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織田信長という謎の職業が魔法剣士よりチートだったので、王国を作ることにしまし [Oda Nobunaga to Iu Nazo no Shokugyo ga Mahou Kenshi yori Cheat Dattanode, ] (Novel) #1
A Mysterious Job Called Oda Nobunaga, Vol. 1
In this world, on the day that they reach adulthood, everyone visits the temple to receive their life's calling. Many will become warriors or magic users. But when the frail younger brother of a minor feudal lord named Arsrod goes in for his job, he comes out with...Oda Nobunaga?! Not only has that job never been heard of, not a single person can even figure out what it's supposed to mean. But when this young man inherits the experience, tactics, and prowess in war of the great Sengoku strategist Nobunaga, his very destiny will change!
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224 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 14, 2017
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March 24, 2026
Final Verdict
Translation issue or just the style of the author? This book feels like it was wrote by a kid who isn't even a teenager. Set in the sort of slice of life anime style universe; but make it about conquest, leveling and such; this is a bizarre tale which felt rushed, however where I would normally rate a tale like this as 2- this gets bumped up by the brilliant artwork that is just randomly placed throughout the book.
If I were to describe this book simply; I couldn't get past the fact it felt like a teenager who is starting out writing. The world building NEEDED flushing out more. Okay; there are thousands of books out there which are very simply wrote about the same old action in anime/manga/light novel universes. This series has the bones for greatness, but it was constantly falling short of the narative it was trying to flesh out. I don't know if this was done in the words of the author, if this is a translation- but it felt very repetitive, and not in the Before The Coffee Gets cold kind of way.
If you are a fan of My Hero Academia, and you want to get into reading light novels, and read less manga, then I feel like this is a series which will be more up your alley. I cannot speak for MHA fans on the basis I don't remember much about the books or anime, as it has been years since I engaged with either (it was a family effort to get me to watch it. I felt uncomfortable as a 20 year old watching teenagers and shipping teenagers- it just felt unnatural (AS IT SHOULD)) then this perhaps could be the book series that helps you read more books, less manga- the writing? Simplistic, easy to follow along, there's quite a bit of swearing so perhaps hide this one from your parents?
I don't think I'm the target market at all, I think this is aimed at kids becoming teenagers to be honest. I think older anime or manga or light novel fans, will find this rather dull. I do however think this would be a perfect story for a certain demographic- one which I'm unfortunately too old to fit into. There's potential for a fanbase for sure. I'm unfortunately- too old to enjoy it. I wish I hadn't matured at the rate I had. If I had this book say 10 years ago, I would've absolutely doted on this. It would've been right up my alley. As it stands- at 25 years of age- I need something more fulfilling when I read a book. Unfortunately. This will be one that goes to the charity shop.
Before thoughts
Went in to pick up a order that wasn't ready and found this book on sale in Waterstones for a quid. Not a single clue what it is about, but a book no one I follow and vice versa, has read- is a book I can get into. The reason it was discounted is because someones dropped it on the floor when looking at it.
It is NOT a manga, this is a short/light novel I believe. It's weird seeing manga covers but the pages are text. I will not lie. Either way it does seem like it will be an action/hero sort of story. And for the price of most books in charity shops; what do I have to lose by reading it?
Translation issue or just the style of the author? This book feels like it was wrote by a kid who isn't even a teenager. Set in the sort of slice of life anime style universe; but make it about conquest, leveling and such; this is a bizarre tale which felt rushed, however where I would normally rate a tale like this as 2- this gets bumped up by the brilliant artwork that is just randomly placed throughout the book.
If I were to describe this book simply; I couldn't get past the fact it felt like a teenager who is starting out writing. The world building NEEDED flushing out more. Okay; there are thousands of books out there which are very simply wrote about the same old action in anime/manga/light novel universes. This series has the bones for greatness, but it was constantly falling short of the narative it was trying to flesh out. I don't know if this was done in the words of the author, if this is a translation- but it felt very repetitive, and not in the Before The Coffee Gets cold kind of way.
