This new manga series is D&D meets The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. Lizel is transported to a new country, to acquaint himself with the new land, he hires B-level adventurer Gil. With Gil's help, Lizel also joins the adventurers' guild and must complete tasks in order to rise through the ranks. But Lizel's experiences, linguistic abilities, and technology from another world give him a leg up. And perhaps the naive noble will charm the pants off grumpy Gil-- or at least charm him into true friendship.

The ARC is a bit confusing-- and I can't tell if that is from how it was transferred for the digital reading experience and some pages made it out of order and/or some are missing or if I'm struggling more than usual with the manga format. Teens who want adventure are likely to enjoy this new series, but not much happens, action-wise in this first volume, so I'd recommend waiting to purchase for your library until more volumes have been published so that you may provide a small chunk of stories for your YA readers.

This was really lovely and sweet! I adored the art style so much, and I wish it had been longer because I'm already ready for more. I didn't realize it was an adaptation of a light novel series, but now I want to look into the source material because I could see this being the type of story I would really enjoy reading the original version of! It reminded me of so many JRPG games I've played over the years and that's a feeling that I wish more books gave me. ♥

*** I”ve received this ARC in exchange for an honest review ***

A refreshing manga that I really enjoyed reading! It combats the typical isekai trope of Earth to another world by adding a mystery of where the new world is in relation to the MC’s original world.

The art is fantastic. It’s definitely more of a BL-type manga, but it doesn’t detract from the curious team up between the noble looking dude and the powerful adventurer. I’m not usually a BL-genre person which is why I point this out.

I think for a person looking for a more laid back isekai that’s not a total harem or power play may find this more to their liking.

I'll start with the positive. The art is really nice and I like how the clean lines manage to keep the story going despite being light on detail.
However, the story focuses so much on setting up mysteries that (at least in this volume) you don't get to know anything about the characters or even what the plot actually is.
It might just be that the first volume wasn't enough pages to fully present the story, but I left with way more questions than answers. I get that the mystery of the noble's "vacation" is the whole point of the plot. I really do. I just feel like I didn't get enough information to actually care about him.

And after that negativeness... Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the early read.

Loved the character design here, and it's a cute beginning. Basically Lizel is a noble who tells us he was just standing in his room one day and then boom, he was suddenly in another world very much like his own, but clearly not. Being a resourceful guy, he quickly find a way to make money, first by selling something, and then by hiring a guy to help him be an adventurer. There are some D&D elements: adventuring parties, labyrinths, etc. and there is enough mystery behind Lizel, his new partner Gil and the world around them to keep it interesting.

This was super cute, and honestly there's not much I can say about it because manga are pretty short overall. I like the art, I liked the characters and I loved the story and when I felt like the author was explaining too much they actually stopped right at the moment where I felt like I might get bored. It was pretty perfect actually, the only thing keeping it from 5 stars is that it wasn't very action packed. Everything was a little too convenient and fell into place perfectly there was no excitement.

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A perfect entrance to a beautiful and imaginative world.
Now its nowhere close to reinventing the wheel, but as long as those are not your expectations and you just want a cozy medieval inspired story with likable characters and delightful adventures.
Also its impossible to review this and not being how BEAUTIFUL the art work is. Breath taking with a enough attention to detail to keep you entertained for many pages.

The only sad thing now is to wait for the next volume which I already want for myself.

Overall great story great amazing characters and beautiful art.

Very Intriguing and intricate. This was my first manga and i have to say it kept me caught and excited the whole while. I can’t wait for the next issue/volume

This was such a fun read!

What would you do if you suddenly find yourself stranded on a different world? How would you haber the knowledge to survive and to mingle minewhile you want for your master to magicly retrieve you?

Those and much more are the challenges that Lizel has to face when arriving to Parteda, the capital of an strange land. But his luck (or something quite similar) never runs out, this time in the shape of
Gil - a mercenary/adventurer - that would become his partner and protector in what seems to be an unconventional friendship (?!) and a career in the arts of questing.

A sort of "forced vacations" that would intertwined the fate of both characters and would keep the reader enchanted by the author's art style, amused by the quest and expecting the coming events.

