Early Access: STORMWEAVER 3 - Chapter 37 [ROUGH]
Added 2025-05-26 20:54:05 +0000 UTCThis one was fun, ngl. Need some cleanup, but I'm wondering if you guys can figure out who she's based on now 😁 I admit it's a bit more on
This one was fun, ngl. Need some cleanup, but I'm wondering if you guys can figure out who she's based on now 😁
I admit it's a bit more on the nose than usual.
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Right!
Christian
2025-06-05 00:27:03 +0000 UTCI know we love what Bryce has done and is doing with the book and characters thus far, but what I am really looking forward to when he is able to really flush out the book and it’s entirety. We’re just getting a rough draft right now, just imagine what this thing is gonna be like when it’s fully ready to publish and especially, for me, when it’s on Audible. Lol.
Tim Kilgore
2025-06-04 23:45:45 +0000 UTCWhen is the next chapter coming out I need to see what happens when Rai meets his sister
Troy
2025-06-04 06:42:50 +0000 UTCAre you thinking she is similar to Iron Rose?
Rick
2025-06-03 19:31:05 +0000 UTCThat was a really cool introduction to her character. I suspect based on Rory Mercury, from Gate.
Alistair Macfarlane
2025-06-03 12:04:36 +0000 UTCI can totally see why you said you enjoyed writing this one
Rusty Barnes
2025-06-02 04:23:56 +0000 UTCThey are in two different age groups, also Lenoon is still apart of their story but he isn't apart of their group.
Destinee Singleton
2025-05-30 13:41:56 +0000 UTCSuspect that hedonistic parents just don't practice safe sex because Sarah was conceived before they were married unless that was a trap by mom to get access to kamiya fortune. Given how close the pregnancies were, think Rei was an accident too
Sam
2025-05-29 11:03:07 +0000 UTCA little worried because Sarah is at the championship with catcher in the blurb but she is a mauler. Hope nothing happens to Logan as he is the only one we haven't gotten a future quote from yet
Sam
2025-05-29 10:57:23 +0000 UTCFizzy Rustblood from Everybody Loves Large Chests
ProVVoke
2025-05-29 01:32:21 +0000 UTCI know rank doesn't mean all but it does help. Still Sarah is good because she was top her class in the sol system school.
Bob72smith
2025-05-28 23:04:42 +0000 UTCthis was so great. looking forward to the next one.
js
2025-05-28 20:43:33 +0000 UTCAgreed! She already has an amazing attitude, not stuck up and not shy at all about letting some bully punk know how badass she is. I could totally see sweet, shy, Aria behaving the same way as her. I am SO excited for the team to meet her and see her and Rei’s sibling relationship grow!
Bill Hilliard
2025-05-28 20:16:50 +0000 UTCSo so SO glad Sidorov finally got a taste of his own medicine. I bet what’s really gonna eat at him is how casually she did it, zero respect.
Jake Creates
2025-05-28 16:50:31 +0000 UTCThis is one hell of an introduction!
Carolyne
2025-05-28 15:36:58 +0000 UTCSarah is such a fun character to read! Great chapter!
Francisco Javier Periñán
2025-05-28 13:07:24 +0000 UTCSo much hype followed by so much anguish in such a short span of time... Yeah, cliffhangers are mean, Bryce.
J D
2025-05-28 06:58:21 +0000 UTCSarah!! This chapter was great! Love, love how Rei's sister is introduced and i think as we go forward her interaction with the group is definitely going to be epic
Tawanda Finley
2025-05-28 02:33:16 +0000 UTCLove the update ..
Nicole Campbell
2025-05-28 02:22:54 +0000 UTCBryce loves his Cliff Hangers
Javier Rodriguez
2025-05-28 01:14:20 +0000 UTCI'm so happy that Catcher is going to get a girlfriend too! He deserves it! " rays going to have some really weird feelings about his best male friend " I think Rei will be happy about his best male friend potentially being his brother.
Nomad
2025-05-27 22:58:33 +0000 UTCI am obsessively checking for new updates… so much fun!
