Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Light Novels, Vol. 3

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Light Novel #3

by Fujino Omori, Suzuhito Yasuda (Illustrator), ヤスダスズヒト (Illustrations)

I've got my eye on you...

With the help of his new supporter Lilliluka, novice adventurer Bell Cranell is making progress deeper into the Dungeon. With new equipment and new allies, he thinks things are finally starting to go his way...but he's dead wrong! Bell's in a panic, Lilliluka's being cryptic, and Hestia's drunk! The trouble never seems to end in this third volume of the hit comedy-fantasy series!

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Manga, Adventure, Action, Harem, Comedy

197 pages, Paperback

First published May 13, 2013

About the author

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

Reviews

[Sushi (寿司) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ancora odio i furigana tra parentesi, ma qui ce ne sono davvero pochi e probabilmente, grazie a Dio, il testo era tutto in Kanji che dovrebbero essere conosciuti. Tranquilli, non ho niente contro i furigana anzi sono utili ma se devo trovarmeli tra parentesi perchè il traduttore è un cretino allora tanto meglio se non ci sono.
Desidererei che Estia fosse Hestia e Ais fosse Aiz (アイズ notare che c'è un tenten ["] quindi si legge Aizu) ma ormai credo sia impossibile.
La storia continua a non essere male anche se Bell è un ingenuo a dir poco.

[Tani · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like this book was much better than the first two. It doesn't suffer from the clunky style of the first book, and I liked the plot much better than I did the second, which focused too much on Lilly for me. Freya really starts to show her hand in this volume, and her meddling brings out a lot of depth for Bell. I actually found myself compelled to keep reading since the first time I started reading this series, and as a result, I actually finished in a decent amount of time. If you're interested in this series, but have struggled with the earlier books, I'd say that this volume should be your final test. If you like this one, you're golden. If you don't, perhaps this series just isn't for you.

[Wilker Sousa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sem dúvidas o ápice até agora onde li... Fenomenal esse volume <3

[Gabriel d'Matos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Que batalha final incrível. Cheguei até a me emocionar com a conclusão.

[Tarl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an excellent novel. Where a lot of light novels don't show the protagonist working to become stronger and instead have some sort of insta-jump to being strong, this one takes its time.
Sure, the protagonist has a special skill that allows him to advance quickly, but he actually works at it. He trains with people, he challenges himself when it comes to the dungeons. His powers don't just suddenly appear, everything is worked for, and even the odd gift (like his quick cast) takes time for him to learn.

It's one of the things I really enjoyed about this novel, that and the fact that they revisited something that happened in the first volume and had the protagonist face it. It added closure, and set up the series to continue onwards afterwards with something new, leaving older themes and events behind.

We also got a good glimpse into other characters as the side characters were developed more. We got to see further interactions in other familia and get a better sense of the world and how it works, something that has been happening gradually rather than being given an info dump. It's another part of why I really enjoy this series.

That said, there is a lot of concentration on how the protagonist is feeling, almost excessively so, especially in moments of stress when someone would be reacting rather than overthinking things. This isn't taken to a level that makes it unbearable (Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: Volume 1 I am looking at you), but it's there and at times detracts from the action or scene that is happening at the time.

Still, I really enjoyed this book, and will continue to read this series and its spinoffs simply because I really enjoy the writing and the overall world that has been created. The characters feel like real people with real problems, and even the gods feel realistic, which is something harder to pull off. So if you are looking for a good light novel, this series is one I would highly recommend.

[Fabrice Gaudreau · Rating 5 out of 5]

wow,

As I said before, this book is a direct follow up in the series, I won't repeat everything, for a full review, please check the review I made of the first book.
This one impressed me way more than the last 2, since I saw the anime and read the manga, I knew the story to some extent, but the details that were put in this one, I have to say that I had a hard time turning off my kindle to go to sleep.

The climax of the final battle with the Minotaur, it was an amazing thing to see in the anime, but in this book, i was taken away, every details of the battle were really well described and I was easily able to see it in my head, the struggle of this intense battle felt alive as I was seeing every movement.

