The WN had elements, which could actually justify this. I wonder if it may end up, that both WN and LN will be canon. Or at least, it feels like the author is trying to plan it out more. On the whole, the LN feels more planned out than the WN does. That arc kind of feels like a side quest at first glance, but it already echos a concept that was introduced in the WN much much later and (and felt woefully underused) and also does some more characterization on some of the side cast. (Very interesting how some dialogue stayed completely the same, but it's context changed, which made it play a considerably enough overall.) After that yet another new character gets introduced, who was only very very remotely mentioned in the WN as a 'missing person' lost who knows somewhere. (Complete main story, although it left something open.) The LN starts of the same, but diverges at around V4 (Calmira Arc) with the introduction of two new characters and the whole plot topples over into a complete new direction. (Which were by far the most interesting things of the whole title for me.)Д¬lick to expand.I mentioned that above already, but surpassing WN content doesn't really fit for that title. It does get over the more bland plot points more quick, but also killed most of the SoL portions of the novel. I've heard of many preferring the Manga, which rushes though the plot more and (going by volume 1) picks out more of the actionish parts to emphasize one. Also interestingly enough the WN still goes on, despite the main story being finished there.

The webnovel (which came before) does diverge considerably after the arc at around volume 4, it's interesting to read the LN after this, as you can see how the author is trying to fix up several underdeveloped elements of the WN pretty early on now. The writing style stays pretty simple even in the 2-digit area, which makes it for a nice quick read. Especially Naofumis self-introduction about being 'somewhat of an otaku', was, well. The LN didn't strike me as particular spectacularly interesting until about volume 4-5. It's a pity through that the anime will most probably stop at a certain Arc after which things actually get more interesting (and slightly less tropey or rather more playful with the tropes.) I did read the WN and the ight novels up to v11. (Which very much comes to mind with Yuki Kaki voicing the main.) In fact, I would say that the MC buying a slave was logically sound, given the mindset of the MC at that time.Д«ut sounds like this one won't be butchering the story as Kinema Citrus did with Black Bullet. Sure, they aren't handled particular well, but are simply used as plot devices, which serve their purpose. It's quite a shame that all the discussion about the show seems to focus on the false rape accusation and the slavery. As for showing that the MC still has some good in him, I'm not sure that's a good change, as it feels like that now occurs a bit too soon. The adaptation added some subtle foreshadowing, which would've been hard to pull of in written form. Pretty predictable, some weird behaviour from the other characters, and ultimately a very bitter MC. It's been a while since I read the start, but the first episode gave the same feeling.

From the start of the story the MC starts from zero and slowly but steadily rises to become a true hero (in terms of power, party, knowledge of the world, etc.), without ever feeling rushed or painstakingly slow.ДЄs for the anime adaptation already improving on the LN, I'm not so sure.

The biggest draw for me is that it seems to focus on the long run.

Despite all that, the author does have some interesting ideas, which I can't wait to see animated. The biggest problem is that there's a lot of plot convenience, which the anime adaptation can't possibly avoid (without big changes to the story). The first person writing is annoying, but you get used to it. I'm half-way through volume 4 and thus far the writing didn't really improve IMHO.

Calmira 3.3