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The Hero of Regression – The Talentless Boy Vows to Protect His Childhood Friend, the Female Hero, This Time Around
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103 WN Chapters (Complete)
9 Side Stories (Complete)
2 LN Volume (Ongoing)
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All Time Rank: #5961
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The hope of humanity.

The savior destined to rescue a world on the brink of destruction by the Demon King.

There was a girl known as the “Hero.”

She fought diligently to save humanity, defeated the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King’s army, and was on the verge of slaying the Demon King himself.

However, in the final battle, the Hero was defeated by the Demon King, plunging humanity back into the abyss.

In a certain rural village lived a boy named “Allan,” who was the childhood friend of the girl hailed as the Hero.

Vowing revenge against the Demon King who took his precious childhood friend, Allan, despite having no special talents, honed an extraordinary sword technique through sheer effort, and finally avenges her by clashing blades with the Demon King, who had been severely injured in the battle with the Hero.

However, even after avenging her, she does not return.

Consumed by sorrow and loss, Alan loses his life. . . . . .and finds himself back in time, before his childhood friend was taken to the battlefield as the Hero.

Having witnessed a future of despair, Alan vows.

With the power he gained for the sake of revenge, this time, he will protect his dear childhood friend until the end.

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Gyakkou no Eiyuu ~ Kago naki Shounen wa Zetsugi wo Motte Onna Yuusha no Tonari ni Tatsu ~ (LN)
Gyakkou no Eiyuu ~ Musai no Shounen wa, Osananajimi no Onna Yuusha wo Kondo koso Mamorinuku ~
Retrograde Hero～The Unskilled Boy Protects His Childhood Friend, The Female Hero, This Time～
逆行の英雄 ~加護なき少年は絶技をもって女勇者の隣に立つ~ (LN)
逆行の英雄 ~無才の少年は、幼馴染の女勇者を今度こそ守り抜く～
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Recommendations
The Regressor and the Blind Saint (1)
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  1. My List LN/WN Childhood Friend Main Heroin

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DimaShishandra
DimaShishandra rated it
January 3, 2022
Status: c3
Sooo it quickly degraded to

'i wield my power for beloved once so I'm stroooonk'

Also did you know that you can't consider yourself week if you can reliably kill your opponents? Author have never heard about this..

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Also his fighting style is 'using opponent's power against themselves'. Problem is that author have only heard catchphrase and probably haven't spent even a minute on research. If you don't know how to do it realistically just add some magic to cover this up - it's a fantasy anyway. Instead he tries to show it realistically but instead showing his incompetence

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HentMas
HentMas rated it
October 14, 2023
Status: c9
The writing is atrociously cringy...

Chūnibyō all the way, no self-awareness, taking itself seriously 100% of the time, no humor, always played straight.

Super cliché.

... more>> But still it's fun to read.

I haven't read a novel that uses this "joke" premise, this cliché, this over-used setting, and gives itself this level of self-importance, while being so cringy...

And amongst the cringyness, you can see why the author wanted to write it this way.

The MC haves a train of thought that talks always about determination, about being able to overcome things, about having to be better, to train, to become one that can walk next to the Hero.

As he's fighting, he's telling himself he HAVES to overcome this, to grow, to adapt, to understand the battle better, to predict better, to perform better, he's thinking all the time, how to overcome this, how to turn his flaws into a weapon, how to turn the tables on his opponents.

He's not self-belittling, it's not that he "believes" he's weak, it's that he IS weak, and if he ever falters on this thinking, he will be killed, he can't spare the thought of being complacent, ever, it's the thoughts of a human being fighting a god-like monster.

He's painfully aware that he's NOT the hero, he does NOT have abilities that he can master immediately just by trying once or twice, he haves NO protection from the heavens.

He basically throws himself into battle to learn by battling, hell, he's missing an arm in the cover because he almost always loses an arm when he fights... although healing magic gives it back so it's kind of wishy washy.

Plot armor is STRONG with this one.

Things basically ignore logic sometimes to keep WORKING with the premise, even in forcefully.

Instead of being "shown" we are "told" a lot of things.

The choreography of the fights is all wonky, because the author basically doesn't know how fencing works... but still you can chalk it up to the MC just being kind of special in that regard, it's his "skill" his "personal sword technique" since it's the only way he could ever fight against opponents that have super-human capabilities.

He fights by countering the power thrown at him and either redirecting it against his enemies or nullifying it.

It's a very clever premise... even if sometimes it doesn't make sense at all, if he "misses" he loses an arm, but hey, again, plot armor, think of it like "Sekiro" and you'll probably enjoy it a bit more.

Anyway, in the end, even with all the cringe fest, cliché, over-used setting... it's fun, and it's quite distinct from others because it takes itself seriously all the time, so the tone is like an epic, that falls flat, which in it's own kind of makes it more fun, at least for me that haves read this story a million times over already hahaha.

Give it a go, don't pay too much attention to the choreography, try to read between the lines of the dialog, you'll enjoy it, it's got heart even if sometimes the author had to force some things for his "epic" to work the way he wanted it to work. <<less
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Shuukiko
Shuukiko rated it
December 20, 2023
Status: c93
You know, this is a old-school novel where love conquers all, and the mighty force of friendship amps you up to triumph over any adversary. Sure, this genre might sound a bit cringe, but the author nails it with a solid execution. They're well aware that the story's length should be kept short.

For me, this novel is a perfect brain-switch-off read. It's blissfully devoid of politics and intricate schemes. While the world-building isn't too detailed, it's totally fine because the focus here is on a fairytale-esque story with a guaranteed... more>> happy ending. The backstory of the world remains intentionally vague or even without much explanation, adding to its charm.

This novel is for anyone craving a fairytale escape, perfect for kicking back in your room post-work or college hustle. <<less
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Stompound
Stompound rated it
September 12, 2023
Status: c7
I was actually really interested where this was gonna go until chapter 7 when

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The sword saint is too s*upid to recruit a motivated child genius and train him. No wonder he died in the previous timeline. Dumb as a stone. And Stella's loser comments and the way the conversation flowed didn't feel natural at all.

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If this is the author's writing abilities. I have little to no hope that this will be interesting any more. I'll probably give it one or two more chapters just in case but likely I'll not finish this story.

Translators are doing alright though <<less
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TEJJY
TEJJY rated it
November 14, 2023
Status: --
MC considers his childhood friend more important than the world that he's willing to try to change fate and make her not become a hero. Yikes. This isn't even a review, insta drop after I've red that line.

I can't be bothered to care if the author actually goes through with it and decides not to make the childhood friend a hero and show how the consequences of doing that, by, instead of killing randos nobody cares about, kills everybody in the MCs village save for his childhood friend. But from... more>> what I've seen so far, this writing is very childish <<less
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