One Man Army

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Sang Hyuk, a man nearing his 40’s, was contacted by SKY Telecom to help its team, SKY, become the best in a period of 3 years. If SKY’s team members fail, they will be disbanded. After succeeding the contract in time, he was betrayed by the company that gave him everything.

Somehow, he wakes up years in the past as an 18 year old man – a year before the release of Eternal Light (EL).

Armed with knowledge of events that are yet to come, he embarks on a journey that no one has dared to tread before. His desire for revenge drives him to take this path.

He is the one-man army.

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OMA
一人軍團
일인군단
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13th Echelon
13th Echelon rated it
March 17, 2020
Status: c226
This novel is all about grinding in the game, the downside is that the game itself was good but most of the information that was given on it does not make sense as the novel was written as minimal in some of the details as possible, I said as "some" of them cuz the one that this novel gives the most details is the game itself of what happened in his past life. Life in the outside world would only be described in a few sentences and only 1 paragraph... more>> at most (exaggerating).

Does not make sense:

    1. Leveling system - LEVELS needs KARMA and KARMA on how much is gained depends on how much a player has SOUL HOLES. As there are so little details on grinding itself that this novel does not really show levels on the monsters, and the actions or killing monsters is also minimal, the gaining of this so-called KARMA does not really matter as he levels up faster than anyone (plot armor, reincarnated person) this novel makes it boring.
    2. Motive - The motive is not as clear as other novels like revenge and getting rich, this novel focuses it more on the game, there's also so little interaction with other people (none at all), as the MC's belief as being a loner is good, probably because of what he experienced as being a s*ave and betrayed and the most important reason him just being a game addict (BS reasons).
    3. Gaming - 22 hours of gaming 2 hours of sleep. F*ck real life, the author would've might as well written this in isekai genre.
    4. It's all about the game as should be as the title is called "One Man Army", he can't become a one-man army in real life only in VR.
    5. I can't imagine all of the character's faces in real life and in-game.
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teagsho
teagsho rated it
March 9, 2020
Status: --
The MC is so secretive..... I want the MC to be famous..... but he's so damn secretive and always in disguise and too damn straight, it's annoying tbh, and I expect some bromance.... but I guess it's impossible since the MC is too damn straight man.
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ryoryoue
ryoryoue rated it
October 5, 2019
Status: c82
The story focuses on how MC is far ahead and dominates players because of his significant advantage of regression. Author can't help comment on 'how a move is hard to do even with pro-gamers' to show how MC is OP.

I really liked the classes that MC got but the story doesn't show the process/the grind for getting those. Author just offhandedly narrates that MC got said class already.

What really grinds me is the fact that MC stat is never revealed and some details that makes a game-focused novel its feel... more>> is not there. Yes, we get POV of other players stories but the story itself revolves on how the MC is so OP and his domination of-said players. <<less
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Hasenpfote
Hasenpfote rated it
July 28, 2019
Status: c131
I cant say that this novel is bad, but it's just about farming items and making money. I really miss the interactions with other characters and some growth. There really hasnt been anything interesting in the last 40 chapters. Some short chats appear but its not really shown but just explained what happened. "They went drinking for a whole day". Wow nice...

Kinda missing a lot in this novel and the MC is way too OP.
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Pinpig
Pinpig rated it
April 15, 2019
Status: c135
I actually really enjoy this novel, the MC isn't s*upid and invests his money based on certain world events, doesn't go for the team/guild cliché but instead goes for beating the game solo, rivaling and beating the guilds in a race to collect power and finish the game, overall I consider this novel to be similar to EoSP but it feels a lot different. In the end I thoroughly enjoy this novel and sincerely thank both the author and the translator.
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chaosmagez
chaosmagez rated it
April 11, 2019
Status: c135
It's a good novel, the pacing is done well for the most part.

