Love4NovelGuy
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I wrote a story that started out like your typical Isekai but then slowly added bits of psuedo-philosophy and other stuff later on. It has 104 chapters of this moment and it’s called Battlefield Restart- An Identity Beyond Self.
I would love it if anyone could read and review it.
Anyway, just remember that the main character isn’t supposed to get more relatable down the line as it’s a story about his transformation into a ‘God’. So his mindset becomes weirder as the story continues.
This is my synopsis and review on it:
{This is a story I worked on ages ago that has been refined and edited by adding foreshadowing to events while also simplifying the power system better than before.
Short Synopsis:
After retiring from the battlefield, my life became empty and lifeless. The regrets of my past haunt me in my sleep. Then a change occurred, a King from another world summoned me to fight for his kingdom, but I died even before I could give him my answer. Now, after a fake God allowed me to reincarnate (albeit imperfectly) with my memories intact, into a world filled with magic and swords.
Long Synopsis:
This is about a flawed protagonist who only knew to rely on others and not socialise who gets a second chance to change himself in order to live the life he aimed for in his past life. The narrator isn’t exactly trustworthy since it is purely in his bias perspective while other perspectives given by others fill in the blanks that he either leaves out or twists to suit the situation.
The story itself can be considered a parody of Isekai’s classic tropes which are given a sense of reality as time goes by. As there exists no ‘Demon Lord’, there is also no black and white, only characters opinions and counter-opinions throughout the story.
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For those who decided to skip the Long Description in the Synopsis, I wonder why you are so impatient...
Let’s get things straight about this story of mine. It is NOT a Power Fantasy and I did not use a ‘template’ Main Character that only exists as the stand-in for the reader him/herself. This is a story about a reincarnated eighty year old soldier who gets his second chance in a Isekai.
There are many questions I get whenever people question my artistic choice, so I’ll list them out below:
Q1- Why did I make his age so great when he acts like a kid? This level of maturity doesn’t fit an ‘eighty year old’.
A1- A person’s level of maturity isn’t equivalent to their age. There are many reasons for him to act this way.
Q2- Why does he criticise his decisions so often?
A2- He grew up with a mindset that makes him never be content with what he has. Always thinking of ‘perfection’.
Q3- Why did Enigma make him so weak?
A3- To hide him from the other, more real ‘Gods’. This is also the kind of story where he progresses in strength every Arc as the stakes get larger and larger. The only time this story will end is when he reaches Godhood.
Q4- Why did I ignore the overarching plot and make him waste his time doing normal training for 50 chapters?
A4- It is better this way as you get to have a better understanding of the world and characters through his own eyes. It is the reason I chose doing this story in First Person Perspective rather than Third Person Perspective.
Q5- Are his internal struggles THAT important? He looks really wimpy when he whines about life so often.
A5- Because I wanted to do a more realistic take on the Reincarnation Trope and how adapting to a foreign mindset that says ‘murder is okay under certain conditions’ would be really hard.
I don’t know about Japan but we British people are taught that ‘murder is NOT okay under any circumstances’ and that violence like that should be left for games. You can’t realistically adapt to a foreign world with a different common sense so easily, even with ten years.
Think of the Main Character as Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul except his ‘ghoul instincts’ are his past habits and his conscience is what he adapted into. Even though Keneki was always crying and puking his guts out in the beginning of the story, he was a lot more realistic than the white-haired Edge Lord who came after (Anime version) that no longer struggles with his inner demons or the world.
Rather than creating a character who accepts the world as it is, I wanted to make a character who defies common tropes and ‘defines himself’ through his action instead of his thoughts. After all, I truly believe that it is actions that define a person for who they are in the world.
The 1st Arc has the main character succeed in adapting to the world, the 2nd Arc is how his conscience and common sense subtly get into conflicts, while the 3rd Arc is a literal representation of how he defines himself regardless to the traumas or fears that have passed from his previous life.