Review of an ARC provided free by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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i enjoyed reading this for the art and the story, its really easy and very quick to read however there are holes in the plot. the readers dont get to see the background of the main character, who is he? and where did he come from? and why are the people are so welcoming to him? also i dont feel like this book has any point? i gave this two stars only for the art.

It was an okay book with a fresh take on the isekai genre. I liked the dynamic between Gil & Lizel and can see fans shipping them together. I also think that Lizel is secretly overpowered since he was a "Noble" in his world and I might buy the next volume to find out more. However, I felt like the current world in the manga was kinda boring and flat so it didn't really grab my attention too much. The artwork is nice and clean and what originally attracted me to this series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review!

I want to thanks Netgalley for this manga, and i will be honest in my review.

So the manga its about a noble man liziel, that one day whitout explanation arrived to a new world or so it seems, in this world he meet an adventurer b-rank class, named Gil, he offer a job for him to be his bodyguard, guide and other stuff. Gil helped him to be an adventur because that way he can see this new world .

One thing that bother me and i think it was the only one was that Liziel was already in this new world when the manga started, i could not see his world first meet him before whatever happen to him happen, but ommiting that the story was good, it reminded me the video games that i used to play, like the fire emble, and other of adventure, i liked that vibe. Other thing that i love ws the esthetic of the manga, everything was so beautiful and well made.

How to last chapter of this volumen ended make me want to read the second one, and know whats its going to happen to characters.
For me the story its good, the only things that bother me was how started, i would have liked to see how Liziel was in his world and the show us this new one, maybe in the other volumen the author would show us.

For me this manga deserve 4.5 star out of 5

Fun, quest-based story featuring carefree Lizel and his first adventures with his hired companion, the infamous swordsman single-stroke Gil. I haven't read the light novel, but I love where the story's starting. It's hard to go wrong with the hardened adventurer and happy-go-lucky noble pairing, a magic gun, and of course labyrinth teddy bears. Recommend for fans of Beginning After the End and ranked dungeon type stories.

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I received an ARC in exchange of an honest review !
This manga was oh so lovely, I loved how the "isekai" trope of people falling into a fantasy world was used as a person from another fantasy world falling into this one. I really enjoyed the way our two main characters interacted and their friendship. It was funny and witty, I enjoyed every second of it.
It was an amazingly entertaining short read, a perfect break after reading such heavy high-fantasy books just before !
Overall, I really recommend it.
4/5 thoroughly enjoyed, had a great time.
Bookarina

Hello everyone and welcome to Gray’s Nook where I discuss and review manga, short stories, and novels! In today’s blog, I was graciously allowed a copy of “A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation” by MISAKI-MOMOCHI-SANDO from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I went into this novel with high hopes as the vibe from the cover and overall summary implanted the seed that this is going to be a wholesome yaoi manga.

I'm not new to the Isekai genre, but if you are, here's a brief explanation of it: "Isekai (Japanese: 異世界, transl. "different world") is an "accidental travel" genre of light novels, manga, anime, and video games that revolve around a normal person from Earth being transported to, reborn or otherwise trapped in a parallel universe or fantasy world. The protagonist is depicted as being already familiar with the parallel world, as it is often a fictional universe from a fictitious work published in the protagonist's origin universe (see Storybook Series)." (Wikipedia)

In most cases of Isekai genre, the MC can assimilate pretty easily to the new world as there are only a few differences to the universe they were brought to versus their original. This type of genre has become widely popular among manga, anime, books, and games which makes this type of subject matter of "hot potatoes" for me. 

Lizel our Main Protagonist

The narrative follows Lizel, a noble from another world who has magically appeared in the capital of Parteda, which is between two hostile areas, Marcade and Kavannah. From my understanding and what our MC has elaborated to us is that he used to work for a king in his world. He was sitting in his room and suddenly found himself in the city of Parteda with just the clothes on his back and his sword. Taking this as an opportunity to possibly relax, Lizel decides that in order for him to assimilate to this new universe he needs someone to help guide him.

Gil, B-Rank Adventurer, tour guide, awesome chaperone; Solo Expeditioner

That's where Gil comes in, Lizel took an interest in him immediately in the first few pages after this adventurer sought to give a warning to Lizel when he was about to enter a dark and dangerous alley. At first, Gil seemed hesitant to even bother with Lizel, since he's dressed as a nobleman, but there was something intriguing enough for him to accept Lizel's offer to hire him for a month to be a bodyguard/chaperone/guide/teacher in this new world. It doesn't take long for the two to get into some interesting arguments of sorts, but overall the pair complement one another.

