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Apr 25, 2016 to Jun 25, 2022
8.0/10
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50%
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If it wasnât immediately obvious, this is an isekai. And a power fantasy. Those usually arenât good signs, but this is surprisingly readable novel series. Not a masterpiece, but it has pretty steady entertainment content. So letâs start with the good parts. Given that the protagonist is more of a manager/dungeon master, the encounters and action is told through strategical point of view. This makes things interesting as there usually arenât asspulls â instead you can see the planning, usage of resources and real-time tactical decisions. What I really have to praise is that of the plot devices that are used for victory, not onlyare all introduced beforehand, but many are also later reused instead of being just one-off plot solvers. That is a style of writing that is present throughout the whole plot, not just in battle tactics â same as the devices, many of the side characters serve the plot beyond the arc they are introduced in, unlike how it is in many other LNs as my pet peeve. While weâre at the characters, letâs backtrack to the protagonist figure. He is the archetype of âlazy but secretly clever and efficientâ that we frequently see for self-insert MCs. But he is way less annoying than those characters tend to be. Firstly itâs because itâs true, he simply loves sleeping, its not just some cope for not being social or something. Secondly it is actually thematically relevant to the worldbuilding. The secondary characters are fairly nicely done too, with plenty having distinct memorable personalities, even if itâs based on some character quirk. Going back to the story, I appreciate that there arenât really fillers and the volumes do actually build onto themselves. Even things like the clichĂ© beach episode are actually remade into plot-forwarding sequences. With some LNs you could skip whole volumes and even arcs and not miss anything important, but thatâs not the case here. I know this sounds like something that should be obvious and the bare minimum, but yeah thatâs just how bad the state of LN market is now that I need to point this out. Iâll also point out that I really enjoyed how battle sequences are written, itâs not boring, it has a flow, itâs not just describing events in monotone as is the trap many authors fall into. Itâs also nice that for once the romance part of the plot actually progresses continually instead the classic âtoken pretty girl likes oblivious protagonist and they finally officially get together at end of the last volume with no step in betweenâ. Also nice that itâs actually reasonable for the girl to be attracted to the protagonist in the plot instead of being paired together just for existing. The worst part of the novel is undoubtedly the âstockâ part of isekai fantasy. Mainly the slavery fetishization. Slavery especially at the beginning is a source of a lot of fanservice as it tends to be in works like this. Initially the world is described as cruel and violent, where itâs accepted that people just have little to no value and itâs perfectly acceptable and in your right to treat your slaves as a literal trash. The novel has one of the most disgusting descriptions of misstreatement of slaves, such that it wouldnât be out of place in some dark fantasy work. That by itself isnât wrong, but itâs a huge tonal whiplash compared to rest of the novel which is mostly easy-going and even humorous. It doesnât even make sense for the slavery to exist in this world to such extent given that magic gives quite decent technological advances to the society and also given the huge cultural impact the âHeroesâ (who are isekaied people from Japan) had on the society of this fantasy world throughout literal centuries. Surely some moral values like âguys maybe we shouldnât be using slaves as literal meat shields or as a torture stress ballâ would imprint at least a bit given the high status given to Heroes. It makes sense for the Demon Realm to treat lives like shit, but it just doesnât fit in with tone of rest of the world and really feels like something that was thrown in from the start as a âstapleâ and only realizing later that it wasnât the most thought out addition. But talking about Demon Realm, and as to not end on a negative, another achievement of Lazy Dungeon Master writing is to come up with a culture that actually feel alien. Not just a perversion of human culture, but a whole separate thing with their own traditions and mindsets that feels incompatible with human understanding of world but doesnât feel contradictory to itself. Also itâs not demon as in âdevilâ but as in âmonstersâ, so itâs not the overused le morally grey characters/le demons are actually the good guys trope, itâs just actual culture of a different, fantasy world. So to summarize, this was entertaining to read, although itâs no masterpiece â itâs simply some popcorn fun. Itâs basically more light-hearted Overlord. However I would only recommend reading this if you are able to tolerate some hijinks typical for the isekai genre. If you really hate isekai, this will not change your opinion. If you hate most isekai, give it a try but if it doesnât interest you by the second or so volume, donât force yourself to continue, it wonât be some hidden gem for you.
Keima Masuda's motto is to do nothing but laze around all day. This still rings true after he is summoned to a world of magic by Dungeon Core No. 695, nicknamed Rokuko, the dungeon master of a pathetic little room in a cave. Even worse, her home has been occupied by a group of bandits and Rokuko's few remaining dungeon points are only good enough for spawning a couple of goblins. Keima is only spurred into doing something when he is informed that he will die along with the little girl if her dungeon core is destroyed. Although despairing at having wasted one thousand of her precious points on a frail human who sleeps all day, Rokuko soon appreciates that there is some level of ability in her new summon. Keima eliminates the immediate threats and slowly builds a thriving village centered on Rokuko's cave where unsuspecting human adventurers can farm monsters and level in peace, earning the dungeon a steady income of dungeon points. Through Keima's unconventional strategies, the duo develop their dungeon and their relationship, gradually rising through the ranks and gaining new allies and ultimately establishing themselves amongst the hundreds of other dungeon cores in the world. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Timey wimey wibbley wobbley isekai goodness with a unique take on magic, causation, the relationship of Gods with their worshipers, and of course, harem waifus who the MC is too indecisive to ever get with. âBecause, after all, we need to keep it a family friendly novelâ âŠâŠ not sure they succeeded there, but they did in fact try! I would hope this novel is at least only recommended 13+. At least. Dungeon building: 6/10. As far as âdungeonâ stories go, this one is very very simple on the dungeon. Itâs in the title. The MC is intentionally lazy and does not push the limits ofthe powers⊠and still somehow ends up OP đđ€·ââïž Story: 8/10. Itâs simple, itâs quick, and moves at a nice clip without many stalls. 1 point off for how many side chapters are necessary, 1 point t off for the author afterwards being some of the only places that flesh out important details đ Harem Isekai: 8/10. So many LolisâŠ. WhyyyyyyâŠ. Magic system: 9/10. Somewhere in the middle, the author stops even saying totals for how much mana, DP, Gold, etc etc etc the MC has, and it makes the fights a little less intense because we just know big plot pulls are incoming from a lack of knowing the resources like we love in dungeon novels. Bonus points for the integration between 4 magic systems lol. Mana, Alchemy, Dungeon, and God Authority. Humor: 10/10. Seriously one of the funniest novels Iâve ever read. You can read lines to someone who knows nothing about what is going on and get them to chuckle. MC staying true to their character: 10/10 Keima does not do things that Keima would not do! Whoop! Overall: 9/10. Great series. It wasnât as âin depth in some areas as I wanted, but ultimately I didnât care. Loved it. Author suggestion if you ever see this: I would have loved short stories of âdatesâ with every harem member. Juuust to let every FC really get her moment in the sun. đ