How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
The story follows Kazuya Souma, a humanities-student-turned-hero as he pulls on his knowledge of realism and Machiavellianism in order to rebuild the kingdom.Written by Dojyomaru and illustrated by Fuyuyuki, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom originally started as a web novel in 2014 on Shōsetsuka ni Narō, but it was subsequently deleted and resumed on Pixiv.[29] A manga adaptation of the series by Satoshi Ueda began serialization on Overlap's Comic Gardo website on July 10, 2017.[39] Mighty Media licensed the series in Southeast Asia and streamed it on iQIYI and Bilibili and also aired on Animax on March 9, 2022.[40][41][42] Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network described the first novel as "feel[ing] a little bit like a thoughtful isekai", and wrote: "It's a bit too fond of info-dumps and has some narrative issues with voice, but generally speaking, if you've ever wanted to see the summoned hero do more than fight the bad guys and win the ladies, this is the book you've been waiting for".