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A manga adaptation by Yuka Fujikawa began serialization in the June 2014 issue of Monthly Comic Flapper. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the tankōbon volumes of the manga for localization in North America. The company also has licensed the original light novels. On Syosetu's rankings, the web novel has made cumulative appearances as the most popular work on the website. An anime television series adaptation by Studio Bind is set to premiere in 2021.

Plot

A unnamed, 34-year-old Japanese NEET is evicted from his home following the death of his parents. Upon some self-introspection, he concludes that his life was ultimately pointless. He intercepts a speeding truck heading towards a group of teenagers in an attempt to do something meaningful for once in his life, and manages to pull one of them out of harm's way before dying.

Awakening in a baby's body, he realizes he has been reincarnated in a world of sword and sorcery. He resolves to become successful in his new life, discarding his past identity for his new life as Rudeus Greyrat. Due to his genetic factor and early training, Rudeus becomes highly skilled at magic. During his childhood, he becomes a student of Roxy Migurdia, friend to Sylphiette, and teacher to Eris Boreas Greyrat. Shortly after, a teleportation catastrophe scatters many people around the world, and Rudeus resolves to escort Eris home. During his journey, Rudeus receives advice from the mysterious Human-God and befriends Ruijerd Supardia. Successfully escorting Eris home, a misunderstanding with her leaves Rudeus heartbroken.

Two years later, the incident with Eris has made Rudeus impotent. He enrolls in Ronoa Magic University under the Human-God's advice to cure himself. There, he is reunited with Sylphiette who cures his impotency and the two are wedded shortly after. Rudeus receives a request to join his father's quest to save his mother, and ignores the Human-god's advice to do so. During the quest, he develops a romantic relationship with Roxy and takes her as his second wife. He is then visited by a dying future version of himself, warning him the Human-God will cause the deaths of everyone he cares about. In order to appease the Human-God, Rudeus attempts to kill one of his enemies, a warrior named Orsted but fails; instead, Rudeus offers his allegiance to Orsted in exchange for his family's protection. Shortly after, Rudeus takes Eris as his third wife.

The series continues episodically with a series of story arcs based around Rudeus work with Orsted to ensure the Human-God's precised demise, as well as his daily life and growing family. After a large scale attack on Rudeus' life fails, the Human God gives up on his plans against him, opting to scheme against Rudeus' descendants instead. Rudeus lives the rest of his life in peace before his death at the age of 74.

Characters

Main characters

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Before his reincarnation, he was an overweight 34-year-old Japanese NEET who became a recluse following his high-school persecution.Vorlage:Ref After his reincarnation, he discards his past identity and works to make his new life as Rudeus Greyrat meaningful. As such, he adopts a gentleman persona, though his past life's perversion sometimes emerges and scares those around him. Since he retains his intelligence, Rudeus was able to start magic training at three and was able to learn how to cast magic without chanting; in addition, he inherited the Laplace Factor from his parents and, combined with his youthful training, gives him a large magic capacity.Vorlage:Ref Because Roxy Migurdia helped him overcome his fear of the outside world, he worships her like a god, and ties his accomplishments to her.Vorlage:Ref During his spare time, Rudeus makes figurines in order to enhance his earth magic, which has become his main offensive magic. In an alternate future, where the Human-God killed everyone he loved, a driven Rudeus fails to enact revenge, and travels back in time to warn his past self instead.Vorlage:Ref Because of his special reincarnation, Rudeus is immune to curses, allowing him to befriend Ruijerd Supardia and Orsted;Vorlage:Ref this immunity is also passed down to his descendants.

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Normally called Sylphy, is Rudeus' childhood friend who is part human, elf, and beast race. Due to her Laplace Factor, a genetic material granting its owners enhanced magical abilities if trained at a young age, her hair is green.Vorlage:Ref Rudeus' influence helped her learn how to cast magic without chanting. Following the teleportation incident, her hair changes to white after exhausting her magic supply.Vorlage:Ref Because of her magic abilities, she is assigned to be the bodyguard of Ariel Anemoi Asura under the identity of a male named Vorlage:Nihongo foot.Vorlage:Ref Due to the Asura Kingdom's conflict for the crown, Ariel and her bodyguards enroll in Ronoa Magic University.Vorlage:Ref Sylphy has no maiden name, and takes Rudeus' name after marriage. She gives birth to a daughter named Vorlage:Nihongo foot and a son named Vorlage:Nihongo foot.

