- - - ### Synopsis ### > “I-Isn’t this a little too hardcore!?” > > Kousaka Aoi is a young, avid gamer well-versed in all types of gaming. Down on his luck, he comes upon a suspicious job offer looking for those "proficient in games." > > Things were looking up, but before he knew it... he's thrown into another world! And now finds himself stuck at the bottom of a ravine with nothing but a pickaxe and shovel. > > At a loss of what to do, he slowly learns he can make a living in this by trading items he can craft. What other possibilities are there in this new ever-expanding, game-like world our protagonist finds himself in!? > > "If that's how it is, then I guess it's time to use all the knowledge I've gained from games, and let my gaming spirit shine!" > > Let's get to writing a strategy guide! I may be stuck in another world, but I’ll do my best to make the most of it! *(Taken from [SolPress](https://solpress.co/product/26/strongest-gamer-lets-play-in-another-world-vol-1))* - - - ### Genres ### > Comedy, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Isekai - - - ### Links ### ###### [MyAnimeList](https://myanimelist.net/manga/93589/Saikyou_Gamer_Isekai_nite_Jikkyou_Play-chuu) ###### ###### [LNDB](http://lndb.info/light_novel/Saikyou_Gamer,_Isekai_nite_Jikkyou_Playchuu) ###### - - - This was a fun read, and I enjoyed it far more than I thought I would. **However** I recommend treating this as a one-shot if you're planning to read it. Reason **A** being; > While there is 2 volumes currently out in Japan, and the series is still considered to be "publishing", the last released volume was in *February of 2016*. There has been an absolute radio silence from the author ever since. > > I managed to locate his [Syosetu](http://mypage.syosetu.com/354406/) page, but could not find anything like a Twitter, or any other social media connected to him. > > And his last activity on Syosetu seems to have been around the time of the publication of volume 2. > > So, the most logical conclusion is that this series has probably been dropped, or something happened to the author. > > Which means that there *probably* won't be any more volumes published. And volume 2 does not seems to be good at all, read reason **B** if you want to know why. Reason **B** being; > **TL;DR**: Lol harem shit. > > While looking through the few Japanese Amazon reviews there were, I noticed that volume 1 was recieved pretty favourably, with a rating of 4+. > > Volume 2 on the other hand, had a rating of around 2.5. Reading one of the reviews clued me into why. It seems like the author decided to start turning the series into a harem and volume 2 seems to focus on a new character who's a female knight. While essentially completely forgetting about the heroine from volume 1. > > **Rant Ahead** > > The whole reason I even consider this novel to be a fun read was because of how hard it was pushing the romance aspect without any interrupted confessions or useless harem shticks. > > But, lo and behold, it started to turn into a harem in volume 2. > > The only thing that makes this novel even stand out *one bit* against the other novels that are pretty much exactly the same is that it had a cute and nice one on one romance thing going on, with it turning into a harem, it's literally just the same as **every other Isekai LN out there**. > > I'm personally not going to read volume 2, or any other volumes, if any more would ever be released. > > As far as I know, volume 2 doesn't exist, just like the Avatar movie.