If you think it has potential I’d say give the LNs a try.

At this stage you’ll stand a better chance of enjoying the story by reading the LNs. So far the anime is mostly leaving stuff out without adding much to compensate. I’m only sticking around in the hopes production quality somehow picks up again.

Edit: The manga could also be worth a try, the art is a lot better.

Yeah it’s not a good adaptation. The MC’s motivations come across a lot better in the LNs.

And yeah those shadows are freaking weird.

Huh mangakas must be paid better than I thought.