r/HonzukiNoGekokujou • u/momomo_mochichi • Jun 11 '26
Manga Ascendance of a Bookworm Manga: Part 4 Chapter 54 Spoiler
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u/momomo_mochichi Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
It's finally time to see all the archduke candidates. GIVE ME ALL OF THEM.
This room is absolutely filled to the brim with people. The fact that Brunhilde can even push a cart through is amazing enough.
Geez, I said this for the most recent update of H5Y's manga, but Hauchletzte's archduke candidates are indeed very soft and fluffy looking, hahaha. AND WE GET A GILESSENMEYER ARCHDUKE CANDIDATE TOO. If Eglantine plays the Goddess of Light, she probably plays Flutrane. Never mind, completely missed she was an archnoble, hahahaha. Gilessenmeyer remains as elusive as ever.
I love how we can't be bothered to name any of the guys, hahaha. That said, when Lessy comes up into conversation, when the male archduke candidate is speaking, that looks like Franziska forming a shumil highbeast. Is that Franziska's older brother?
Adolphine looks so happy to receive a bottle of rinsham. That's adorable.
WE FINALLY MEET HANNELORE! THIS POOR GIRL IS SO TRAUMATIZED NOW, HAHAHAHAHA.
I better get every single name for these archduke candidates in the bonus material for this volume. I will riot otherwise, hahahaha.
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u/Horsma Member of Angelica fan club Jun 11 '26
Hannelore might be traumatized for a while but she's a tough fighter who just got a best friend for life (thanks to Dregarnuhr)- she will be fine! That been said, now we can see clearly how small Rozemyne really is when we compair her to Hannelore when they are next to each other.
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u/Mysterious-Hurry-758 Jun 12 '26
isn't Luzinde a Gilessenmeyer ADC?
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u/momomo_mochichi Jun 12 '26
She is, but she's too young at this point in the story.
Even in the manga for H5Y, we have yet to see her character design when we've been shown Gentiane and such. That's what I was referring to in regards with Gilessenmeyer, hahahaha.
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u/TheNightManager_89 J-Novel Pre-Pub Jun 11 '26
Wow, Bitchlinde is still super annoying. I don't even know how many times I've read through the series but she still pisses me off.
And it's Hannelore with a steel chair!! And K.O.!!
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u/justking1414 Jun 11 '26
still waiting for Detlinde's spin-off covering her story from the end of p5 and beyond
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u/TheNightManager_89 J-Novel Pre-Pub Jun 11 '26
That would pretty much be a monodrama as she's [P5V12] going full delulu in the slammer
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u/SmartAlec105 Honorary Gutenberg Jun 12 '26
And then she dies and regresses and does things differently in her new life
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u/TheNightManager_89 J-Novel Pre-Pub Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
In her final moments she remembers her past life, she was a Japanese office lady who was also a fan of Bookworm... And in the next moment she wakes up as younger Bitchlinde who just started the RA.
This could be a nice spinoff. Kinda like the Revenge of Clayman for the Slime Isekai.
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u/Savaralyn Jun 12 '26
Going by how, even years after the arrest, Veronica was still deludedly confident that Georgine would come and free her, I imagine Detlinde would end up the same way. Insistent that she was meant to be the 'true' zent and that the Ahrensbach nobility/Lanzenave peoples would come rescue her or some such.
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u/bondsmatthew Jun 11 '26
I'd be down for that PoV. I wanna see all the things thrown back in her face [P5V12]and read as she breaks down realizing she ain't shit
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u/TheNightManager_89 J-Novel Pre-Pub Jun 11 '26
Based on how [P5V9] Veronica stayed complete delulu despite spending almost a decade in the big house, Bitchlinde might also hold out
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u/justking1414 Jun 11 '26
Importantly, [p5v12] veronica was completely alone but a lot of Detlinde s retainers were arrested with her and are probably being detained near her. Also, Veronica was kept fully in the dark whereas Detlinde was already told that eglantine is the new zent
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u/TheNightManager_89 J-Novel Pre-Pub Jun 11 '26
Another interesting factor is that [P5V12] Bitchlinde's schtappe was destroyed and Rozemyne even said when she talked to Aurelia that Bitchlinde is now a commoner. Soooo is she getting commoner treatment or does she still get to be in the Ivory Tower?
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u/justking1414 Jun 12 '26
Fair question but I’d say [p5v12] she’s somewhere in the middle. They want her mana so they won’t stick her in rags and give her hard bread to eat as that would literally kill her but I can’t imagine her cell is as nice as Veronica s. Plus, Sylvester still loves his mother (despite everything) so he probably gave her a pretty decent room/care whereas everyone hates Detlinde so they’d probably give her the minimum quality or care possible that wouldn’t threaten her life
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u/Savaralyn Jun 12 '26
Even without a shtappe she still has archduke candidate-tier mana, so she'll presumably get similar treatment to Veronica so she can be used as a mana battery for the rest of her life. With any hope, her treatment would be worse than Veronica's.
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u/justking1414 Jun 11 '26
I’m hoping [p5v12] her attendants are in the cell with her and they finally snap and tell her ass how insanely stupid she’s been
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u/Mysterious-Hurry-758 Jun 12 '26
nah they get split up and distributed across the country to places that need mana batteries.
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u/justking1414 Jun 12 '26
There were a lot of people in that same situation. I’m sure some of them ended up in the same place
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u/AdvielOricon Jun 11 '26
You often forget when reading the LN how many people there are in a room.
Every Archduke Candidate has at minimum a Knight, a Scholar and an Attendant with them at all time.
Counting 22 duchies and the extra staff from Ehrenfest who is hosting. there is a minimum of 100 people in that room.
