Chronicles of Soma: Rise of a King

Information

Status

Hiatus

Year

2017

Author

insanesac

• Chapter 12: Research and Results
  Sep 16, 2017
• Chapter 11: Obstacles
  Sep 12, 2017
• Chapter 10: The wise is troubled with troubles
  Aug 10, 2017
• Chapter 9: Wise-sama has another outrageous idea
  Aug 7, 2017
• Important information
  Aug 4, 2017
• Chapter 8: A few days of labor v2
  Aug 4, 2017
• Chapter 7: Wise-sama v2
  Aug 2, 2017
• Chapter 6: Is this how it feels to be betrayed v2
  Jul 30, 2017
• Chapter 5: When knowledge becomes weapon v2
  Jul 30, 2017
• Chapter 4: What is with this shitty setting v2
  Jul 30, 2017
• Chapter 3: The Gods are messing with me v2
  Jul 29, 2017
• Chapter 2: AI in my head v2
  Jul 29, 2017
• Chapter 1: Booting up v2
  Jul 29, 2017
• Prologue v2
  Jul 29, 2017

Reviews

Community Reviews(7)

• yvysusRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  OVERALL SCORE:
  Good novel so far would highly reccomendent givining a try
  STYLE:
  the author style is simple and that a plus for me
  STORY:
  like many of the reviews below me if you are a person who like kindom building and with a spice of science and fantansy you are going to like this novel.
  GRAMMAR:
  author could really used a editor otherwise is fine in my book
  CHARACTER:
  oh the MC mmh he alright but he making decision too fast he has the ultimate AI but hes not using her at her full potential
• Gabster5Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  This story is similar to Release That Witch except everyone can use magic so no one is hunting down anyone.
  The progress so far is very good, he really needs to fix his grammar, but all in all it's really good.
  The arc so far only has the kingdom building on an island, so much more stories ahead.
  The protagonist is normal but has a heart of gold. He isn't a genius but has a Google Sensei which has a butt load of modern knowledge.
  A wise king who'll lead the townspeople to a new age of techno-magic!
• Arashi ZarosRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  I'm glad the mc is developing some feeling about the villageright now,The loyalty not giving him up was a nice touch and worthy of note in comparison ,the author is new so there are still some mistake but if you help him a bit he will make a better one for you by learn from the mistake you point out (btw he don't have much time to edit and it make chapter more longer to release,  so can someone help him proofread/editing here ? ) ,there are not much chapter so will edit later
  edit:after chapter 10 or 11 ,the character develop very nicely and at chapter 14 there is a very inspiring quotes here (still need editor though)
  edit:damn,after chapter 10 to chapter 16 right now,that one hell of a character developing
  edit:after chapter 18,that where the story truly begin so be patience read the first 17 chapter since it a foundation for the story and to build up the character of mc and side character
  edit (small spoiler): at Chapter 20,well ,not only tech,he even try to make magi-tech here (and even make a guild of that so he willn't do that alone)and he know how to use his people,too )
  and why there is two dislike here ?,if you don't show the reason why then how the author and I know what wrong to fix it ? (you can pm me so I know what wrong to fix the review)
  Edit at 2/6:I have to admit,HYPERLUNATIC is right ,he point out most of the problem that I don't notice,but still this is quite a nice novel to read when you have free time though
• cbrracerRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  I like the premise however there are a few things that were off. I will start off with my criticisms, then what I like.
  1. When google-sensei downloaded the language pack for all languages, and then later it ws stated that it was all info from the previous world. There should have been some better explanation for that.
  2. When Soma becomes the King is a little rushed. It also feels forced and doesn't take into consideration Somas outlook towards the future. Even though there was some respect paid to Somas feelings I don't think a political/philisophical view wuld change just because people say that you are a king. I think it would be more appropriate to bring up the statement he made to create an empire, so that he could either realize that they took it far more seriously than his initial statement or allow him to come to terms with his view vs. the new people.
  3. While good will and all is nice and paying people back with kindness is great it does not create a deep emotional bond. It would also not explain why he would choose this town. Is the area great, are the people smart but uneducated, is it great because he's surrounded by adoring women. I think that his reason for staying and for helping this town are somewhat shallow and more depth needs to be added to the dynamic of the towns people.
  4. There are a number of gramatical errors in this story, I don't have any specifics to reference however. It's not horible but can break the flow as I have to stop and process what the sentence was supposed to mean.
  Now to what I like.
  1. I like the concept of having google in your head. There have been AI in your head stories, but having effectively a search engine that stores for all intents and prposes the entire internet is fun it's also not overloading since this information is stored magically. Though I would like an explanation as to why he wound up here with the internet in his head
  2. I like the concept of people having everything wrong from a scientific and even ma
• hyperlunaticRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 3.5