Now, I'm pretty sure that the translation got better.
I read this one really quickly, I was unable to stop, so far, this one was the best of the series.

[K Vimal Raj · Rating 4 out of 5]

good series to read, good world (dungeon building), characters development , waiting for more ...

[MC · Rating 5 out of 5]

To be quite honest, the second volume of this series, while still good, was a bit of a let-down. This third volume more than made up for this. Given how cool the arc (and especially the end battle) of the anime was, I expected great things. I was NOT disappointed.

Picking up shortly after the second volume ends, Bell Cranell and his new supporter, Lilly, are dungeon-crawling together to earn money. Despite their successes, Bell finds himself at a tough position. He wants to get stronger and level up, but he constantly sees how weak he truly is. Thankfully, he's about to get some help from an unexpected, but ideal, source.

I loved the expansion in the world-building and characterization in this third volume of Dungeon. To see the inner-workings of Bell, Aiz, Hestia, and other characters, was cool. I loved seeing yet again how, despite her immaturity at times, Hestia is sharp and not to be taken lightly.

Finally, the fight at the end was truly epic and kick-ass. And there is some advancement in Bell's hopes to have some contact with Aiz Wallenstein. Really can't wait for the fourth volume this December.

[Michael H (Mouse UK) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this series anyway and volume 3 is about 3/4 through the anime series which recently aired.
Like most novels/books I preferred the book to the anime.

The first book I felt started a bit stiff, I think trying to explain the basic concepts of the world being like a game but not actually being a game and life being on the line wasn't put across very well, or at least the way it was translated into English didn't do it justice. However since then Volume 2 and 3 have been written/translated better.

Overall enjoyed the book but looking forward to volume 5 which is likely to be after the anime and where I don't know whats going to happen next :)

[Aaron Nagy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good continuation of this fun series. I would say it's pretty much the end of the first arc and it does a good job showing growth of the main character and gets me excited for things to come.

[Russell Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe it's because it's been a hot minute since the anime aired, but this seems to be an example of a story where I think the anime did it better. I feel like the show toned down a bit of the harem aspects (believe it or not) and I also think the times when the character Bell is being extremely cringe/pathetic take much less time in the show while the book painfully drags them over multiple pages.

I don't like to really include price as a consideration when grading a story, but I really can't help it here. I think the fact that these light novels on kindle cost $7.99 significantly contributed to me enjoying this less. These books are only 200 pages, so it is already a pretty high penny per page rate compared to other books. I understand and appreciate the fact that part of it is due to being translated...

But the writing is very mediocre, even by translated standards. The prose is extremely generic and bare bones and the formatting actually results in fewer words per page. Especially when Bell is being a wimp and it's written in first person with the word scared being repeated 10 times and each one takes an entire line on the page. They also said something cut 'like a knife through butter' no less than three times, which would bother me a bit even in a full-sized book.

I feel refreshed enough on the plot of this story that I'm not continuing the book series and I'll just stick with the anime from now on.

[Doug Bolden · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would say the dialogue in this one has gotten mostly better (the need to write out every one of a certain minotaur's "mmmoooooaoahah?!" sounds, notwithstanding) and the general plot is now much more focused on what the world would mean. Definitely the best written of the three, so far, with the sense of there being an actual impact about how this crazy world works. The gods feel like a potential threat more fully, here, and adventurers and their various biases and prejudices continue to be explored. The main goddess, Hestia, feels more like a character and less like a comic device while other characters in a growing list of side-characters are a bit toned down. It does not really dive more into the dungeon in any great detail, but it expands upon some of the mechanics in a nice complement to the previous volume. The climatic fight is suitably climatic to finish out this first story arc.

I could take a break from the series, now, and go on to other things, but I think I might try out volume four first and see how that hits me. I'm not sure how much deeper I'll go with this series, but I'm glad I'm pushed past my misgivings from the first one and gave it a chance to grow and develop, some.