If you are a fan of My Hero Academia, and you want to get into reading light novels, and read less manga, then I feel like this is a series which will be more up your alley. I cannot speak for MHA fans on the basis I don't remember much about the books or anime, as it has been years since I engaged with either (it was a family effort to get me to watch it. I felt uncomfortable as a 20 year old watching teenagers and shipping teenagers- it just felt unnatural (AS IT SHOULD)) then this perhaps could be the book series that helps you read more books, less manga- the writing? Simplistic, easy to follow along, there's quite a bit of swearing so perhaps hide this one from your parents?
I don't think I'm the target market at all, I think this is aimed at kids becoming teenagers to be honest. I think older anime or manga or light novel fans, will find this rather dull. I do however think this would be a perfect story for a certain demographic- one which I'm unfortunately too old to fit into. There's potential for a fanbase for sure. I'm unfortunately- too old to enjoy it. I wish I hadn't matured at the rate I had. If I had this book say 10 years ago, I would've absolutely doted on this. It would've been right up my alley. As it stands- at 25 years of age- I need something more fulfilling when I read a book. Unfortunately. This will be one that goes to the charity shop.
Before thoughts
Went in to pick up a order that wasn't ready and found this book on sale in Waterstones for a quid. Not a single clue what it is about, but a book no one I follow and vice versa, has read- is a book I can get into. The reason it was discounted is because someones dropped it on the floor when looking at it.
It is NOT a manga, this is a short/light novel I believe. It's weird seeing manga covers but the pages are text. I will not lie. Either way it does seem like it will be an action/hero sort of story. And for the price of most books in charity shops; what do I have to lose by reading it?
September 15, 2020
The main drive of this story is watching the protagonist slowly conquer his world, through war and political maneuvering, while raising the level of his civilization.
First off, the system of Professions or Jobs isn’t all that unique from any other stories out there, though you will be surprised that there are no expected status screens, and only the MC seems to have the voice of his profession guiding him. In tandem with that, you might recognize the name ‘Oda Nobunaga’ because he’s one of the most famous characters from Japanese history, and the most famous from the warring period. He almost conquered and unified Japan and would have done it too if he wasn’t betrayed. Basically, he is the go-to when describing a Japanese conquerer. In relation, the MC, his skills, abilities, and the story function much similarly to the history of the man—Rising from almost nothing to greater and greater heights within a period of perpetual war.
Moving on to a more detailed analysis of the story:
The writing, the grammar and prose, is pretty well executed. Whether due to the author, translation team’s handiwork, or both, you will have almost no issues enjoying the story from a purely English point of view. There are extremely minimum grammar, spelling, or typographical errors. However, you’ll see why I still wouldn’t rate it highly once you reach my gripes.
The romance(s) in this novel, although above-average for most Japanese web novels, still sucks in my opinion. Don’t enter this story for it, it’s just a small icing on the cake. Though, the plus side is that the interactions between the MC and the female characters are interesting for the most part.
The action in this story is what I call ‘Soft Action’. It’s not the focus of the scenes and nor do they really tell a story of their own. It’s written well, for the most part, but it doesn’t follow the formula of ‘Action, Reaction, Result’ to enough of a tee. It basically says what’s happening, loosely shows some minor things, and carries on. It doesn’t make me sit in anticipation or anxiety, doesn’t make me worry, fear, or root for the MC. You know what’s gonna happen in the end, everything goes as predicted, there is no suspense. Thus, as I’ve seen so far, and with any ‘Soft Action’ type stories, it serves only to keep the main premise of the story going—a man rising to conquer a warring period. Just like the romance, it is only an icing on the cake.
The MC is fitting. Although he sometimes contradicts himself—like saying he is doing his best to protect Lavalia while literally bringing her through even more dangers, bruh she’s strong, stop saying that so uselessly—but he is mostly uniform and near perfect for this type of story. I could believe he existed in this world as a concrete being.
Other characters are also well executed. They are individualized and stand on their own with clearly distinct personalities. Even the female characters are written well, which is rare. Some of the female characters sometimes, however, lose part of this aspect as soon as they are within the vicinity of the MC for more than a couple breaths. This doesn’t happen frequently enough to be an issue for me, though.
The art in the story is great, but I feel like it’s often utilized or inputted at the wrong places.
