This is also an updated version of my original review now that I have read more volumes.
Story:
For the most part, the story has picked up the pace and is now moving in a direction slightly similar to the Overlord series. It no longer involves just Kumoko and her adventures throughout the Labyrinth, the story has now gotten bigger and moved on to not only Kumoko's story, but the world's story. After 3 volumes the world's rules and mysteries start to unravel one by one, and although there are still plenty of questions left unanswered, it only strengthens my resolve to keep reading.
Character:
The story is told from the two perspectives of the main characters Shun and Kumoko along with some interludes from other characters. Unfortunately if you dislike one of the two main characters you will not have a particularly good time reading this series. Sadly I am one of those people. Although I adore Kumoko and her chapters very much, HALF of the story is told from the perspective of a generic hero character. I often found myself taking breaks as soon as I saw the letter "S" on the chapters, and it instantly ruined the immersion I had from the previous chapters before it. His chapters are thankfully, very short (at least 10 pages) but somehow they feel EXCRUCIATINGLY long because of how little character he has. It's just not fun to read and it makes it very hard to care about what he does. His arcs, although interesting and full of potential, falls short for me because of this.
Translation:
No problems with the translations, no mistakes to break the flow of reading.
Overall Enjoyment:
My enjoyment came mostly from the Kumoko chapters and the small chapters of the side characters, another part of my enjoyment came after reading the novels, speculating what could happen in the next volume. The story just keeps getting bigger and it makes me excited to see more.
Conclusion:
In the end, the first volume will decide if you like the series or not. I wrote on my first review of the first volume that I did not like Shun, that I thought he was just there for exposition, and that he had little character development. My impression of him has not improved even after 2 volumes. I recommend that you read the first volume first, and if you don't like any of the two characters, too bad because it seems like neither of them will change very much. As for me, I just want Kumoko to kill Shun at this point, now that would be interesting.
