S*ave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World (LN)

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A man was about to commit su*cide and decided to search for a way to die on the internet, but then he found an odd site that asked a lot of questions and had a point based system that allows you to create skills for a character. He took interest in it, and when he was done setting his character, he was asked, “You will now be transported to a world with the settings you chose. Coming back is not possible. Do you still accept?” Without thinking much of it, he pressed YES and found himself in another world with the skills he chose to have.

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A Harem in the Fantasy World Dungeon (LN)
Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World (LN)
Isekai Meikyuu De Dorei Harem wo (LN)
Isekai Meikyuu de Harem o (LN)
Isekai Meikyuu de Harem wo (LN)
異世界迷宮でハーレムを
異世界迷宮で奴隷ハーレムを
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S*ave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World (WN) (Web Novel)
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Redheadgearhead
New Redheadgearhead rated it
June 5, 2025
Status: Completed
After the WN ended abruptly years ago so the author could focus on the LN I came back to this hoping that it had finally surpassed the WN and the story had gone somewhere. I hoped in vain.

Overall the changes from the WN were bad. For like the last 2 volumes the MC suddenly for no reason drags his feet clearing floors. Its no exaggeration to say half of the last 2 books was him repeating over and over again in slightly different ways that climbing up was dangerous even... more>> though they're OP. Now, you'd think this was the author trying to stall because he progressed too far too early with the party having sh*t gear but no. None of that stalled time was used for upgrading gear or anything useful.

If you're coming back to this like I did, don't waste your time. The only redeemable thing is one nice illustration of the last girl. The books themselves are worst than slop. <<less
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punnett
punnett rated it
July 31, 2020
Status: v1c3
This review is based more so on the WN.

This novel is interesting at first. However, as the story progresses, it becomes exceedingly repetitive. His s*ave harem ultimately consists of one dimensional characters who literally repeats the same lines and ideas over and over again. As you keep on reading, you really start to see the patterns. Dungeon, bath, eat, s*x, and repeat ad nauseam. There are some story arcs thrown in here and there to change things up or when new party members are recruited, but much of the story... more>> is slice of life filler, which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the characters themselves being, again, bland and one dimensional.

Brief spoiler discussion about his s*ave harem.

Spoiler

s*ave 1: She's just a yes man and she'll always say things like, "Of course the Master is correct, " every opportunity she gets.

s*ave 2: She's alright.

s*ave 3: She literally only cares about fish. She only talks about fish. She only thinks about fish. She works for fish. She lives for fish. She dies for fish.

s*ave 4: She's kind of an easy going air head. Not very interesting.

s*ave 5: She's a s*ave but wants to go into politics. She literally keeps on bringing up how she wants to enter the political scene ALL THE TIME.

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Basically, all these characters are reduced to their fundamental tropes and aren't anything more than that for the most part and it gets old. Fast. That said, it's still a fun read for a while.

Read it. Have your fun with it. Move on. <<less
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DimaShishandra
DimaShishandra rated it
June 12, 2020
Status: v1c1 part9
This is a nice story. I've read Web novel and it had everything you would expect - plot, a bit of character development, MC who is more powerful than anyone but not really OP (good team can kill him), some maturity in side characters. That's why you are probably reading such story. Somebody might complain about s*x and s*aves - but for me it's reality. Wouldn't you do the same if you could? Somebody might complain that killing was to easy for him - in my life I've kiiled... more>> several animals because of different reasons and I feeled nothing. So for me it's way more believable than guys who can't finish mass mu*derer.

It's not a perfect story, it has its own uniqueness but it's not SOE or Overlord <<less
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Deadmantellnotales
Deadmantellnotales rated it
April 18, 2023
Status: v06
I regret reading this shit. The manga was ok and I thought the novel gonna be ok too but I was wrong, this is the most useless thing I ever read, I rather read a phone manual than this shit.

This novel has no story at all. There is no goal or any other kind of thing that makes me interested in it. It's just a wall of text nothing else, just a goddamn wall of text, they have 10 pages worth of useless stuff about him finding a c*ckroach and... more>> how he whines about it.

