乙女ゲームのヒロインで最強サバイバル4

The Otome Heroine's Fight for Survival Light Novel #4

by Harunohi Biyori, 春の日びより, Hitaki Yuu (Illustrator)

二年ぶりの盟友・王女エレーナの姿に、アーリシアは微笑んだ。冒険者パーティ“虹色の剣”に加入したことで、王族である彼女の護衛を引き受けることになったのだ。行き先は、精霊から加護（ギフト）を得られるという大規模な離島ダンジョン。だが、乗り込んだ大型船で、乙女ゲームの主人公と三人の悪役令嬢が一堂に会することに!?　死亡ルートから逃れたいクララ。破滅的な力を欲するカルラ。国の安寧を願うエレーナ。そして、我が道を切り開く主人公（ヒロイン）アリア。それぞれの宿命（シナリオ）を背負った少女たちを乗せ、船は迷宮へと出発する！「“望み”は、私の力で手に入れる！」　壮絶＆爽快な異世界バトルファンタジー第４巻！

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy

356 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 20, 2022

Reviews

[Mariána K · Rating 3 out of 5]

Surprisingly short...

I think you could adequately say that about 60% of this book is the actual story and the other 40% is filler. The prelude section basically recaps the previous book and the last 25% of the book are the bonus chapters, some of which feel really off chronologically and confused me until I realized they were happening before the story. This made for a disappointing read.

The volume covers the dungeon expedition and little else. With this volume we wrap up the arc preluding to the school days otomi Arc. The next volume should officially start the story events that happened within the infamous video game our hero has been avoiding her whole life. I'm very curious how this is all going to go, a lot of the setup will be coming to fruition.

On a side note, I'm definitely a fan of the potential crush with Feld. I think that would be a good match for her and would coincide with her desires to not be pulled into the world of the game plot. By having a healthy romantic interest outside of the story offerings she can still have healthy human relations without giving up her desire to be free from fate.

And while this volume may have been a disappointment for me, I still have every intention of reading the next one. The series as a whole is very good.

[Russell Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Almost like clockwork, I experienced the dreaded Book 4 slump with this one.

Alia, alongside her new borderline-legendary adventuring team, was reunited with Princess Elena as well as Karla as the royal expedition into the dungeon begins. Maybe I was expecting a little more payoff, but it felt like the reunion was glossed over to keep the expedition moving.

The biggest issue I had in this volume was suspending my belief to allow the internal logic of the plot to keep things moving. It became much harder to wave away the fact that many of our main characters are mere 11-year-old children and that they have all ascended to heights that most people never achieve in their lives.

Then things escalated even further with the level of the dungeon boss. And what awaits us in the next volume after experiencing the very peak of this world's power levels? A magic school arc.

While the author might manage to write an intriguing school arc with a fair amount of politics and maybe some foreign power intrusion, I just can't force myself to get excited for a middle-school Harry Potter book one type of magic school when after seeing a bunch of mythological fighting happen. I feel like it will just be too hard to take any of it seriously.

Unfortunately, I think this will mark the end of my foray into this series. It was a mix of ups and downs, with some nice high points in books 2 and 3, so I got some decent value out of the experience. But I also know when to cut my losses and this feels like a good time to wrap things up.

[Alarna · Rating 4 out of 5]

good. :)

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

The beginning at the guild was pretty meh, but the latter was fun