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HIDIVE's Anime NYC lineup features a panel for 'Reincarnated as a Sword', 'The World Is Dancing,' 'Tetsuryo' and 'Nia Liston.'

#HIDIVE #AnimeNYC #ReincarnatedAsaSword #TheWorldIsDancing #Tetsuryo #NiaListon
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/08/hidive-spotlights-reincarnated-as-a-sword-s2-world-premieres-at-anime-nyc/

Students and Teachers

#FanFic #NiaListon #TheMercilessMaiden (Post Volume 10)
#Wss366 Saber

Manga/Anime Spoilers

“What do you mean by entering the Mech Pilot’s Tournament?” Miralle yelled, charging into the General Studies classroom. The other students shrank to the edges of the room, except for the target of his outburst, the Fourth Princess Shylrane, her bodyguard Akshi, and, of course, #NiaListon #TheMercilessMaiden.

Shylrane remained calm and answered. “Nia urged me to enter, and I decided she was right. I may lose, but I’m going to give it my best try.”

“You don’t have a mech knight, and even if you did, you abandoned us. All for that foreigner!” Miralle shot Mia a disgusted look. His red face, flying spittle, and wild gestures made it clear that he was the least stable student on the mech knight track. The school would have expelled him long ago if he hadn’t been one of the top students. Few pilots rivaled his skill with the behemoth constructs.

“I intend to take you all down with my bare hands.”

“No one but that foreign freak can take down one of our knights unarmed!” he yelled. Enraged, he drew the #saber at his side, a move that nearly cost him his life as Askshi moved to protect the princess. She would have killed him too if Nia hadn’t intervened. Before anyone even registered her motion, she threw Askshi and sent her sword flying across the room.

In the silence that followed, everyone could hear Nia say, “If she can’t deal with this threat, she has no business being my student.”

Askshi, still on the ground, didn’t have time to respond before Miralle screamed, “Awwwh,” and charged Shylrane.

The fight was over as fast as it had begun. There was a clang, and the saber flew across the room, joining Askshi’s sword.

The princess ignored her stunned opponent and ran up to Nia, grabbing her hands. “Mistress, I felt it. The chi! I felt it. It moved.”

“Of course, the threat of death is the best teacher,” Nia said.

#TootFic #MicroFiction #NMFic #FanFiction

Students and Teachers

#FanFic #NiaListon #TheMercilessMaiden (Post Volume 10)
#Wss366 Saber

Manga/Anime Spoilers

“What do you mean by entering the Mech Pilot’s Tournament?” Miralle yelled, charging into the General Studies classroom. The other students shrank to the edges of the room, except for the target of his outburst, the Fourth Princess Shylrane, her bodyguard Akshi, and, of course, #NiaListon #TheMercilessMaiden.

Shylrane remained calm and answered. “Nia urged me to enter, and I decided she was right. I may lose, but I’m going to give it my best try.”

“You don’t have a mech knight, and even if you did, you abandoned us. All for that foreigner!” Miralle shot Mia a disgusted look. His red face, flying spittle, and wild gestures made it clear that he was the least stable student on the mech knight track. The school would have expelled him long ago if he hadn’t been one of the top students. Few pilots rivaled his skill with the behemoth constructs.

“I intend to take you all down with my bare hands.”

“No one but that foreign freak can take down one of our knights unarmed!” he yelled. Enraged, he drew the #saber at his side, a move that nearly cost him his life as Askshi moved to protect the princess. She would have killed him too if Nia hadn’t intervened. Before anyone even registered her motion, she threw Askshi and sent her sword flying across the room.

In the silence that followed, everyone could hear Nia say, “If she can’t deal with this threat, she has no business being my student.”

Askshi, still on the ground, didn’t have time to respond before Miralle screamed, “Awwwh,” and charged Shylrane.

The fight was over as fast as it had begun. There was a clang, and the saber flew across the room, joining Askshi’s sword.

The princess ignored her stunned opponent and ran up to Nia, grabbing her hands. “Mistress, I felt it. The chi! I felt it. It moved.”

“Of course, the threat of death is the best teacher,” Nia said.

#TootFic #MicroFiction #NMFic #FanFiction

‘#NiaListon: The Merciless Maiden’ Novels Getting 2026 TV #Anime http://dlvr.it/TQcm2Z

#Review: Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden Vol. 8 (#NiaListon)

#LightNovel by #UmikazeMinamino
English Pub: #JNovelClub Rating (1-9): (7 Worth following)
#Isakai #Fantasy #MarialArts

Volume 8 concludes the martial arts tournament arc. I have never been a fan of tournament fiction with its blow-by-blow descriptions of combat moves or game mechanics. That said, I found this volume to be passable. The combat scenes are varied and brief. There is enjoyable background action taking place. I had some guesses about who the winners were, but I wasn't completely sure until the end. Finally, the previous seven volumes had built up my investment in the characters and outcomes. Overall, I enjoyed it.

Nia Liston's quirky first-person narrative remains interesting. Her naïveté and egotism are still interesting, even if some of the stock lines are getting threadbare.

Hints of future plot lines are sprinkled throughout, showing that the author has thought about where to take things next. The volume ends with a surprising and interesting twist. Sorry, no spoilers here!

Volume 8 is free to read for members of J-Novel Club until 12/17/25. Digital release: 1/15/26

(This review is based on the digital pre-publication version.)