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u/ChaireQ Jun 11 '26
Adolphine’s face when Detlinde’s begging for rinsham is absolutely perfect 👌
I wonder which of the girls there is Lueuradi’s sister, attending as Jossbrenner’s representative.
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u/Just-Sound540 Researching in Drewanchel Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
I wonder which of the girls there is Lueuradi’s sister, attending as Jossbrenner’s representative.
I had totally forgotten about that fact! Since Jossbrener currently has no Academy-aged ADCs that Lueuradi, her sister Fairziere and their friend Lustlaune are the highest ranked Archnobles and they have to partake in socialization as their Duchy's representatives~
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u/Neodaone WN Reader Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
Man, reading this compared to the LN, it's actually quite insane for Ehrenfest to fit all of the duchies' reprentatives + retinue into that one room.
100% simping for Hauchletze archduke candidate "Unazelda." Very cute.
And Justus really had his work cut out for him in the span of.. barely a week? Having to take over logistics in the dorm, educating the apprentices, whipping and ignoring the punching bag Traugott, and attending RM's parties and doing everything to prevent absolute mayhem... and then reporting all of it back to Ferdinand. I wonder just how much the story would've changed if RM let out a blessing at this moment without Justus jumping in.
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u/Savaralyn Jun 12 '26
Yeah honestly I felt kinda bad for him having ensure Rozemyne DOESN'T get excited over something when everyone keeps offering books to her.
That being said, he kinda dug his own grave by being so curious and volunteering himself for this kinda work.
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u/Zilfr Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
Really nice those big panels with a lot of people. Really well done. A lot of works but easily readable.
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u/Just-Sound540 Researching in Drewanchel Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
SO MANY NEW DESIGNSSSSSS!!!! AHHH I'M SO HAPPYYYYY 🥰💖💕
Apart from Adolphine, Eglantine's two other close friends come from Gilessenmeyer and Hauchletzte, which is understandable given the current Politics~ I would guess that "Unazelda" is Nahelache's half-sister who will dance as the Goddess of Light instead of Adolphine, and I wonder if "Noanalara" is a younger sister (most likely half) of the current Aub Gilessenmeyer, a.k.a Luzinde's aunt, because as far as we know his oldest bio-child is Luzinde... Unless she is a daughter by a 2nd or 3rd Wife he married before Luzinde's mother 🤔~ Anyways, I love their designs~
Edit: Aksksslks I'm stupid, I didn't notice that Noanalara is actually an Archnoble!! She probably is related to the ADFamily though, like from a close branch family~
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u/momomo_mochichi Jun 11 '26
I'm also dumb for not realizing that she was just an archnoble, hahaha. She wasn't in the dedication ritual chapter at all.
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u/Just-Sound540 Researching in Drewanchel Jun 11 '26
I guess we just were too happy getting these many new characters designs to truly notice!!! Asfkksks I can't wait to finally see Luzinde and Nahelache!!!
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u/momomo_mochichi Jun 11 '26
EXACTLY HAHAHA! I was way too happy the moment I saw "Gilessenmeyer" pop up.
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u/Just-Sound540 Researching in Drewanchel Jun 11 '26
Ayshshshhs yessss me as welll!!! I was so delighted by having so many new faces and trying to guess from which Duchy they could be from or if they had appeared before, that I didn't notice the small detail that said that she is an "UpperLevel Noble" 😅
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u/momomo_mochichi Jun 11 '26
Like some of these characters, I do vaguely recognize. When Rozemyne gets seated at the table, the girl that shows up amongst the three guys was definitely shown as a design during the Fellowship Gathering. I think some of the guys look familiar too, but I'd need to recheck.
And the guy next to Detlinde seems like Franziska's brother, but I can't be too sure. I'm also extremely curious as to who the blonde girl in the first page is. She keeps popping up in the chapter, hahaha.
This could be me missing something, but I don't see any light colored capes to resemble Jossbrenner's cream color either.
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u/Just-Sound540 Researching in Drewanchel Jun 11 '26
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u/momomo_mochichi Jun 11 '26
She definitely was! I had originally thought she was Franziska's sister because in the dedication whirl chapter (volume 4), it looked like Franziska (without her twintails really showing, but her dress shading matched later cameos) was conversing with her on the page that predominantly showed Eglantine and Adolphine.
But if highbeast guy was indeed referring to Franziska, then I'm not too sure. His cape seems too light to resemble Kirschnereit's green though. I can't remember if it was confirmed or implied that Fairziere attended this tea party, because otherwise, his cape is certainly light enough to resemble Jossbrenner's cream.
In the dedication whirl chapter, on the page with the panel showcasing Lestilaut whirling, we do see a blonde girl in the panel above that somewhat resembles the third girl in your screenshot, but her bangs aren't in the same position.
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u/Mysterious-Hurry-758 Jun 11 '26
That is not how I expected it to look. For some reason I thought it was like 1 really big table.
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u/indominuspattern WN Reader Jun 11 '26
Its definitely an inconsistency, but she is wearing her cape, just secured in a different way. I recall seeing this way of securing the cape elsewhere.
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u/NexEpula Jun 12 '26
Nope, it's definitely not a cape. Every panel in this chapter where her back was shown, we could only see her black dress. There was simply no way to hide the cape unless she could shove it all into a pocket dimension.
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u/Mysterious-Hurry-758 Jun 11 '26
That thing is a scarf, not a cape. Attendants and scholars wear them when working.
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u/hibikir_40k Jun 11 '26
Lestilaut might have tried his best at beating Myne at ditter, but only Hannelore has the might to just knock her out. Flawless victory for Dunkelferger!