Avail Yourself Do You Love Your Mom And Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?, Vol. 1 (light Novel) Penned By Dachima Inaka Displayed As Copy

classmate made me read this, It was a weird book and I don't know what to feel about it, A awful story

I sorry to say it, but after reading hundreds of light novels.
. . with property can say this is one of the worst I ever read, I'll second Rebecca's review, and add that the English version reads very awkwardly, No idea where to lay the blame for that likely the English publisher, but it made some passages quite a struggle.
Well, this was awkward and uncomfortable,

EDIT:

The premise of this title is that Masato and his alltoocutelynamed mother Mamako end up in one of those ubiquitous VRMMOs in order to facilitate a better relationship.
The main problem is that Masato's issues are basically that he's a fifteenyearold boy with a mom who doesn't realize what's inappropriate, but the story's world acts as if he's in the wrong for not wanting to be treated like a fiveyearold/substitute for absent dad.
The fact that Mamako looks like a high schooler just compounds the issue, as does the fact that the author feels vaguely uncomfortable with his own premise.
From his afterward, I feel like he wanted this to be a different story,

I should note, "Mom tagging along in VRRPG" is a story that has been done successfully Vivian Vande Velde's User Unfriendly pulled it off in thes.
I went in to this without hearing/reading a lot of the comments surrounding the recent anime adaptation airing.
The premise sounded dumb enough to be entertaining, but it is the complete opposite,

The nonstop joke of Mamako being this overly doting mother who is overpowered and constantly outshining her son was just thrown in your face way too much.
Not to mention how much of a ditz they make her, It's just so overdone, I was wondering if I would even bother to finish it, Halfway through I had to make a decision to DNF, or just power through, I regret not choosing DNF,

Masato isn't a bad protagonist, and Wise is your typical tsundere, but done pretty well.
Sadly like I said, Mamako just made me constantly wish I could have this book over with.
The author needs to learn what the word moderation means, When every page or two is yet another joke about how awkward it is for Masato to deal with his mom, it's just downright annoying.


Don't read this, there are better light novels out there, It's better than it should be, but still very odd,

Masato has a very doting Mom, who he escapes by playing MMOs, One day he gets selected to betatest a specific VR MMO, . . but to his horror so is his mother, who he quickly finds is absudly overpowered compared to him and is stealing all of his thunder.
We find out the role of the MMO is a Mom MMORPG, to help children get along with their mothers better.
Except that as always, there are hackers in paradise, and not all moms are nice, . .

You mostly read this for Masato, and Wise, the magicuser who simply can't catch a break.
Masato's Mom is the onepunch man of VRMMOs, more or less killing things in single hits while being very embarassing to Masato, who just wants to be cool and a hero like how it should be.
His reactions, and Wise, who is freeloading off of Masato in the hopes of getting her own win condition and getting out of this crazy MMO.
It's a little more entertaining than you'd think,

The theme is a little gentle commentary on how mothers can wreck their kids life some by being selfish, and in contrast Masato's mom not being selfish but if anything going the other way.
However the fan service is a bit weird, It's centered mostly on Masato's mom, and her absurdly young looks, The joke in the book is that it's antifan service for Masato, but in the illustrations and scenes its presented as service for the readers which doesn't really work so well given you feel a bit annoyed at her too.
The Mom dominates a bit too much, . . you want to see more of Masato and Wise, There are other characters like the token loli and the weird questgiver,

It has that fun, weird edge to it light novels have, but I can see people not liking it at all.
The second novel in the series shows the main thrust is running into other girls and their mothers, and solving issues.
I enjoyed it more than I should, but I'd probably test read this before buying it otherwise.
So you get your wish to go to another world and live out your gamer fantasy.
. . Unfortunately, your mom is also going to tag along, How would theyear old you react

That's the basic setup of this story, Masato being sent to another world with his mommy Mamako after the Japanese government selects him and mom to participate in their Beta test of a MotherSon bonding MMORPG.


Definitely a few chuckles, but not as silly as I expected, Part of the issue is that this first volume is establishing MaKun's initial reaction to travelling with his mom, and unfortunately it's not a positive one initially.
The other issue is that there's some setup in terms of systems and worldbuilding required for this volume, so it's not a quick starter necessarily.


The setting isn't that interesting, it's more the Mother game mechanics that keep it a bit unique.
A lot of the area names and item names have something to do with mothers they go to a village named Mamon, known for producing Mamon's milk which the plot makes no bones about alluding to breastfed milk their currency is Mums the skills Mamako receives are directly related to being a mom, like her lap pillow technique that puts younger characters to sleep, and her positive motherly glow being an actual literal light in the dark glow.
Some of the abilities may turn out to be a bit annoying, like the ability to interrupt any developing scenario, which I can only imagine them using to interrupt romantic development later on.


