A very good Novel.

Imagine; an unknown island with few villages, an extremely archaic technology: the best metal is bronze, it's slipping away a wheat by hand, no cutlery, straw roofs, no notion of fertilizers, ...
How one man with the knowledge of our time will do to change things?

In many novels the heroes invoked in a mediaeval world will sometimes try to improve 2-3 things between fights, but nothing more.
Here, we focus only on that, very informatives enough detail without big problems or fights, and touches all areas (carpenter, leisure, concept of microbes,...).
Some may find this boring, but it depends on taste, and i really like this.

Pretty much aimless. It's really cute when comes to some interactions with his wife, but ultimately aimless. There is no overall conflict that kept you going after 30 to 40 chapters, and the way the MC explains thing feel like reading a recipe on how to build things - lifeless.

Shit just happens - just like in real life.

The story is very much a slice of life story. No OP protagonist. No harem (as far as I can tell). No major war. Though the MC does bring a lot of innovation, the people around him are not just passively sponging off his knowledge. They listen to his ideas and expand on his ideas through their own expertise and teach him about the life they lead. He is skilled but the reader gets the sense that he has room to grow.

Though it is mostly peaceful so far, arguments and even combat does occur. A big part of the attraction is how the growth of his new home from his presence can lead to conflict.

It's a slice of life, so it only gives short glimpses into the life of a Japanese blacksmith who finds himself in some relatively primitive village with no memory of how he got there. With his knowledge he starts spreading new techniques and technologies to make the lives of the people better. There are descriptions of how he learns to make things again for the first time, without modern conveniences. Above all he sticks to his vow not to make weapons.

There is perhaps a bit to much focus on the production aspect of things. It isn't fun to read a novel of "How to create/How to make", for that I use wiki. Instead what draws is the change in society and interaction between people due to new products. The MC focus on giving people what they want not what they really need, that's another bugbear for me. Slow shounen describes this novel best I think.

... Last updated on October 26th, 2015, 5:26pm