Dagashi-ya Yahagi: Setting Up a Sweets Shop in Another World: Volume 1 - Nothing special and very predictable but it was an enjoyable read. The characters are a bit daft though. Like "Clark Kent is unrecognizable because of glasses"-daft.

Dagashi-ya Yahagi: Setting Up a Sweets Shop in Another World: Volume 2 - I jumped right into the second volume but it fell off really hard. The characters were on the slow side in the first volume but here they have become completely incapable of the most basic pattern recognition. I still had fun reading the first volume looking past the weak parts, but here it's too painful just to let it slide. There are also elements introduced that are hard to overlook. For example, MC gets a clairvoyance skill with which he can freely look at whatever he wants just by concentrating on it. Some character that has a deep-seated grudge against his spouse escapes prison and MC doesn't even ponder if maybe he should use his skill to find out where that person is hiding. The other weaknesses are also starting to show. For example how every time his skill produces a new item, 2 sentences later there will be a problem that requires exactly this item. Man, just plant some items ahead and reintroduce them later. Don't just write from chapter to chapter... On the pro side, the setup for the next volume is a frontier/village-raising project which is something I generally greatly enjoy.

Zilbagias the Demon Prince: How the Seventh Prince Brought Down the Kingdom Volume 3 - This is still such a strange premise for a novel. Make the MC want to kill everyone around him but then make those people around him mostly likable. then throw in some lore tidbits here and there that show that MC's quest is more than warranted. But that doesn't change the fact that the reader is growing fond of the characters. I have absolutely no idea how the author is planning to resolve this. It's a delicate balancing act but so far the author is pulling it off, so I'm intrigued.

Survival in Another World with My Mistress! Vol. 7 - Yeah, this is by now completely mask off. It isn't even trying anymore to look like there was an isekai plot hidden somewhere in there. It's just harem sex scene after harem sex scene. I don't consider myself a prude and enjoy fan service as much as the next man, but if there really isn't anything else anymore I don't think it's worth reading.

Management of a Novice Alchemist: Volume 1 - The rare series I've seen as an anime before reading the LN. To be honest, the anime was so forgettable that I was fighting with déjà vu while reading the LN before realizing that I'd seen it as an anime before. And the LN is more of the same. It's inoffensive and ultimately just as forgettable, but that's not a bad thing if you're in the mood for something like that.