(L) Infinite Dendrogram

[msg]

Default world

Spoiler for realms:

Alta - western medieval world (european)
Tenchi - eastern medieval world (more to japanese)
Huanghe - martial arts/mystical world (more to chinese)
kardeina - desert/sand dune world (middle eastern)
Drive - industrial/machine world
Gran valoa - floating sea city/maritime world
Legendaria - mythical fantasy dreaming world

Bonus/Extra/Hidden world (just my speculation...)

??? - underground prison hell world
??? - Floating sky city world
??? - Urban modern world
??? - underwater world
??? - space station city?

Volume 1 scans

Spoiler for space:

Bearbro welcoming his little brother

Nemesis default "girl" form

Liliana and her little sister

Figaro



Nemesis and Babylon

Next evolution of Nemesis

[NeoAnkara]

I wonder what is bigger than tank. A Gundam maybe?

[The One Above God]

*Maybe something similarly sized to Arc-Gurren?

[NeoAnkara]

Is this cover for second volume?

[Natsume01]

^ Yep it is. It was already posted on page2.(A clean version)

[Kunagisa]

Originally Posted by msg

Default world

Spoiler for realms:

Alta - western medieval world (european)
Tenchi - eastern medieval world (more to japanese)
Huanghe - martial arts/mystical world (more to chinese)
kardeina - desert/sand dune world (middle eastern)
Drive - industrial/machine world
Gran valoa - floating sea city/maritime world
Legendaria - mythical fantasy dreaming world

Bonus/Extra/Hidden world (just my speculation...)

??? - underground prison hell world
??? - Floating sky city world
??? - Urban modern world
??? - underwater world
??? - space station city?

WTFFFF, how far have you read? I know there's a Prison (no idea where it is) but the rest I haven't seen any mention (I just finished the Songstress and Rose's side story that came after arc 4). They sound really awesome if true though. Would be some Bioshock level of awesome. When you say speculation, do you mean complete speculation or based-on some-stuff-mentioned speculation?

Originally Posted by msg

Volume 1 scans

Spoiler for space:

This is Mary/Mari.

Also I think you had a hiccup and meant "Luke/Rook and Babylon" instead of "Nemesis and Babylon".


(link)

This is Yugo/Hugo (far left) and Cuco (pronounced like Cute)/Qooco (the white loli).


This story has SO many characters, it's great.

[Natsume01]

^ Does Ray have beast-ears? And what's wrong with Neme-chan and the white loli?

[Kunagisa]

Originally Posted by Natsume01

^ Does Ray have beast-ears? And what's wrong with Neme-chan and the white loli?

Si. The beast ear doesn't do much until volume 3 though. The girls are just fighting over food probably.

http://hobbyjapan.co.jp/comic/series/dendro/

Manga chapter 1 is out. I like the art quite a bit.


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Finally caught up, SUBM Gloria is broken as hell, a true raid boss. The side stories involving Bearbro and Sechs and most maxed out characters are soooo much fun (I seem to like all characters except for Franklin even if they're in opposing faction).

Seems like Sechs, Bearbro, Lolpet Owner (Beast King), Earth God and some of the IF members are in a totally different league of their own despite some other people also having Super Embryos.

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Went on 2ch to check some of the comments (since not afraid of spoilers anymore), seems like a lot of people agree that Nemesis' HP (Heroine Point) is too low and is actually a running gag more than anything. Characters like AAA are way more heroine-like. I don't dislike Nemesis or anything, but her character's just too plain. It's literally just gluttony and that's kinda it. Her HP peaked at the end of arc 2 and hasn't got anything since.

Spoiler for Volume 2 extra color page:

[Natsume01]

Hi there! I uploaded the new volume's illustrations here. (v02)

Can someone give us some spoilers about the relationship? (mc)

Oh and for those who want the first volume's illustrations on imgur go here. (v01)
It's easier to download the illustrations in a album on imgur.

[Kunagisa]

Originally Posted by Natsume01

Hi there! I uploaded the new volume's illustrations here. (v02)

Can someone give us some spoilers about the relationship? (mc)

Thanks for the illustrations! I bought the volume myself yesterday because I couldn't resist the bonus story even though I absolutely hate this kind of purchase bait! Anyway, from the comments on twitter I think the author gave Nemesis more HP, so have to reread the volumes now when I have time.

Relationship wise, I assume you mean romantic relationships? Otherwise the characters are all just friends/comrades. The pictures near the end are the bosses for this chapter.

