I Was Mistaken as a Great War Commander

A good novel with negligible plot holes and good misunderstandings spoiled all over the novel , and mc do have a good personality and some common sense 

I love this novel. Its about a normal guy being reincarnated to another world and bullshiting his way to becoming Hitler (atleast thats what his enemies think) you like the genre of misunderstandings right? I know you do, well then you'll love this novel too. Its one of the best of its genre with MC actually knowing that he's causing misunderstandings and he plays that card right. Sometimes he just wants to quit the military but when he locks in its fucking Cinema. I would rate this novel a solid S-Tier

Back at it again... Another review! My words are worth gold, I think?

This novel was a hidden gem, well to us westerners at least. In the original publishing website, Novelpia, it's ranked 13. d*mn Korean corporations! hiding away good novels. Well, I'll do the old three way review but this time with (romance/harem), (comedy) and lastly (plot/story). I'll throw in an (action) explanation as well as a bonus, free of charge! I tried my best to stay away from spoilers. But if I accidentally did write one, it's going to be something minor. It's difficult to spoil anything since it's more of a fun to read novel than some intricate story one.

Before diving into my essay-long worth review of the novel. I'll give you the 'tl;dr' (Too long, didn't read) here because some of you may not appreciate my non-existent summarization skill. This novel is largely based on misunderstandings and luck. Romance, story, action and the comedy, which can be said to be the four important aspects of this novel, are built upon misunderstandings and luck completely. The MC does the polar opposite of what he is supposed to do but somehow that was the correct action (luck) and his allies as well enemies think it was intentional and now fear him (misunderstanding). Don't get it wrong, however. The MC is very smart and later on just decides to steam-roll his enemies. But going in with expectations of philosophical questions being answered, amazing exploration of military structure, war councils and strategies... then yeah... this one ain't it chief. Everything is based on misunderstandings and luck. Not some tactical genius plot.

Let's begin with the story. Now, before diving in, lemme tell you this Sorrow is no d*mn historian or military-expert. Quite the opposite, I suck at both. I can't even remember the order of the military posts. This novels most basic premise is of a war between the Empire where our main character Daniel Steiner resides in and the Allied-nations. It resembles the World War II situation between Germany and the Allies (also called United nations) of 1942. Well, almost because the Empire is not really a Germany carbon copy. There is no funny moustache man hating on racial groups thankfully. The story begins with the Empire getting attacked by the Allied-Nations due to their fear. These Nations fear the ever-expanding Empire and wish to basically enslave them. Where does our Main Character come in you say? Well, Daniel is a wuss... Wait, I should explain it better. Daniel Steiner, fresh out of the military academy is getting pushed around by his pathetic superior. A random day, he recovers memories long forgotten. Of another life in earth, in which he was playing a game very similar to the world he is currently living... in... Yeah, it's a fusion between transmigration and reincarnation. Rather than occupying a body, he was born there without the set of memories, but one day he gets them back. I do not believe there was any special reason as to why, however, it is of little importance.

Daniel, with his memories, knows that the Empire is totally doomed to lose this war. So what does our patriotic and loyal Daniel do? He attempts to deflect! Betrayal! How dare he! The first 100 chapters are filled with Daniels conviction to deflect. You may ask, how could Daniel not manage to do in 100 chapters? And I answer, imagine every decision you make take a 180 degree turn. In the beginning, Daniel makes, or attempts to say the least, to make every bad- no, worst decision possible so that he is dishonourable discharged from his military post. Unluckily for him, but luckily for our beloved Empire, the enemies always think they are some kind of Isaac Newton of military strategies, so they take unconventional approaches to the war. If you are familiar with mathematics, minus minus makes a plus. Two unconventional decisions lead to a positive outcome for Daniel... wait, this analogy... was ingenious!!! Shower me with praises!

Where was I again? Ah- yes, our MC takes the worst decisions possible, is 'gently coerced' by his superiors that his failure will be gravely punished, but manages to pull off generational clutches every time. While doing so, he is getting promoted quicker than Usain Bolts 100m run, which makes it more and more impossible to get dishonourable discharged his post. So slowly, but surely, Daniel's dreams of defecting to another peaceful country and opening a bakery is getting further away. These misunderstanding are absolutely gold comedy to us readers.

[Daniel takes bad decisions -> Works out phenomenally -> Enemies are scared witless -> Allies fear and adore him -> Promoted]

This is the sequence of events occurring for the first half of the novel. Now, you may ask again, "Brother Sorrow, won't this become repetitive and boring after a while?", and I preach that "Thee are misguided". This sequence is masterfully manipulated by the author so each events is different from the last one, and each one has it's funny quirks. So there is no repetitive feeling when reading. After roughly 100 chapters, once our boy has been promoted to the moon, and at this point is slowly inching for the [Prince consort] exclusive promotion, he has had enough. The allied-forces have made plenty of assassination attempts during his thousand step journey, and he is finally fed up. He desires war and blood. This is a huge turning point in the story and Daniels character since he now actively tries to ruin the Allied forces, and gives up on resigning and defecting to another country. We see him in earnest, in cold blood, catch hidden rats in the empire, and actively destroy the Allied-forces. I think this much is enough for the story, I might have bore you.

