Isekai Tensei Soudouki

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This LN is underrated.
Isekai have become a common trope in the Otaku world. Even though being part of over used genre, this LN have managed to stand out in more than one way.

It is overly complicated manga which can be considered it's strongest as well as weakest point, whatever you prefer. It is hard to read for average jolly reader, but once you get a hand of it, it is really a master piece.

Why it is hard to read ?

Lots and Lots of character interacting over multiple scenes. In a way, scene does not always revolve around MC which i think is ... good. I had to keep a note on notepad of all the characters while reading it. It also have lot of politics which adds complexity to the story which makes it harder for reader to understand. I loved politics though.

Story:

MC is born with 2 reincarnated souls inside him. One is a guy from modern world with lot of knowledge and other is skilled fighter from warring states of Japan. This setting is enough to make him OP like almost all isekai story with bunch of girls revolving around him just because he is NICE, BUT IT IS NOT THE CASE HERE. He is not OP and every girl have proper character development to have a strong relationship.

Each character close to MC is developed perfectly with their own role in the story. Harem does not feel forced or just being their for oppai and since it's nobels and all, he don't have to choose between girls. They are there to compliment MC.

MC used tech from modern world to build and grow his business. It is really good to competent MC like him.

It is an epic world building with lots of adventure, comedy and action.

Isekai Tensei Soudouki is a light novel that I find rather hard to praise. The basic concept of the LN is a rather clichéd one, with two people being reincarnated into one body in a fantasy world, with the original personality of that body intact. While the premise was nothing new, it could have set itself apart from the rabble by way of execution, but it failed in that aspect. The ‘three souls in one body’ idea was used in a rather inconsistent manner, and essentially only came up whenever it was convenient (or whenever the author wanted to go on a rant about the ... Warring States period).
The story here felt like the author was just jumping from one thought to the next, without properly substantiating on any of them before diving headfirst into the next idea. More often than not, the author ends up glossing over things that actually needs explanations, and going into far too much detail about things that don’t really affect the grand scheme of things. This leads to rushed story arcs and more importantly, rushed ‘character development’.
You often get characters that can essentially be summed up in one word or a short phrase, and they hardly ever even grow beyond that. The story eventually just started to feel like excuses thrown by the author to build the protagonist’s harem, while at the same time raising the protagonist’s fame to ridiculous levels.
As for the enjoyment aspect, I’m a bit torn. I dropped the first volume a couple of times, and stopped for a few months when I finished it. When I saw that it had 6 volumes translated, I just lowered my expectations a lot and went in. I found most of it to be trite, but I will admit that I saw some improvement in volumes 5 and 6.
Just a side note – the translations are alright, but it could definitely do with some proofreading/editing. Not going to complain, since it was translated for free, but just writing this as a warning for those of you who find such translations difficult to read.
On the whole, this Light Novel wasn’t really anything great, and could be skipped without missing out on much. For far better stories with a similar premise, check out ‘Falling in Love with the Villainess’ and ‘Sevens’.


Break-up:

Story - 4
Art - 6
Character - 2
Enjoyment - 4
Overall - 4