Nemesis is absolutely the main heroine even though at times she kinda falls off the radar. The author's intention is to not have a harem (at least he denies this series being one when asked), but have it more like a galge type where you enter this heroine's route for a bit and interact with her etc. In the story though, there is literally 0 romantic moments until Chapter 5. There are intimate/cute scenes, but not really romantic because they are one sided and don't linger. He also has several candidates that he think he might try to explore and give those characters more HP, but the last few times he did that Nemesis ended with more MP (Mascot Points), so he regret that (jokingly).

I don't feel the romance aspect is that big in the story. The plot is mostly just an ensemble cast with lots of fun characters doing stuff that come together as a grand narrative. Kinda like DRRR, Horizon, DanMachi in that aspect. The several characters that the author somewhat juggled as heroines are

Spoiler for quite huge spoilers:

(remember, you can choose gender type when you make your character, so some females do play as male, don't read beyond if you don't want the surprise ruined for you)

Spoiler for list:

• Franklin (she is into Ray in a negative way)
• Hugo (though after the events of Chapter 3, kinda wandering around and got picked up by AR・I・CA in Caldina)
• Tsukuyo (this route's dead unless her bodyguard gets removed, but in the comments there's a joking reply that she might be Ray's mistress)
• BBB (got retarded amount of HP in chapter 4 that she is not allowed to appear in chapter 5)
• AAA (completely overshadowed Nemesis in chapter 5 at the end and got a ton of HP as a result, even more than BBB)
• Liliana (the first female in the series, many people mistaken her to be the heroine and since her job's somewhat close to Ray's, might make a come back at the end because Ray killed the "guy" who killed her father; that and her illustration's awesome)
• Juliet (barely any screen time and talks like Ranko from IM@S, very popular among readers for that reason)

[Natsume01]

^ Your welcome! Ahaha yeah, me too. Seriously all authors should post the bonus story(SS) on syosetsu, even if they delay it for a few weeks after the release of the LN. So many SS are lost because of this...

Arg, a shame I didn't read past the translations. Don't even know who are the characters.
But I completely agree with you on Liliana (her illustrations are good).

As long as there is some romance, it's good. A story without can be a little dull with time. But from the translations, this one seemed good even without it (at least in the beginning).

Spoiler for response to spoiler:

Honestly when you said the player can choose the gender I thought you'll say that some male playing with a female avatar will be into the MC. Glad it was the other way. What's the deal with Tsukuyo? Can I take it as the bodyguard being in love with her or just he/she is overprotective?

Thanks for the spoiler! If you have time and don't mind, could you post other spoilers later. (at least about the bonus story since the translator may never translate it)
Oh is there a lot of differences between the WN and the LN?

[The One Above God]

Wow, the illustrations are great. Thanks for them .

[Kunagisa]

Originally Posted by Natsume01

Spoiler for response to spoiler:

What's the deal with Fukuyo? Can I take it as the bodyguard being in love with her or just he/she is overprotective?

Spoiler for situation:

The bodyguard is also kinda like her butler. Not those overprotective ones you see in anime, and is actually a pretty chill character. Unsured if romantically engaged in Fukuyo, but the two's abilities in game complement each other quite well. Also goes to the same college as Fukuyo and Reiji in real life (Tokyo U).

Originally Posted by Natsume01

Thanks for the spoiler! If you have time and don't mind, could you post other spoilers later.

This is difficult to do as previously mentioned I am not sure what people are interested in. The story itself is broad is continue expansion of previously established materials. Some discussion of the later materials require writing summaries of the previous chapters etc. There are dedicated wikis devoted to the series due to the amount of information. Think it's around 7-10 volumes of Bunko length right now.
Japanese: http://wikiwiki.jp/dendro/
Korean: https://namu.wiki/w/Infinite%20Dendrogram

Originally Posted by Natsume01

(at least about the bonus story since the translator may never translate it)

Spoiler for Twitter and Bookwalker:

The twitter SS briefly mentions 冥王 (Pluto/Hades/King of the Underworld, not sure the intended translation is) who goes by the name Benetnasch, also a Type Maiden master with Tier 7 Embryo. He helped stop a Machine/Mazin Gear prototype from going berserk. The robot is tested in the facility that is ran by the biggest clan in Drive that Hugo belongs to, and is supposed to not require a pilot by running solely on grudge/malice as an energy source (collected by Benetnasch). Benetnasch himself is unaffiliated with any country, and seems to be a person that blames himself for everything that goes wrong around him.