[Lire-une-passion · Rating 3 out of 5]

"​En résumé, c'est un troisième tome que j’ai trouvé assez lent dans la première partie, mais qui rattrape le tout dans les 100 dernières pages. Si la première partie est plus tournée sur la psychologie des personnages, la seconde est totalement tournée sur l'action. Bell s’affirme de plus en plus, et se rend compte que gravir les échelons ne sera pas aussi simple qu'il pouvait le penser. Je suis tout de même curieuse de lire la suite et de voir ce que prévoit l’auteur. Je pense que nous ne sommes pas au bout de nos surprises !"

Chronique complète: http://lire-une-passion.weebly.com/fa...

[Lawrence Caldwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

The more of these books I read, the better they seem to get. Although I've read them wildly out of order. I've watched the anime, which is an adaptation of volumes 1-5, then I read volume 1, and then volume 1 of Sword Oratoria, the spinoff anime follow Aiz, and then I read volumes 6-8 of the main series, and then volumes 2-3 of Sword Oratoria, and now I'm working on volumes 1-5 of the main series. If that wasn't confusing, congratulations. I'm so confused I can't remember which parts were the anime and which parts were the main series following Bell and which parts were Sword Oratoria following Aiz.

I feel dizzy...

[Paige Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked how this novel was put together. They really showcased bell's growth and his strive to get even better and stronger than he was before. Bell wants to become a so-called "hero" He gets reunited with his savior and the person he looks up to the most, wanting to become just like her, Ais. He was saved by her before and decided it was his turn to save her, it showed his resilience and courage. He defeated the same thing that had defeated him before, leveling up. I really like how at the climax of the battle bell still continued and pushed forward.

[Javier · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book isn't without its flaws, but it is definitely above a 4.5. I could explain to you what I think they are, but most importantly are its myriad of strengths. Bell is a great main character and his values are proper, something to strive for and admire. The writing is perfect for the tale it is telling and the medium (fun because it changes narrative types). It is a story of self-reflection and courage, and it shows through its different cast of characters. Perhaps it is my state of being as of late, but I got emotional along the journey plenty of times.

[Al · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bell's Minotaur fight is my second favorite fight scene ever. The first is the Optimus Prime and Megatron fight in Transformers The Movie(1986). So reading this book was pure joy. Reading Bell's thoughts while he was fighting was amazing. I didn't know he was giving up in the beginning. And seeing him overcome his fears was awesome. I did read the book in two days and that is a new record for me. I can't help myself. I need more.

[Ganan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best in the series yet

This book is what really sets this light novel series apart. Classic heroic fantasy tales centre stage as Bell finally has to come face to face with his worst nightmare in order to take the next step to reaching his goal! A cracking read and can’t wait to read the next one!

[Eli Holguin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pushing beyond your limits

The third book is the perfect closing to this first part of this amazing story. It shows you that anything is possible if you take that first step into allowing yourself to be uncomfortable. You won’t know an outcome regardless if you fail. If you never give it a chance.

[Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bull and Bunny

This volume promises one thing and delivers on it in every way. I'm not usually very engaged by battle scenes in books but I wasn't about to stop reading in the middle of this fight. Excitedly moving on to volume 4.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having more of Bell’s inner thoughts presents him as a bit more childish and annoying than compared to the anime (I assume). Even still, love the series, and the fight at the end of this one was fantastic!

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not what I was expecting but the duel between Bell & the Minotaur was actually very well done.

[Paulo "paper books only" · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review to come

[Tyson Stewart · Rating 4 out of 5]

It should really be a 4.5 stars. The final fight was amazing to read.

[Dustin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alright, but the fight scene at the end dragged a bit.

[Nehemiah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Argonaut

[Nabeel · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's much better than the first 2.

[morgan tyler lester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chapter 5 was intense

The last chapter is one that sums up the enthusiasm I had for this book, the epic chapter was worth the book alone.

[April · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un grand merci à Guillaume ainsi qu’à l’équipe d’Ofelbe pour cette lecture et pour leur confiance. Aaaah comme l’univers de Dan Machi m’avait manqué ! Il fait partie de mes titres préférés dans cette maison d’édition, et jusqu’à maintenant, chaque tome m’a apporté un divertissement sans cesse renouvelé. Le tome 3 n’a pas dérogé à la règle, loin de là. Et puis… vous avez vu cette couverture ? Un petit bijou !

