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So I'm a Spider, So What? Light Novel #3
So I'm a Spider, So What?, Vol. 3
Who knew being strong meant going hungry...? After making it through the fiery Middle Stratum and evolving again, things have been a cakewalk for me-and also one of the worst times of my life. I've gotten so strong that every living thing is avoiding me like the plague. Even monsters that wouldn't leave me alone for a second are running away like their lives depend on it. I mean...all I want to do is eat them! Is that too much to ask for?! At this point, about the only thing that WON'T flee the moment it sees me is the earth dragon Araba, and I sure as hell can't have that for a meal...right...?
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July 8, 2021
Huh, has it really been only a week that I've been reading this book? It feels longer, unfortunately.
My attitude aside, how was this volume? The spider's sections continue to be the highlight of the whole thing--she is absolutely the series' centerpiece, and worthy of being the title character. That said, the actual events in this story weren't all that. Unfortunately we're already at a stage where the current story, both on the spider's side and Shun's, is in a kind of holding pattern while it grinds levels (spider) or struggles to find something pertinent to do while it catches up to the other story (Shun). This volume felt especially slow when it introduced tertiary characters' points of view, and then repeated the same part of the story from a main character's point of view, such as the spider's.
Author Baba has changed tack somewhat in showing off the spider's new abilities. Previously, they were explained in detail at the time she earned them. Now, her new abilities are introduced after the fact while the spider is fighting. I can see the dilemma, here. Either you've got "Chekhov's character sheet" where the spider always has occasion to use new abilities not long after they're explained, or it feels like the author is creating new powers out of nowhere, giving the battles a deus ex machina feeling. Deus ex machina is literally what's going on here, so I guess it makes sense for things to go in that direction.
Shun's story breaks out the ultra-cheap trope of for drama. Shun, just like the spider, has a deus ex machina moment as he displays some Taboo-centered abilities we haven't seen before, to save his friends in a rather startling way. I was talking about this part of the plot with a couple of friends who have watched the anime, and they tell me that it wasn't used. Not surprising, since it's been the weakest point in the story thus far, in my opinion.
There are ways in which this series' serial publication acts against it. Individual episodes are interesting and exciting to read--even Shun's--but there have been several occasions where there's more interesting things to ponder, that get no room to breathe because this episode's word count has been reached and it's time for another character's point of view. For example, the spider kills humans for the first time in this volume. It continues the impression that one's physical form predetermines their mentality, even when it comes to a monster who's a reincarnation of a human.* This pivotal event is explained away in a line or two, and then the spider continues to mass-murder people without the slightest pang of conscience. She used healing magic on some humans just a chapter or two previously, but I guess she has no real principles and acts only on whim, or in the interest of gaining more power. People are killed and brought back to life in Shun's sections, and it's just another plot point.
* In Katia's case, this theme has a transphobic vibe--"a man's mind couldn't possibly persist in a female body"--which doesn't sit well with me at all.
I'm not saying that we need pages and pages of pondering on these topics. But things like this do affect the story by making everything feel rather trivial, short-sighted, and/or forgettable. They're called "light novels" for a reason, I suppose.
I've ordered the next couple of these, and when I'm up for more of the same, I'll give them a go, with an ongoing sense of both enjoyment and low expectations. I continue to be grateful for the lack of skeevy shit in this story, but clearing that low bar doesn't mean that I'm committed to it forever, or even for more than what I've read so far. At the very least, I'll be taking a break for a while.
My attitude aside, how was this volume? The spider's sections continue to be the highlight of the whole thing--she is absolutely the series' centerpiece, and worthy of being the title character. That said, the actual events in this story weren't all that. Unfortunately we're already at a stage where the current story, both on the spider's side and Shun's, is in a kind of holding pattern while it grinds levels (spider) or struggles to find something pertinent to do while it catches up to the other story (Shun). This volume felt especially slow when it introduced tertiary characters' points of view, and then repeated the same part of the story from a main character's point of view, such as the spider's.
Author Baba has changed tack somewhat in showing off the spider's new abilities. Previously, they were explained in detail at the time she earned them. Now, her new abilities are introduced after the fact while the spider is fighting. I can see the dilemma, here. Either you've got "Chekhov's character sheet" where the spider always has occasion to use new abilities not long after they're explained, or it feels like the author is creating new powers out of nowhere, giving the battles a deus ex machina feeling. Deus ex machina is literally what's going on here, so I guess it makes sense for things to go in that direction.
Shun's story breaks out the ultra-cheap trope of for drama. Shun, just like the spider, has a deus ex machina moment as he displays some Taboo-centered abilities we haven't seen before, to save his friends in a rather startling way. I was talking about this part of the plot with a couple of friends who have watched the anime, and they tell me that it wasn't used. Not surprising, since it's been the weakest point in the story thus far, in my opinion.
There are ways in which this series' serial publication acts against it. Individual episodes are interesting and exciting to read--even Shun's--but there have been several occasions where there's more interesting things to ponder, that get no room to breathe because this episode's word count has been reached and it's time for another character's point of view. For example, the spider kills humans for the first time in this volume. It continues the impression that one's physical form predetermines their mentality, even when it comes to a monster who's a reincarnation of a human.* This pivotal event is explained away in a line or two, and then the spider continues to mass-murder people without the slightest pang of conscience. She used healing magic on some humans just a chapter or two previously, but I guess she has no real principles and acts only on whim, or in the interest of gaining more power. People are killed and brought back to life in Shun's sections, and it's just another plot point.
* In Katia's case, this theme has a transphobic vibe--"a man's mind couldn't possibly persist in a female body"--which doesn't sit well with me at all.
I'm not saying that we need pages and pages of pondering on these topics. But things like this do affect the story by making everything feel rather trivial, short-sighted, and/or forgettable. They're called "light novels" for a reason, I suppose.
I've ordered the next couple of these, and when I'm up for more of the same, I'll give them a go, with an ongoing sense of both enjoyment and low expectations. I continue to be grateful for the lack of skeevy shit in this story, but clearing that low bar doesn't mean that I'm committed to it forever, or even for more than what I've read so far. At the very least, I'll be taking a break for a while.
October 28, 2020
Spider MC continues her quest to find a way out of the Middle Stratum and hopefully out of the labyrinth entirely. Unfortunately, she has discovered one of the drawbacks of defeating the fire wyrm at the end of the previous book: she's now so powerful and fearsome that weaker monsters avoid her, making it difficult for her to find food. And even then, there are still monsters around who are scarier and much more powerful than she is, namely Mother (the massive spider who gave birth to her) and Earth Dragon Araba.
Shun, meanwhile, has inherited the Hero title after his beloved older brother's death. The Hero title isn't normally passed down to members of the same family, so Shun never expected to become the next one and doesn't feel like he's even close to being as amazing as his brother was. Unfortunately, some shocking developments upend his life even further.
My synopsis feels vague and formless, and that's in part because the book does as well. The first and second books in this series had a pretty clear setup. Book 1: Spider MC was born and struggled to survive in a world where everything wanted to kill her, while in the world outside the labyrinth, Shun and the others did human things. Book 2: Spider MC made it out of the labyrinth's Lower Stratum only to find that the Middle Stratum was practically tailor-made for her destruction. Shun and the others continued to do human things and learned some magic.
In case you can't tell, I was generally more interested in the Spider MC portions of the previous books than the human portions. Unfortunately, in Book 3 Spider MC's chapters felt less focused, and most of the story progression happened in Shun's chapters, even though I continued to be relatively uninterested in him.
