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スライム倒して300年、知らないうちにレベルMAXになってました (Novel) #2
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level, Vol. 2
When you're level 99, finding time to relax can be the hardest part...
After I died from overwork in my previous life, I decided keeping a good work-life balance in this one would be my top priority. I've been a lot busier ever since word got out that I'm level 99, but my world has also been getting bigger. Beelzebub is the most reliable demon I've ever met, Falfa and Shalsha are as adorable as can be, Laika is the best apprentice anyone could ask for, and Halkara is...well, Halkara is doing her best. Whether it's hosting a café, fighting ghosts in a factory, or even meeting a demon king, there's nothing we can't handle together! Still, what I'd rather be doing the most is enjoying my downtime. And I'm not about to forget the importance of taking life one step at a time!
After I died from overwork in my previous life, I decided keeping a good work-life balance in this one would be my top priority. I've been a lot busier ever since word got out that I'm level 99, but my world has also been getting bigger. Beelzebub is the most reliable demon I've ever met, Falfa and Shalsha are as adorable as can be, Laika is the best apprentice anyone could ask for, and Halkara is...well, Halkara is doing her best. Whether it's hosting a café, fighting ghosts in a factory, or even meeting a demon king, there's nothing we can't handle together! Still, what I'd rather be doing the most is enjoying my downtime. And I'm not about to forget the importance of taking life one step at a time!
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First published April 13, 2017
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January 25, 2019
Just like the first book this one is good for the soul.
This is a series that is more meant to be a slice of life Isekai than an action one or anything like that, so lack of action doesnt bug me. When action is needed it is taken, otherwise the story is good on its own without going all out for big fight scenes or what not. There is alot to love about this book and almost nothing to hate! I look forward to continuing this series and following Lady Azusa and her family in their daily lives!
This is a series that is more meant to be a slice of life Isekai than an action one or anything like that, so lack of action doesnt bug me. When action is needed it is taken, otherwise the story is good on its own without going all out for big fight scenes or what not. There is alot to love about this book and almost nothing to hate! I look forward to continuing this series and following Lady Azusa and her family in their daily lives!
May 26, 2020
This book is still wonderful and chill however it wants to have a straight female lead and still point out tits and it gets really awkward and cringe at times
November 22, 2019
Can't give it 3-stars. Not by any means. But I can't make myself give it just 1-star either. So more like a 1½ that I rounded up. Why up instead of down? Because has bad as it is in so many ways, it is still entertaining to a degree. But the 2½ star rating (rounded to 3) I might have given it got lost with one line:
"I managed to sooth Pecora somehow, and Halkara was forgiven."
Seems innocuous enough, but it epitomized to me everything that is actually wrong with this series. The totally episodic nature (more on that in a second), the trite writing (coming up next), the cookie-cutter flat characters... it is so light and fluffy and has some entertaining moments, but truly isn't that good.
So the trite writing -- Halkara does something (inadvertently) again to piss off the Demon King who flies into a rage threatening to have Halkara executed. Even with Azusa trying to bring it down to some semblance of normality we are treated to that line. It was a throw away. Did Morita just need to pad the word/page count by a few paragraphs? It wasn't even a Deus Ex Machina, we're just told that it is resolved. Really rubbed me the wrong way.
So I mentioned the episodic nature of this series in my review of book 1. It hasn't changed. It feels like an old 70s or 80s sit com where there isn't much of story to connect one episode to the next, just a cast of characters that get into ridiculous situations. Although in the case of I've Been Killing Slimes that cast of characters grows a a steady clip adding yet more cookie cutouts to the sheet.
Wow, I'm being really harsh. Guess it really did rub me the wrong way. Mayhaps I'm not the target audience for this series. I'm going to give it one more book eventually (since that's is what our library has in their collection) but I will admit I'm not going into expecting much.
Verdict: Pass -- unless you want something so full of fluff that even your dead brain cells will wonder why you're putting them out to pasture.
"I managed to sooth Pecora somehow, and Halkara was forgiven."
Seems innocuous enough, but it epitomized to me everything that is actually wrong with this series. The totally episodic nature (more on that in a second), the trite writing (coming up next), the cookie-cutter flat characters... it is so light and fluffy and has some entertaining moments, but truly isn't that good.
So the trite writing -- Halkara does something (inadvertently) again to piss off the Demon King who flies into a rage threatening to have Halkara executed. Even with Azusa trying to bring it down to some semblance of normality we are treated to that line. It was a throw away. Did Morita just need to pad the word/page count by a few paragraphs? It wasn't even a Deus Ex Machina, we're just told that it is resolved. Really rubbed me the wrong way.
