History YMMV / AscendanceOfABookworm

* Slow-PacedBeginning: A common criticism is that until Myne meets the priestess and begins her apprenticeship, which is where most of the cast, worldbuilding, and magic system is introduced or expanded upon; the beginning of the story lacks the same level of engagement when compared to it's later stages. Until that point, the story is largely focused on Myne attempting to make books and failing over and over again due to a lack of the proper resources or ability, which can result in ArcFatigue for some.

* FriendlyFandoms: The Ascendance Of A Bookworm fanbase are on friendly terms with the fanbase of "Manga/WitchHatAtelier". Given the similar premise of young girls overcoming challenges set by society of the time and trying to make it better through their skills. It is of no surprise that both fanbases are on good terms. This goes double when considering that the author of WHA is also good friends with the author of Bookworm.

* FriendlyFandoms: The Ascendance Of A Bookworm are on friendly terms with the fanbase of "Manga/WitchHatAtelier". Given the similar premise of young girls overcoming challenges set by society of the time and trying to make it better through their skills. It is of no surprise that both fanbases are on good terms. This goes double when considering that the author of WHA is also good friends with the author of Bookworm.

** ChairmanOfTheBrawl jokes about Hildebrand. The final event of Part 5 Volume 2 is two of Rozemyne's suitors playing ditter for her hand. A short time after hearing about the game before it starts, Prince Hildebrand, who has a crush on Rozemyne but isn't participating in the game, leaves his next casual conversation for a INeedToGoIronMyDog grade reason. Pre-pub readers responded by speculating that Hildebrand was leaving to make plans to crash the ditter game one way or another, resulting in someone joking about Hildebrand being that person who shows up with a steel chair in wrestling matches. The mix of the mental image conjured by Hildebrand being a frail, soft-faced, literal 8-year-old and the ditter game ''actually'' getting interrupted by characters who could believably be doing Hildebrand's bidding at the time caused the joke to get call-back on the part of those that remembered it. It got even more of a hold in that part of the fandom thanks Hildebrand's crush on Rozemyne ''also'' motivating him to be a discrete contender for the throne with the potential to pull a politcal "steel chair move" in the future.

** ChairmanOfTheBrawl jokes about Hildebrand. The final event of Part 5 Volume 2 is two of Rozemyne's suitors playing ditter for her hand. A short time after hearing about the game before it starts, Prince Hildebrand, who has a crush on Rozemyne but isn't participating in the game, leaves his next casual conversation for a INeedToGoIronMyDog grade reason. Pre-pub readers responded by speculating that Hildebrand was leaving to make plans to crash the ditter game one way or another, resulting in someone joking about Hildebrand being that person who shows up with a steel chair in wrestling matches. The mix of the mental image conjured by Hildebrand being a frail, soft-faced, literal 8-year-old and the ditter game ''actually'' getting interrupted by characters who could believably be doing Hildebrand's bidding at the time caused the joke to start growing. It got even more of a hold thanks Hildebrand's crush on Rozemyne motivating him to be a discrete contender for the throne whose victory would blindside plenty of people in-universe.

** ChairmanOfTheBrawl jokes about Hildebrand. The final event of Part 5 Volume 2 is two of Rozemyne's suitors playing ditter for her hand. A short time after hearing about the game before it starts, Prince Hildebrand, who has a crush on Rozemyne but isn't participating in the game, leaves his next casual conversation for a INeedToGoIronMyDog grade reason. Pre-pub readers responded by speculating that Hildebrand was leaving to make plans to crash the ditter game one way or another, resulting in someone joking about Hildebrand being that person who shows up with a steel chair in wrestling matches. The mix of the mental image conjured by Hildebrand being a frail, soft-faced, literal 8-year-old and the ditter game ''actually'' getting interrupted by characters who could believably be doing Hildebrand's bidding at the time caused the joke to take hold in a portion of the fandom.

** ChairmanOfTheBrawl jokes about Hildebrand. The final event of Part 5 Volume 2 is two of Rozemyne's suitors playing ditter for her hand. Upon hearing about the game before it starts, Prince Hildebrand, who has a crush on Rozemyne but isn't participating in the game, leaves the conversation as promptly as he can. Pre-pub readers responded by speculating that Hildebrand was planning to crash the ditter game one way or another, resulting in someone joking about Hildebrand being that person who shows up with a steel chair in wrestling matches. The mix of the mental image conjured by Hildebrand being a frail, soft-faced, literal 8-year-old and the ditter game ''actually'' getting interrupted by characters who could believably be doing Hildebrand's bidding at the time caused the joke to take hold in a portion of the fandom.

** ChairmanOfTheBrawl jokes about Hildebrand. The focal event of Part 5 Volume 2 is two of Rozemyne's suitors playing ditter for her hand. Upon hearing about the game before it starts, Prince Hildebrand, who has a crush on Rozemyne but isn't participating in the game, leaves the conversation as promptly as he can. Pre-pub readers responded by speculating that Hildebrand was planning to crash the ditter game one way or another, resulting in someone joking about Hildebrand being that person who shows up with a steel chair in wrestling matches. The mix of the mental image conjured by Hildebrand being a frail, soft-faced, literal 8-year-old and the ditter game ''actually'' getting interrupted by characters who could believably be doing Hildebrand's bidding caused the joke to take hold in a portion of the fandom.

