Overlord, Vol. 9 (light novel): The Caster of Destruction
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- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Kugane Maruyama
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Rolaka Pisarka
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Done。Styl overlorda jest rozwzleczony， jest powolny， przysłania go ogrom niepotrzebnych opisów uczuć， planów itd więc suma sumarum。。。 Niewiele się dzieje przez te 350 str książki。 Mimo to przedstawia ciekawe podejście， ciekawych ludzi i ciekawe rozwiązania akcji。
Dex Vaughn
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Simply an amazing power fantasy。Ainz Ooal Gown's plans have dire impact for the weak nations that surround him。 This volume shows the perspectives of each nation and how they are dealing with the threat that Ainz poses to the entire world。 Some worship him， others respect him， but most are afraid of the unfathomable power he possesses。 You are in the shoes of a god。As for this volume in particular， I enjoyed the many arcs that swim around the gravity of such an insanely powerful force。 Seeing ho Simply an amazing power fantasy。Ainz Ooal Gown's plans have dire impact for the weak nations that surround him。 This volume shows the perspectives of each nation and how they are dealing with the threat that Ainz poses to the entire world。 Some worship him， others respect him， but most are afraid of the unfathomable power he possesses。 You are in the shoes of a god。As for this volume in particular， I enjoyed the many arcs that swim around the gravity of such an insanely powerful force。 Seeing how they deal with the inevitable and the embracing the feelings they conjure when those that are used to being on top are finally met with the impossible situation of defeat gives you a rare cathartic feeling that you can escape into fully。 You'll get goosebumps at the major payoffs when they happen。The only bad thing I can nitpick about for these series of books is the prose in the translation。 I'm not sure what the original japanese text includes， but the translation has a lot of lengthy prose that expands the wordcount needlessly and makes some sentences a slog to get through。 Another small issue lies in subtle grammatical issues that snuck by in the editing process-- a missing quotation mark and the end of a paragraph can cause confusion when there is a lot of inner dialogue and exposition laced within a conversation。 These are all minor infractions and does not affect the story as a whole。Book 9 is finished and now it's on to book 10。 This has been an amazing journey so far and I recommend it to anyone who loves a good power trip。 。。。more
Dustin
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Ehh。。。 I'm starting to get a little bored with this series。 I'm skimming a lot of the royal political stuff because none of it matters。 Ainz is just going to easily destroy all of them。There's not much else to this volume。 The villagers didn't get much to do and the joke of Ainz getting Demiurge to make all of the plans is a little old。This was the last volume covered by the anime。 It may be sunk cost but I'll give the series a couple of more volumes to pick back up。 Ehh。。。 I'm starting to get a little bored with this series。 I'm skimming a lot of the royal political stuff because none of it matters。 Ainz is just going to easily destroy all of them。There's not much else to this volume。 The villagers didn't get much to do and the joke of Ainz getting Demiurge to make all of the plans is a little old。This was the last volume covered by the anime。 It may be sunk cost but I'll give the series a couple of more volumes to pick back up。 。。。more
Danny Moody
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We have finally got to where the anime stops。 This book contains an epic battle that things have been moving towards。 I’m so excited to get some new story！
Alec Rebert
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5。0
Justin
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Without a doubt one of the most iconic entries in the series。 The Katze Plains is without a doubt one of my favorite scenes and it truly is the biggest development in the entire series。
Vatsal Gupta
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The best one yet。
Pyrosil
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2。5/5 Stars
Gabriel d'Matos
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Simplesmente excelente。
Lily
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Usually when you read the manga or Light Novel of an anime your first thought is ‘They f****d up the anime’。 I didn’t get that vibe at all with this。 Instead it was like adding an extra scoop of ice cream to an already delicious sundae。 Reading this LN provided extra bits of dialogue， more POVs， and even new characters。 If I wasn't already familiar with at least a portion Overlord's large cast and locations I might have found this overwhelming。 As such I completely I agree with the anime’s abrid Usually when you read the manga or Light Novel of an anime your first thought is ‘They f****d up the anime’。 I didn’t get that vibe at all with this。 Instead it was like adding an extra scoop of ice cream to an already delicious sundae。 Reading this LN provided extra bits of dialogue， more POVs， and even new characters。 If I wasn't already familiar with at least a portion Overlord's large cast and locations I might have found this overwhelming。 As such I completely I agree with the anime’s abridged version。 This clunky-ness is further compounded by the translation。 No offense！ I love translators who work hard to get us awesome content， but some things were definitely lost in translation。 As such I think this is a wonderful supplemental read， and a poor standalone。 For those not familiar with the anime or manga this story is an Isekai styled fantasy adventure。 Normal office worker Suzuki gets transported to a fantasy world as Momonga， his video game persona。 As Momonga he has with him his entire guild’s resources including the NPCs his friends and him created。 They all revere and love him as their peerless master。 With their help he intends to explore this new strange world he seems to be trapped in。 Also his NPCs thinks he wants to rule the world？！ Uh-oh。 He’s just a normal guy- what does he know about world domination？ Despite his inner flailing， Momonga proves to be a force to be reckoned with as he takes the world by storm as the Sorcerer King。 Riddled with humor， darkness， political intrigue， and plenty of action。 This series is a delight。 This particular volume covers what I would equate to Season 3 episodes 9-13。 。。。more
