Love, Witches & Other Delusions

Love, Witches & Other Delusions

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  • Create Date:2021-04-22 14:55:21
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Natsume Akatsuki
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Summary

Kazuma's first winter in another world isn't going so well。 With companions like Aqua (Arch-priest), Megumin (Arch-wizard), and Darkness (Crusader), his party of advanced classes should be the most powerful in Axel--but they're so dysfunctional, even the easiest-seeming quest goes terribly awry, and they can barely save enough to afford a stable! When an opportunity arises to stay in a mansion, it's like a dream come true--the only catch is that they have to exorcise the evil spirits haunting it。 Goddess Aqua is an expert with the undead, so the quest should be a piece of cake, right。。。? Unfortunately, with this useless goddess, things have a way of working out for the worst。。。

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Reviews

Dustin

A quick read that's kind of funny in a few places。 A quick read that's kind of funny in a few places。 。。。more

Sean Newgent

KonoSuba continues with a book that is a lot of fun but also lacks the direction of the first。 The villain is pretty lame and most of the book is just Kazuma and his party doing little odd-jobs or engaging in the typically hilarious dialogue the series is known for。 A few significant things happen and Wiz becomes a pretty integral part of the story, which is great since she's so cute, but for the most part I wasn't as engaged with this book as I was the first。 But still a good read。 KonoSuba continues with a book that is a lot of fun but also lacks the direction of the first。 The villain is pretty lame and most of the book is just Kazuma and his party doing little odd-jobs or engaging in the typically hilarious dialogue the series is known for。 A few significant things happen and Wiz becomes a pretty integral part of the story, which is great since she's so cute, but for the most part I wasn't as engaged with this book as I was the first。 But still a good read。 。。。more

Catherine

Loved it! I really couldn't put it down。 My suggestion。。。make sure you have Vol 3 ready, this one ends with a cliffhanger。 Loved it! I really couldn't put it down。 My suggestion。。。make sure you have Vol 3 ready, this one ends with a cliffhanger。 。。。more

Namelessfox

Another fun read。 The ending of this volume ends on an interesting cliffhanger。 Looking forward to more laughs!

Scott Belisle

A little bit better than the first novel, This one has some un-adapted material that is nice to read。 It gives a little more depth to Kazuma as a character who is essentially competent, but (despite his self image) is easily led astray by his emotions and is no less crazy than the people around him。 The destroyer chapter is pretty fun, but unfortunately there's no illustration showing what the novel version looks like which I found disappointing。 I'm basically reading these as breaks from heavie A little bit better than the first novel, This one has some un-adapted material that is nice to read。 It gives a little more depth to Kazuma as a character who is essentially competent, but (despite his self image) is easily led astray by his emotions and is no less crazy than the people around him。 The destroyer chapter is pretty fun, but unfortunately there's no illustration showing what the novel version looks like which I found disappointing。 I'm basically reading these as breaks from heavier novels, so in that sense they're doing the job。 。。。more

Creativeimaginator

More hilarious interactions between our four dumb party members - all of whom I would gladly protect with my life。 Except maybe Aqua - she can get a plastic shield or something。 ^_^

Casey

I actually liked this more than Volume 1。 That being said it is still the same light-hearted, humorous fantasy that you probably have come to know and expect。 If you're familiar with the manga/anime you'll probably not find anything new here, but if you're a fan it is fun to revisit Kasuma and friends。 So why not a higher star rating -- because I liked it, but I didn't have any problems putting it down when something else needed to be done; because I liked it, but doubt I'll ever read it again ( I actually liked this more than Volume 1。 That being said it is still the same light-hearted, humorous fantasy that you probably have come to know and expect。 If you're familiar with the manga/anime you'll probably not find anything new here, but if you're a fan it is fun to revisit Kasuma and friends。 So why not a higher star rating -- because I liked it, but I didn't have any problems putting it down when something else needed to be done; because I liked it, but doubt I'll ever read it again (other volumes probably yes, just not repeated reads); because I liked it, but did not love it。Verdict -- maybe worth a read if you're starting out, or such a big fan you just can't get enough。 。。。more