Spider MC grew stronger, to the point that she learned some things about this world that Shun and the other reincarnated students didn't know, and instead of doing something with that knowledge (the specifics of which readers were never told) she just continued on as she had been and then decided to face down some of the labyrinth's strongest monsters. Instead of being thrilling, Spider MC's
Shun's portions of the book were filled with betrayal and drastic changes to his life. Unfortunately, Shun still came across as boring and relatively useless, despite his high stats. Part of it was the author's writing - Okina Baba's style works well for Spider MC, but it feels lifeless with just about every other character's POV. The other part of it was just...Shun. He's the most beige of heroes. Even his motivation for agreeing to move forward as the new Hero was tepid.
I finally got the Katia POV chapter I'd wanted since the first book, It was disappointing, but not unexpected.
In Book 2, I realized that the chapters from Shun's POV were probably happening several years after the chapters from Spider MC's POV, and that the Spider MC of the series' present was likely an enormously powerful villain. Book 3 seemed to confirm those things, but the series' timeline aspects have been so confusing that I'm still not sure, and the author made things worse by including several chapters starring more mysterious unnamed characters. I really wish Baba would get to the point and clarify things.
That said, if I'm right about what's going on, I'm not entirely sure if I want to continue on with this series. Spider MC as a morally grey character trying to figure out how to function semi-peacefully outside the labyrinth could have been fun - there was even one chapter that showed the direction that kind of story might take. Spider MC as a murderous and conscienceless villain plotting the world's destruction sounds much less fun to me.
I don't currently own any other books in this series and don't feel much of an urge to go buy more. The grimdark vibe it's taking on doesn't appeal to me. But who knows, maybe the author has plans up their sleeve that will turn things around?
Extras:
A folded page with a couple full-color illustrations, black-and-white illustrations throughout, and an afterword by the author.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
Shun, meanwhile, has inherited the Hero title after his beloved older brother's death. The Hero title isn't normally passed down to members of the same family, so Shun never expected to become the next one and doesn't feel like he's even close to being as amazing as his brother was. Unfortunately, some shocking developments upend his life even further.
My synopsis feels vague and formless, and that's in part because the book does as well. The first and second books in this series had a pretty clear setup. Book 1: Spider MC was born and struggled to survive in a world where everything wanted to kill her, while in the world outside the labyrinth, Shun and the others did human things. Book 2: Spider MC made it out of the labyrinth's Lower Stratum only to find that the Middle Stratum was practically tailor-made for her destruction. Shun and the others continued to do human things and learned some magic.
In case you can't tell, I was generally more interested in the Spider MC portions of the previous books than the human portions. Unfortunately, in Book 3 Spider MC's chapters felt less focused, and most of the story progression happened in Shun's chapters, even though I continued to be relatively uninterested in him.
Spider MC grew stronger, to the point that she learned some things about this world that Shun and the other reincarnated students didn't know, and instead of doing something with that knowledge (the specifics of which readers were never told) she just continued on as she had been and then decided to face down some of the labyrinth's strongest monsters. Instead of being thrilling, Spider MC's
Shun's portions of the book were filled with betrayal and drastic changes to his life. Unfortunately, Shun still came across as boring and relatively useless, despite his high stats. Part of it was the author's writing - Okina Baba's style works well for Spider MC, but it feels lifeless with just about every other character's POV. The other part of it was just...Shun. He's the most beige of heroes. Even his motivation for agreeing to move forward as the new Hero was tepid.
I finally got the Katia POV chapter I'd wanted since the first book, It was disappointing, but not unexpected.
In Book 2, I realized that the chapters from Shun's POV were probably happening several years after the chapters from Spider MC's POV, and that the Spider MC of the series' present was likely an enormously powerful villain. Book 3 seemed to confirm those things, but the series' timeline aspects have been so confusing that I'm still not sure, and the author made things worse by including several chapters starring more mysterious unnamed characters. I really wish Baba would get to the point and clarify things.
That said, if I'm right about what's going on, I'm not entirely sure if I want to continue on with this series. Spider MC as a morally grey character trying to figure out how to function semi-peacefully outside the labyrinth could have been fun - there was even one chapter that showed the direction that kind of story might take. Spider MC as a murderous and conscienceless villain plotting the world's destruction sounds much less fun to me.
I don't currently own any other books in this series and don't feel much of an urge to go buy more. The grimdark vibe it's taking on doesn't appeal to me. But who knows, maybe the author has plans up their sleeve that will turn things around?
Extras:
A folded page with a couple full-color illustrations, black-and-white illustrations throughout, and an afterword by the author.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
January 30, 2021
Okina does it again as we continue to follow our nameless titular spider. As well as the other reincarnation from her class. We spend more time with the humans in this one than in previous installments, and that allows for us to learn more about the world and things happening outside of the labyrinth.
And things are definitely getting interesting. We have betrayal, murder, nefarious political movements and more above ground. While below ground, our favorite spider has become so strong, that other monsters avoid her without hesitation. And since she needs to beat and eat monsters to survive and grow, well you see the problem.
She’s in danger, not of being killed by the monsters running from her, but from the the lack of sustenance she gets from beating and eating the monsters. She’s evolved again, and defeated quite a few different types of monsters in the Middle Stratum, the fire and magma-filled floor of the labyrinth she had to traverse to make it back to the Upper Stratum where she was born. In doing so, she’s grown much stronger, but she still wants to make it back to the Upper Stratum so she can relax again. At her current power level though, and the skills attained reaching that level, she’s avoided by most if not all the monsters of the Middle Stratum, which is a testament to how formidable she’s actually become.
I’m so proud of our little spider!
She went from being nearly one-shotted on multiple occasions to invoking fear in monsters that should be able to squash a spider with little to no effort. Throughout the course of the novel, we see her grow even stronger, and while this strength does take a lot of the tension out of her fights, her story never fails to be entertaining. We get to see her experiment with her skills in order to come up with better strategies than she’s been able to devise up to this point, thanks to the aforementioned OP skills.
But, speaking of OP skills, we get to learn a bit more about the way this world works and the purpose of the systems in place. There’s still a lot we don’t know, but the things we do learn in this volume are wild revelations nonetheless. I won’t spoil those, but I will say, I’m wholly interested to see how things play out after the events of this book.
On the human reincarnations’ side of the story, which gets a lot more focus this go round, I’m left reeling. The more time we spend with Shun, Katia, and the others the more confused I get. In a good way. We get to learn about the world much more than we can within the walls of the labyrinth. This includes who is vying for power, who is at war with who, and why things seems to be going to hell in a basket. With the previous hero dead, and Shun now tasked with the title, there are people who disagree with it. Enough so that Shun is soon on the run. I won’t say anymore than that so as not to spoil anything, but man are things heating up, both inside and outside the labyrinth!
Lastly, we get to see our spider go up against the beast that she’s run into a couple times before: the earth dragon. And man oh man is it an intense fight! Definitely one of my favorite fights so far. I’m looking forward to the next book after the ending we get with this one.
And things are definitely getting interesting. We have betrayal, murder, nefarious political movements and more above ground. While below ground, our favorite spider has become so strong, that other monsters avoid her without hesitation. And since she needs to beat and eat monsters to survive and grow, well you see the problem.
She’s in danger, not of being killed by the monsters running from her, but from the the lack of sustenance she gets from beating and eating the monsters. She’s evolved again, and defeated quite a few different types of monsters in the Middle Stratum, the fire and magma-filled floor of the labyrinth she had to traverse to make it back to the Upper Stratum where she was born. In doing so, she’s grown much stronger, but she still wants to make it back to the Upper Stratum so she can relax again. At her current power level though, and the skills attained reaching that level, she’s avoided by most if not all the monsters of the Middle Stratum, which is a testament to how formidable she’s actually become.
I’m so proud of our little spider!
She went from being nearly one-shotted on multiple occasions to invoking fear in monsters that should be able to squash a spider with little to no effort. Throughout the course of the novel, we see her grow even stronger, and while this strength does take a lot of the tension out of her fights, her story never fails to be entertaining. We get to see her experiment with her skills in order to come up with better strategies than she’s been able to devise up to this point, thanks to the aforementioned OP skills.
