Dungeon Battle Royale ~ Since I Became a Demon King, I Will Aim for World Domination ~ Chapter 240 Discussion

Best way I can describe this one succinctly would be: [It's like a korean gate-fantasy web novel was written as a japanese light novel with a dose of warring states japan thrown in the mix.]

It has the standard tropes of the gate-fantasy subgenre with some alterations. There are two sides fighting each other, humanity and the demon kings and a system in play that forces them to fight. At the beginning of the cataclysm Demon kings, which were originally humans were given a sovereignty of 6km patches of land and humanity was ejected from those, most of the Demon King's territories being centered on areas that were once densely populated. Which unsurprisingly really messed up logistics and made normal life impossible. To survive both sides must fight, which is the goal and design of some higher being.

The MC, Shion, is a mix of a clever, ruthless and a bit of a dunce, making this both fun and at times frustrating to read as he'll obsess over just about everything while planning but manage to totally miss the mark in execution. Most times it still turns out well but occasionally those times will feel like the author railroading, which isnt good tbh. Personality wise beyond that Shion is about as interesting as watching paint dry. His interactions with people are boring to put it plainly. The supporting cast is likelwise a bit lackluster with their personalities being easily described by simple archetypes.

What makes this story interesting enough for me to read up to current, at the time of writing this, is the ebb and flow of the multiple front conflicts. The way different strategies have to be used, due to the rules the world is forced to abide by, when attacking Demon territories or Human territories. Human territories usually involve large scale battles while, In demon territory the rules force people to restrict numbers and create elite attack teams to simultaneously attack multiple dungeons existing in one demon kings territory.

All in all its a fun read if you like level-up fantasy stuff with battles of escalating scale, but there is not much to be found here beyond that.

As a side note I'm a bit confused by the harem tag. The inner circle has a pretty even mix of gender that I think is actually leaning to more males than females. And there isn't even a sliver of romance at all in the 240 chapters i've read so far.