Maou-sama no Machizukuri! ~Saikyou no Dungeon wa Kindai Toshi~ - Vol. 1 Ch. 1 - The Power Of Imagination

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Had my hopes up when that woman first appeared with a nicely sized chest. But then she takes on the mother role, guy is asked to spawn a monster, and he makes a loli. 😒
Of course he does.
Even when another big-tiddy onee-chan shows up, protag is still playing with his loli.

Protagonist already demonstrating inferiority.
 
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As someone who has used firearms, the bigger issue I have is the heavily exaggerated damage done by these guns. @Alekhzandr Also a handgun is really hard to aim when you first use it, you need practice, but I'll ignore that. Maybe I would buy into it if the gun had summoned a. 50 cal pistol like the desert eagle and used both hands for stabilization but looks like a standard 9mm. Even if you unloaded a whole clip at that monster, it's not gonna do much unless you hit the eyes.

I live in Canada and people up north despite have semi auto shotguns still worry about a fight with a wolf or bear if you're carrying into a known issue area. These monsters are much bigger and fiercer. Also an AR fires rounds that are meant to pierce as the bullets are encased, not cause big holes in monsters. In the second encounter during the practice area it'd be more realistic if he summoned a Browning M.2 on a tripod. An assault rifle would be better used on human troops and even then I'd prefer an M249 SAW with box magazine as I'm guessing human troops would be forming squads with Roman shield tactics so you'd need the ammo and firing duration.

But I have to honestly don't expect much from Japanese writers when it comes to firearms, even though it'd take maybe a few hours of YouTube to learn.

@The5thSeraph Lolis don't pose any threat to the social dominance of the MC, can act like kids so readers don't want them to be romanced but are accepted to be just as powerful as adult women in power fantasy settings. Key thing here is "doesn't pose a romantic option" as God forbid a manga or anime MC get some action even if they're in a different world. She's basically a pet. The ideal first monster would be a highly intelligent and cunning woman with charm, so someone who can serve as a support role like a secretary, advisor as well as bodyguard. But manga logic go BRRRRR "power of friends better!"
 
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^^^Yeah, Problem with adaptations is they definitely speedrun whatever exposition is made in response to weird situations. In a lot of isekai manga the MC literally thinks nothing of whatever weird shit happens to em. Never read an isekai LN before but I'm willing to bet things are always more expanded on.

That's why I dislike adaptations sometimes. You're limited by # of pages your company allows you to draw and a certain amount of reader interest must be generated per page, likely judged by the editor. An manga editor has a different idea of interest from an LN editor. A reader has a different level of patience from a comic reader.

Only Light Novel I ever read was the Kami no mi zo Shiru Sekai(TWGOK) ones, and I can definitely see a difference in how things can be written for a manga vs an LN. There's upsides and downsides.
 
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Yeah this definitely was speedrunning the opening chapters. If we go up to when the shotgun shows up that is chapter 8 in the WN. But basically all the character interactions and half the exposition have been dropped.
 
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He wants to (literally) make friends and protect smiles yet the best his imagination could come up with is these deadly and messy firearms instead of something whimsical? I guess you could pretend they're water guns or something.
 
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Shotgun loli?.... SHOTGUN LOLI !? HELL YEAH KID. LET'S GO RIP AND TEAR UNTIL IT IS DONE!
 

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