Randall Jones
2025-05-27 22:23:05 +0000 UTCBryce, you are so evil. Giving Sarah so much Character already and giving her one banger of a entrance... and then the chapter ends. So much looking forward for the next
Dragons'Sheppard1995
2025-05-27 22:22:56 +0000 UTCI think he was A1 at sectionals last book
Executive313
2025-05-27 21:27:24 +0000 UTCGreat, great start for Sarah...
Michael Wuestenberg
2025-05-27 20:32:44 +0000 UTCAlso, it's kikoru isn't it lmao.
Daoist Enigma
2025-05-27 19:33:09 +0000 UTCYooooo! Let's fricking go- didn't expect the SmackDown but anything less wouldn't do her entrance justice!!!
Daoist Enigma
2025-05-27 18:46:36 +0000 UTCFiiiya !!!!
Marie H
2025-05-27 18:26:00 +0000 UTCI’m hoping typeshift evolves on and gives Rei the mauler subtype and we see some brother-sister bonding as she helps him learn. Grant can join in the sessions too to learn from her and as sparring partner for rei as he learns
J.L. Calren
2025-05-27 16:26:29 +0000 UTCGood introduction to Sarah though I want more (could it be you planned this to happen? ) The personality is perfect for her and it looks like she is going to be the strong NOT silent type moving forward. I am wondering if Siderov will see his status and importance drop as she becomes more at Galens and what that will cause to happen in regards to his ambitions. Can honestly say I am looking forward to seeing how Siderov's and Sarah's interactions after this satisfying introduction to each other. Thank you again and hope all has settled down for you and your family and take care of you and yours, it is always worth it
Mike Gilbert
2025-05-27 13:58:07 +0000 UTCMaybe, but I kind of doubt it; she ALSO seems to have some baggage about her parents skipping out on important events in her life. But I still think they're gonna fight, and Sarah seems to be a different sort of Mauler from Logan. Also, she and Catcher gonna smooch. Heck of yeah.
Ben Nikel
2025-05-27 13:57:52 +0000 UTCWhat rank is sidorov at?
Bob72smith
2025-05-27 10:40:57 +0000 UTCLoved the chapter. I agree it’s not as nuanced as you usually do. I bet there’s going to be a tweak or two.
Xien
2025-05-27 08:01:15 +0000 UTCSoooo her CAD schematic is black and white too? In addition to the stature and facial structure Ray couldn’t be anything but a Kamiya when Hiroto first sees him in the school SCT videos. I love the linkages. Can anyone remember what Hirotos CAD looked like?
Xien
2025-05-27 07:59:48 +0000 UTCWonder if Sarah is going to get a chance to work with Grant. Seems like a logical step. Although, I don’t know what reasoning they would be for her to do that. Maybe she joins the group and just works with him because she’s a part of the group. Now , I’m getting catchers reference of loving her after the first fight. That’s hilarious. Lol.
Tim Kilgore
2025-05-27 05:46:17 +0000 UTCLove it! Im am loving her character SO much already!
Bill Hilliard
2025-05-27 04:40:41 +0000 UTCA mauler! Wasn't expecting that to be her type honestly. With how she threw Sidorov over her shoulder as a counter, I was guessing she was a brawler like the Gatecrasher - with high strength and skewed defense. Interesting that she has those traits as a mauler though, she maybe pretty quick too considering she can react to Sidorov with relative ease. Something I found interesting this chapter was how Keiji and Samantha(?) are rather neglectful towards Sarah as well. Rei's abandonment was told to happen due to his fibro, but with how they seem to "parent" Sarah it makes me wonder if the two ever planned to have kids at all? I remember in an old Hiroto chapter on how he made it for Sarah's birth that it'd be okay to miss Rei's. Maybe there's more to that than we've seen so far. Also, CROWNBREAKER isn't a bad name for Catcher. I always took his CAD color scheme royal one with the gold and purple he has going on. I'm also guessing it'd be due to him being able to hold down higher tiered users in comparison to his own level. I can see him whittling down the opponent, instead of how SKULLCRUSHER won his bouts. And we are sooo close!!!! The meeting is right around the corner!
Sugoi
2025-05-27 04:12:06 +0000 UTCGo Sarah Go!
