
Originally Posted by
Kraco
The novels have a tendency to spend a lot of time describing what characters other than the Nazarick folks are doing. A lot of time indeed. I suppose it's a way to make the new world more meaningful and less static. In that sense the whole novel series isn't like the first arcs shown in the first anime season, which concentrated on Ainz admirably. Of course the degree varies from arc to arc.
Perhaps the anime producers were afraid of the reception of this arc among anime only watcher, but did nothing to help it.