Overlord Gushhh

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I guess it's only normal that my first post gushing about light novels would be on Overlord. 

I really regret the fact that this is my first Japanese light novel. The novel that pushed me into this rabbit hole (or hellhole) of isekai light novels. 

Overlord really spoil market* for me.

The quality and just about everything about this manga is just simply amazing. It is by no means perfect, but the extent of the world-building and all the skills and details of the world it is set in is on a whole different level, compared to most other light novels that I've read. 

I would say that the world-building is on the same level as the Harry Potter series. So much thought has gone into creating a world that is so surreal, yet feels so real. (pun intended kek) Just as many Potterheads may dream of owls delivering a letter of admission to Hogwarts to them. I dream of the day I can play the virtual reality game "Yggdrasil" in the same format as described in the novel and hopefully get transmigrated somehow. 

As with most story writing, the writers try to create a character that you can relate to, or at least sympathise with. Like Disney killing off every parental figure in their movies, like Naruto whose parents are dead, Ichigo's mom who is dead, Eren's mom that was killed by Titans, and the list goes on. Most stories try to get you to feel for their MCs by making them lose someone important to them and Overlord is similar in that sense. 

Same same but different different. 

Ainz Ooal Gown or Suzuki Satoru has lost people close to him as well. His guildmates that all eventually stopped playing the game because, LIFE. But Ainz/Satoru is not your average MC, you know that ball of sunshine that basically every anime MC is, he is pretty much a chaotic evil antihero, that's also just a clumsy salaryman trying to learn how to lead a "corporation". And this is what I love most about this series. I'm sick and tired of the ever so kind and courageous and gentle and whatever words with good connotations type heroes. 

Because I'm a lowkey evil person with no morals whatsoever and I lowkey feel attacked by such characterisations hehe 

      

Ok but honestly, it's quite refreshing to see an MC like that. And no, I'm not saying he's one of a kind. There are other famous antiheroes like Light from Death Note for example, who I could never really get on board with for some reason. I guess compared to Light that was just evil in my opinion, Ainz/Satoru actually feels like a real person. Life isn't just black and white, right and wrong, it is also made up of a lot of grey areas. And most importantly, I felt like I would make the same choices as him. Talk about relatable. 

Anyways, call me a pessimist or whatever, but I find it really hard to believe in superficial characters that are basically stripped of all the "negative" traits that make us human. 

Cue every mary sue, gary sue character everrrrr

In conclusion, all I want to say is that I love the settings and details that Maruyama-sensei has put into this story. The novel is so jampacked that even after reading every volume multiple times, in different languages, I still find myself discovering new information. It's like an unlimited treasure trove. There's so much to talk about, so I'll definitely be posting more on what other aspects of Overlord that I love/hate. 

If you're reading this, then you've finally made it to the end \(≧▽≦)/
So erhm... congrats on getting through this incoherent mess!!

I will probably write more incoherent crap gushing or ranting about Overlord and other light novels.

peace lilies~

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Spoil market*: basically means to make everything else look bad in comparison