But, speaking of OP skills, we get to learn a bit more about the way this world works and the purpose of the systems in place. There’s still a lot we don’t know, but the things we do learn in this volume are wild revelations nonetheless. I won’t spoil those, but I will say, I’m wholly interested to see how things play out after the events of this book.
On the human reincarnations’ side of the story, which gets a lot more focus this go round, I’m left reeling. The more time we spend with Shun, Katia, and the others the more confused I get. In a good way. We get to learn about the world much more than we can within the walls of the labyrinth. This includes who is vying for power, who is at war with who, and why things seems to be going to hell in a basket. With the previous hero dead, and Shun now tasked with the title, there are people who disagree with it. Enough so that Shun is soon on the run. I won’t say anymore than that so as not to spoil anything, but man are things heating up, both inside and outside the labyrinth!
Lastly, we get to see our spider go up against the beast that she’s run into a couple times before: the earth dragon. And man oh man is it an intense fight! Definitely one of my favorite fights so far. I’m looking forward to the next book after the ending we get with this one.
October 15, 2018
The best parts of the book are those where we're following the protagonist as she grows and evolves. I'm not so keen on the repeated full-status screens of antagonists, and the bits with the other reincarnation players are... eh.
December 18, 2020
Wow we learn alot from this volume it was quite an interesting read as always
Yeah and as always spider MC is still leveling up but new sets of challenges emerges as she gets stronger and stronger
Well all the challenges she has faced thus far have threatened her life
Thats common knowledge by now
But this new challenge is so utterly ridiculous that i find it funny
I mean
She finds herself in a serious food supply problem
As we all know by now her only source of nutrition in the labyrinth is the flesh of other creatures.
So she won’t have anything to eat if she can’t take down some monsters.
And the reason she can't take down monsters is because all the monsters are literally running away upon sensing her
Her strong aura repels her food
The story proceeds
Alot of things happen as usual
Spider MC encounters a self proclaimed evil God D who we learn gave her the wisdom skill not to mention she thinks that D is an administrator
She still doesn't know much about these administrators but she speculates they probably manage the skills that exist in this world
She admits that she accepted the game like skills and stats present in this parallel world as a natural phenomenon but the knowledge of the administrators who built this system and their intentions worries her
She doesnt like that she might be dancing in the palms of D in her daily struggles of living since the self proclaimed evil God D finds her daily life and death battles as mere entertainment
She realizes that even if she learns more about the administrators at her current level she can barely do anything she equates going against the administrators as going against a comet
She puts those thoughts aside and proceeds with her activities in the dungeon
To only be reunited by her mom
A touching moment in deed as her spider mother is controlling asf.
More like mind control
And spider MC battles her mom mentally and indirectly physically on the battle field as she crushes the minions(monster spiders) her mom sends to assassinate her
Afterwards she faces a Dragon a overly overpowered creature not as usual since this creature is the ultimate Apex predator
And towards the end of the book we see her achieve her goals
The first one she made in the first volume after humans lit her webs on fire and she had to flee like a coward from her precious home
I mean being evicted was tough on her and she vowed she wont live like that anymore
But it seemed throughout volumes 1 and 2 she always fled stating that her main goal is staying alive
So it was fun seeing her acting like a true protagonist gushing with mad willpower almost Naruto like being like
"I won’t run away.As long as I have the slightest chance of winning, no matter how slim that chance might be, I’ll never give up."
It kinda gave me the goosebumps and i found myself falling in love with Spider MC despite her having multiple personalities or more like multiple brains i mean that would serve as a personality disorder from our worlds standard .A red flag
Well she's a huge red flag at least in my opinion i mean on one occasion she helps humans being attacked in the dungeon and even heals one of them from the brink of death but on another occasion she becomes merciless and uses her mega eight eyes instant death stare slaying several humans in the dungeon well in her defense
Yeah in her defense well yeah it was self defense i get and we learn about her morality which is so onpoint with mine where we only follow the rules since not following them would be a bother
Well back on the kingdom well its the usual boring cliche build up where ooh no the demon lord is attacking and the fate of the world is in danger lol
Funny how whenever humans are attacked it becomes the fate of the world that is in danger
Like humans tend to tie their fate with the earth alot like they just can't go and leave the earth out of this it's the classic dazai double suicide
I mean they are literally saying the humans are the world
Anyways
Back on the border between human and demon territory, each side has constructed fortresses to prevent the other from invading.
There were eight fortresses on the human side, which fended off demon invasion for a long time.
But in this battle, the demons sent forces to attack all eight forts.
Like ooh noo lol lol lol and the usual the humans have suffered great casualties losing some of the forts lol
And the classic of two dilemmas happening at the same time
Ooh no the demon lord is attacking and back in the kingdom yeah the king with the many kids is being dethroned
Yeah so cliche but true to history the king with the many kids always has that one kid who is hell bent on taking the throne before their time
And the clasic the previous hero has perished now the new hero who is a kid should quickly go onto the frontlines and serves as the humans last line of defence against the demon army saving us weak humans from extinction
Yeah just convenient how Julius dies to pave way for his younger reincarnated brother Shun
And the usual psychological battles of the sappy Shun the Reincarnated Mc new hero faces
He clarifies why he was against killing a monster and why he finds it hard to slay a being with higher intelligence
He admits its not from an overbearing sense of morality but from his own cowardice
I mean
He admits that he is a coward which i like
I mean i like this alot
I like his character development
Since he finally overcomes his fear and swears to lay to waste to the one who killed the previous hero Julius .Poor Julius now your brother is on a mission of revenge
So woohooo a goal and a reason to fight
The classic I'm going to be the Hoekage willpower for our Shun woohoo
But i wonder if he will achieve it i mean
Spider MC went out of her way and maxed out the taboo skill and gained knowledge that the world they are in is collapsing
And yeah later on Shun Also discovers from his elf class teacher from earth that this world was created ....
Lol i want to see more about the spider MC
I always cringe when they switch to the humans
Like tf who changed the channel
So can't wait to read about spider MC next journey of discovering new foods out of the dungeon no more battles please
A food focus for the next volume please
Spider MC foods were horrible and the only tasty thing she has eaten thus far were catfishes and human sweets
So now that she has left the Dungeon I'd love to see more tasty foods so will it be humans or human foods now she is an S class monster who sends humans running by her sheer aura
So it would be interesting to see how she aquires human food or will humans be her new staple food.I mean I guess the humans have no need to worry.
I mean for example in this world of ours of course the existence of an afterlife makes the current life meaningless source :Araragi Koyomi well
I mean death in this parallel world doesn't mean death in like you are gone gone for good at least that what Spider MC learns after her anticlimactic dragon slaying .
Yeah Samurai dragons that die with honor are the best
Yeah and as always spider MC is still leveling up but new sets of challenges emerges as she gets stronger and stronger
Well all the challenges she has faced thus far have threatened her life
Thats common knowledge by now
But this new challenge is so utterly ridiculous that i find it funny
I mean
She finds herself in a serious food supply problem
As we all know by now her only source of nutrition in the labyrinth is the flesh of other creatures.
So she won’t have anything to eat if she can’t take down some monsters.
And the reason she can't take down monsters is because all the monsters are literally running away upon sensing her
Her strong aura repels her food
The story proceeds
Alot of things happen as usual
Spider MC encounters a self proclaimed evil God D who we learn gave her the wisdom skill not to mention she thinks that D is an administrator
She still doesn't know much about these administrators but she speculates they probably manage the skills that exist in this world
She admits that she accepted the game like skills and stats present in this parallel world as a natural phenomenon but the knowledge of the administrators who built this system and their intentions worries her
She doesnt like that she might be dancing in the palms of D in her daily struggles of living since the self proclaimed evil God D finds her daily life and death battles as mere entertainment
She realizes that even if she learns more about the administrators at her current level she can barely do anything she equates going against the administrators as going against a comet
She puts those thoughts aside and proceeds with her activities in the dungeon
To only be reunited by her mom
A touching moment in deed as her spider mother is controlling asf.
