By the end of the 12th TenSura novel I was feeling somewhat disenchanted by the series. A mood that its follow-up did not immediately lift. It starts out rather slow unfortunately with far too much time spent detailing the technical aspects of the Empire’s tanks/airships. Once the limiter gets removed though it picks up quite a bit, ending up one of the more entertaining displays of utter domination. The Dwarf interlude and epilogue stand out in particular.
The English versions of the Leandale no Daichi nite novels sadly do not quite match the quality of the Anime adaptation. Partly (mostly?) because the publisher seems to have used their editing B-team. Not only is there a bad case of ‘same voice’ but there are quite a number of typos/mistakes as well. Even worse, the end of the 4th book and beginning of the 5th blatantly contradict.
How do you get “To my fiancée” from “Name her” (the latter being the correct phrase)? Was there no proofreading at all?
Content-wise however I’d say they’re pretty comparable, with the only notable exception being the abnormally large food focus. Because of course there’s a food focus. Only other thing to note is that the transition from the end of the Anime to the start of book 4 is not a smooth one since the former only adapts half of book 3. This is not an issue for that 4th book (since it includes a recap) but appears to be one for the 5th, which prominently features re-occurring characters who did not appear in the Anime.