The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Vol. 1
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- Create Date：2021-06-02 11:51:10
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Mato Sato
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Summary
The Lost Ones are wanderers who come here from a distant world known as "Japan。" No one knows how or why they leave their homes。 The only thing that is certain is that they bring disaster and calamity。 The duty of exterminating them without remorse falls to Menou， a young Executioner。 When she meets Akari， it seems like just another job。。。until she discovers it's impossible to kill this girl！ And when Menou begins to search for a way to defeat this immortality， Akari is more than happy to tag along！ So begins a journey that will change Menou forever。。。
Reviews
Lisa Eve
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Its a fun read， very trope filled so reader be warned？If everyone is OP is anyone really？ This series seems to want to find out。 The main lass， the executioner， is trained by the most feared executioner before her， MC's assistant/companion was top of her class， the reincarnations are OP because reincarnations， and it kinda goes on。 The assistant is the pink haired overly bubbly one， reincarnation is big tiddie ditz， and they're both madly in love with the MC。 Despite the setup there， the series Its a fun read， very trope filled so reader be warned？If everyone is OP is anyone really？ This series seems to want to find out。 The main lass， the executioner， is trained by the most feared executioner before her， MC's assistant/companion was top of her class， the reincarnations are OP because reincarnations， and it kinda goes on。 The assistant is the pink haired overly bubbly one， reincarnation is big tiddie ditz， and they're both madly in love with the MC。 Despite the setup there， the series is off to a good start。 A little rough around the edges， I think the author explained the same concept 4 times， and all as background/thoughts to self from whichever character you as the reader are following behind。 By following different characters throughout it makes it so much more bearable。 Getting to read why Momo is the way she is before she had overstayed her welcome was a great move。 I enjoyed it more often than not， but it still has work to do， so it sits with a 4/5 from me。 Hope the next installment keeps up the good work 。。。more
Mark
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Well， it's a dirty job， but somebody's got to do it。 Menou is an Executioner and her work involves keeping her world clean of troublesome strangers who show up from other， more Japanese， worlds。 With nobility trying to use these Otherworlders to tip the balance of power， Menou already has her hands full before a seemingly invincible visitor shows up - the bubbly and slightly dim Akari。 It all sounds like fun and games， except Menou has a job to do and she's not prepared to let anything stand in Well， it's a dirty job， but somebody's got to do it。 Menou is an Executioner and her work involves keeping her world clean of troublesome strangers who show up from other， more Japanese， worlds。 With nobility trying to use these Otherworlders to tip the balance of power， Menou already has her hands full before a seemingly invincible visitor shows up - the bubbly and slightly dim Akari。 It all sounds like fun and games， except Menou has a job to do and she's not prepared to let anything stand in her way。。。This book sure leads off with a bit of a bang， but then also a clunk and a bit of a thud and then a general crashing sound of pottery being destroyed。 I like the stark and unflinching beginning to this series which immediately casts Menou in a pretty awful light （although the book does make it clear that the situation is teetering on the edge of going out of control） and doesn't seem to let up。Then the book starts diving into its lore and I'm gonna be a bit of a crank and say that elaborate magic systems that are info dumped on you in the opening of a narrative are absolutely unpalatable and pretty annoying。 Towards the end it becomes easier to follow but I was still feeling my brain trying to run out of my ears at times。 There's a balance to be struck between hand-waving everything away and being slavish to detail that isn't really necessary and this book's screamingly angled towards the latter。Menou's interesting in that she's a fairly blank slate， by narrative design instead of as a negative point， which has resulted in her throwing herself into her job with willful abandon。 It's kind of surprising how little the needle has budged on her by the ending - you might think this sounds like a yuri， I sure did， but this book's concept of romance is pretty puerile。In fact， there's way too much that's entirely too puerile。 Menou's assistant Momo， who turns out to be unhinged and whose vocal stylings are annoying as hell， has some real issues going on and it's a 50-50 on whether she'll end up trying to kill Akari herself。 A little of her goes a long way。 Everybody is dressed incredibly stupidly - the last main character we meet has a costume that's so unbelievably dumb and reads like something a man would want a woman like that to wear， not a proper fashion choice。 And make no mistake， I am aware that manga and anime have made some crazy costuming work over the years， but this one is so bad I had to comment on it， which is my comment on my comment。There's an early "reveal" of Menou's shocking nickname and I think it's supposed to be impressive， given how people react， but it's actually so dumb I laughed at it。You might think that I have nothing good to say about this book， but that's also not the case。 Parts of it are quite acceptable， even if literally every single plot beat is so， so obvious even from the very first second （I cannot believe this won a grand prize in a contest， I thought my jaw was going to fall off）。 The idea of these people showing up from Japan and the amount of damage they've done is really intriguing and some of the ways it's happened are quite unique - there's a sword that turns things to salt and that's a new one to me （if they find the one that turns things to pepper they can corner the combat seasonings market）。The character relationships are kind of awful - again， if this was a yuri written by somebody who knew how to write yuri rather than some guy who thinks 'two girls， hurr hurr' it would probably be a lot more affectionate （probably more than Menou herself would allow）。 The book has its point to make about slavish devotion to something without thinking about it， but it's not like much changes in that respect。When the manipulation of time gets involved later on it definitely does change things up and it's blessedly not hard to follow and also creates some interesting discussion about paradoxes - the author handles the fact that changing the past would alter whatever travelled back to affect those changes， which is neat。 That turned out to be some of my favourite stuff in the book， although even then it brings out a mean streak in a character that was almost shocking。2。5 stars， but we'll go down to 2 because there's a whole ton of chaff to get to the wheat hidden inside。 I'm literally still baffled at that whole award thing or even the fact that this is getting an anime （actually， seeing the character designs in the artwork， I think I can guess exactly why this is getting an anime）。 It ends with me interested enough to give it a second volume， but this is one weird story that I don't find half as successful as I feel I should and I don’t know if I would go， ‘oh yeah， you just have to read this’。 。。。more
