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Dungeon Defense
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5 | 81% (2366 votes) |
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5 Volumes (dropped)
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All Time Rank: #333
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.Do you know how this world ends?
Become the hero and defeat the 72 Demon Lords. The game that was boasted as the absolute hardest strategy game, 『Dungeon Attack』.
I used to be the ‘hero’ who had accomplished everything in this game, but after answering a suspicious survey, I found myself in the game as the weakest Demon Lord, 「Dantalian」.
With only my eloquent tongue and my memories of conquest as a hero—.
In order to survive as Dantalian. I shall tear this world apart.
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One entry per lineDeonjeon Dipenseu
ダンジョンディフェンス
던전 디펜스
ダンジョンディフェンス
던전 디펜스
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11/26/17 | Shalvation Translations | v5 afterword |
11/26/17 | Shalvation Translations | v5 intermission |
11/23/17 | Shalvation Translations | v5c4 |
11/11/17 | Shalvation Translations | v5c3 |
10/28/17 | Shalvation Translations | v5c2 |
10/17/17 | Shalvation Translations | v5c1 |
10/09/17 | Shalvation Translations | v5 prologue |
10/06/17 | Shalvation Translations | v5 illustrations |
02/03/17 | Shalvation Translations | v4 afterword |
02/03/17 | Shalvation Translations | v4 intermission |
02/03/17 | Shalvation Translations | v4c5 |
01/29/17 | Shalvation Translations | v4c4 |
01/21/17 | Shalvation Translations | v4c3 |
01/13/17 | Shalvation Translations | v4c2 |
01/04/17 | Shalvation Translations | v4c1 |
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2. Biased towards typical wimpy JP mcs,
3. Unable to handle deep plots,
4. Unable to read between the lines.
5. Expects DD's Dantalian to be a lazy sh*t who only wants to sleep and laze in the bed all day round, he has an objective for God's sake. I am warning you that DD might not be the one you are looking for. As long as you have experienced reading a KR novel, you will notice that they tend to have a phrase or sentences that kinda feel out of place when you translate it into english, thus resulting in a not so perfect reading experience. However, DD doesn't have a single one of them, showing just how impressive the author's writing is, which sometimes makes me wonder if this is even a translated KR novel.. Dungeon Defense is one of the front runners to me in terms of characterization and writing, especially it's deep, unique and living characters, they are something that I have only seen in very few novels and DD is the best one so far. DD is compromised of peculiar main characters that complicates the novel's plot, their actions are sometimes hard to predict or understand, which is in fact another unique point of DD. We will probably get confused in some parts, only to have it answered in another chapter. The story tells the tale of a human reincarnated into a game world, with him being a demon lord in the story. The MC is one of those lazy " I don't wanna get out of the bed " MCs but this is the best one I have ever read so far, the rest pales in comparison to it. Actually, the rest seemed like a 6-year old imagination compared to Dantalian's acts. Another interesting point of DD is that Dantalian, the MC of the story, no matter how refined he seemed to be at the start, is constantly developing his character in the story, at times we may see him confused, another time we may seem him as 'mad'. The romance is also another unique point of DD, in DD, the romance is not those served hot and warm, but rather cold and chilling. It is love, yet at the same time it might not be love. Lastly, all I can say is that don't get tricked by the low number of chapters, each of them are very long and totals to a lot of words each chapter. Rated 8.9/10, beautiful, beautiful characters.
We are told, this insanely meticulous, selfish, cruel, egoistic MC had fallen in love with his vassal who is very boring, has almost zero affection for him (which btw he is aware), has never once did a single thing that deserves any kind of affection.
We are told he spent days torturing himself to understand her, and to get why she brooe up with him. This might be a normal thing but for any1 who read vol.1, this is major 180 to MC's character.
Example:
Elizabeth was initially apathetic to the whole world. It was implied that she was initially apathetic due to the world sloppy difficulty for her as a competent woman. However after she felt threatened for the first time by the Dan due to his schemes, she felt a lot of mix of emotions. She felt anger, upset, and unease despite also feeling happy and thankful.
"My life has become a single bliss. At last, my tomorrow was not going to be the repetition of today, and instead, be the day after today. Today, Dantalian had already fulfilled the promise that he had made me."
- Elizabeth (Vol. 3 Ch 6)
It's the same delightful feeling One-Punch Man would get after finding an equal or stronger opponent.
