HAI TO GENSOU NO GRIMGAR
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Why are we doing this...? When Haruhiro came to, he was in the darkness. Not knowing why was he here, or where "here" even was. With him were others who also remembered little more than their own names. What they found when they came out of the underground was a world that was "just like a game." In order to survive, Haruhiro forms a party with others in the same situation as him, learns Skills, and takes his first steps forward into the world of Grimgar as a Trainee Volunteer Soldier. Not knowing what awaits him... This is a tale of adventure born from the ashes.
(Source: J-Novel Club)
CAST
Yume
Haruhiro
Mary
Shihoru
Ranta
Manato
Moguzo
Kuzaku
Barbara
Setora Shuro
Renji
Britney
Souma
Choko
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REVIEWS
ExaltedEntity
Really unique and good read, Would Recommend, 95% Spoiler FreeContinue on AniListGrimgar, Fantasy of Ash is easily one of the best written light novels-- or at the very least if you like fantasy, you're going to have a blast reading this. But I can almost guarantee you that one way or another, Grimgar WILL leave an impression on you. The characters are well-written, the plot's always unique is some regard(volume to volume) and the setting has a fascinating premise(that I can't say because of spoilers).
It's an 8/10 read, mostly because I'm sensitive to some of the problems that the content had-- most of which may not be so visible to readers who're casually passing the time. It's written by an author who wrote over 80 light novel volumes before starting Grimgar, or something along those lines-- currently sitting at over 100-- you can expect the writing to be fairly satisfactory throughout its entirety.
Characters
Pros
They feel like real people with real thoughts-- one of the author's greatest strengths is his ability to stay consistent within the confounds of who the characters are, without the readers seeing into their minds. You can more or less infer what they're thinking at any point in the series after a instance where we get their point of view. The author continues to simulate and calculate their thought processes in the background allowing for really good moments where they break expectations without it seemingly contrived.Another interesting detail that I think needs to be addressed is how much respect the author gives to the idea of talent. In terms of base stats, rate of growth, and maximum potential. Many stories make it seem as though anyone can rival a super genius at swordplay, or some other fighting style-- which isn't out of the realm, given the right circumstance-- is simply unrealistic, and a lot of the characters tend to have infinite potential. The sense of realism is strengthened by this.
World
I can only say so much without spoiling really important plot points. Assume that the pay off will be in Volume 5, if it still doesn't interest you, then perhaps the setting simply isn't for you. You can expect a vast world, really cool equipment, techniques, magic abilities that mostly stay within reason-- obviously it does require suspension of disbelief when the best of the best(Akira and Souma) are jumping several meters into the air, but you don't see that from combatants that are less than the strongest.I want to keep this review within a reasonable length. So I won't get into the plot; you won't be disappointed.
Flaws
I don't like how the author uses romance as a subplot to gain the readers attention but doesn't actually explore it. Considering how much detail and subtext is placed into the general demeanor of the characters, backed by scenes where their inner thoughts are revealed-- there's so much potential squandered when the character's relationships could have been something you wouldn't be able to find in 99% of Romance books(in America or Japan).Slow pacing is one of Grimgar's strongest strengths because it grounds the character's arcs and abilities-- but the author does a poor job handling plot twists, and does so in a way where the slow pacing worsens it. Consider reading volumes upon volumes of content for characters to progress their relationships, their accomplishments, wealth, and techniques-- only for that to be reset. I'm keeping it vague. A lot of his twists are like that; it's frustrating.
A change of perspective to Souma's side of the story, or Renji would be nice-- but you don't get that here. Occasionally, there's a shift when one of the party members are the focus, but that's about it. Not that big of a deal, but it takes away from the experience.
Conclusion
There's a lot of wasted potential for the characters, but the character writing's still some of the best you'll ever see. Plot and world building is weaved together to make for a fun adventure, traveling to unpredictable places.
Mattymatrix
Possibly the BEST 'Trash'IsekaiContinue on AniListYes I meant what I said in the title..
Grimgar is honestly saying still one of my favorite LN out of those I read, the writting is immersive, easy to comprehend, and has a very good pace as a read-through altogether..still.. it's TRASH okay let me explain why i call one of my favorites trash.
I'll start off saying that Grimgar in the beginning was GREAT like around vol 1-6 the pacing was great, the plot twist were great and the characters went through a lot of tough situations ..now something strange happened at vol 11(iirc)..this is a big spoiler so be warned
After Ranta left the party
the pace of the story started getting weird, random arcs started popping up ,random characters and random twist(I'm not saying Ranta is the cause of the story going like this okay I just observed the course of the story)
I meant by random stuff I mean real RANDOM like straight up out of nowhere plot points with no build up at all
Anyway I'm just list of some examples bc fk writing a long extensive review for this..(at least not now)
Also all of these will be spoilers for the LN so read if you want to..I'll start with the most annoying plot in Grimgar..Merry and Haru relationship.. their ship is just a mess, it started good first of all then the weird story pacing started and ruined everything,when you think their relationship is progressing the story straight up ignores anything happened prior and when you think some scenes should really progress it again the story ignores anything that happened .
Latest Vol 18 spoilers...
What is the point of that reset plot btw like legit asking in a narrative perspective what tf is the point of that other than rush the ending of the story it was also pointless in the character writing aspect, Yes all those development gone ,disappeared Shihoru character literally went backtrack for some reason,Haruhiro mental development are gone (if his development prior were still there I'm confident he could have done a lot more in the raid and not be liability which he almost did btw completely out of character for him), Setora existence in the story literally have no meaning anymore bc her memory is gone and her point of joining the party was for Haruhiro anyway.
some character deaths that felt totally unnecessary ( ah yes bringing back characters just to kill them off)
Parano arc felt completely pointless when they even cut off Alice and that Shadow king kid, bruh literally half of that entire Parano arc was about Alice and other characters only in that arc to just completely cut them out of the story right after is just..bruh...wtf was the point of reading it if nothing means anything in the end anyway
So in summary Grimgar story writing around midway thru the story got wacky, pointless arcs , pointless characters, unnecessary deaths, always backpedaling the story, always forgetting anything that happened in the previous volumes..and despite all of that I still like it
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