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A demon from the Migurdia species which is known for their telepathy, blue hair, youthful appearance, and longevity. Because she can't use telepathy, she leaves her village due to feeling isolated from her peers.Vorlage:Ref Unable to make a stable living as an adventurer, she becomes a travelling tutor and eventually becomes Rudeus' teacher. After the teleportation incident, Roxy helps Paul search the world for survivors.Vorlage:Ref She becomes Rudeus' second wife after rescuing Zenith.Vorlage:Ref Her daughter is Vorlage:Nihongo foot who is the prophesied savior of the world.Vorlage:Ref

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A noble girl and distant relative of Rudeus. She is a tsundere character with a short temper, but has potential in the Sword-God style. During her journey to return home following the teleportation incident, she grows to love Rudeus. When they admit their love for each other, Eris leaves to train in order to be worthy enough to be by his side.Vorlage:Ref From her training, she becomes a proper swordsman who can control her temper and evaluate her opponents. She becomes Rudeus' third wife and gives birth to a son named Vorlage:Nihongo foot.

Greyrat Family

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Rudeus' father. He discarded his noble lineage due to its restrictive life styles, and becomes a proficient swordsman who is skilled in all three sword styles: Sword-God, Water-God, and North-God style. He is described as a playboy and an adventurer with sharp intuition. Following the teleportation incident and unable to find his family, Paul falls into a depression and drowns his sorrows in alcohol until his reunion with Rudeus.Vorlage:Ref

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Paul's first wife and Rudeus' mother. She also left her noble home, the Vorlage:Nihongo foot, due to its restrictive life style, and sought to become an adventurer with her skills in healing magic.Vorlage:Ref Paul saves her from people attempting to take advantage of her and she falls in love with him.Vorlage:Ref When Lillia becomes pregnant with Paul's child, Rudeus convinces her to forgive them. After the teleportation incident, she is teleported into a magic crystal. Though Rudeus saves her, Zenith remains listless and unresponsive to outside stimuli though there are moments where she could express her thoughts. It is later revealed she is in a dreamlike state, but is conscious of events around her and is enjoying her everyday life with Rudeus' children.Vorlage:Ref

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Originally Paul's classmate in a swordsman dojo. A crippling injure forces her to leave her position as a princess guard, and she becomes a maid to Paul and Zenith.Vorlage:Ref An accumulation of desire for Paul causes her to seduce him and becomes pregnant in the process. After working through the revelation with the family, she is taken in as Paul's second wife and becomes closer friends with Zenith. Rudeus' behavior as an infant scared her, though swears her loyalty to him after he helps to keep her in the family.Vorlage:Ref

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Zenith's daughter and Rudeus' younger sister. She was with Paul after the teleportation incident and loves him dearly.Vorlage:Ref When Rudeus fights Paul, she becomes fearful of him. She eventually overcomes her fear, growing close to Rudeus' wives, but remains distant towards Rudeus.Vorlage:Ref Norn talents are considered average, but her hard work allows her to exceed her peers.

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Lillia's daughter and Rudeus' younger half-sister. From her mother's teachings, Aisha takes it upon herself to manage Rudeus' housework. She is extremely talented and intelligent, but dedicates herself to housework instead of furthering her skills.

Ronoa Magic University

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A human Vorlage:Nihongo4, a person born with special abilities.Vorlage:Ref His ability grants him superhuman strength and endurance. Since his youth, he had a fondness for dolls, and beheaded people whose beauty were doll-like. He comes into possession of Rudeus' figurine and decides to become his figurine-making disciple.Vorlage:Ref Lacking the magic to create figurines, Zanoba buys a young female dwarf named Vorlage:Nihongo foot to forge his creations for him.Vorlage:Ref Later, Zanoba comes into possession of an automated doll and uses it as research. He and Rudeus form a powerful bond of friendship and mutual respect and he quickly becomes one of Rudeus' best friends and most trusted allies.

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An elf and Sylphiette's grandmother. She was teleported into a magic crystal 200 years ago and has no memories of her former life. Because of this, she was cursed and requires sex to disperese the magic built-up inside her. As a result, her children suffered and scorned her, causing her to distance herself from them. She was Paul's former comrade and enrolls in the university with Rudeus in order to prey on the males. Touched by Cliff's earnest confession, the two begin dating, eventually leading to marriage and a child.

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The grandson to the pope of Vorlage:Nihongo foot, a religion similar to Christianity.Vorlage:Ref He was raised in an orphanage for his safety, and is enrolled in the Magic University for the same reason. Cliff is considered a genius but is unfit for battle. He begins dating Elinalise and researches ways to contain her curse.