In honesty, the story is quite sluggish in progressing through the chapters as a lot of the introduction to the life in living in this new world is very similar to most JRPGs, like the Final Fantasy series and Kingdom Hearts. Much of the basis of the beginning has similar tropes to other Isekai books like 'That Time I Got Reincarnated into a Slime,' 'Overlord,' and 'Re:Zero.' I am a bit saddened that the characters, although they have strong personalities and left a good impression on me, the first volume to the series fell flat for me. 

While I am depressed that this volume did not satisfy my hopes of the Isekai genre, I am looking forward to the second copy of the book and hoping that it will change my opinion of it.

I was previously unaware of the Isekai genre. I have enjoyed SAO but was unaware of the genre that it was considered. I find that this manga gives me similar vibes to SAO but it requires that you be previously aware of the settings and tropes inherent in an isekai manga. But to be fair, the manga is an adaption of a light novel and so it can be assumed that most people picking this manga up will be readers of the light novel. Overall, the manga was enjoyable even though the pacing is a little fast but it is a manga that I would continue.

Well if you've read any previous isekai series you'll find a lot to like here. Its a very light adventure story, with hints at a deeper story in the background. I found myself quite intrigued by mentions of the mysterious 'King' and can't wait to find out more about him in future volumes.

The art is lovely, crisp but with an adorable edge. No two characters are the same and are easily distinguishable, even though I was confused at times because there are quite a few of them and some of them are nameless which didn't help! I loved Gil's character design though, and Lizel was very cute, especially when just waking up.

The title is a bit of a mouthful, but this is fairly typical of a light novel adaption. They all have exceedingly long titles for some reason.

I can't fault the translation, everything flows smoothly and I didn't find anything particularly jarring or confusing.

One thing that did mark this down for me was that Lizel didn't seem to struggle with anything in this new world.. I thought this effected the suspense a little and would have liked to see things be a bit harder for him.

I would also say that this volume stops in a very strange place. It kind of just ends and then segues into a side story that seems to take place a bit earlier?

That said though I did like the development of Gil and Lizel's relationship and am interested in where it goes in future volumes.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC for my true and honest opinion.

I did enjoy the first volume of this manga series. The premise is around Lizel who finds himself in a city that he is not familiar, in fact in a world that he is not familiar with. In this new land he appears as a nobleman and decides that he should make the most of it and go on an adventure. He hires an adventurer named Gil as a form of tour guide and bodyguard.

I am really interested to learn more about the two individuals, the adventures they go on and the mysterious and magic.

Those who enjoy fantasy and Isekai genres will enjoy this book.

4 stars

I wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did! The story follows Lizel, a noble who has mysteriously appeared in what appears to be an alternate version of his own world - similar enough to be familiar, but strange enough to know it's not. He quickly enlists Gil, a cranky B-rank explorer, as his tour guide and advisor for becoming a ranked explorer himself.
Lizel is a great character - almost the polar opposite of Gil's scowling black-clothed figure with his constant smile and elaborate light noble gear.
As this is the first issue, we're introduced to the Guild and the ins and outs of Adventurer Rankings, plus a handful of characters, and go on a brief adventure. I get the feeling that the next issue will be where we really dive into the adventure and properly get to know the side characters.
I really enjoyed this. The one slight drawback was that I don't think there was enough explanation as to how Lizel actually ended up there in the first place, or his back story - he just know he was a noble in his world. However, perhaps we'll learn more later in the series!

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the e-ARC.

Lizel finds himself lost in a new city that he doesn't know and also he doesn't know how he got there! He meets Gil, an adventurer, and together they become partners and seek the city for answers.

The plot is really great and interesting! I love epic adventures in cities with castles and magic, and this story is one of them! I really like Lizel, he's so gentle and adorable. On the other hand, Gil is serious and distant. But once the get to know each other they start to like their differences. They make a fantastic team.
This is not a boys love manga BUT they have a LOT of chemistry so I hope they become something romantic in the future.

I didn´t expect to like it so much and I'm so happy I did! I can't wait to read the second volume.