More like mind control
And spider MC battles her mom mentally and indirectly physically on the battle field as she crushes the minions(monster spiders) her mom sends to assassinate her
Afterwards she faces a Dragon a overly overpowered creature not as usual since this creature is the ultimate Apex predator
And towards the end of the book we see her achieve her goals
The first one she made in the first volume after humans lit her webs on fire and she had to flee like a coward from her precious home
I mean being evicted was tough on her and she vowed she wont live like that anymore
But it seemed throughout volumes 1 and 2 she always fled stating that her main goal is staying alive
So it was fun seeing her acting like a true protagonist gushing with mad willpower almost Naruto like being like
"I won’t run away.As long as I have the slightest chance of winning, no matter how slim that chance might be, I’ll never give up."
It kinda gave me the goosebumps and i found myself falling in love with Spider MC despite her having multiple personalities or more like multiple brains i mean that would serve as a personality disorder from our worlds standard .A red flag
Well she's a huge red flag at least in my opinion i mean on one occasion she helps humans being attacked in the dungeon and even heals one of them from the brink of death but on another occasion she becomes merciless and uses her mega eight eyes instant death stare slaying several humans in the dungeon well in her defense
Yeah in her defense well yeah it was self defense i get and we learn about her morality which is so onpoint with mine where we only follow the rules since not following them would be a bother
Well back on the kingdom well its the usual boring cliche build up where ooh no the demon lord is attacking and the fate of the world is in danger lol
Funny how whenever humans are attacked it becomes the fate of the world that is in danger
Like humans tend to tie their fate with the earth alot like they just can't go and leave the earth out of this it's the classic dazai double suicide
I mean they are literally saying the humans are the world
Anyways
Back on the border between human and demon territory, each side has constructed fortresses to prevent the other from invading.
There were eight fortresses on the human side, which fended off demon invasion for a long time.
But in this battle, the demons sent forces to attack all eight forts.
Like ooh noo lol lol lol and the usual the humans have suffered great casualties losing some of the forts lol
And the classic of two dilemmas happening at the same time
Ooh no the demon lord is attacking and back in the kingdom yeah the king with the many kids is being dethroned
Yeah so cliche but true to history the king with the many kids always has that one kid who is hell bent on taking the throne before their time
And the clasic the previous hero has perished now the new hero who is a kid should quickly go onto the frontlines and serves as the humans last line of defence against the demon army saving us weak humans from extinction
Yeah just convenient how Julius dies to pave way for his younger reincarnated brother Shun
And the usual psychological battles of the sappy Shun the Reincarnated Mc new hero faces
He clarifies why he was against killing a monster and why he finds it hard to slay a being with higher intelligence
He admits its not from an overbearing sense of morality but from his own cowardice
I mean
He admits that he is a coward which i like
I mean i like this alot
I like his character development
Since he finally overcomes his fear and swears to lay to waste to the one who killed the previous hero Julius .Poor Julius now your brother is on a mission of revenge
So woohooo a goal and a reason to fight
The classic I'm going to be the Hoekage willpower for our Shun woohoo
But i wonder if he will achieve it i mean
Spider MC went out of her way and maxed out the taboo skill and gained knowledge that the world they are in is collapsing
And yeah later on Shun Also discovers from his elf class teacher from earth that this world was created ....
Lol i want to see more about the spider MC
I always cringe when they switch to the humans
Like tf who changed the channel
So can't wait to read about spider MC next journey of discovering new foods out of the dungeon no more battles please
A food focus for the next volume please
Spider MC foods were horrible and the only tasty thing she has eaten thus far were catfishes and human sweets
So now that she has left the Dungeon I'd love to see more tasty foods so will it be humans or human foods now she is an S class monster who sends humans running by her sheer aura
So it would be interesting to see how she aquires human food or will humans be her new staple food.I mean I guess the humans have no need to worry.
I mean for example in this world of ours of course the existence of an afterlife makes the current life meaningless source :Araragi Koyomi well
I mean death in this parallel world doesn't mean death in like you are gone gone for good at least that what Spider MC learns after her anticlimactic dragon slaying .
Yeah Samurai dragons that die with honor are the best
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 16, 2020
Chung quy lại thì vẫn là hay.
Có điều diễn biến giờ nhanh quá nên ko biết nên vui hay nên buồn nữa. Đang kiểu trầy trật cố gắng sinh tồn giờ bá chủ luôn rồi. Nhưng chắc vậy cũng hợp lý, dù gì cũng hết tập 3 rồi, chậm quá đôi khi lại nhàm chán.
Tuy nhiên mình vẫn rất thích cách đan xen nhiều lời kể, góc nhìn khác nhau từ quá khứ đến tương lai của nhiều nhóm nhân vật. Đối với những bộ khác có thể gây ức chế khó chịu rồi, nhưng riêng bộ này cho đến giờ mấy tình tiết này chỉ điểm xuyến thêm cho mạch truyện thú vị hơn thôi nên vẫn duyệt nhé!
Hi vọng tập 4 sẽ có nhiều biến chuyển thú vị hơn. Để xem nào!
Có điều diễn biến giờ nhanh quá nên ko biết nên vui hay nên buồn nữa. Đang kiểu trầy trật cố gắng sinh tồn giờ bá chủ luôn rồi. Nhưng chắc vậy cũng hợp lý, dù gì cũng hết tập 3 rồi, chậm quá đôi khi lại nhàm chán.
Tuy nhiên mình vẫn rất thích cách đan xen nhiều lời kể, góc nhìn khác nhau từ quá khứ đến tương lai của nhiều nhóm nhân vật. Đối với những bộ khác có thể gây ức chế khó chịu rồi, nhưng riêng bộ này cho đến giờ mấy tình tiết này chỉ điểm xuyến thêm cho mạch truyện thú vị hơn thôi nên vẫn duyệt nhé!
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This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 7, 2020
My thoughts on "So I'm a Spider, So What?" (蜘蛛ですが、なにか?) Vol 3
Written by Okina Baba
Art by Kiryu Tsukasa
The story:
FUUUUUUUU believe me, its good. According to the afterword, this volume is the end of the "opening act" and holly molly the story was incredible this volume. A lot of unexpected events, cool side stories, and a fuck ton of story developments.
(Maybe spoilers ahead?)
So on the Prince/hero MC story, there is a coup d'état and a lot of tragedy.
On the other hand, Spidy MC is as always on a killing spree through the dungeon and she discovers a lot about the word and also fights a very op monster.
Enjoyment:
This volume packed a lot of cool things and very incredible story developments, the writing as always flows very well and it's very difficult to not have a good time reading a masterpiece like this series, so yeah it's very enjoyable to read.
The verdict:
So yeah this series just keeps hyping me up each and every volume, one of my favorite things of this series is how fun speculating about it is, after every volume, I sit down and theorize about what's next. It's the first time a series makes me so excited 9/10
Written by Okina Baba
Art by Kiryu Tsukasa
The story:
FUUUUUUUU believe me, its good. According to the afterword, this volume is the end of the "opening act" and holly molly the story was incredible this volume. A lot of unexpected events, cool side stories, and a fuck ton of story developments.
(Maybe spoilers ahead?)
So on the Prince/hero MC story, there is a coup d'état and a lot of tragedy.
On the other hand, Spidy MC is as always on a killing spree through the dungeon and she discovers a lot about the word and also fights a very op monster.