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The candidates to become the leader of their village. They are from the beast race with characteristics of a cat and dog respectively. Initially delinquents of the school, they are tamed by Rudeus and begin taking class seriously. After graduation, Rinia incurs a huge debt and is bought out of slavery by Rudeus.Vorlage:Ref Meanwhile, Pursena eats the village's emergency supplies and the village chef places her under Rudeus' servitude as a result.Vorlage:Ref

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One of the two teenagers Rudeus failed to save before his reincarnation.Vorlage:Ref She was transported to the new world and is found by Orsted. Due to the transportation, her body's time is frozen and she needs medication to dispease the magic buildup inside her. She begins researching magic circles in order to create a portal home. Like Rudeus, she is also immune to the effects of curses.

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A potential heir to the Asura kingdom. Her bodyguard includes Sylphiette and Vorlage:Nihongo foot, a playboy knight and Rudeus' cousin. Ariel is wise, charismatic, but vents her stress out through sadistic acts.Vorlage:Ref She and her bodyguards develop a strong friendship during their time together. Ariel intends to become the queen to honor the people who died for her. In the timelines where Ariel is queen, the Asura kingdom thrives while it perishes in other timelines.

Antagonists

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A mysterious entity which lives in a pocket dimension located in the center of the Earth.Vorlage:Ref He is able to appear in the dreams of humans, and has a magic aura that makes people trust him. He has precognitive abilities, allowing him to see the many futures that occur. Since the beginning, the Human-God attempts to earn Rudeus' trust in order to kill his family and avert a prophecy where Rudeus' descendants kill him for good.

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The instigator of the human demon war. Originally, he was the second Dragon God, but was split in two during a confrontation with the Fighting God.Vorlage:Ref His first half is the Demon God Laplace, known for his magic powers and hatred of humans, and his second half is the Technique God, who sided with the humans during the war. Laplace is prophesied to instigate another human demon war, eighty years in the future; his death is necessary to open the entrance to the Human-God's dimension.Vorlage:Ref

Other characters

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A kind man from the demon race known as supards.Vorlage:Ref They were manipulated and cursed by Laplace during war between humans and demons, and developed a stigma of being murderous monsters. Under manipulation, Ruijerd killed his son who was able to free him from Laplace's control. Following the death of his species, Ruijerd travels the world in order to dissolve the stigma against the supard race.Vorlage:Ref Ruijerd's hair is cursed, causing those around him to become fearful. His time with Rudeus encourages him to shave his hair.

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The demon empress known for her demon eyes powers and the ability to betow others with demon eyes. She is engaged to Vorlage:Nihongo foot, the demon lord of immortality. Badigadi has an older sister named Vorlage:Nihongo foot, a skilled swordsman who likes to conscript people into her demon army through the use of a magic contract.

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A member of the dragon tribe, humanoids with powerful abilities. He is considered the strongest of his kind, giving him the title of the hundredth Dragon God. Orsted is trapped in a time loop by his father, the first Dragon God, and needs to kill the Human-God to escape.Vorlage:Ref His father's magic allows him to distort the Human-God's precognitive abilities, see a person's destiny, but causes his magic powers to replenish at a slow rate. In addition, the Human-Gods curse causes all people to detest Orsted, except for Rudeus, due to his immunity to curses.

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One of the warriors who defeated Laplace during the war between humans and demons. He resides in a floating castle and has eleven familiar spirit with an angelic humanoid named Vorlage:Nihongo foot serving him. He awaits the day Laplace is reincarnated in order to kill him again.

Publication and conception

Rifujin na Magonote published his work on the online web novel website, Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Shortened to Syosetu); the first chapter was uploaded on November 22, 2012. In November 2013, the author announced his work was to released as a light novel under Media Factory's MF Books imprint; regardless, the author stated his intentions to continue publishing his chapters online. The illustrator for the light novel is a Pixiv user called SiroTaka. Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the light novels for publication in North America.

After publishing the first parts of his work, Rifujin wrote that he intended the series to last at least a hundred chapters. Due to criticism towards his work, Rifujin considered ending the series prematurely, but was inspired to continue when his work reached the first place on Syosetu's daily rankings. Originally, the story arc where Rudeus' reunites with Aisha was supposed to be completely different from the published work. The author intended to have Lilia die off-screen, and Aisha to be hiding under a different identity. However, he found Lilia's death to be anti-climatic, and decided against her death; as a result, he had to rewrite the story arc in order to have her survival and lack of contact make sense. Rifujin stated the story arc may be bizarre due to the changes, but expresses no regrets in his decision; he noted Lilia's survival made him reconsider Zenith's condition in the story.

