Tsuihou sareta Tensei Juukishi wa Game Chishiki de Musou suru
The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System

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I'm updating my review of "The Exiled Reincarnated Heavy Knight," which I last wrote 30 chapters in, and now with 82 chapters read. I'm happy to say that the manga has continued to get even better and one of the cons it had in the past, "Originality may be questioned since it feels heavily inspired by The Rising of the Shield Hero," can now be deleted as the story feels like it's own thing now. There's also more pros to add, which I'll label by adding an asterisk (*) to show what new parts of the review had been a major update.

PROS:
--Good story that keeps ... you hungry for the next chapter. It may seem like a revenge story at first, but that's not the case as it was initially more of one where Elma tries to prove himself. *Once that phase passed, the current story is sort of a conspiracy on who or what is making dungeon bosses evolve and grow stronger.
--*On the subject of boss fights, the boss monster designs and fights are excellently created. I'm actually a bit sad that these boss fights are only in a manga because they would be incredible in an actual video game!
--The art has always been good, but it just keeps getting better as the chapters go on. It really shows how much passion the artist for this manga.
--*Elma is an excellent MC. His character design strikes a good balance of being powerful, but not so powerful where allies are rendered useless. He needs to fight hard in battles in order to win and his allies are crucial when it comes to securing victory. Even as he gets stronger, the power creep that comes with each new boss fight prevents him from becoming overpowered. He doesn't really have much a personality, but his companion Luce more than makes up for that.
--Speaking of Luce, she is a fun companion and her cheery personality makes her stand out in contrast to Elma's stoic demeanor. Plus, she's a useful character in which she helps out Elma in multiple areas. *Luce was never a useless character by any means, but her combat abilities have gone through a lot a growth in recent chapters and it's awesome to her truly become a critical hit machine.
--*The additional characters that Elma and Luce work with are all mostly memorable with distinct personalities and character designs. If / when they are introduced again, I highly doubt I'll ask myself "who is this again?" as I currently can recall most of those characters that they have worked with.
--If you love the fantasy/ isekai genre, this is a manga you'll have a high chance enjoying!

CONS:
--Chapters are too short and there's a ton of frustrating cliffhangers because of that.
--It feels like an isekai in name only since we know nothing about Elma's past life. The only times you know that this is an isekai and not a regular fantasy is when Elma remembers things about the game that the world is based on.

Overall, I recommend "The Exiled Reincarnated Heavy Knight" to anyone that enjoys fantasy/ isekai. It has a story that keeps you interested and the protagonists are easy to like and cheer for. *The manga keeps getting better with each chapter released and I personally look forward to each new chapter that's released!

After seeing the low rating this has I was compelled to give this a review, I feel like giving this anything lower than an 8 is criminal, the art work alone is a 10/10. Sure the story could be better and this could have easily not have been an Isekai it would have just worked better as a regular fantasy story in my opinion but the characters are likeable, the character development is amazing. The action is almost non stop but because the art is so good you don't get burnt out. The monsters are extremely well designed almost Berserk level good, the only reason ... why this isn't a 10 is because the beginning felt a little rushed and so far there hasn't been a lot of breathing room for plot development it's just been non stop action. Overall this series is amazing so far and I am bewildered at why the reviews are so low, the people who have rated it low must have dropped it early or something.

Art: 10/10

Story: 7/10

Characters: 8/10

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▶Summary and recommendation: -----------------------------------------------------------------
[The Exiled Reincarnated Heavy Knight Is Unrivaled in Game Knowledge] Is a bog standard wish fulfilment power fantasy isekai. A japanese man is isekaied into a fantasy world based on a videogame he played. His IRL gaming knowledge is put to use and he becomes very powerul. Not recommended unless you enjoy reading trash (I do).
🟢There is very little sexualization or fanservice.

▶Story: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The introduction is as forced as it comes.
It thrusts the protagonist into the spot needed for the story to start with neither grace nor much thought put ... into it.
He is granted a class which is seen as useless by everyone in the isekai world, but the protagonist being from our world knows that this is actually one of the most powerful classes in the videogame.

Right out of the gate the story bombards the reader with common isekai tropes such as a weakling exclaiming to our hero to run away because his class is too weak, only for the main character to easily deal with the situation and show off how powerful he is.
It is a comfortable read if all you want is a predictable isekai, and you do not expect anything revolutionary.

▶Characters: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If there is one praiseworthy thing that stands out in this manga, it is that the character design of the male protagonist and female deuteragonist are not what you usually see in isekai stories of this type.
The female secondary character in particular stands out as being clown/jester themed. Something I do not think I have seen a deuteragonist, let alone a (potential) love interest be.

The male protagonist looks different than most isekai protagonists, but lacks a well defined personality other than being good aligned and doing the right thing. Likely so that the reader may project themselves onto him.

▶Artwork: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The art is fine, and fights flow fairly well. Which is important for an action filled manga like this.