This novel is about a whining wuss of an MC who does nothing but goes to Labyrinth every day and then goes to town to sell the drops, nothing more nothing less. And when he is low on MP he constantly has anxiety about whether his s*aves love him or if are they going to stab him in the back. When he comes in contact with males he constantly worries that this makes his s*ave to NTR him. Don't forget how cheap he is when it comes to spending money when he is already earning tens of thousands. And how he explains the same thing again and again and again and again.

The manga just makes this piece of sh*t readable. The only saving grace is the manga has really good spicy scenes and those are the only thing making anyone read it, if you're thinking what about the novel? No, all those scenes are compressed to 2 lines like "We went to bath and had some fun in the bedroom" That's all!!! All those 2 chapter scenes are compressed to that barely 2 lines. And the private talk between Roxanne and Sherry is nowhere to be seen, this whole goddamn novel is just one big monologue of an insecure paranoia-ridden man.

It's also my fault for not checking the novel update reviews. Overall like I said above I rather read a phone manual. <<less
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Puppet
Puppet rated it
July 1, 2021
Status: --
To all whiners that complain about this story being to immoral - this story has "SL*VE HAREM" in it's name! What were you expecting?

Also to those that complain how the story is slowpaced and doesn't have a lot of action - This is how a slice of life fantasy story should be - if you ever played DnD or any other tabletop rpg that is not only about fights but about actual role playing you would understand this feeling.

In short if you are a fan of "SAO" or some "I... more>> have reincarnated into an op super-cool-looking dude/thing and I am kicking everyones' asses all around me like nothing" - you probably better ignore this one, it will disapoint you as ther aactually is not that much action and most of it is rather grindy. If you're a fan of worldbuilding, interesting charecters and watching a realistic person living in a fantasy game - this one is just for you! <<less
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Boogle
Boogle rated it
April 6, 2021
Status: v3 epilouge
Just read the manga, it's better.

Volume 1 is the best, since he has a goal to work towards and we get to see the interesting world from his eyes.

Volume 2 is rather meh with some nice moments.

... more>> Volume 3 is a HUGE disappointment. At this point I would have expected at least 2 other members but the 2nd girl only really starts being part of the harem in the next volume.

In that expect at least the manga is much better, since we get the visual enjoyment of seeing Roxanne. The H-Scenes are especially very well done by the mangaka. <<less
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Lazy Bear
Lazy Bear rated it
September 27, 2021
Status: v4c1 part14
Just about ready to drop this, the basic story is alright but it's ruined by the MC's ENDLESS WISHY WASHY INNER MONOLOGUES! Most of each chapter is nothing more then this idiot overexplaining every little decision, going round and round with the same crap that he went round and round with several chapters ago.

Chapter 1... OMG, I can't have anyone find out anything about me!!!

Chapter 4... OMG, I can't have any body find out anything so I can't do this or that or that either!!

And taking half a chapter just... more>> to whine about how intimidated he is by some male s*aves....

Just read the manga, at least it gets rid of most of this s*upid crap. <<less
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kitayozamonk
kitayozamonk rated it
February 26, 2023
Status: v6c4 part4
Slow. Insufferably slow.

Nearly EVERYTHING is repeated several times. "I wonder if I shoud go to X to do Y?" - " A: Hey guys, should I go to X to do Y?" - "B: I'm not sure if you should to go to X to do Y" - "C: They always do Y in X, you should totally go!" - "B: Oh, I didn't know that they always do Y in X! We should go there!" - "A: alright, we'll go there tomorrow." - "Next day we went to X... more>> to do Y, because you should got ot X to do Y".

Looks like a joke? But that's the storytelling in this novel. It's on volume 6 and MC still narrates everything about every battle just as he did in the first volume. MC earns money by dozens of thousands and still constantly overthinks about spending 100 extra coins on something.

The most important thing about story is going to labyrinths to restore mp with "Mana absorption". Every single travel/action is padded by describing stopping by to do that.

And then there is storyline itself. Major arc in volume 5 is buying some mirrors. There will be adventure? Conflicts? Characters? Events? Nope, half of volume of going to a city that makes mirrors to buy mirrors and deliver them to the buyer. With a bit of lore thrown in to be repeated endlessly.

