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Maruyama Kugane

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2010

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14 Volumes (Ongoing)
1 Side Story Volume

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Enterbrain
Kadokawa

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Weekly Rank: #603
Monthly Rank: #558
All Time Rank: #472

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Monthly Rank: #84
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In 21st century, world entered a new stage of VR games…and “YGGDRASIL” is considered top of all MMORPG…but, After announcing that all its servers will be off, the internet game ‘Yggdrasil’ shut down…or so was supposed to happen, but for some reason, the player character did not log out some time after the server was closed. NPCs start to become sentient. A normal youth who loves gaming in the real world seemed to have been transported into an alternate world along with his guild, becoming the strongest mage with the appearance of a skeleton, Momonga. He leads his guild “Ainz Ooal Gown” towards an unprecedented legendary fantasy adventure!

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Ōbārōdo
オーバーロード
不死者之王
오버로드

Related Series

Altina X Overlord Special Collaboration Booklet (Side Story)
Overlord (WN) (Web Novel)

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Review

119 Reviews

New xtheconner

May 05, 2021

Status: --

I love this series, and I am really sad that due to the author not really wanting to write anymore the ending for it is becoming extremely rushed— the author said that he had enough ideas to write another like 50 books, but since he was getting tired of writing he wanted to finish the series before book 20—this probably explains the inconsistencies in behaviors like the ... more>>

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New pIRaTZE

Apr 28, 2021

Status: v1 prologue

I was ecstatic when I found out my favourite novel and anime has finally resumes it's updates but after reading it though, the disappointment of the story advancement and misunderstanding cliché really bump me down to the point even a s*upid merchant and a very idiotic noble were put in this s*upid misunderstand cliché plot that I wondered, was this the selling point for this story the author hope to achieved? I really don't mind some of the misunderstood between characters for funny purposes but this has been reused too... more>>

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rdawv

Mar 23, 2016

Status: --

The memorable thing about this novel for me after the passage of time is the MC’s callous behavior. There haven’t been many LNs and their anime adaptations that describe brutality and disregard for life at the forefront like this, which evokes the images of Light Yagami from Death Note. As it also started off as a VRMMORPG, one can consider Overlord to be one of the first to showcase darker aspects instead of the noble-hearted characters like in Sword Art Online or Accel World (. hack doesn't count because nobody... more>> remembers it).

The main character himself is a dichotomy, two personalities that seemingly opposing to each other. On the surface, he plays a coldly calculating and dispassionate immortal being that sees everything else as inferior. Yet on the inside, he still remembers his original human personality and his lack of confidence, especially when dealing with his followers who obey him zealously. His experiences with his subordinates who are overpowered creatures in their own right reminds me of the humorous scene in “Monty Python’s Life of Brian”, where the protagonist yells at the crowd in exasperation at their blind faith in him, only for them to repeat his words as gospel.

When we read about his fortress-like sanctuary and his numerous and unique minions, it’s like a chuuni dream come true. Remember, the times when you scribble and sketch about yourself being the president of the universe, having your secret base where friends/subordinates with superpowers hang out and an arsenal of ultimate weapons...

The difference is in the writing, which is written in a solemn style that depicts action, violence and black humor. Minor characters die horribly, casually killed by beings that deemed them as annoying little bugs. The MC’s subordinates can barely conceal their disgust and disdain for ordinary humans, putting their master in an awkward spot. But then again, the MC himself treats the inhabitants of his new world with as much interest as a kid with an ant-farm.

The main draw of the series is seeing how an overpowered, deity-like being and his cohort of followers crush all those in their way. Renowned warriors, mages, assassins, the theocracy and the royalty, all their scheming and struggles are petty and pointless because they couldn’t comprehend the sheer magnitude in the difference of power.

