Does the DQVII Reimagined story gets better? [SPOILERS]

This is my first Dragon Quest and probably the first JRPG that I have played in more than 15 years. Currently I am where Kiefer leaves the party to stay with a chick he met in the nomad camp

I was scared of not liking the combat system but actually I like it a lot, the only thing that doesn't stick with me is the story. I knew that the game was about exploring islands with little stories and I was ok with that but I didn't know that the stories were so many and so small

To me, I feel like the game would be better if instead of thousands of little stories and little islands there were less stories but much, much longer (like 5-10 hours each one in length instead of 1-2) and the islands instead of so many and so small, less islands and much much bigger to explore

Just my thoughts, still I like this game and it might not be the last Dragon Quest I play, it's just that the story doesn't feel very good to me