By the time I caught up with translation I was skipping several paragraphs of text without missing anything new. I'm inclined to abandon it and never return. <<less
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Moxxmix
Moxxmix rated it
September 8, 2021
Status: v1c5 part5
Compared to the web novel, the light novel version of the MC behaves more like a typical isekai protagonist — unwarranted confidence and arrogance, and casually dismissive of danger. As much as I disliked the overblown paranoia of the web novel MC, the light novel MC bugs me to a similar level, just in a different way. Given a choice, I'd prefer the paranoia, because it fits better with how his original character is described, and at least provided an interesting flaw.

The light novel's editing is mostly better than the... more>> web novel, but there are a number of glaring errors that keep showing up that contradict prior text, or are just flat out wrong. They don't really disrupt the story's coherence, but they do stand out pretty badly. I'm not sure if these are errors on the translator's part, or in the original books.

Examples:

Spoiler

When he fights the first group of bandits, in the WN he kills all of them, while in the LN he explicitly does not. However when he contemplates some of the bandits chasing after him in town, he notes that that shouldn't happen because he killed all of them, in both the WN and the LN.

When he sells the weapons to the merchant when he first arrives in town, in the WN he keeps the saber because of its higher quality (which the merchant doesn't recognize), while in the LN he explicitly does not. However later on, in both the WN and the LN, he ends up wearing the saber because (he notes) he did not sell it to the merchant.

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On characters:

Later in the WN, when he has the full party, the author becomes awful at maintaining characterization. They have token lines they repeat because he can't be bothered to show how they interact with events, but doesn't want to entirely forget that they exist. The exception is Sherry, the intelligence agent of the group, who provides exposition dumps for the MC.

That was also the period where the author basically abandoned the story, releasing like 12 chapters in 5 years (compared to 200 in the prior couple years). He may have signed the deal for the light novel around then, but it gives the impression that he has no plans for plot past what the current WN story has reached, which is a shame. I can only hope that the editor for the LN pushed him to work more on the vapid characterization parts, to help round the characters out. We'll see once I get further into the LN series.

On mechanics:

Spoiler

Based on my knowledge of the WN, I'd want to correct danglinhson and cbrtlsseca on bonus points: MC has 99 points + (the level of his primary job - 1). He does get extra points for leveling his primary job, but he does not get extra points for any additional jobs he has set.

As for his leveling strategy: While I would certainly do things differently, his choices are not actually bad. Durandal improves his leveling speed more than boosting XP gain while using a more mundane weapon would (see: the slow rabbit in the woods outside the first village), while also aiding survivability (HP drain) and sustainability (MP drain). When optimizing for XP per unit time, it's an excellent choice in the early stages.

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I think the biggest weakness of the mechanical system is that it bottlenecks on the MC, but he's not so overpowered that he can ignore the growth of his s*aves. They need to improve, and at a vastly accelerated pace, if they're to be useful for a more advanced plot progression. If he doesn't unlock the bonus point system for them (both for extra jobs and accelerated XP gain), the entire plot runs out of steam. <<less
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KanameShiro
KanameShiro rated it
June 20, 2021
Status: --
I could have stomached this if only the MC had some redeeming qualities but alas he was nothing more than a manipulative, P.O.S, that thinks with his dick, semi-r@pi$t.

If you're looking for a decent harem/ecchi novel, then this isn't it.
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DeadOpossum
DeadOpossum rated it
July 19, 2021
Status: --
You might expect that there are many s*x scenes or interesting battles, or maybe there is even a plot (!!).

No.

There are 2 dungeons and 4 types of mobs the protagonist is slicing during the first 3 volumes. s*x scenes start and end with touching b**bs, and in the middle... there is no middle.

... more>> I tried to read this novel because manga is so awesome. Unfortunately.

Plot-wise. Terminal s*upidity. Why the hell he digs the labyrinth? He could level up there once per week and live a life of pleasure somewhere on islands thanks to his teleportation skill. But no, he seems finds pleasure in being confined underground from morning till evening and also dragging the girl with him. Why. It is not like he has to level up to save the world. And if he can earn more money than working in the office why not spend them lavishly? He works like a s*ave and lives in poverty. He didn't even go to a restaurant with the girl. So sad.