It is very well written, though the author can veer off the path considerably for padding material. For those who want to read more after watching the anime, you can continue from volume 4. However, I strongly suggest reading from the start as the novel version had a lot of internal monologue and descriptions that adds to the characterization which were glossed over in the anime. <<less

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Archerreborn

Feb 26, 2016

Status: v10

Overlord is a lot closer to a real novel than most of the stuff you'll see on this site. If you're used to the light novel format and expect the plot to move at a breakneck speed while focusing mainly on the MC with small sections for the side characters, then this won't be your cup of tea.

I would say about half of Overlord is about the MC. The other half splits its attention over the various colorful side characters both from the MMO and the New World. It does... more>>

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Thanh

Sep 21, 2017

Status: v11c5

This novel is definitely one of the best that I have read in my life. And I mean "novel", not "light novel", since this novel, in my opinion, is qualify as a real novel. I love to read and I have read many novel before, written by English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, etc. And I assure you that Overlord is very good.

It is true that there are still many flaws, but this one is not just wish fulfillment or being dark and such. In fact, the author seems to be very... more>>

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Framee

Feb 14, 2016

Status: --

Reason to read
- Game like world
- Reasonably strong MC (between player), but also OP for the current world.
- Funny in some part
- Albedo
- Albedo
- Story

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xDarkness

Feb 02, 2018

Status: v12c1

5/5 for the world-building, story and well portraied side characters.

-1 for Ainz being an inconsistent AND incompetent character. He basically can read neither situations nor persons. Although he was supposed to be an ordinary, working adult, he ACTUALLY feels more like a NEET with no experience of social interaction

-1 for the pointlessness of most of the plot, don't get me wrong, it's well structured and well written, but I really don't see any point in so many side plots, if 90% of them are dead ends with the introduced characters... more>> either dying or never being relevant again. Besides, it's really depressing too. Lizardmen are an exception though

How do I start, I kinda have a love-hate relationship with Overlord.

The story really draws you in and the characters are really well-written, interesting and realistic. Alhough some volumes have a rather slow start, in the end I always end up reading them until 3 am.

The world-building is well structured and interesting too with several big things foreshadowed which keep it interesting.

Although some things are predictable, the whole development on a big scale is not, so if you're bothered by predictable plot, fear not (too much).

However, it really bothers me how hypocritical Ainz is at times. For example:

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in volume 12 Ainz says all the time that he dreams about a nation in which all races can live alongside each other and is portraied as someone who doesn't randomly kill anyone without a good reason (so basically he won't needlessly kill the innocent), but then he proceeds to kill half a nation for no apparent reason except maybe information gain and making them immediately surrender to his rule? Although there would've been plenty other ways of achieving that??

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I really don't mind good characters dying, even without a reason, buuuuut the author just spams it too much. For the sweet and juicy love of god (no homo), if you bother to introduce a character in great detail,

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to the point of actually writing 1-2 volumes mostly about him,

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then don't just friggin kill him off on a whim without storyrelevant reason whatsoever purely to portray Ainz as a cruel game of thrones like ruler which is totally in contrast to how his personality is usually shown as. This is completely tilting me because the author does it so frequently and because it's totally predictable. Why bother saving, being nice to and even TEACHING a character, if you're gonna let them die a dog's death? Are you for real??? I get that Overlord is 18+ so we're gonna have torture, cruelty, interesting characters dying and whatnot, but if you don't give a f**k about them surviving, then don't bother being so nice to them in the first place, that's needless cruelty which doesn't even fit to how Ainz's personality is displayed usually in the first place.

So far we've had

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Arche dying after being saved by Ainz,

Neia who was basically the only topic the whole 12th volume was about being pretty much sentenced to death at the end and probably gonna die in the next volume

Evileye being foreshadowed of being killed off pointlessly some time in the future

and many more less relevant characters like Neia's father, Stronoff, etc.

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It greatly rustles my jimmies to the point that if the foreshadowing in volume 12

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of Neia dying a friggin pointless dead too, just because Ainz is too friggin dense to realize how much she admires him

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is fulfilled in vol13, I will just quit this novel, no matter how good it is in all other aspects.