Link to NiaListon: j-novel.club

#AmReading #bookstodon #NMReview #NiaListonTheMercilessMaiden

#Review: Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden Vol. 8 (#NiaListon)

#LightNovel by #UmikazeMinamino
English Pub: #JNovelClub Rating (1-9): (7 Worth following)
#Isakai #Fantasy #MarialArts

Volume 8 concludes the martial arts tournament arc. I have never been a fan of tournament fiction with its blow-by-blow descriptions of combat moves or game mechanics. That said, I found this volume to be passable. The combat scenes are varied and brief. There is enjoyable background action taking place. I had some guesses about who the winners were, but I wasn't completely sure until the end. Finally, the previous seven volumes had built up my investment in the characters and outcomes. Overall, I enjoyed it.

Nia Liston's quirky first-person narrative remains interesting. Her naïveté and egotism are still interesting, even if some of the stock lines are getting threadbare.

Hints of future plot lines are sprinkled throughout, showing that the author has thought about where to take things next. The volume ends with a surprising and interesting twist. Sorry, no spoilers here!

Volume 8 is free to read for members of J-Novel Club until 12/17/25. Digital release: 1/15/26

(This review is based on the digital pre-publication version.)

Link to NiaListon: j-novel.club

#AmReading #bookstodon #NMReview #NiaListonTheMercilessMaiden

#wss366 06/17 #strike
#FanFiction Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden
*** Leaf ***

Did I just see that?

I would have missed it entirely if she hadn’t winked at me. It was a bold, brassy move and totally unnecessary. Unless, of course, the whole point was to catch my attention.

With that wink, she slipped past the guards and vanished. Just like that. Not even Lynokis had seen her do it. Could someone really have that much chi and still hide it so completely that I would miss it? The crowd at the stage door was dense, but not so dense that I wouldn’t notice that much chi. Warriors and adventurers were so thick that the air reeked of untapped chi, like the air at a wrestling match: musky, dense, and strong. But hers was smoke, soft, weightless. I would have missed it without the wink.

Unbelievable as it was, she had hidden it even from me. I’d been so focused on “strength” that I forgot “lithe.” I had never considered that approach. My heightened reflexes made me superhumanly fast, but this was different. Minimal force, perfectly timed. A leaf toppling an oak.

I had to find this person. They could teach me so much. An oak is easy to find, but a leaf... less so. Still, I had seen her now, and I would find her again.

My billion kram had earned me a place near the stage, and a royal decree had exempted me from active filming during the ceremony. Not even my director, Bendelio, could overrule the king.

Bendelio, take that!

It was almost as good as punching him in the face. A double chi strike. One! Two! I could feel his jaw fracture. I’ll get you one of these days, Bendelio.

But no, there he was with his peculiar smile, directing the filming. After the awards ceremony, he’d booked me back-to-back interviews with star contestants. I couldn’t even count the number. That evil man, how I hated him.

Wait, there it was. A flicker of chi to the right of the stage!

Center stage!—There she was, flaming red hair and a toothy smile.

Everyone looked confused. Where had she come from?

A bow and a look in my direction. No, a look at me! Our eyes met for a second. A wink as if to say, “See, I struck again!”

Then she and the trophy were gone. A leaf on the wind.

There was no mistaking it; that was a challenge. When I catch up with you, Miss Flaming Hair, you’re either going to teach me your tricks or I’m going to pound you into dust. Pow! Crumpled leaf dust.

#microfiction #NMPrompts #NMV366 #FanFiction #LightNovel #Manga #Fantasy
#NiaListon #NiaListonTheMercilessMaiden #MartialArts
#凶乱令嬢ニア #凶乱令嬢ニア・リストン #ニア・リストン

#wss366 06/17 #strike
#FanFiction Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden
*** Leaf ***

Did I just see that?

I would have missed it entirely if she hadn’t winked at me. It was a bold, brassy move and totally unnecessary. Unless, of course, the whole point was to catch my attention.

With that wink, she slipped past the guards and vanished. Just like that. Not even Lynokis had seen her do it. Could someone really have that much chi and still hide it so completely that I would miss it? The crowd at the stage door was dense, but not so dense that I wouldn’t notice that much chi. Warriors and adventurers were so thick that the air reeked of untapped chi, like the air at a wrestling match: musky, dense, and strong. But hers was smoke, soft, weightless. I would have missed it without the wink.

Unbelievable as it was, she had hidden it even from me. I’d been so focused on “strength” that I forgot “lithe.” I had never considered that approach. My heightened reflexes made me superhumanly fast, but this was different. Minimal force, perfectly timed. A leaf toppling an oak.

I had to find this person. They could teach me so much. An oak is easy to find, but a leaf... less so. Still, I had seen her now, and I would find her again.

My billion kram had earned me a place near the stage, and a royal decree had exempted me from active filming during the ceremony. Not even my director, Bendelio, could overrule the king.

Bendelio, take that!

It was almost as good as punching him in the face. A double chi strike. One! Two! I could feel his jaw fracture. I’ll get you one of these days, Bendelio.

But no, there he was with his peculiar smile, directing the filming. After the awards ceremony, he’d booked me back-to-back interviews with star contestants. I couldn’t even count the number. That evil man, how I hated him.

Wait, there it was. A flicker of chi to the right of the stage!

Center stage!—There she was, flaming red hair and a toothy smile.

Everyone looked confused. Where had she come from?

A bow and a look in my direction. No, a look at me! Our eyes met for a second. A wink as if to say, “See, I struck again!”

Then she and the trophy were gone. A leaf on the wind.

There was no mistaking it; that was a challenge. When I catch up with you, Miss Flaming Hair, you’re either going to teach me your tricks or I’m going to pound you into dust. Pow! Crumpled leaf dust.

#microfiction #NMPrompts #NMV366 #FanFiction #LightNovel #Manga #Fantasy
#NiaListon #NiaListonTheMercilessMaiden #MartialArts
#凶乱令嬢ニア #凶乱令嬢ニア・リストン #ニア・リストン