Enjoyment:
This volume packed a lot of cool things and very incredible story developments, the writing as always flows very well and it's very difficult to not have a good time reading a masterpiece like this series, so yeah it's very enjoyable to read.
The verdict:
So yeah this series just keeps hyping me up each and every volume, one of my favorite things of this series is how fun speculating about it is, after every volume, I sit down and theorize about what's next. It's the first time a series makes me so excited 9/10
June 17, 2025
Overall Rating: 3.75
I binged the anime over the course of the weekend so I really wanted to start the light novel. It was fun to read but all the stats and skills being explained was confusing as fuck and I didn't care about them. But the personality of the characters were there, the lore of the side chapters were really cool, and the "future" pov was a nice addition. I'm just trying to find where the anime finished off so I started on Vol 3 and not 1.... it's okkkkk I'll go back laterrrrrr but these light novels are an enjoyable continuation to the anime and manga so I'll write a proper review once I'm exposed to new content....
Also props to narration.. I feel like the person did a great job at making all the different characters stand out.
I binged the anime over the course of the weekend so I really wanted to start the light novel. It was fun to read but all the stats and skills being explained was confusing as fuck and I didn't care about them. But the personality of the characters were there, the lore of the side chapters were really cool, and the "future" pov was a nice addition. I'm just trying to find where the anime finished off so I started on Vol 3 and not 1.... it's okkkkk I'll go back laterrrrrr but these light novels are an enjoyable continuation to the anime and manga so I'll write a proper review once I'm exposed to new content....
Also props to narration.. I feel like the person did a great job at making all the different characters stand out.
March 9, 2021
Eeehhh... I’m growing less interested in this series. I’ll probably read whatever my library can get for me but the writing is so, so bad. It was kinda funny in the manga (where it made sense) but it’s not so charming in prose. 🙃🕷🕸
Also the author’s insistence that Katia likes Shun romantically because she’s /female/ now is.... not to my taste.
Also the author’s insistence that Katia likes Shun romantically because she’s /female/ now is.... not to my taste.
August 26, 2021
Volume 3. Now things are getting really interesting. The spider-plot thickens, and the tempo kicks up in the Shun-side of things too, finally. But before that, a plug for your local library!
I found both volume 2 and 3 of So I'm a Spider, So What? on my last trip to my local library. While I was searching for them, I found another book that I had been wanting to read. So I've been doing very well on books lately. All thanks to the public library system!
Now for the review.
This volume is where things come together. It's like the first two volumes, while totally fun and interesting on their own, were to set up for the events of this volume here. Like I said, this is where things get interesting.
Komoko learns the truth of the world. Nothing is revealed to the reader, but our favorite spider protagonist is now aware of some pretty heavy truth. It changes her thought process from "live with pride in the labyrinth!" to something on a grander scale. But first she sets her sights on Earth Dragon Araba.
Yes, the same titan of a creature that first appeared in volume 1 and traumatized so terribly she decided to traverse the Middle Stratum to avoid running into him again. She's going to pick a fight with him. It is a magnificent fight.
Baba-sensei is able to show the fight to the reader while maintaining Komoko's engaging narrative voice. It is a lot of fun to read. What I particularly like is how Baba-sensei sets up the fight.
Komoko is an ambush predator. Her specialty is setting traps and sneaking up on her prey. Her "golden combo" is to wrap someone up in webs and then deliver a killing blow while they are helpless. So we see her prepare the area where she intends to confront Araba by setting up webs. She also makes mention of a "special poison" she has prepared for him, but doesn't go into details. So! When the fight reaches its final stage, and this special poison takes effect, it feels like a perfectly earned and prepared-for victory. Though the reader doesn't know what it is, because Komoko hasn't used it before, it is still a Chekhov's Gun instead of an asspull.
On the other side of things, Shun's side of the story picks up.
Thus far, the chapters that focused on Shun and his peers have mainly been about developing them as characters and providing worldbuilding that Komoko would not be privy to. Now, they have a plot to themselves. We see them take action, and they do some awesome things.
Shun performs a daring and heroic rescue. Ill-advised, definitely, but equally definitely a heroic thing to do it. He is on the path to learning the truth of the world himself, but there is character development before then. Gaining the title of Hero causes a significant amount of it, both because of the responsibility inherit in the title and also because his admired older brother was the previous holder of the title.
Katia is not one to be left behind. A subplot with her that has been building since her introduction now reaches a critical point. It is a poignant scene. It is combined with an awesome moment even greater than Shun's (in my opinion), which lends it greater gravitas. Kudos for Baba-sensei in pulling that off.
Trickster Eric Novels gives So I'm a Spider, so what? light novel volume 3 an A+
I found both volume 2 and 3 of So I'm a Spider, So What? on my last trip to my local library. While I was searching for them, I found another book that I had been wanting to read. So I've been doing very well on books lately. All thanks to the public library system!
Now for the review.
This volume is where things come together. It's like the first two volumes, while totally fun and interesting on their own, were to set up for the events of this volume here. Like I said, this is where things get interesting.
Komoko learns the truth of the world. Nothing is revealed to the reader, but our favorite spider protagonist is now aware of some pretty heavy truth. It changes her thought process from "live with pride in the labyrinth!" to something on a grander scale. But first she sets her sights on Earth Dragon Araba.
Yes, the same titan of a creature that first appeared in volume 1 and traumatized so terribly she decided to traverse the Middle Stratum to avoid running into him again. She's going to pick a fight with him. It is a magnificent fight.
Baba-sensei is able to show the fight to the reader while maintaining Komoko's engaging narrative voice. It is a lot of fun to read. What I particularly like is how Baba-sensei sets up the fight.
Komoko is an ambush predator. Her specialty is setting traps and sneaking up on her prey. Her "golden combo" is to wrap someone up in webs and then deliver a killing blow while they are helpless. So we see her prepare the area where she intends to confront Araba by setting up webs. She also makes mention of a "special poison" she has prepared for him, but doesn't go into details. So! When the fight reaches its final stage, and this special poison takes effect, it feels like a perfectly earned and prepared-for victory. Though the reader doesn't know what it is, because Komoko hasn't used it before, it is still a Chekhov's Gun instead of an asspull.
On the other side of things, Shun's side of the story picks up.
Thus far, the chapters that focused on Shun and his peers have mainly been about developing them as characters and providing worldbuilding that Komoko would not be privy to. Now, they have a plot to themselves. We see them take action, and they do some awesome things.
Shun performs a daring and heroic rescue. Ill-advised, definitely, but equally definitely a heroic thing to do it. He is on the path to learning the truth of the world himself, but there is character development before then. Gaining the title of Hero causes a significant amount of it, both because of the responsibility inherit in the title and also because his admired older brother was the previous holder of the title.
Katia is not one to be left behind. A subplot with her that has been building since her introduction now reaches a critical point. It is a poignant scene. It is combined with an awesome moment even greater than Shun's (in my opinion), which lends it greater gravitas. Kudos for Baba-sensei in pulling that off.
Trickster Eric Novels gives So I'm a Spider, so what? light novel volume 3 an A+
February 10, 2024
Learn the whole truth of the world, escape the magma hellscape, fight her greatest fear. Our little spider shows tremendous growth in this volume and has possibly become a menace to society. While Shun still struggles to accept the idea of taking life she's over here thinking "Now that I’ve crossed the line once, I don’t really think anything of killing people, huh?" Truly embracing the monster life that was given to her. Maybe a bit harsh coming from a once human but she was a loner to begin with, been through the wringer, and likely gone a bit mad with power.
I'm a little remiss that we've stopped getting breakdowns of all her new powers and skills whenever she got them but I guess at this point she's evolving so rapidly it's a bit much to keep doing that.
