SEAN: The heavy part of January has passed us by, but there’s still lots of titles still to go. ASH: Woohoo! SEAN: No print for Airship this week, but we do see a 4th volume of Survival in Another World with My Mistress! in early digital. Ghost Ship has Into the Deepest, Most Unknowable Dungeon 5. J-Novel Club has a debut. These Legs Don’t Lie! Harumi’s Legacy as the Strongest Mimic (Bikyaku Mimic, Harumi-san: Tensei Monster Isekai Nariagari Densetsu) stars a young woman who seems to have been reincarnated as… a mimic? One of those treasure chests that’s really a trap? Fortunately, she’s essentially Fantasy Betty Grable. ASH: Wait, do mimics even have legs? SEAN: Also from J-Novel Club: Ascendance of a Bookworm 23, Full Clearing Another World under a...
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