Kevin McGuire
2025-05-27 04:01:03 +0000 UTCWow! Just awesomely WOW!! Thank you so much for the chapter! I had thought we would have to wait until Friday, so happy to be wrong! This epic story just continues to amaze and entertain. Can’t get enough of it!
Dan
2025-05-27 03:21:38 +0000 UTCSarah has some baggage about Rei being a ”Ward” I wonder if she’s going to try and push the Kamiya name on him, I see that blowing up fast.
Nahar
2025-05-27 02:38:45 +0000 UTCIt came out I think 2 chapters ago when Catchers device evolved
Dirty Dibbler
2025-05-27 01:47:56 +0000 UTCNot sure if she could integrate with a team or not, but I don’t see why she couldn’t compete as an individual qualifier at globals
Dirty Dibbler
2025-05-27 01:41:43 +0000 UTCMight me some decide to go with that kind of name, though I feel like most names are said to be given by the crowd. Unless people saw the name of hers and thought it worked.
Voror
2025-05-27 01:39:24 +0000 UTCDoooope. As someone who just binged the entire season on Kaiju no.8 I approve the comparison. Fingers crossed she starts calling either Lennon or Aria’s brother “old man”
Aaron Tufts
2025-05-27 01:19:27 +0000 UTCTFTC! I already love her! Oh, Sidorov doesn't know it yet, but his days are numbered. Now to wait for the inevitable meeting between siblings.
Christopher
2025-05-27 01:16:47 +0000 UTCI'll definitely be here for more Sarah. She's a bad ass!
RudyB
2025-05-27 01:10:12 +0000 UTCOr now that there is a new top dog people that he’s abused might flock to her side. Leaving Sidorov even more out in the cold. Either way I’m dying for a start of chapter quote from him!
Maria Klein
2025-05-27 01:00:59 +0000 UTCYeah who is she going to end up with? Big sad
MillionLittleE
2025-05-27 00:39:31 +0000 UTCNice chapter
Ira Smith
2025-05-27 00:34:28 +0000 UTCWhen he was late he was getting briefed on the fact that he was getting called on to help a transfer when they arrived. Not late b/c the transfer had already arrived and he was showing her around.
Andrew Foster
2025-05-27 00:31:54 +0000 UTCAwesome chapters! I didn’t think Sarah would be A3, I guessed A1 or A2. And a Mauler?!? Felt kinda odd her arena name being the name of her CAD, but otherwise loved this one!!
Iron Akela
2025-05-27 00:27:21 +0000 UTCThis is great. Thank you!
dcshort2
2025-05-27 00:23:11 +0000 UTCMaybe I haven't been paying as close if attention,,, is that the first reference to an arena nickname for Catcher? The first I've noticed it at least 😂😅
xanderbot93
2025-05-27 00:12:56 +0000 UTCYep, ass kicking for all because the Kaijuate has arrived. Always a bigger fish after all and Sarah is that bitch.
Christian
2025-05-27 00:04:57 +0000 UTCWouldn't have pegged her for a mauler. And apparently a glass cannon one as well. Unless I'm blanking and they were never high on defense. Sidorov not catching on is fitting for him. It'd be nice if she shakes things up a bit though he is good enough that he could possibly take her when not caught off guard. I figure he's gonna be holding a serious grudge until he can reestablish himself as top dog. On the other hand, she could simply have issues given the second year class is so beholden to Sidorov. Issue might be that Sarah will get in trouble while Sidorov gets off, though the lack of cameras could perhaps mean no one truly gets charged. I feel like if staff are aware of Sidorov is trying to cause issues for Firesong that they'd at least start watching real closely.
Voror
2025-05-26 23:48:33 +0000 UTCGIVE ME MORE!!!!!
Malcolm
2025-05-26 23:40:22 +0000 UTCOmg that chapter was amazing
Malcolm
2025-05-26 23:40:13 +0000 UTConly a touch of the personality, but some of the key physical elements like size and weapon haha.
Wraithmarked Creative
2025-05-26 23:38:29 +0000 UTCPoor Chancery, she’s really going to feel like a 7th wheel.
