Anime Discussion Thread - Page 4538

the LN is not translated all the way through but most of the WNs are translated, they diverge at volume 5 of the LN.
people say that the two diverge so widely they end up being two completely different stories, so take that as you will.

I'm on chapter 105 (so less than 1/5 of the way through the WNs), but I'll give some general thoughts on the overall plot/writing style:
from what I can tell, the WNs feel like they're written by a very, very immature 16 year old with a very distorted emotional view of the world; the LNs retain some of the angst but it seems to be toned down. I'm not sure if the WNs will continue this way, because I really didn't feel such a negative vibe towards the author until ~chapter 60ish. Before that point it was still tolerable within hackneyed shounen tropes.

Without revealing anything from the plot, his emotional outlook is rather narrow, angry at the world, unforgiving, unaccepting of others, etc.
A lot of the characterization of the MC is contradictory and infuriatingly naiive as well - says he hates a harem but the author gives him one anyways, tries to empower those that are more unfortunate than he is but approves of slavery, uses sweeping generalizations and applies them to his interactions with others, etc etc. I could go on and on but just imagine the brattiest dweeb kid writing a novel that about his experiences in an rpg world and you'll have the framework for tate no yuusha.
I should also mention his interactions with the queen are quite hypocritical as well, but you'll see what I'm talking about when you get there.

Hopefully in the later chapters the author grows up a bit and gets his shit together, because it's truly unfortunate that the background is so interesting but the characters leave such an acrid taste in your mouth.
I honestly don't think there's a truly likeable character in the novel save for maybe raphtalia.

What the novel does have going for it is the overall environment that the characters are thrown into. There's really nothing you haven't seen before - the whole 'guy is thrown into an irl rpg with a weak legendary weapon but manages to overcome obstacles and save the world!!!!' trope is nothing new really, but it's entertaining enough for me to overlook its weaknesses, regardless of how annoyed I am.
this is one of the rare times where I believe an anime adaptation (if it ever happens) would be superior to its original text form - mainly because we don't have to deal with his selfish immature inner thoughts.

imo danmachi is much more interesting when we compare stories with similar settings, and tate no yuusha is ridiculously overrated. I realize I bashed it quite a bit but like I said before, it's still worth a cursory read.