Interesting that I just mentioned this in the manga weekly thread as well. Based on the descriptions of the LN volumes, it seems like the manga basically just wrapped up LN1 and started LN2. I was initially expecting something like Overlord, but it is a bit different. There is much more of a focus on the main character actually planning and building up her strength systematically whereas Ainz basically starts OP and lets others devise most of his plans (or post-facto explain them). The climax of her first big fight with other players was pretty darn epic. This kind of story does run the risk of getting too bogged down in explaining all the things though. That is often what makes power fantasy isekai kind of suck once they start introducing too many stat screens/skills/mechanics.
The first volumes were more action-packed. Things did happen that drove the plot forward. This last volume had big stuff happen, but it was all happening “off-screen”. What the reader actually ot to see was more like (paraphrasing):
“Well if I use evolution on mob A 15 times and then put those 15 new mobs into the alchemical chamber and give it 800 exp and a drop of my bood, I get special mob B. Okay lets try with an unevolutionized mob A… Okay it doesn’t work. Maybe I should check with the evolutionized subtype of mob A. Okay, 15 subtype mob A plus 800 exp and a drop of blood… Oh, it’s 1.75 times stronger than the basic version…”.
This is a bit exaggerated, but basically what the volume boils down to. They create half a dozen or so new species by trial and error in this volume. It was just plain boring to read. I would have rather read about the stuff happening off-screen.
Interesting that I just mentioned this in the manga weekly thread as well. Based on the descriptions of the LN volumes, it seems like the manga basically just wrapped up LN1 and started LN2. I was initially expecting something like Overlord, but it is a bit different. There is much more of a focus on the main character actually planning and building up her strength systematically whereas Ainz basically starts OP and lets others devise most of his plans (or post-facto explain them). The climax of her first big fight with other players was pretty darn epic. This kind of story does run the risk of getting too bogged down in explaining all the things though. That is often what makes power fantasy isekai kind of suck once they start introducing too many stat screens/skills/mechanics.
The first volumes were more action-packed. Things did happen that drove the plot forward. This last volume had big stuff happen, but it was all happening “off-screen”. What the reader actually ot to see was more like (paraphrasing):
This is a bit exaggerated, but basically what the volume boils down to. They create half a dozen or so new species by trial and error in this volume. It was just plain boring to read. I would have rather read about the stuff happening off-screen.