Howard
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Wow， this was an amazing read。 I loved the magic system， the back story of the world and so much more。 I'm also loving the little mysteries being woven in here and there。 Can't wait for Volume 2 Wow， this was an amazing read。 I loved the magic system， the back story of the world and so much more。 I'm also loving the little mysteries being woven in here and there。 Can't wait for Volume 2 。。。more
Shae
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True Rating 3。5 starsThough the concept on this one is quite interesting， I find that something got lost in translation with this one。 I feel like the writing is too abrupt for my personal enjoyment。 If this ever came to us as a manga， I would try it again。For more of my thoughts， check out this video: https://www。youtube。com/watch？v=u5Zcs。。。 True Rating 3。5 starsThough the concept on this one is quite interesting， I find that something got lost in translation with this one。 I feel like the writing is too abrupt for my personal enjoyment。 If this ever came to us as a manga， I would try it again。For more of my thoughts， check out this video: https://www。youtube。com/watch？v=u5Zcs。。。 。。。more
Jayay
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A book with surprising amount of depth。 I didn't know what to expect from this book， but it already intrigued me because of all my favorite tropes it crosses （anti-hero， a religious character who is at deep conflict with her faith， yuri， action）。 And I was happy to see that the book went above my expectations。This book is an obvious set up for the larger plot， but it does a wonderful job at introducing characters that all struggle with their own problems， and that use their relationships as guid A book with surprising amount of depth。 I didn't know what to expect from this book， but it already intrigued me because of all my favorite tropes it crosses （anti-hero， a religious character who is at deep conflict with her faith， yuri， action）。 And I was happy to see that the book went above my expectations。This book is an obvious set up for the larger plot， but it does a wonderful job at introducing characters that all struggle with their own problems， and that use their relationships as guiding lights for themselves。 You can tell from the start that every one of them will be part of a larger narrative that will make them grow and change as time goes on。 I was especially happy to see that Menou， the main character， has relationships that she values a lot outside the one with her love interest。 It makes her even more rounded。I read this book in Japanese， a few days before the official English release。 I am excited and looking forward to it， and I'll be happy to read it again in a different language 。。。more
Alex
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Thanks to the publisher for providing an eARC of The Executioner and Her Way of Life in exchange for an honest review。 It turns out Light Novels are just not my genre and this is definitely going to be my last one。 The writing style is just very blunt and fast which I recognize is not a problem in the actual writing and is likely just the downside to me approaching this as a westernized reader who grew up having the whole "show don't tell" thing ingrained in on my very soul， but this one just di Thanks to the publisher for providing an eARC of The Executioner and Her Way of Life in exchange for an honest review。 It turns out Light Novels are just not my genre and this is definitely going to be my last one。 The writing style is just very blunt and fast which I recognize is not a problem in the actual writing and is likely just the downside to me approaching this as a westernized reader who grew up having the whole "show don't tell" thing ingrained in on my very soul， but this one just didn't work for me。 。。。more
Jennifer
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I received an eARC courtesy of Yen Press via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review。The concept of this is really intriguing and the artwork-more please！ But the story has left me super-confused。 Something has just been lost in translation。 I feel like this is a book 2 and I have missed some background information or something。 Will I watch the anime that has been announced？ I definitely will-if anything so it will explain the story to me a bit more thoroughly。
Opal Edgar
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This is the first time I read a Japanese light novel。 Unsurprisingly it really feels like reading an anime。 The plot starts smack into the middle of action， dropping you into a crazy rich fantasy world without any explanations， lots of the typical cast of characters and let you unravel the threads to make sense of things and get your mind blown by some interesting ideas。 This will no doubt fill a void in the adrenalin demanding teens。 I admit I would have liked it better as a video game I think， This is the first time I read a Japanese light novel。 Unsurprisingly it really feels like reading an anime。 The plot starts smack into the middle of action， dropping you into a crazy rich fantasy world without any explanations， lots of the typical cast of characters and let you unravel the threads to make sense of things and get your mind blown by some interesting ideas。 This will no doubt fill a void in the adrenalin demanding teens。 I admit I would have liked it better as a video game I think， a point and click would have been nice but I would have taken an RPG too， or maybe a manga。 The lack of descriptions left the world a little stark and none existent。 It was strange to me to have so much details put into the clothes of the characters and none about what they are doing as they talk。 It packs quite a punch and is very dense for such a slim volume。 。。。more
Ashley Dang
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