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mehsi's review
4.0
I am really excited about new Light Novels, and this one really seemed fun, however it made me remember why I don't really like reading Light Novels. The English is often weird, at times the sentences just seemed off. Add to that the fact that they add the sound effects. For instance if someone is grunting or sighing or being startled this would be posted like: Urghhh or Haahh or Ahhhhhh. This kind of thing is nice in a manga, but it looks really off in a novel. Add to that the over-use of quotes. Things like: "Even vicious monsters were not safe from her "charm"." or "Guild staff and the "fierce members" of Ganesha Familia had been guarding the west gate."
For me (and what I learned in school a long time ago), this makes me feel like her charm is not real and the fierce members are not so fierce. I am not sure what kind of symbol they are replacing in the translation, I am guessing something like brackets, since these are often used in Japanese novels/manga. However, replacing them with quotes... might not have been the best way.
So it took me 3 days to get through this book thanks to all this.
The story was good and I really enjoyed it, though I wish there were less endless descriptions of how things worked. It is nice that you are trying to explain stuff to us, but it just kept coming and coming and I just wanted the story to get somewhere, to see if our main guy could find his harem or find his strength.
The characters are fun and I really liked them. We got various characters, some good and some bad. Our main character is interesting. Instead of fame or gold, he goes to a dungeon to find his harem. To save girls from bad monsters. Of course, he fails a lot (as expected) and he has to set his standards to something else. He is now trying his best for just one girl.
In the mean time though, he has no clue that around 4 or so girls are all drooling over him and want to get in his pants. ;) Also as expected, we know how blind male characters in anime/manga/light novels are.
Ah, another thing that I didn't like was the fact that the POVs changed, sometimes in the middle of a chapter and it took me quite a bit of time to recalibrate and find out who is chatting. I thought the book was only about our main guy, but we also have various other characters. I am really happy to learn about those characters and find out what they think of the main guy, but on the other hand... it is so confusing.
All in all, I will be checking out the second volume when it comes out. Even with all its faults this was a fun manga to read and I laughed out loud a few times. I can't wait to see what will happen to our main character.
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
For me (and what I learned in school a long time ago), this makes me feel like her charm is not real and the fierce members are not so fierce. I am not sure what kind of symbol they are replacing in the translation, I am guessing something like brackets, since these are often used in Japanese novels/manga. However, replacing them with quotes... might not have been the best way.
So it took me 3 days to get through this book thanks to all this.
The story was good and I really enjoyed it, though I wish there were less endless descriptions of how things worked. It is nice that you are trying to explain stuff to us, but it just kept coming and coming and I just wanted the story to get somewhere, to see if our main guy could find his harem or find his strength.
The characters are fun and I really liked them. We got various characters, some good and some bad. Our main character is interesting. Instead of fame or gold, he goes to a dungeon to find his harem. To save girls from bad monsters. Of course, he fails a lot (as expected) and he has to set his standards to something else. He is now trying his best for just one girl.
In the mean time though, he has no clue that around 4 or so girls are all drooling over him and want to get in his pants. ;) Also as expected, we know how blind male characters in anime/manga/light novels are.
Ah, another thing that I didn't like was the fact that the POVs changed, sometimes in the middle of a chapter and it took me quite a bit of time to recalibrate and find out who is chatting. I thought the book was only about our main guy, but we also have various other characters. I am really happy to learn about those characters and find out what they think of the main guy, but on the other hand... it is so confusing.
All in all, I will be checking out the second volume when it comes out. Even with all its faults this was a fun manga to read and I laughed out loud a few times. I can't wait to see what will happen to our main character.
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
thunkr's review
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The anime does the light novel justice by sticking closely to the source material.
brenticus's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This volume feels sort of slow. It might be because I've seen several seasons of the anime, so I'm just not remembering the beginning perfectly, but so much time is spent on stuff I don't really care about and on Bell's "motivations" to pick up girls when he clearly doesn't actually care that much (outside of Aiz).
Still, Bell is a fun character to follow and see the development of, with actual character development clearly visible beyond the simple "number go up" that's common in these types of series. Danmachi is definitely a good series, and I'm thinking I'll probably pick up further volumes to read through the light novel version of events, but the start feels a tad slower than I'd like for sure.
Still, Bell is a fun character to follow and see the development of, with actual character development clearly visible beyond the simple "number go up" that's common in these types of series. Danmachi is definitely a good series, and I'm thinking I'll probably pick up further volumes to read through the light novel version of events, but the start feels a tad slower than I'd like for sure.
rhordric's review
4.0
As someone who watched the anime it was very strange getting more of a look at Bell's internal dialogue. He's much more of a lecher than I remember in the anime. Book is solid if a bit slow for how short it is.
trash_candra's review
3.0
This book is optimistic and unrelentingly sweet. It's like a Hallmark movie but instead of pandering to moms with the setting they pander to gamers. If you're in the mood for some feel-good litRPG this will definitely satisfy your craving.
electrozombie's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
tani's review
3.0
We picked up a copy of this at an anime convention earlier in the year because my husband is a huge fan of the anime. I enjoyed the anime as well, so I figured I would give the light novels a shot.
As others have mentioned, this is a complicated book to review. Grammatically and stylistically, it's strange. The perspective makes strange shifts throughout the book, going from Bell's first person POV, to a variety of other characters in third person. There are also some blatant editing misses scattered throughout the book, ranging from missing words to repeated lines to spelling errors. Having read some other light novels in the original Japanese, I can say that it's likely that the stylistic issues are inherited from the original text, but I wish that the simple editing issues had been fixed prior to publication, as they were a detractor.
Other than that, I enjoyed the book. Bell is a very enjoyable character, and I liked having a more in-depth look at what's going on in his head. I think I felt a bit more of an emotional connection in this part of the story thanks to having watched the anime previously. The world-building is a lot of fun, and I felt like there was more detail given than I had gotten from the anime, so that was appreciated. And, of course, as with any light novel, the text itself is short and fairly fast-paced, which is always good.
We own the first three of this series, so I intend to start on the second one right away.
As others have mentioned, this is a complicated book to review. Grammatically and stylistically, it's strange. The perspective makes strange shifts throughout the book, going from Bell's first person POV, to a variety of other characters in third person. There are also some blatant editing misses scattered throughout the book, ranging from missing words to repeated lines to spelling errors. Having read some other light novels in the original Japanese, I can say that it's likely that the stylistic issues are inherited from the original text, but I wish that the simple editing issues had been fixed prior to publication, as they were a detractor.
Other than that, I enjoyed the book. Bell is a very enjoyable character, and I liked having a more in-depth look at what's going on in his head. I think I felt a bit more of an emotional connection in this part of the story thanks to having watched the anime previously. The world-building is a lot of fun, and I felt like there was more detail given than I had gotten from the anime, so that was appreciated. And, of course, as with any light novel, the text itself is short and fairly fast-paced, which is always good.
We own the first three of this series, so I intend to start on the second one right away.
rocksrntpeople's review
1.0
You can definitely tell that the protagonist is an adolescent boy the entire time. While that's great that the writer was able to really share Bell's thoughts and emotions,13 year old boys are very scattered. The anime was fantastic,but the light novel was disappointing.
lillianhong's review
It's alright. It's just a manga turned into a (light) novel, so you can't expect very good writing. But it is easy to digest, and I recommend it to avid manga fans, who would no doubt enjoy it more than I did. So I won't be writing any harsh criticisms here, considering what it is...
I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.