Statistics
All Anime Stats Anime Stats
Days: 74.4
Mean Score:
6.02
- Watching502
- Completed346
- On-Hold88
- Dropped66
- Plan to Watch424
- Total Entries1,426
- Rewatched73
- Episodes4,173
All Manga Stats Manga Stats
Days: 25.3
Mean Score:
6.22
- Reading179
- Completed52
- On-Hold44
- Dropped52
- Plan to Read117
- Total Entries444
- Reread7
- Chapters3,621
- Volumes229
All Comments (26) Comments
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The first book is the whole of what the anime adapted, albeit with a prologue that kinda gives away who the Seventh is, taken out of the anime. The second book onwards continues the story.
As a reader of the light novels, the story really does pick up from there and provide a thorough explanation for the anime's ending. One by one you start to learn a lot more about the uniquely designed cast members, and in the battle scenes, the series does a great job distributing their roles so everyone feels important in some regard. There's a lot of all-or-nothing gambits, like you saw with Adlet backed against the corner in the anime, for several characters. The journey is a framing device to learn more about the world and explore the "true companions" trust the party has towards each other, set off by a conniving villain who isn't a crazy psycho, but a calm schemer who isn't entirely perfect himself. They are fun books to read because of this, and how tense they can get.
I've read some interviews with Asano where he talks about the beginning specifically being a setup to drive home the ending similar to what you mentioned. However for me it had quite the opposite effect and all I got out of it was a tonal clash. I might feel differently when I eventually read it again.