[DeepL Translation - needs review] Introduction to Volume 1: Although superficially calm has returned to the town of Akiba, it continues to be shrouded in a sullen atmosphere. When the twins Touya and Minori, his students, are found detained, Shiroe, unable to shake off his disgust at the state of affairs in Akiba, finally makes his move! He rallies 11 fierce fighters who have won many battles over the years, and restores "hope" to the lawless Akiba!
(Translator: DeepL)
Author's style is frustrating
I read the first book knowing nothing about the series. Without spoilers, I think the plot itself has potential, but the execution is just killing me.
The author just likes to overexplain things multiple times. Every time there's a new info about something, the author will just roll it back from the top, sometimes using exactly the same sentence(s).
In the middle of a fight, he also likes to point out (in a lot of text) that something the main character is doing is not going to win them the fight. Nope, it's not directly going to do much. The main characters are doomed if that's why they are relying on. Yet they don't look worried, as if everything was going according to plan. But the plan can't be possibly to just use that move [...] Character wins, and it's because that thing I just said was not going to win them the fight did [thing], which allowed [thing that won them the fight] to happen. [Thing that won them the fight] couldn't have happened without that setup. That's why they did it, despite not being a way to directly win (Note: that feels pretty direct as far as I am concerned). [...]
And at the end of the day, that setup wasn't even that important. Honestly, in at least one case, I feel like [winning move] could have happened regardless AND [setup move] could have done nothing anyway if the enemy had been better prepared... so I had to go through all of that for technically nothing.
Similarly annoying, but easier to ignore, is the fact that the author just loves putting discussions about (women) panties and breasts in there. BUT doesn't even commit to it. When the perverted guy is told by the girl who keeps talking about boobs that he should massage her breasts, he refuses. Master Roshi (from Dragon Ball) would not have refused, ever. In fact, a similar situation happens in Dragon Ball and he does get a feel. The author stepping back there (with no justification) makes the whole thing even more annoying by making the characters inconsistent.