We get a lot more exposotion into the future(?) timeline in this volume but I'm getting increasingly confused about where this matches up with Kumoko's activities. Maybe this is purposeful but its really driving me crazy. Even just a small detail of pointing out the age of Shun during each event would at least give us an idea of how much time is passing in this timeline, but without even that it feels like many things have been happening in rapid succession since his first Appraisal. Not only that, but the future timeline is filled with long bits of dialogue with no indication of whose talking so you have to constantly attempt to use context clues to figure out who's who.
There's also the weird dilemma of Katia supposedly switching sexualities just because she's in a woman's body now. Would it be to hopeful of me to think that maybe Kanata was gay, but never came to terms with it, and becoming Katia is now letting him work through that? Probably.
Really I would have dropped this volume to 3 stars for the mess that is the future timeline but I enjoy Kumoko's level grinding so much I resolved to give it a 4. I have my fingers crossed that the future timeline will one day make sense and that Kumoko leaving the labrynth won't result in more confusing dialogue.
I'm a little remiss that we've stopped getting breakdowns of all her new powers and skills whenever she got them but I guess at this point she's evolving so rapidly it's a bit much to keep doing that.
We get a lot more exposotion into the future(?) timeline in this volume but I'm getting increasingly confused about where this matches up with Kumoko's activities. Maybe this is purposeful but its really driving me crazy. Even just a small detail of pointing out the age of Shun during each event would at least give us an idea of how much time is passing in this timeline, but without even that it feels like many things have been happening in rapid succession since his first Appraisal. Not only that, but the future timeline is filled with long bits of dialogue with no indication of whose talking so you have to constantly attempt to use context clues to figure out who's who.
There's also the weird dilemma of Katia supposedly switching sexualities just because she's in a woman's body now. Would it be to hopeful of me to think that maybe Kanata was gay, but never came to terms with it, and becoming Katia is now letting him work through that? Probably.
Really I would have dropped this volume to 3 stars for the mess that is the future timeline but I enjoy Kumoko's level grinding so much I resolved to give it a 4. I have my fingers crossed that the future timeline will one day make sense and that Kumoko leaving the labrynth won't result in more confusing dialogue.
November 15, 2024
All characters but the spider-mc are pathetic. Their behaviour and the overall plot are both contrived while seemingly written so on purpose.
Oh yeah, the progression of the Spider-MC is also one track, with her obviously lacking any real agency, making decisions that suggest that she's under temporary mind influence or possible direct control whenever the plot needs for her to choose such and such that obviously will result in Bad Things. All things that do not lend themselves to her end wants and stated goals. Same goes for the spider-mc's intellect, which takes a nosedive whenever she considers or has the chance to interact with humans, from which she hopes to learn the local language. So MC is irrational. Fun Times.. Not!
The only thing that is still somewhat enjoyable is again the spider-mc's upbeat active levelling exploration and combat segments, which sadly though are far too limited in this third volume. All while extraneous Stat Sheets that get doubled up are interspersed throughout, and I am not talking about just the reincarnated but also various mobs, not to mention that there is an extra Monster Encyclopaedia.. that at times makes this even worse.
The worst thing about this series so far though.. well its a combination. The pov shifts, near to undiscernible passage of time and the out of chronology time skips all over the place back and forwards in time and whatnot.
Add all these things together and one gets a story with horrible flow, mind-control a lack of agency for characters and just about no character to root for or like. A story to roll ones eyes at.
Oh yeah, the progression of the Spider-MC is also one track, with her obviously lacking any real agency, making decisions that suggest that she's under temporary mind influence or possible direct control whenever the plot needs for her to choose such and such that obviously will result in Bad Things. All things that do not lend themselves to her end wants and stated goals. Same goes for the spider-mc's intellect, which takes a nosedive whenever she considers or has the chance to interact with humans, from which she hopes to learn the local language. So MC is irrational. Fun Times.. Not!
The only thing that is still somewhat enjoyable is again the spider-mc's upbeat active levelling exploration and combat segments, which sadly though are far too limited in this third volume. All while extraneous Stat Sheets that get doubled up are interspersed throughout, and I am not talking about just the reincarnated but also various mobs, not to mention that there is an extra Monster Encyclopaedia.. that at times makes this even worse.
The worst thing about this series so far though.. well its a combination. The pov shifts, near to undiscernible passage of time and the out of chronology time skips all over the place back and forwards in time and whatnot.
Add all these things together and one gets a story with horrible flow, mind-control a lack of agency for characters and just about no character to root for or like. A story to roll ones eyes at.
March 16, 2023
All in all, not a bad good. I enjoyed it. Honestly I was waffling between 3 and 4 stars on this one, as looking back, I honestly remember very little about what happened, other than the climax of the book.
There is some nice character progression, and you get to learn more about the world through the going ons in the alternate timeline story, which is nice. (still very few clues as to the fact that her classmates are in another time period, which I am curious about because on one hand, it seems like Okina Baba purposefully kept clues about it being two time periods scarce, or if it was just poor writing that leads to it feeling like they were tying to fake the reader into thinking things were going on at the same time.
I did get kinda tired with the classmates' storyline. It just isn't as interesting, and while there are certain elements that I commend Okina Baba on (like the classmate who was male who got isekaied into a female body and all the things involved in that), it just seems to drag at points. I know it plays a part in everything, but it is not that interesting in the end.
So yeah, this is a pretty good book, averaging between a mid-line rating and a bit higher than that. Worth reading if you are reading the story, and thankfully the setting changes in the next book to keep things interesting.
There is some nice character progression, and you get to learn more about the world through the going ons in the alternate timeline story, which is nice. (still very few clues as to the fact that her classmates are in another time period, which I am curious about because on one hand, it seems like Okina Baba purposefully kept clues about it being two time periods scarce, or if it was just poor writing that leads to it feeling like they were tying to fake the reader into thinking things were going on at the same time.
I did get kinda tired with the classmates' storyline. It just isn't as interesting, and while there are certain elements that I commend Okina Baba on (like the classmate who was male who got isekaied into a female body and all the things involved in that), it just seems to drag at points. I know it plays a part in everything, but it is not that interesting in the end.
So yeah, this is a pretty good book, averaging between a mid-line rating and a bit higher than that. Worth reading if you are reading the story, and thankfully the setting changes in the next book to keep things interesting.
May 14, 2020
I succumbed. I wanted to know what happens next in the story. I like the story. I appreciate the intrigue. I can’t stand the LitRPG aspects.
At the worst, it reads like:
Now that my Spasmogladiator Scythe has leveled up to 10, its become Spasmotronilator Lvl 1 with Death Taco lvl 1 and Flame Harmonica Awareness Lvl 2 skills. I activated all three skills simultaneously and swung down on the giant earwig’s head but it’s God Scale Divine Aroma skill deflected my melodic but spicy attack and began to eat away at my MP. Good thing my SP and HP are linked with Ferisneer Violator Lvl 8. My MP began to restore immediately.
Then there are three pages of stats to skip through.
On top of that, the spider, who is supposed to be a girl, sounds like a male gamer, likely the author’s internal voice as he bangs this stuff out.
On the upside, it’s fun, adventurous, and filled with intrigue. Alternating chapters are between other players, then return to the nameless spider MC.
Somebody told me that the first three books are like this, but then the story opens up in the fourth volume. I thought, “Are you kidding me?”
I don’t know if I’ll read the fourth volume. I have an exciting insurance policy fiction to read next.
At the worst, it reads like:
Now that my Spasmogladiator Scythe has leveled up to 10, its become Spasmotronilator Lvl 1 with Death Taco lvl 1 and Flame Harmonica Awareness Lvl 2 skills. I activated all three skills simultaneously and swung down on the giant earwig’s head but it’s God Scale Divine Aroma skill deflected my melodic but spicy attack and began to eat away at my MP. Good thing my SP and HP are linked with Ferisneer Violator Lvl 8. My MP began to restore immediately.