Now for the gripes with the story:
My first main gripe comes in the form of the MC’s older brother, who was essentially used as a stepping point (this isn’t a spoiler, you know it will happen within two chapters if you’ve ever read any story before). He is way too incompetent to be believable as a Viscount heading a family that owns such a large land. Supposedly, since his father had planned for him to inherit the family lands from his birth, he should have been bred from a young age in all manner of things; from Politics, to Strategy, to War and Combat especially in their warring world. However, nope, he shows none of this traits, in fact, he is at the opposite end in almost every good trait but looks—which I assume the author did only to stroke the ego of the MC when compared to his brother. —Some of the MCs foes are like this, made to look dumb and weak in comparison to his oh so brave self.
A second gripe is that somethings just don’t add up at all. At one point it states that one of the MC’s ability withers the opponent’s fighting power by 20%, but then next it states they are shaking, barely holding on to their weapons. In effect, that’s at least a 60 to 75% reduction. If you can’t grip your weapon properly, you can’t fight, plain and simple. This isn’t just a one off thing, there are many other situations where stuff just don’t make sense.
Third gripe, the whole ‘milk sister’ this and that is simply cringe inducing to the modern reader. The best way to go about establishing such a relationship in this times is simply calling them proximity siblings or something. Good grief. At least it isn’t used too often in the later parts.
Fourth gripe, the dialogues sometimes says things that are as clear as day, or could be better said through the narration of the main character. Like(spoiler):
——
“There aren’t many foes here, since your brother was only planning to assassinate you! Let’s press on!” Laviala called.
“Yeah! And I’m not letting him escape, either!”
——
This would have been better told to us through his thoughts. ‘There weren’t many foes standing in our way due to the ploy being only to assassinate me, so we pressed on, cutting through the few in our way.’ Something like that would work far better.
Fifth gripe, the story keeps mentioning it takes place in a war torn era, and how the MC will end that, but it doesn’t really show us any of the damages the wars have cost.
Would I recommend this story? No. I would pin it at 2/5 amongst all the light novels I’ve ever read.
First off, the system of Professions or Jobs isn’t all that unique from any other stories out there, though you will be surprised that there are no expected status screens, and only the MC seems to have the voice of his profession guiding him. In tandem with that, you might recognize the name ‘Oda Nobunaga’ because he’s one of the most famous characters from Japanese history, and the most famous from the warring period. He almost conquered and unified Japan and would have done it too if he wasn’t betrayed. Basically, he is the go-to when describing a Japanese conquerer. In relation, the MC, his skills, abilities, and the story function much similarly to the history of the man—Rising from almost nothing to greater and greater heights within a period of perpetual war.
Moving on to a more detailed analysis of the story:
The writing, the grammar and prose, is pretty well executed. Whether due to the author, translation team’s handiwork, or both, you will have almost no issues enjoying the story from a purely English point of view. There are extremely minimum grammar, spelling, or typographical errors. However, you’ll see why I still wouldn’t rate it highly once you reach my gripes.
The romance(s) in this novel, although above-average for most Japanese web novels, still sucks in my opinion. Don’t enter this story for it, it’s just a small icing on the cake. Though, the plus side is that the interactions between the MC and the female characters are interesting for the most part.
The action in this story is what I call ‘Soft Action’. It’s not the focus of the scenes and nor do they really tell a story of their own. It’s written well, for the most part, but it doesn’t follow the formula of ‘Action, Reaction, Result’ to enough of a tee. It basically says what’s happening, loosely shows some minor things, and carries on. It doesn’t make me sit in anticipation or anxiety, doesn’t make me worry, fear, or root for the MC. You know what’s gonna happen in the end, everything goes as predicted, there is no suspense. Thus, as I’ve seen so far, and with any ‘Soft Action’ type stories, it serves only to keep the main premise of the story going—a man rising to conquer a warring period. Just like the romance, it is only an icing on the cake.
The MC is fitting. Although he sometimes contradicts himself—like saying he is doing his best to protect Lavalia while literally bringing her through even more dangers, bruh she’s strong, stop saying that so uselessly—but he is mostly uniform and near perfect for this type of story. I could believe he existed in this world as a concrete being.
