Light spoilers. Mind you I have read about 2 volumes before dropping it. Originally on MAL updated/extended on Anilist I went into this book not really expecting much. Most isekai/reincarnation stories havent got the best record of having the strongest plot and worlds this isnt an exception. This book is no different from any other terrible isekai story it is a set in a fantasy world with magic and dangerous monsters roaming about. Flat unoriginal world/plot. This is basically what most people consider a traditional fantasy world with little to nothing unique. You have your really dangerous dungeon thing. I dont like this format. Many stories that use this format tend to fall flat in terms of the world building they dont expand on: history background whatever. Not every isekai has this sort of issue nor needs to world build that much. But this one is an issue. Theres barely any instances off the world being described in some way. No countries kingdoms cities?? None come to mind. Admittedly I havent read this light novel in a couple of months. But at least with other isekai like Mushoku Tensei I remember a majority of cities and countries... and its been well over a year Well whatever. There are a little place names It is just theres a big scary dungeon or theres a forest full of bandits and there is this really bad evil person I am going to kill them. So in terms of world building/plot and developing it Ill say it isnt good. In terms of the start it doesnt really stand out. It follows the premise of the main character somehow angers the gods and punishes them to be sent to the lowest point in the most dangerous dungeon. Why? Why this idea for a start? It just seems so generic. If you told me this opening I would have just laughed that or name ten books with equally generic openings. Not to mention after about a couple of months time skip the main character is suddenly 1000x stronger than he was going in. Hes at a point where no one matches him other than the lich girl. We see little to no development or growth in skill. Just doing some training with a girl that hates humans. Which leads too my second issue. The characters are just such a bore. Every character is 2 dimensional. Youve got this lich girl who hates humans oh But as it turns out she doesnt Fine whatever. Although the gods doesnt know? From my understanding they are omniscient? But maybe the gods in this world cant see everything its a nitpick from me anyway. My main issue is that she falls in love with him. It wouldnt be that bad if we actually got some halfdecent interactions but no. All the interactions we get between them is either her stalking him and being jealous wow so unique or her just training the guy in the dungeon. Maybe something happened offscreen or maybe... Maybe this lich girl is so excluded from society of other beings such as humans and fellow liches that when she ends up meeting this guy for the first time she ends up falling in love. She confuses friendship and just friendly conversation with love. Haha just kidding. Also why does she hate humans? Is it ever explained in the first two novels? No. Maybe it is done later which is actually a fairly good idea. It builds mystery although if you wait too long it can just seem like you forgot to mention it. As the story progresses and the protagonist finally leaves the dungeon it follows a simple format There is someone bad whos doing harm Kills them Reward of some sort Repeat. There is no moral dilemma/moment of clarity killing people. Just oh wow he was bad i did good. No one on this planet earth could kill someone without any sort of feeling. Other then literally sociopaths or people whove grown accustomed to it. Like police or something they would probably still feel something. The main protagonist shows no issues no flaws seemingly no ambitions. He goes around saving everyone. He has no thoughts about his previews world family regrets none. This is just... ugh really bad. Conclusion I feel like only certain type of people will enjoy this the type if people that enjoy a nice lighthearted power fantasy were the main character seemingly has no flaws or weaknesses. I hate power fantasies: a person who can tackle every problem with their might. I dont mind strong protagonists they are fine and I like a couple of them... I dont think I could ever enjoy this to the point I continue reading it.
35 /100
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