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Overlord #7

オーバーロード 7 大墳墓の侵入者

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アインズ・ウール・ゴウンの次なる一手は帝国に。
そして絡め捕られるように“生贄”がナザリック地下大墳墓へと集められた。
脱出不可能、悪夢のようなナザリックで、侵入者は生還の道を見つけることができるのか?

436 pages, Paperback

First published August 30, 2014

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Kugane Maruyama

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MARUYAMA Kugane
Name (in native language): 丸山くがね

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Profile Image for Katricia.
246 reviews5 followers
May 10, 2018
Probably the weakest book in the series so far. I found it very hard to get emotionally invested in the characters the author spent the first half of the novel developing, as I was fairly certain early on that they were going to die. In terms of a defining character moment, however, I do think this book did an excellent job of establishing the Evil portion of the Evil Overlord title for Ainz; this was the first book in which I truly found it impossible to accept even the dubious morality of Ainz's choices. Moving forward with Ainz's world domination, I think this was necessary, but I think it could have been done more effectively in another way.

Overall, there was a sense of inevitability with this work that made it difficult to get invested in the narrative and the characters introduced. The lack of stakes on the part of Nazarick likely contributed to this-- the entire premise was that this "invasion" was to test the basic defenses of Nazarick, but a book-long training exercise cum curb stomp just doesn't make for the most interesting reading.

(That said, I did enjoy Arche's character arc, and I'm still looking forward to reading the next book in this series.)
Profile Image for Cornelia.
45 reviews16 followers
June 27, 2018
This entry of the series was still fun to read and rather enjoyable, but somehow also felt a little bit flat. The previous entries were interesting because of some character development happening (especially with the NPCs)...which is nearly completely absent in the 7th book - or let's not say absent, but rather...minor? It was not surprising, as similar decisions/plot things have been happened/made in the past, but with a bit more introspection for the reader to get involved with going on.
Don't get me wrong, the new characters are rather interesting (though you don't get to know that much about them), but I'd rather have a little bit more story bits with the 'hero' of the story, Momonga/Ainz.

My (small) dissatisfaction with this part may also stem from the fact that the book is already over, with the main story barely having moved forward - it makes it overall seem a little bit flat.
Profile Image for Tarl.
Author 25 books81 followers
June 13, 2021
Ahhh Overlord.
The same usual 'here is a story about a guy trapped in another world who is trying to find his friends, but does horrific things while doing it' storyline of the previous six books.
I actually find it kind of interesting that whole books like 回復術士的重啟人生~即死魔法與複製技能的極致回復術~ 1 (Redo of Healer) get so much flack for the violence and what not that they show and yet Overlord, which while doing it primarily off screen, gets next to none. I mean, some of the things in each volume are on par with Redo, especially with what happens in this book. I mean come on, this book has ...

Anyway, I had seen the anime before I read this book, so I already knew what was going to happen. While in the anime I found that the workers came across as generally good guys, in this book there is an attempt to make them seem more amoral and worth (at least a bit) the horrors that await them. Unfortunately there isn't a lot of that, and in the end you sympathize more with them than you do with the protagonist. Even with the one emotional moment where you realize just how badly Ainz misses his friends, it's hard to actually feel anything towards his situation based on his actions.

Which, I mean, shows him slowly losing his humanity as more and more of him gets lost to the character he is playing/is. That's fine, but at this point I am actually pretty tired of the overpowered nature of Ainz and his followers. We're now seven books in and pretty much the only reason I am pushing on is that maybe, just maybe, we'll finally find something that challenges him. Much like Saitama from One-Punch Man, Vol. 1, I'm bored with all challenges being meaningless and Ainz or his followers never being in danger.

It feels very much like Kugane Maruyama is writing a story at this point where Ainz is this force coming to power and they are crafting a story that basically tells various tales of the people of the world reacting to what is going on. It's a good writing technique and reminds me a lot of Dan Abnett's style. The difference is, even if it's a character on the page for a handful of moments, Abnett makes you care about them and what happens to them. In small glimpses he gives you a great overview of what is going on globally and keeps you invested. In the Overlord series, there seems to be an attempt at that, but it's far less successful. You get glimpses of other people and their lives, but there is far less emotional impact in them, and after the first three books or so, you know that they are eventually going to die regardless because that is what Ainz does. With Abnett, sometimes they live, sometimes they die, you don't know what is going to happen to them, so you end up reading more just to see what happens to them.