  Revised on 1/6/2017, Last review 'TOO FAST' is wrote on 19/5/2017
  Ugh. Like I said, it Promising in the begining but soon problem start coming up. The biggest problem that I don't like is about the author is treating his story like a Real Time Strategy game, everything is too fast.
  Resourse: I find that the mining Iron thing is bullcrap, seriously how the hell is he mining them? Mining Iron ores( and all ores in generals) take much time and manpower. With a messily population of 60+which composed of children, old and female, the fact that he manage to mine enough ore not only to pay tax but also have some spare to use in such a short time is unbelievable. Not to mention that he also have the poulation build a furnace( or severals I don't remember) at the same time is not helping it.
  Logical actions: The first thing a kindom founder should concern is about Resoures(ore, food, etc); Population; Facility, later Military at first then after the situation stabilize come Education,Economy and Goverment. The MC just ditch population and military and go straight to the Later three. I see it as counter productive and In-logical seriously, with just a small population like that then what the hell does he need to make a goverment? He could just micro-managing things and at this stage where methods production is limited, Education is not realy needed. Economy is about the Industrial Revolution he is making, Industrial Revolution need New ADVANCED method of production, resourses and workforce to happen, MC has neither the first nor the third so making a Industrial Revolution at this stage is foolish. Also crowning himself king will his "Kingdom" is composed of one village and currently 126 people is just plain retard
  Solving too much proplem by magic. Like I said: Lacking Manpower? Magic. Lacking Military strength? Magic every where. Lacking production methods? Magic. Enemy attacking? Use Magic to bomb the f*** out of them and then goes in melee.
  MC is undeserving of His power,
• daimyo29Royal Road

  ★★ 1.5

  What do I mean that everything is for the story/plot?  Every action, reaction, thoughts, of the characters, are just so that the plot can move forward as fast as possible. There is very little consistency to them. For example, a character that is weary and confrontational of our MC changes to treating the MC as a savior and a family member in one paragraph.
  The AI that helps the MC only helps him in certain ways. The MC is made to be a typical Japanese style main character: reduce intellect, no common sense, annoying personality. That type of MC works in the Japanese culture, but not in the west.
  The Main character is neither likable nor is he relatable.
• emberwingRoyal Road

  ★ 1.0

  Serriously, I'm sure that if you have read the other reviews here you won't find anything new, the main character is your stereotypical anime hero, who is "totally average" except for the fact that his parents are dead, he is a "total loner" with social skills he shouldn't have, he seems to know a shit ton of anime and light novel references despite being named as someone who put way more time into studying and working rather than reading or watching tv.
  He's your average mary sue japanese protagonist who can't seem to catch a lucky brake. I suppose I could go into what doesn't work about that for me but essentially it's all already been said, the character doesn't have any common sense, he's a total moron except for certain random pieces of information he knows for no apparant reason and he simply isn't relatable at all.
  The story is sub par and has awkward pacing.
  And of fucking course the first village he sees only has kids and women...
  What irritates me the most though is as i said before, the character who has been a loner for most of his life somehow has the social skills and grace to succesfully lead a people... that is both unrealistic and it makes the character feel like a Mary Sue