Si vous n’avez pas lu les tomes précédents, je vous conseille de passer directement au paragraphe suivant, au risque de vous spoiler. Rappelez-vous, dans le premier opus, Bell s’était couvert de ridicule lorsque la belle Princesse à l’épée, Aiz Wallenstein, l’a sauvé des griffes d’un Minotaure. Depuis, il a pris garde de la fuir comme la peste, tout en nourrissant pour elle une admiration sans limites. Ici, la donne change et Aiz est très intriguée par l’évolution prodigieuse du jeune aventurier. En effet, en l’espace de trois semaines, ses capacités semblent s’être décuplées et elle est curieuse d’en connaître la cause. C’est pourquoi elle décide de l’aider à s’améliorer en lui prodiguant ses conseils. Ce que Bell ignore, c’est que Freya, la Déesse de l’Amour, n’en a pas terminé avec lui et compte le tester de la manière la plus difficile qui soit, en le confrontant à son pire cauchemar : le terrible Minotaure.

Dan Machi a cette fabuleuse capacité de m’alpaguer dès les premières pages. C’est le genre de roman qui s’engloutit tout rond et que l’on est déçu de terminer aussi vite. Combien de fois n’ai-je pas regardé avec dépit le nombre de pages qu’il me restait à lire, frustrée de savoir qu’il faudra encore attendre pour avoir la suite ? Cette saga m’est de plus en plus chère, et tout particulièrement parce que je m’attache chaque fois un peu plus aux personnages.

Bell, égal à lui-même, n’a rien perdu de son authenticité et de son naturel. Il est d’une rigueur et d’une volonté à toute épreuve, et son caractère expressif le rend particulièrement adorable. On sent que ce n’est pas encore tout à fait un homme et qu’il se cherche, au travers de ses épreuves passées comme présentes. C’est un garçon vraiment réfléchi que je prends plaisir à suivre.

Il est toujours accompagné de cette brave Lili. Difficile de faire plus mignonne et attendrissante ! Plus en retrait, cette fois, on entraperçoit Hestia, qui repousse de plus en plus les limites de la possessivité. J’ai eu beaucoup plus de mal avec elle dans ce nouvel opus, car sa jalousie, presque maladive, la rend très agaçante. Bell est un peu comme son trophée qu’elle ne compte partager avec personne (sûrement son petit côté déité qui ressort).

Et enfin le personnage qu’il me tardait de suivre : Aiz. Durant les deux premiers tomes, elle nous apparaît très mystérieuse et indéchiffrable. Et dans le troisième tome, ça n’a pas changé d’un iota. Mais Fujiro Omori lève un peu le voile sur cette personnalité saisissante. Aiz m’a intriguée et j’ai beaucoup apprécié son caractère de femme forte et indépendante. Elle est loin d’être aussi futile que les autres figures féminines qui bourdonnent autour de Bell.

Concernant l’histoire, certains trouveront peut-être qu’il ne se passe pas grand-chose, mis à part dans la dernière partie. Je ne l’ai pas du tout ressenti comme ça. Au contraire, je me suis passionné pour les entraînements entre Bell et Aiz, j’ai tenté de comprendre les sombres desseins de Freya et j’ai appréhendé tout le long, en prévision de l’affrontement final. Car il est très vite évident que l’on tend vers un combat épique et que Bell semble encore un peu trop vulnérable pour affronter une créature mythique à lui tout seul.

Parlons-en, de cette fin. Du grand spectacle, des scènes imagées et une tension permanente. Je me suis vue assister à cette bataille, j’y étais ! Et après l’avoir attendue avec impatience, je n’ai absolument pas été déçue. Les statistiques de Bell augmentent à une vitesse prodigieuse, mais ce n’est pas pour autant qu’il est théoriquement capable d’affronter un Minotaure. De fait, l’issue reste incertaine et on devine qu’il lui a encore beaucoup de chemin à parcourir.

En résumé, la saga Dan Machi me plaît avant tout parce que chaque tome nous offre des perspectives différentes et ne néglige aucun personnage. Le tome 3 est une complète réussite, un Light Novel extrêmement addictif avec des personnages contrastés et un récit toujours plus entraînant. Je n’ai pas envie de quitter cet univers de sitôt !