It's an enjoyable story to read. The character is the kind that actually takes advantage of future knowledge instead of letting it all go to waste, but he isn't infallible. The world-building is decent enough, but isn't too thorough. I assume the author plans to fill in gaps throughout the story.
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Gsichtselfmeter
Gsichtselfmeter rated it
January 15, 2019
Status: c43
It is a good novel, but the lack of logic on the authors side is disturbing me from really enjoying it - It doesnt feel as if the parts of the story are interconnected. Also the truly juicy parts are not fleshed out in detail (interaction with others, "streaming", being the first). Examples: ... more>>
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The MC runs a regular bus-service through the giants cave but also has time to clear the ant-eater dungeon for 13h a day? I dont think that 4h sleep wont let his AR super-power degenerate, something he was very troubled with in the beginning. Also I dont think that people in "the best AR game ever" will just sell stuff they dont know the use of. At least I never do that in games I play. Also the super-duper price of 800 000 (?) USD for a merchant guild is not that much, it was insinuated that the whole world plays this game, especially rich sheiks with billions in their pocket, I doubt that they would bat an eye to not buy a merchant guild. Not to mention mega-conglomerates (that already are in the game with product placement).

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All in all the author often explains things that dont really make sense for me and I find it troubling. <<less
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Hayate
Hayate rated it
September 27, 2017
Status: c12
The thing that makes this novel different from other reincarnation vrmmo novel is the level of how OP the MC gets.

One thing that annoys me the most in the other novel is that no matter how much knowledge of the future MC gets, somehow there's always another person that could get as strong as the MC, and he had to struggle to win even with all that OP items he have.

But not this MC, he get's more OP and right now he could stomp one whole guild by himself and... more>> no one could do anything about it. That's what it means to be OVERPOWERED. <<less
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AbderhmanHamid
AbderhmanHamid rated it
September 18, 2023
Status: c45
I like to complete any novel I read for a lot of reasons, but sorry I can't complete reading this novel It's tr*sh, disappointing and boring, no it takes the word boring to another level, don't waste your time and go read anything else.
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massmada265
massmada265 rated it
December 17, 2021
Status: c187
It's an interesting premise, because regret is something everyone can relate to. Everyone spends hours reliving scenarios like "if only I stopped there" etc. What the MC does with this reversal of time is what makes the story interesting. Do they fix poor character traits? Make a different choice? Save or kill someone important? And the interesting part is finding out how the future changes to meet those decisions.

This story has some issues as it appears to lean too heavily on the premise and never has the previous future deviated... more>> from significantly compared to the new future. Thinking about good examples like Second Coming of Gluttony, The Legendary Mechanic, Kill the Hero and Reincarnator that use this premise as a foundation and highlight the progress and change the MC has gone through compared to their past selves by comparing their 1st future to the new one. This allows a greater sense of growth, change and accomplishment for the MC and helps the reader feel more fufilled.

This story only appears to use the story to highlight how little the MC has grown. Don't get me wrong, he has grown when comparing the start of his 1st life compared to the start of his second life, but within the story, his final character in the 1st timeline appears to be the same person as we currently see him. He still hyperfocuses on the VRMMO, has very little friends or even acquaintances, barely got revenge on those who wronged him, did very little to improve the situation outside of the game and overall seems to draw way too much from the game despite it literally being an MMO. The obvious one is the overworking of his body: everyone can agree overworking for someone else vs overworking for yourself has the latter much more preferable, but the MC overworking himself literally crippled himself previously and the current level he has been maintaining is at such an extreme level that he literally could not have worked harder in the 1st life, since the machines shut off automatically at the legal limit. This actually shows how little the MC has changed from his past life, a life he seriously regretted to the point where he wished to start over completely.

I want to like this book but the prologue has set up the MC as such a stagnant character that I can't help but dislike it. In my opinion, these "Second Chance" or "Time Reversal" books heavily rely on MCs making drastically different choices from their past life, having that change the future and change themselves as characters. So this story basically having no character change and exclusively relying on McGuffin world changes, as a literal experience bar goes up faster than the last life, making it very difficult to see this story in a good light. <<less
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Xire
Xire rated it
May 9, 2021
Status: c26
There's nothing egregiously wrong with this story. The premise is solid and interested me at first. But then, in terms of execution it is just very boring.