I hope tot guys like reading the story as I myself like writing it. It’s kinda become gender-bent in the current Arc but that is more symbolic than a gimmick thrown in there to add comedy. I hope this tale amuses you readers!}
I would love it if anyone could read and review it.
Anyway, just remember that the main character isn’t supposed to get more relatable down the line as it’s a story about his transformation into a ‘God’. So his mindset becomes weirder as the story continues.
This is my synopsis and review on it:
{This is a story I worked on ages ago that has been refined and edited by adding foreshadowing to events while also simplifying the power system better than before.
Short Synopsis:
After retiring from the battlefield, my life became empty and lifeless. The regrets of my past haunt me in my sleep. Then a change occurred, a King from another world summoned me to fight for his kingdom, but I died even before I could give him my answer. Now, after a fake God allowed me to reincarnate (albeit imperfectly) with my memories intact, into a world filled with magic and swords.
Long Synopsis:
This is about a flawed protagonist who only knew to rely on others and not socialise who gets a second chance to change himself in order to live the life he aimed for in his past life. The narrator isn’t exactly trustworthy since it is purely in his bias perspective while other perspectives given by others fill in the blanks that he either leaves out or twists to suit the situation.
The story itself can be considered a parody of Isekai’s classic tropes which are given a sense of reality as time goes by. As there exists no ‘Demon Lord’, there is also no black and white, only characters opinions and counter-opinions throughout the story.
——————————————
For those who decided to skip the Long Description in the Synopsis, I wonder why you are so impatient...
Let’s get things straight about this story of mine. It is NOT a Power Fantasy and I did not use a ‘template’ Main Character that only exists as the stand-in for the reader him/herself. This is a story about a reincarnated eighty year old soldier who gets his second chance in a Isekai.
There are many questions I get whenever people question my artistic choice, so I’ll list them out below:
Q1- Why did I make his age so great when he acts like a kid? This level of maturity doesn’t fit an ‘eighty year old’.
A1- A person’s level of maturity isn’t equivalent to their age. There are many reasons for him to act this way.
Q2- Why does he criticise his decisions so often?
A2- He grew up with a mindset that makes him never be content with what he has. Always thinking of ‘perfection’.
Q3- Why did Enigma make him so weak?
A3- To hide him from the other, more real ‘Gods’. This is also the kind of story where he progresses in strength every Arc as the stakes get larger and larger. The only time this story will end is when he reaches Godhood.
Q4- Why did I ignore the overarching plot and make him waste his time doing normal training for 50 chapters?
A4- It is better this way as you get to have a better understanding of the world and characters through his own eyes. It is the reason I chose doing this story in First Person Perspective rather than Third Person Perspective.
Q5- Are his internal struggles THAT important? He looks really wimpy when he whines about life so often.
A5- Because I wanted to do a more realistic take on the Reincarnation Trope and how adapting to a foreign mindset that says ‘murder is okay under certain conditions’ would be really hard.
I don’t know about Japan but we British people are taught that ‘murder is NOT okay under any circumstances’ and that violence like that should be left for games. You can’t realistically adapt to a foreign world with a different common sense so easily, even with ten years.
Think of the Main Character as Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul except his ‘ghoul instincts’ are his past habits and his conscience is what he adapted into. Even though Keneki was always crying and puking his guts out in the beginning of the story, he was a lot more realistic than the white-haired Edge Lord who came after (Anime version) that no longer struggles with his inner demons or the world.
Rather than creating a character who accepts the world as it is, I wanted to make a character who defies common tropes and ‘defines himself’ through his action instead of his thoughts. After all, I truly believe that it is actions that define a person for who they are in the world.
The 1st Arc has the main character succeed in adapting to the world, the 2nd Arc is how his conscience and common sense subtly get into conflicts, while the 3rd Arc is a literal representation of how he defines himself regardless to the traumas or fears that have passed from his previous life.
I hope tot guys like reading the story as I myself like writing it. It’s kinda become gender-bent in the current Arc but that is more symbolic than a gimmick thrown in there to add comedy. I hope this tale amuses you readers!}
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