The Adventurer's Academy

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Description

Rin Asahiro, a twenty-year-old sex worker, decides to turn her life around and become an adventurer.

Only, she has a vague idea of what the actual occupation of being an adventurer entails. In an effort to lead a life she could be proud of, Rin will learn exactly what encompasses the dichotomy of adventuring:

Glory and devastation, all while she tries to maneuver around obstacles in a strange world.

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A slow-burn high fantasy story about a young peasant trying to make it as an adventurer.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2020
Author: Already In Use

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.3/ 5.0
Followers: 797
Views: 838,789

Chapters(306 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

Cellinia SaluzzoRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Very good story with good world building.
Decent action, training is well done and logical.
Lots of yuri <3
The explicit scenes are well done and fit into the narrative without seeming forced or out of place.
Binged the whole thing before I even realized it. I look forward to seeing more chapters and also any other stories this author decides to publish!
LampshadeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The technical side of the writing is decent enough, but in the context of the other 5-star stories, this one is all over the place. One day it's exploring the paradoxical nature of the human condition by delving into the heart of a young maiden in love, trapped in the skin of a sex worker, the next day it's an epic quest given by a dying, last-of-its-kind member of a legendary race . . .
The frequency, rarity and disjointed nature of the random encounters seems more in line with an alternate universe crossover where three drunk pantheons throw explosive darts at the tapestry of fate rather than a character driven growth story. The overflowing opportunities are not properly spaced out by development or balanced with the corresponding urgency or any other kind of narrative drive. The result is a rushed impression that leaves me wondering whether these are really the author's best ideas or their first and only ideas.
Personally, I'd welcome more slice-of-life chapters that explore the magic system, demonstrating the complexities of the seemingly simplistic process, for example the crafting angle or a deeper look into a specific discipline. Conversely, attempts to tack on hidden depths onto characters that already made too strong of an impression as one-dimensional filler come out as a tedious waste of effort that could better be spent elsewhere.
Overall, I like the premise, but struggle to get emotionally invested in a story that shows the warning signs of being endlessly rewritten or outright dropped once the initial flood of ideas is exhausted.
Dub_JaxRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
For some odd reason whenever I read this story I get the same enjoyment and comfort as I do watching a random netflix documentary. The story follows Rin a sex worker who decides to become an adventurer.
Except she has zero idea what she is getting herself into. Rin is just your average human doing the best she can to walk her own path. Wich requires a lot of learning, hard work, and dedication. A practical and likeable MC.
The plot can give you a bit of whiplash at times but doesn't feel forced? I think Rin may just have a screwy random encounter chart(who knows). I do worry that in the future the author might try to pull Rin in too many directions at once. Otherwise it's a pretty solid plot.
I look forward to following Rin on her journey to becoming an adventurer.
emphasisRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I love this story, it caught my interest right from the start.
The fun part is nice, the academy part is interesting and the adventuring part is riveting. All good stuff. There also a lot of open story-threads which I am curious about. Her heritage for one, since she has very distinct appearance. Her brother's story. Her love life. Her adventuring and progression. And also her sprite friend :-)
I am very interested what the next story arc will be about.
One thing I am not so sure about is the pacing. Sometimes its great, sometimes it seems slow.
InsanElderRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It reminds a lot of a LITRPG with a post apocaliptic scenario and without a system.
I think that the lack of a system turns things more interesting because there is no clear metric of how powerful someone is or something showing clearly how much stronger the characters are geting.
The scenario is kind of like if a usual fantasy scenario advanced enought to reach moder technology and after that everything have gone to hell.
I find the characters relatively well developed. There are a lot more to that is unknown of most characters, but they show signs that the will be further developed.
KiraKiraKiraRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I did not expect much from the story, but I got pleasantly surprised.
The author did not make it boring to read, introduced a consistent perspective, and kept me with the intrigue of development of MC and characters around.
Initially I would have said this is a porn with "becoming adventurer" trope as means to introduce characters into the bed. What I think it became to me - a story about a person who treats their body, fully, as a tool to achieve the goals, whatever they are - stupid or righteous. It is a part of her character, not something that goes away. Intentionally or unintentionally author even mocks the idea of classical romance through the story.
The story is not about a stupid and timid MC. She kinda knows what she wants and acts upon it. Sometimes there are moments, but Rin is more ignorant than stupid, as in a lot of situations she does act ruthless, cunning, and "smart" in her own way. She is definitely a strong woman, or becomes one as story progresses.
Besides the "sex plotline", of course a lot of different topics are raised and shown through the story, which keep it not stale and not focused on the same thing all the time, as we follow Rin becoming an adventurer.
The side characters may be not as flashed out, but they also meaningfully contribute to the story.
Combining it all, this is an interesting perspective to read about.