The MC has a path planned for himself using his future knowledge to dominate this game. That in itself is interesting, but when he goes about it... there's sort of no excitement to anything? It's just countless explanations of game mechanics and this or that happening. There's practically no dialog with any other characters, nor even a very gripping underlying motivation for him doing... more>> anything.

It reads a little like a wish fulfilment story someone wrote without bothering to give the character a real motive. Sure, MC was betrayed in his past life and wants to get revenge... but I feel absolutely no fire or anger from him about that. He doesn't think about that, or particularly have people he wants to get back at. And then the few battles he does have are very briefly described. In general the story is very short on descriptions. There's a lot of like "And then he did this, and then that" - telling rather than showing. <<less
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Dobromil
Dobromil rated it
June 10, 2020
Status: c94
I am giving this story three stars. If I would be able to give half the star I would give this story 2, 5 stars. I didn't read whole story as of now.

  • plot around 2/3 stars out of 5 stars
  • world creation (game creation) again around 2 stars out of 5 stars
  • MC and side characters around 2/3 out of 5 stars
  • writing style 3 out of 5 star
Why am I rating this story like that. I will be vague but someone can think of what I have written as some kind of... more>> spoilers. So read if you don't have problem with this.

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Plot: I was abused in my other life now I am time traveling cheat that want revenge and maybe I will make a lot of money. So I will start playing the same game in which I was betrayed again and again. Meaning, MC is masochist. Why don't you go for example and start sculpting in real life or write a novel about your miserable alter ego from the past. The whole plot is about: "What MC will do next", there is no greater evil in the background to defeat or a mystery to discover.

MC and side characters: Side characters are marginal for the plot building. Maybe that will change in the second part of story but I don't think so. All of them are black or white no shades in their behavior no amazing background. MC is cold and antisocial. It starts to change around chapter 90 so maybe there will be some self discovery for him.

Writing: Author is very repetitive in what and how he is writing. You can see it clearly when he use a phrase like: "this opportunity is too juicy to miss". He is also creating plot holes. One example that I can find is that MC is not mentioned to apply for driving license in his new life but he wants to go for a spin in his new car. The other problem is that author is projecting his feelings about country or group of people. This is seen in conflict between MC and one Japanese guild. Author could choose any country in the world but he choose this one country that his nation had conflict in the past. This shows how this author is immature style-wise.

World creation (game creation) :

I think this is one of the strongest and the worst part of this story. There is not much I can write about real world that MC exist. The real world is more or less mirror image of our future world. The main part of the story take place in the game world (GW) that I have problem with. I will give my opinion as if I am reviewing normal game world with the system that governs it.

The GW is described as a closed sandbox or a tower sandbox. What I mean by that is player can freely roam the world on the level (continent) they are currently. If player wants to go to other places with higher levels they need to go through gate (dungeon) and overcome guard (boss). This part is OK. Give some freedom and in the same time some goal that players can aspire for.

I like it very much that author didn't try to describe how much exp do you get for each monster or that he didn't start to write exact numbers for how much MC has in particular attribute. The MC doesn't create one stat game character. It is very easy to make mistakes here.

You have a feeling of slow but steady increase in levels. There is no leveling sprint where you get 5-10 levels for killing a bunny boss. The only quick increase was in tutorial. Everyone can ignore those 10 levels of so called starting village. There, you get only short introduction to fighting system and then you are on your own.

You need to earn solution through effort in every quest or use some dumb luck to find some shortcut. MC is abusing it by cheating with his time traveling knowledge but normal users have this option.

If you describe exp gain and attribute gain what you are writing is basically whole new system. Many authors use already existing system form D&D, WoW (Many have problem with that. I don't.) or they try to create new one and they fail. The true RPG system needs a lot of experience. You need to read many existing paper versions of RPG games or very precise description of computer RPG games. Even if you study computer RPG games you need to remember about game balance and many more.

Very interesting system for item rarity. The drop rate from the first kill is a little broken.

Now we come to three errors in game world.

