Question Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? Where to start?

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  1. Danthefanokaku

    Danthefanokaku Well-Known Member

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    So, I’ve read the manga of this series and I love it! However, the manga is decently far into the novel’s material. I’m at chapter 14 of the web novel, and I’m still in the early teens of the manga. It makes sense, sure, but does anyone know where the manga is currently in the web novel? Like, what chapter correlates with the most recent manga chapter of this series? I’m wanting to start off where the manga is currently since there’s a lot of walls of text that I already know from reading the manga. So does anyone know off hand? Thanks in advance!
     
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    SightlierGravy Well-Known Member

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    Probably chapter 124, but the manga missed a lot of the other characters' chapters. So you'll want to read those before continuing on.
     
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    juniorjawz Well-Known Member

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    one thing you'll want to read is the SS(side stories)
     
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    I originally read a lot of the story then dropped it. after I read the manga I was motivated to give it a try again and liked it a lot more after I realized that I actually understood what was going on. I would highly recommend just reading through the entire web novel as there are quite a few things the manga either only briefly covers or skips, the most prominent of which are the S and B chapters. plus kumoko has such a funny internal monologue it's funny listening to her interact with appraisal-san/-sama and the rest of her skills.
     
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    The supidest thing jve done back then is not reading the SS which make me regret at the later chapter that made me drop it.
     
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    Chiiiiiiiii >Daoist Thirteen Bears< >Hero Astral Saber<

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    Yep, you need to read those side stories to get what is happening. Those ss are initially thought as info dump but there's actually a plot that colides later with Kumoko's story. It makes you think "oh it's like that' but not.
     
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    HappyHavak The Laughing Sage

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    Just reread it all. It has a lot of extra information and side stories.
     
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    Danthefanokaku Well-Known Member

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    Hmm alright, I guess I’m in it for the long haul. Hopefully the translation of the early chapters improves, as I was having a really tough time deciphering some of the sentences. But any, thanks for the advice everyone!