Astrea Record, Vol. 2 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Tales of Heroes

Astrea Record: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Tales of Heroes Light Novel #2

by Fujino Omori, Kakage (artist), Jake Humphrey (translator)

Orario's worse nightmare comes true—the Evils mounted an attack on the Labyrinth City itself. Following a terrible massacre, the city’s brave adventurers find themselves assailed on all sides, but there's no end to the relentless villains. Worse, the defenders are being condemned by the very people that are trying to protect. Ryu’s sense of justice was already wavering after losing a dear friend. Will it be strong enough to endure the dark days to come?

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy

296 pages, Paperback

First published November 11, 2022

About the author

OOMORI Fujino
Name (in native language): 大森藤ノ
Associated Names:
OHMORI Fujino
OMORI Fujino
ŌMORI Fujino

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is particularly interesting in light of the currently airing season of the main series' anime adaptation, because Erebus' feelings for/treatment of Lyu do have a bit of a mirror in Freya's relationship with Bell. There's also some good information about Aiz's past, but mostly I just keep thinking how much the ending of the final volume is going to hurt. We know where this story ends. It's not pretty.

[Merry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as book one. In fact, there were a lot of pages to read just to get the point of justice across. There also wasn’t as much bouncing around with the characters which was something I thoroughly enjoyed in book 1.

This book mainly center on the Astrea Famillia members, which is who the story is about, but I was disappointed I didn’t enjoy it as much as book one.

I look forward to reading the conclusion of their installment despite this one being mostly talk and not too much action.

[slugbiscuit · Rating 3 out of 5]

In volume 2, the Evils have lain siege to Orario after their night of terror with the ultimate goal of its destruction. Meanwhile, one of their dark gods is more intent on sadistically teasing Lyu and her rigid, immature notion of Justice. In general, the book spend an awful amount of time asking the question, "What is Justice?" with minimal payoff. Overall it was fine, I guess. There was backstory info on Aiz thrown in that I was never aware of, so that's cool.

[Orlando Adames · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story that gives us some back story to Lyu and her familia.