Wants to Write, Stuck Editing

If the uncomplimentary comparison fits. . .

Volume 2 of No Longer Allowed in Another World starts with the main cast learning the "Dark Lord of Wrath" was defeated a week earlier by 7 otherworlders. Which raises the question of why Sensei arrived in Zauberberg on that same day. Obviously the Savior Acquisitions Department of the Isekai Organization is not being kept in the loop by the Savior Progress Department.

As it turns out, the two things may be linked, as another otherworlder (though not one of the 7, since they're going to be naming themselves after Deadly Sins, because of course they are) arrives in town, proclaiming that they'll be running things now, and this town is his.

I don't know if there's a significance to how artist Takahiro Wakamatsu draws some of the outworlders, like Suzuki, as having adopted the fashions of Zauberberg, while others stick with the clothes of the world they came from, like the imbecile playing hype man up there. I feel like he's going to become some recurring joke sidekick antagonist. Which would be fine if it results in Tama kicking his face in.

Suzuki's "cheat" skill is to make others obey him, which he quickly turns against Annette and Tama, leaving Sensei and Annette's fellow priestess, Ysha, to handle things alone. This is Hiroshi Noda's way of having someone new to react with shock to Sensei's blithe dismissal of danger and unsettling attachment to harm, and also a way to add a little additional conflict, since Ysha's the one who greeted Suzuki upon his arrival, and she can't understand why he's turned out this way. Which piques Sensei's interest, and ultimately reveals his skill, which might just save the world. . .from the people who just saved the world.

From there, a new character gets added to the party. Nir's a fast-talking con artist and thief, who might know how to wield the sword he carries. He's a little cowardly, and more than a little cynical, which contrasts him with the aggressive and impulsive Tama, or the emotional and adoring Annette.

The volume ends with a visit to Tama's home country, where we finally learn her true name - Matilda - and that she's the princess of the kingdom. Her father's an overbearing, emotionally constipated goon, so he relies on emotional extortion to get her to obey rather than, you know, actually trying to understand his daughter. Sure hope there's someone intrigued by the frailties of the human condition that can help these two. . .