After checking out the manhwa, I immediately had to come find the novel. This type of story isn't particularly uncommon, and I've read a few different manga and LN takes on it. Many of those stories tend to get overly bogged down in the psychological toll of the scenario, though. While that's a fun and interesting aspect to explore, it does get stale after a while. There's very little of that here, though, and only used sparingly and reasonably. The focus of the story is an incredibly thorough breakdown of the main character's growth on the battlefield and his tenacious will to use every loop to become stronger than the last one no matter who tries to bring him down physically or mentally. These stories can be challenging to write because of required determinations on what to include in the repeated days and what to skip over. However, the author does an extremely good job with the pacing and manages to never make it feel repetitive but also never skips ahead in a way that makes it feel like you missed any of the action. As for the loops, if they're taking a psychological toll, then it would be an inverse of the norm in these types of stories. It seems to drive him towards an ever growing madness and fortitude to become stronger. It's a very fun read with an mc more akin to Guts from Berserk (strong, driven, and stoic) than a young man who needs to go through the same personal growth arc you've read a million times. Quite often these stories tend to fall apart a couple hundred chapters in as the writer loses focus and direction but having read what's there so far, I'm pretty confident that won't be an issue here. It's worth the read for sure.
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