*This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review.
Tokiyuki and his vassals fight Kono Morano while Akiie has to deal with ineffective nobles in order to win.
I do enjoy how Akiie treats his troops, making sure they can have celebrations to keep up morale. He’s a good leader, so it’s clear Tokiyuki can learn a lot from him. But as he’s still going through this learning process, this still feels kinda dry. I couldn’t even get it into the fight scenes. It all feels like that Simpsons meme:

I honestly wonder if I should drop this series or succumb to the sunk cost fallacy and power through. 2.5 out of 5.
