Loner Life in Another World (Light Novel): Loner Life in Another World (Light Novel) Vol. 2

Shoji Goji · booota

May 2022 · Loner Life in Another World (Light Novel) Vol 2 · Seven Seas Entertainment

About this ebook

Haruka has reunited with his classmates in the city of Omui, but as a loner through and through, it isn't long before their presence starts getting to him. An excursion to a dangerous underground dungeon gives him a much-needed reprieve...when he falls all the way to the bottom level, the domain of the legendary undead Emperor of the Labyrinth! But Haruka won't be alone for long--he'll soon be joined by a powerful skeleton knight who's somehow also a seventeen-year-old girl!

Ratings and reviews

in the previous book, the town sections were the most tolerable because Haruka was able to just be silly and shock everyone with his antics without constantly ignoring obvious answers out of self deprecation, so since this book started off in that location, I hoped he would be able to chill out a bit and address some of my issues from the first book. Unfortunately, not only have his misunderstandings gotten worse and more nonsensical, every other character has basically stopped showing him a shred of direct affection and are very actively doing things that push him away despite demonstrably falling to pieces without him around. I really was ready to put aside my dislike of the character(s) and wanted to see more of the worldbuilding, but the characters have gotten worse than before and they are glossing over the skill system even more now. I honestly don't think I can force myself to finish it at this rate.

im really enjoying the story. The clueless nature of the main character is also quite funny at times. that said, the author does tend to get "stuck" on a few points, which can be a little annoying at times. the joke was funny the first time, started to loose humor around the 30th time, and felt completely worn out by the 50th. In the span of 3 chapters (about 20 pages) the main character rants about not having enough "sex appeal" at least 50 times. then he goes on to say his sex appeal had been in a dungeon since before he was born, and that the whole point of him being in this world was to retrieve it. while i did think it was funny the first few times, it got pretty old. Its not like he wants it for any specific reason, so that at least feels slightly more comfortable to me. I really don't think the author needs to go on massive rants about it tho. there was one point where they said "sex appeal" 3 different times in the same sentence. Beyond that, good book and good story.

Do yourself a favor. Read the prologue. It has some of the most beautiful writing I've ever had the pleasure of reading. Whoever did the translations should be commended. As for the rest, if you liked the first book (read it first) you will certainly like this one. The ending reminded me once again that the character is not nearly as oblivious as he pretends to be.