World Reformation Activities of the Dark God — Loving Humans So Much, I Reincarnated in One — Chapter 211 Discussion

If I had read this novel before other kingdom building novels such as Release the Witch, Genjitsushuji no Yuusha, and In a Different World with a Smartphone, I would have likely given a higher favourability rating to this novel as a whole. Apart from the fact that this novel has serious problems in regards to its priorities in world building, this novel has it all. From overpowered protagonist to fantasy elements - Gods, monsters, heroes, fighting, etc.

Now what do I mean by priorities in world building? It's nothing big. It's just that the world in this novels seems to only center around Churches. That's it. While I do understand the whole narrative of this story focuses on the creation of the world, the perspective of this novel is too narrow in comparisons to others I have come across. Try reading Invincible Saint Salaryman - even in that novel where there is a central power that is dominated by a Church, they have other countries that are ruled by a different power.

Anyways my point is, even after 200 chapters in the reader gets no sense of any country names/boundaries, of any higher order rulers in the world apart from the Church officials, any non-church military powers, and so on. While I do like the fact that the author attempts to "better the world" through the Church, I would have honestly liked to see some more world progression apart from the Church, and more onto the world's citizens itself.

Characters in this novel aren't that bad, but again I would have loved to see more vast array of characters apart from the ones whose affiliations are with the Church. You have the indifferent OP protagonist, the heroic and chivalric leaders, the sly villains, the arrogant people that hold high positions and so on.

... I have no idea where I am going with this at this point, but here was my short thoughts on this novel so far. While it is heaps better than the novel Kumo Desu-ga in that there is plenty of human interaction with the OP characters, this novel doesn't particularly excel in any shape or form since it has a rather big weakness of world building. But heck, as long as you're the type of person who loves isekai/fantasy novels, then giving this novel a try wouldn't hurt.