Michael

I'm pretty sure I wrote a review for this, but it seems to have been deleted... So I'll repost.

This review is completely about the official translation by Breakthrough Books (distributed on Lulu.com, which is incorrectly listed here as the publisher). It's nigh-unreadable. It was translated by the owner of the tiny publisher, a native Japanese with a tenuous grasp on English, and as such is a pain in the ass to slog through. Should've saved up some money and hired a competent native English translator instead of trying to translate it yourself. Also, the covers are ugly and have nothing to do with the books themselves. Here's hoping that a real, competent publisher picks it up instead someday. Embarrassing release.

A surprisingly fun read. The MC is ruthless towards his enemies, and the interactions between Charlotte and the MC are cute and entertaining.

A fairly bland wish fulfillment isekai starring the author's self-insert. The first chunk of the book is him leveling up and explaining in excruciating detail how awesome all his gear is, and how he went from level 1 ditch digging to level 100 ditch digging or whatever. The middle is him back in the real world, where anyone he talks to can only say “wow you're so awesome I love you”, and the very end of the book peeks a bit at the fantasy world he stepped into. The MC is dumb as a bag of rocks like your usual dense protagonist, and completely merciful to even those who are actively trying to kill him. The other isekai world seems like it might be more interesting, as the Japan-focused part is just the author jerking off to his own wish fulfillment fantasy. There's also zero conflict.

If you have absolutely nothing else to read, I guess this might scratch that itch.

A fairly bland volume. 95% of it is your usual isekai adventurer filler, and he doesn't even start his titular journey until the last chapter. It feels like this entire volume was the prologue for volume 2, when the story would actually start.

Another fun volume. I expected to get tired of this by now, as misunderstanding comedies tend to wear their welcome out pretty fast, but I'm still enjoying it. Charlotte and the gang ramp up their antics to support Haru in the background, hijinks ensue. A school arc that I don't hate, which is surprising. Then again there's barely any actual “school” in this volume.