Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (WN) Chapter 402 Discussion

First of all, I actually agree with everyone else about this novel. Like, the first volume seems pretty good!... until when the author decided to mix in his delusions (he actually admitted to this, by the way!) with the novel. The only reason why I decided to read until c402, is because of 2 reasons:

1. The loli vampire is inspired by Yukari Yakumo (from Touhou Project, and if you know Bad Apple, you should also know 2hu.) (Note that Yukari Yakumo is not a loli, by the way (although some fanworks do portray her as a loli, because ZUN (Touhou Project creator) is just generally okay with people using his works and create a new spin on his concepts.) Same goes for that bunny girl, she's based on Reisen Udongein Inaba (also not a loli, you can just search it up on the Touhou Wiki and see for yourselves), and because I really love Touhou, I decided to stick around with the story. Heck, the only reason for the fact that I'm stuck at c402, is because I was waiting for new chapters to come in, lol.
2. The author is honest. He did not deny the fact that he mixed in his delusions with his work, just read the afterword. Or, if you're lazy, just read this quoted text: "I’m investing all my experience point to delusion power and work hard, so please take care of this work from here on too." [from Afterword of Afterword chapter, you can read it from bakape*vert.]

I also do find the side characters pretty interesting though. For example, that "Abyss Lord" or "Kousuke Endou"-something guy? has a good story arc (can't really remember his name, it's been a whole damn year ever since the last time I read this, after all).

Overall, 4.5/5 for first volume, 1 (or 2/3, depending on the content of the volume) /5 for every single volume afterwards, and maybe 3.5/5 for the Epilogue stories? (4/5 for the Abyss Lord arc though.) Just... go read anything else besides this, but if you're either bored, or want to see weird, overpowered shite, then.. go ahead, I suppose?