Thing number one soul hole system. It is very nice spin on class system. The addition of basic skills is also fine. I totally approve to increase of exp needed if you have more than one hole. What I don't approve is resetting system if you want more souls or less souls or you just wants to change combination. In my opinion you should be able to have some exp transferred (not all) or increased exp gain to the moment when your new class combination has similar exp with your previous one. You will still need to earn it but you won't be punished for your early game mistakes. You will be even able to play making some different characters with different play style. If you go down with soul number you should have exp boost but it should end when your level is at the same level as your previous one. If you go to harder leveling (with more holes) you should be able to increase quicker up to the level of your previous total exp.

The second part is money. This is the most disgusting part in this whole thing. Game company takes subscription money, they make a lot of product placements, they take fees from auctions (The only good thing is they are not in real money). They sell gold to outside (you can win this game with real money) what basically can be called money printing without limit. I am surprised that this game's economy system did not collapse after the first year.

The last part that in my opinion is most broken is title system. Prefix and suffix is fine but the number of passive titles you can have is crazy. You can literally create a monster with only titles. The number of 30 passive titles should be around 5 to 10. The availability of titles is wrong the way it is described only experts in guilds will be able to hoard titles. Normal user is not able to get any. There should be one for first kill in the whole game and first kill for you as a player (you get only one from those two). You should not be able to have cumulative effect from more than one or two passive titles. For example you have dodge +20 from one passive title and dodge +30 form the second. You should be able to only use stronger +30, or simultaneously one with +30 and one with percentage increase if you have. That way you don't totally break game system.

You can see that author created broken game system using title system where MC is able to be the only OP character because no one is able to get the same or similar titles he got. It isn't even about MC talent if he was on the same level as the rest of pro players he would still break a game balance with his title build.

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Nosta
Nosta rated it
May 23, 2020
Status: c3
Honestly, trust the reviews when they say it’s tr*sh. Three chapters in and I’ve never been more disappointed.

Usually, I’m the kind to still give the novel a try despite the bad reviews, but this... I could write a better story than this and I’m not even a good writer. For the people that give this story three stars and more, you’re hilarious.
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chaostheory
chaostheory rated it
April 15, 2020
Status: c1
I quite like it, it is really for the fans of the genre RPGs and video games.

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It's for those who like solo adventures :)

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Although there is really nothing much to gripe about in the novel,

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I was only pondering about the level of the MC, as he goes back to the past should he be a "Wizard" or " Legendary Sage"

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I have not read all of the translated chapters (which is awesome btw as oppose to those out there which is basically edited MTL) and at least there was a potential FL who introduced, I guess solo is as solo gets huh. Hahaha

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"One Man Army" sure is double entendre :lol:

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Again, take this with a grain of salt, as I only started reading and

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this is only a fun review.

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aetonazniel
aetonazniel rated it
March 29, 2020
Status: c100
The story itself has an interesting setting, I loved the other players reactions to the MC uploaded vids and streams but the main weakness of the author is the game balance. Made the MC seem already equiped with op items early on but still keeps getting even more op supposedly but its hard to put into perspective in relation with other players. The game has no sense of balance or proportion.

In terms of the translations... Asian hobbyist sucks. The previous translators did the job right but asian hobbyist makes it... more>> confusing and frankly borderline understandable. Feels like a machine translation but improved only a little bit. <<less
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devandhrew
devandhrew rated it
June 2, 2019
Status: c159
This is your average MC goes back in time to restart his life type of novel, but I would say it's on the better side of the giant group of books that copy the same plot. The MC wastes no time on getting started with changing his life and it's very similar to LMS at the starting before the story picks up. There are some reasons why I am not giving it a 5 star. The biggest reason is that the author seems to have completely forgotten about the repercussions... more>> of "time travel." It's almost like the author decided to completely ignore the effects of all of the MC actions. It is addressed a bit, but it is not as important as you would think it is. The next reason is that MC has heavy plot armor, I don't think I need to explain what that means. It's not a book that you would put at the top of your list, but I would still recommend to read it because it is an entertaining read. <<less
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