Why did he even have to isekai just to become a digger? Where is all the fun? <<less
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Vorthod
Vorthod rated it
May 28, 2021
Status: v1c4 part14
The beginning of this novel feels like an inferior version of the Jobless Growth Cheat novel. The number of parallels in the early chapter are almost disturbing. I mean, when both protagonists end up getting pulled into a s*ave trader as one of the first things they do when they get to the first city and are given a five-day time limit before the resident canine-girl s*ave gets sold off to someone less scrupulous so they go into a dungeon and kill a criminal to deal with the problem, I... more>> end up feeling like someone copied someone else's homework. Not to mention the combination of "exp boost" and "less required exp" to level and the fact that he gets multiple simultaneous classes which was the entire point of Jobless Growth Cheat.

But why do I say this is inferior? In this novel, in terms of character, the s*ave is purchased solely because the MC wants a f*ck buddy and does nothing to actually win her over as a person before pushing his desires on her. In terms of mechanics, the list of abilities this guy gets with his bonus points appears completely arbitrary so we never know what he has access to until he randomly says something like "oh, by the way, I have a Warp spell in my list" and literally pulls something new out of his ass which is a recipe for deus ex machina if I've ever seen one. He doesn't even experiment with his powers to any believable extent; you're telling me that a guy perfectly fine with trying out the random copper sword he picked up off a bandit is completely unwilling to try out any of the cheaper bonus weapons when the weaponry bonus is taking up over half of his BP allotment? Playing around with that and figuring out the minimum he could get away with should've been basically the first thing he did if he's trying to hide his abilities while still getting use out of them. <<less
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markus0i
markus0i rated it
May 2, 2024
Status: v10
I am a fan of this story, having read the WN, Manga, and Anime before the LN... but to enjoy it you should be willing to skip many paragraphs of repetition.

In a battle with a lvl 1 tree, the author fully describes every dodge, duck, dive, and weave, and the thoughts and philosophies the character has about those actions. But then the author fully describes it again for the next 100 times the character fights a lvl 1 tree.

Also, for a "sexy" book, the amount the s*x scenes are skipped... more>> is wild. You won't even be able to tell he has slept with a harem member for the first time until many chapters later when it's vaguely implied. <<less
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Ixcez
Ixcez rated it
April 20, 2024
Status: v9c5
This story is pretty much a hit or a miss for most people. It is pretty old and one of the stories that made s*ave harems + beastwomen popular in these kind of stories. The story has little to no direction or overreaching plot outside of being a powerfulfillment story where the MC is pretty OP from the start and just grows stronger while building his harem. It really shows at times with how the author is seemingly just pulling out filler chapters after filler chapters and trying to drag... more>> out the word count as much as possible by writing about the same stuff over and over again at times or making the MC super indecisive which leads to little to no progress but a lot of empty chapters.

Most of it even plays out as if your reading the diary of a person grinding out lvls and gears in an old RPG game with some eroge elements. Even though the story is heavily focused around the harem and should have some romance elements because of it, it pretty much boils down to the MC acting like their his companions and not s*aves so their over the moon in love with him simply because their allowed to sit at the same table as him and eat. Which would make sort of sense if the girls were treated badly or had horrible pasts but instead they all have nice pasts and mostly became s*aves because their families needed money but in this world s*aves are treated nicely, educated and protected, for the most part, before being sold and they even have some protection after being sold so a lot of the reason for them being crazy about the MC is mostly confusing.

So pretty much if you like reading a story where the MC + harem is steadily growing stronger with little to no plot, drive or actual interaction between characters then this might be something to read. I'd probably rate this as a 2 or 3 but because it's such an old novel in the genre I'll give it a 4. <<less
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layarion
layarion rated it
August 5, 2022
Status: v5c1
I like the story, but the translator doesn't know the definition of proof reading it seems... also, some of the wording makes me wonder if there was some politics injected into the translation. I could be wrong though, but I'm fine with it long as I'm aware that this might not be as the author intended.