So I mentioned the episodic nature of this series in my review of book 1. It hasn't changed. It feels like an old 70s or 80s sit com where there isn't much of story to connect one episode to the next, just a cast of characters that get into ridiculous situations. Although in the case of I've Been Killing Slimes that cast of characters grows a a steady clip adding yet more cookie cutouts to the sheet.
Wow, I'm being really harsh. Guess it really did rub me the wrong way. Mayhaps I'm not the target audience for this series. I'm going to give it one more book eventually (since that's is what our library has in their collection) but I will admit I'm not going into expecting much.
Verdict: Pass -- unless you want something so full of fluff that even your dead brain cells will wonder why you're putting them out to pasture.
October 5, 2018
Boring and sluggish, and with a bloated cast of shallow characters, the second light novel of I'VE BEEN KILLING SLIMES FOR 300 YEARS AND I MAXED OUT MY LEVEL isn't worth the effort. The book relinquishes its grip on being curious or interesting rather quickly, and cares not for how swiftly its narrative is consumed by inelegant tropes, unoriginal drama, and uninteresting or manufactured conflict. At best, this is light reading for children who are fans of fantasy adventure; at worst, the novel is an intensely dull retread of everything one could have conjured, had they been a simpering child and a fan of bland fantasy lit.
Lady Azusa and her household go relatively unchanged from the first page to the last, and it is in much the same way that the events of the novel factor very little into tweaking the relational dynamics of the characters therein. For example, the story would have been more interesting had the youngest characters -- slime-children Falfa and Shalsha -- not been so impossibly agreeable. And Laika, the dragon girl, would have been far more engaging had the author granted her more agency to venture out on her own. But alas, this was not the case. Young characters who refuse to think for themselves, as well as the more competent characters who are unable to succeed or fail on their own behalf, make for a thoroughly unenlightened narrative.
Through no fault of a strong translation effort, the events of I'VE BEEN KILLING SLIMES FOR 300 YEARS . . . #2 fumble and fret under the burden of the ensemble comedy genre. Regrettably, there are very few scenes in which Azusa or the other characters are merely on their own or are confronting individual problems. Indeed, if something happens to one character, then everyone has to deal with it. This is problematic for obvious reasons. Never has a life story been so fascinating that every character involved had to be informed (and available) for every ridiculously fragmented turn of fortune.
Beelzebub remains a bit of a charmer, but considering she's the only character thus far who regularly and consistently expresses a range of genuine emotions, readers are likely at a loss as to why she isn't the main character. Azusa may be the strongest person on the planet, but she rarely encounters conflict. She's bland. Taking in a ghost friend? Sure. Helping heal the demon king? Sure. Adopting a wildcat? Sure. For all her strength and purported kindness, Lady Azusa is bit of an idiot. Not that Halkara, the dim-witted elf apothecary, won't challenge her for such a title.
In any case, Beelzebub's depth of character is most substantial. She shows anger, compassion, intelligence, and all the rest. She is essentially the best character by default. That aside, one wonders why the author has so strongly favored one-dimensional characters among the cast. Perhaps one might forgive the author if Beelzebub were a romantic interest . . . but seeing as the high-ranking demon is just another part of the scenery (every character becomes a named-surrogate big sister, little sister, or daughter to Azusa), the book somehow feels even more of a let-down.
I'VE BEEN KILLING SLIMES FOR 300 YEARS . . . #2 is a waste of time. There's no real challenge to the family's state of affairs, the fight scenes are horribly rendered, Azusa doesn't use magic of any consequence until page 170-something, and the back-and-forth dialogue of a full and busy household swiftly relegates any actual conversation to mere chit-chat (e.g., studying ancient cultures, discussing complex spellcasting, arguing Azusa's value to the village). Exploring a haunted factory and arguing before the court in favor of a close friend are all well and good, but such scenarios don't have much to do with the fundamentals of the greater narrative.
Indeed, the book seems stuck on everything uninteresting and fluffy about fantasy literature, and has dutifully forsaken all other facets of adventure fiction that would otherwise give these characters (and their individual stories) believable heft.
