Glass' World and the Wave Invaders. Raphtalia's and Sadina's country. The 4 Benevolent Spirit's purpose.

This is the basic power fantasy isekai which probably should be the forerunner on how to do it without leaning heavily towards any one gimmick or subgenre. In other words it has a little of everything which makes this the perfect story to recommend to anyone getting into isekai overall. It's not too political yet at the same time it's not just slice of life and the character aren't constantly overpowered, true to the point of having the word "Rising" in it's title. As someone who read the original webnovel back when it was being first translated I can say this is definitely an overall improvement however there things I feel was lost in the jump

Pros

• • It has a very easy to understand plot, you're not constantly turning your head trying to keep up with subtle nuances in a characters actions trying to guess motivations or how A will effect B politically
  • Nothing is ever really explained multiple times unless it's during the prologue which around volume 10 is used exclusively for that purpose. Otherwise it's only ever explained again if said concept hasn't appeared in a volume or 2 such as a passing character mention
  • Antagonist are not purely Monsters or Humans you have a general mix of I'd say 2:3 so some volumes you'd have your chaotic evil monsters but others you'd have scheming humans

• • Good characters: Thanks to the Light Novel format most characters now have ample screen time and development beyond their basic caricatures in the Web Novel most notably Sadeena, Fohl, Ren and Itsuki all receiving full fleshed out backstories and character arcs. This works both ways however your given all the more reason to hate the villain as they are more nasty and ugly and you just love to hate these guys and I personally feel it's a good thing if you can feel elated at a villain's death/defeat cause that means they were written well enough for the reader to care. If you've never read the Web Novel I will admit the characters can come off as one note especially since everyone has a unique way of talking

• • World Building is excellent hearing how all the countries actually have different relations with certain heroes is really interesting to read such as one nation hating the Shield hero while it's neighbor worships it and the history of how said ideology came into place is just the icing on the cake
  • MC deliberately goes out of his way not to use previous game knowledge as he know it might end up getting him killed or causing more problems than it solves which separates him from other MCs
    and provides the contrast between him and his fellow heroes

Cons:

• • People will be real quick to point out the Spirit Turtle taking a volume compared to the original 10 chapters or so. I can definitely seeing that being a turn off or coming off as filler, but the series does keep it's constancy as most arcs take a single volume or at worst 2
  • This story is not deep at all. So if you were looking for some soul questioning story, super intense multi-faceted characters or a political narrative you might as well not pick this one up

• • Coming from the Web novel I couldn't help but notice the story feels bloated. The author's main goal was to tie up any loose ends he left hanging in the Web novel. So while I personally enjoy it cause I get to read about said loose ends and missing character arcs, it comes off as a detriment to others as it the story doesn't look close to ending as it seems volume 20-22 (which is untranslated as of now) has them doing new content not even hinted at in the original novel which I'm personally guessing has to do with the original Shield Hero

• • The MC lost some of his perceptiveness from the Web Novel. He was able to completely see though most enemies and allies almost immediately most notably the females who are in love with him and actual motivation. His reasoning was "I'm in a war, the last thing I need is relationships effecting teamwork or even worse someone being out of action for 6-10 months cause of pregnancy."
    Here, he seems borderline delusional when it comes to relationships. Which I guess is the point the author was trying to make since the MC was accused of R*pe, but comes off as clumsy
  • While we're on the subject of the MC
    people will say his desire for revenge is half baked at best and thus subtracts for them. My counter point is that was the point the author was trying to stress. The MC was trying to be someone he's not and is even played for laughs in later volumes
  • Battles can get repetitive with the skills used particularly that of the "Stardust Series"
  • I've actually seen some spelling/grammar errors here and there, probably no more than 5-10. While it isn't deal breaking it's still note worthy considering this is a officially published light novel that's been localized