Other characters are also well executed. They are individualized and stand on their own with clearly distinct personalities. Even the female characters are written well, which is rare. Some of the female characters sometimes, however, lose part of this aspect as soon as they are within the vicinity of the MC for more than a couple breaths. This doesn’t happen frequently enough to be an issue for me, though.
The art in the story is great, but I feel like it’s often utilized or inputted at the wrong places.
Now for the gripes with the story:
My first main gripe comes in the form of the MC’s older brother, who was essentially used as a stepping point (this isn’t a spoiler, you know it will happen within two chapters if you’ve ever read any story before). He is way too incompetent to be believable as a Viscount heading a family that owns such a large land. Supposedly, since his father had planned for him to inherit the family lands from his birth, he should have been bred from a young age in all manner of things; from Politics, to Strategy, to War and Combat especially in their warring world. However, nope, he shows none of this traits, in fact, he is at the opposite end in almost every good trait but looks—which I assume the author did only to stroke the ego of the MC when compared to his brother. —Some of the MCs foes are like this, made to look dumb and weak in comparison to his oh so brave self.
A second gripe is that somethings just don’t add up at all. At one point it states that one of the MC’s ability withers the opponent’s fighting power by 20%, but then next it states they are shaking, barely holding on to their weapons. In effect, that’s at least a 60 to 75% reduction. If you can’t grip your weapon properly, you can’t fight, plain and simple. This isn’t just a one off thing, there are many other situations where stuff just don’t make sense.
Third gripe, the whole ‘milk sister’ this and that is simply cringe inducing to the modern reader. The best way to go about establishing such a relationship in this times is simply calling them proximity siblings or something. Good grief. At least it isn’t used too often in the later parts.
Fourth gripe, the dialogues sometimes says things that are as clear as day, or could be better said through the narration of the main character. Like(spoiler):
——
“There aren’t many foes here, since your brother was only planning to assassinate you! Let’s press on!” Laviala called.
“Yeah! And I’m not letting him escape, either!”
——
This would have been better told to us through his thoughts. ‘There weren’t many foes standing in our way due to the ploy being only to assassinate me, so we pressed on, cutting through the few in our way.’ Something like that would work far better.
Fifth gripe, the story keeps mentioning it takes place in a war torn era, and how the MC will end that, but it doesn’t really show us any of the damages the wars have cost.
Would I recommend this story? No. I would pin it at 2/5 amongst all the light novels I’ve ever read.
September 8, 2020
While I enjoyed the setting and themes of the story, it felt like reading a manga with out much detail.
It felt like the story was being rushed and all the details were skipped like when a LN gets adapted to Manga.
There is plenty of potential in the story, I just wish the author had elaborated more in descriptions of what happens. It felt like they don't know how to write action scenes either.
The bright side is that the MC isn't afraid of the touch of a woman like most LN MCs
It felt like the story was being rushed and all the details were skipped like when a LN gets adapted to Manga.
There is plenty of potential in the story, I just wish the author had elaborated more in descriptions of what happens. It felt like they don't know how to write action scenes either.
The bright side is that the MC isn't afraid of the touch of a woman like most LN MCs
July 2, 2025
Felt like a rushed autobiography of the conqueror Alsrod Nayvil from his "profession" ceremony until he conquered many counties. Maybe the book in original version might be better - at times, I felt lost in the translation - with word structure etc. I liked the voice of Oda Nobunaga - it adds a layer to the monotony of the narration.
Since this is my light novel, so not whether light novels miss many details from manga.
Since this is my light novel, so not whether light novels miss many details from manga.
June 23, 2020
I found this ok at the start but then it just got worse and worse. The writing wasn't the best and the world building was horrible. I ended up giving up 3/4 of the way through.
January 9, 2021
This book felt cold and distant. More like an autobiography than an actual story. Seems rushed at points, and there doesn’t seem to be much character development.
May 20, 2021
Its interesting enough to keep reading, but hasn't wowed me.
June 18, 2020
This book is too short even for a light novel.
The book has so much of content that has simply been described as "..and then this happened.." and "..i did this/that..". If the author had explained all these small details he could have easily made this into a true series with as the main theme.
The book has so much of content that has simply been described as "..and then this happened.." and "..i did this/that..". If the author had explained all these small details he could have easily made this into a true series with as the main theme.
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