PS: This character's a huge bait to buy this volume because this guy, Sechs, Ray are like the three that Cheshire's most interested in (each system AI has their own special interest, such as Humpty most interested in BearBro etc.), but has never showed up even once in the main story yet.

The Bookwalker SS is Ray asking Hugo whether if Hugo can just pilot robots if he has the appropriate piloting skill. Hugo explains by gaining that skill, you get like a sensory guide that projects into your sense in how to operate the robot. At low level, the image comes slower, but at higher level it's almost natural instantaneous. However, the skill is still just a support tool that appends to your conscious action. If the movement you want to use is incorrect to begin with, the operation still fails.

Originally Posted by Natsume01

Oh is there a lot of differences between the WN and the LN?

Not sure, will report back when I find time to reread unless others beat me to it first.

PPS: Happy New Year everyone!

[Natsume01]

^ Thanks for the summary of the SS and the wiki (already found it before though).

OK, I'll wait until you reread it.

Thank you! Happy New Year to you. (Well there is still 4hours left for me though.)

[Natsume01]

Infinite Dendrogram Volume 3 Cover (Low Res):

[The One Above God]

Oh, bear-bro is in the cover too .

[Kunagisa]

Translation started again by another group (I'm sure some of you know that already).

Anyway, we may be able to see Nemesis's 4th form soon (author's debating if he should leave that for Chapter 7 or introduce at late Chapter 6; story is at around mid-Chapter 6 so far). We also have confirmation on Beast King

Spoiler for lots of stuff:

(named Behemot)'s identity is really a (lol)pet in the form of porcupine and Embryo is Type Maiden with Guardner named Leviathan (so the humanoid is actually the Embryo and the animal is the Master/player). Behemot is probably one of the strongest Master right now.

The absolute SSS ranked characters are probably

• Behemot: nickname'd Physical Strongest; BearBro delivered a full punch to Leviathan and She fully healed with just a weak potion
• BearBro: Embryo is Type Guardian Fortress Gear Weapon, a quadruple high end hybrid of the four basic types of Guardner, Castle, Chariot, and Arms. Last form is a freaking Super Robot.
• Fatum: nicknamed Magic Strongest; BearBro fought him to a standstill before AI interfered because they were wrecking GM made dungeons with collateral damage; Emybro is 【Holy Chalice of Un-Thirst, Grarl】.
• Hannya: Embryo is Type Apostle with Angel Gear named 【Imprisonment Angel, Sandalphon】; her old boyfriend dumped her in real life for a girl in Dendro, she got mad and went to fuck up Legendaria because her old boyfriend was there, then got sent to Prison. She met Figaro before and is madly in love with him, but he really just wanted to duel with her. Current arc's about her finally get to leave prison to meet Figaro (wrecking Gideon right now because she saw Figaro with Fusou together). Type Apostle is even rarer than Type Maiden and given to players who started playing Dendro but hates/hated the game.
• Fuuta: Embryo 【Demise Encroachment, Apocalypse】; Type Apostle but the guy's level 0 (he's around 10 years old in real life), hates Dendro and wants to destroy the game. Has ability to cause bugs in the game, barely appeared in a side story chapter once. Is in Prison and is somewhat controlled by Hannya at the time because Type Apostles can exert influence over the game physics. Currently soloing the only dungeon in Prison.
• ???: nicknamed Technique Strongest, some Master in Tenchi realm.
• Sechs: Embryo is Type Body【Primordial Shapeless, Nun】, a type even rarer than Type Apostle (?). One of the two Masters that Cheshira cat is really interested in (other being the main character Rey). Completely devoted to role-playing the role of evil because he rolled a dice when started playing the game and got 6 (his name is German 6), which represented being a criminal. His personality's super nice, but is the current biggest criminal in the game. Very friendly with BearBro, but BearBro is the one who sent him to Prison (he doesn't mind though). Also the Clan Owner of the international criminal group IF (Illegal Frontier).

There are like some Tians who are ridiculously strong too

• Dragonic Emperor who is born in Yellow River every few generations. The last one has passed away but could solo UBMs and even "tame" them for personal use, Job Level over 2000 ... (BearBro's only 1k something).
• In a similar vein, Alter Kingdom's royal bloodline give rise a progeny with blue hair that can wield the [Sword of Origin, Alter], which can even severe formless things like space and energy; current wielder is the incumbent Empress Altimia Azurite Alter with the job Sacred Princess.
• There is also a job call Great Philosopher that ... seems to be immortal (guy has been alive through two civilizations, and the first one is the one with the uber old technology that lost to the Avatars, which are actually the management AIs (GMs).