Lady Azusa and her household go relatively unchanged from the first page to the last, and it is in much the same way that the events of the novel factor very little into tweaking the relational dynamics of the characters therein. For example, the story would have been more interesting had the youngest characters -- slime-children Falfa and Shalsha -- not been so impossibly agreeable. And Laika, the dragon girl, would have been far more engaging had the author granted her more agency to venture out on her own. But alas, this was not the case. Young characters who refuse to think for themselves, as well as the more competent characters who are unable to succeed or fail on their own behalf, make for a thoroughly unenlightened narrative.
Through no fault of a strong translation effort, the events of I'VE BEEN KILLING SLIMES FOR 300 YEARS . . . #2 fumble and fret under the burden of the ensemble comedy genre. Regrettably, there are very few scenes in which Azusa or the other characters are merely on their own or are confronting individual problems. Indeed, if something happens to one character, then everyone has to deal with it. This is problematic for obvious reasons. Never has a life story been so fascinating that every character involved had to be informed (and available) for every ridiculously fragmented turn of fortune.
Beelzebub remains a bit of a charmer, but considering she's the only character thus far who regularly and consistently expresses a range of genuine emotions, readers are likely at a loss as to why she isn't the main character. Azusa may be the strongest person on the planet, but she rarely encounters conflict. She's bland. Taking in a ghost friend? Sure. Helping heal the demon king? Sure. Adopting a wildcat? Sure. For all her strength and purported kindness, Lady Azusa is bit of an idiot. Not that Halkara, the dim-witted elf apothecary, won't challenge her for such a title.
In any case, Beelzebub's depth of character is most substantial. She shows anger, compassion, intelligence, and all the rest. She is essentially the best character by default. That aside, one wonders why the author has so strongly favored one-dimensional characters among the cast. Perhaps one might forgive the author if Beelzebub were a romantic interest . . . but seeing as the high-ranking demon is just another part of the scenery (every character becomes a named-surrogate big sister, little sister, or daughter to Azusa), the book somehow feels even more of a let-down.
I'VE BEEN KILLING SLIMES FOR 300 YEARS . . . #2 is a waste of time. There's no real challenge to the family's state of affairs, the fight scenes are horribly rendered, Azusa doesn't use magic of any consequence until page 170-something, and the back-and-forth dialogue of a full and busy household swiftly relegates any actual conversation to mere chit-chat (e.g., studying ancient cultures, discussing complex spellcasting, arguing Azusa's value to the village). Exploring a haunted factory and arguing before the court in favor of a close friend are all well and good, but such scenarios don't have much to do with the fundamentals of the greater narrative.
Indeed, the book seems stuck on everything uninteresting and fluffy about fantasy literature, and has dutifully forsaken all other facets of adventure fiction that would otherwise give these characters (and their individual stories) believable heft.
June 3, 2022
The second volume of the series. It was interesting to see how the author expanded the plotline after the initial developments of the premise. Azusa's life at the start of volume 2 is very different from her start at volume 1. She is returning from a red dragon wedding with her family of four; two surrogate younger sisters and two young daughters. Despite these changes, she is determined to continue her quiet and easy life in the Flatta highlands. Then "elder sister" Beelzebub stops by and announces a new development.
The Demon Lands want to honor Azusa for her role in ending the Red Dragon/Blue Conflict, which happened at the wedding she so recently returned from. So, the Demon King has invited Azusa and her household to attend a ceremony and receive a medal. That is the plot for this volume. What I like is how it structures this volume.
You see, each chapter is more or less its own story. They map pretty well as individual episodes from the anime. The idea of the Demon Medal Award enables them to link up in a way that works for a slice of life story. Beelzebub arrives during the Witch House Cafe story, and helps out before making the announcement. Because the event is still a ways away, it fades into the back of everyone's minds for the next event, the trouble with the corrupt governor. Then it pops up again when the household gains a new member, the ghost Rosalie. Even this event contributes to the meat of the Demon Medal Award plot because the Highlands Household is now aware of how...er.. vulnerable Halkara is to political trouble. As an author, I like this device. It is a flexible sort of structure that adds to each story without breaking the sense of slice of life.
As someone who read this after watching the anime, I want to point a few things out.
The Witch House Cafe happens later in the anime's timeline than in the light novel's, so many characters who were present for this event in the anime are not here. Also, there is a second part of the event that is not adapted into the anime's episode, probably for this same reason (i.e. exchanging content).
The trouble with the corrupt governor was not adapted at all. It was a funny event and shows the Highland Household do stuff other than combat, but I understand why. It is basically the beginning and ending of a story idea, no middle or development. What happens is the household flexing on this corrupt governor in a non-combat curbstomp.