Anyway, side ramble over.
I still enjoyed this book, and already bought the next one as soon as I finished this one. I know from the anime that it will be some time yet before I run into something new, but I really do hope Ainz runs into a challenge soon. I am finding that I am reading books like Her Majesty’s Swarm: Volume 1 more and more often, because even though they are told from the standpoint of a 'bad guy', they are faced with hardships and challenges which make their situations even more interesting and relatable.

But if you've made it this far, you've already been reading this series for awhile and will probably continue to do so much like I am. But still, out of all the isekais I have read, this is one of the better ones, and there is also something to be said for the unique art style and way the book is bound. So keep reading, much like I am, and let's see where this series is headed...
Profile Image for Jorge Rosas.
525 reviews32 followers
July 9, 2019
We get to experiment Nazarick from an outsiders point of view, the main characters here are a group of “workers” (adventurers) and their mission is to explore the newly discovered area and find out what’s lurking inside, so your normal adventure turns into a nightmare because we know what’s waiting for them.
Profile Image for Carmelo Medina.
141 reviews6 followers
November 18, 2020
He devorado este nuevo volumen. Cambia todo el planteamiento de la novela y por un momento me sentí leyendo otra saga distinta. Pero el autor sabe lo que está haciendo y vuelve a sorprender al lector.
Profile Image for Ricardo Matos.
471 reviews4 followers
July 18, 2018
The slice of life part highlighting the differences between adventurers and workers was quite good. The dungeon part where everyone is pretty much doomed was just uninteresting. And it loses an extra start for trying to hard to be dramatic... I really didn't care A B or C died... The developments on the overarching story were interesting and you can tell the dynamics of this series is going to change a lot! :)
Profile Image for Jay.
88 reviews1 follower
May 23, 2018
Least interesting book of the series. It isn't even believable that the main characters would think the attackers ever even had a chance.
Profile Image for Estevam (Impish Reviews).
194 reviews19 followers
October 28, 2020
Pretty good, but more world building that wasn't that interesting and the lack of progress in the main storyline was also disappointing.
4 reviews
October 10, 2018
The best garbage I have ever read.

A simple review from an avid fan. Overlord is a series that I really love. It is rare that I find a series that I even like, but I love Overlord. Volume 7 is widely regarded as the worst of all the books, and I have to agree. However, it is still a good book and worth a read. The main argument as to why this book is the worst, is because we cannot see the lead characters surviving their current predicament, leaving us to loose interest in their struggle. Foresight, is one of the four adventuring teams, sent to explore newly discovered, mysterious ruins, in a bizarre location. Each member of Foresight, has enough thought and personality put into them to star in their own book, and to someone reading the books out of sequence, they very well might have thought this. Unfortunately though, people who have read the prior books know that the tomb they are about to enter will be their final resting place.

As far as recommendations go. Overlord has a pretty dark tone to it at times, so I would not recommend it to people who are childish or immature. It delves into complex strategy, so it is great for intelligent people and people who want to feel smart.

As far as the story line goes, Ainz Ooal Gown, the main character of the previous books, acts as
a mostly unseen villain in this book. Foresight, the team lead by Hekkeran, take the place of the main characters and storm an unknown tomb, unfortunately this tomb is the place that Ainz calls his home, and that is where the trouble starts. Initially, the raid goes well and they are greeted with enough gold and jewels to live a happy life but when they persist expecting more jewels all they find is carnage.

The series in general is a subversion of literary tropes surrounding an over-saturated genre in that way I think the best comparison would be "The Lord of the Flies".



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Profile Image for FaDoug.
90 reviews1 follower
October 11, 2023
This arc is my personal favorite of the whole "Overlord" anime, so I had high expectations going into this novel. Which is why I was so surprised to find that I honestly did not enjoy it all that much.

It prominently features my biggest problem with Maruyama's writing so far; his obsession with building up and giving details to things that just don't mean all that much in the long run. In this case, he spends nearly half the novel building up all the workers who venture into the Tomb of Nazarick, but aside from the main girl with the sisters, I found every single other one painfully uninteresting. In fact, I can't even remember a single detail about any of them, but surprisingly, I still enjoyed the second half of the novel despite that. Their characters are just not interesting enough to justify a whole ninety pages of buildup when they can be fully explained in a paragraph or less.

I think its funny that the reason I enjoyed the anime adaptation of this arc so much more is because they basically cut out everything before the invasion of Nazarick, or at least I don't remember much before that. In fact, reading this series has made me realize that the anime cuts out a lot of stuff from this series, and for every good reason.

To me, Maruyama is great at worldbuilding and showing off really fun violent scenes, but with just about everything else he's either just okay or kind of bad at it. So when he focuses on his strengths, I love the novels, but when he doesn't, I find them dreadfully dull.

