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The last chapter I’ve read is chapter eight of volume two. Other than the information found on the synopsis, another premise of the story is building a community to stand up against their oppressors. The Kingdom Building tag led me to read this novel, and I'm surprised that only a few novels have a Kingdom Building tag.I’ve rated it three because the execution of the story felt flat after volume one. If I’m going to rate volume one only, I could give this a four. If I’m going to rate volume two as a standalone, I’ll rate it two. Due to this reason, it’s imperative to split my review into two sections to be more objective; one portion is to review the first volume, while the other is to review the second.The first volume of the novel felt balanced most of the time. The exposition at the beginning flowed well and it’s not a too-much-information moment. I’ve read worse prologue than this. The pacing is good but there are times when the story content is unnecessary. For example, there are irrelevant expositions about potato farming or unnecessary dialogues between the protagonist and the supposed-to-be heroine; either doesn’t characterize the characters or add value to the plot at all which I tend to skip. Don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy the science during the potato farming session or other information – which I don’t know the degree of verisimilitude – but it’s not the information I expected on this novel. What I want to learn about is the world surrounding the protagonist’s community; the political landscape of the setting; exploration about other characters within the community. The magic system is well thought out but not explained well. I liked the battle near the end of the volume.Volume two is a nightmare. I’ll be honest, I skipped a lot of dialogue and narration; I even skipped a whole chapter which is about cooking. In one chapter, there’s too much unnecessary dialogue; I could count one or two dialogues that is necessary. There’s too much inspirational dialogue which I found redundant and unnecessary.What stayed consistent throughout the novel regardless if it’s volume one or two is the character development. It is nonexistent except for the antagonist at early chapters – the antagonist vanished on later chapters too. It could be due to the protagonist being overpowered since the beginning. As compared with tensei shittara slime for other side characters’ development, this novel felt flat.I just hope volume two picks up the pace or I’ll drop this novel.
