Lazy Dungeon Master

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“Hey, hurry up and massacre those bandits!”

“No way, I don’t want to work…”

Spending my daily life in leisure, that was my pastime—until I was summoned into another world and met a blonde loli introducing herself as Dungeon Core No. 695.

“Save my dungeon. By the way, if the dungeon core is destroyed, you’ll also go down with me as the dungeon master.”

A dungeon with a single room. Moreover, one already controlled by bandits. This is a [Checkmate] no matter how you look at it. Guess there’s nothing to do but somehow get out of this situation so that I can [Not Work]!!

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The Dungeon Master That Absolutely Doesn't Want to Work Before Indulging in Laziness
Zettai ni Hatarakitakunai Dungeon Master ga Damin wo Musaboru made
だんぼる絶対に働きたくないダンジョンマスターが惰眠をむさぼるまで
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Kiyoraka
Kiyoraka rated it
April 10, 2018
Status: c272
The story is quite funny. The MC is seriously smart at playing trick and manipulating people. He managed to advantage most of the situation by pulling a trick which caused me to chuckle in laughter. As for the story, the plot is really nice since it is world building. We can see the development of the world basically focused on the dungeon in the beginning of the story however the pace for dungeon build almost disappear in the middle of the story and it moves to the part where the... more>> interaction of MC and side character happen. <<less
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lazycrash
lazycrash rated it
January 22, 2018
Status: c217
good at start, lots of dungeon related stuffs and proper usage of strategies, but after 200++ starts to deteriorate, gotten way too off the original development line and romance starts to begin at full blast

within a few chapters, dungeon core got way more clingy, invited succubus to dungeon, got forced to go flirt around the village, noble girl pushed to him like she is hypnotized and he just s*upidly goes with the flow

nothing more about DP spending around 210++ or dungeon related stuffs
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Teleclast
Teleclast rated it
January 5, 2018
Status: c263
Really good dungeon management in this novel which is probably my favorite aspect of dungeon-based LNs.

The rest of the story has quite a few things that without good dungeon management I would drop this, but it's probably a 3-4/5 without it in my eyes.
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DarkDrakir
DarkDrakir rated it
June 17, 2017
Status: c219
I just love this novel, it has many funny moments with various ideas that makes you think that they first didnt have a plan and then get surprised of how they faced the challenge.

The ifrst chapters are a bit slow and could take time to get trough but its worth reading, nowadays I cant wait for the chapters to be released and theyre being translated at an amasing speed so I wont have to wait long.

Its seriously hard to put these feeling into words so please give it a read... more>> and enjoy. ^^ <<less
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Justcallmejust
Justcallmejust rated it
August 3, 2016
Status: c107
Nice. It's mostly a comedy which I sometimes found boring and hoping to skip to some events already. But some of the Keima's strategy are really smart. And overall can be summarized as a good read and recommended for people searching for light read.
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bananeeg
bananeeg rated it
July 29, 2016
Status: c105
Was really weird at first because of the r*pe, fortunately as of now, that's by far the worst thing that happened.

For once, the MC doesn't win just because of cheat powers, he actually thinks of plans to win (confrontations aren't the main part of the novel though... or maybe is that just because of the slow pace...)

The characters are rather likable (but the MC isn't the most likable), and it's funny (but once again, not often because of the major trait of the MC - its laziness. Really, he's... more>> not that lazy)

Overall, it's nice, just not incredible, not the kind of novel you'd F5 the page for 4 hours to get the new chapter as soon as possible. <<less
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roriconknight
roriconknight rated it
July 28, 2016
Status: c81
MC no longer considered as a closed lolicon, he's a lolicon in denial. look, we got a dungeon core loli and dogkin lo- -ehm- *hug* pillow.

The story itself is quite entertaining, the MC did not your common whack-a-mole that kill first and think later, or an over-powerered skill - hey he had to use Dungeon Point sparingly, not to mention his skills or spells had several drawbacks and limitations.

Interested with the 'cunning protag' tag, he'll defeat his enemies by:

... more>>
Spoiler

Choking a monster to death with kamikaze little things

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Spoiler

Tsunami, well, imagine what happen when you flood ants nests

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^well those are that I have read so far, lol.

The concept itself is kind of interesting (i am new to this 'dungeon tycoon' thingy tho) with its Dungeon Battle and Yuusha subjugation. It's light-hearted story, although I wish a dark twists behind regarding that dungeon core.

To sum it up, its interesting for dungeon newbie, no information overload, no OP chars, just your slic (ing) life in dungeons...

Spoiler

It end up become inn though, lol.

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UnknownSaint171
UnknownSaint171 rated it
June 28, 2016
Status: c108
This is actually pretty good. The Ideas and Plot is unique and comedy is refreshing. The Ecchi tag and Cover is very misleading. Its not Ecchi at all. Though I hate the fact the MC is lazy I also like that he Works just as much.

This is actually the WN. I think the LN sucks because the Heroine is not the Loli girl that we love in WN. The Ln is a little more pe*verted and Ecchi when WN is not. I can't help but feel disappointed on that.

