A spinoff from the Yagate Kimi ni Naru series, Saeki Sayaka ni Tsuite follows the life of the title character from elementary school (before the events of that series) through college (after them). I mainly decided to pick up the third of its three novels due to greatly enjoying the Anime adaptation and wanting to see a bit of how the story ended.
Weirdly, Yuu and Touko’s relationship doesn’t seem any different from how it was there… which may explain why the Anime stopped where it did rather than finish the work. As for Sayaka, she’s much the same as well (as is the general atmosphere of the novel). The problem ends up being her love interest; she’s rather childish and their relationship doesn’t feel even the slightest bit natural. Perhaps they were trying to mirror the parent series romance? Whatever the case, the end result doesn’t quite work.
Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha is an inaccurately titled fantasy series (he is the exact opposite of ‘unwanted’) heavy on exposition and not much else. Unlike Tensura, which talks about something before/after it happens, and Youjo Senki, which repeatedly rephrases ideas, this series constantly says the same thing the same way… sometimes with a mere paragraph between repetitions.
The author (via the protagonist) is incredibly long-winded and frankly it’s just exhausting. Other issues would be the ill-fitting gamified dungeons (there are no skills, levels, or other game-like elements in the setting) and the way said protagonist seems to get dumber/more immature every time he evolves.