--- product_id: 2296845 title: "Book Girl and the Captive Fool (light novel) (Volume 3)" price: "1299744CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/2296845-book-girl-and-the-captive-fool-light-novel-volume-3 store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # Features a high school culture festival play plot Volume 3 of a gripping light novel series Mystery and psychological drama intertwined Book Girl and the Captive Fool (light novel) (Volume 3) **Price:** 1299744CFA **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸ“– Unlock the darkly enchanting world where books fuel magic and mysteries unravel! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Book Girl and the Captive Fool (light novel) (Volume 3) - **How much does it cost?** 1299744CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/2296845-book-girl-and-the-captive-fool-light-novel-volume-3) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Cultural Immersion:** Engage with Japanese high school culture through the vibrant depiction of clubs and festivals, adding rich context and atmosphere. - β€’ **Highly Rated & Beloved:** Join thousands of readers who gave this volume a 4.6/5 star rating, making it a must-have for fans of teen fantasy and supernatural mysteries. - β€’ **Dark yet Hopeful Narrative:** Experience a bittersweet story that balances intense emotional depth with moments of uplifting hope. - β€’ **Genre-Bending Storytelling:** Enjoy a unique blend of supernatural elements, mystery, and slice-of-life that keeps you hooked from start to finish. - β€’ **Complex, Relatable Characters:** Dive into the lives of multi-dimensional protagonists like Tohko and Konoha, whose growth and interactions feel genuinely authentic. ## Overview Book Girl and the Captive Fool (Volume 3) is a critically acclaimed light novel blending supernatural intrigue, psychological drama, and slice-of-life elements. Following the complex relationship between Tohko, a book-eating goblin, and Konoha, this volume centers on a high school culture festival play and a spiraling emotional crisis. With a 4.6-star rating and a unique mix of genres, it’s a compelling read for fans of dark yet hopeful young adult fantasy. ## Description Book Girl and the Captive Fool (light novel) (Volume 3) [Nomura, Mizuki] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Book Girl and the Captive Fool (light novel) (Volume 3) Review: A Lighter Ending - Which For This Series Is Still Pretty Dark! - I had heard some comments about the irony of how Book Girl and the Captive Fool was still really dark but yet was the most light-hearted of the series so far. I read it and I have to agree. Despite the pain and heartache characters suffer, it was still the most cheerful ending, which kinda says something about what type of series this is. I normally don't like this type of angsty series, yet author Mizuki Nomura just somehow makes it work and I ended up really enjoying the series. Maybe it's how the characters really seem more "real" than in other books, or maybe it's the magical realism angle. It could be just that the two main characters, Konoha and Tohko, the titular "Book Girl" (a goblin who eats books), are so fascinating. I'm not entirely sure. One part I know I like is the way that Tohko always sticks her nose into other peoples' business to help them, out of a wierd mix of reasons. She's not entirely selfless OR selfish. She is a complex character that is always bratty, a little bossy and insufferable, yet ultimately sweet and someone the reader can't help but like. By this volume, Konoha is finally starting to care more and want to help others under Tohko's influence and friendship. Yup, this is definitely part of it. Watching a supernatural creature go around eating books but otherwise doing mundane things and using a brilliant intellect to solve mysteries to help folks psychologically is just such a mish-mash of genres that I just find myself fascinated. This time, Tohko ropes Konoha's classmate and uncertain friend, Akutagawa, into helping with the play she wants the "Book Club" of their high school to put on at the culture festival. Such clubs and festivals are a big thing in Japan, by the by. Unfortunately, since only her and Konoha are in the BC, she needs more people. Helping out are Kotobuki, Konoha's tsundere classmate, and Takeda, someone they helped in the first book when she was in the depths of despair. At first, things seem normal enough, at least for this bunch. Hmmm. Maybe that should have been the first clue for Konoha that something had to happen. But slowly a mystery unfolds around harmful actions that Akutagawa is taking in his life and an emotional crisis that is spiraling out of control. There could be real, and fatal, consequence if Tohko and Konoha can't find a way to help him in time. For those who like the darker tone of the series, don't worry, it's still plenty dark. But sometimes you need your bittersweet endings to be, perhaps, a tad bit less bitter and more sweet. That would be the case here. The only problem I had with the story is something that the author herself admits in the Afterword, which is the treatment of Nanase Kotobuki as a character. The author built up some major stuff for her part of the storyline (and from what she said in the afterword and I know from spoilers since this series is completed, Nomura had the storyline planned out), and then just let it fizzle out for now. I can understand that this is likely due to length, but it is quite frustrating. Other than that, no real complaints. This was a dark, but quite fun and ultimately happy, story. I quite Highly Recommend it. Review: What a sensational, addictive series... Keeps picking up steam, getting better and better! - If you enjoy slice of life, complex characters, intense emotionality and explorations of modern societal ills through the lenses of classic literature both Eastern and Western, this is a series not to sleep on. If only the graphic novels were available in English and the animation involved the entirety of episodes and storyline. The perfect blend of shockingly grim and heart-warming uplift, in the vein of, akin to a less graphic and traumatizing tone of series like Higurashi, Elfen Lied. Also very parallel to popular young adult English programming like Thirteen Reasons, Kids, Ginny and Georgia. Can't wait to read next volume, will be sad when I finish this series, highly recommended! Oh, and dang does this author know how to cliffhanger... ## Features - Warner Books/Spec. Sales ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #3,939,147 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3,674 in Teen & Young Adult Fantasy & Supernatural Mysteries & Thrillers #6,787 in Teen & Young Adult Mysteries & Detective Stories #27,701 in Teen & Young Adult Fantasy | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 39 Reviews | ## Images ![Book Girl and the Captive Fool (light novel) (Volume 3) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81I6YZYntML.