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インフィニット・デンドログラム [Infinite Dendrogram] Light Novel #8
Infinite Dendrogram: Volume 8
Having maxed out his Paladin rank, Ray considers what job to take and level next. As he does so, he hears of a job that was newly excavated alongside an ancient ruin in Altar's Quartierlatin County — an area bordering the Dryfe Imperium.
As it happens, Ray already meets the conditions for the job, and it suits him well, so he wastes no time going out to make the switch. But of course things are never quite so simple...
Along the way, he encounters Azurite — a mysterious masked swordswoman. There was simply no way Ray could've known the far-reaching political implications of his venture to the ruins...
As it happens, Ray already meets the conditions for the job, and it suits him well, so he wastes no time going out to make the switch. But of course things are never quite so simple...
Along the way, he encounters Azurite — a mysterious masked swordswoman. There was simply no way Ray could've known the far-reaching political implications of his venture to the ruins...
218 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2018
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July 29, 2021
Volume 8 begins a new adventure in Quatierlatin - a town on the border of Altar and Dryfe.
A number of new faces are seen in this novel, and I have a suspicion that not all of them are who they claim to be, but only time will tell.
There are subtle hints throughout the novels as they go that things are changing, and I’m interested to see how the events to come unfold, and how our MCs Ray and Nemesis deal with them.
Volume 8 earns another 5 stars for the Infinite Dendrogram series.
A number of new faces are seen in this novel, and I have a suspicion that not all of them are who they claim to be, but only time will tell.
There are subtle hints throughout the novels as they go that things are changing, and I’m interested to see how the events to come unfold, and how our MCs Ray and Nemesis deal with them.
Volume 8 earns another 5 stars for the Infinite Dendrogram series.
November 30, 2020
Loads of world building. It seems the story is actually moving from episodic monsters to the actual main plot about what Infinite Dendrogram is.
February 28, 2020
I do believe that binge reading this series is probably one of the worst ideas I have ever head.
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I will not say that the series is terrible; it has great things going for it. For example, the game in itself and its infinities in almost every aspect makes me way excited than I should be, the extremely colourful cast of side characters and the very interesting abilities almost all of them have. However, it also has cons that I cannot ignore the more exposed I get to the series, for example, the focus on human morality in a series that deals primarily with non-human entities. The focus on the side quests for 9 volumes (8 ended in a cliffhanger, so 9 should finish this… assuming 10 doesn’t) after blatantly putting hints of a hidden darkness in the first two volumes, the continuous emphasis of how different-than-other-masters Ray is and the convenience of the plot for the MC.
That last one is in almost every single Isekai I have seen so far, with the exception of Grimgar (So far anyway, only read volume 1), so I will not judge it too harshly on that bit regardless of how much it annoys me. What I will judge here though is how much they are trying to bring human laws to an entity that is not a human to begin with, i.e. the game. Tians are pixels, if they die, they will not come back…, I get, it does not change anything and more importantly, I do not care about said pixels whatsoever. Ray’s entire persona here and the fact that he has a maiden-type embryo (we cannot forget that), is that he cannot ignore those tians, he is not like other players who will prioritize their self-gain over the lives of zeros and ones. AND, let us not forget how amazing he is that by doing exactly that, he ends up in front of absurdly strong UBMs where he always has “something” to win the fight and end up getting even more broken equipment.
I don’t know about anyone else, but your truly is starting to get fed up with self-insert MCs. That goddamn awful progression route needs to be nuked out of existence, at the very least in series like this one where there is so much to work with when taking the world into consideration. Can you just imagine the amount of character development someone like Ray will get if he was given a small taste of defeat? Even though he was being noble? Wow, that could be amazing.
Excuse the above, like I said, binge reading this series is a really bad thing for me when I tend to focus on the things that annoy me and how they continue to do so without any changes. I keep hoping for the best, but it gets really hard when binging. Anyways, the volume is a setup volume for the upcoming struggle for the wealth of the ruins between Dryfe and Altar. In the process we get to meet new characters, visit new locations and read some bits and pieces of side things.
