When I say harder to read I mean like too contemplative or like it just drags on. Like I love shield hero but the fights have been so grating on me, they're so long and so wordy I've just been skimming fights.

Or in 86 the philosophical points are nice the first time but not the next 100 times, oh but I love the combat scenes, so I skim the other stuff except the cute shin/Lena moments.

Danmachi and grimgar I find far more enjoyable as a whole read. Honestly I'm leaning towards better writing but maybe it's just not for me

Do any of y'all have any similar issues?

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[–] I2jgwh0hYtxrCZQ@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Death March to a Parallel World

I binge read volumes 1-9 so I paused it for a bit and came back. After pausing and reading something else I came back and caught up the whole series.

It’s a great series, would recommend

Reincarnated as a sword

At first I couldn’t get into it. I ended up listening to the audiobooks up to where the anime ended and then continuing from there. It took a bit longer until I was sucked into the story and pulled along.

I have stopped again as there was about 3 fight scenes in a row and it just got too much. I will probably try to pick it up again soon.

Apothecary diaries

The writing seems too simplistic. It doesn’t give any depth just maomao doing maomao things. No describing the world or characters just maomao did this, that, the other.

I would love to read it I really enjoy the anime but it is just dragging. I am not sure how to get past this one. I might try reading the volumes which continue after the anime to see if new content gets me into it.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Apothecary diaries

The writing seems too simplistic. It doesn’t give any depth just maomao doing maomao things. No describing the world or characters just maomao did this, that, the other.

This reminds me I was reading some LN that wasn't particularly good. I think it was Isekai Walking? Anyways, he receives a brooch from a bishop that proved he was a friend, or something, and it was described as something like, "a very nice brooch," which I thought was light on detail, even for my low expectations.

The other thing your comment reminded me of was the time I tried to read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Japanese. It was unbelievably dry. It seemed like just a bunch of statements with no life behind them. I spoke to some other people about it, and apparently, that can be a fluency thing. If you're not used to a language, the charm behind the writing can easily be lost in translation. I'm not saying that's the case with the Apothecary Diaries, just that your description reminded me of my experience.

I haven't read Apothecary Diaries yet, but I can imagine that if they're written from Maomao's perspective, then it's not surprising if it's very simple, because her personality that I know from the anime is very dry.

[–] I2jgwh0hYtxrCZQ@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago

I haven't read Apothecary Diaries yet, but I can imagine that if they're written from Maomao's perspective, then it's not surprising if it's very simple, because her personality that I know from the anime is very dry.

Good point I didn’t think of that.