Cory Smith
2025-05-26 23:33:43 +0000 UTCI didnt expect sara having Zoro level trouble with directions lol. To be honest, I didnt expect her attitude be so casual and fun when thinking about who her parents are, love it though. Definitely waiting to see more of her
Roope
2025-05-26 23:33:11 +0000 UTCI may not know my baby brother yet but no one messes with him or his friends! I already love her
Maria Klein
2025-05-26 23:31:45 +0000 UTCI love her reaction to Sidorov and his sadistic, narcissistic, delusion. She all but tore him a new one. Ripped his reactive shielding apart like tissue paper and posed infront of catcher with and he would likely know this. One of the biggest mauler axes hes seen from an A ranker. Mixed with her short stature and the fact she moved it with a nanchilant fluid motion one handed. Ya hes head over heels fast that ray can say "I didn't mean that aria". Catcher didn't even try to hide he knew Sarah looked like ray. Then she goes and confirms it without an ounce of hesitation. She saved his ass and posed like taking three second years together was nothing new. Catcher is doomed and rays going to have some really weird feelings about his best male friend and his until like a month ago recently known older sister. God you do drama so well and I can't wait for Catcher to be a stumbling mess as he helps her find the administration's office. Jasper is going to tease Sarah so much. I can't wait for catchers mom to know her son is seeing someone. She seemed bubbly.
Christian
2025-05-26 23:28:47 +0000 UTCYes!!!
Maria Klein
2025-05-26 23:26:59 +0000 UTCI NEED MORE!!! she is such a good character and I cannot wait until we Sarah meet more people!
Graeme Anderson
2025-05-26 23:14:53 +0000 UTCDCC?
Christian
2025-05-26 23:12:34 +0000 UTCI honestly don’t know who you based Sarah on personally but I hope you share cause there’s a lot of interesting guesses going on lol. Great chapter and I’m hyped for the next one as always.
Nahar
2025-05-26 23:08:12 +0000 UTCIm pretty sure he told them the Kamiya were careful about keeping the grey eyes in the direct line and you’re probably not wrong about Rei being taller than he’d have been without his Fibro.
Nahar
2025-05-26 23:06:09 +0000 UTCDo you remember what Sidorov was ranked? Because I don’t.
MillionLittleE
2025-05-26 23:02:03 +0000 UTCOMG, so freaking good😆 Thanks Bryce!!
Dee
2025-05-26 22:56:45 +0000 UTCSo great. So excited for next chapters. Guessing Catcher puts Kamiya along with those eyes as some relative of Rei’s. Can’t remember if Rei told the +Catcher group he has a sister - could be his cousin or other in Catcher’s eyes. New possibility - Shido is making Rei taller than he should be! 🥸
gratch42
2025-05-26 22:54:39 +0000 UTCOhhhhhh. Yeah. I feel like her personality will add so much to the book. Great job! The stormsiblings!
J D
2025-05-26 22:53:29 +0000 UTCMan it would be funny if catcher’s quote from last chapter was referring to someone else entirely
Hunter Farnsworth
2025-05-26 22:52:33 +0000 UTCLoved the new chapter, but it doesn't match with the earlier chapter where Lennon was 15 minutes late to training for the transfer student, but catcher was already in evening training and he hadn't yet upgraded. Just a minor timeline adjustment.
Hope
2025-05-26 22:39:04 +0000 UTCAlso I know this is absolutely not who she’s based on but I’m not well versed in anime so any tiny but super powerful person is always Toph in my mind 🤣
Devin Jaros
2025-05-26 22:32:06 +0000 UTCI have a feeling shes Saya Sasamina from The Asterisk War
Silva Shadows
2025-05-26 22:21:01 +0000 UTCHaven't read yet, commenting again, made my day.
Christian
2025-05-26 22:20:32 +0000 UTCI love her so so so much!!!
Devin Jaros
2025-05-26 22:09:07 +0000 UTCOooh that was so satisfying. She's gonna be in trouble for a minute. But so worth it
LeaphyMoon
2025-05-26 22:01:58 +0000 UTCGrant has another Mauler he can work techniques with in Kamiya, Sarah.
Shirley Jones
2025-05-26 21:58:32 +0000 UTCHer CAD and field name clinch it.
