While I’m also not super clear on what exactly happened, here’s what I remember thinking while reading it:
I just checked the manga, and that’s also what it looks like there.
| Week 12 | August 9 |
|---|---|
| Chapter | 第四話 強敵との戦い (part 2/2) |
| End Percentage | 59.99% |
| End Page | 195 |
| Read until | End of Chapter |
| Home Thread | 黒猫ニャンゴの冒険 |
体の大きな人種は仲間を得られて協力しあってオークを運ぶのに、体の小さい俺は一人で運べるようにならなきゃいけないというのは矛盾していると思うが、これが現実なのだ。
I feel like he could also impress people to team up with them, but… it probably can’t hurt to come up with a method to transport them all on his own.
オーガはこちらを目で追いながら息を吸おうとしていた。
「バーナー」
Ha, just like in MMOs: Interrupts are king.
崖の途中にある岩に上り、空属性魔法で手袋、エプロン、まな板、包丁を準備して、オーガの心臓をスライスしていく
Nyango the walking Felyne Kitchen. He can produce water for washing, and fire for grilling and all clothes and tools for preparation, and the food he prepares gives you stats 
「お前、オーガの心臓を食っただろう？」
「はい……」
Dang. And now the secret is out. I’m really curious how that will go, considering that it seemed like a pretty big deal religion-wise.
腹に巻いていた魔石や俺の状態を見れば、長く冒険者として活動してきたゼオルさんには全てお見通しのようだ。
Huh. I guess it’s something that other people also resort to, then?
例えば、五センチ程度の大きさに空気を固めようとすると、五十センチを超える塊ができてしまうし、ゴム板程度に固めるつもりが、カッチンカッチンに固まってしまうのだ。
There’s a lot of “and now I have to relearn” things in this book, huh? This is the second time, but at least this time he presumably got a lot stronger instead of losing an eye 
Also: Seems like the whole heart-eating thing didn’t turn out to be much of a problem with Zeol. Maybe he’s not very religious.
しかも強化の度合いが跳ね上がっていて、下手に動くと体が壊れてしまいそうだ。
Oooh! That’s a pretty big deal though. Wasn’t it mentioned earlier that you can never raise that power?
過ぎたるは及ばざるがごとしを地で行っている感じだ。
Classical japanese 
Well, that was a tonal shift. After fighting that ogre and barely winning I assumed the chapter would end triumphantly, but instead we got another challenge. But at least one with high rewards!
| Week 13 | August 16 |
|---|---|
| Chapter | 第五話 増えた魔力の活用法 (part 1/3) |
| End Percentage | 64.57% |
| End Page | 209 |
| Read until | 「ふふふ……まぁな」 |
| Home Thread | 黒猫ニャンゴの冒険 |
平らな場所での運搬は上手くいったので、続いて路面を山の傾斜に沿って作ってみた。
It’s gonna be hard to control the speed there, I assume.
「おぉ、次のコロ、次のコロ……やべ、速過ぎ、コロ、路面、コロ、コロ、うわぁぁぁ……」
Yep, that’s about what I expected
将来的には一人でオークを仕留めて、一人でオークを運搬できるようになるつもりだが、まずは小型の獲物から始めた。最初の獲物は、若い牡鹿だった
Huh, so there are normal non-anthropomorphic animals. I wonder if there are also normal bears, tigers, cats etc?
仮に何らかの動力を確保して時速六十キロで移動できれば、イブーロまで一時間程度で到着できるので、日帰りで用事を済ませられるようになる。
I can already see him on a wind-propelled invisible vehicle
「あっ、そうだ。ゼオルさん、大きな布とか無いですかね？」
Ah! A sailing vehicle?
「馬車の日除けにしようかと思って」
…or not, for now at least?
Yeah, I feel like the grind is a strong element of the narrative (at least of this first volume). Which is fine per se, but I have to admit I’m starting to get a bit tired of it in some parts - for example, the fight with the Ogre felt a bit long for me. And now I’ve just started week 13, and feel like just skimming the first few pages of him describing what he’s developing to eventually carry the larger preys.
I do hope we get some variation or more progress soon, perhaps in this upcoming chapter - I don’t expect him to actually leave the village soon, but it would be nice to have a change of scenario (like when they went for Miguel’s entrance exams) or at least some interaction with new characters.
| Week 14 | August 23 |
|---|---|
| Chapter | 第五話 増えた魔力の活用法 (part 2/3) |
| End Percentage | 67.85% |
| End Page | 220 |
| Read until | 「お待たせしました、ゼオルさん」 |
| Home Thread | 黒猫ニャンゴの冒険 |
ゼオルさんは日陰を作っただけでなく、休息、給水をさせて、決して馬に無理をさせない。
Wait, I thought it was Nyango who provided shade?
馬車を引く二頭の馬の前に、細かな水流が降り注ぐ様子は、空中に二つのシャワーノズルが設置されているようだ。
「おいおい、ニャンゴ。こりゃどうなってんだ！」
I love how Nyango kept completely quiet about his ability to basically use all elements now, and chose to finally show it off… not with his flashy fire/wind combo, but in the form of a spontaneous horse shower.
