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Rebuild World Light Novel #1.1
リビルドワールドI〈上〉 誘う亡霊
新米ハンターのアキラは、命賭けで足を踏み入れた旧世界の遺跡で全裸でたたずむ謎の美女《アルファ》と出会う。彼女の依頼はある遺跡を極秘に攻略することで――!? 次代のＷＥＢ小説を牽引する期待の新鋭が登場！
358 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 17, 2019
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December 11, 2022
The author is delusional, irrational and nonsensical, in his plot arcs, explanations and excuses...The author uses circular arguments (circular fallacies), play by play summaries and commentaries of things that have already happened over and over again. Story in general needs a lot of editing and polishing. Needs a lot of work. There is no cohesion between illustrations and characters in the Web/Light novel series. The story is filled with ludicrous contradictions.
I do not recommend this web/light/manga series. I read the the entire web novel series (that is on hiatus on 2022) and abandoned on Chapter 296. The translations and editions need a lot of spellchecks and editing.
I do not recommend this web/light/manga series. I read the the entire web novel series (that is on hiatus on 2022) and abandoned on Chapter 296. The translations and editions need a lot of spellchecks and editing.
December 5, 2025
It has been a while since I delighted myself with this good of a sci-fi book, even outside light novel territory.
'Rebuild World' has been clearly inspired by the film 'Akira' -it's the protagonist's name-, however, we can agree it takes mostly the best parts, such as growing into the slums, trying to make it big, plus the apocalyptic cyberpunk setting.
We are not immediately bombarded with all the info about this world or even the closer cities themselves, which feels refreshing after mainly dealing with all-knowing overpowered MCs unable to be in real danger. This mysterious ambience feeds into the idea not everything is at straight as Akira understands it; making us wonder constantly about a myriad of factors, namely, Alpha's true intentions by assisting him to this degree.
If anything, one may say characters other than the primordial two aren't developed a lot, yet this is not a standalone volume, so you can probably expect other women to grow in their own side stories or having moments to shine as future installments keep on giving; even though I find the idea amusing as most of them have 1-2 whole dedicated chapters.
Now, there's a degree of impressive technology mentioned, but never elaborated on due to how the narrative proceeds, carefully introducing upgrades which for the most part, we can already expect at special forces of the U.S. military or China in a few years. Nonetheless, I would hope for those artifacts to have a bigger impact -in a hard science fiction background if possible- as everything develops further.
To wrap it up, I'm bound to add, descriptions are rich and insightful, dialogues are coherent in regards to how characters were constructed initially, and the storyline seems to progress to such a good pace; some might describe it as 'slow', in particular readers accustomed to reincarnated protagonists climbing from zero to hero in half a tome, which is egregious enough by 2025's standards.
Overall, it was to my liking.
'Rebuild World' has been clearly inspired by the film 'Akira' -it's the protagonist's name-, however, we can agree it takes mostly the best parts, such as growing into the slums, trying to make it big, plus the apocalyptic cyberpunk setting.
We are not immediately bombarded with all the info about this world or even the closer cities themselves, which feels refreshing after mainly dealing with all-knowing overpowered MCs unable to be in real danger. This mysterious ambience feeds into the idea not everything is at straight as Akira understands it; making us wonder constantly about a myriad of factors, namely, Alpha's true intentions by assisting him to this degree.
If anything, one may say characters other than the primordial two aren't developed a lot, yet this is not a standalone volume, so you can probably expect other women to grow in their own side stories or having moments to shine as future installments keep on giving; even though I find the idea amusing as most of them have 1-2 whole dedicated chapters.
Now, there's a degree of impressive technology mentioned, but never elaborated on due to how the narrative proceeds, carefully introducing upgrades which for the most part, we can already expect at special forces of the U.S. military or China in a few years. Nonetheless, I would hope for those artifacts to have a bigger impact -in a hard science fiction background if possible- as everything develops further.
To wrap it up, I'm bound to add, descriptions are rich and insightful, dialogues are coherent in regards to how characters were constructed initially, and the storyline seems to progress to such a good pace; some might describe it as 'slow', in particular readers accustomed to reincarnated protagonists climbing from zero to hero in half a tome, which is egregious enough by 2025's standards.
Overall, it was to my liking.
