Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 1

The story of Bell Cranel and his quest to go into the dungeon, defeat monsters, and, of course, pick up girls. The series is great, and after watching the Anime a few years back, I noticed it was still popular as so many of the r/LightNovel subscribers on Reddit have several volumes in their posts of light novel collections. I'm working on building mine! LOLThe story had me on the edge of my seat as it covered, IIRC the first, and maybe second, episode of the anime series. Still, getting into the minds of the characters is a big help.The only problem I found in my copy is that, after 6 years of publishing the English Translation, Yen Press has yet to correct several spelling/grammatical errors in the book. A good example was on page 102, on the fourth line: "Invitations to the Celebration had been disturbed by the host's Familia." Disturbed? I believe the correct word here is Distributed. This isn't the only error that slipped past the proofreader, but it, AHEM, Disturbed me enough that I remembered this particular line, having reread it several times to make sure I understood it. Fortunately, I only found less than a handful of these errors, but it can ruin a good reading rhythm as you go back to try to make sense of the previous line.

Just to be clear, this isn't a manga, it's a light novel, although there is a manga version that will be coming out soon. If you google yenpress and go on their site, you can easily find the scheduled American release dates of both the light novel and the manga if you don't mind the brief search.Anyway, it's a good read with its interesting use of RPG and mythological elements, like being able to visually see the main character's stats.There is a harem element in case the title doesn't kind of allude to it, but it isn't glaring and forced in my opinion. In fact, his initially somewhat impure motive to meet girls serves more as a tool to kick off the story rather than what should define the story itself. The harem itself of random girls that show an interest in him actually don't have much to do with that initial motive. I feel that the title doesn't do the story justice. As this felt like an introductory volume, I would like to see the main character develop some more in later volumes. Can't wait for the upcoming second installment right around the corner.

I was introduced to this series via the anime, which I enjoyed very much and decided to purchase to show my support for the series and the author. I also decided to purchase this light novel and enjoyed it as well. The first book in the series provides an introduction to the characters and the world that the series takes place in, covering the first 3 episodes of the show. It complimented the anime very well by providing some additional details that are left out of the anime and allowing the reader to get inside the head of the MC, Bell. Two negative items that I would like to mention are the monster sounds and the overall quality of writing. First, the author insists on writing sounds (grunts, yells, etc.) for the monsters in the dungeon. It's pretty terrible. Things like 'gerraaahhhh!!!!' Every time I read one it takes me out of the story because I have no idea what the sound is supposed to be. The other item is that the writing is slightly amateurish. As long as you aren't expecting the type of writing that you will get from an experienced author, it shouldn't bother you too much. Overall, I enjoyed the novel enough that I purchased the second book in the series. If you are a big fan of the anime (like I am), you should definitely consider purchasing this. Thanks for your time.

*Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?* takes place in the city of Orario in a fictional world where gods and goddesses of myths are very much real, though perhaps slightly different from hoe we would recognize them in the actual myths. On top of this, many of the concepts common to RPGs is essentially an integral part of life for the economy, culture, so forth of the city.As the story opens, our young hero, Bell Cranell, is fleeing for his life from a massive Minotaur. With only a few weeks on the job as an "adventurer", he is a tad behind where he ought to be so far. He certainly is not prepared to face a Minotaur (or anything else, for that matter) that is from a dungeon far lower than where he is adventuring currently.However, Bell's whole life is about to change when he is saved by the beautiful, and perhaps one of the most talented adventurers alive, Aiz Wallenstein. Feeling overwhelmed and terrified, Bell flees without thanking her. Still this does lead to an interesting development, in that Bell is very much smitten with Aiz, and so dedicates himself to rising as fast as he can so he can be at her level, and thus be worthy of her.Of course, none of this sits well with his goddess sponsor, and head of their tiny (at only the two of them) *familia*, Hestia. In this setting, a *familia* is a group run by a god or goddess. You see, many years ago in the story, the gods and goddesses grew bored and decided that they wished to come down and live among the "children" as they call the mortals. Be they human, demi-human, animal person, or other creatures, all of these mortals had lives that fascinated the deities. Hence they came down to the lower world and made a pact to not use a their powers other than to bless those who associate with them and form *familia* with them. True to the name, the *familia* are very much like informal families that stick together through thick and thin to serve their patron god or goddessgoddess and each other.Anyways, Hestia has a huge crush on Bell. In fact, she might even be in love with him. Of course Bell is completely ignorant of this fact, and for good reason. It isn't stated whether this is true or not, but I get the feeling that the gods and humans being together is not common in this fictional world. Hence, the reason for Bell not knowing of Hestia's feelings for him.Add to all of this, his incredible naivete and early weakness, and he doesn't seem to be the most promising prospect for an adventurer. But Bell has a secret ability, that only Hestia knows about. Even Bell doesn't know he has this talent. It's called the Realis Phase. Essentially, the more he determined he becomes to succeed, the stronger he'll get. And rapidly, for that matter.So essentially, he has being the "Determinator" as an actual power. This is the charm of the story. Or at least, part of the charm. Bell is relatable, in a very real way. He's not an instant expert at anything. True he has a super power of rising unnaturally fast, but the story of hard work really is a good moral and presents a charactrer you can root for.In fact, it seems his naïveté, niceness, hard work, so on, are seen as impressive in-story as well. His woobieness is something that makes others want to protect him.Now, he isn't completely pure, though. As the title suggests, part of Bell's desire to become an adventurer patrolling Dungeons is to rescue beautiful girls and start a harem. I kid you not. It starts out like a cleaner version of *High School DxD*, and then rapidly switches direction.The other impressive part of the tale was how the author took various RPG elements and made them into a workable and remarkably believable part of the fictional world. Anyone likes RPGs, or certain Japanese media dranchises like *Log Horizon*, *Sword Art Online*, so on, will really like this story.The characters are funny and really draw you in as well. You find yourself cheering for Bell and Hestia, and hoping that Eina, Bell's half-elf advisor, and Aiz pay attention to him. Also, seeing how much Belle and Hestia sacrifice for each other is really cool.One of the pics in the front gallery might make you think this isn't your type of story. But don't worry, it is more about one goddess being a bully and not about some weird story. Just a warning so folks don't get the wrong idea, and refrain from reading a good fun book.I can't wait until volume 2 is released at the end of April so I can continue the adventures of *familia* Hestia.

Entrega foi mais rápida do que eu esperava, pedi dia 20 de fevereiro, constou que iria chegar no final de março e chegou no começo do mês, veio bem embalado quase nenhuma imperfeição, pacote chegou inteiro sem problema algum e é uma ótima novel, uma pena não ter em português, porém para quem gosta da obra vale a pena temos uma perspectiva mais completa em relação ao Bell diferente do que vemos no mangá ou no anime.

Muy bueno, lo disfrute mucho

Arrivato in perfette condizioni ottima novel

Está en Inglés, es ideal para que mi hijo practique su Inglés, es de temática manga y eso para él lo hace muy interesante.

I love this series and the books are amazing. But tell me why mine showed up with a ripped cover and two pages with blatant shred marks in them??? I would understand if it was used, but it was a new copy. No demerits to the book itself though, its absolutely amazing