The World's Fastest Level Up (Light Novel) Vol. 2

世界最速のレベルアップ [Sekai Saisoku no Level Up] (The World's Fastest Level Up) (Novel) #2

by Nagato Yamata, Fame (Illustrator)

RIN TACKLES NEW TERRITORY IN HIS RACE TO THE TOP!>

Having awakened to a skill that allows him to level up faster than anyone in the world, Amane Rin challenges an untrodden dungeon called the Remote Magic Tower. There, he embarks on his most challenging quest yet, where he grows even stronger. Meanwhile, evil lurks toward his beloved sister Hana! What's Rin to do?

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Audiobook, Adventure, Harem, Magic

216 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 30, 2021

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Reviews

[Matthew Herring · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was every bit as good as the first volume. It gives more info about the dungeons, a hint of a rather surprising development with the system, more toys and skills for the MC to play with, And a brand new dungeon that is very unique to the world the story is set in. I loved the character developments, especially for the MC's little sister, who takes her first step into becoming a powerful adventurer with an amazing unique skill of her own that is likely to make her a powerhouse in her own right in quick order. I'm excited for the day that volume 3 is released, hopefully soon.

[Russell Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are fairly short books, so I rode my momentum from Volume 1 and started the next book immediately.

As is usual, a little of the glamour faded for me during Book 2. Various elements of the plot seem heavily inspired by Solo Leveling, which isn't a bad thing since I didn't come here for originality. The stats and levels have gotten even more nonsensical, though. I'll admit, it's books like this that make me wish authors would stop leaning on levels/stats as a crutch and just write "progressive fantasy". Call things A-tier, B-tier, etc., or maybe I'm too narrow-minded by clinging to the idea that Level 100 should mean something special. It just seems ridiculous when people gain 650 levels in a couple of days. When people fight something 15,000 levels above them and win, it just makes all the stats seem pointless and for mere decoration.

I will probably read Book 3 and I expect it to serve as a turning point for whether I feel like continuing the series. The appearance of yet another female supporting character has lowered my expectations a bit. It seems like the male characters in this series are nothing but disposable rivals/enemies and we are doomed to follow our MC as he grows his menagerie of starry-eyed younger women.

[Euphemism · Rating 2 out of 5]

So I thought volume 1 was aggressively mediocre with a chance of growing into something decent.

Well, it hasn't.

The start and the end of this volume are okay - we do learn a bit more about how people become dungeon explorers as Hana takes the tests to become one and the 'evil' mentioned in the synopsis provides a decent boss fight. There's a Big Damn Heroes moment that gets justified after the fact. There's also a bit of an ass pull with a few reveals of rewarded skills and items from the middle segment.

The middle of the story, the 'Remote Magic Tower', is a boring piece of wank. It's a special reward for the MC that no one else has ever been to - which makes sense, but doesn't change how much of a wank it is - but the author clearly got bored of actually fleshing it out. There are ten levels to the tower and only three of them are described with a decent amount of detail, with the rest mostly skimmed over. The numbers are a bit ridiculous here, but like any LitRPG story the numbers never mattered anyway.

The worst part is that this setup puts the MC into multiple days' worth of life-threatening combat where he's repeatedly punching above his weight class like it's a cultivation story, and the MC's reaction is a mindless 'This could kill me? Oh well, gotta double down on that!'

There are hints of an overarching plotline with the unresolved mysteries of the Remote Magic Tower, but overall I'm pessimistic about the future of this series. Frankly, the author has put together a decent skeleton but the overall experience is anorexic.

[Pablo García · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as Book 1, with cryptic and hidden messages that are hard to understand. It seems that there is an existence that warned, the main character, Amane Rin, about an imminent danger. The leveling-up system this author has set up puts the current inflation/depression crisis to shame, now Riu levels up 500 levels at a time almost and in this book 2 is trying to conquer a "Dungeon Tower"? Can one "dive" into a tower? Delving for shure but something going up can't forget about the law of gravity.
Not sure where this light novel series is going. It felt as if the story ran out of air, gas, inspiration...
The fact that the author had to use Riu's sister Hanna as ransom/cannon fodder, does not bode well for the future of this fantasy dungeon delving series. This book 2 felt about half of book 1. Not sure if I'm going to wait for the next book...

[Christina Mastoraki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ήταν λίγο μικρό (το τελείωσα σε μια μέρα) αλλά αρκετά ψυχαγωγικό. Το world building ήταν αρκετά εκτεταμένο, τόσο για τον πραγματικό κόσμο όσο και για τα dungeons. Μου έλειψε μια αφήγηση για τη δοκιμασία στο Level 7 γιατί ήταν η πιο διαφορετική. Όλες οι υπόλοιπες δοκιμασίες στο remote magic tower ήταν κυρίως στρατηγική και combat base. Και τι τρέχει με το σύστημα? Θα δούμε κάποιο πρόσωπο από το παρελθόν να κάνει την εμφάνιση του? Θέλω πολύ να δω που θα το πάει. Η τελευταία μάχη ήταν υπέροχη.

[Enzo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Continuing the series Amane Rin after a lot of work has managed to finish beating 10 dungeons completely. This triggers the rise of the "Remote Magic Tower" (I am not naming this things trust me). So he decides its time to take the plunge and he goes and is surprised to find out that he is the first to have been invited and the size of the Dungeon/Tower is amazing. But can he manage to finish all the challenges ...

[Beth Stephany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Contrary to the first volume, this one felt like there was continuously a lot going on and very exciting to keep up with. I couldn’t stop listening to this audio book. The entry of characters and return of ones we met but didn’t experience much with. Rin’s journey and what he faces are all met with heartracing events.

[Iliana Rosario Huertas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfection

This story is super perfect. Is a captivating work of art and it will leave you wanting more and more

[Ethan Middlestead · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book!

[Tyrannicus-Rex Stormbourne · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s absolutely sinful for something so amazing is so short lived in overall length

[Crystal · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Jordan Wilkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

voice actor's girl voice is atrocious. problem solving to win fights is interesting.

[Harel Turm · Rating 4 out of 5]

it's better than the first book, it actually has a great climax. the first half was slow and all the flaws of the first book stayed.

[Duane]

Loving the series and character growth.

[Michael Burnett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

Great book I can't wait to read the next book in the series I would recommend this author to anyone

[Mell Apfel · Rating 5 out of 5]

After the first book being unexpectedly fun, I was curious how the second novel would go. This one bucked a lot of my expectations in a good way. I thought it would be more of the same but it knew just how to mix things up. Hana, Rin's sister, gets a lot more focus in this one and you get to see how someone becomes an adventurer through her eyes. I love that this story is set in OUR world, not another one. There's fun details about how dungeon recruiters integrate with schools and how nations use adventurers as status symbols. The fights continue to be well-written, snappy and not too long, and there was more humor in this book. Rin is kind of a dork but in a way that I like to read. Totally clueless about anything but dungeons, but he's nice to the girls (Yui and Rei) who are interested in him and sees them as equals. Sadly Rei and Yui don't show up much in this one, but every time they do its a treat. Rei is hilarious. I'm not sure how to feel about Claire who promises to become important soon, but not yet, but we'll see when volume 3 comes out.

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

entertaining story, I enjoyed the first three volumes in the light novel.