That is not so bad, I did enjoy myself when politics came into the picture, and when the lore of the world was mentioned. Sakon Kaidou has an awesome ability of world building the series, not exactly how he handles telling us about it, but more so on what he is including in his world. I definitely enjoyed that part and I continue to wish that it will take the main focus at any given point, but he’s building it very slowly so it’s going to take way too long to get the full idea on what Infinite Dendrogram is in its entirety. I’m sure however, that it’s going to be great in that regard.
Ray being the main character is something I consider to be a con, given that he’s this bland for self-insert purposes so having him walk around and try to investigate a few things wasn’t as fun as I hope it would be. Thankfully, he had other characters with him that spiced things up so now that the stage is set, this is hopefully going to be the final major arc before we start delving into the hidden darkness of the series in bigger detail.
Final rating: 2.5
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I will not say that the series is terrible; it has great things going for it. For example, the game in itself and its infinities in almost every aspect makes me way excited than I should be, the extremely colourful cast of side characters and the very interesting abilities almost all of them have. However, it also has cons that I cannot ignore the more exposed I get to the series, for example, the focus on human morality in a series that deals primarily with non-human entities. The focus on the side quests for 9 volumes (8 ended in a cliffhanger, so 9 should finish this… assuming 10 doesn’t) after blatantly putting hints of a hidden darkness in the first two volumes, the continuous emphasis of how different-than-other-masters Ray is and the convenience of the plot for the MC.
That last one is in almost every single Isekai I have seen so far, with the exception of Grimgar (So far anyway, only read volume 1), so I will not judge it too harshly on that bit regardless of how much it annoys me. What I will judge here though is how much they are trying to bring human laws to an entity that is not a human to begin with, i.e. the game. Tians are pixels, if they die, they will not come back…, I get, it does not change anything and more importantly, I do not care about said pixels whatsoever. Ray’s entire persona here and the fact that he has a maiden-type embryo (we cannot forget that), is that he cannot ignore those tians, he is not like other players who will prioritize their self-gain over the lives of zeros and ones. AND, let us not forget how amazing he is that by doing exactly that, he ends up in front of absurdly strong UBMs where he always has “something” to win the fight and end up getting even more broken equipment.
I don’t know about anyone else, but your truly is starting to get fed up with self-insert MCs. That goddamn awful progression route needs to be nuked out of existence, at the very least in series like this one where there is so much to work with when taking the world into consideration. Can you just imagine the amount of character development someone like Ray will get if he was given a small taste of defeat? Even though he was being noble? Wow, that could be amazing.
Excuse the above, like I said, binge reading this series is a really bad thing for me when I tend to focus on the things that annoy me and how they continue to do so without any changes. I keep hoping for the best, but it gets really hard when binging. Anyways, the volume is a setup volume for the upcoming struggle for the wealth of the ruins between Dryfe and Altar. In the process we get to meet new characters, visit new locations and read some bits and pieces of side things.
That is not so bad, I did enjoy myself when politics came into the picture, and when the lore of the world was mentioned. Sakon Kaidou has an awesome ability of world building the series, not exactly how he handles telling us about it, but more so on what he is including in his world. I definitely enjoyed that part and I continue to wish that it will take the main focus at any given point, but he’s building it very slowly so it’s going to take way too long to get the full idea on what Infinite Dendrogram is in its entirety. I’m sure however, that it’s going to be great in that regard.
Ray being the main character is something I consider to be a con, given that he’s this bland for self-insert purposes so having him walk around and try to investigate a few things wasn’t as fun as I hope it would be. Thankfully, he had other characters with him that spiced things up so now that the stage is set, this is hopefully going to be the final major arc before we start delving into the hidden darkness of the series in bigger detail.