A lot of people complain about some of the long monologs, but I just skip the paragraph when I see that happening. I enjoy it so far. Too bad it looks like I'm nearing the... more>> end of the current work that's done... sigh... means i'll have to find something else to read when it's done. <<less
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Phiteros
Phiteros rated it
July 11, 2022
Status: v3c2p4
This story is incredibly slow. The author spends way too long explaining and re-explaoning the MC's "bonus points" system. There's chapter after chapter of him facing low-level enemies, adjusting his build again and again, explaining things in minute and boring detail. I'm in volume 3 and the author has only introduced two characters, the MC and his first s*ave.
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ZeroA2
ZeroA2 rated it
January 5, 2022
Status: v2
The protagonist is very, very slow. I don't know that I've ever read a light novel with a protagonist that is so mentally clumsy, continually making the same sort of mistakes, and also being quite cowardly in spite of being fully aware of his own abilities.
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Bolovis
Bolovis rated it
August 15, 2021
Status: v13c5 part8
The major problem here is the unlikeable main character. His dubious morals and inner monologs only reveal that he is self-centered, clueless, and suspicious. It would be realistic that some of those characteristics flourish in his inner monologues, but it just passes out as a boring dude and egocentric to a great degree that rarely develops or gets better, while the problem is the world and not him. A slow-moving story is not a problem per se, but the MC stales the reading for me.

Until now, this review was made... more>> after I read volume 3 of the novel. From now on, I'm writing after getting to volume 13.

After some years, and 10 volumes I'm back. And now I'm going to vent about troublesome points here and there. And sadly I will need to use spoilers, so:

Spoiler

Usually, web novels (WN) tend to be of a lesser quality than the light novel (LN). This case is slightly different, at least when we consider the story development.

A "problem" that both, WN and LN, have is the meager characterization the newcomers/s*aves have along the tale. Both the cat girl and dragonet (or dragon girl) are presented as simple individuals who are tamed by the mainstay dog girl and have not much to say other than "let's do it, desu" and "it should be fine", respectively. But, at least in what concerns the dragon girl, things were interesting in the novel. She was one of the few s*aves we've seen along the plot that had been treated as a s*ave. Here it gets ugly, but she is seen as less than a dog or cat. She was only able to eat whatever was left behind or basic bread and water. And was treated badly being screamed at and worse. That was so bad, to the point she wanted to get as much money as possible to become able to buy her freedom on some special temple who-knows-where. When she is treated as a person by the MC, she first does not get it and at some point cries for joy.

You should've guessed by now. We got nothing of that in the LN. Not even a thing more than a passing remark about how the previous masters where bad people. That's it.

So she had basically no characterization. To the point that in LN she is just a tank that follows them up and down while saying "it should be fine" and similar from time to time.

A waste does not begin to cover how bad this is.

There is more, but this is more of a pet peeve. The MC here has zero evolution, at least mentally. Thing is, he is a cautious person. What is fine by itself, sure. He is in what seems to be a medieval world living with some strong OP gear and build, not forgetting his ability to mingle with his stats and jobs. He is almost able to singlehandedly mince most of the monster if he desires. One could say that at some point the labyrinths would require him to pay the price for the recklessness he would act. But he constantly doubted things would work out when we made both his part a cheat too. They are almost able to run a whole labyrinth down in a day, considering how he adjusted their build and capabilities. And he doesn't do it. He insists that if they keep on going, tomorrow they will end up dead. Hell, by the looks of it, he is not hit for once for at least 2 volumes. Or in the least, not to the point of him feeling any pain at all from it. This is laughable.

And he does not trust a person besides his s*aves. One could defend it as he not wanting to be a pawn from some noble elf bastard. But that is not the only case. He seems to believe the elven duke wants to stab him in the back. And to make it worse, this is only because the elf is pretty and is married to an amazing beauty. If that is the reason for all this indisposition to work together, then he should get f*cked already. The reason being, a noble is an important contact in that world. He needs to have a safe bed if things get tough. For whatever reason. And I know that not trusting nobles is important. But he is not acting smart, and it gets tiresome at this point.

