Like some other review said, this novel are better than the anime version (if we ignore the grammar problem part, which the author did rewrite previously some week/month ago, I can see the old original version would be even worse, so right now at least readable, oh and since I help him edit most of the grammar error, aside from the POV problem so it no longer as hard to read, beside more than half of the problem those lower than 3 stars have been solved, at least for the grammar part) The story show more realistic touch that the cannon didn't show, and less bias like the anime since the author do try to be realistic and also admit that American aren't perfect (another point is that he don't make some 'enemy' like china or north korea go full evil/retard, after all he recognize that it mostly the 'leadership' and not the people at fall here in real life). and the story also begin to go way difference after volume 2 (the Italica siege arc) and become better there, only use the cannon for some reference but still go as it own story and add backstory and stuff that not in the cannon, while still consistent and interesting, so try to be a bit patient and read to at least chapter 25 or 26 to finally see more difference (and you can check the character list and map in author discord channel, you can see the author expand way beyond what the cannon world map show, and add more stuff like new city and place in that cannon continent map there and not just simply bland) Although the author are quite new, but he have one hell of learning curve and do try to improve it, while being realistic/consistent with the story so it a plus, and it not typical self-insert and take the topic more serious, so mostly no otaku stuff (maybe the mc are a bit of nerd with western cartoon/movie like lord of the ring, transformer or similar, but that only slightly show it, oh and those character not bland, they do have lot of character developing, just a bit slow so you will see some major one in volume 5) and there are actually some new enemy general that actually competent, and some real threat that modern army just not able to handle easily, so no usual easily streamroll there like most fanfiction or cannon
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LIKEIt seem that anime/manga become more and more suck due to inconsistent and the author not pay attention to detail, and like to show 'japan number one', here is some example (slight spoiler): like when he show the scene where china plotting and their target to send half their population to this new world to escablish their hold there if they got the gate, but he said '3 billions people', like really ?, we current have about roughly 1,3 billion in china in 2016, but in the novel suddenly it jump to 3 billion in just a year (if you check the timeline the thing happen in that anime/manga) Then the second great example is that the whole empire are in the roman era with their tech and armor, have no gunpower at all, then suddenly in the arc with the navy and the island nation that also under the empire, somehow those army already in a late medieval armor and stuff, and major jarring point is that those pirate there have a freaking cannon !, and their nation are basically in a playground backyard of the empire and somehow they haven't even hear of gunpower and cannon here ?? and lot of detail and world building just left there without explore more, or being consistent at all (like in that world map those island nation are quite big like austalia or similar, in term of size, then suddenly it become smaller in the scale on map like greenland or japan sized,.... you get the point) that what I found out when I on the discord with author and other reader point out about the new one in that manga/novel, at least we can be sure the author of our do try to stay consistent and explore the world, native people and more there, while add a lot of good Unique stuff there like that japan author should have been, instead of just go full 'nationalist'