Finally, there is a bonus story at the end. It is simple and adorable. It is too short to be its own episode, which is a shame, because Halkara is more than a comedic relief character here. She is still the butt of jokes, particularly at the end.
This is a light and fun read, just like the first. It is relaxing, and also has a few danger! moments too.
Trickster Eric Novels gives "I've been killing slimes for three hundred years and maxed out my level - light novel volume 2" an A+
The Demon Lands want to honor Azusa for her role in ending the Red Dragon/Blue Conflict, which happened at the wedding she so recently returned from. So, the Demon King has invited Azusa and her household to attend a ceremony and receive a medal. That is the plot for this volume. What I like is how it structures this volume.
You see, each chapter is more or less its own story. They map pretty well as individual episodes from the anime. The idea of the Demon Medal Award enables them to link up in a way that works for a slice of life story. Beelzebub arrives during the Witch House Cafe story, and helps out before making the announcement. Because the event is still a ways away, it fades into the back of everyone's minds for the next event, the trouble with the corrupt governor. Then it pops up again when the household gains a new member, the ghost Rosalie. Even this event contributes to the meat of the Demon Medal Award plot because the Highlands Household is now aware of how...er.. vulnerable Halkara is to political trouble. As an author, I like this device. It is a flexible sort of structure that adds to each story without breaking the sense of slice of life.
As someone who read this after watching the anime, I want to point a few things out.
The Witch House Cafe happens later in the anime's timeline than in the light novel's, so many characters who were present for this event in the anime are not here. Also, there is a second part of the event that is not adapted into the anime's episode, probably for this same reason (i.e. exchanging content).
The trouble with the corrupt governor was not adapted at all. It was a funny event and shows the Highland Household do stuff other than combat, but I understand why. It is basically the beginning and ending of a story idea, no middle or development. What happens is the household flexing on this corrupt governor in a non-combat curbstomp.
Finally, there is a bonus story at the end. It is simple and adorable. It is too short to be its own episode, which is a shame, because Halkara is more than a comedic relief character here. She is still the butt of jokes, particularly at the end.
This is a light and fun read, just like the first. It is relaxing, and also has a few danger! moments too.
Trickster Eric Novels gives "I've been killing slimes for three hundred years and maxed out my level - light novel volume 2" an A+
October 26, 2020
I had been wondering: "can this wholesome idea get old?" The answer was sadly yes. At the 50% mark this book somehow became increasingly taxing to read, like Infinite Jest if Infinite Jest was short and boring (yes, I'm cool enough to have read Infinite Jest (I actually haven't read it though)).
The author states that he had no plan when making this and it's sadly apparent, the story has become and will 100% continue to be a waifu-collecting narrative. Each chapter introduces a girl. By chapter's end, that girl is living with/ingratiated to our main character. Halkara's boobs defy physics because fanservice and they caught the author's mind's eye, and then she klutzes up the situation. It's clockwork, without the elegance of gears spinning harmoniously.
The author states that he had no plan when making this and it's sadly apparent, the story has become and will 100% continue to be a waifu-collecting narrative. Each chapter introduces a girl. By chapter's end, that girl is living with/ingratiated to our main character. Halkara's boobs defy physics because fanservice and they caught the author's mind's eye, and then she klutzes up the situation. It's clockwork, without the elegance of gears spinning harmoniously.
October 25, 2019
If you enjoyed the first book in the series, this one you would also fully enjoy. It is pretty much just more of the same, cute girls, basic simple plot, and not a bunch of drama. This book did have more drama than the previous one, but it gets started through the hilarious means you would expect and also solved in similar ways.
So yeah, if you want another nice enjoyable novel than this is the one for you. Just like the first book, and I feel like the upcoming books as well.
So yeah, if you want another nice enjoyable novel than this is the one for you. Just like the first book, and I feel like the upcoming books as well.
December 1, 2020
Fun like the first book, but the pattern is starting to wear thin. There is a problem; turns out to be a cute girl; gets absorbed into the family in a too-coy, "Tee-hee, it's almost inappropriate but it's not because they're *family* and don't think of each other that way!" Some characters strain the credulity a bit far.
But, it's still fun reading and I'll be giving it one more book in the series to break from the same pattern.
But, it's still fun reading and I'll be giving it one more book in the series to break from the same pattern.
August 21, 2023
3.75*
This manga is so weird it's hard to decide if i actually like it or not but it's kind of addictive!