-I don't... more>> know where Romance is going but I hope he ends up with 1 girl. If it turns Polygamy the deep feels about this Story will lose its meaning.
-There's a lot of good Material to work with but its not used to its full potential.
Spoiler

There's a Girl whose left alone and her name is Rokuko. However despite being the main heroine she has short scenes. The Author doesn't make use of this Character. You could emphasize more on her "loneliness and character". Her backstory is good but not used! This could be a really deep story. There's also a girl called Meat. I don't like the Fact that she's a potential lover. She's already had s*x a lot of times against her own will as a s*ave so... she's really stained and unworthy of being a Heroine.

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I hate the fact the MC is very weak but coming from a Technological Era to the Middle Ages, he uses all his knowledge as a cheat and I like that. This is more of a Strategy Warfare Tactics that he uses to conquer other Dungeons.

Yare Yare its a shame that good potential is being wasted. But you got to read this! Its very entertaining and fun to read. Story-wise it sucks. Things are very disorganize. <<less
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Demonic Reader lv 451F
Demonic Reader lv 451F rated it
June 14, 2016
Status: --
Not bad. Worth reading. Some plot hole, but not significant. Some loli/sexual, but not to pe*vert degree. Humor and funny and pun. No shove-down-your-throat scene which_predicatable.

Good novel, good translation. Not waste your time.
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Greeny
Greeny rated it
June 10, 2016
Status: --
... dangerous.

I mean literally depicting lolicon s*x scenes... It nearly turned me off this great novel. That was only a lure to anger readers or entice they're lolicon traits if they're like that. So that they would hate the bandits more and love pure Meat-chan.

Still... it could have done without the overly dramatic use of meat-chans personality change. Yup, she's a total M.... more like it. She's happy about being petted too. But actually seems to harbor, the need to be hurt by the one they love.

If only he... more>> made her an adult beast girl from the start.. not a lolicon. For sure it was for cuteness bonus and because having an MC who has s*x is a no go it seems. <<less
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nakie08
nakie08 rated it
December 19, 2015
Status: --
The MC really IS lazy. As a testament to that:

Spoiler

he spent the first arc of the story inside ONE room, all the time, without leaving.

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fortunately, unlike alot of the supposedly “genius” mc’s out there, our MC here actually has the brains to make it work. It’s still too early to judge this accurately but it’s really turning into a very fun read.
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Sweetsuns
Sweetsuns
August 7, 2020
Status: c196
It's pretty interesting read.

Not sure if this review is going to be helpful since I'll be basing it on the raw web novel and not the translated versions or the LN.

First off, like everyone says it starts a little slow (not too bad imo but w/e) but it does get interesting after the first dungeon battle where he gets motivated (not quite the right word, maybe forced) to improve the dungeon.

... more>> and it slowly but surely gets interesting since MC actually uses brain on tactics and battles.

There are however a lot of boring add ons where you just want to skip it but if you do you miss out on some details. I do feel at least in the web series theres inconsistencies here and there which does bother me a little but over all I do enjoy it thus far.

Read the first 100 ch and see how it goes for yourself. I noticed reading reviews doesn't really help much since its mostly opinionated and biased. <<less
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Ryul
Ryul rated it
June 22, 2020
Status: c388
I dont even think that MC is lazy cause hes quite normal why would you bother to do something now when it can wait?? This is one of best novels I have ever read and I recommend it to everyone who has nothing better to do than be lazy and read about lazy guy
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Monniebiloney
Monniebiloney rated it
June 4, 2020
Status: c377
By far, this is my favorite dungeon light novel. The protagonist feels like a real college student. Sloth? He is about as slothful as the average person trying to get the remote after it has fallen off their bed--as in he puts 100% more effort into doing something the 'lazy way' but is way more strenuous than just doing it. Naps? Isn't that the dream? I wish I could take a nap. 10/10 best wish fulfillment.

He is still quite oblivious, but I feel like his obliviousness comes from a lack... more>> of care. He doesn't care about the people who live near his dungeon--He cares for his friends and dungeon core waifu. His misunderstanding with Meats name is 100% Meats fault.

I like how this has a town building aspect to it, and the towns men are all likable characters. I don't really like the characters that don't live near/in the dungeon all that much (to me they feel very flat even though they can be reacuring). The only exception to this is the Hero--but even he is pretty one-note.

So far this isn't really a 'villain' in the story. BUT there is a lot of action on conflict in it. My favorite arc was the one where he traped two annoying adventures into a time loop to practice crafting his boss dungeon

Spoiler

Or rather, not a time loop, but instead, he practiced brainwashing magic to make them forget the last session and when after they lost an arm, he made a prosthetic and made them think it was their real arm--or even their real comrade

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The worst character is 'oh my armer flys off when you hit me' weird person. I think they are the same character that is a 'trap.' reverse-trap? They show up in the latter half of the book and are annoying and wont leave

I like that the main characters aren't a horn dog (he does like women, but he's not like "boobs"). As a girl, It's very refreshing to have a non-degenerate protagonist who isn't a loser who can't even look at girls.

