I AM READING ALLA THATI've posted this on the main page but I have read the novel and, here is a quick overview of things. (In my Opinion)
-This is school focused and most of the story is mostly MC competing with his classmates in school exams, tests and events(The exams themselves are based from tests and exams from shounen series like Naruto, One Piece and HunterxHunter).
-Despite the gags, this is a relatively serious story.
-Weiss the MC is not a "pussy" or indecisive and knows what he wants and is not afraid to commit to attain it.
-He is also not(mostly) a dumbass and he always tries to plan things things out and knows if something is beyond knowledge or strength, he is not afraid to ask advice and help from his friends and teachers(hence the Shounen elements of Cooperation, Trust and the Power of Friendship).
-Unless the Light Novels cuts all of it, Weiss in the Web Novel also is not dense to romance.
Ex: there was one moment in the WN, where he was sleeping in his bed and when he woke up and saw the Heroine sleeping beside him wearing nothing but a sleeping gown and instead of screaming or acting all flustered, he started playing with her body and when she woke up they flirted for a bit then she french kissed him and they had sex. (Unfortunately, this scene wss edited out and replaced with a cliche event where MC sets up a Maid Cafe in school.)
-There are actual stakes in this story and costs if MC fails them. This is why there is a "Tragedy" tag in this series. (However, this will only be known much later).
-There is a good amount of learning during school especially since the main way MC gets stronger is learning skills and spells from his classmates and they in turn learn from him so this way everybody gets stronger.
-There are zero "Game Elements" in this world so there is No:
1.)Dungeons with monsters spawning out of nowhere. resetting bosses.
2.)Infinitely spawning chests or other materials and resources.
3.)Level Up system and getting skills by "leveling up"(so everybody in this world gets stronger by practice and training)
-Decent amount of Slife of Life when not fighting like MC and all his male and female friends going to the beach, drinking, cebrating winter festivities and going on adventures.
-MC is not overpowered. He is strong but most of his friends are nearly as strong as him and he is not even the strongest in schoo even later on(although this will not be apparent since at Volume 1, it does seem he really is OP).
-The main waifu is also the Heroine of the game and MC made her fall in love with her and made her his fiance so it's kind of Netori.
-This is a harem but the main waifu(The Heroine who was suppose to fall in love with the Protagonist/Hero) does not want a harem so she resists attempts so basically MC only has 2 girls and a bunch of girls who want to be part of the harem and this is still the case in later volumes and is one of the motivations for the Heroine to get stronger; to prevent harem from happening.
-The Hero is not a bad guy here and he becomes a friend and rival to MC in school although MC is too tsundere to admit it. The best eay to describe their relationship(At least beyond Volume 1) is basically Goku and Vegeta.
-There is a lot of character development for both the MC, the main characters and even minor characters and even lets them move the plot forwards so it does not feel like the story revolves around the MC.
The story is a bit too fast at the beginning in particular Volume 1 since it has all these timeskips since the story is trying to get to the school ASAP. so you need to be patient for things to slow down and also there is barely any Build-up or development in this Volume, but there is a lot of setting up of the plot for future developments.
So it's best to treat Volume 1 as one long Prologue where you familiarize yourself with the characters(Especially Weiss and Allen since you need to read all of Volume 1 to fully understand their characters) and learn what their goals are.
-Volume 1 is also the weakest volume of the series since it has plotholes and inconsistencies which will not be addressed until Volume 2 and beyond. For example: Lilith the maid is actually still secretly suspicious of of Weiss sudden change in personality and is a recurring plot in later volumes.
-Another inconsistency(which IMO is the worst part of the story) is how Weiss seems to all of a sudden antagonize the Protagonist despite him saying he wants to avoid his doomed fate. Also what they were arguing over is the issue of slavery and Allen the Protagonist wants to abolish slavery and Weiss says while he is Anti-Slavery, he says just freeing everyone without providing anything for them in return is a bad idea and this sours their relationship for a bit until it resolves by the end of Volume 1.
-The Light Novel edited out a lot of good moments from the Web Novel so you will likely not see them in the manga.
-One of the things edited out of the Light Novel was MC and Main Waifu having a heart to heart to talk which led to them making out in public.
-Another thing they removed in the Light Novel was the s*x. In the Web Novel After he made the Heroine of the game his Main Waifu, they constantly had s*x even inside the school dormitory so it really did feel like he NTR'd the Game Protagonist.
-The Game Protagonist and Heroine keep getting partnered just like in the game world and because of this, they have a friendly relationship but not a romantic one but it still annoys MC so if you don't like the thought of MC having a potential love rival then this might not be the series for you.
-Not much worldbuilding since they are inside the school 90% of the time
ThatI don't mind the full spoiler, what's with the tragedy tag?
It was her kink and was with consent. Or she could start learning with weiss with the adventurer teacher and before was just a very loyal maidso I think the real question is, why was someone of her caliber allowing herself to be abused by the original Weiss. Guess we'll find out in later chapters
Not weiss, I meant the hero (og mc) since she, I think, has a crush on himYou mean Shari? No.
In fact she is one of the few main girls who is not in love with Weiss and as such not a "harem candidate".
She and Weiss have a "brother-sister" like relationship, kind of like Masachika and Yuki from Alya.
Oh that they are.Not weiss, I meant the hero (og mc) since she, I think, has a crush on him
It's because his sudden change in personality is incredibly sus. In fact this will become a major recurring plotpoint in later volumes where she more and more feels the weight of her hiding things from him.Yet another series, hiding things from your master is bad form, I always hate it. And didn't he already decide to just do what he needs but he's shows looking like a bitch here. I can't tell if it's legit or artist liberties.