Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (WN) Chapter v41 Discussion

well to sum this up :

volume 1: you will see the MC change from a shy kid with pitiful skills to a gunslinger devouring his way through the dungeon.

volume 2: girls x 2 (you can stop here)

volume 3: girls x 3 (please stop)

volume 4: there is a picture of another girl on the cover so you know what to expect

volume 5: whats that on the cover? Its another harem member ladies and gentlemen

I was really hooked on this novel in the first volume not only because the change in the MC but also

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when he uncovered the truth about the game that the gods of that world are playing and proclaimed that no god can stand in his way

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That shows that this novel is different from the generic reincarnated novels and has a bigger story behind it rather than just beating the demon king and happy ever after. I ignored the meeting with the first girl since I really want her to have some pivotal role in the story. I even gave the second girl a pass and thought that she was gonna be a short lived guide or a sacrifice or something.

But then a harem starts to form with all the conventional tropes. At that point the author was saying "Sike! That's the wrong number!" and proceeded to slap the readers face by force-feeding them a harem.

Had this novel stayed true to the first volume then I would give it a 4/5 and will get hyped for the anime but sadly there are other noteworthy novels better than this one.

tl;dr: read first chapter, don't touch the others

If you want a novel that has a twist on the reincarnation trope and gives you a new look at the reincarnation process then I would recommend the works by Andur at Armaell's Library. (Note that its for mature r18 readers only)