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Lighter Ending - Which For This Series Is Still Pretty Dark! *by M***N on September 24, 2014* I had heard some comments about the irony of how Book Girl and the Captive Fool was still really dark but yet was the most light-hearted of the series so far. I read it and I have to agree. Despite the pain and heartache characters suffer, it was still the most cheerful ending, which kinda says something about what type of series this is. I normally don't like this type of angsty series, yet author Mizuki Nomura just somehow makes it work and I ended up really enjoying the series. Maybe it's how the characters really seem more "real" than in other books, or maybe it's the magical realism angle. It could be just that the two main characters, Konoha and Tohko, the titular "Book Girl" (a goblin who eats books), are so fascinating. I'm not entirely sure. One part I know I like is the way that Tohko always sticks her nose into other peoples' business to help them, out of a wierd mix of reasons. She's not entirely selfless OR selfish. She is a complex character that is always bratty, a little bossy and insufferable, yet ultimately sweet and someone the reader can't help but like. By this volume, Konoha is finally starting to care more and want to help others under Tohko's influence and friendship. Yup, this is definitely part of it. Watching a supernatural creature go around eating books but otherwise doing mundane things and using a brilliant intellect to solve mysteries to help folks psychologically is just such a mish-mash of genres that I just find myself fascinated. This time, Tohko ropes Konoha's classmate and uncertain friend, Akutagawa, into helping with the play she wants the "Book Club" of their high school to put on at the culture festival. Such clubs and festivals are a big thing in Japan, by the by. Unfortunately, since only her and Konoha are in the BC, she needs more people. Helping out are Kotobuki, Konoha's tsundere classmate, and Takeda, someone they helped in the first book when she was in the depths of despair. At first, things seem normal enough, at least for this bunch. Hmmm. Maybe that should have been the first clue for Konoha that something had to happen. But slowly a mystery unfolds around harmful actions that Akutagawa is taking in his life and an emotional crisis that is spiraling out of control. There could be real, and fatal, consequence if Tohko and Konoha can't find a way to help him in time. For those who like the darker tone of the series, don't worry, it's still plenty dark. But sometimes you need your bittersweet endings to be, perhaps, a tad bit less bitter and more sweet. That would be the case here. The only problem I had with the story is something that the author herself admits in the Afterword, which is the treatment of Nanase Kotobuki as a character. The author built up some major stuff for her part of the storyline (and from what she said in the afterword and I know from spoilers since this series is completed, Nomura had the storyline planned out), and then just let it fizzle out for now. I can understand that this is likely due to length, but it is quite frustrating. Other than that, no real complaints. This was a dark, but quite fun and ultimately happy, story. I quite Highly Recommend it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What a sensational, addictive series... Keeps picking up steam, getting better and better! *by J***E on January 25, 2024* If you enjoy slice of life, complex characters, intense emotionality and explorations of modern societal ills through the lenses of classic literature both Eastern and Western, this is a series not to sleep on. If only the graphic novels were available in English and the animation involved the entirety of episodes and storyline. The perfect blend of shockingly grim and heart-warming uplift, in the vein of, akin to a less graphic and traumatizing tone of series like Higurashi, Elfen Lied. Also very parallel to popular young adult English programming like Thirteen Reasons, Kids, Ginny and Georgia. Can't wait to read next volume, will be sad when I finish this series, highly recommended! Oh, and dang does this author know how to cliffhanger... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A nice entry, although confusing at times *by C***O on July 19, 2013* This entry was a little confusing at times, but ultimately this volume continued the high quality of storytelling that I've come to expect from this series. First let me go into what I found occasionally confusing about Captive Fool. I think that this was the first volume where I could tell that this was first published chapter by chapter in a magazine. Why? Because each chapter had a cliffhanger/teaser element to it that didn't entirely illuminate what had been previously mentioned. I'd probably chalk this up to the letters by Akutagawa more than anything else. This isn't really a spoiler, as the book makes it very clear early on that these are written by him, but I'll refrain from commenting overly much on their content. The problem is that while the letters do a very good job of showing how scattered, manic, and occasionally depressive his thoughts are, they're also confusing. This might have been done on purpose at times, but occasionally I thought that they sort of took more away from the story than they added to it. In the end I think that this volume was more of a way to begin the introduction of Miu, the girl that has haunted Konoha for so long. She isn't introduced here, but the elements here make Konoha think of her more than ever- which didn't go unnoticed by the people around him. It reinforces that I think that Nanase is ultimately the best girl for him as opposed to Tohko. Our Book Girl might be better for him writing-wise, but Nanase is the person who I think would really support him emotionally in the long run. I'd definitely recommend this for fans of light novels and the series, although I would say that they start with the first volume. You can read this without really losing out on much from the previous volumes, as those were mostly just there to introduce the main cast of characters and overlying plot arc of Konoha's past. However at the same time, there are small subtle things that readers might miss out on that would make a fairly big difference in how this book plays out for them. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sn/products/2296845-book-girl-and-the-captive-fool-light-novel-volume-3](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/2296845-book-girl-and-the-captive-fool-light-novel-volume-3) --- *Product available on Desertcart Senegal* *Store origin: SN* *Last updated: 2026-06-18*