Web novel volume list

No.	Title	Web novel release date
1	Vorlage:Nihongo	November 22 – December 2, 2012
A 34-year-old NEET is kicked out of his home following the death of his parents. He comes upon a speeding truck heading towards a group of teenagers, and manages to pull one of them out of the way before dying. He then awakens in a baby's body and realizes he has been reincarnated in a world of sword and sorcery. While initially indulging in his perversion, he resolves to become successful in his new life, discarding his past identity aside for his new life as Rudeus Greyrat. At the age of three, Rudeus teaches himself magic and begins training to increase his magic capacity. Discovering his talent in magic, his parents hire a girl named Roxy Migurdia to be a live-in teacher. During his two years with Roxy, Rudeus learns more about the world, and overcomes the trauma which made him a recluse. After Roxy's departure, Rudeus befriends a bullied girl named Sylphy, whom he mistakes for a boy; during their time together, Rudeus teaches her everything he knows, allowing her to become proficient with magic. Realizing the co-dependence between Rudeus and Sylphy is limiting their potential, Rudeus' father, Paul Greyrat, sends Rudeus to his relatives to enlighten him about the world.
2	Vorlage:Nihongo	December 9–16, 2012
Rudeus is bought into the Boreas branch of the Greyrat family, and becomes a tutor to Eris Boreas Greyrat, a haughty and violent girl. To become her tutor, Rudeus and the Boreas family arrange a fake kidnapping, which is turned into a real kidnapping when they are betrayed by a butler. Regardless, Rudeus wins her favor and becomes her tutor for mathematics, languages, and magic. Over the years, Rudeus bonds with the Boreas family, and teaches himself more about the world, learning several different languages on the side. On his tenth birthday, Eris and the Boreas family presents Rudeus with a magic staff. Shortly after, a magic beam hits the country, transporting people throughout the world. Roxy arrives to the city, and decides to join a search party led by Rudeus' father.
3	Vorlage:Nihongo	December 23, 2012 – January 13, 2013
Rudeus is able to pull Eris and himself to safety mid-teleportation and finds themselves on the magic continent, an area inhibited by demon citizens and powerful monsters. Cautiously heeding the words of a mysterious Human-God, Rudeus befriends Ruijerd Supardia who volunteers to escort them home. Passing through Roxy's hometown, they arrive to a city named Rikaris and sign up at an adventurer's guild to make money for the voyage. Coming upon group of pet kidnappers, Rudeus destroys their operation, and uses their rank to take higher level quests from the guild. Eventually, they are discovered and blackmailed, forcing them to leave town. Acknowledging his leadership was at fault, Rudeus changes the group dynamic in order to take Eris and Ruijerd's opinions into account.
4	Vorlage:Nihongo	January 14–24, 2013
The party arrives at a part that will take them to their next destination, the Milis continent. Following the advice of the Human-God, Rudeus enters an alleyway and encounters the Demon Empress Kishirika Kishirisu, who gives him the power of foresight as a reward. Due to the Milis' discrimination against the Supard race, Rudeus pays an organized crime group to smuggle Ruijerd. Once there, Rudeus and Ruijerd betrays the organization to save kidnapped children from the beast race. After freeing the Holy Beast, the beast race's deity, the beast race mistaken Rudeus to be part of the organization and is incarcerated. After clearing the misunderstanding, Rudeus, Ruijerd, and Eris spend a few months with the beast race as they wait for the seasonal rainstorm to pass. They then continue onwards and is accompanied by Gisu, Rudeus' cellmate who was imprisoned for gambling.
5	Vorlage:Nihongo	February 7–17, 2013
Arriving in Milis' capital, Milishion, the group and Gisu go their separate ways. Rudeus comes upon a kidnapping and intervenes, learning that the kidnapping is actually a rescue orchestrated by Paul's search group. Paul chastises Rudeus for failing to search for teleportation victims on the magic continent, who is taunted by Rudeus in return, causing the two to fight. Rudeus realizes that aside from Norn, the rest of his family are still missing. After some self-reflection, Rudeus and Paul reconcile before continuing on their journey. Arriving at West Port in order to travel to the Asura continent, Ruijerd's connection and Rudeus' aunt (Therese Latreia), allows them to board a ship despite the ban against the Supard race.
6	Vorlage:Nihongo	March 16–29, 2013
