All members of Maple Tree made it through the prelims and are joining forces in the eighth event’s main round—a brutal three day survival mission. But they’ve all tamed monsters that perfectly fit their builds and they are unmatched in combat. They rampage across the perilous fields, annihilating bosses that slew countless other players and are well on their way to becoming a gauntlet that no force on earth can hope to survive!
The eighth preliminaries have finished, and now it is time for the big main event. Maple and her friends are excited for what is to come, and of course they are doing so at the highest difficulty. Things proof to be a lot more difficult than expected, and teaming up with old rivals and friends might be required.
The nature of the series hasn't changed much over the past volumes and the ninth is no exception. It is a light-hearted wholesome and funny story about a group of friends having wacky adventures in a slightly broken MMO. There are no serious threats, although this volume is rather action packed with the event being a survival one with each minute things becoming more difficult. Still, if you came for strong characters, detailed and believable world building or tense plots, how did you manage to reach volume 9? It is a tad short even for a light novel, more so when you realize it includes a couple of very short short stories at the end which for the most part are set in much earlier parts of the series.
All in all, an entertaining fun read for when you are looking for something simple and straight forward without any drama and exactly what I expected.
This was fun, as always! I do so love this series.
Gotta say though, I’m super pumped for volume 10 as we’ll be getting into uncharted territory! V. 9 is where season 2 of the anime has finished. So new stuff soon!
I love this series it's very cute! Maple's team is very small it has alot of one specific ability, defense, speed,power etc. I have the first two seasons Anime!