Isekai no Senshi toshite Kuni ni Manekareta kedo, Kotowatte Heishi kara Hajimeru Koto ni Shita - Ch. 1

[NotTriton]

https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4944ff/ here is the link to the web novel, if anyone wants to confirm if this is a harem or not

 

[KE1tea]

hmm yes looks promising
probably won't be as awesome as youjo senki tho

 

[nachtness]

@Ainzell get weII soon man

 

[xyzzy]

@Bente_Koini

You know that meme comic which shows all the different women each saying “I’m not like those other girls”? I think that’s the case with isekai MCs too.

“oh look at this perverted side character who wants to live an ideal isekai life. I’m not like him, although I’m going to live an ideal isekai life anyway”

 

[Meridis]

IT'S A TRAP!
...is what I would think if it wasn't for the fact that growing up in a military town has ingrained the notion that a government keeping a whole class of people in poverty so that they have no other choice to live a stable life other than conscription is a given in life...

 

[isekaimagus]

The world-building seems so confused. What is the difference between a otherworldly warrior, soldier, and adventurer in terms of roles?

Narratively, why make it so that you are required to become a soldier to be an adventurer?

The MC doesnt want to become an adventurer and only went because someone else dragged him there, and him not being an adventurer is lessened by him being in the job that leads to being an adventurer.

It would be like if in a series where the MC wants to become a doctor, they randomly mention you need to be a doctor in order to be a lawyer.

If the series shows the logical consequence of all adventerurs being veterans, and it does something with it, but even then, the choice further robs the character of what little agency he had in this chapter.

Your character has a sensible enough reason to be a soldier, you dont need to rail road him into it.

If you just wanted the other guy to not be an adventurer, wouldnt it make more sense that in order to become one, he would need to be an otherworldly warrior and he continued to refuse out of pride.

 

[Bente_Koini]

@xyzzy Yeah, exactly. The thing that most annoys me about this series (and another manga I recently stumbled upon, can't remember the name. Nothing to do with isekai, but it suffers from a really similar issue) is having much more interesting characters surround the human representation of oatmeal whom we are supposed to root for. I literally hoped this would go with something like pretending the standard guy is the protagonist at the beginning and then just killing him off in the most unceremonious way possible; the thugs kinda made it seem like that was going to happen. I was so disappointed when he survived -,-

 

[DeathDonut]

page 16,

Spoiler

"This thing definitely poops mid-flight".

@isekaimagus There might be language subtleties lost in translation. "warrior" apaprently was originally "senshi", and what the dude signs for is "heishi" which seems to be more similar to a conscript. As for...
"why make it so that you are required to become a soldier to be an adventurer?" It actually makes sense.
In countries with conscription some jobs might require previous military service. (in countries without conscription that happens too, but the level of jobs with such requirement is higher).
The idea is to have proper combat training, some discipline and so on, I suppose.

I suppose it will be aspiring to become a policeman and going thorugh the academy kind of story. Except with "adventurer" instead of policeman, and military service instead of academy.

 

[AbuHajaar]

Inb4 this is another JSDF recruitment ad disguised as an isekai manga

 

[Hollow7F]

1im like 905 sure that in like 10 chapters that Protagonist motherfucker is gonna be the villain, that dude has a super ego and powers, thats bad

 

[alannondarklord]

A lot of cross currents in this series so far. Super edgy, overly genre-savvy otaku side character. Shady king who drops some classic "don't trust me" lines. an MC who's like "They gave us basic necessities after kidnapping us. They must be nice people!"
Well, at least the cliche railroading to the title drop is consistent.

 

[Gaiseric9]

Promising start. I hope the douche canoe isn't in this too much

 

[dancur]

ooo im liking this already

 

[Ainzell]

@nachtness thanks mate 😁 I'm a little bit better now...but still have the little bit of hangover....oh fck why do I drink that vodka when I haven't eat any dinner last night..

 

[isekaimagus]

@DeathDonut But why a veterans of two years want to leave the military to become an adventurer?

Either they lose all of the resources of being a soldier, and having to start working on commissions for quests which would be how archetypal adventurers work, or adventurers are just another rank in the army.

Narratively, this removes the one positive choice he made in the story, he refused being a dimensional warrior, he then got dragged to the adventurer guild, and was then told he need to be a soldier to be something he didnt really want to be in the first place. And then after being told that, he decides to be a soldier, which just so happens to be the path the story rail roaded him on.

 

[DeathDonut]

@isekaimagus
"But why a veterans of two years want to leave the military to become an adventurer?"
Two years won't make necessarily make you a veteran, and unlikely to shoot you high into ranks. To become a veteran, you'd need to actually fight in wars. 2 years could be dedicated to training, maintenance and drills.

If you want in-world explanation for example, it could be because adventuring is more lucrative than being a soldier. Basically, a clever medieval fantasy lord could pull a massive hat trick here.
First you spread rumors about adventuring being lucrative, then you add requirement to serve two years in army, then you add a loop hole, where anyone who ever served in the army could be drafted in case of war. As a result, you get influx of recruits, when any of your greedy neighbors try to borrow pieces of your territory, all those recruits will be available, and the adventurers will serve as extra peace-keeping force. Obviously, this is not information from the manga, just an explanation of HOW it could work, HOW it could be organized, and HOW it could make sense.

Regarding the plot, they're going with classic scenario where MC meets someone who leaves deep impression and want to become just like them.
Additionally, MC is archetypical shounen "saint-kun". Meaning strong convictions, strong opinions, at the same time extremely naive, and as we go further into the plot, there will be probably dramatic screaming and dramatic lecturing of a villain. And the like.

This is an interesting plot device, but the author will probably fail to use it in a clever manner.

 

[Harry_Dong]

Man, that loud and dumb hot head is annoying as hell. I hope he kicks the bucket sooner than later.

I also want to see some guns if it’s going to be a military theme.

 

[WeeabooReview]

Anyone else here wondering about the total half-page ass-shot of the wolfman? No one? OK.

Thanks for the upload!

 

[Wolvenworks]

@Harry_Dong bet he'll become a villain...or a slave.

 

[mrmm]

that noisy guy looks like Rance