Arriving in Dragon King Kingdom, the Human-God advises Rudeus to travel to Shirone Kingdom to save Lilia and Aisha. There, Rudeus meets Pax, fourth prince of Shrione, who captured Lilia and Aisha to bait Rudeus and in turn, Roxy who he desires to court. Due to Pax's tyrannical rule, his soldiers rebel; at the same time Rudeus befriends the third Prince Zanoba, who helps free him from the prison. In the aftermath, Pax and Zanoba are sent out of the country, while Lilia and Aisha journey to reunite with Paul. Continuing on their journey, Rudeus and his companions meet the Dragon God Orsted, who attacks after hearing the Human-God's name. Utterly defeated, Rudeus is spared by Nanahoshi Shizuka, Orsted's companion. Continuing onwards, the party arrive at Eris' hometown. After saying their goodbyes to Ruijerd, Eris learns her entirely family is dead. In response, Eris asks Rudeus to become her family, and sleeps with him. She then leaves to train her sword skills, in order to become a worthy woman by his side. Instead, Rudeus believes his sexual performance was lacking, leaving him heartbroken. Elsewhere, Roxy becomes acquainted with Kishirika who reveals the location of Rudeus' mother.
7	Vorlage:Nihongo	April 16–22, 2013
Two years after Eris' departure, the psychological trauma left Rudeus impotent. Since then, Rudeus has been adventuring and spreading his name in order to search for his missing mother. Roxy's companion, Elinalise Dragonroad, relays Zenith's location to Rudeus, and how the others wish for him to live his life instead. On the advice of the Human-God, Rudeus and Elinalise enroll into Ronoa Magic University, to cure his erectile dysfunction. There, he becomes reacquainted with Zanoba and befriends Fitts.
8	Vorlage:Nihongo	April 23 – May 9, 2013
Growing impatient, Zanoba requests Rudeus to teach him how to create figurines; Zanoba's lack of magic and dexterity makes him a lost clause. Instead, they search the slave market, and purchase a young female dwarf whom they name Juliet and teach magic to. Rudeus soon learns that Rinia Dedorudia and Pursena Adorudia destroyed his precious Roxy figurine, and enacts vengeance against them. Later, Cliff Grimoire, requests Rudeus to introduce him to Elinalise. After an earnest proposal, the two begin dating and Cliff begins his research on curses in order to cure Elinalise's ailment. Next, the beast race's mating season starts and Rudeus is besieged with challengers who wish to wed Rinia or Pursena. Coincidentally, the demon lord Badigadi also challenges Rudeus to affirm Kirakishi's speculations. Rudeus win's Badigadi's conditions for victory, causing his fame to rise within the school. Afterwards, Rudeus becomes reacquainted with Nanahoshi who is a student under the name Silent Seven Stars. It is revealed Nanahoshi was one of the teenagers Rudeus failed to save before his death, and was transported to the current world with her original body. She requests Rudeus to power her magic circles in order to create a spell to return home.
9	Vorlage:Nihongo	June 8–18, 2013
Fitts' monologue reveals her identity to be Sylphiette, whose hair has turned white following the teleportation incident. Following the incident, she was teleported to Ariel Anemoi Asura's palace and saved her from a monster. With her home gone, Ariel has Sylphy become her bodyguard. Due to the political strife and assassination for the throne, Ariel and her companions were forced to flee; they enroll into Ronoa Magic University as a political farce and to have Ariel build up connections to claim the throne. In the present, Sylphy's timidness forces Ariel and her knight, Luke Notos Greyrat, to plot a way to have her seduce Rudeus. Eventually succeeding, Sylphy reveals her identity to him, and uses an aphrodisiac to cure his impotency. In Ariel's presence, Rudeus clears up any misunderstandings and declares his loyalty and marriage to Sylphy.
10	Vorlage:Nihongo	June 26 – July 2, 2013
Rudeus begins searching for a house for his marriage. With Zanoba and Cliff's support, Rudeus investigates a haunted machine and neutralizes an automated doll which killed the past inhabitants. Zanoba researches the doll and the creator's notes while Rudeus renovates his new home. Rudeus and Sylphy hold a wedding reception, where they learn Elinalise is Sylphy's great-grandmother.
11	Vorlage:Nihongo	July 28 – August 9, 2013
On Paul's behalf, Ruijerd escorts Norn and Aisha to Rudeus' home where they will be staying until Zenith is rescued. Aisha decides to become Rudeus' maid while Norn enrolls and dorms at Ronoa Magic University. However, being constantly compared to Rudeus and feeling completely alone, Norn secludes herself in her dorm. Rudeus sneaks into the dorms to see Norn, allowing her to sort out her negative feelings towards him. Months pass and Sylphy becomes pregnant. Shortly after, Rudeus receives a letter from Paul's group, requesting for his assistance. The Human-God tells Rudeus to stay home, but is convinced to leave when Norn attempts to sneak out and go on the journey herself.
12	Vorlage:Nihongo	August 30 – September 6, 2013
Learning that Rudeus will need two years for his journey, Nanahoshi informs him about a hidden area containing a teleportation circle, which would shorten his overall journey to six months. Together with Elinalise, they are teleported to the Bengaritto Continent where they traverse a desert of monsters and accompany a band of merchants. Arriving at their destination, they are reunited with Paul's group, and learn that Zenith is inside a legendary dungeon called the Teleport Labyrinth, and that Roxy is missing inside.