Reasons why they are attracted to Dan
Lapis - "Love for Humanity"
Barbatos - "Currently Undefined"
Paimon - "Similar Ideology"
Elizabeth - "Destiny"
Humbaba - "Thankful"
Laura - "Adopted Daughter of Dan"
Ivar - "Currently Foreshadowed Only"
*Of course you wouldn't understand much with those words alone because the depths cannot be compact in simple words.
Mature Examples:
You could say that this novel is also romance in it own way since Dan became genuinely in 'love' with Lapis. Obviously, it wasn't the kind of common faithful love as readers frequently encounter in novels we read. Its innovate concept of bonds and love is at most refreshing. I can't say much since harem is still in early stage and there might be future development that will change this rating. But based on what I read so far, the romance in the novel is lacking of screen time. It's not bad but not good either however that is to be expected when the novel almost intentionally treat it as side dish only.
Actually, it's obviously still being use behind the scene because that would be s*upid. But the novel decided to narrate like so to symbolize that Dan is becoming less reliant on the game elements and more reliant on his skills alone. It's suppose to give such implication but most people seem tend to think of it as a flaw. Dan few times tried to use his in-game knowledge in practical use. One was when he tried monopolizing the cure of a plague. Another was when he blackmailed Ivar as well as when he scout Laura into his legion as acting general. Beyond that, he had actively rely on his wits, intelligence and skill to survive.
It means you didn't understand the novel itself. I could argue but I figure it would be pointless due to a concept called qualia.
It may seem so but the degree of his personality is also to be expected when his past is utter crap in many directions. His family was apparently practicing harem. His mother is actively participating a fight against his other half mothers for attention for his father. Between this fight, he stood while being pointlessly involve. He is forced to top his class to make his mother gain more attention from his father. He educated himself and honed his mental capability to survive his daily struggles in home and in class. He also got kidnapped frequently by men hired by his half mothers. He used to weekly go to church to pray for a God up in the sky but was left forsaken. He had no one to rely and depend on. It's obvious that that's just the novel mildly putting it in perspective. Adding that to the fact that Dan is a talented individual, if you asked me, Dan personality and capability is reasonable enough. If you doubt such talent then you should try looking at the talented people of our worlds. Beside, Dan developed in such "absurdity" because he had sharpen his talent to the fullest through mainly experiences undoubtedly. The novel may have not narrate the exact details of his past, but to allow as readers to fill in the gap with our imagination is also a narration technique used by novels in the past.
I also agree but I think it's a little to early to dismiss it as unreasonable since it doesn't give justice for the later volumes to come that might explain or imply such development. But I have my own personal theory for such development.
Dan had never been inconsistent. It just that, you got the wrong early impression of him. Since he was 1 years old, the thing he prioritize the most is having a life where he can be a bit lazy. Followed by this is his desire for authority since he was 6 years old. Dan would definitely prefer to shut himself in but circumstances won't allow him especially since Demon Lord are originally fated to be defeated. So what he does after Volume 1 is to actively participate a massive war and gain more authority to survive. This is the basic of the method his choose since gaining and using authority is what he is best at. He can't peacefully spent his NEET life as a Demon Lord when he knows what the Demon Lords original fate is, can he now? The wikia will also imply otherwise.
Another thing that some people don't understand is the inconsistency that played in Volume 2. It was all due to him falling in love to Lapis. This wasn't due to common love but rather it was because of his love for his own kind. One where there is no compromise but only love, respect and admiration. It's similar to how a musician with classic taste would feel to another identical breed of musician. Only, Dan's case is much more agitated because the case isn't as simple as classic music but authority being a priority in life. Dan had never meet a woman who is also an authority sick head like him. Due to this, Dan's action became noticeable inconsistent in Volume 2 but Dan was completely oblivious with it because he was ignorant of the fact that he had already fallen in love. This was so because he was very ignorant with the concept of love until he realized it and rearrange his thoughts for safety net.
That is the case but it's not like the world of the novel is mainly compose of insane people. There are also some characters that are perfectly sane and I won't spoil who. It's only a matter of who the novel will give value to as an important character and introduce to the readers. It just so happen that these characters are insane. I also would like to say that there's a deep implication behind this flaw that people think of but It's just my own thought.
People think so because the novel often put seemingly pointless descriptions and due to this, the pacing of the novel slow down. Pacing is not bad, it's just intentionally slow so that the reader can fully savor the taste of events occurring within the novel. Either that or the novel was trying to imply something or aesthetically put emphasis on something. I for one enjoyed the novel in this pacing.