Jorge Rosas
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Wow， just wow， this book is so brutal and impressive and a crescendo in the story， so many things happened here that’s no wonder why it was chosen for a season ending。
Roxanne Nelson
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Our clueless overlord finally takes up the stage of war to truly become the overlord。 Despair and death ensues。 Better constructed story than the precedent book， and now I can't wait to see what comes next。 Our clueless overlord finally takes up the stage of war to truly become the overlord。 Despair and death ensues。 Better constructed story than the precedent book， and now I can't wait to see what comes next。 。。。more
Farhan
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Tolong review
Shanks Ricky
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Amazing book Definitely a good read and will definitely read it again hope the series just gets better after this a few loose ends that I wanted to find out but hopefully will be resolved by the next issue
Saurav Adhikari
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 SummaryBasically this book is about a guy who gets transfered into a frictional world or a game where he is overpowered and has ~42 overpowered followers who thinks he （Momanga or something like that later he becomes Ainz） is the greatest and the best。 One of my best Frictional novels I have ever read。It joins togather comedy with the seriousness and also answers about the reality of socitey。 It's fun when his followers overpraise him about something he dosen't Know。 For example one of his Smart SummaryBasically this book is about a guy who gets transfered into a frictional world or a game where he is overpowered and has ~42 overpowered followers who thinks he （Momanga or something like that later he becomes Ainz） is the greatest and the best。 One of my best Frictional novels I have ever read。It joins togather comedy with the seriousness and also answers about the reality of socitey。 It's fun when his followers overpraise him about something he dosen't Know。 For example one of his Smartest follower Demurgus thinks Momanga is smarter than him their conversetion goes like。Momanga: So everything is fine right？Demurgus: Oh how smart of you My lordyou found something was wrong So fast？ You are talking about that right？Momanga: Yes that？Demurgus: That is amazing？Momanga: Oh， Can you solve That？Demurgus: Of course that is not a probelm。Momanga （on his heart）: "But i dont know what that is？" 。。。more
Love
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Overlord has gotten really good again。 I would say that the series first peaked with the Men in the Kingdom arc， vol。 5-6。 Now with volume 9， maybe even 8， it is just as good again， maybe even better。
Feen
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4 stars。 Very addictive and fun， especially the gory spalt splat scenes of death。 This volume shows how fucking evil these guys really are with no holds barred。
Henrique
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Ains solta a grande magia para iniciar seu reino
Pierce Hipp
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I've FINALLY DONE IT。 I've finished all of the light novels that the anime has currently covered。 It's also sad though as I don't think volume 10 has been published in English （Edit: nevermind， volume 10 has also been published， though that is the last one currently available）。 On the subject of this book specifically， though。。。 there's a good amount of stuff to unpack。 I think this novel is where he truly see Ainz abandon the last possible chance for showing any sliver of humanity。 It reminds m I've FINALLY DONE IT。 I've finished all of the light novels that the anime has currently covered。 It's also sad though as I don't think volume 10 has been published in English （Edit: nevermind， volume 10 has also been published， though that is the last one currently available）。 On the subject of this book specifically， though。。。 there's a good amount of stuff to unpack。 I think this novel is where he truly see Ainz abandon the last possible chance for showing any sliver of humanity。 It reminds me of the scene in Julius Ceasar before they kill him， begging him to repeal his banishment of Publius， and he does not repeal it。 It's the last chance of redemption for both of them and it ends in tragedy。 That single moment before he casts the spell is the most important of them all。 We also get to see some more interesting human perspectives on a God-like deity， Fluder providing the perspective of one enamored by the power and Jircniv's perspective - one of defiance。 This entry is truly only meant to present that idea （also it's meant to be extremely fun to read as all of Maruyama's works are）。 I really enjoyed this one， it was the most fun read of the whole series so far and I'm ready to dive into unknown territory。 Highly recommended as per usual 。。。more
James T
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Addictive 。 I could not put it down。Very good read。 I could not put it down。 It is much better than the anime。 I cant wait for the next volume。
Irina Villacis
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Reto #24 PopSugar 2019: Un libro escrito por un autor de Asia， África o Suramérica
Ricardo Matos