Mahesh

Switched to light novel for second, decided to read in light novels。Explosion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Michael

A comedic masterpieceThis book has given me many great laughs till my stomach hurt。 It's like reading a bad D&D campaign where most the players have terrible rolls but high level characters。 A comedic masterpieceThis book has given me many great laughs till my stomach hurt。 It's like reading a bad D&D campaign where most the players have terrible rolls but high level characters。 。。。more

Jake

Similar to the first volume, this was a guilty pleasure read for me。 I really enjoy some of the humor and funny observations on fantasy worlds/RPG tropes。 The characters I also think are pretty funny, especially since the cast largely stays the same from the first volume。 Perhaps my favorite moment is when the main character escapes from his normal group to join a functional one temporarily。 The ending, similar to the last volume, culminates in a big showdown between the group and a big enemy。 I Similar to the first volume, this was a guilty pleasure read for me。 I really enjoy some of the humor and funny observations on fantasy worlds/RPG tropes。 The characters I also think are pretty funny, especially since the cast largely stays the same from the first volume。 Perhaps my favorite moment is when the main character escapes from his normal group to join a functional one temporarily。 The ending, similar to the last volume, culminates in a big showdown between the group and a big enemy。 It was a little predictable, but still funI have no illusions that this is an amazing book, but it was funny, quick, and enjoyable。 If you are looking for a quick laugh and don't mind sexual humor this series is worth trying。 。。。more

Tarl

I have to say that out of all the light novels I have read, Konosuba continues to be one of my favorite。 There is a nice mix of fantasy and humour, enough to keep me chuckling and reading along。 The writing is what you'd expect for a light novel, though with the way that Konosuba is done, the simpler language actually works extremely well and fits the protagonist perfectly。 But what really stands out for me is the sheer lack of the usual giant boob, etc stuff you find in other light novels。 Ther I have to say that out of all the light novels I have read, Konosuba continues to be one of my favorite。 There is a nice mix of fantasy and humour, enough to keep me chuckling and reading along。 The writing is what you'd expect for a light novel, though with the way that Konosuba is done, the simpler language actually works extremely well and fits the protagonist perfectly。 But what really stands out for me is the sheer lack of the usual giant boob, etc stuff you find in other light novels。 There's still the odd joke, but not to the extent in other light novels。 (which is quite nice, as it doesn't seem to be pandering to lower humour)All in all, I enjoyed this book。 I already knew what was going on because of the anime, but the light novel brings with it a lot more detail and better characterization。 If you are looking for a light hearted novel to read, Konosuba is the series for you! 。。。more