He does have s*aves (as expected from this genre) but they are so far friend-zones. (or is it pillow-zoned?). I doubt anything romantic will happen with them.

The best thing is

Spoiler

That he has ended up with his wife (yes, they are currently married).

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This fic has made me laugh a lot and I deeply recommend this to others from the bottom of my heart.

I may not have a leg fetish or a pen*s but I sure see myself in this silly little man. <<less
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DeadOpossum
DeadOpossum rated it
February 21, 2019
Status: v1 illustrations
The guy was summoned, his partner is a lolli who wants to be protected, and he outsmarts everyone, and there are many fun moments, what can I write? Mastering dungeon is not something you'd write in a review.

The novel if fluffy, cute, hilarious, sometimes bloody dark, and heartless. This combination hits.

The "lazy" in the novel's title can be considered a joke, because sometimes he works really hard. I saw a review were a guy was unhappy about it. Ok, we all have different sense of humor. There not much can... more>> be written about someone being lazy, because he will just sleep all the time. What kind of a novel would you expect? I saw a novel about "sloth" devil, it consisted 99% of scenes how somebody tries to wake him up. I wouldn't like to read something like that. Lazy dungeon master is lazy, but his lazy moments are out of the scene, and this is perfect.

The psychology of the hero changes pretty dramatically under the events he observers. His values, being on the side of the dungeon, (opposite to humans) are totally different. He kills humans without any hesitation, but he cares about his friends a lot. It is very different from a person of the modern world and it feels refreshing.

It was one of my favorite novels till about 200th chapter, but after that it became pretty boring and now it lacks any development. MC is just doing random stuff that does not influence main arcs (growing the dungeon and romance). Translation dropped to the level of meaningless mumbling.

Note: I've purchased light novel version, and it is SO MUCH BETTER! Novels have additional events, sometimes even an entire book of new content! There are less s*x fetishes, so you don't have to hide this read. And translation of the light novel is very good. The events in the light novel are logical and have a meaningful flow. Highly recommended! <<less
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FireIceBlade
FireIceBlade rated it
March 10, 2018
Status: v7c64
I dropped this one at chapter 64, because the author has made the main character into a hypocrite by this time. The MC is supposed to be super lazy and reflecting the title "Lazy Dungeon Master", but he goes from always sleeping to actually going to a town miles away himself, and puts effort into his dungeon to "be able to be lazy later on" which is a complete 180 from his character. But this is a novel, and novels need progress, so he will never again be "lazy". Therefore... more>> I'm just dropping this novel as is. <<less
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Chulloswag
Chulloswag rated it
July 14, 2017
Status: --
Despite "lazy" being in the title, I kind of wish the MC would be more active because when he gets serious, he pulls off some crazy stuff. Some find the repeated use of "create golem" to be unnecessarily redundant, but I found it intriguing to see the extent of his ingenuity with it.. One thing I personally found was that I couldn't really hate any of the characters, since there isn't really a villain. (Although if you read the side stories from the receptionist's POV you will LOATHE her). I... more>> do expect that to change however, with the introduction of Leona in chapter 228. <<less
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crochetcocoking
crochetcocoking rated it
June 21, 2017
Status: --
I don't get how people can dislike this novel, because although it is not anything too great it should, in my opinion, at least get a 3, what I mean is that this novel doesn't have enough characteristics for someone to hate it... Personally I find the MC pretty funny + the dungeon system pretty good hence the 4/5
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Amoki
Amoki rated it
January 11, 2024
Status: v8
Premise is quite fun, MC is insufferable. After the multi dungeon battle arc the story just falls off. The volume after that arc was painful to read but I persisted. The one after that was even more painful. In general, it seems the author has no idea where he wants the story to go. It felt as if he had everything planned up to a point then just started throwing stuff at the wall. Aside from the obvious moral issues that many people dislike about this it also has plenty... more>> of plot holes that make the story less immersive. The MC is typical, dumb as a rock, has powers but doesn't know how to use them, makes dumb decisions all for seemingly no reason. It seems the author uses his denseness as a way to progress the plot but it just doesn't work.

I don't recommend reading more than maybe 6 volumes <<less
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wyvrusgriffion
wyvrusgriffion
March 26, 2022
Status: --
I really enjoy reading this, I rate this novel 4.5/5 stars. The reason I am not putting any stars on my review is because I have read the light novel and it isn't fair to add score in something that I haven't read. Yes the WN and LN have similarities but in the end they aren't identical.

So my review is based on LN and not the WN.

The story is simple and the slice of life part is actually more entertaining to read than the complex stuff. Yes the boring stuff... more>> like him just taking care of his village and solving stuff inside the dungeon is more entertaining than him solving problem of the kingdom.

It started really strong, however reading from Volume 10 waned my interest and Volume 12 and Volume 13 are snoore feast because of this I skip Volume 14. Luckily Volume 15 breath a new life to the series
Spoiler

The introduction of their daughter elevate the entire plot and narrative.

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The hero and the MC interaction is also enjoyable to read. The male support character actually have personality and competent in their own ways. <<less
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