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[DeepL Translation - needs review] Isn't a sortie just like a competency test?" At the moment the enemy bullet pierced his body, Kiriya Keiji was back to the day before the sortie. Far south of Tokyo, in the fierce battle zone of an island called Kotoyushi. The hodgepodge of troops repeatedly engaged in fierce battles that inevitably ended in defeat. A sortie. Killed in battle. Sorties. Death in battle - every day, even death becomes a normal part of life. When the loop counts 158 times, Cag...
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Page Count:
276
ISBN:
4086302195
ISBN13:
9784086302197
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p_0000says
July 23, 2024
Everything that happened in this book felt like a plot device to trick me into reading a thinly veiled tragic love story. If this book had focused entirely on ケイジ or entirely on リタ it might have ended up being decent. The premise is definitely interesting, but this is a short book, so the only way it would have been able to make good use of this premise is if it had been concise and focused on one thing.
Instead we got a lukewarm hodgepodge where the author tries to make you
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Fast-Paced and Atmospheric Sci-Fi War Story
This was a fun, if somewhat difficult, read. The military and battle-related vocabulary took some getting used to, and reading a physical copy wasn't the most helpful for lookups.
With that being said, it was a really interesting read. I seldom read sci-fi, and the story of experiencing a time loop while fighting an alien invasion was exciting. The author did a great job conveying the chilling, bloody, and merciless atmosphere of the battlefield. The fast pace of the story a