Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers Vol. 5 Review

Tags: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Harem, Isekai

Sub-Tags: Weak to Strong, Video Games, Strong Leads, Gods

Synopsis:

Makoto and his friends have saved Symphonia by foiling the Snake Sect’s sinister plot, so it’s time for the victorious party to return home. Though Eir’s ominous revelation lurks in the corner of Makoto’s mind, the overall atmosphere back in Macallan couldn’t be more peaceful. Unfortunately, it doesn’t last—following a mass exodus of monsters from the Forest of Fiends, tranquil Macallan is transformed into a battlefield. Amidst the chaos, an ancient draconic beast lays waste to the town and Makoto’s allies. Just when all hope seems lost, Noah reveals a hidden technique that could turn the tide. However, all things come at a cost, and Makoto must offer up something dear for the power to overcome this crisis. Is he willing and able to pay up? Or will Eir’s prophecy about the fall of Roses become a reality? (Source: J-Novel Club)

Makoto’s and His Romance Troubles!

My latest review returns me to another volume of Full Clearing. This time there’s romance in the air!

Guided by Eir’s revelations, volume 5 sees Makoto and the gang return to Macallan where the monsters have been acting strangely. A monster stampede is on the horizon and everyone in town is in danger. Determined to use the newly afforded suicide magic, Makoto’ll have to dig deep to come out on top.

Meanwhile, change abounds in Makoto’s party, with the romance bug taking full effect. Confessions and engagements, jealousy and acceptance. Will Makoto’s other world skills be enough to deal with it all?

This volume seems to focus a lot on change, change in relationships, change in threat, and change in volume focus.

Unlike previous volumes, the author in volume 5 has chosen to focus on a slightly more underplayed aspect of the series, romance. With Makoto and his party settling back down in Macallan as a base of operations, his female teammates use this downtime to get closer to Makoto, which succeeds a little too well with both Sasa and Lucy ending up as his girlfriend, and Sophia ending up as his fiancée.

I’m glad the author chose this direction for this volume, which has more of a lull in the action to develop character dynamics. Moving out from Makoto’s denseness and focusing on his feelings towards his party members is great. As a result, there are some good rom-com moments to be had throughout the volume as Sasa and Lucy struggle to keep their jealousy in check, and Eir and Noah are constantly entertained in the gallery.

By the end of the volume, there also seems to be some promising movement on Furiae’s feelings as the two share an igloo fighting off another blight dragon.

As for the demon lord developments, there aren’t too many of these action segments beyond the monster stampede and blight dragon fights. However, Makoto does learn some important new abilities, including a new type of synchro and suicide magic. Synrcho seems to develop alongside Makoto’s relationships whilst suicide magic is a saving grace spell that can have extreme consequences. Although these consequences aren’t given in big detail, likely because Noah doesn’t want Makoto to use the spell again.

Overall, Full Clearing’s fifth volume takes a refreshing shift in focus, taking a lull in the action to develop the main cast’s relationships. There are some great comedic rom-com moments and what action we do have is measured and focused on improving Makoto’s base abilities, it’s action with purpose. I’m looking forward to seeing how things develop further in volume 6 as we visit Lucy’s family.

Full Clearing Another World Vol. 5

My Rating: 9/10

I hope you enjoyed my review and would love to see what you thought of the volume in the comments!

You can read the fifth volume of this series in pre-pub format on the J-Novel Club website.