I'll briefly talk to the comedic aspect. The author uses the misunderstanding trope for comedic purposes very well. Everybody is expecting outcome A, that Daniel will fail, but Daniel gives them outcome B, a glorious win for the Empire. A good example of how the misunderstanding trope is used for comedy, would be Daniel murmuring 'Kelly' in his sleep. One day his aide got to hear him murmuring that name, and subtly trotted the lines regarding this person. Well, Daniel tells hers it's a thing of the past, and mentions that She (the aide) is more important to him. Now imagine once the aide went and flexed this to the current empress (during a battle of nerves for Daniels love) when she didn't know that 'Kelly' was Daniels dog, but, the empress did...

The romance/harem is done quite well in this novel. Nothing exceptional to be though. There are currently three love interests: Lucy, a spy which slowly falls deeper in the rabbit hole called love; Selvia, princess of the Empire who desires affection and to be treated normally instead of royalty; Frien, batsh*t insane lunatic who preaches that Daniel is a saint purging beasts (allied-forces). Our roster consists of these three, with maybe another potential interests, but I doubt since she does not get a lot of screentime. I've seen complains regarding the fact that it's a harem, and that one of the love interests alone is enough. And while I can agree with that statement, it is not like the other two are forced upon us or anything. Author is currently playing the slow game. And while I certainly enjoy 1-to-1 romance, I hate it more when multiple love interests are inserted for drama. Since he has given us three interests, he should act upon it and deliver three.

Now, the action. There are hardly any action scenes. No 'But when I! 20vs1' moments (I had to make the joke). So the action is kind of secondary here. We don't see Daniel going around shooting soldiers and throwing bombs. He is a just "misunderstood tactician" who orders his soldier to do either A, or B. So I cannot really say the action is good or bad. This novel did not feel like an action novel, but in my opinion it's perfect the way it is. Real action scenes would water down the other elements, and the current balance is perfect.

Lastly, my final thoughts. I did not notice any big flaws while reading. I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed to say the least. I proud myself on being rather easy to please with novels, as long as it's not something weird. I give this 5 stars since from start to finish, I wasn't bored nor disheartened to continue reading. From beginning to end, it was an enjoyable and casual read. So if you are here for something casual to read and have fun, I recommend it. If you are here for exceptional story, action or strategy, then I think this one ain't it.

Honesly, I came expecting a mid 2-3 star "misunderstanding novel"; what I got instead was a very well-built world and wonderful character growth. peak

I have a guilty pleasure for the misunderstanding trope, so I may be a bit biased. But it is actually a well written novel, has good world building, I do admit there are some plot holes, otherwise good.

I'll be direct and simple. A fun story that hooks you in so you read more. Charismatic characters. Although the MC always loves peace and would prefer it infinitely more than anything. That doesn't mean that everything related to war really comes out by luck. The ones that come out by luck. Well, it is luck. But when the MC plans the strategies... Uff. It seems like divine intervention because f*ck. How well they come out. The MC is really charismatic and imposing. Read this story if you don't have anything to read. And you'll like it. I assure you. (P.S. Although it has a harem in the tags. It's not a poorly done harem. And it's almost not even a harem. Because it's not like the MC wants to be with all of them at once. Here the girls simply have feelings for the MC. And the MC. Well. Just friendship XD. Although there is one who could be the winner in the end)

Honestly at first I didn't like the title and made me cringe.  The character that turns into am accidental genius while he is actually dumb always associated with these kind of titles.  But this one is amazing.  MC simply wants a simple life or to survive and lady luck is on his side.  That with building a reputation of unstoppable and simple misunderstandings or coincidences, he finds himself pushing forward to glory.  Enjoy the read and enjoy the ride along!

Review after chapter 215:

Surprisingly good read . The initial premise is stupid like most novels of this genre . His luck screams of him being a Blessed of Heavens . But the world building , relationship dynamics , strategic implementations are very good which makes the reading very enjoyable . If I had to complain I'd say harem didn't feel good to me - Lucy was very natural but the princess is kinda forced crush and the the saint girl is just unhinged .

8.5/10.

Good read the mc has a good personality, the romance doesnt come from nowhere, theres a nice amount of good moments and the mc is actually smart but the misunderstandings and (un)lucky moments just propel him into legendary status. 9/10