At first I thought the new elf character we meet was kind of cliché and overly sexualised but she's actually quite a laugh so i enjoyed her addition.
I know I am enjoying reading it, the characters are fun but the story is kind of meh and nothing really happens so I don't know how i really feel.
This manga is so weird it's hard to decide if i actually like it or not but it's kind of addictive!
At first I thought the new elf character we meet was kind of cliché and overly sexualised but she's actually quite a laugh so i enjoyed her addition.
I know I am enjoying reading it, the characters are fun but the story is kind of meh and nothing really happens so I don't know how i really feel.
June 21, 2024
Dieser Band schließt (wenn man von der extra Geschichte absieht) nahtlos an den vorherigen Band an. Dabei lernen wir neue Charaktere kennen und auch die alten bekannten kommen nicht zu kurz.
Die Geschichte plätschert dabei ehe vor sich hin. Auch wenn es ein wenig turbulenter zugeht hat man irgendwie nie das Gefühl mitten in der Action drin zu sein.
Dabei sind die Charaktere toll aufeinander abgestimmt.
Der Schreibstil ist sehr einfach gehalten und auch der Satzbau bleibt einfach.
Die Geschichte plätschert dabei ehe vor sich hin. Auch wenn es ein wenig turbulenter zugeht hat man irgendwie nie das Gefühl mitten in der Action drin zu sein.
Dabei sind die Charaktere toll aufeinander abgestimmt.
Der Schreibstil ist sehr einfach gehalten und auch der Satzbau bleibt einfach.
May 15, 2021
Thoroughly enjoyed, although I was a little disappointed at the writing of this one. I still loved the characters and the plot was hilarious but I was sad that we mostly lost, or at least it fell to the wayside, the subplot about self care and not overworking yourself. Despite this, it was still a cute story that brought a smile to my face. Hope you enjoy!
August 24, 2018
Another great entry in this funny series. I am looking forward to the next volume.
September 18, 2018
I have read Vol.1-2 and loved both and am currently waiting on bated breath for number 3 to come out on kindle to continue the series.
November 20, 2018
It felt a little rushed in the beginning but it evened out and was just as enjoyable as the first. I look forward to volume 3 and spending more time on the Highland!
February 24, 2019
Witch of the highlands II
Cute and fluffy with a few moments of strangeness. It isn’t deep,but is is a fun,relaxing read.
Just what goes on with big sisters in Japan?
Cute and fluffy with a few moments of strangeness. It isn’t deep,but is is a fun,relaxing read.
Just what goes on with big sisters in Japan?
June 24, 2019
Leveled up from reading
Honestly I'm biased since this gives the feel of an MMO I played as a kid. The story is evolving. I think the amount of characters joining the house may be too quick, however it all seems to be working for the time being. I'd like to see the house of the highlands become the beginning of a kingdom. Can't wait for what's next.
Honestly I'm biased since this gives the feel of an MMO I played as a kid. The story is evolving. I think the amount of characters joining the house may be too quick, however it all seems to be working for the time being. I'd like to see the house of the highlands become the beginning of a kingdom. Can't wait for what's next.
August 27, 2019
Awesome, just awesome , and bitter-sweet.
February 27, 2021
On one hand, it's kind of boring and nothing happens. On the other hand, it's the perfect book for the commute home from a stressful work day.
May 29, 2022
Khá tươi,vui
September 11, 2020
This series remains chill and comfy, and although I enjoyed this volume it wasn't quite on the same level of comfiness as the first. It felt like they always had stuff going on, and new characters didn't seem to get the same level of care and attention that the first volume gave them.
Still, good enough to keep going, no regrets.
Still, good enough to keep going, no regrets.
June 26, 2019
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August 23, 2018Read like the maid cafe scene in many anime. I am not a fan of that episode in almost every anime. I went to novels and the Isekai genre section to get rid of that stuff. Sorry i am judging it off of the first chapter and the names of the other chapters. Vol. 1 rocked and was awesome while Vol. 2 is not that good and turned into something i do not think i want to continue reading.
IF you like the maid cafe episode or episodes in anime then this book is good but as i do not it is not good for me.
IF you like the maid cafe episode or episodes in anime then this book is good but as i do not it is not good for me.
May 21, 2019
I like the laid back nature of this series, but there are just so many good light novels being translated these days that I will probably not be picking up volume three. If it had been a year ago, or especially two years ago, when the number of titles being brought over were more limited, I might have stuck with this series.
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