So I'm a Spider, So What?, Vol. 2

Kumoko, a human reborn as a spider, keeps descending through the Elroe Great Labyrinth. Constant fighting, and eating, of the monsters around her has made her truly dangerous, and the strength has gone to her head. She wanders into a part of the dungeon nobody has mapped and comes face to face with a huge dragon, the most fearsome opponent she has met so far.

Before that, a troop of spear-carrying primates drives her out of her lair for a second time. They grow smarter with every trick she tries on them, so brute force is not enough and she has to think her way through each clash.

This is a light novel in the dungeon-crawling survival mould, told with comic narration from Kumoko's point of view. Her skills and status keep growing, and that growth steers the plot from one fight to the next. The tone stays light even when the danger is high.

This second volume is the sequel to the opening book. It carries the story beyond the point the original web novel reached, with new material. It closes with side stories that follow Julius, Schlain and Katia, human students who have been reincarnated into the same world as Kumoko. Yen Press published the English edition under its Yen On label in March 2018.