@henmwats Well its hard to say that the adaptation is bad.But if LN is peak then the adaptation is good with great moments.As for me i feel somewhat dissapointed with S2 overall because of them cutting lots of small moments and other character development which is what actually made the LN peak (at least for me). S1 also had some cuts but i felt like it was done in a smart way and felt more like optimizing while S2 straight up butcher some stuff. Let me give you 2 examples that i had explained to my friend who is watching the anime but haven't read the LN
1.The panties situation when Linia and Pursena took them from all the girls around university.The anime made it look like they are total bullies (which they were before Rudeus came to school) however in LN there was a small dialogue that somewhat changes the whole mood of the situation :
“W-we didn’t pick on anyone, Boss. Honest!” Linia whined.
“T-that’s right. We just asked ’em real nicely,” added Pursena with a
whimper.
Oh, come on. As if some poor little freshman girl was ever going to say
no to a pair of terrifying bullies twice her size.
“Look, you’re beastfolk, aren’t you? I’d expect you to understand how
humiliating it is to have your clothing torn off you.”
“B-But we gave them new underwear and everything! It was just a
trade!”
“Oh, really? From the sound of things, a whole bunch of girls ended up
pretty shaken afterwards.”
“Their new ones probably didn’t fit right, that’s all! We didn’t take any
panties from the girls who said no, I swear!”
Hm? This sounded different from the way Ariel had described it. That
brought me some relief. I’d feel terrible if they’d forcibly ripped anyone’s
clothes off.The two of them were obviously more scared of being punished than
anything else. At the end of the day, though, they’d gone to a lot of trouble
for my sake. They’d noticed I was feeling down and tried to cheer me up.
That was their only motivation here.
It was still a nice gesture, in that sense, even if I didn’t like their
present. I had sympathy for their victims, but they’d basically meant well. It
wasn’t like they’d deliberately set out to humiliate anyone, like the bullies
who’d targeted me in my previous life.
2 His meeting with Paul. The anime done a decent job but it felt more wholesome in the LN. Paul looked terrible and literally talked to Rudeus while sleeping and first so he had to explain some stuff again.Rudeus also feared that Paul had lost it to despair at first. There is also this small detail :
Paul retook his seat and turned toward me. Then, as if we were redoing
the whole reunion, he asked, “Rudy, why are you here?”
“I already told you. I came to help.”
“No, that’s not what I mean.”
I shook my head. I’d anticipated that question. We’d had a similar
communication mix-up before and it had turned into a fight, but this time,
things would be all right. I had seen his letter, and Norn and Aisha were in
my care. “Everything is fine. Norn and Aisha, as well. They’re being looked
after,” I said, repeating what I’d already said a moment ago.
“O-oh, okay.” Paul looked confused. He reached out to pat my body
again, almost as if he were checking to confirm that I really was here.
Which shows how Rudeus learnt from his past mistakes and tried his hardest to be considerate of others
I decided to explain what had happened after I sent the first letter. How
I’d enrolled at the university, and everything from there on, leading up to my
marriage. I chose my words carefully as I went. Honestly, I had nothing but
good memories of my time at school. It had certainly had its low points, but it
wouldn’t be exaggerating to say I’d had the time of my life there, either. I’d
made friends, found my wife, and had plenty of fun.
I tried to keep my recounting of events as objective as possible, but I
couldn’t hide it. There was no denying I’d had a good time there.
There is a channel on Youtube that does LN analysis and skipped content.Some of the last videos were 1h long.That should give you the overall gist of the amount of stuff they cut
Overall the adaptation like i ve said is not bad by all means but i do feel kinda bad for people who haven't read/ won't read the LN