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Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero’s Friend
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4    18% (38 votes)
3    8% (17 votes)
2    13% (27 votes)
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2021
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245 Chapters (Ongoing)
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Weekly Rank: #242
Monthly Rank: #202
All Time Rank: #649
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On 3803 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #239
All Time Rank: #2098

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A modern Japanese man reincarnated into a game as Welner von Zeavert. Though he reincarnated as a noble’s son, he is neither the main character nor the hero of this world. He become someone who didn’t even appear in the game.

Plus, with only [Spearmanship] as his skill, he can’t even join the hero party to clear main story.
His small advantages are the fact that he became the hero’s friend and his father’s rather high status. He’s nothing but a supporting character of the story.

He noted the game story that he knew from his past life, used it, along with his authority and influence as a noble, to survive from demon king army.

But, without realizing it, the knowledge from his past life and his memories of the game story affected the world. He saved people that should have died and took care of events that didn’t appear in the game.

With that, he carved history of this world

This is not a story about the hero. This is a story about struggle and effort of a young noble.

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Behind the battle of The Hero and The Demon King
Maou to Yuusha no Tatakai no Ura de ~ Game Sekai ni Tensei shita kedo Yuujin no Yuusha ga Maou Toubatsu ni Tabidatta ato no Kokunai Orusuban (Naisei to Bouei Sen) ga Ore no Oshigoto desu ~
Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero’s Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes
魔王と勇者の戦いの裏で ～ゲーム世界に転生したけど友人の勇者が魔王討伐に旅立ったあとの国内お留守番 (内政と防衛戦) が俺のお仕事です～
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04/26/24 Fans Translations c205 part1
04/23/24 Fans Translations c204 part4
04/19/24 Fans Translations c204 part3
04/16/24 Fans Translations c204 part2
04/12/24 Fans Translations c204 part1
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04/02/24 Fans Translations c203 part1
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03/26/24 Fans Translations c202 part1
03/22/24 Fans Translations c201 part2
03/19/24 Fans Translations c201 part1
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redtomat
redtomat rated it
July 22, 2022
Status: c13
To be quite frank this was a boring read. And such a shame too, because the premise is interesting but what we have here is a waste of potential. The novel reads like an EU4 or CK After Action Reports, but you'll have more fun reading EU4 AARs because the authors actually put in the effort to tell a dramatic narrative to spice up their map-coloring campaign, none of that can be found here. No meaningful conversations, no meaningful character developments, no interesting characters. Just nothing but meaningless narration and... more>> battle description that is utterly boring, maybe the author wanted to write a war story but to be frank it was a poor attempt.

Now with that said, I may hate it, and I wouldn't recommend it even as a time waster. But, do have a read at it yourself and decide if you like it or not. <<less
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twdavis78
twdavis78 rated it
June 24, 2022
Status: c20 part2
The translation is well done. There is an interesting plot - good enough to machine translate past the translation. The story would be a 5 star if it didn't suffer from infodumpitis. Its just like diarrhea, but with explosive bouts of extraneous information that runs down the legs of the story. Large segments of chapters can be skipped because they are just history lessons or "world structure comparisons to other points of history" which have nothing to do with the here and now (and most times, the later) of the... more>> story. The writer is just showing off how knowledgeable about history and the time they spent thinking up the world. 2 stars knocked off for that. <<less
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BLKCandy
BLKCandy rated it
June 18, 2023
Status: c67
It's OK-ish. It is above average, but also not enough for me to call it good. Try a read if you enjoy the focus on how things work or reading writer's research. Might not be interesting for those who enjoy grander fantasy stories or drama.

The 'reincarnated as mob character' bit is pretty old, but instead of going in the direction of stealing/fixing hero's jobs like usual, the story focuses on the difficulties and complexities of background events in the grand fantasy story like army and logistics. An isekai mob story... more>> that actually focuses on mob activities. The concept and the storylines are decent, though execution can be a bit lacking.

Characters are dumbed down a bit to make MC looks smart. Not as painful as how many other tr*sh novels did, but still very much there. Very basic tactics and knowledge were praised. But then again, IRL Art of War was mostly basic tactics and got high praise because of how incompetent nobles/commanders were back then.

