Sudeshna Bora’s Reviews > オーバーロード 2 漆黒の戦士 > Status Update

Momonga at the core is till that lonely person who made a group of friends in Yggdrasil.
I also like the stereotypical women misconception these kids have. Though it raises my eyebrow but knowing it is from a group of young boys, it makes sense.

Kind of enjoying the story as it progresses. Both the characters introduced here are fun - Swords of Darkness are cutie. The villainness seems fun as well. I like such crazy characters. I am also enjoying the lore , the callbacks to maybe some other character.
I see myself progressing.
The exposition dump also seems to have gone down.

Nice that the author is focussing on how this world is different than earth as well as Yggdrasil.
Be it using magic instead of technology and hence making it superior even if it is in middle age.
Or, each goblin and ogre being an individual.

Those bits of hyperawareness and integrity makes this book good.

Don't get me wrong I still think this book could be better written and my qualms remain.

Additionally, i acknowledge the writer and his integrity. He does not fail to pull in reality. How being an adventurer in real world would usually have a lot of practical and political issues (underpaid, looked down upon as free muscle). He previously also highlighted the reason he does not do anything with albedo is cause he feels weird as he knows the reason she is enamoured is due to his interference.

I find a change of gaze in me as I continue reading. I feel I now understand what this book is providing. It is providing a dream to the 1000s of players who engages in such games and dream of being in the game, of being adventurers , of having waifu. I don't connect cause I didnot share this. But I understand the pull.

I think the writer is failing miserably to weave what he wants to show into a organic storyline. First, in the first book he took the route of exposition dump to show the inner world of Nazarick, then a random fight to show how OP Momonga Sama is. And now suddenly you are in a DnD game cause he wants to show the kingdom. He can do it better.