I've read the, and continue to follow, the light novel and was quite excited when I found out it was going to be animated. That excitement disappeared quite quickly after I was 3 episodes in. Aside from the first episode (which quite thoroughly covered the first chapter), everything is rushed. Obviously when you use up 10 volumes **edit: 5 vols** worth of material and jam it into 13 episodes its not going to look pretty (12 eps in reality cause ep 1 was chapter 1). The overall effect this has on the show is that it feels like your typical, unremarkable series with specks of harem thrown in. In all honesty, with 13 episodes, they should have slowed the pace down and just went up until after the "Roland" arc.
I wouldn't be stretching it if I said that non-LN readers wouldn't really understand what was going on. I wouldn't not recommend this series unless youre a fans who has read the LNs. Even then, i'd still say its worth a watch only if you really want to see "parts" of the series animated. Don't expect too much though, because I was clearly disappointed.