I would at least prefer it if he came clean with the girls and said that he is unsure if things keep going like that, he would be discovered as a cheating monster and get hunted down. That would justify how much of a c*nt he comes across.

His first labyrinth liberation was dull as f*ck too. I'm not sure why they made such an important plot point a one-page thing and that's it. Hell, the fight was more of the same. It ended with him taking out the limitations of his cheat weapon, something that was never even shown as a thing before the last 4 to 5 paragraphs of the last chapter in the last volume. Where the hell did the author take out that?

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To close it. I would say that this was a chore. A bad MC and getting rid of some interesting developments and plots make this LN a worse read than the WN at points. I only read this to know how it will end by now. <<less
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danglinhson
danglinhson
March 14, 2021
Status: v2c4 part14
I'm still a little puzzled after reading until now (v2c4 part14) about the specific details of the "Character Reset". If possible, please correct me if I'm wrong.

as for I've read so far:

    1. The character originally got 99 bonus points to allocate for extra perks, like skills, weapons/armors etc...
    1. The character gain 1 bonus point each job level up. (calculated as bonus of the specific job.)
    1. The reset does not cost bonus point. (since he resetted too many times in just 2 volumes)
    1. The total points the character could allocate consists of 99 points + the total bonus points of the jobs he equipped (so if he has 4 jobs available and he could only equip 3, he can only distribute the bonus points of those 3 jobs.)
    1. He could allocate the jobs of party members in the team window, but not their points.
The below is my spoiler ramblings about the MC

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To tell the truth, it's not like I hate his careful advance or something, but I think he's wasting his startup phrase with that overpowered Durandal.

After getting the first s*ave, he should've removed Durandal and use all that points to beef up his xp gain% and xp requirement down% to the max. It would be easier to train how to fight with those lv1 monsters like everyone else do, while leveling like mad, than just 1-shot everything and gain nothing other than the awe of the s*ave. He didn't notice that the xp is also one kind of resource, and since he has to split them between 3 (starting) to 6 (manga newest chap) jobs, that would means he need 6 times the common amount of xp to level up at a common rate. He focused on the blacksmith too early, while it would have be better for his growth to focus on leveling the jobs until they all reach an adequate amount of levels first... and learn how to fight effectively like the locals do.

In the end, that Durandal is deadly only in the hands of an veteran, not in the hands of a noob who almost got killed by a bunch of lv1 mobs.

Sure he switched to magic later on, but he still kept Durandal on his waist just to replenish mana... what a joke.

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FunnyFear
FunnyFear rated it
November 27, 2024
Status: v12
Finally the translation of the light novel got to where the web broke off. And what do we have? The author removed the funny conflict between Rutina and Roxanne and how the discipline was handled. Instead, he just slept with her almost as soon as they got home. That just sucks.

So the paid novella was a loss compared to the web. Even the dialog with the Duke is impoverished during the destruction of Duke Selmar. Well at least they took away the girls' endless phrases that they repeated like parrots.... more>> And there's kind of a general decrease in grind.

Still, it's a dumb harem novel with flat characters and an insecure MC. He may present himself well in the story, even with bigwigs like the Duke, but they feel like NPCs rather than real people. He doesn't reveal anything to his girls, not even that all professions have levels, not just Explorer. Imagine living with a lover for a long time and not revealing ANYTHING.

Fanservice stays behind the scenes, we read how MC drools with lust just to go to a timeskip.

The only upside is that it's not a bad way to kill time. The author doesn't let the hero go far beyond the dungeon to ruin the story, make it s*upid and implausible. So you read a leisurely slice of life story where almost nothing happens between getting a new s*ave. <<less
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areal
areal rated it
September 20, 2024
Status: v4 epilogue
Review purely from the comparisons over the alternative versions/adaptations:

For this same progression of the plot, just read manga, it includes expanded adult scenes without the bizzare and out of place one liners or phrases.

The WN has a different progression of the plot but is a much better reading experience, with a comparatively much more relatable MC and better exploration of the game elements. Consider it, this is really a worthwhile slice of life story. (FYI: WN Affiliated links have certain chapters cut off, other sites have the full chapter)
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