** ChairmanOfTheBrawl jokes about Hildebrand. The focal event of Part 5 Volume 2 is two of Rozemyne's suitors playing ditter for her hand. Upon hearing about the game before it starts, Prince Hildebrand, who has a crush on Rozemyne but isn't participating in the game, leaves the conversation as promptly as he can. Pre-pub readers responded by speculating that Hildebrand was planning to crash the ditter game one way or another, resulting in someone joking about Hildebrand being that person who shows up with a steel chair in wrestling matches. The mix of the mental image conjured Hildebrand being a frail, soft-faced, literal 8-year-old and the ditter game ''actually'' getting interrupted by characters who could believably be doing Hildebrand's bidding caused the joke to take hold in a portion of the fandom.

** ChairmanOfTheBrawl jokes about Hildebrand. The focal event of Part 5 Volume 2 is two of Rozemyne's suitors playing ditter. Upon hearing about the game before it starts, Prince Hildebrand, who has a crush on Rozemyne but isn't participating in the game, leaves de conversation as promptly as he can. Pre-pub readers responded by speculating that Hildebrand was planning to crash the ditter game one way or another, resulting in someone joking about Hildebrand being that person who shows up with a steel chair in wrestling matches. The mix of Hildebrand being a frail, soft-faced, literal 8-year-old and the ditter game ''actually'' getting interrupted by characters who could believably be doing Hildebrand's bidding caused the joke to take hold in a portion of the fandom.

** ChairmanOfTheBrawl jokes about Hildebrand. The focal event of Part 5 Volume 2 is two of Rozemyne's suitors playing ditter. Upon hearing about the game before it starts, Prince Hildebrand, who has a crush on Rozemyne but isn't participating in the game, leaves de conversation as promptly as he can. Pre-pub readers responded by speculating that Hildebrand was going to crash the ditter game one way or another, resulting in someone joking about Hildebrand being that person who shows up with a steel chair in wrestling matches. The mix of Hildebrand being a frail soft-faced eight-year-old and the ditter game ''actually'' getting interrupted by characters who could believable be doing Hildebrand's bidding caused the joke to take hold in a portion of the fandom.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Considering her relevance in Part 1, there are some readers who think that Freida was underutilized, especially after the author revealed that in the original draft Myne was supposed to make paper with Tuuli and Freida, before she decided to create Lutz for that role. Starting with Part 2, since Myne gets more and more involved with the nobility, Freida, as a commoner who is not involved in making books, is slowly put on the sidelines and stays there despite [[spoiler:the reveal that the noble with whom she signed up is Damuel's older bother. Even Hendrik becoming one of the laynoble scholars involved in the printing industry doesn't chnage this]].

* TrueNeutral: Hirschur. All she cares about is her research and mentoring talented students. Since she is a Sovereign noble and no longer part of Ehrenfest (despite being the dorm mother), she is not bound to Ehrenfest's politics. This is why she didn't give a damn about Veronica's people potentially harassing her because she was nurturing Ferdinand's talent, nor does she care whether Ehrenfest nobles are now upset that her latest disciple is from Ahrensbach, despite there being tensions between Ehrenfest and Ahrensbach.

* WhatAnIdiot:
** The archduke, who is primarily supported by his mother's faction, eventually puts an end to his ConflictingLoyalty issue and imprisons his mother for committing treason. This weakens her faction, his political backup, and gives rise to her enemy's faction instead.\\
'''You'd expect:''' For the archduke to use Rozemyne and her new industries to build his own faction, independent of his mother's faction, and secure the help of his mother's enemy faction, both for himself and his son, who he wants as heir.\\
'''Instead:''' He largely leaves Rozemyne to her own devices and sparingly offers help. He also personally does nothing to secure the Leisegang faction's favor (like taking one of them as his second wife), who only become more ambitious after Rozemyne joins the archducal family.\\
'''The result:''' [[spoiler:What should be known as duchy business is later attributed to Rozemyne and her noble mother mostly. Furthermore, after Sylvester gets rid of the last remnants of his mother's faction at the start of Part 5, he becomes overly dependent on the remaining political faction, which makes him vulnerable to blackmail, because he otherwise has no support. It's ultimately Rozemyne, Charlotte, and Brunhilde, who save Sylvester from this dilemma]].
** It becomes apparent in Part 3 Volume 2 that Wilfried, the archduke's heir presumptive, is far too naive, gullible, and lazy. His growth has stagnated, as he is severely lacking in everything and needs to be monitored more closely by his guardians.\\
'''You'd expect:''' New and more capable retainers to be given to him (after his successful winter debut) who aren't afraid to speak against him, like Ferdinand or Rihyarda. Wilfried should also be given a far stricter education and he needs to face the harsher reality and responsibility he has as the archduke's son.\\
'''Instead:''' Largely only the most incompetent ones are fired, but the rest of the [[YesMan Yes-Men]] remain. Oswald is also kept as head attendant, even though he bears most of the responsibility. And Wilfried is still not taught proper noble etiquette or the appropriate mindset.\\
'''Even worse:''' Neither of Wilfried's parents nor his retainers have the heart to tell him the truth about his grandmother. He learns from Rozemyne accidentally that she is imprisoned as a criminal. And even then, they don't tell him exactly ''why'' she was imprisoned.\\
'''The result:''' Wilfried is later baited into going into the Ivory Tower, where his grandmother is. [[spoiler:She fills his head with lies, which almost gets Wilfried executed, but he barely manages to keep his status as a noble. Instead, he loses his position as the archduke's guaranteed heir. The consequence however is that Wilfried's reputation is permanently stained, giving the extremists of his grandmother's enemy faction the excuse to never accept him as archduke. Wilfried does become more wary and suspicious of other people, but he shuns innocent children, who were not or unwittingly involved, robbing him of the support he desperately needs. Many of them instead go over to Rozemyne.]]