Man I don't know what the quality of the light novel or anime is, but this sucks. Disclaimer: I'm only on chapter 29, so who knows, maybe the second half is life-changingly good. But so far the pacing sucks, is seems like characters just teleport from one location to another, just no sense of scale, the story is disjointed and the plot is contrived. None of the emotional moments land. I've been trying to keep reading because the anime was highly recommended (I prefer reading), but the manga, at the very least, sucks.