Even though the story and the world have enough noticeable plot holes, inconsistencies, blatantly stupid unexplainable actions and plot lines, it does not put a lot of negative points but reminds that I'm reading just a book and being entertained.
As story progresses it becomes darker, in some unusual ways too.
Overall, I think it is a fine read if you like the overview and the premise, do not mind absence of realism, and do not mind the sex worker sub plot line (by feeling, it is around 10-40% depending on the arc, averaging probably at around 30%), and MC's personality basically embodying and built upon it.
CalaventeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I'm having a fun read by following this "young" sex worker girl as she discovers a new world... a city-away.
It's written well enough, with a complexe almost-post apocalyptic lore.
I love the mix of modern technology and magical systems, it brings a novel air to this world.. did you expect an adventurer, chasing kobolds with a hammer and casting fireball coming back home using the bullet train and listening to the radio ?? I didn't .. and it was cool !
The story approaches issues of racisme(specisme?), gender, poverty, revenge, forced marriage and all, without (yet) trying to solve them, just showing that it exists, it's not "right" and showing the feelings of the different characters about that. Pretty neat.
Like a spoilery review below I'm a bit afraid that the hidden grimdark aspect of the world is a bit too huge for our little MC to solve... but what do I know.
I just hope that the story continues after academy ... because if she solves everything in less than 3Years, I'm calling shenanigans... and if not... there would be so many interesting plot lines that would stay open.
MauzasRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Just for the sake of transparency, I do want to say that this review was done as part of a swap.
That being said, I REALLY enjoyed what I have read so far! The story follows Rin, a young sex-worker that decides that she wants to become an adventurer. I'll go through each sort of part of my review individually:
Style
The style remains consistent in its perspective and does not change throughout the available chapters. Everything is read from Rin's view, and there is a strong sense of chronology to all of the events. The author is obviously a skilled writer. My only minor gripe here is that I prefer shorter chapters because I hate having to leave a chapter half unread when i'm reading. This, however, is not the norm on RR and if you enjoy longer chapters, then the author certainly provides!
Story
There's not really a lot to say here, the story is absolutely fantastic! A really unique plot where a sex worker has decided to become an adventurer. I am curious to see how her background plays into the plot as the story advances. Does it come back in some way or will it be left behind? Regardless the story has a fun plot, is interesting, and has entertaining characters.
One thing I would like to better understand is the source of character motivation. It's obvious that Rin is tired of slogging it at the brothel, but is that really enough to make her want to risk her life as an adventurer when she could just as easily have decided to move to another city and get another job? Perhaps focusing on her brother and integrating that with Rin's motivation to pursue the adventurer academy might be helpful.
Grammar
Great grammar, I could find very little wrong. A couple of typos here and there, but I am hardly the best judge of this.
Characters
I feel like this is one of the weaker points in the story at the moment. Rin is the only character that has really been fleshed out in detail. Even then I find it hard to understand her true motivations behind wanting to become an adventurer.
MenphyRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
If you started this story because of the romance tag, this is probably not for you. The story is well written and the world is pretty interesting, I also like most of the characters, despite a few of them acting like jackasses for no reason.That said, this looks like a shounen manga where every time two main characters might actually become a couple the universe conspire against it in the most dumb way possible.
Someone will interrupt them, some magic bullshit will mean they can't be together, they will simply ignore and avoid talking about something that any normal person would take as a chance to finally kiss that one person you want to be with, etc. It's a good story, but if you are expecting someone to finally say "I love you" forget about it.
ShadmadRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Promise fulfilled with this story. You shouldn't expect run-of-the-mill adventure-action with fan-service sexual content. This story is atypical, character focused and target mature readers.
STYLE : I'll get my issues out of the way first. It's written like a video game JRPG scenario, the dialogues are full of exaggerated reactions and anime tropes, that's quite at odds with the globally mature content and situations and needs a good amount of suspension of disbelief. The fight scenes and combat actions are also described as video game moves, except you die if you get an arrow in the head (no save point, no re-spawn, suckers). Some actions, preparations or world building that seem obvious in story with a different style are painfully absent and often lead to frustration for readers like me as there is so much that the MC should know or try to learn that’s never explained. The yuri scenes are well written and blend very well with the story.
GRAMMAR : mostly good here, the phrasing is heavily influenced by the style but there is few misspelling or syntax mistake that get you out of the content, especially later in the chapters.
STORY : like I said it’s atypical, you go from slice-of-life in the Adventurer’s Academy to yuri romance / harem, with a main quest slowly unfolding along sharp twists, and some side quests involving sex work or gladiator work. Sometimes there is even Adventurer’s Missions ! (warning : I’ve just finished the First year of the story which is 267 chapters)
CHARACTER : this is the main selling point of this novel, the characters are well made with complex personalities, likes, dislikes, sexual orientation and preferences, strength and weakness. Not just the protagonist, all the main cast of the Adventurer’s Academy is concerned, and quite a lot of side characters also. You will get all the archetypes of a JRPG video game of course, with a big yuri undertone. And the MC herself is gorgeous and kind but for the rest quite flawed : she’s not strong,