Should You Read Reign of the Seven Spellblades?

[@SuperOtakuKyo]

Found this channel years ago for VNs and with LNs growing in recent years here in the US, I find myself returning to this channel often to watch the LN related vids. Spellblades has been the top of my list of LNs I think I would love so thanks for the vid.

[@pietersleijpen3662]

In regards to the secret organization/revenge: it is mentioned in the first 8 volumes in fact. It is a bit of a spoiler though, but it has to do with the interdimensional invasions. Spoiler: * * * * * The mother was not as much murdered as executed. She was breaking a law that had a kill on sight punishment attached, and the ones doing the killing were part of the organization responsible for dealing with those invasions. The mother was trying to get the mages to take a less violent approach to the invasions, or at least the other mages (and non-mages) who dealt/summoned creatures and magic from those other dimenasions, but we (and nor does Oliver) don't know whether it is even possible to take a less violent approach. The whole revenge thing might be evil fitting the whole there is no black/white and magic turns people insane aspects. So, no, Oliver cannot call upon the authorities, nothing illegal took place and in fact he is doing the illegal thing. And the organization supporting him are the idealists, mages who have been hurt by that kill on sight thing, and who also want to change things.

[@TDSFounder]

I'll admit that the death count in this series was higher than I expected going in. But the world-building is top-notch.

[@naimurrahman1406]

i really enjoy your reviews man.. thanks for producing them & keep them coming...

[@pendantblade6361]

A Belmakor video a day keeps the doctor away.

[@joebreeze2252]

Always put a smile on my face! Great video as always keep up the great work!

[@kallistikaleid]

Nice. I am currently very much enjoying the anime, and I have high hopes for the novels, once this season is done. I've been excited for 7 Spellblades for a long while. Great video!

[@pietersleijpen3662]

The magic and cosmology: I would call it strongly Lovecraftian influenced (the Fate comparison is meaningless to me who knows nothing about Fate). The reason there is a 20% death rate has more to do with magic turning people insane then just because student conflict being allowed. The interdimensional invasions also follow that path: corrupting the locals and turning them insane. (Also means that I would call it RL Earth influenced for ease of geography and culture, sticking to the England boarding school tropes, but it is way too different to compare it to RL.)

[@messyatbest2958]

how are you this underrated?? This is some good shit.

[@fwra1234]

skipped the rant to avoid spoilers but i really like the fireplace effects

[@Soundwave1900]

Let me explain the revenge subplot more thoroughly. Spoilers ahead, obviously. So, the mc is originally absolutely talentless in terms of combat prowess, but his mother was a genius of the century. She was trying to find a compromise between gnostic hunters and the cultists for which got tortured in many gruesome ways then killed by who she thought was her best friend and her six lackeys. The mc finds out and goes through hell to become pretty op for a first year student, but the people he goes against are the brightest mages in the world, all of them are war veterans and some are 150+ y/o one man armies, and he got to take them all down in the 7 years he's attending the academy, in which he gets help from the idealists who were loyal to his mother and are willing to die for the cause. And, obviously, after the first kill the killers start an investigation to find out who even could have enough power to kill one of them. The whole series carefully keeps us on edge, are they gonna find Oliver and his cousins out too early or not, and what new clues he's gonna leave behind after yet another kill, and when are his friends gonna eventually find him out and who are they gonna side with (some of them have reasons to side with the academy). And the way he takes down those monster mages are pretty entertaining and creative. I personally wouldn't go past vol 1 if not for this subplot, its a thriller at its best.

[@blindxshadow17]

Can you please tell me where can I read volume 9 ?

[@Soundwave1900]

@@blindxshadow17 it hasn't been translated yet. Come back in September

[@super30boy]

The first episode of the anime just came out

[@naveenrenold6251]

i am gonna read it

[@Mr10inchs]

same

[@000Dragon50000]

Oh, I saw the cover in the thumbnail and thought we'd have someone more interesting than the generic "definitely not Kirito" cis boy for our protagonist but apparently I was not so lucky. At least the typical harem these kinds of series love forcing into their stories is more varied on the gender front? I guess that's at least a little different?

[@conelord1984]

At least in the anyme the high point was the subplot exposed on episode 6. After that it went downhill pretty hard. I am sure that there must be some interesting developements on the subplot moving forward but there are som many useless fillers that it is not worth the trouble.

[@Ashadow700]

HOW DO YOU MAKE VIDS SO FLIPPING FAST?!? You finished this script on like Thursday of last week!

[@Belmakor19]

I gave up some amount of sleep to get it out the door :P

[@داركماتر-ت1ط]

​​@@Belmakor19hat do you think what will happen Will Oliver Get his Revenge Or he will accept his past and move on because those who seek Revenge never ending will

[@thextreme7619]

SPOILER Going to the authorities likely wouldn't help Oscar. His mother was killed because she was seen as a gnostic sympathizer. In that case, she would be seen as an enemy of their world. Even Oscar had to admit that, logically, he understood why they killed her. But as her son, he could not forgive them.

[@شعيبشاكر-ن1ك]

No one gives a f about a mage getting killed in Kimberly that why Oliver took matters to his own hands

[@4ytherium]

LMAO yea

[@Fpwc2]

0:20 To be fair, that also applies to Hogwarts

[@Illuminati_HD]

I tried to read it, because i hoped for a refreshing story WITHOUT harem. I droppes it after the first volume because of that...

[@winb1505]

This isn't really a romance novel. I'm reading volume 6 now and romance is a non-factor. I mean there are obvious pairings but it's mostly background noise.

[@Mr10inchs]

there hasnt been much harem in this

[@champiggyfrm_pig5271]

There is romance and a lot of it is pretty perverse in nature because most mages lack morals and the same could be said for the main characters

[@totodileboi6691]

I don't know about the manga, but I can say with 100% regard that out of all the anime I've ever seen, this has to be my most utterly hated.