There's really no point in reading a novel if you already know that every more than just a bit interesting character introduced will be killed off in a cruel and pointless way.

You might have noticed, but I'm really mad, writing this review immediately after having finished volume 12. Still, besides that, the novel is just so unbelievable good, so although I'll most likely gonna quit reading if vol13 disappoints me too, I still can't rate this lower than 3 stars. Dammit author, why do you do this to me........ <<less

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keklel

Jul 29, 2016

Status: v4c2

>We’re almost out of time, what the hell am I doing? It seems like my mouth won’t stop whenever I talk about the glories of Nazarick...

The story is very verbose, almost filled to the brim with grandiose descriptions of various aspects of the world which aren't really relevant or important to the story, for example various characters' appearances, dress, equipment, decorations, mannerisms and so on. If you like to visualize then I imagine reading this would be like watching a movie or TV series. But if you just want to... more>> know what happens like me, then it would be quite frustrating to have to read through all that needless exposition. The level of detail is insane. Everything from characters histories, personalities, relationships, abilities, items, to the traits of various races. It's all described with painstaking verbosity.

>There are two volumes that are just a bunch of side stories. I know side stories are fun to read but not as a single volume. There are many ways to weave these into the end of the chapters or volumes but when it takes a single volume it just spells of bad writing to me. Especially when the last volume ended in a cliffhanger (Volume 7). And these side characters never really gets a focus aside from the side stories they were introduced which makes them somewhat a distraction and a waste of time to read. Most of the time it takes a chapter or two to flesh out a character which is a drag. I think this could be summarized better as we are not really moving plot wise. The lizards are just mention in a single scene cameo and that is after 2 volumes from their introduction, I felt these characters should be at least have some more focus if the author spent time to flesh out their stories for one volume.

This is one of the major gripes I have with the story. The author spends an entire volume talking about the tribal politics of lizardmen and the romantic relationship between 2 lizards specifically and they're never mentioned again, which makes it feel incredibly boring and pointless especially since the lizardmen are so weak that Ainz could have just walked over them which makes all that description just pointless. It's like spending an entire volume describing how people were rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

The pacing issues aside, the story is simply just not interesting. Shalltear gets MC'd, then the MC decides to go invade lizardmen. What? Many chapters later it's still not revealed who MC'd Shalltear. Whatever I've lost interest.

At first sight you'd think the MC is some genius overlord, the reality is he's anything but. Keeps making basic blunders like TELLING YOUR ENEMIES IMPORTANT INFORMATION BEFORE KILLING THEM or just letting them go without capturing them or anything. Kind of dumb. I mean he's supposed to learn from his mistakes later on but this seems kind of out of character since he's supposed to be really cautious and plus he has those mental buffs from being undead so he isn't supposed to lose control over his emotions or do anything rash yet he keeps making blunders repeatedly as well as do things emotionally which makes him a really inconsistent character.

I don't think I have to mention the other characters who are LITERALLY NPCs. I mean that is as bland as you can possibly get. They're not well written either, they're all basically just s*aves to the MC (or his guild). Anything bad about them will be attributed to the fact that they're NPCs and anything good would elicit the "wow the author is so amazing he can even make NPCs seem humanlike" type of response. They're basically single-trait one dimensional cardboard cutouts. We don't even get any insights into how they think either (well I guess it'd be pretty boring anyway) so they're just presented as robots.

Definitely overrated. I wonder how many people reviewing this have read this as their first LN/transported to another world novel. <<less

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Viridius

Sep 21, 2018

Status: v13 afterword

So Overlord is one of those novels that feels so vastly different from others that many people force their ideas of what a "good novel" is onto what was never supposed to be compared in the first place. Many of the lower ratings are due to this, not fully appreciating the charm of the story.