Brandon

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 Less focused than volume one, this one seems to be more a collection of mostly-unrelated short stories。 The humor's still there, and Kazuma seems to make a better effort to become a more appropriate Adventurer, so it's all okay, I guess。 As is somewhat typical for light novels, the characters introduced in the initial volume barely get much more development in this sequel, despite having more time to flesh them out, with the introductions being out of the way。 Megumin and Darkness are barely rel Less focused than volume one, this one seems to be more a collection of mostly-unrelated short stories。 The humor's still there, and Kazuma seems to make a better effort to become a more appropriate Adventurer, so it's all okay, I guess。 As is somewhat typical for light novels, the characters introduced in the initial volume barely get much more development in this sequel, despite having more time to flesh them out, with the introductions being out of the way。 Megumin and Darkness are barely relevant in this novel, with Wiz getting a bit more spotlight, but we still pretend everyone has a moment to shine。 At the very least, Megumin gets to use Explosion twice in one day, and Darkness seems to tease some big secret concerning her background, but I suppose it will be saved for volume three。The novel begins with Kazuma having died again, getting sent to the goddess Eris, an acquaintance of Aqua, with the only real purpose seeming to be the introduction of that other goddess。 There is an encounter with a monster known as "General Winter," a nature spirit taking corporeal form based on the cognition of human minds, particularly that of the Japanese Kazuma, so that's a somewhat neat little piece of world-building, but it seems to be mostly irrelevant。 Kazuma considers Eris a potential love interest, but we later seem him show some possible affection for Darkness, with Eris not making any other appearance throughout the novel。Most interestingly, this first story introduces a couple new male characters, to balance the cast away from falling too deeply into the trappings of the harem genre。 Believing Kazuma to be a worthless leech for his otherwise apparently powerful party of cute girls, a fellow adventurer named Dust challenges Kazuma to switch parties for a day, mostly just as a bit of drunken banter。 Bothered by his annoying friends, Kazuma meets Dust's challenge head-on, freaking him out, but not really to Dust's absolute displeasure; after all, Dust thinks he gets to get close to some qts。 Kazuma then teams up with the Wizard Rin, the Archer Keith, and the Crusader Taylor, on a small quest to kill some goblins。 Kazuma proves his lowly Adventurer class (a jack-of-all-trades seen to be as vaguely worthless as the beginning "Freelancer" class in Final Fantasy III, or the basic "Hero" class throughout the Dragon Quest series) to be increasingly useful, what with his mastery of simple Thief skills and Basic Magic spells, allowing the party to bypass the dreadful "Beginner's Bane" monster and incapacitate a horde of goblins。 In contrast, it appears Dust and the girls get fucked over by the "Bane。"Aqua gets plenty of "screen-time" during the story of Kazuma's first dungeon crawl。 Attempting to put his Thief skills to the test, Kazuma tries to burglarize a dungeon without encountering any monsters, but Aqua forces herself in with the excuse that dungeons are host to many undead enemies, weak to Aqua's powers as a goddess and Arch-priest。 Aqua proves to be extremely useful in the dungeon crawl, impressing Kazuma to great extent, until he realizes the undead are all drawn to the magnificent holy energy of Aqua's spirit, making her a magnet for zombie and ghost swarms。 This thus ties into the next story, where Kazuma and co。 are tasked with exorcising the evil spirits dwelling within a great mansion, when it seems many evil spirits have been plaguing abandoned buildings throughout town。 The mission is given when Kazuma goes to visit Wiz's magic shop in order to learn a Lich skill that could be of better offensive use for his party, having long since decided he's gonna have to carry the entire party on his own。 Having learned the "Drain Touch" skill, the crew set out to live in the mansion, and after Aqua hunts down all the ghosts, we find out the town's problem was actually originally caused by Aqua shirking the duties bestowed on her by Wiz, back in the first volume, with Aqua having been too lazy to actually exorcise the spirits of the recently-deceased in the city's graveyard。 Wiz, by the way, is still cute as fuck。The best story in this book concerns a group of Kazuma, Dust, and Keith going to visit a cafe run by succubi。 As it happens, many adventurers are forced to sleep in horse stables, gathered in groups, unable to find solitude in which they might masturbate (though, of course, the novel isn't so explicit) (there was a joke earlier in the novel about how Aqua, with her ability to naturally see in the dark, simply faces the other way to sleep when she hears a rustling coming from Kazuma's side of the stable, obviously tugging his pud)。 Succubi, of course, feed off the energy of men's sexual vitality, bluntly stated here as "horniness," only needing the barest minimal of funds in order to make ends meet。 Therefore, the succubi have a small shop, known only to male adventurers, where they offer sexy dreams for low prices。 The succubi provide men with a questionnaire, from which they construct dreams based on their clients' sexual interests, then later sneak into their rooms at night to feed them these dreams, gaining strength from their climax - though it isn't quite sure whether the men are actually cumming in their pants, or if the succubi are somehow absorbing the power of the orgasm before it realizes itself。 Anyway, the most important part is that the shop's hostess succubus as seen in the color illustrations at this volume's beginning seems to resemble Jibril from No Game No Life, quite a positive comparison, and a quick Google Images search of the DEEN anime adaptation shows that the newbie succubus who intends to visit Kazuma has got some ass。 Truly, this is God's blessing in this wonderful world。Eh, anyway, the novel concludes with a big battle, as one should expect from any light novel, regardless of how much this series focuses on comedy (hell, even Hataraku Maou-sama has fight scenes)。 Unlike with the previous volume, this battle isn't set up quite so nicely, but at the very least there are a few references to the eventual boss enemy throughout earlier chapters。 The monster in question is the "Mobile Fortress Destroyer," a giant Metal Gear of a spider robot。 Despite the commotion during the Guild members' planning session, the actual fight doesn't last too long at all。 But then, you can tell by the page count that the fight isn't going to be nearly as big as the fight against Beldia。 Basically, Aqua destroys the Destroyer's magic barrier, then Wiz and Megumin use Explosion to destroy its legs, then every adventurer rushes the robot to take care of its core, which threatens to self-destruct and cause significant damage to the town。 At the end, it seems Wiz accidentally teleports the Destroyer's core to the home of a nobleman, blowing it up, and getting Kazuma arrested, setting up the third novel。 Google Image searching the Destroyer's appearance in the anime suggests that Wiz's tits look great when she uses Explosion, which is obviously important。 Why do we hate DEEN again?In short, this volume is alright, but it suffers some of the same issues as The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya, relying too much on being a collection of short stories with no great consequence, not really encouraging the reader to read on。 But the girls are qt, and that's kind of all that really matters。 Kurone Mishima really knows what she's doing when she draws, I tell you what。 。。。more

