Record of Wortenia War: Volume 13 - Every now and again I pick up a series again that I dropped previously. I don’t remember much about what had happened in the first twelve volumes but this one was almost in its entirety an unmitigated information dump about the political state of the isekai continent. There was little to no story progression whatsoever to which I could latch on to jog my memory. It was honestly just an entire volume of the history of several kingdoms and empires. And it read just as boring as an actual history book. I guess this is aimed at history otaku who know every name of every soldier who ever fought in the warring state period of Japan, but to me this was boring and it took me the entire week to get through it even though I was starved for distraction due to being without internet for a good chunk of the week. There was also that strange thing where you are in the POV of a isekai world native and the exposition dump sets in again and suddenly the explanation takes comparison to Earth states/events. Sorry, I know this is an info dump, but weren’t we in the POV of a fantasy character? At least keep the exposition in the general confines of what the character would know. Really jarring to read. Can’t give this volume more than a 1/10 because literally nothing happens after the first short encounter in the beginning. It’s just plain boring to read and all the facts are forgotten two paragraphs later anyway. I’m not sure if this was why I dropped it in the first place or not, but I at least recall some story elements from the series. Maybe I give a few chapters of volume 14 a go and see if this was just a filler volume.
Record of Wortenia War: Volume 13 - Every now and again I pick up a series again that I dropped previously. I don’t remember much about what had happened in the first twelve volumes but this one was almost in its entirety an unmitigated information dump about the political state of the isekai continent. There was little to no story progression whatsoever to which I could latch on to jog my memory. It was honestly just an entire volume of the history of several kingdoms and empires. And it read just as boring as an actual history book. I guess this is aimed at history otaku who know every name of every soldier who ever fought in the warring state period of Japan, but to me this was boring and it took me the entire week to get through it even though I was starved for distraction due to being without internet for a good chunk of the week. There was also that strange thing where you are in the POV of a isekai world native and the exposition dump sets in again and suddenly the explanation takes comparison to Earth states/events. Sorry, I know this is an info dump, but weren’t we in the POV of a fantasy character? At least keep the exposition in the general confines of what the character would know. Really jarring to read. Can’t give this volume more than a 1/10 because literally nothing happens after the first short encounter in the beginning. It’s just plain boring to read and all the facts are forgotten two paragraphs later anyway. I’m not sure if this was why I dropped it in the first place or not, but I at least recall some story elements from the series. Maybe I give a few chapters of volume 14 a go and see if this was just a filler volume.
I remember dropping this series after the first volume. Honestly, your review is not making me regret that decision.