I really hope the translation continues, this story's sooo fun! There are a lot of Narou readers on this board, but for some reason this one just doesn't seem to attract people. I wonder why that is.

[Rinvelt]

^Don't know about the others, but from what I remember the story is pretty well detailed, so I would rather improve my Japanese before reading it to not miss too much details.

[The One Above God]

Originally Posted by Kunagisa

Translation started again by another group (I'm sure some of you know that already).

Anyway, we may be able to see Nemesis's 4th form soon (author's debating if he should leave that for Chapter 7 or introduce at late Chapter 6; story is at around mid-Chapter 6 so far). We also have confirmation on Beast King

Spoiler for lots of stuff:

(named Behemot)'s identity is really a (lol)pet in the form of porcupine and Embryo is Type Maiden with Guardner named Leviathan (so the humanoid is actually the Embryo and the animal is the Master/player). Behemot is probably one of the strongest Master right now.

The absolute SSS ranked characters are probably

• Behemot: nickname'd Physical Strongest; BearBro delivered a full punch to Leviathan and She fully healed with just a weak potion
• BearBro: Embryo is Type Guardian Fortress Gear Weapon, a quadruple high end hybrid of the four basic types of Guardner, Castle, Chariot, and Arms. Last form is a freaking Super Robot.
• Fatum: nicknamed Magic Strongest; BearBro fought him to a standstill before AI interfered because they were wrecking GM made dungeons with collateral damage; Emybro is 【Holy Chalice of Un-Thirst, Grarl】.
• Hannya: Embryo is Type Apostle with Angel Gear named 【Imprisonment Angel, Sandalphon】; her old boyfriend dumped her in real life for a girl in Dendro, she got mad and went to fuck up Legendaria because her old boyfriend was there, then got sent to Prison. She met Figaro before and is madly in love with him, but he really just wanted to duel with her. Current arc's about her finally get to leave prison to meet Figaro (wrecking Gideon right now because she saw Figaro with Fusou together). Type Apostle is even rarer than Type Maiden and given to players who started playing Dendro but hates/hated the game.
• Fuuta: Embryo 【Demise Encroachment, Apocalypse】; Type Apostle but the guy's level 0 (he's around 10 years old in real life), hates Dendro and wants to destroy the game. Has ability to cause bugs in the game, barely appeared in a side story chapter once. Is in Prison and is somewhat controlled by Hannya at the time because Type Apostles can exert influence over the game physics. Currently soloing the only dungeon in Prison.
• ???: nicknamed Technique Strongest, some Master in Tenchi realm.
• Sechs: Embryo is Type Body【Primordial Shapeless, Nun】, a type even rarer than Type Apostle (?). One of the two Masters that Cheshira cat is really interested in (other being the main character Rey). Completely devoted to role-playing the role of evil because he rolled a dice when started playing the game and got 6 (his name is German 6), which represented being a criminal. His personality's super nice, but is the current biggest criminal in the game. Very friendly with BearBro, but BearBro is the one who sent him to Prison (he doesn't mind though). Also the Clan Owner of the international criminal group IF (Illegal Frontier).

There are like some Tians who are ridiculously strong too

• Dragonic Emperor who is born in Yellow River every few generations. The last one has passed away but could solo UBMs and even "tame" them for personal use, Job Level over 2000 ... (BearBro's only 1k something).
• In a similar vein, Alter Kingdom's royal bloodline give rise a progeny with blue hair that can wield the [Sword of Origin, Alter], which can even severe formless things like space and energy; current wielder is the incumbent Empress Altimia Azurite Alter with the job Sacred Princess.
• There is also a job call Great Philosopher that ... seems to be immortal (guy has been alive through two civilizations, and the first one is the one with the uber old technology that lost to the Avatars, which are actually the management AIs (GMs).

I really hope the translation continues, this story's sooo fun! There are a lot of Narou readers on this board, but for some reason this one just doesn't seem to attract people. I wonder why that is.

What broken characters. Playing earlier is really an advantage.

[Natsume01]

This may get licensed by J-Novel Club. So there should be more people here.
I really hope this is the novel they'll license. I so want to read the light novel.

^^^ Thanks for the spoilers!

Spoiler for response to spoiler:

Really a pet playing the game?

Glad someone picked up the webnovel too.