Overlord is a transmigration story about Momonga, who was the head supervisor of Ainz Ooal Gown, a guild composed entirely out of high-level non-humans and considered one of the strongest guilds in the game Yggdrasil. They... more>> killed countless attackers, a seemingly last-boss type organisation. After transmigrating, he himself adopts the name of the guild.

Right there. See that? That means Ainz is a villain. The story seems to center around the side characters, meticulously fleshing them out but sometimes just killing them off for "fun". Many reviews bash this style of storytelling, complaining about how much these dead characters were focused on. But this is intentional. Ainz is an antagonist to the many "protagonists" we see. The various characters on the side each can be considered a main character with their own story in their own right. We start to find the overarching plot within these. Many people appear to think that novels should work on developing the main character, and the main character only. Overlord does not do that. This makes the plot seem to trudge along slowly, but if you look at it from the perspective of each "side character", it starts to speed up. We read various short, fast-pace anecdotes of people each with their own unique personalities and circumstances, developing and furthering Nazarick's (Ainz and his companions') goals. This creates complex characters and world-building. The appeal of the story, like a premium wine, is enhanced and enriched by its slow pace. We savor every bitter, cruel, insidious moment for what they are, instead of thinking, "Oh, another side character died" like we would in countless other stories. Our sympathy and love of them makes Ainz the villain he is. The climaxes are accentuated by the gradual buildup; the structure of each volume generates rising tensions, furthering our excitement. The whole story reads like a fluid symphony, with different movements, different feelings, all coming together through one focal point: Nazarick.

This alone makes Overlord a story worthy of five stars.

However, many people seem to dislike the main character, and it's a reasonable thing to do. He gives the impression of a terrible leader to his capable subordinates: weak-willed, indecisive, and unintelligent. Yet, in my eyes, while it's not executed as well as it could have been, his apparent incompetence is what makes Ainz human. The story itself focuses on the various horrible things he does, building up each character just to be crushed or oppressed under his hand. However, most of the time we see him, he seems to not be the malignant evil he is in the eyes of others, but rather reminiscent of a child playing with goldfish. The goldfish may do various things to escape its grasp, but with minimal planning he easily squashes those plans with overwhelming power. And why would he not? It's clear he has absolutely no sympathy towards humans, as he himself is a different race. However, he can still grow close with them, like an owner grows close with his dogs. The author clearly wants us to realize that he is not deranged nor insane, but only slightly psychopathic. He does this through the various flaws that Ainz portrays while the focus is on him. While the recurring "As expected from Ainz" gag of his subordinates overestimating his capabilities is not something I particularly like, the rest of his antics are something I see the need for. If not for these, we would push him away as a terrible person and a despicable main character.

If you enjoy fast-paced, protagonist-centric novels, this is not for you. Reading this novel brainlessly is enjoyable, but at best makes it a mediocre tale. I believe this is what many of the lower-rated reviewers are doing. Overlord is outstanding: its world-building, character development, and plot perhaps makes it one of the best novels I have read to date. Therefore, do not be discouraged by the negative reviews. Overlord deserves the attention it gets. <<less

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Fhighlander

Apr 17, 2017

Status: v11

One of the best LN I've read so far.

A overpowered MC making his dream come true for his former comrades sake. Sometimes I miss a little more intrigue in his battles but so far I can't complain.

Take your time and read this piece knowing that you will not waste your time. Believe me.

And [Grasp Hearth] magic will stole your heart, I really mean it.

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razgallo

Dec 28, 2015

Status: --

You either love it or hate this story, I like the theme and story but the author’s style leave something to be desired.

There are two volumes that are just a bunch of side stories. I know side stories are fun to read but not as a single volume. There are many ways to weave these into the end of the chapters or volumes but when it takes a single volume it just spells of bad writing to me. Especially when the last volume ended in a cliffhanger (Volume 7). And... more>>

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animanaicT

Oct 24, 2015

Status: --

The reactions of the characters and how they handled the situation is why I love it... God those usernames! yea... what did I expect from a mmo.