Overall, this isn't the worst novel in the series to me, but it could have been so much better. There's really no reason to read this over watching the anime, unless if you just want to read the source material like I did. Otherwise, just stick with the anime for this arc, its a huge improvement in just about every way.
Profile Image for Rolaka Pisarka.
706 reviews3 followers
December 16, 2018
Kolejny tom Overlorda, i kolejna opowieść z punktu widzenia innych bohaterów aniżeli tych z Nazariku. Nie mniej, wciągająca i bardzo ciekawa. Sposób przedstawiania wydarzeń przez Kugane Matuyamę jest specyficzny i trochę przypomina mi Ryogho Naritę, który głównymi bohaterami robi tych, którzy w calym cyklu nimi nie są. Poznajemy wydarzenia już z 3 sezonu anime, gdzie do Wielkiego Grobowca wpada gromada łowców, którzy mają zbadać i ograbić "odkryte miejsce". W przeciwieństwie do anime, tom ma miejsce PRZED wydarzeniami z wioski (której nazwy zapomniałam, a którą Ainz uratował w 1 tomie). Poza tym między poszczególnymi rozdziałami dostajemy wtrącenia, które powoli rozwiązują zagadkę wielkiego planu, jaki ma Ainz. I powiem jedno: warto przeczytać. Momentami może jest troszkę nudno. Przyznam, że akurat same walki niekoniecznie mi się podobają, ale to, jak Nazarick rozprawia się z włamywaczami, jest genialny. Pokazuje to nie tylko potęgę grobowca, ale też to, jak niebezpiecznym zawodem jest najemnik, łowca przygód. W większości LN dostajemy wersję słodką, w której to "dobro" wygrywa. Overlord stanowi więc przeciwieństwo naprawdę ogromnej ilości LN, w których akcja ma miejsce w "grze".
Polecam przeczytać. Naprawdę warto. Choć mi akurat bardziej do gustu przypadł poprzedni tom ;)
Profile Image for Saurav Adhikari.
18 reviews
August 25, 2019
Summary
Basically this book is about a guy who gets transfered into a frictional world or a game where he is overpowered and has ~42 overpowered followers who thinks he (Momanga or something like that later he becomes Ainz) is the greatest and the best. One of my best Frictional novels I have ever read.
It joins togather comedy with the seriousness and also answers about the reality of socitey. It's fun when his followers overpraise him about something he dosen't Know.
For example one of his Smartest follower Demurgus thinks Momanga is smarter than him their conversetion goes like.

Momanga: So everything is fine right?
Demurgus: Oh how smart of you My lordyou found something was wrong So fast? You are talking about that right?
Momanga: Yes that?
Demurgus: That is amazing?
Momanga: Oh, Can you solve That?
Demurgus: Of course that is not a probelm.
Momanga (on his heart): "But i dont know what that is?"
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Profile Image for Dex Vaughn.
131 reviews2 followers
February 21, 2021
Chugging along in this series. This volume was grim.

The overlord series has been a unique isekai so far. Instead of solely focusing on the protagonist, Lord Ainz, the series explains the most about the character by expanding on how others perceive them. This light novel follows a group of adventurers in order to color in the worlds details with a perspective that would be impossible for the MC to see. Stakes are established and a bond is forged between the reader and the innocent workers that are trying to eek out a living in a harsh kingdom.

Overall I feel the tone is the darkest of the series yet and shows how far the MC has strayed from humanity.

There isn't much else to say about this book other than the fact that there was less grammatic repetition. In other words, I'd say the author is improving his word choice and choosing a better variety of descriptions as the series progresses.

Can't wait to read the next volume.
Profile Image for Juazt.
26 reviews
October 22, 2025
En mi opinión, este volumen es una obra de tragedia pura. Me conmovió profundamente porque nos muestra la más cruel de las ironías: vemos a un grupo de "héroes" marchar con arrogancia hacia la gloria, solo para encontrar una aniquilación meticulosa y sin piedad, como insectos atraídos por una luz mortal.

El peso de cada decisión se siente como el acero frío de un destino inevitable. Es la antítesis fundamental de la serie: la grandeza incuestionable de Nazarick se mide por el dolor desgarrador que provoca; el poder absoluto se enfrenta a la consecuencia inevitable.