The worst part of the novel is the info dump to show the writer's research. While those did highlight the difficulties and complexities of the most mundane background event in the common stories which is the point of this story, it still gets more than a bit tiring when maybe a third or more of the writing are info dumps. The dumps are also often of middling quality/accuracy with quite a bit of artistic licensing, especially with military and noble hierarchy/culture. <<less
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ishira
ishira rated it
May 24, 2023
Status: c108
Honestly I was surprised to find this one, since I just randomly clicking titles. I really enjoy reading this series as it is really strikes what a war really is, be it the views, the opinions, the politics, and the war itself.

The way it presenting the prelude, the interlude, the climax, all executed with balanced proportions that it is so easy to follow. I do see some info-dump but it also have some skipped / summed up story-arcs which I see the Author tries to strike balance between world-building and... more>> skipping unimportant or over-used arcs in the story.

I also need to mention how it has only minor romance moments so far (at ch 148) but I actually find it very good because it make the story actually focusing on the story tale and not spiralling into mundane romance story like how many Isekai novels ended with. <<less
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Chan2616
Chan2616 rated it
September 3, 2022
Status: c50
At first, I was sceptical about this story. But as I kept reading, I found that the world-building was really good and I like such stories a lot. And the translation is also really well done, so kudos to the translator too. The war strategies from the MC are also really good if one takes some time to read them a little patiently.

In short, I would recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind the time the author takes during the world-building process and the info dumps.

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ZD1
ZD1 rated it
September 2, 2022
Status: --
Not boring. Translation is not the best, but the story has me pretty hooked.
MC feels realistic, no ex-machina trump cards, his decisions come across as logical.
Author is really good at world building and giving descriptors that shape the MC's decision making for each event against the enemy.
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Asphyxia778
Asphyxia778 rated it
December 19, 2023
Status: --
Came here from the manga and I enjoyed what I've seen so far

After a long time there's an isekai story that feels like more of a fantasy than an isekai. Especially since the MC is the hero's friend and is a mob character as far as the game is concerned. MC supports his friend navigate the nobility etc and I really like how they're really good friends to each other.

I actually like how there's an explanation for how the rpg elements of the game work in the context of the... more>> world. Yes the infodumps are a lot but it's interesting so I like it.

I'm enjoying it so far. Plus the manga art is great so that's fun

4 stars <<less
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moto
moto rated it
June 16, 2023
Status: c30
Interesting concept

Translator is pretty awesome

But the story info dumps in the worst way.

... more>> Example: The author can talk about flowers, the breed, when it blooms, how it works, and what's best about it then tells you it's not important and says it's the bee that pollinated the flower is important then goes off on a tangent for the bee.

That goes on for each chapter.

Another issue I have is that the characters are dry. Everyone feels like a cardboard cut out that can only praise the MC. Not even the one note personally traits Harem characters have.

The novel is incredibly dry, there so much set up for the battles and political drama but when the actual battle happens. Nothing, it falls flat.

There also the rambling of irl history comparisons with the world and story. Where alot of it is questionable dubious info and straight wrong info. Like spears and the samurai katana.

Incredibly boring novel. I don't recommend it.

I tried reading it twice and I just keep stopping at chapter 30. <<less
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ngurah
ngurah rated it
May 22, 2023
Status: c160
Man this is heavier than I thought hahaha!

Okay so, at first I thought this is going to be a more light read, but oh my gosh, the nobles politic and exposition is quite heavy. Not saying its bad, but theres alot of exposition or description since the author really, REALLY, gets into detail on how things work. And the reason for this is because of, well, politics, the slightest action could lead to big consequences. But just know this is what you're getting into.

To give you an idea of the... more>> novel vibe, im sure yall used to read story about the hero and their party adventure. But what about behind the scene? If a hero recruit a princess of a kingdom and if a hero recruit a priest from a famous church, how will that affect the kingdom and the church which the hero party member are from?

And that is the side the story is, the MC is the hero best friend who help the hero in the politic side and behind the scenes of things making sure the Hero is able to do his job without any worries.

Now if you're okay with that, then I say give it a read because It's pretty fun! One of the best things is how MC is doing everything he could in order to strengthen the people around him and staying out of radar. The former he achieved brilliantly but the latter he failed miserably hahaha, people just keep giving him job and have high expectation!