13	Vorlage:Nihongo	October 5–21, 2013
Rudeus had coincidentally brought a book with him about the Teleport Labyrinth, allowing the party to easily map and navigate the dungeon. After finding Roxy, they retreat, allowing her to recuperate before reentering the dungeon. The party proceeds to the final room and battles a Lernaean Hydra resulting in the loss of Paul's life and Rudeus' left hand. The party free Zenith from a magic crystal and discover she is in a dreamlike state. Rudeus mourns Paul's death and agonizes over the neglect he's shown his parents from the past life. In order to cheer him up, Roxy seduces him and the two start a relationship. Returning home, Rudeus gains Sylphy's permission to have Roxy as his second wife. Months later, Sylphy gives birth to Lucy Greyrat.
14	Vorlage:Nihongo	November 23 – December 4, 2013
Rudeus and friends life are highlighted and developed: Roxy becomes a teacher at the Ronoa Magic University; a fanclub is built around Norn; Rudeus learns lightning magic, achieves a threesome with his wives, and hosts a party to celebrate his sisters' birthdays and marriage to Roxy; Pursena defeats Rinia in a duel and returns home to become the village chef; and Nanahoshi makes progress in her experiments to create a teleportation circle home. As thanks, she invites Rudeus and his friends to meet Perugius Dola, a dragon tribe known for defeating Laplace.
15	Vorlage:Nihongo	January 6–17, 2014
Travelling to Perugius' floating castle, Nanahoshi becomes sick spurring Rudeus and his friends to search for Kirakishi who may know a cure to her ailment. They search leads them to a confrontation with the demon Atoferatofe Raibaku, and are eventually rescued by Perugius. With Nanahoshi cured, Rudeus returns home and is advised by the Human-God to check his basement. Rudeus is stopped by a future version of himself, revealing a mouse will leave the basement and inflict Roxy with a terminal disease. The future Rudeus explains that following Roxy's death, the Human-God kills everyone he cares about. Before dying, the future Rudeus gives his diary, and instructs his present self to do three things: consult with Nanahoshi, write an apology letter to Eris, and to doubt but not oppose the Human-God.
16	Vorlage:Nihongo	February 17–28, 2014
The Human-God confesses his plans, explaining how Orsted and Rudeus' descendants will cause his death; to appease him, Rudeus agrees to kill Orsted. Rudeus sends a letter to Eris, requesting her assistance, and develops a battle suit for the upcoming battle. As they battle, Orsted comes to understand Rudeus' predicament and offers to employ him. Rudeus accepts upon learning Orsted has knowledge on how to protect his family. Rudeus returns home with Eris, and takes her as his third wife after resolving their misunderstandings.
17	Vorlage:Nihongo	April 1–11, 2014
Orsted and Rudeus discuss information regarding the Human-God, the power of destiny, and employment conditions. Without much detail, Orsted tasks Rudeus to help Ariel become queen as that outcome will be unfavorable to the Human-God. In addition, Orsted provides Rudeus with a summoning circle in order to summon a familiar with a strong destiny, to protect his family from the Human-God's powers. Rudeus ends up summoning the beast race's deity, the Holy Beast, and nicknames it Leo. Meanwhile, Perugius will offer his assistance to Ariel campaign if she correctly answers his question about kingship. Rudeus guides Ariel to the correct answer, earning Perugius' favor, and they prepare for their journey to the Asura Kingdom.
18	Vorlage:Nihongo	May 22 – June 4, 2014
With Orsted's guidance, Rudeus comes into contact with an Asuran criminal network to smuggle them into the kingdom. In doing so, Ariel recruits one of the personnel to testify against a rival for the throne. After thinning out the assassins after Ariel, a banquet is held for the nobles of Asura. There, Ariel uses Perugius' to sway the nobles to her faction and to incriminate a rival minister. A powerful swordsman under the Human-God's urging crashes the banquet in order to help the minister escape; the two are thwarted, securing Ariel's position for the crown. In the aftermath, Sylphy resigns from being Ariel's knight, Orsted reveals he is in a perpetual time loop until the Human-God is killed, and Rudeus begins training again after reflecting on his earlier weakness.
19	Vorlage:Nihongo	July 3–13, 2014
Rudeus lives his daily life while completing missions for Orsted. Roxy gives birth to a girl named Lara Greyrat and Eris becomes pregnant. Rinia, who has become a slave following her failed career as a merchant, is freed from captivity by Eris. Rudeus pays off the slave owners and in turn, Rinia is forced to work off the debt. Instead, Rinia causes discord in the house, so Rudeus decides to put her and Aisha in charge of recruiting subordinates to help Orsted's cause. Aisha's management results in the formation of the Rodos company, an employment agency, yielding great profits. Rinia receives a letter from the beast race urging her seek the Holy Beast. Rudeus, Rinia, and Leo travel to the beast race's home and convinces the chief to let Leo stay with the Greyrat family. On the behest of Rinia, Pursena returns with them. Afterwards, Zanoba receives a letter from Pax, who has taken the Shirone throne by force, and has ordered for his return.