Also, imagine you’re driving past them. A big sunshade cloth is hanging in the air, seemingly not supported by anything, while water rains down out of thin air.
「あぁ、ごめんなさい。舐める気なんてホントに無いんです。だって、俺にまで舐められちゃったら、あなたがこのギルドで最弱の存在になっちゃいますもんね
Haha. Fearless as always!
While I understand that Nyango will keep getting underestimated by people who meet him for the first time, and some will look down on him for that - I wonder how that will develop in the future? He won’t be able to change being a cat-person or being small, and while he might be able to deal with those people easily, it would probably get exhausting sooner or later.
Planning to read some of this this weekend! Had a life disruption and all my book clubs kind of fell by the wayside for a bit 
I wonder if Nyango has started his adventure yet…
I thought I had written my thoughts on week 13, but guess they stayed only on my mind…
Honestly, I rushed a bit through the part describing his vehicle - I just couldn’t force myself to read that in details (honestly, if it were in english I’d probably find it boring, too). The one thing I’m looking forward to is the trip to the village once more. I hope they flesh it out a bit more this time and we get introduced to new characters, or at least to new situations/experiences for Nyango. But it does seem that yet another goblin raid is coming in the near future…
I liked how he had the idea of making an adventuring party or something, but then they immediately shot down that proposal and were like ‘making friends as a kittyboy will be so hard because they won’t respect you!’ So I guess I shouldn’t get my hopes up for an adventuring party in book 1. Probably doesn’t happen until book 17.
Also, he’s going to eat the heart of an orc next, I guess. Time to look forward to atrocities against orc-kind…?
At least Nyango does seem to have some fighting down and can take down some enemies.
This week felt short for me. On one hand, I hope we don’t get the recurring behavior of adventurers trying to bully him for his size. On the other hand, I appreciate how this time there were other senior adventurers who stood up to him, showing their strong values and how not all adventurers think the same. I do feel it’s a pity that some interactions are so short-lived (eg. the one with the lizard person - perhaps he will return in the future?) - I’d like to see some more character development aside from the main cast (Nyango/Zaol. To be honest, I feel that even Zaol doesn’t get that much developed at this point).
| Week 15 | August 30 |
|---|---|
| Chapter | 第五話 増えた魔力の活用法 (part 3/3) |
| End Percentage | 72.05% |
| End Page | 233 |
| Read until | End of Chapter |
| Home Thread | 黒猫ニャンゴの冒険 |
Housemaster: 「止めなさい！ どういう事情かは分からないが、ここは喧嘩をする場所ではない。ミゲル、荷物を持って移動しなさい」
Miguel: 「一度に二つは……」
Housemaster: 「仕方ない、一つは私が……」
Nyango: 「いえいえ、お手を煩わせるのは申し訳ないので、一つは俺が運びましょう」
Housemaster: 「はぁ、私の手を煩わせたくないなら、もう少し考えて行動してくれたまえ」
Nyango: 「難しいご要望ですが善処しましょう……行くぞ、ミゲル」
Do you think those are the correct speakers? I’m a bit confused here by the last two sentences. I guess the housemaster means that both of their behaviour is troubling him (since he answers Nyango’s “no, I don’t want to cause you trouble”), and then Nyango means that “this is a hard demand for Miguel”?
「バイクに乗ってさすらう冒険者ニャンゴ……格好良いにゃぁ……」
I’m not sure that’s how you’re gonna be described considering that nobody can see the motorcycle
You got the speakers right. But he said “that’s a hard demand, but I’ll do my best in the future… Let’s go Miguel”
Note that the way he says “I’ll do my best” sounds like a very Japanese way to say that it won’t happen.
Trying to picture it in my mind, but it just feels so weird that no one can really… see the things he makes with his magic.
I enjoyed mostly the parts in the city and the banter with Miguel this week, though I do agree the dialogue was a bit harder to follow when Nyango was picking him up.
Huh. It’s a bit surprising to me, considering that he’s usually rather polite to people who haven’t slighted him, and I kind of assume that he thinks that it’s Miguels fault, not his, so I’m not sure I completely follow.
I guess he means that when he’s around Miguel, trouble will probably always be created for the housemaster?
Well, yes, he is very polite, that’s my point. At that level of politeness, you don’t just say “no”, you say “it will be difficult”.
As for why he thinks that, I don’t remember that part, so I would have to check.
I mean, politeness isn’t just using polite language, it’s also about being considerate. And using polite speech to answering “I will, but actually not, sir” to “If it’s about not causing me trouble… could you please think a bit more before you behave like that next time.” is not especially considerate.
That’s what I meant: Usually Nyango seems more considerate to people who haven’t slighted him. And because of that I had (and still have) trouble to picture him saying what he did.
Again, I don’t remember what happened, but it’s not what he says. It’s more a “I would if I could, but it’s outside my control”, so it doesn’t sound inconsiderate. At the very least, it’s more considerate than making promises you can’t keep.
I’ll try to check that part when I have time later today.
Edit: well, there’s no time like the present, so I did just that.
Yes, it is out of his control. He is basically sorry for bothering, but he just won’t promise to back down if Miguel does that kind of stuff again.
I don’t know if you get the notification again, so just in case, I added stuff @Legato