Jared Plunkett
2025-05-26 21:43:54 +0000 UTCIs her father Zorro from one piece with the poor sense of direction?
Nicolaus Fountain
2025-05-26 21:42:05 +0000 UTCHad a feeling she was that type of
Drew Summerlin
2025-05-26 21:40:50 +0000 UTCNow Sarah just needs to reach back and close catchers mouth. I hope he recorded that and sends it to Rei. “ Rei, you’re never going to believe who just saved my A** from sidorov.. I think you need to meet her “
chris kizziah
2025-05-26 21:39:37 +0000 UTCOh! It’s Kikoru! From Kaiju no 8! She’s even Japanese, to match! Maybe she dyes her hair blonde to match Catcher at some point, too?
PapaJohn
2025-05-26 21:39:34 +0000 UTCnooooope bug good guess
Wraithmarked Creative
2025-05-26 21:36:45 +0000 UTCHope the whole family dynamic is going alright, Bryce. Hoping your relative has had a good send off too. And thank you for the chapter, despite everything that is going on. Very much appreciated. Wishing you and your family well!
Zac
2025-05-26 21:31:23 +0000 UTCWhat a badass entrance. I can see why Catcher fell in love at first fight.
Matt O'Connor
2025-05-26 21:30:25 +0000 UTCI can see why catcher fell in love at first fight.
Dell
2025-05-26 21:28:25 +0000 UTCKinda giving me Norra from rwby vibes?
David B
2025-05-26 21:22:45 +0000 UTCAll I have to say is “Holy Sh**”. She may be bad with directions, but she isn’t bad at making her presence felt.
Victor Summerhill
2025-05-26 21:22:36 +0000 UTCAwesoommmeee!!! Can’t wait to see how this plays out!!
Heather Herren
2025-05-26 21:20:10 +0000 UTCYou can do both. I promise.
Karl Shlagel
2025-05-26 21:19:22 +0000 UTCSoo satisfying!!! Yes! Lol! Love that Sidorov just got treated like a wimpy brat! Perfect for a narcissist like him.
Randall Jones
2025-05-26 21:18:43 +0000 UTCYachiru Kusajishi from bleach?
G_AcheTheSnake
2025-05-26 21:18:40 +0000 UTCRory Mercury from GATE?
Klutz
2025-05-26 21:14:50 +0000 UTCHoly shit. DCC and Stormweaver both drop in 24 hours.
Karl Shlagel
2025-05-26 21:13:41 +0000 UTCOh a monster she is
Lawrence Dillon
2025-05-26 21:09:56 +0000 UTCGobbled up that chapter so fast lol, thanks for the food
Amberphoenixx
2025-05-26 21:07:21 +0000 UTCAlright, something that’s been bugging me since we learned Sarah was transferring: what’s going to happen with her and systems/intersystems? This chapter confirms her and her former team from Annapolis are done, and she’s transferring mid year after sectionals so… does she just not get to compete this year? Did she give that up? What about her former squad: will they just pull another cadet in? I’m hoping someway somehow she gets to compete alongside rei and the others
J.L. Calren
2025-05-26 21:06:37 +0000 UTCLet's goooi
Jerhett Kellis
2025-05-26 21:05:33 +0000 UTCA3! i love it! Sidorov is about to be dethroned from the top of the second years!
Karyn Curtain
2025-05-26 21:04:39 +0000 UTCBeen checking every 2-3 hours for a week! So excited!
Tyler Roe
2025-05-26 21:02:13 +0000 UTCNice! Looking forward to this. Loved the sneak peak and can't wait to dive in to Sarah's story.
PapaJaypes
2025-05-26 21:00:11 +0000 UTCYES I was waiting for this all week!
Linn G
2025-05-26 20:56:15 +0000 UTCI guess I'll stop reading dungeon crawler carl for a bit
Will Buck
2025-05-26 20:55:54 +0000 UTCYesssss can’t wait to read. Hope things are going well
G_AcheTheSnake
2025-05-26 20:55:22 +0000 UTCOh man let’s goooo the last two weeks felt like torture
J.L. Calren
2025-05-26 20:54:55 +0000 UTC