Cassandra Rose

4。5 stars, the last chapter was pretty boring but I didn’t care for that story line in the anime either

Terrence

Hit or miss joke wise, this volume is just a lot of smaller zany interactions between our cast and their world。 No major new characters introduced, just more development for Wiz, Megumin, and Darkness。 Megumin's sections in particular weren't too eye opening, while Darkness's hint at a bigger picture for her。 Wiz is just Wiz, and we get to see her show off both her skills and her kind heart。I was a little upset that Kazuma (view spoiler)[ dies in the book's open。 Just feel like he had too much g Hit or miss joke wise, this volume is just a lot of smaller zany interactions between our cast and their world。 No major new characters introduced, just more development for Wiz, Megumin, and Darkness。 Megumin's sections in particular weren't too eye opening, while Darkness's hint at a bigger picture for her。 Wiz is just Wiz, and we get to see her show off both her skills and her kind heart。I was a little upset that Kazuma (view spoiler)[ dies in the book's open。 Just feel like he had too much growth to just die like that, and the only reason he gets to revive is because Eris pities Aqua。 (hide spoiler)]This one ends a bit suddenly, so I guess they want you to get volume 3 to find out what happens next。 。。。more

Shannon Ng

Explosion。

Chitalu Andrew Kabalika

Seriously FunnyIn the same vein as the previous volume, I'm really enjoying the series and generally having a roaring good time。 I found this volume a bit less narratively tight than the previous one, but still great overall。 Looking forward to the next one! Seriously FunnyIn the same vein as the previous volume, I'm really enjoying the series and generally having a roaring good time。 I found this volume a bit less narratively tight than the previous one, but still great overall。 Looking forward to the next one! 。。。more

Andy Pham

Kazuma and the gang are having a harsh time during the winter。 With no money and food, the rate they are going will lead them to their death。 In order to make some money, They go questing, but what will they do when trouble arises? This is but another masterpiece by none other than Natsume Akatsuki。 I would recommend this for people who are into the fantasy RPG genre, as the series is about a boy and the mishaps his group causes。

