One call tells that the author treated this story with more care than Konosuba. But this is another example of market trends choosing the inferior story over the superior one. Characters here just work just as great as Konosuba and I would argue even better than Konosuba because after a while Konosuba turns formulaic to the point that the studio even pointed it in one of the OVAs The story, the stakes, the motivations and the comedy here are far better than Konosuba. I truly wish the people in charge give it another shot because this is better written than 90% of isekai.