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captain crun

Apr 06, 2017

Status: v11

Rating: 4-4.5 stars, Translation: 5/5

(My reviews may sound negative, but I'm just listing reasons why I didn't give 5 stars.)

[[5 star = almost all readers will enjoy. 4 star = large majority of readers will enjoy. 3 star = 50/50 of readers will enjoy. 2 star = a niche audience will enjoy. 1 star = maybe portion of niche audience will enjoy.]]

[[5/5 = Infrequent minor errors. 4/5 = Frequent minor errors or infrequent major errors, no difficulty to read. 3/5 = Frequent major errors, some difficulty to... more>> read. 2/5 = Difficult to read. 1/5 = Unreadable.]]

MC is a lonely salaryman whose only friends are guild members in landmark but aging VR dive game. He logs into the game on the day the servers close. He is alone in the final countdown hours, as everyone else has stopped playing. However, the game does not end, and MC cannot log out. MC, his guild hall, and the guild's numerous support NPCs appear to have been transported to another world. MC goes on an adventure to explore this world, look for other gamers, and protect his guild hall from potential dangers. The series is a transported to another world genre, has a magic fantasy world, demi-humans, politics/factions/nations, lots and lots of subordinates, some kingdom building in the later volumes, an OP MC, small and large scale battles, but no romance.

I may be biased, because Overlord is the first LN that I've read, and it got me into other JP and CN LN/WN. I started with the anime, and ended up wanting to know more, since the anime probably would not get any more seasons. The MC was different for me, because it was the first morally ambiguous and immediately OP MC I've seen. MC isn't particularly evil, but does or condones questionable actions to protect or enhance his guild. He retains all his skills, items, wealth, and guild hall/NPCs, which are OP in this new world. The subordinates are quite varied, and have interesting personalities. His attempts as a salaryman to lead OP NPCs-turned-into-real-beings/monsters is the source of most of the humor. I liked the journey of following MC along as he tried to understand this new world and crushing any obstacle he meets. My main issue is that the subject matter in some of the volumes were not as interesting as others. For example, v4 is about lizardmen. Quite a large portion is from their POV, and the author tried to show their lifestyle, but I couldn't relate to them and wanted to the story to move on. Another one is about focus. There are a lot of loose threads that are occasionally touched upon, such as the search for other players, or events in another country. The story might comment on some of them, but then ignore them for a very long time. Some readers might feel like the comedy starts to get old, as it is consistently about the same joke of the MC unable to return the advances of his female subordinates, or how he is a somewhat bumbling leader but usually accidentally succeeds, either by chance or because his subordinates are competent. Other readers might not like a villain character, or an automatically OP MC.

So, I am probably biased, but I think a large majority or more may enjoy this series, especially if they were a fan of the anime. There are some less interesting volumes, but I think most reader would still trudge through them.

Other thoughts: There are currently 11 LN volumes. #12 is rumored to be out in late summer/early fall of 2017. I didn't read the WN, but I heard that it is significantly different. The LN is now licensed, so it may be difficult to find all of the fan translations. <<less

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MagicPill

Dec 09, 2017

Status: v12c1

Basically an OP antihero organisation led by a transported (or left behind I guess) undead king protagonist that was once a normal salaryman in Japan. The protagonist has compassion for the members, but not for life in general. A refreshing hypocrisy that fits the protagonists species.

What sells this novel for me is the interactions within said organisation, and with the normal people outside of it.

The side characters are just lovely, the twists resulting from their personalities and capabilities are what I look forward to in each new volume.

