LightNovels

Moon Blossom Asura: The Ruthless Reincarnated Mercenary Forms the Ultimate Army: Volume 2 - Dropped in the second chapter of the volume. Downplayed sexual assault. When the victim reported the incident to their guild leader she even praised the perpetrator for it. When asked why he did that to the girl the following conversation happens: “Good job, Reko! If you’d groped Salume, I would’ve gotten actually mad at you. If you’d touched Lumia, she would’ve punched you. Iina’s Iina. Your judgment was sound.” “Eh heh heh.” Reko looked happy. “WHY ARE YOU PRAISING HIM?! I thought you were gonna scold him!”.

Taking My Reincarnation One Step at a Time: No One Told Me There Would Be Monsters! Volume 4 - This series is has a meek MC that is scared of monsters even though she is overpowered and has nothing to fear, just like Campfire Cooking. But compared to Campfire Cooking here MC is endearing and the "oh I'm scared"-schtick isn't annoying. Reading through this volume I was trying to feel out where the difference is and I think it's because MC isn't dumb. She knows that she would be perfectly fine, she's just scared of bugs and doesn't want to go into a place where there are giant versions of it. Anyway, the characters are likable and are slowly fleshed out. Especially the female sidekick got more background info this volume with the introduction of her family. - 7/10

D-Genesis: Three Years after the Dungeons Appeared Volume 4 + 5 - It's been a while and I completely forgot how jarring, frequent, and on-the-nose the obscure references are. The picture of the author I have in my head from reading this series is someone who interrupts everyone mid-sentence in the most condescending tone to correct some tidbit they said. The "Uhm Akshually..." type. That's how this series reads. Here is an spoiler free excerpt as an example:

“I know she’s an employee of the GIJ, but what’s the story on how the JDA wound up recommending her?” I eyed the No. 103 noodles, rethinking how a porous bronze-cut pasta would pair with tonight’s sauce, and returned them to the pantry in favor of Buitoni No. 71, which I added to the pan. In my mind, there were two brands that ruled the home-meal pasta heap—the smooth Buitoni, and the rough and porous De Cecco. Ever since Nestle Japan’s cessation of direct-market sales of Buitoni, the former had been hard to come by, which had put De Cecco on top, as it was both tasty and cheap. “Well, she has an FGA diploma from the Gemological Association of Great Britain and a Graduate Gemologist degree from the Gemological Institute of America. She’s supposedly a gifted appraiser.”(5)”

Why the fuck is there a tangent about noodle and their sales distribution in the middle of a completely unrelated discussion. And that’s just one example. The entire series is this way. I could have opened a random page and there would be a good chance for some pseudo-sophisticated rambling. I like the idea of building a company around the emergence of dungeons well enough, but the prose is just unbearable.-3/10 dropped again (until I forget that I dropped it an pick up the next volume in a year)