Este no es un tomo sobre la victoria, sino sobre el costo de la misma. Es un recordatorio sombrío que se adhiere a la mente, demostrando que detrás del trono más imponente, a veces solo hay un eco de dolor. Te deja reflexionando, como el silencio tras una tormenta, mucho después de haber leído la última palabra.
Profile Image for Bryan Boo.
Author 1 book
May 1, 2025
I didn't really enjoy this book as much as the other earlier volumes. I felt that I couldn't connect to the story nor characters as much. It seemed a little disconnected to the earlier volumes and I questioned whether the story in this volume was necessary for the overarching story—I don't think the characters will resurface in subsequent volumes nor did I find it necessary to have a whole volume on just the traps and defences of Nazarick (even if it were important in the later stories, it could have been elaborated then). Overall, I felt that this seemed to be a filler story than actually building the overarching story.
Profile Image for Steven Metcalf.
17 reviews1 follower
July 22, 2025
I think I'm going to have to take a break from this series for a while. This book isn't terrible, and a lot of my negativity might be simply burnout for listening to 7 volumes back to back, but this is the first book that I couldn't commit myself to enough to finish in the allotted checkout time on libby. Someone came in behind me and ended up putting the book on hold so I had to find an alternate source. There is a lot to like here, but this volume overall is a letdown compared to the previous novels in the series.
Profile Image for Ty.
68 reviews2 followers
February 4, 2021
It’s in the details

So I am a fan of the anime and have been reading the book because I found out that the book holds several details and a more in-depth look at what goes on in the story and now that I’ve gotten this far through the volumes I can see that the book is actually a lot darker than the anime, not that it’s a bad thing. I actually would love to see the anime take a darker turn too
Profile Image for Thisbluetruck.
15 reviews
September 13, 2022
from grey to black

Great book.

This volume solidified the evil that is Overlord. Not every story is happy it ends well and I think this was absolutely gut/heart wrenching which speaks the the authors writing ability.

Make no mistake like Tanya the evil this is a story from the villains perspective if your not ok with that don’t read, or if you read it don’t blame the author for your stupidity when this is to much for you.
Profile Image for Daniel.
455 reviews16 followers
September 21, 2018
First thoughts:
Ive read the story before, so I wasnt going into this blind. As a standalone its one of the better arcs of the series but the translation from Japansese to English for the Light Novel wasnt particularly good compared to its predecessors. Still better than the fan version.

Also: Stories about accidental Evil Overlords are pretty fun.
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Profile Image for Pablo García.
855 reviews22 followers
February 21, 2022
I don't understand why the author writes sob-stories, family and character dramas just to kill off the secondary characters a chapter or two later. One would have to be a sadist-sociopath-psychopath to not feel badly that Nazarick eats them up, tortures them and destroys their souls with a passion and blood-death lust.
Profile Image for Lexie García.
67 reviews
October 21, 2022
Creo que si hay un libro donde nuestro protagonista se puede sentir como un villano es este, realmente no pasa tanto en este libro pero con lo poco que ocurre es más que suficiente, ya podemos ver a un overlord mucho más confiado y que está empezando a moverse con más seguridad lo cuál no se que tan bueno sea si planea seguir haciendo cosas como esta.
10 reviews
January 14, 2019
I loved the book and I love the series. If you've kept up with the anime or manga or the light novels you don't need much character development in the later books\series, unless it's a new character, because it's already there.
Profile Image for Danny Moody.
1,414 reviews11 followers
December 22, 2020
Ainz’s plot is pretty cool getting all the adventurers to explore his tomb. I can’t believe how much written content there is compared to the speed the anime gets through it. That being said, there is a lot of depth that can be derived from reading these books.
Profile Image for Eric Slon.
339 reviews3 followers
May 22, 2024
Quiero saber cómo sigue el plan.
Igual me enteré el otro día que ya está animado hasta el 14 así que en realidad solo lo leo por gusto
Aunque también en parte en la animación los eventos se dan más desordenados que acá, no creo que sea bueno o malo pero me sorprende
5 reviews
December 11, 2019
Love hath no greater man

Than Ainz. Overlord remains one of my favorite series. There’s so much potential in character development and where the story can go. Truly a great saga.
251 reviews1 follower
April 22, 2020
Not the best in the series, it introduces the Empire but a lot of the content is not very relevant in the end. Still a good read, in the Overlord style.
Profile Image for Gabriel d'Matos.
382 reviews21 followers
August 3, 2020
O autor conseguiu de maneira incrível nós sentirmos pena dos ''inimigos'' dos protagonistas a ponto de te deixar decepcionado por eles ganharem no final. Como sempre ele sabe escrever.
Profile Image for Dustin.
1,173 reviews8 followers
November 1, 2020
My lease favorite volume so far. The author spent about 2/3rds of the page count setting up some potentially interesting characters only to dispose of all of them.
42 reviews
February 21, 2021
Enjoyed it a lot. I love the additional details that were not shown in the Anime/Manga
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