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SnoopyGM

Jan 19, 2018

Status: v12

When you see a novel with 4, 7 rating and most top review is 5 star you know its good. Some people rate it 3 star or less, its cool they just never read 'real' novel and mostly glorified the mainstream novel with too many complicated sh*t like SAO that have plot make on the go (seriously its should just stop after ALO, after that just clusterf*ck of BS). Anyway Overlord is different, its unique, not because its cool full of action or cool MC, but because all the plot... more>> is only just a build up. Build up of what you say? Of course 'sasugasm', the misunderstanding is the selling point of this novel, its meticulous, its cool, and importantly its funny.

Meticulous, so many detailed thing in this another world, so many secret, so many history and little got explored/leaked, you can feel the size of the information and for those who have adventurous soul, you can feel how good and vast this world and Yggdrasil world is. So many character with different personality that impact the story from many pov, you can feel how 'alive' they are. You cant read the story, maybe little but definitely cant predict all the storyline, its maybe kind of random but then BAM, its buildup to a point you just say wow.

Cool, yes its different world, its so vast and interesting if you play game you can feel how cool and interesting the setting is. When the MC fight you can feel and understand what he think also as a gamer. The fight is cool, every fight have a different sense of cool, but its very good and very logical, not just some kind of willpower bullsh*t but really the real logic, did you can solo 1 vs 1 Boss monster, logically no, but how about level difference of 70lv, definitely it got rekt.

Fun, those who rate this novel 3 or less definitely cant feel the fun part of the story, yes sometimes the MC is kind of s*upid and the misunderstanding also s*upid, but the whole story is a build up of the funny part of 'sasugasm'. What is sasugasm you ask? Its when the misunderstanding got the whole new point of funny, when the MC is praised as super genius even though he isnt, but how he can get to that point is the whole 'build up' and if you see it that way maybe he is genius in a way (luck).

I cant say too much too spoil the fun, but let me tell you this novel is an unique kind of masterpiece. As a person who read almost 100 different novel western and eastern, this definitely is one of the top that give me new kind of experience. Its unique, most 'top' (mainstream) novel sell how cool their MC or the heroine (s), but here none of that matter, the plot is the most selling point of this novel! Here you cant really say the MC is very cool, or the heroine is waifuable (weebo stuff), but you will feel how interesting the plot and how fun you can have when you read this. So for any kind of people, for any kind of age, I recommend this novel for all of you, feel the plot, feel the story, and got the fun, cause its what the story should be all about! Have a nice read. <<less

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janrrah18

Dec 01, 2016

Status: v11c5

One of my favourite LN!!!!! &Lt;3

For starters this is a pretty good LN IF you like the MC to be evil (except for the people in the guild), an OP character with many loyal servants willing to give up their lives for him, and most importantly how he is spectacularly misunderstood by people which is really amusing for me.

Don't expect romance element here.. Even so give it a read if you preference is more on serious read with fantasy setting sword and magic

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ThreePointsS

Jun 19, 2016

Status: v10c1

OP protagonist, virtual reality MMO, alternate fantasy world transfer, it seems just like any other light novel - SAO, Log Horizon, the list goes on and on. So what makes Overlord special?

Humanity. The protagonist, who goes by many names, had no friends or family in his real life and found solace in his online friends. But as they left him, one by one, he found himself all alone once again. Lost in his own melancholy, he speaks to himself, indulging in memories of the past, in the last minutes before... more>>

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DeathGun

Jul 04, 2018

Status: v9c4

K so for the dude below, ‘BrotherofHavoc’, like I don’t even know how I should start this off but,

please don’t be like those types of people, like for me and for the vast majority of the people who wrote these reviews (surprisingly, especially since its novelupdates) really do enjoy reading the novel and find it interesting if the novel has a rating of 4.7 stars

like I don’t really get where you come from at that the novel is “bad” and list reasons why people shouldn’t read them like, I’m... more>> just reading your list and wondering if you even think about what you’ve read and at least try to understand....

like since when had the people Ainz saved die?

