Sairin Yuusha no Fukushuu Hanashi [Web Novel]

[Stark700]

Also known as, The Tale of Revenge of Hero on his Second Coming ~ Fall into despair, Resign as a Hero and Allied with the Former Demon Queen
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Psychological, Romance, Seinen, Tragedy
Status: 70+ Chapters (Ongoing)
Translation link: here

Plot Summary:

Spoiler:

Amatsuki Iori was a high school student summoned to a parallel world and started fighting as a Hero to save the country.

As he was trying to save the world, he is killed by his trusted companions.

Just when Iori had thought that he had died, he opens his eyes and discovers that he had been summoned again, but this time it was into the future as a Hero to subjugate the demon king that he himself had failed to defeat before.

Then he realizes that deep inside him when he was once the Hero commanding and leading battle, there surfaces in his mind the figure of his companions.

[……I will make them regret betraying me] There appeared before Iori who had been driven by hatred a former demon king girl who wished for a similar revenge.
On his second coming as a Hero in this world he throws away his ideals, together with the former demon king he pushes forward for the sake of his revenge.

Started reading this recently. The MC gets summoned into the future and a story of revenge. 70+ chapters and ongoing so far.

[Ruki0089]

He already killed one of his former comrade.... is he already killed the rest?

[Xellos-_^]

isn't this the same plot as Nidome no Yuusha

[SamVision]

The usual questions:

OP?
Harem?
Poontang?

[Iramohs]

^Revenge plots are the new "thing" recently.

[WyrdMonger]

Originally Posted by Iramohs

^Revenge plots are the new "thing" recently.

And it seems to have replaced the harem genre for many WN writers.

As far as I can tell your average WN is either wish fulfilling harem, or viciously edgy revenge story.

[Rasty]

^^ Leaving aside whether Sairin and Nidome are recent, yeah the concept is the same (well this one feels like a cheap copy of nidome though).

Unfortunately the way it is done in (especially the quality of writing) is completely different. While nidome feels OK and interesting, I can't help but see the MC of sairin as a child throwing tantrum. So can't really recomend this.

[WyrdMonger]

Originally Posted by Rasty

Unfortunately the way it is done in is completely different. While nidome feels OK and interesting, I can't help but see the MC of sairin as a child throwing tantrum. So can't really recomend this.

So basically a bad rip off. Why was a thread made for this?

[Rasty]

Because it has translation. But there might be people who like it... maybe... somwhere...

[WyrdMonger]

Originally Posted by Rasty

Because it has translation. But there might be people who like it... maybe... somwhere...

So basically people who like bad movies, awful western animations, etc.

[Ruki0089]

So.... did he already killed the other two?

[Kaito Yamakage]

Originally Posted by Iramohs

^Revenge plots are the new "thing" recently.

A considerable number of completed revenge series start from 2008~, the only new "thing" is people translating and posting them here.


Very few of them are actually done well. Aimless revenge and retarded MCs being used by the targets of their revenge. Also the typical angry tantrum. The worst ones are the more recent ones where they go 100+ chapters of "suffering" without ever even getting revenge on anyone.

[soularc55]

The dialogue and transitions are atrocious.

[Trov]

Originally Posted by SamVision

The usual questions:

OP?
Harem?
Poontang?

1. Due to events in the first chapter, he loses all the powers he had. Basically, he gets reset. So now he has to jumpstart himself to get back to his old broken self.
2. Not really? Aside from Maou only one other girl likes him and she's not even in the story after the arc is over, she'll probably appear again but otherwise it's pretty much him and Maou.
3. Nah

Originally Posted by Rasty

^^ Leaving aside whether Sairin and Nidome are recent, yeah the concept is the same (well this one feels like a cheap copy of nidome though).

Unfortunately the way it is done in (especially the quality of writing) is completely different. While nidome feels OK and interesting, I can't help but see the MC of sairin as a child throwing tantrum. So can't really recomend this.

I can't possibly see him as throwing a tantrum. Probably because his targets are horrible people. Probably the only one that may actually be sympathetic is:

Spoiler:

The human mage. Because it's hinted he did it for his own revenge. The orc party member ends up going to all the villages he saved telling them the hero died, and that he was the one to do it, then torturing the residents and capturing the girls in crystals putting them on display like butterfly specimens.

Then you have the other revenge targets.

Spoiler:

Like the Empire mage who was trying to get him to approve of mind control during his hero days, She got assblasted he hated that crap and had a grudge, then only recently after he was revived she killed a guy he was friends with way back when who was a good guy. All to gain control of his territory.

Or the couple who wanted his DNA saying it's possible come up with cures to a lot of things with it, but really they just wanted a manipulable clone. And during the 20 years he's been gone created quite a few failures. except for one, which they literally sucked orphans dry to power. Also they had a retarded son who loved to "love"/rape little girls.

Anyway, Both Nidome and This start off with the same premise, but Unlike Nidome this series seems to be going down the path of the MC becoming the hero again. He's still gonna get his revenge but it's just not gonna make him crazy for it.

Spoiler:

Hell, one of his powerups doesn't activate unless he wants to actively save someone.

[wuhugm]

I dunno why revenge theme is so popular and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.

[Craxuan]

Evil for the sake of plot at its bare bones.

[Ruki0089]

Erm... guys... my questions.....no one answer my questions... so sad ~~~

[Okashira]

Spoiler for Volume 1 cover:

Would you bet that she is a talking head?

I remember checking this some time ago, the impression that gave me was :

- This gives a completely different feel compared to the authors 2 other words (Blade Online which makes me fall asleep, and Kiraware kenshi which I actually find interesting due to it's bottomless despair)
- Despise being revenge the supposedly central theme, when it comes to it; it's actually handled pretty dryly which I actually found that refreshing since the MC just goes ahead with it; there is no facepalming longwinding ridiculous schemes that need 10 chapters rubbed in our faces each arc per target.
- The MC and the heroine are close to a contrast in character concept wise : she desires revenge, but doesn't let the idea of revenge taking a hold of her life nor messing with her life choices; which again I found refreshing since most revenge themed stories heroines are water strider level of shallowness and will eventually and undoubtely fotocopy the MC's mentality & personality for the sake of increasing his motivation for no good reason.
- Despise finding several aspects about this refreshing, I was not totally sold on this till when I stopped. For example since the contrast on the MC and the heroine is what carry the show, when the issue is not there on screen things feel like a drag (for example the first arc, where they only start interacting near the end).
- If the MC goes "literal" with his idea of revenge he should, in theory, wipe out all life on that planet since all sides of the war are responsible. The fact that he is not truly aiming at that shows the effect indirect of the heroine on him; so I felt that him pursuing revenge to the bitter end or not is actually one of the hidden core themes on this.

Originally Posted by wuhugm

I dunno why revenge theme is so popular and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.

Because apparently a good bunch of web novel authors are just filled with angst and social resentment because they are living in their families closet while watching everyone else living a somehow meaningful life.

[Ruki0089]

Or they are being bullied....

[Hokoga]

Originally Posted by Okashira

Spoiler for Volume 1 cover:

Would you bet that she is a talking head?

I pictured Iori to be more wimpy looking, so I'm glad I was wrong and Elfi looks far better than what I expected.