I dropped this series after reading the first volume simply because I had trouble finding a good translation of the work and did not feel like scouring the internet for a better version. The overall story was unrealistic at best, but there is something endearing to that. I don't think light novel readers pick up this medium to find the next Crime & Punishment and that's perfectly fine, in fact it works out great so you can get mildly entertaining premises like in this light novel. The idea of an eroge otaku ignoring 3D in his pursuit for a pure 2D heroine is a greatpremise for the author to build his own novel-D heroine and it works for entertainment.

The main character, Aramiya, is supposed to be insufferable, I think? Yet he's not. As someone who partakes in the culture of waifus myself (albeit to a much lesser degree than our protagonist) I can sort of understand where some of his personality comes from. His character takes the trope to the extreme which I found to fit the already extreme premise. The other main character, Ayame, is the classic gap moe girl - seen as a delinquent but then tries to become 'best girl' by filling the most obvious archetypal tropes. She goes from largely misunderstood to endearing in the course of one volume and really carries the cast of characters with her purity.

As for the side characters, Tozaki and Hatsushiba, I understand how they advance the plot, but quite honestly they detract more from my enjoyment of the story than they add. If the two main characters weren't so entertaining, I think this novel series would be in dire straits. Without spoiling anything, both of them become so unlikable by the end of the first volume that I wish they were dropped by the author completely - there is an attempt to redeem them but for me it makes them even less likeable. Tozaki is the typical "best friend" character who actively harms the chance for the 'good end' and Hatsushiba is so insufferable to a point where you must conclude the author's editor thought the story lacked drama by not having it every other line that they suggested she be added to the main cast.

My overall sentiment was that while I enjoyed reading through the poorly translated version I had, it felt like more work than it was worth. Internally translating most of it and having to put up with the side characters was a chore at the best of times. If Ayame and Aramiya's gradual development together was any worse than it was, this series would have no hope.

I will stop short of recommending it to someone else, partly due to my inability to find a good translation, but mostly due to the side characters. They really made some parts of the volume an absolute slog to get through.