I actually never expected myself to be invested in this series but look at me now. I was introduced to this series when I saw a fan translation of the manga on a forum, the introduction was kinda generic but what keep the series afloat for me was the character interaction, up until the Irregular encounter I never thought about this series that much. When the first major enemy was introduced I was completely hooked! Using story book characters as irregular encounters was genius! Not to mention their powers are based on their stories and legends. I blitz the manga in a day and was hungry for more content so I searched the net for the source material and I found this place. I'm not as good as reading japanese as I am speaking so I had a hard time since there are no official english translation for the work so I just used MTL. I know this series was good but I didn't know it was THIS GOOD. No seriously the world building was amazing and the power progression is quite reasonable, not to mention the way the author uses foreshadowing to the future events several chapters apart was One Piece level of foreshadowing. The only thing I that would make this series a tier above others for me is if they include something like a World Cup or any international competition. I like the concept that Monster Coliseum provides I just hope it gets expanded. I would like a concept like Gym Battles and so much more. I really like that their are regional variants for monster like how a Cu Sith from Japan is a lot less stronger that Cu Sith from their country of origins. I also love that their are a lot of factions in this world it makes it much more alive than the rest.
I could go on for another 1000 words about the characters and themes but I would probably burn out after that so I'll just leave it here.
If I could give it a higher rating I would screw this three star system of kakuyomu.
Anyways recommended. If you can get past the slow start I swear to the Gods and the heavens above it will be worth your time. Hope it gets an English release and probably an Anime?
カクヨムの中で最も好きな作品です。
好きな人の評価は非常に高いと思うし、それはサポーター数という形で表されていると思います。
個人的に世界観がこの作品の面白さの多くを占めていると考えているため、ハーレム物やキャラゲーなどが最も好きな人には合わないかもしれません。
「とある科学の超電磁砲」をキャラではなく学園都市という世界観が面白いと感じる人が好きそうな作品かなと考えています。(古いか?)
そのため、Tipsや掲示板などで世界観を広げてくれているのが非常に嬉しいし、良い点と考えています。
主人公は決して一般的な勇者や英雄ではありません。(5章は微妙か?)
そのため、いわゆる王道なストーリーは期待しない方が良いです。
好きな人は大好きになる作品と思うので未読の方は1章だけでも読むことをオススメします。面白さは1章でわかると思います。
1章が合わない人は以降を読んでも合わないと思うのでプラウザバック推奨です。
一点注意です。
サポーター向けの限定コンテンツとして記念閑話と次章の試作品があります。
試作品のため、待っていたら完成品が後日投稿されます。
そのため、続きはサポーター限定ではないし長期休載状態(俗に言うエター)ではありません。230327時点
詳細は近況ノートの「サポーター向け限定コンテンツについて」を読んでください。
つまり、待てができないサポーターが沢山いるということですね♪