Then there are three pages of stats to skip through.
On top of that, the spider, who is supposed to be a girl, sounds like a male gamer, likely the author’s internal voice as he bangs this stuff out.
On the upside, it’s fun, adventurous, and filled with intrigue. Alternating chapters are between other players, then return to the nameless spider MC.
Somebody told me that the first three books are like this, but then the story opens up in the fourth volume. I thought, “Are you kidding me?”
I don’t know if I’ll read the fourth volume. I have an exciting insurance policy fiction to read next.
September 8, 2020
No soporto a Shun ni a su grupo. En este volumen tuvieron muchos capítulos y no podría haberme importado menos lo que les pasaba. Su desarrollo es demasiado predecible y por ende aburrido. Se compensaría si los personajes fueran interesantes, pero no lo son. Todos son estereotipos sin personalidad, ni siquiera los interludios los hacen más interesantes, aunque es obvio que eso es lo que se proponen...
Por otra parte la araña es increíble. Se ha creado tal misterio por su nombre e identidad que mis expectativas por el momento en que al fin se revele todo son enormes.
La autora ha decidido omitir la gran mayoría de los comentarios de la voz divina (nombre temporal), a diferencia de los dos volúmenes anteriores donde aparecía constantemente para mantener actualizado el estado de la protagonista. No me molestaba especialmente su gran participación anterior, pero es cierto que gracias a esto ahora las peleas son mucho más ágiles y épicas.
La protagonista ha dado un paso tremendo no precisamente para bien, por fin conocemos la verdad detrás del tabú y el grupito del héroe se dirige hacia una muerte segura (espero).
Que ganas de seguir con esta increíble historia ~~
Por otra parte la araña es increíble. Se ha creado tal misterio por su nombre e identidad que mis expectativas por el momento en que al fin se revele todo son enormes.
La autora ha decidido omitir la gran mayoría de los comentarios de la voz divina (nombre temporal), a diferencia de los dos volúmenes anteriores donde aparecía constantemente para mantener actualizado el estado de la protagonista. No me molestaba especialmente su gran participación anterior, pero es cierto que gracias a esto ahora las peleas son mucho más ágiles y épicas.
La protagonista ha dado un paso tremendo no precisamente para bien, por fin conocemos la verdad detrás del tabú y el grupito del héroe se dirige hacia una muerte segura (espero).
Que ganas de seguir con esta increíble historia ~~
January 14, 2025
I gave the series the benefit of the doubt up until this book, but this book really showed without a doubt that the author hadn't planned anything out in advance when they started writing. Now that they've figured out some of the story they want to tell, they'll do whatever is necessary to shoehorn the existing characters into this new story, regardless of how inappropriate, offensive, or nonsensical the required character and plot gyrations are.
This book hits a shocking number of the "oh crap I have no idea what I'm doing" tropes. Sudden appearance of ridiculously overpowered mind control that somehow no one is prepared for? Check. Sudden betrayal without any setup? Check. A character realizing that, in spite of everything that's happened so far to indicate otherwise, they've actually been evil all along and just never realized? Double-check.
...And that's not even mentioning the transphobia!
I had hopes for this series, but this book torpedoed them hard. There's no coming back from this. I stopped reading halfway through, and will never return.
This book hits a shocking number of the "oh crap I have no idea what I'm doing" tropes. Sudden appearance of ridiculously overpowered mind control that somehow no one is prepared for? Check. Sudden betrayal without any setup? Check. A character realizing that, in spite of everything that's happened so far to indicate otherwise, they've actually been evil all along and just never realized? Double-check.
...And that's not even mentioning the transphobia!
I had hopes for this series, but this book torpedoed them hard. There's no coming back from this. I stopped reading halfway through, and will never return.
October 27, 2020
My rating is 3 stars for this third installment. Spoilers ahead so I can give all my juicy thoughts!
3 stars earned by Spider Chan and the interesting stuff happening with the administrators!
2 stars taken off because.. gah where do I begin?! The human stuff is still boring. Even the chapter where they were saving people from an execution!! All of a sudden Shuu can use Taboo Mercy magic and.. hello?? How did he get taboo magic?? Am I dumb and just don’t remember? Probably but gah this is still so boring! Also Hugo is still the worst to read about! Yeah sure he’s the villain but at least make him interesting or something!!
One of those stars was taken off because a story told out of order is one of my least favorite tropes! It makes the story confusing and frustrating if not done well and it’s so frustrating!! Also half way through I got tired of reading Spider Chan’s adventures as well since apparently in the future she’s some egomaniac demon lord and!!! Ahhhhhhhh
3 stars earned by Spider Chan and the interesting stuff happening with the administrators!
2 stars taken off because.. gah where do I begin?! The human stuff is still boring. Even the chapter where they were saving people from an execution!! All of a sudden Shuu can use Taboo Mercy magic and.. hello?? How did he get taboo magic?? Am I dumb and just don’t remember? Probably but gah this is still so boring! Also Hugo is still the worst to read about! Yeah sure he’s the villain but at least make him interesting or something!!
One of those stars was taken off because a story told out of order is one of my least favorite tropes! It makes the story confusing and frustrating if not done well and it’s so frustrating!! Also half way through I got tired of reading Spider Chan’s adventures as well since apparently in the future she’s some egomaniac demon lord and!!! Ahhhhhhhh
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 1, 2020
This third installment was obviously great. Just as good as what's come before and now more characters know about the thing that will advance every character motivation for now on. If an anime comes out from this I guarantee the adaptation will end with this volume.
Now, this acts like a great "Yay we beat the first dungeon," type of experience as our wonderful Spider-tagonist has achieved enough levels and skills to successfully survive in the world. The human subplots are also progressing along nicely, dare I say dramatically, as certain events will be clashing on the horizon.
I love the little side quest stories that are from the perspectives of normal humans interacting with our Spider goddess. They are so great, funny, and hyped as F. I just love the world building that Okina Baba is doing around these great characters. Ugh, I looooooove this so much.
Till next time ;)
Now, this acts like a great "Yay we beat the first dungeon," type of experience as our wonderful Spider-tagonist has achieved enough levels and skills to successfully survive in the world. The human subplots are also progressing along nicely, dare I say dramatically, as certain events will be clashing on the horizon.
I love the little side quest stories that are from the perspectives of normal humans interacting with our Spider goddess. They are so great, funny, and hyped as F. I just love the world building that Okina Baba is doing around these great characters. Ugh, I looooooove this so much.
Till next time ;)
March 16, 2022
Argh, so I'm officially hooked. I finished volume 3 the same day I started and finished volume 2... ;;
Volume 3 does something rare for a light novel, which is to further it's mystery whilst simultaneously providing solid answers to mysteries from the previous volume. So many light novels hint about a larger mystery or conspiracy but it's rare to be given solid information about it, especially in a timely manner. While I do wish some things were expanded on further (), it was still refreshing.
That's not to say there are no problems with the volume - for instance the last two pages just felt a bit tacked on and could easily have been the opener for the next volume instead - but it was a solid light novel read and I'll be looking forward to continuing on with the series.
Volume 3 does something rare for a light novel, which is to further it's mystery whilst simultaneously providing solid answers to mysteries from the previous volume. So many light novels hint about a larger mystery or conspiracy but it's rare to be given solid information about it, especially in a timely manner. While I do wish some things were expanded on further (), it was still refreshing.
That's not to say there are no problems with the volume - for instance the last two pages just felt a bit tacked on and could easily have been the opener for the next volume instead - but it was a solid light novel read and I'll be looking forward to continuing on with the series.