Final rating: 2.5
January 21, 2019
Infinite Dendrogram continues its great run with this 8th volume, the starting point of a new major arc involving ancient mysteries and the addition of a new heroine. This volume continues to showcase Sakon Kaidou's knack of world- and character-building, a true rarity in this genre.
ID's world has been hinted to be a much, much more than just a simple "VRMMO" game world and this volume continues to throw even bigger and bigger hints there's a huge conspiracy behind the scenes to its existence. A lot of plot threads thrown in the previous volumes are slowly coming to play back in here, and it showcases the author's knack of weaving intricate plot threads and good foreshadowing.
But what definitely makes Infinite Dendrogram a top-tier light novel is its characters. While our hero is simplistic enough to be easily identified by the readers, many of the other characters are multi-faceted and hold many different faces, something that's been established since the start.
The new characters introduced in this volume are similarly great, with many differing faces and motivations, which makes for a great read. I also love the new heroine introduced in the volume, who the author unabashedly promotes as probably the first love interest of the MC, in the future. She is definitely likeable enough to garner my support!
Of course, being the start of another major arc, this volume ends with a pretty big cliffhanger but that is well done and framed as the start of a major conflict, rather trying to end it in the middle of a climatic fight.
JNC has finally caught up with the original JP publication with this volume as well, so it'll be a painful wait for the next one for me :(.
ID's world has been hinted to be a much, much more than just a simple "VRMMO" game world and this volume continues to throw even bigger and bigger hints there's a huge conspiracy behind the scenes to its existence. A lot of plot threads thrown in the previous volumes are slowly coming to play back in here, and it showcases the author's knack of weaving intricate plot threads and good foreshadowing.
But what definitely makes Infinite Dendrogram a top-tier light novel is its characters. While our hero is simplistic enough to be easily identified by the readers, many of the other characters are multi-faceted and hold many different faces, something that's been established since the start.
The new characters introduced in this volume are similarly great, with many differing faces and motivations, which makes for a great read. I also love the new heroine introduced in the volume, who the author unabashedly promotes as probably the first love interest of the MC, in the future. She is definitely likeable enough to garner my support!
Of course, being the start of another major arc, this volume ends with a pretty big cliffhanger but that is well done and framed as the start of a major conflict, rather trying to end it in the middle of a climatic fight.
JNC has finally caught up with the original JP publication with this volume as well, so it'll be a painful wait for the next one for me :(.
March 15, 2019
J-novel club sure is doing a good job putting these out, we are already on the eighth volume, almost caught up with Japan where volume nine just came out.
The eighth volume is just as good as the earlier volumes and has none of the superfluous side stories of some of the earlier volumes. Plus some great art as well, probably the best so far.
The eighth volume is just as good as the earlier volumes and has none of the superfluous side stories of some of the earlier volumes. Plus some great art as well, probably the best so far.
January 3, 2021
This book introduces a new character, and set up the next arc fairly well. not a lot seemed to happen until the end. this shows Rays ideals about dendro (How he treats the tians) . the best part of this book is the history of the world which is intresting how old it is and how long ago dendro was created it made me more excited for volume 9 more than I feel like I had to read this volume..
January 3, 2022
Great story, despite the cliff hanger ending. I like characters and i find the worldbuilding intriguing.
Some of the coincidences are a bit too much for my taste. Ray is a bit of an unreliable narrator to create surprise for the reader without making Ray look stupid or to generate suspense. To me it feels a bit fake. Still, that is nothing new to the series...
Some of the coincidences are a bit too much for my taste. Ray is a bit of an unreliable narrator to create surprise for the reader without making Ray look stupid or to generate suspense. To me it feels a bit fake. Still, that is nothing new to the series...
May 1, 2020
Parece que el autor esta menos nazi y la historia mas interesante, asi que veremos como sigue.
February 17, 2022
Cliffhanger gaaaaaah.
(What can I say, I'm invested)
(What can I say, I'm invested)
September 11, 2022
i love you azurite
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