and no sht there would be him going from an evil dude to a nice guy, like one he has to become one who’s not evil when he’s momon san to keep up the guise and two he was still a dam human bro, the only thing keeping him from not saving every suffering person is because he’s an undead, now possesses no human emotions (although sometimes he internally becomes nervous and frantic), and he has to keep up his act of being the supreme leader and rule of Nazarick and live up to the expectations of every being within including the guardians

also, ofc the author would have to focus the center on other side characters sometimes, like you know how boring the novel would be if it was always centering around our op asf mc? Like, you really want to just read about our MC just hunting down every monster in one hit or letting his opponent underestimate him and then completely obliterate their asses? No, that’s boring asf

And wtf do you mean there’s no challenge in this world whatsoever, like r u dumb? Or have you not been paying attention while reading. Ainz literally stated and confirmed that there were the world items in the new world, and the one that we were shown was able to mind control shalltear so wtf you going when your saying there’s no challenge at all. These fuqing world items could simply ignore level differences and defy common sense, even Ainz’s super tier magic

ofc he wouldn’t question albedo’s stalker attitude and stuff, he’s the one at fault anyways for changing albedo’s instructions into being “OBSESSED” with him, not that he knew he was going to have to put up with it, and because she’s like a child to him since every being in Nazarick were basically created by the 41 supreme beings, him and his friends.

And yes the plot is kind of confusing and a bit hard to understand but the general one is that Ainz is trying to gain a general understanding of the world that he was forced into, which he is completely unfamiliar with, and he wants to gain a solid foothold in the new world so he is able to protect the tomb of Nazarick from any potential threats, and also to find out if his friends were transported there too, or an other players

on that note, there is players, wth you think the people of the new world learned ‘tier’ magic from? The eight greed kings, the six great gods of the Slane theocracy, the minor gods, some of the thirteen heroes, and etc were all players........

and the way you’re wording and listing these things makes it sound like your making a statement that this novel is basically tr*sh and that newcomers shouldn’t read it. And why’s that? Just because that statement is based on your own opinions doesn’t mean that you should go out of your way to say that it’s not worth reading, like you have to give others a chance to find out for themselves if it’s interesting for them or not, different people have different tastes, just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean others won’t, for example me,

so if you like an op character but written correctly, this is a great novel, centers typically around MC, although it does focus quite a bit on side characters but they all link up in the end to our MC, and in some way towards the plot of the story :p <<less

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PiCrazy31415

Mar 28, 2018

Status: v12 afterword

Honestly LOVE LOVE this book. Took a while before getting around to writing a review for Overlord, since I've mostly been thinking of it as an actual book instead of a light novel.

I would say this is probably the 2nd? Light novel I've ever read, so there's definitely some sentimentality there (right after the King's Avatar). Watched the anime, and after rewatching several times decided that I wanted to know more. I didn't regret it.

The MC is OP af, which is so satisfying. Plus he is OP from the start,... more>>

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comradeproza

Dec 05, 2016

Status: v7

How strange that this feels more like the novelisation of a filler bloated anime adaptation than an original work.

Out of the seven volumes that I read only two of them really focus on either the MC or the inner workings of Nazarick, by wich I mean only the first two volumes really focus on the MC.

While it had a couple of really good side stories, The Lizard Man volume and Sebastian volume, they fill inconsecuential, and the rest where just stuffed with pov changes and exposition that not only don't... more>>

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Chulloswag

Jul 13, 2017

Status: --

Probably my all time favorite Light Novel. However, most of what I could say about has already been stated in other reviews. In any case, it seems like the few people that gave it a poor review kept harping on the same reason, the large amount of divergence from the MC's perspective. While I will agree that the fourth volume (my least favorite of the series) gave too much attention to minor, nonrecurring, characters, that alone can't take away from the fantastic world building and character development.

When I say character... more>>

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SlashCrit

Feb 21, 2016

Status: --

One of the best vrmmorpg reincarnation fantasies I have ever read. No complaints. All hail Ainz-sama. Looking for a miracle that volume 10 somehow gets translated.

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