February 27, 2023
I loved this volume! The main character Unnamed finally started pushing to level herself up for the first time since the series started, and I love that for her. It makes the story more interesting now that she has more goals than just getting out and eating good food. Her gradual descent into more and more of a monster is interesting. Hearing her story crossed with Schlain's story is bother interesting and exciting. It adds more tension to the story to hear both of their accounts intertwine with each other even though they are totally different points in time. Also seeing her future self makes it more intriguing to see how she gets there. Also now Kumoko (nameless) knows more about the world than we do, so we don't know if her actions which seem horrible really are in their entirety or if there is some purpose behind them, and I can't wait to find out!!!
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October 3, 2023
"All the hair on my body bristles. I remember this feeling. I could never forget it. I don't think I ever will. The first real terror I experienced after being reborn as a spider. The symbol of the first time I became truly aware of death. Slowly, I turn around."
Everytime I start one of these, I am reminded why I love loosing myself in this world. With this volume, the plot has begone to unfold, while introducing multiple other mysteries yet to solve (what's up with those interludes?).
I'm quite liking the development that both Shun and Kumoko have had in this volume, with each of them being pushed on opposite directions due to the circumstances they find themselves on. I've grown to like Shun much more than I did in previous volumes and Kumoko's ending on this volume really sets her up to have an exciting Volume 4. I can't wait to get back to this world.
Everytime I start one of these, I am reminded why I love loosing myself in this world. With this volume, the plot has begone to unfold, while introducing multiple other mysteries yet to solve (what's up with those interludes?).
I'm quite liking the development that both Shun and Kumoko have had in this volume, with each of them being pushed on opposite directions due to the circumstances they find themselves on. I've grown to like Shun much more than I did in previous volumes and Kumoko's ending on this volume really sets her up to have an exciting Volume 4. I can't wait to get back to this world.
April 27, 2020
Me encanta!!! En éste número hay mayor número de batallas, se nota el crecimiento de los personajes y además esos giros en la trama. Extrañé la relación entré nuestra araña protagonista y sus voluntades paralelas, además de sus monólogos que tenis con la voz del cielo. Me deja intrigado todo lo relacionado con los administradores y con la "Rey demonio" (sí, "la" así lo describió la traductora), también me perdí un poco en el tiempo en el que transcurre la historia, es lineal? O algunas cosas ocurren en el futuro? Ya quiero saberlo. Que pasará con Shun y Katia (su mejor AMIGO) ahora que ya aceptó lo que es en éste mundo en donde reencarnó? Quién diablos es Sophia y por qué Oka no lo ha dicho. Ahora lo que me queda es esperar la cuarta novela.
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July 6, 2022
Solid continuation. The fight with Araba is one of the best, most climactic events in the story up to this point. I got shivers during the turning point of that battle (those who’ve read it, you know the one). I can’t help but feel that it was missing a little … linguistic razzmatazz. The spectacle in the anime was certainly a lot more engaging. Maybe my standards shouldn’t be so high for a light novel (and a translated one at that). Kumoko is her charming self, as always. I do miss some of the spunky underdog energy she had in earlier chapters. And her internal conversations with Body Mind are woefully absent. On the other hand, her interactions with the humans make up for it with its particular brand of macabre irony.
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March 13, 2025
Me encanto, pero a diferencia de los anteriores aquí disfrute más de la perspectiva de los humanos, no del grupo del héroe, sino de los aventureros que ingresaban al Gran Laberinto de Elroe y se encontraban con Kumoko.
- El primer encuentro de los humanos con la pesadilla del laberinto y el miedo que sentían al verla.
- Cuando Kumoko salvo a unos aventureros de una serpiente gigante y luego los curó.
- El intento de domesticación y Kumoko matando a casi todo el grupo, primero por accidente y luego haciéndolo a propósito por la EXP.
Es una pena que la mayoría no esté en el anime. El último si pero le faltó mucho contexto.
- El primer encuentro de los humanos con la pesadilla del laberinto y el miedo que sentían al verla.
- Cuando Kumoko salvo a unos aventureros de una serpiente gigante y luego los curó.
- El intento de domesticación y Kumoko matando a casi todo el grupo, primero por accidente y luego haciéndolo a propósito por la EXP.
Es una pena que la mayoría no esté en el anime. El último si pero le faltó mucho contexto.
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November 21, 2021
(3.5/5)
เรื่อยๆ มาเรียงๆ แอบเบื่อเวลาตัดฉากไปหาฝั่งมนุด รู้สึกว่าตัวเอกคนที่ 2 นี่แนวพระเอกโชเน็นจ๋าเลย รักพวกพ้อง บื้อๆ ยศสูงแต่ไม่มีไรเด่น แต่เพราะเป็นตัวเอกเลยมีบัพตั่งต่าง ส่วนแมงมุมก็เรื่อยยยเรื่อย ลุ้นว่าเมื่อไรสองฝั่งจะได้เจอกันสักที
(แอบตกใจนิดนึงตอนที่นางเอกฆ่าคนแบบตาไม่กะพริบ นึกว่าจะมีการลังเล นึกว่าจะมีเรื่องราวอะไรให้ตามต่อซะอีกตอนที่ปะทะกับมนุษย์ แต่ก็จบด้วยฆ่าเอาดื้อๆ เลย พอย้ายมาดูpov นางเอกก็...? ชิวมาก เหมือนตัวเองไม่เคยเป็นมนุษย์มาก่อน นี่คือสภาพจิตใจกลายเป็นสัตว์อสูรโดยสมบูรณ์แล้วเหรอ พอๆ กับยูโกรึเปล่านะ)
เรื่อยๆ มาเรียงๆ แอบเบื่อเวลาตัดฉากไปหาฝั่งมนุด รู้สึกว่าตัวเอกคนที่ 2 นี่แนวพระเอกโชเน็นจ๋าเลย รักพวกพ้อง บื้อๆ ยศสูงแต่ไม่มีไรเด่น แต่เพราะเป็นตัวเอกเลยมีบัพตั่งต่าง ส่วนแมงมุมก็เรื่อยยยเรื่อย ลุ้นว่าเมื่อไรสองฝั่งจะได้เจอกันสักที
(แอบตกใจนิดนึงตอนที่นางเอกฆ่าคนแบบตาไม่กะพริบ นึกว่าจะมีการลังเล นึกว่าจะมีเรื่องราวอะไรให้ตามต่อซะอีกตอนที่ปะทะกับมนุษย์ แต่ก็จบด้วยฆ่าเอาดื้อๆ เลย พอย้ายมาดูpov นางเอกก็...? ชิวมาก เหมือนตัวเองไม่เคยเป็นมนุษย์มาก่อน นี่คือสภาพจิตใจกลายเป็นสัตว์อสูรโดยสมบูรณ์แล้วเหรอ พอๆ กับยูโกรึเปล่านะ)
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February 29, 2020
The #3 volume is good. But reading till the end confirmed my suspicion that the story will devolve into a direction I will not like. I'll keep on reading, hope for the best and an explanation, enjoy the story here and there, but my enthusiasm for he story is very obviously diminished now. Why, spider-heroine? Why, author, you have to twist her into something like that?
Or I'm wrong again? kjgbvsj.KGv
Or I'm wrong again? kjgbvsj.KGv
February 12, 2019
I really enjoy reading about the Spider, but unfortunately, those parts are getting rarer by the book. The other perspective filled a great role during the first book, giving some necessary contrast that couldn't be had through the perspective of the MC. Now that these other perspectives take up the majority of the book, they distract and dilute what could have been a great book.
September 17, 2023
I read this book a while ago and forgot the feeling of the end of this volume BUT man did I feel good. The battle between our protagonist and Araba had to have been the peak of this series. Pure gold, everything leading up to this decisive battle.
Stopped reading at volume six (think theres like 14-17 volumes) and this was the best moment. I shed a tear for Araba honestly.
Stopped reading at volume six (think theres like 14-17 volumes) and this was the best moment. I shed a tear for Araba honestly.
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