20	Vorlage:Nihongo	August 21 – September 2, 2014
Zanoba's recall deviates from future Rudeus' diary, leading them to believe it is a ploy by the Human-God. Since Pax's kingship will lead to the formation of a republic nation, Orsted orders Rudeus to ensure his survival. Rudeus and Roxy accompany Zanoba on his return where they are later stationed at a fort. After successfully warding off a foreign nation's invasion, the party learns that the castle has been cornered by rebels led by an exiled prince. Feeling betrayed by his people and lack of results, Pax commits suicide, fulfilling the Human-God's goal. With the annulment of the republic nation, Orsted will be unable to predict Laplace's birthplace and intervene in the latter's war campaign. In response, Rudeus decides to prepare an army to confront Laplace eighty years in the future.
20.5	Vorlage:Nihongo	October 16–21, 2014
The events of two years are highlighted in the volume. Rudeus uses the Rodos company and his figurine production to spread the news about the upcoming war with Laplace. Cliff and Rudeus graduate from the university. Norn and Aisha have a party to celebrate their coming of age. Cliff decides to return to Milishion in order to take a position of power within the Milis religion. Rudeus also receives a letter from Zenith's mother, demanding they travel to Milis. Together, Rudeus, Aisha, Zenith, and Cliff arrive within the city walls.
21	Vorlage:Nihongo	November 7–22, 2014
Zenith's mother, Claire Lateria, wishes to wed her off to another man; Rudeus protests and cuts off all ties with the Lateria family. The Milis religion is divided into two factions; one accepts demons and the other persecutes them and are led by the pope and cardinal respectively. Rudeus appeals to the pope in order to build a Rodos company branch there. Claire manages to take Zenith into custody by using Gisu and denies her plan. Contacting his aunt Theresa, a peaceful resolution is almost reached until the cardinal orders his knights to cripple Rudeus. Rudeus is forced to rebel and kidnaps the cardinal's religious figure, the mind reading miko, to ensure his family's safety. The religious politics forces Claire to Zenith to reveal themselves, and the miko reveals Claire's intentions were well meaning towards Rudeus and Zenith; Claire hoped the rumors about Elinalise's adventures would cure Zenith but is disproved. After reconciliation, the miko reveals Zenith is conscious and is living a happy life with her grandchildren. Gisu reveals himself as Human-God's follower who manipulated the events of the volume, and intends to build an army to kill Rudeus.
22	Vorlage:Nihongo	January 5–15, 2015
Rudeus travels around the world to make peace with powerful people to dissuade them from joining Gisu's campaign; he ends up winning the favors of the swordsman known as the Death God, the Dragon King's Kingdom, and the leaders of the magic continent. Sylphy gives birth to a son with green hair, leading to unease until it was confirmed he is not Laplace's incarnate. Nanahoshi has completed her invention of a magic circle to go home but an unknown problem causes it to fail. She deduces she and Rudeus are the results of a time paradox in the future, which prevents her from returning home; she then enters stasis to close the time loop. Rudeus locates Kishirika who gives him the power of clairvoyance and reveals Gisu is in the Bihaeril kingdom.
23	Vorlage:Nihongo	March 1–15, 2015
Rudeus and his allies travel to the Bihaeril kingdom and find Ruijerd and the supard survivors. Through a series of events by the Human-God, the supard village is stricken with a plague and is to be invaded by an army. After curing the disease, Rudeus and his allies overcome the invading army and earn the kingdom's cooperation. Gisu equips Badigadi with a legendary armor which is passed onto the North God Swordsman, Alexander Kallman, following his defeat. Orsted overwhelms Alexander and forces him to be his subordinate. With all matters settled, Rudeus returns home to his family.
24	Vorlage:Nihongo	April 3, 2015
The lives of the characters are highlighted during the time Rudeus is 34 and on his deathbed at 74. The story shifts years into the future and follows Reira, a girl with the power to control time and is trapped in a perpetual time loop. She is used to summon Nanahoshi's friend, Akito Shinohara, and falls in love with him. Akito's death causes Reira to travel to the past where she bargains with an unknown entity, revealing her to be the cause of Rudeus' reincarnation, Nanahoshi's summoning and the teleportation incident. Rudeus' action creates a new future for Reira as she starts her time loop once again.

