Fujino Ōmori

Translation is always a tricky thing; this book is no exception to that rule and I'm left wondering how much of the writing that I find confusing and clunky is the fault of translation or if it is the source material.

Otherwise I found this a quick, engaging read, if a bit absurd. Even though there is no sex in the book I find it to be a commentary on the oversexualization of worldwide culture and specifically the mindset of a hetero teenage male. There are so many references to breasts I almost couldn't believe it.

I originally thought it would be based around a video game like Sword Art Online. It is instead a fantasy based world with terms and elements more commonly seen in MMOs than in most fantasy I have previously read. I confess I picked it up based on title and not any real review of the contents. This is only my third 'light novel' series so I am still a bit clueless as to what to expect when I read these.

The author seems to have adopted some basic concepts and names of gods and goddesses from several different pantheons and Rule 63'd them all over the place which I found interesting and am curious to see if there is any purpose to it beyond surrounding Bell with a harem.

Bell is endearingly oblivious and I look forward to reading another installment.… (mais)

Trashy, shallow, silly, and ridiculous. This is not great literature, but it is fun and funny. I wouldn't recommend it for any impressionable young people, or anyone with high-minded tastes. Honestly I'm not sure who'd I recommend it to.

This is the only Japanese Light Novel I've ever picked up, and the first LitRPG. If you're not familiar with the term, a LitRPG is a novel that includes the conventions of tabletop role-playing games (like Dungeons & Dragons) or videogames. The characters have codified classes and skills that advance in an unnatural way according to the mechanics of the game.

It doesn't have any swearing or explicit sexual content, just a pervasive immature attitude towards sexuality (female characters are definitely described in a titillating way, characters often respond to someone else's lust by running away or becoming debilitatingly embarrassed, the protagonist is a 15 year old boy who has literally a dozen women and a handful of men pursuing him while he is actively clueless than he might be attractive to anyone).… (mais)