How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, also known as Re:CONSTRUCTION -  The Elfrieden Kingdom Tales of Realistic Brave,[a] is a Japanese light novel series written by Dojyomaru and illustrated by Fuyuyuki.  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.  A manga adaptation by Satoshi Ueda began serialization online in Overlap's Comic Gardo manga website in July 2017. Digital publisher J-Novel Club has licensed both the light novel and manga for an English release. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired from July 2021 to April 2022.