August 27, 2022
Akira is a kid from the slums looking for a better life by becoming a Hunter, people who search the nearby ruins of cities for Old World relics differing from plastic bags to nanomachine driven medicine, and from knives that cut anything to power suits. It is a dangerous job though since many of the Old World defence systems have gone haywire since they were abandoned from purely mechanical security systems to bio-engineered animals and diseases. Akira is about to die when he comes across a spectre Alpha (very likely an AI), who needs help. Akira is nowhere near skilled enough to be that help, but he can be trained and so starts hopefully a profitable relation.
Rebuild World is mostly written from Akira's point of view, a young teenager grown up in the slums with trust issues. We do get the occasional flash insight into Alpha, which is a great way to give her more personality and to show she is very likely an AI that Akira is way too quick to trust. What are her motivations? I really like the interaction between the two and it is the prime reason for my enjoyment of the story. The world itself is intriguing, but should probably not scrutinized too closely for realism since its ecosystem feels off (especially in regards to the biological monsters) and so does the timeline of the apocalypse in relation to technology (and what is readily available). Still, it is very much a setup for more, a character driven story with no over-arching plot (yet) that can make the story progress feel a bit slow at times.
All in all, a good read and a nice change of pace from the usual LNs I read.
Rebuild World is mostly written from Akira's point of view, a young teenager grown up in the slums with trust issues. We do get the occasional flash insight into Alpha, which is a great way to give her more personality and to show she is very likely an AI that Akira is way too quick to trust. What are her motivations? I really like the interaction between the two and it is the prime reason for my enjoyment of the story. The world itself is intriguing, but should probably not scrutinized too closely for realism since its ecosystem feels off (especially in regards to the biological monsters) and so does the timeline of the apocalypse in relation to technology (and what is readily available). Still, it is very much a setup for more, a character driven story with no over-arching plot (yet) that can make the story progress feel a bit slow at times.
All in all, a good read and a nice change of pace from the usual LNs I read.
April 16, 2023
A refreshing, exciting and action-filled sci-fi story with memorable characters, plot developments, and world building.
There are some noticeable flaws. For instance, there are many excessively detailed passages that detract from the storytelling. The majority of fights in the latter half are overly complicated or poorly written.
For the most part, the plot developments are interesting. Portrayal of the characters’ personalities and interactions is also generally well-done, and one of my favourite parts about this novel. However, what I like most about this story is the world building. The essential elements of the setting feel original, elaborate, and evoke curiousity.
The protagonist is a likeable antihero, and his various associates are also amusing to observe and read about. Overall, it’s a fun story, and I’d definitely recommend giving it a try if you‘re looking for a web/light novel with a unique vibe.
There are some noticeable flaws. For instance, there are many excessively detailed passages that detract from the storytelling. The majority of fights in the latter half are overly complicated or poorly written.
For the most part, the plot developments are interesting. Portrayal of the characters’ personalities and interactions is also generally well-done, and one of my favourite parts about this novel. However, what I like most about this story is the world building. The essential elements of the setting feel original, elaborate, and evoke curiousity.
The protagonist is a likeable antihero, and his various associates are also amusing to observe and read about. Overall, it’s a fun story, and I’d definitely recommend giving it a try if you‘re looking for a web/light novel with a unique vibe.
September 11, 2022
Facinating world and heavy action.
It's odd when you have an eight year old boy as the protagonist. Facinating journey his is on transforming to a starving slum rat into a fairly competent neophyte. The AI is an enigma and she has a hidden agenda that makes you curious about the future for the boy. I'm looking forward to the next volume and my science fiction loving part has had a good time.
It's odd when you have an eight year old boy as the protagonist. Facinating journey his is on transforming to a starving slum rat into a fairly competent neophyte. The AI is an enigma and she has a hidden agenda that makes you curious about the future for the boy. I'm looking forward to the next volume and my science fiction loving part has had a good time.
July 23, 2022
Pleasantly surprised. Was not expecting much when I started the volume, not necessarily thrilled with post apocalypse future worlds. But was sorry when the story ended and I'm looking forward to part 2.
May 21, 2023
Another Dungeon dive story. Well, The story full of luck here, but the plot quite good.
January 16, 2024
Very cool post-apocalyptic cyberpunk
February 19, 2025
3/5 good art and I like the main and side characters but the main story hasn't really kicked off yet and it has been pretty repetitive I will come back to this later see if it improves
August 22, 2023
4.0/5 Readability
3.0/5 Characters
2.5/5 Plot
3.5/5 World Building
3.0/5 Themes
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3.2/5 Total
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