Carol

Not as fun as the first, given that I know now what kind of company Kazuma has。 But it was still very amusing, the succubi incident was the most fun of all。 Darkness was certainly interesting, and we git to see a little bit more of Wiz。 The part I liked most though was Azuma inside the dungeon, se was a completely different person, even a good one for her standards, I wouldn't have recognised her。 Kazuma is growing nicely too as a character, acquiring more skills as he levels up, and becoming be Not as fun as the first, given that I know now what kind of company Kazuma has。 But it was still very amusing, the succubi incident was the most fun of all。 Darkness was certainly interesting, and we git to see a little bit more of Wiz。 The part I liked most though was Azuma inside the dungeon, se was a completely different person, even a good one for her standards, I wouldn't have recognised her。 Kazuma is growing nicely too as a character, acquiring more skills as he levels up, and becoming better at them, he is the only one in the party growing, but then again, the others are very weird。 。。。more

Rolaka Pisarka

Fajne, zaskakujące, śmieszne, ale mimo wszystko nie za bardzo podoba mi się akcja w tym tomie i podjęte wątki。 Kolejny tom pewnie bardziej mi się spodoba!

Jorge Rosas

We have three different main stories within this book, each independent, all of them funny, one with an erotic touch and another one with an epic touch, I had fun reading it, although I wasn’t laughing as often in comparison with the first one。

Kevin Peake

As with the first book in this series, it is a great laugh and has a lot of fun within the story itself。

Robert

So much fun in just 200ish pages is something you'd think of as impossible to write, but it is right here, right under your nose。Even if you have watched the Anime, reading this volume is totally worth it, since there is a whole chapter that didn't make it into the anime。 I can kinda understand why the animators didn't include it, because it breaks up the standart group of Aqua &co and lets Kazuma have adventures with another group, which really gives him time to shine and kinda lets all his tal So much fun in just 200ish pages is something you'd think of as impossible to write, but it is right here, right under your nose。Even if you have watched the Anime, reading this volume is totally worth it, since there is a whole chapter that didn't make it into the anime。 I can kinda understand why the animators didn't include it, because it breaks up the standart group of Aqua &co and lets Kazuma have adventures with another group, which really gives him time to shine and kinda lets all his talk about he is the only valueable person in his group go from shit talk to real talk。 。。。more

Ricardo Matos

Expands on first book and keeps it as funny as the first, but with some hints to some serious stories like Darkness' background。Konosuba is all about the dialogues and the ridiculous situations the characters get themselve in。 There is a rule to these books: if you're OP, you're an idiot in some way :D。 There are 2 short stories that didn't make it to the first anime season, one on dungeon exploring with Aqua and another about Kazuma swapping places with an adventurer and going questing with a n Expands on first book and keeps it as funny as the first, but with some hints to some serious stories like Darkness' background。Konosuba is all about the dialogues and the ridiculous situations the characters get themselve in。 There is a rule to these books: if you're OP, you're an idiot in some way :D。 There are 2 short stories that didn't make it to the first anime season, one on dungeon exploring with Aqua and another about Kazuma swapping places with an adventurer and going questing with a normal party! 。。。more

Summer

This book is cute if you like manga, anime, and/or video games。 I loved the illustrations and character profile。

Justus Stone

I review Light Novels on YouTubeClick on the link to view my Review of Konosuba Volume 2 I review Light Novels on YouTubeClick on the link to view my Review of Konosuba Volume 2 。。。more

Gustavo

This book is just awesome, the way how the things go for Kazuma are funny and the way the characters acts。。。

Aaron Nagy

A bit better then the last one, I liked some moments the first chapter in particular was amusing but in general it's still just okay。 The story feels like a D&D session where only the main character is taking it seriously and everyone else is obsessed with running really stupid gimmick builds。 A bit better then the last one, I liked some moments the first chapter in particular was amusing but in general it's still just okay。 The story feels like a D&D session where only the main character is taking it seriously and everyone else is obsessed with running really stupid gimmick builds。 。。。more