anything to do with the disturbance in the forest? Or is her father just being a worrywart?

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Funny interactions

I love this series and I hope they continue it after this. The interactions are always fun and you do see a bit of growth in IV and droid and I wanna see how things fall out. It’s a quiet slice of life fluffy series. There’s sometimes obvious plot points and occasionally plot holes, but it’s still fun. Edit: couldn’t wait for the next book I audio so read it.. though I will still get the audiobook if/when it comes out…the plot holes are slowly getting filled in.

I love it.

I can't wait for the other light.Nobles, i love everything about it. I saw the anime I can't wait for more.

Excited to find out what happens next!

Overall I enjoyed this one. While some story beats have been played out, I still like to see Ivy succeed. What’s got me most interested is the set up for this arc’s main dilemma. I can’t wait for the next volume to find out what’s happening in the town!

Another Good one!!!!

I loved the Interactions between the new characters and Ivy and her father!! I am ready for the next book!!!!!

Still pure goodness with some exciting twists

It was nice to see the story find the next mystery twist. The performance was top notch as usual and the warmth of the characters makes it wonderful to accompany them.

This is my honest opinion.

This volume of the story has one important difference from the last one.

*Spoiler Alert, jfyi*

In the first volumes I was questioning why a group of high level professionals would allow Ivy to trudge off on her own into a monster-filled wilderness when they did all these things at the end of the trafficking ring arc to demonstrate how much they cared about her. Knowing that she has no magic powers, they just shrugged their shoulders and acted like that's just how the cookie crumbles. They were literally going after all these evildoers who stole children from their community and then the very child who made all of this possible was just allowed to leave.

When Druid came into the picture, his interactions with her were developing over time from distant, to concerned, to caring, to respectful companionship, to love. (On that note, this author BETTER not be working the plot to hook Ivy and Druid up later. I hate books that do that, making the institution of paternal love of adopted children as inevitably sexual.) The moment Druid told Ivy about her family and then asked her to be his daughter was the most acutely touching of the series by far. Gotta admit that one made even ME cry a bit.

Volumes 8 and 9 are the first of the series where the dynamic between Ivy and Druid is changed radically, though in almost imperceptible ways. For one, she's no longer calling him Mr. Druid, like he's a business associate. Now he's not just Father Druid, or Sir, but the very informal Dad. That demonstrates how very close the two characters are now with walls broken down.

Ivy is also letting Druid take care of her, something she was fundamentally against when they first set out together. They had numerous arguments where Druid said he was the adult and would accept responsibility for paying for Ivy's upkeep and her, being justifiably prideful of her self-sufficiency refused his assistance on the grounds that she didn't feel it was right to take advantage of him. She was keeping him at arm's length, pun implied, because she was traumatized by what her family and original villagers did to her. Now, she is diving into it, accepting Druid fully and counting on him.

The difference may not seem like much on the surface, but the stark difference between the extreme harsh experiences of her early childhood to the present should demonstrate how this current arc is taking on a similar set of circumstances. It's like looking at a picture from multiple angles and seeing totally different things.

Same Old Thing

This series has unfortunately become very repetitive and uninteresting over the last two releases. I used to really look forward to new releases, but now I feel like the author is squandering all the good world building and character building he has done up until this point. I feel like it needs to transition into a new phase of Ivy's life, but the author is too scared or clueless to make it happen, so instead we are getting these weak reruns of the same old plot over and over again.