I bought it as a PDF. I think it is a very good book. The villains that are provided are strong enough to be boss characters for a small campaign or a 4-6 hour session, and with the summary of the tactics that each monster can take and the one-shot adventures, I feel that a GM would be well served by having a copy. It is unfortunate, however, that there is no bookmark for the PDF. It would be very nice to see this addressed in an update.

I was honestly surprised when I saw the cover art. It looks very much like Japanese anime. It is only recently that I have noticed that Japanese BAKE-GITSUNE (a fox-like creature with the ability to transform into a humanoid) style race appears in many American fantasy TTRPGs, but this is the first book that focuses so much on the BAKE-GITSUNE. The origin is probably from Asian lore, but the design doesn't seem to be extremely Asian biased, and it seems to balance well when mixed with other fantasy worlds. I would need to agree with the players, but I would like to have it on my table.

In early 2023, I saw a mention on Youtube that "This is the 'real' Dungeon Master's Guide!" I was very interested in the book, even though I do not speak English, and bought it. This book was an "enlightening" experience for me because it verbalized the process of achieving maximum effectiveness with minimum preparation, something I had been doing subconsciously in my experience as a Dungeon Master. Since what happens at the table is not entirely predictable, I found myself asking, "What is the beginning of this session? ' and 'Where are we going in this session?' 'What monsters will appear in this session, and who are the NPCs? What magic items will we be rewarded with? This method takes no more than a couple of hours and can be done even by inexperienced players. I think the more this book gets out there, the more the DM population will grow. I used the help of DeepL to read this work, and I was not confused by the machine translation output, probably because the original is written in an easy-to-read and plain language. I am very grateful for this.