Another thing I absolutely love is how the MC think of himself as an average noble. Yeah, sure buddy, helping the kingdom, actually caring about the citizen, saving the crown prince, change the tide of war, discover traitors, and invent new groundbreaking tech all that without asking for credits? Sure buddy, you're absolutely a normal noble and no one will look at you.

Theres also this hidden friendly rivalry from the hero, see the hero has basically broken specs, he is handsome, talented, and powerful and the MC know this, so he always thought he does his best to atleast not be a burden to his hero friend. What he don't know, the hero sees him as this incredible person who seem to always know how to tackle anything so he feels he has to do his best to keep up with the MC, not only the hero but everyone around him too. I find this hilarious since only the MC doesn't realized his true worth.

The hero also have complete trust toward the MC, to the point where the MC is worry if he said something like "jump off the cliff, you'll get stronger" the hero probably reply with "okay which cliff?"

One of the review said "MC is the incarnation of suffering from success" hahaha and that is so true!

As for romance, there is romance but it comes much MUCH later, so the main selling point is the MC struggle. And if you want a bit of spoiler regarding who is the lucky heroine

Spoiler

Its the hero younger sister.

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Dg2
Dg2 rated it
February 19, 2023
Status: c50
Unoriginal. Like any of the other novels featuring a SI appearing in a novel, this one also follows the same formula of its predecessors.

You will get the typical MC who acts like he will be avoiding the plot, but in under 10k words he backflips his entire being with such a drive to be included in that freaking plot that its not even funny how flimsy the MCs reasons are for wasting my time when he's just going to keep contradicting himself. Like sure, my gripe might be me nitpicking.

Rate... more>> - 2.5/5 <<less
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UitataZeita
UitataZeita rated it
July 17, 2022
Status: c32
The author keeps going on about how "the game" leaves out a lot of info because of useless data, and then endlessly info dumps all over the reader!

Personally, I won't be continuing with this story. IMO, it's not catchy enough to put up with being constantly thrown out of the story.
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Leftail
Leftail rated it
March 22, 2024
Status: c178
Grade:

6/10 (hey, its not the worst info dump novel out there, and is quite intriguing)

TLTR:

Hey, it doesnt revolutionize the idea, but in his side it writes the relathionship of the character remarkably well, the main problem comes with the "infodumps" from the author, not the worst, but clearly noticeable, it has some good ideas, magic system and political strife, I personally like how the MC is weak, but we also never have a good way to powerscale. Read it if you want some political/court dance, enemies of my enemies... more>> is my friend, and a grat bromance betwen the hero and welner. <<less
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blobbything
blobbything rated it
September 5, 2023
Status: c90
This novel had a decent start, the first ten chapters or so, and then quickly went downhill from there. To be brief, it's basically a soulless uplift novel, like the stuff you'd find on althistory or spacebattles though worse. The info dumps aren't even the problem with this novel, although they do get way too long at times, it's the complete lack of any character interactions, relationship development, or general character development that feels remotely meaningful. If this novel spent more time letting us get to know its main cast... more>> of characters, the info dumps wouldn't feel like such a slog. Even the main characters friendship with the hero, one of the foundations of the story, is rarely portrayed or expanded upon, they basically just say they are best friends without giving us any real reason to be convinced of it. Additionally, while the novel seems to try to avoid the main character having Wikipedia in his head like many uplift novels, it doesn't really succeed too well at it. I also dropped the novel before the romance really started, but what I saw of it wasn't inspiring. It felt like I was getting wacked on top of the head with a hammer by the author saying, "Wow aren't the MC and this girl who doesn't have much relevancy to the main story really cute together haha."

Thats not to say its completely bereft of any positive points. For one, the battle scenes are fairly well written, I enjoyed reading about the strategizing, even if a lot of it is overly convenient/convoluted. I also thought the protagonist was decent, and generally a strong point of the story, even if he was bogged down by the previously mentioned flaws. If you really enjoy kingdom building/uplift fics you might enjoy this, though even that's not a guarantee because the uplift is pretty subdued. Otherwise, it's pretty forgettable and I can't really recommend it. <<less
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Drake888
Drake888 rated it
June 25, 2023
Status: c156
This is a pretty enjoyable isekai about building up forces. It falls a bit short of others in the genre but it is enjoyable to read about the MC coming up with plans, commanding troops, showing new technologies to his kingdom, and occasionally fighting demons.