Ma chronique : http://april-the-seven.weebly.com/fan...

[Aliybooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Je remercie vivement les éditions Ofelbe, ainsi que Guillaume pour cet envoi et leur confiance.

J'étais restée un peu sceptique à la suite du premier tome, mais le deuxième avait su me convaincre et haut la main. Je trépignais donc d'impatience en attendant ce troisième opus et quel a été mon plaisir de me replonger dans cette saga !
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Alors que Bell continue de prendre la fuite à chaque fois qu'il se retrouve en tête-à-tête avec la Princesse à l'épée, celle-ci, contre toute attente, lui propose de l'aider, durant une semaine, à s'entraîner au combat. Mais il est loin de se douter de ce qui se trame dans son dos. Effectivement, Freya, la déesse de la Beauté, semble de plus en plus intéressée et intriguée par le jeune garçon. Bien décidée de le mettre à l'épreuve, elle semble prête à tout pour le voir affronter une nouvelle fois le Minotaure.

DanMachi n'est pas un roman très épais, mais il possède des chapitres extrêmement longs. Quand on n'aime pas s'arrêter en plein milieu d'un chapitre, ça peut vite poser problèmes. Et même après deux tomes, quand je débute un chapitre, je suis impressionnée par son nombre de pages et j'ai cette petite appréhension, cette peur que le rythme soit cassé. Puis finalement, on est tellement addict à ce qu'on lit, que les pages glissent entre nos doigts à une vitesse folle.

J'apprécie de plus en plus notre petit héros. Il est vrai que dans le premier tome, je n'arrivais pas à m'attacher à lui, à le cerner. Mais plus on avance dans l'histoire, plus je le trouve mature et plus fort. Son caractère s'affirme de plus en plus et le rend encore plus adorable.
Lili, c'était mon coup de cœur du second tome et même si elle n'est plus autant mise à l'avant dans celui-ci, tout comme Hestia, elle reste un personnage que j'affectionne tout particulièrement. Son histoire est touchante et elle a un petit côté mignon ou kawaii comme diraient les Japonais que j'affectionne tout particulièrement.
Quant à Aiz, je reste encore campé sur mes positions. C'est une aventurière vraiment intrigante et qui derrière son côté de femme forte, impénétrable et indépendante, cache bien plus. Elle est pleine de mystère et j'ai hâte d'en apprendre un peu plus sur elle.

Ce que j'ai le plus aimé avec ce tome, c'est la facilité que j'ai eue à rentrer dans l'histoire et à me projeter toutes les scènes comme-ci je regardais l'anime derrière mon écran d'ordinateur.
Certains diront qu'il n'y a pas assez d'actions à couper le souffle et que quelques passages peuvent sembler répétitifs, mais de mon point de vue, c'est tout le contraire. Je ne me suis pas ennuyée un seul instant, j'ai adoré suivre les sessions d'entraînements entre Aiz et Bell ou encore le suivre dans le Donjon avec Lili.
De plus, on attend ce fameux affrontement entre le héros et le Minotaure. On sait qu'il ne devrait pas tarder et cette attente nous tient en haleine.

Et quand cette scène arrive enfin, j'ai retenu mon souffle jusqu'à la toute dernière minute. Malgré la progression incroyable de Bell, il est loin de faire face contre cette créature. Pourtant, le combat reste très serré jusqu'au bout. J'avais l'impression de faire partie intégrante du roman, de voir l'affrontement de mes propres yeux et je me suis même surprise à soutenir Bell à plusieurs reprises. Je n'aurais pu espérer mieux comme fin.

Pour conclure, ce troisième tome de la saga DanMachi est pour moi une vraie réussite, un petit bijoux qui est bien loin d'avoir livré toutes ses surprises et qui cache plus d'un tour dans ses pages. Je pense très sincèrement que les tomes suivants monteront en crescendo et continuerons de nous offrir des moments de lecture tous aussi palpitants et entraînants.
J'ai vraiment hâte de tenir le quatrième tome entre mes mains !

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