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is a Japanese
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series written by Doufu Mayoi. It began publication online on the
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novel posting website in October 2014. Overlap began publishing the series with illustrations by Kurogin under their Overlap Bunko imprint in June 2016. A
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adaptation with illustrations by Gin Ammo began serialization in Overlap's ''Comic Gardo'' website in January 2018. An
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television series adaptation produced by
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aired from July to September 2022.


Plot

Waking up in a strange new place with no memory of his past life, Kelvin learns that he's bartered away those very memories in exchange for powerful new abilities during his recent transmigration. Heading out into a whole new world as a Summoner—with his first Follower being the very goddess who brought him over. Kelvin begins his new life as an adventurer, and it isn't long before he discovers his hidden disposition as a battle junkie. From the Black Knight of the Ancient Castle of Evil Spirits to the demon within the Hidden Cave of the Sage, he revels in the fight against one foe after another.


Characters

; : : The main protagonist who is a reincarnated Summoner, the only S-rank summoner in the world. He bartered away his memories of his previous life to gain useful abilities; though only memory of himself, akin to
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. His current contracted servants are Clotho, Gerard, Melfina, and Sera. A natural chick magnet, Kelvin is in
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s with Melfina, Efil, Sera and Ange. ; : : Originally a slave, she is a Half-Elf, bought by Kelvin and trained to be a formidable Archer. She had a curse to set anybody she touches on fire, until Kelvin came and broke it. She is domineering whenever a pretty woman hits on Kelvin. She is the perfect
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, even though they have maids; Efil is an excellent cook and seamstress. ; : : The Goddess of Reincarnation, she is the one responsible for giving Kelvin his powers in exchange for his memories. As she is a goddess, she has a very high level, over 100. She is so strong that Kelvin himself, an S-rank summoner, could not summon her when he entered the world. Her true form was hidden, appearing as an interactive game menu until creating an artificial body for herself which Kelvin can summon. In her artificial body, she is shown to look like an
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, with wings and a white dress. She is a glutton, who even sleep talks about food. ; : : Clotho is a contracted Slime used by Kelvin. He is the first monster contracted by Kelvin, and is immediately put to use by him to kill another slime. He has since evolved into a Slime Gluttonia, a monster almost as strong as Demon Lords. ; : : He is a Blackghost Knight, bound to earth by the pain and anger of losing his wife and kids. He is Kelvin's second contracted monster. As of episode 5, he has evolved into an Abyssal Knight Commander. He sees and addresses Kelvin as " isKing". But they work together as equals during quests. ; : : She is the daughter of the former Demon King Gustav, who was sealed away for her safety. She was taught to become an Arcane Pugilist and became Kelvin's third contracted servant. Despite her age, Sera is like a big child, since the world is all so new to her. ; : : Receptionist of the Adventurer's Guild in Parth. She is secretly an assassin meant to keep an eye on Kelvin as oversight from the Reincarnation process, though she ends up in love with him as well. This is the more awkward of Kelvin's romances as Ange does not know how to express love normally; all she knows is her fake persona and how to kill. ; : : A reincarnated Hero summoned by Kelvin, who he adopts as his sister; she previously died young from illness. Kelvin is secretly grooming her as a Hero, but lets Rion enjoy her life as she wishes. Rion loves fantasy stories, which is why she adapts to the new world easily. Her adventuring partner is a wolf named Alex, whom Kelvin tamed for her. Rion feels no shame in exposing skin, from her revealing adventurer gear to simply being naked out of the bath; Alex has to act as a
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Media


Light novels

Written by Doufu Mayoi, the series was published online on
Shōsetsuka ni Narō is a Japanese novel self-publishing website created by . It was launched on April 2, 2004. Users can upload their novels free of charge and the novels are also free to read. As of December 2022, the site hosts close to 1,000,000 novels, has over ...
from October 6, 2014 to July 1, 2024. The series was later acquired by Overlap, who began publishing the series with illustrations by Kurogin (and DaiXt as of volume 7) under their Overlap Bunko imprint on June 25, 2016. As of December 2024, twenty-one volumes have been released. In July 2020,
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announced they licensed the series for English publication. In August 2023,
Yen Press Yen Press is an American manga, graphic novel and light novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. It published '' Yen Plus'', a monthly comic anthology, between 2008 and 2013. In addition to translated material, ...
announced that they would release print versions of the light novel.


Volumes


Manga

A
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adaptation, illustrated by Gin Ammo, began serialization in ''Comic Gardo'' on January 11, 2018. As of February 2025, the individual chapters have been collected into twenty-one ''
tankōbon A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...
'' volumes. J-Novel Club is also publishing the manga in English. During their panel at
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2023, Yen Press announced that they would start publishing the volumes in print in March 2024.


Volumes


Anime

An
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television series adaptation was announced on February 17, 2022. It is produced by
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and directed and scripted by
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, with Miwa Oshima designing the characters and Michiru and Yuria Miyazono composing the music. It aired from July 9 to September 24, 2022, on
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. The opening theme song is by RetBear (unknown Vo:10fu), while the ending theme song is "Wherever" by
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.
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has licensed the series, and has begun streaming an English dub starting on July 23, 2022. It also released the series on Blu-ray in August 2023.
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has licensed the series in Asian region and streaming on their YouTube channel Ani-One Asia.


Episodes


Reception

As of May 2021, the series has over one million copies in circulation.


Notes


References


External links

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