Light novel volume list

No.	Content	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN	English release date		English ISBN
				Digital	Physical
1	Web Novel 1		Vorlage:ISBNT			Vorlage:ISBNT
2	Web Novel 2		Vorlage:ISBNT			Vorlage:ISBNT
3	Web Novel 3		Vorlage:ISBNT			Vorlage:ISBNT
4	Web Novel 4		Vorlage:ISBNT			Vorlage:ISBNT
5	Web Novel 5		Vorlage:ISBNT			Vorlage:ISBNT
6	Web Novel 6		Vorlage:ISBNT			Vorlage:ISBNT
7	Original Story between Web novel 6 and 7		Vorlage:ISBNT			Vorlage:ISBNT
8	Web Novel 7 and part of 8		Vorlage:ISBNT			Vorlage:ISBNT
9	Web Novel 8 and part of 9		Vorlage:ISBNT	N. N.		Vorlage:ISBNT
10	Web Novel 10		Vorlage:ISBNT	N. N.		Vorlage:ISBNT
11	Web Novel 11 and part of 12		Vorlage:ISBNT	N. N.		Vorlage:ISBNT
12	Web Novel 12 and part of 13		Vorlage:ISBNT
13	Web Novel 13 and 14		Vorlage:ISBNT
14	Web Novel 15		Vorlage:ISBNT
15	Web Novel 16		Vorlage:ISBNT
16	Web Novel 17		Vorlage:ISBNT
17	Web Novel 18		Vorlage:ISBNT
18	Web Novel 19		Vorlage:ISBNT
19	End of Web Novel 19 and part of 20		Vorlage:ISBNT
20			Vorlage:ISBNT
21			Vorlage:ISBNT
22			Vorlage:ISBNT
23			Vorlage:ISBNT

Manga adaptation

In the May 2014 issue of Monthly Comic Flapper, it was announced that the manga adaptation of Mushoku Tensei by Yuka Fujikawa would premiere in the June issue; though Yuka is the author of the manga series, character designs are credited to SiroTaka. Media Works collected the individual chapters into tankōbon volumes; the first volume was released in October 2014. In January 2015, Seven Seas Entertainment announced its licensing of the manga series for localization in North America under the title Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation.

Anime adaptation

On March 15, 2019, the official website of MF Books announced that an anime adaptation project of Mushoku Tensei would be produced. The anime was later announced on October 18, 2019 to be a television series, which will be directed by Manabu Okamoto and animated by Studio Bind, with Kazutaka Sugiyama designing the characters, and Yoshiaki Fujisawa composing the music. Egg Firm is credited for production. The series was originally scheduled to premiere in 2020, but the premiere was delayed to 2021.

Reception

On Syosetu's rankings, the web novel made cumulative appearances as the most popular work on the website. The light novels have appeared on Oricon's charts and have also ranked on T-site's novel popularity polls.

Notes and references

• Vorlage:Note represents the web novel of the series in the format of X.Y, where X represents the volume and Y represents the chapter number. P stands for the prologue chapter which is not numbered.
• Vorlage:Note represents a special chapter added in the light novel volumes. The number beside the note denotes the volume number.

Japanese

References

External links

• Official web novel website Vorlage:In lang
• Official light novel website Vorlage:In lang
• Official manga website Vorlage:In lang
• Official anime website Vorlage:In lang
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