[Kitzoku] Strongest Gamer - Let's Play in Another World Light Novel - Volume 1 - PDF (SolPress) [V2.0]

Synopsis

“I-Isn’t this a little too hardcore!?”

Kousaka Aoi is a young, avid gamer well-versed in all types of gaming. Down on his luck, he comes upon a suspicious job offer looking for those "proficient in games."

Things were looking up, but before he knew it... he's thrown into another world! And now finds himself stuck at the bottom of a ravine with nothing but a pickaxe and shovel.

At a loss of what to do, he slowly learns he can make a living in this by trading items he can craft. What other possibilities are there in this new ever-expanding, game-like world our protagonist finds himself in!?

"If that's how it is, then I guess it's time to use all the knowledge I've gained from games, and let my gaming spirit shine!"

Let's get to writing a strategy guide! I may be stuck in another world, but I’ll do my best to make the most of it!

(Taken from SolPress)

Genres

Comedy, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Isekai

Links

MyAnimeList

LNDB

This was a fun read, and I enjoyed it far more than I thought I would.

However

I recommend treating this as a one-shot if you're planning to read it.

Reason A being;

While there is 2 volumes currently out in Japan, and the series is still considered to be "publishing", the last released volume was in February of 2016. There has been an absolute radio silence from the author ever since.

I managed to locate his Syosetu page, but could not find anything like a Twitter, or any other social media connected to him.

And his last activity on Syosetu seems to have been around the time of the publication of volume 2.

So, the most logical conclusion is that this series has probably been dropped, or something happened to the author.

Which means that there probably won't be any more volumes published. And volume 2 does not seems to be good at all, read reason B if you want to know why.

Reason B being;

TL;DR: Lol harem shit.

While looking through the few Japanese Amazon reviews there were, I noticed that volume 1 was recieved pretty favourably, with a rating of 4+.

Volume 2 on the other hand, had a rating of around 2.5. Reading one of the reviews clued me into why. It seems like the author decided to start turning the series into a harem and volume 2 seems to focus on a new character who's a female knight. While essentially completely forgetting about the heroine from volume 1.

Rant Ahead

The whole reason I even consider this novel to be a fun read was because of how hard it was pushing the romance aspect without any interrupted confessions or useless harem shticks.

But, lo and behold, it started to turn into a harem in volume 2.

The only thing that makes this novel even stand out one bit against the other novels that are pretty much exactly the same is that it had a cute and nice one on one romance thing going on, with it turning into a harem, it's literally just the same as every other Isekai LN out there.

I'm personally not going to read volume 2, or any other volumes, if any more would ever be released.

As far as I know, volume 2 doesn't exist, just like the Avatar movie.