I get that the LN is a more polished version of the WN, so I won't go into the nitty-gritty but will stick to the larger brushstrokes which won't have changed. And the long story short of that is the author, at some point between 305 and 405, has stopped advancing the plot to focus on filler after filler after filler.
These chapters used to be organized as side-chapters, but now they're part of the main story flow and, quite frankly, a lot of it is stuff I would only want to read after getting further along in the plot. A lot more people just want to skip them.
This is because filler chapters don't advance the plot while still having the weaknesses that the plot made bearable:
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Far too much focus on characters' thoughts in the narration to the point of repetition
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Needlessly poetic language used that, in translation to English, makes it a difficult read, leading to...
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Poorly understood character motivations, especially with the main character.
To be clear, there's still some good things, including the author giving other characters their own separate (from the MC) romances. This is a breath of fresh air in terms of ideas—though the execution is lacking those times in the WN in ways I feel like the LN will follow.
There are a few of these breath of fresh air ideas. But these side stories are so prevalent without a payoff that I struggle to understand why the author included them.
Why do we get the struggles of the former guild receptionist if she's not going to become a central character or get married to a central character?
Why do we get an assassin who exists solely to train up a side character to other side characters?
Why do the interesting side characters that we like not get development on the level of these side-of-side characters?
I don't know, it's frustrating, and I've only been reading this for a couple of months. I can't imagine the disappointment and frustration for those reading who have followed this story for years only to keep getting what must feel like bait and switch chapters over and over and over and over.
I can definitely recommend this story until about chapter 305-310
when Makoto actually takes Tomoe and Mio to bed in the romantic sense.
But after that... ugh, there's only one serious plot advamcement buried in there. Well, good news is by then you'll have an understanding of whether you want to continue or not and won't need this review.