Some of the strengths of this novel are competent allies, good pace for events and battles, and interesting downtime (sometimes). For competent allies, I mean that the MC is the heir to a mid-ranking noble house and has proper support and recognition from his superiors and... more>> subordinates. There are some who are jealous of the MC, but the rulers are competent enough to recognize his value and support him appropriately. He is also able to delegate tasks to intelligent subordinates. So none of the usual nonsense where the MC is the only one who can save the kingdom and everybody is getting in the way due to pettiness or incompetence. There is a steady stream of interesting events and in between those events there is some interesting world-building (and occasionally dull points but they are rare).

The big weakness is that it is a "jack of all trades, master of none". The MC is a good fighter but not the best, so he only occasionally engages in battles. The MC is important enough to make some decisions but there are other nobles who outrank him so he is usually engaged in managing small areas. As a result, there are small pieces of everything you might be interested in but nothing really stands out. The fights are all right, the politics are all right, the development stuff is all right, but nothing gets enough focus to be impressive.

Having said that, the whole thing is above average and you can read this for a while and enjoy it if you like any of the tags.

edit after chapter 178: Wow did this get painful. I will leave my score at 4 stars because it is still decent for the first 100 chapters but at this point the story is a real chore to get through. The author is way to obsessed with portraying the MC as intelligent and spends a ridiculous amount of time talking about the MC's thought process when dealing with the most trivial bullshit. It has been ages since anything interesting happened and I have no idea when something worth reading about will come up, because the author wastes entire chapters on nothing. This last one was paragraph after paragraph of the MC's internal monologue as he thinks about: "As a noble, every word and action matters. So I have to address this person like this and bow in this way. Ah, they have spoken in a suitably polite manner but not overly polite. It is important that I also speak to them politely. Oh, that five word sentence they just uttered has this other interpretation, so if I am a moron I might accidentally promise something but the author will keep pretending that this nonsense is complicated and meaningful." When he could have just wrote: "The MC picked the person up from the tea party. The other noble wanted them to commit to a political friendship but the MC was careful not to make any promises." See how easy that was? Two sentences instead of two pages. So yeah. Tons of that. It started earlier but it has really gotten bad lately. This is barely a 4 in the early chapters and now it is a low 3 for me. <<less
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Hipn0s
Hipn0s rated it
February 21, 2023
Status: c105
I really recommend this novel, the politic and world building is quite well built. The first fifty or seventy chapter may have a lot of info dump, but if you ignore it (it wasn't really that relevant to the story, just giving you a 'very clear' description) the story is very fun.
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lurtekamla
lurtekamla rated it
September 1, 2022
Status: c15
So this is going to be my first review.

So far I have read up to chapter 15 so my review is only relevant till that chapter.

Let's start.

... more>> This seems to be a good novel with nice phase and world building.

Story writing can be considered as above average. Characters do not feel bland and seems to have personalities.

I don't know about before but translator is currently editing and proofreading the novel. S/he has done it up to chapter 15 till now so I have stopped reading after reaching that chapter. I will wait for some time.

Overall, translator has done some seriously good job.

I will update this review as I read further. <<less
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jomuir
jomuir rated it
August 8, 2023
Status: c51
MY THOUGHTS SO FAR - WILL UPDATE WHEN CAUGHT UP

I'm honestly quite fond of this novel so far, yes the info dumps are extremely annoying with how long they are, and irrelevant to the story, but I really enjoy trivia so it's interesting, I just wish it had more relevance to the story. I greatly appreciate the translators adding a skip to the info dump. I truly feel sorry that they have to translate the whole dump, major props to them!

I think the reason for the info dumps is... more>> word count, the author might get paid per word count, or the chapters have to meet a specific word count before their published on the web and the author might be trying to get as many chapters out as possible.

Disregarding the info dumps, the story is quite interesting and I think it's well written, I like the MC a lot and his friends are developing their own unique characteristics so far and it's not a power-trip/OP protagonist. He's also not a mentally weak/self loathing protagonist, he's not the best looking, and he understands that, but it only bothers him as much as it would anyone else. Whether that's going to make him "dense" to romance or not, I'll have to wait and see, if there even is romance, he's already avoided one "option" so far. It doesn't seem like he's necessarily dense to it, but currently his focus is on more relevant and critical things. I'm looking forward to how it develops. <<less
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