Rebirth in a Ruined Nation! The Life of a New Strategist Starting From Now Chapter -- Discussion

Edit: I've decided to make a more detailed review of the story

Hello, I'm Nisarah, the translator of this novel. Like its synopsis said, this story tells us about Roa, a 60 years old man who lost everything after his homeland got destroyed in a war 40 years ago, then for some reason he regressed to 40 years ago, about 2 years before his homeland got destroyed.

As a character, Roa is pretty realistic. He was rather gentle person. He has a fast knowledge of wars because of his hobby of reading and collecting war records from various eras, and an extremely good memory. But we have to remember that Roa himself was just a normal court official and his position as a court official is also not that high. Roa's daily job was to handle some documents, so for him, meeting with the kingdom's hero, the king, and other high-ranking people is pretty nerve-wracking, especially since one wrong word Roa might get killed. I mean, imagine you're just some average person and the president suddenly asked you a question and the secret service will kill you if you didn't give the president a satisfactory answer, won't you also get nervous?

I also like how Roa, despite having the memory of future, also have to struggle. This novel portray how knowing the future and changing it is just 2 completely different matter, especially in war. For example Spoiler

How Roa know that the 6th Division leader is going lose and the 6th Division will suffer a crushing defeat, Roa try to stop the 6th Division leader from going to an unfavorable battle but he failed in the end, so Roa is forced to use his head to save the 6th Division leader

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Roa also didn't just became a skilled strategist in one night. The author did a great job of portraying Roa's inexperience. The author also didn't shy away from portraying the consequence of Roa's inexperience such as Spoiler

in a moment of carelessness because Roa was elated from being called the Strategist for the first time, he ended up neglecting to verifying the state of his allies, which cost him the lives of several people. There are also times that Roa's inexperience made him lose the war

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There is also no s*upid cannon fodder that just served as Roa's foil so people will praise him. All decisions, good or bad, made by the kingdom and the generals in the future that Roa knows have a proper and sound reason.

We can also see Roa's interaction with other characters outside of wartime, and his own and the other characters' development.

Roa is also a smart and clever person, capable of making his own decision. He has his own reason to join the 10th Division, he's clever enough to Spoiler

realized that one of the knight division in the story is actually an intelligence agency

[collapse] He can also devise his own strategy and use it to win the war. I'm pretty sure even without his memory of the future, Roa will be able to make a name for himself as a strategist with his ability.

The author's way of writing was also simple and easy to understand, which is part of the reason I decided to tl this novel. In short, If you like novel with war and strategy and a good character and relationship development, I highly recommend this novel.