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The author continues to balance really well the OP members of Nazarick and the common folk of the Kingdom （and now the Empire）。 Had a massive “whaaaaaaaat！？！？！” moment in the end！ These Overlord novels continue to be some of the best written LNs out there。 Will definitely continue this series！
LiteratureIsLife
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Read this review （and others） at: https://literatureislife。com/2019/02/。。。The Caster of Destruction picks up shortly after the end of The Invaders of the Great Tomb。 Some details from the side stories in the previous book are relevant here， but it primarily continues the main story。 Among Overlord fans who keep up with the original Japanese versions of the book， Vol。 9 is largely considered to be the best。 The battle between the Kingdom and the Empire mentioned in previous novels takes place her Read this review （and others） at: https://literatureislife。com/2019/02/。。。The Caster of Destruction picks up shortly after the end of The Invaders of the Great Tomb。 Some details from the side stories in the previous book are relevant here， but it primarily continues the main story。 Among Overlord fans who keep up with the original Japanese versions of the book， Vol。 9 is largely considered to be the best。 The battle between the Kingdom and the Empire mentioned in previous novels takes place here in epic， fantasy proportions。 That being said， there are a few faults in here that have more to do with translation quality than plot/characters。Like the previous books， The Caster of Destruction is split into several parts。 Each part shows different character perspectives and acts like a mini-story within the main story。 The beginning is a bit slow as it builds up to the battle but speeds up as the war approaches。 It does feel like as this series goes longer， we start to see more of the same。 People underestimate Ainz and co。 for and bad things happen to them。 Many sections are from the POVs of these characters。 It gets a little stale building up characters who readers know are likely to be slaughtered。But when the slaughter actually commences， audiences will not be left bored。 This is another installment in the series that hammers in a key point: Ainz is the bad guy。 He may have been human once， but he is now literally a heartless monster。 As the story goes on and more time passes， he seems to lose more and more of his former humanity。 What he does， or orders others to do， to people continues to be horrific while he feels nothing。 He is not without mercy， but his definition of ‘mercy’ is not exactly the dictionary definition。***SMALL SPOILER BELOW***One thing very irksome in The Caster of Destruction was a translation error。 In this book， Nazarick becomes a country and Ainz gains a title as king。 The country is called the Sorcerer Kingdom with Ainz known as the Sorcerer King。 For whatever reason， the translation changed his title to King of Darkness and the nation to the Kingdom of Darkness。 Which seems to be the most generic villain title in any work of fiction， ever。 Considering the Overlord anime， which covered the events of this book last fall， successfully translated the Sorcerer King title correctly， I do not know what happened there。 Granted it was still good to read this book given the budget issues the show had during season 3， but the mistranslation felt the book feeling somewhat incomplete。 。。。more
Daniel
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Thoughts:At least they mostly figured out how to english this time。。This was the arc I was looking forward to reading again and honestly？ They did alright。 This part of the story forms a relatively natural endpoint， and the next few going forward are largely world building of various flavors so I think I may stop here。As always， stories about accidentally becoming an evil overlord are fun and in this book the main character embraces it in a wonderful and horrifying way。
John Asuncion
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Splat。 Splat。 Splat。
Joli Mamon
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Yo I read this because I didn't have enough patience to wait for the animeThe one character I didn't want to die got killed and I feel kinda betrayed。it was a good death though and they were pretty satisfied with their life （；へ：）The battle between the kingdom and the empire was horrifying（ΩДΩ）The writing and descriptions are as good as everI'll read this book again once in proper ordergod this book makes me sad （Ｔ▽Ｔ） Yo I read this because I didn't have enough patience to wait for the animeThe one character I didn't want to die got killed and I feel kinda betrayed。it was a good death though and they were pretty satisfied with their life （；へ：）The battle between the kingdom and the empire was horrifying（ΩДΩ）The writing and descriptions are as good as everI'll read this book again once in proper ordergod this book makes me sad （Ｔ▽Ｔ） 。。。more
JarVis Yung
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Mohammed Ghoul
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Brilliant， one of the best in the series so far。 This series is just pushing what you would accept from your protagonist， I mean from the start he is clearly not the good guy， and the story itself doesn't really starkly contrast good and evil， but this time it got really dark。 Many developments and a few twists。 Can't wait to finish this series Brilliant， one of the best in the series so far。 This series is just pushing what you would accept from your protagonist， I mean from the start he is clearly not the good guy， and the story itself doesn't really starkly contrast good and evil， but this time it got really dark。 Many developments and a few twists。 Can't wait to finish this series 。。。more
Edric Unsane
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Volume 9 of the Overlord Light Novel was simply amazing。 That is all。
Karim
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