Edgy Isekai Slice of Life

As always Soundbooth Theater puts on a great performance.

While the first book in this series reads like a magical post apocalyptic survival isekai, this book was more of an isekai with an adventurer’s slice of life. Viv, aka Bob, needs her soul wound fixed and to learn magic. She goes on the occasional adventure to get closer to earning the healing she needs, but spends a lot of time in town this book. While in town she meets new characters and continues to train in magic. I can see the need for these developments to occur for the future, but it was not until the very end that a more immediate and substantial driving motivation arose.

To be honest, unlike the previous book this book feels less like a self-contained story and more like the setup for a bigger future story. It’s still worth reading if you enjoyed the first, but I liked the first book more and think I will like the third better than this one as well.