I finished 灰と幻想のグリムガル level.7 彼方の虹 | L31 yesterday. That volume was pretty interesting in terms of world building.
Hard agree on your first point. It actually single-handedly prevented me from giving 5* to this volume.
I disagree with your second point though. Haruhiro has gone through way more than can be expected of a normal human being without snapping. So if we are to believe that he is indeed “average”, showing signs of burning out are expected, and the way that he reverts to self-deprecation and self-doubt felt reasonable (I’m not sure I would go as far as realistic, but that’s mostly because I have no clue of what people would actually do in that kind of situation)
All that to say that it kinda had to be that way, and it’s an interesting contrast with parts that were less stressful for him (like in early volume 6)
I don’t know about that first one. It was more about シホル showing what she is trying to do rather than a true deep conversation. It is important plot wise, but I wouldn’t call it a “heart to heart”. Agreed on the second one though (although someone wasn’t fully open).
Yes. And the rest of the world building was also pretty nice too.
vol 8 (beginning)
I mean, that didn’t come as a surprise. Haruhiro even kinda calls him on it in volume 7. That being said, even if it is just a coping mechanism, it still sucks.