Mamako is the star of the show, but I'd honestly say she's not my favorite character so far and neither is Masato.
She kind of operates on gag comedy, and some of the jokes that don't hit early will continue to miss the mark as they get repeated again and again.
She's a caricature of both the good and bad aspects of a mom as seen from a child's perspective forgetful of things her son says to her directly insert firepower joke here, introducing her son all the time instead of letting him introduce himself, saying embarrassing stuff aloud for all in the room to hear.
Though, honestly, I didn't find her that annoying, If anything, Masato was the one being ridiculous, He brings all the problems and stress on himself, not Mamako, None of the NPCs nor the human party members judge Masato for traveling with his mother or the things she says / does, but this doesn't seem to get across to Masato as he still thinks she's embarrassing him.
I feel like he has an inferiority complex his ideas about gender roles are pretty basic too for instance, he concludes all girls like shopping guys hate shopping.
His testosterone levels may be a bit off, x

I'd say this volume focuses pretty equally on Mamako, Masato, and the third major character, fellow adventurer and alsoyear old Wise the mage.
It's pretty well established early that Wise wants to scheme up a way out of the game world, especially if it means gaining a healthier parentchild relationship in the process.
. . Even if that relationship is with someone who is not her real mother, Wise has some of the most fun scenes in the story since she's that sort of prideful / boastful character, and of course the plot plays with that for comedic purposes.


The last two major characters are Porta, their human luggage carry all, and Sherase, the game administrator.
Porta in particular is not too interesting so far, but maybe she'll get more play in the next volume.
The plot has her failing and being pretty useless too much early, and the praise she receives for small accomplishments seems a bit unworthy.
She is the youngest member of the party, I want to say, and again, she's non combat, so I don't know how much she can really contribute besides simple item

usage.
She seems to serve as more of the "cute" character that the others forgive and support easily when things go wrong.


The game administrator Sherase is, like Mamako, a walking, talking gag character, Her gag is mainly the Kennysyndrome from South Park she probably spends more time in a coffin than actively walking around in this volume.
Her name means to inform, and she'll let you know that every, . . single time she explains something, for comedic effect, She likes to change her job as well, or maybe she's an AI program with multiple personalities that can appear simultaneously Who knows.


So this was solid, I give it four for construction because there's really nothing wrong with it from the perspective of world building and character building.
I'd say setting wise it isn't that interesting, but it's not really a setting focused series so far.
One thing I really appreciated was how this is one of the few game based worlds where the NPC administrators acknowledge the game like element like the King NPC they meet initially tells them that the item descriptions are just flavor text and then proceeds to give them actual knowledge on their item's damage totals in a guidebook fashion instead of flavoring it, ruining Masato's immersion.
So yeah, it's got some fun uniqueness to it, but I think some of the mean spiritedness of the parentchild relationships early kind of dragged the mood down early, and some of the gag comedy gets repetitive.
Now that the characters and world are established, hopefully volumecan be more fun, Honestly this is probably the worst isekai plot I've seen so far, and I've seen quite a few.
Reread, and enjoyed it more, A different kind of living in a game world type of story, It has a Konosuba vibe except with Mothers, Plenty of laugh out loud moments, Wow, where to begin While this book was a fast read, it was like driving on a road with a lot of pot holes and speed bumps.
. . just getting jarred out of your rhythm, Some of it was the writing, some of it was the situations, On the whole, just not that great,

I'd be lying if I said some fan service wasn't entertaining, Do You Love Your Mom isn't hentai, but it sure is awkward.
I can't decide if Inaka is going for just a male fantasy albeit an Oedipal one shudder or it Inaka is trying to comment on those things.
I'm leaning more toward the fantasy because it just doesn't ever get past that side of it.
Being over the top on it does not automatically make it a satire,

As a parent I certainly understand wanting to be close to your children, mine aren't teens yet but I am sure I'll go through some pangs of wishing we were closer.
But in this case Mamako is overbearing, smothering and not all that likeable, Not that Masato is very likeable either, But at least I can understand to a degree of not wanting to be subsumed by his mother's presence constantly.


It may have won an award in Japan, But I've got loads of other things I'd rather be reading than volumeof this series.
If I ever do, it'll be months down the line and solely to see if the plot/commentary actually improves or if my initial impression that it is just an awkward fantasy come to fruition is accurate.


Verdict: If you want fan servicey situations, especially involving a mother and son eew this might be for you.
Otherwise go read something else, There are plenty of better isekai fantasy/comedy series that are better, .