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==Plot==
==Plot==
{{See also|List of Mushoku Tensei characters}}
{{See also|List of Mushoku Tensei characters}}
Shortly after failing to attend his parents' funeral, an unnamed 34-year-old Japanese [[NEET]] is evicted from his home. After some self-reflection, he concludes that his life is ultimately pointless. Still, he intercepts a speeding truck heading towards a group of teenagers in an attempt to do something noteworthy for the first time in his life. He pulls one of them out of harm's way just before he dies. He awakens in the body of a baby and discovers he has been reincarnated in a world of [[sword and sorcery]]. He resolves to succeed in his new life, abandoning his previous identity in place of [[Rudeus Greyrat]]. Rudeus develops a strong affinity for magic due to his aptitude and early training. He becomes a student of demon magician Roxy Migurdia during his youth, a friend of demihuman Sylphiette, and a teacher of magic to noble heiress Eris Boreas Greyrat. The story chronicles his new life's highlights as he attempts to overcome the failures of his previous one.
An unnamed 34-year-old Japanese [[NEET]] is evicted from his home following his parents' death and skipping the funeral. Upon some self-introspection, he concluded his life was ultimately pointless but still 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 his being reincarnated in a world of [[sword and sorcery]] and resolves to become successful in his new life, discarding his past identity for his new life as Rudeus Greyrat. Due to inherited affinity and early training, Rudeus becomes highly skilled at magic. During his childhood, he becomes a student of demon magician Roxy Migurdia, a friend to demihuman Sylphiette, and a magic teacher to noble heiress Eris Boreas Greyrat.

As Rudeus finally feels like he has found his place in the world, a major magical catastrophe destroys his nation, teleporting and stranding hundreds of thousands of people far from home - some into dangerous places or situations, resulting in their deaths due to murder, war, execution, monster attack, or exposure to the elements. Stranded practically on the other side of the world in a foreign land, Rudeus resolves to escort Eris home with aid by a befriended strong warrior named Ruijerd Supardia. During his thousands-of-miles-long journey, Rudeus is contacted by a mysterious being, the Human-God, who gives him questionable advice for an unknown agenda. After three years of struggle - including being defeated by a mighty world-class warrior named Orsted - Rudeus successfully escorts Eris home to the remains of his shattered homeland. Unfortunately, political events and a personal misunderstanding with Eris ultimately leave Rudeus heartbroken.

Two years later, the incident with Eris has made Rudeus impotent, so he enrolls in Ronoa Magic University under the Human-God's advice. He is reunited with Sylphiette, who heals his impotence, and the two are wedded shortly after. Rudeus rejoins his father's quest to save his mother, ignoring the Human-God's advice, reuniting and developing a romantic relationship with Roxy during the adventure and taking her as his second wife. He is then visited by a dying future version of himself, warning him that the Human-God will cause the deaths of everyone he cares about. To appease the Human-God, Rudeus attempts to kill Orsted, one of Human-God's enemies. However, Rudeus offers his allegiance to Orsted in exchange for his family's protection instead. Shortly after, Rudeus takes Eris as his third wife, following a reconciliation for the misunderstanding.

The series continues episodically with a series of [[story arc]]s based around Rudeus' work with Orsted to ensure the Human-God's precise demise, as well as his daily life and growing family. Finally, after a large-scale attack on Rudeus' life fails, the Human God gives up on his plans against him, opting to scheme against Rudeus's descendants instead. In the end, Rudeus lives the rest of his life peacefully before his natural death at the age of 74.


==Production==
==Production==

Revision as of 04:53, 1 September 2022

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Japanese: 無職転生 〜異世界行ったら本気だす〜, Hepburn: Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu, lit. "Jobless Reincarnation: I Will Seriously Try If I Go to Another World") is a Japanese light novel series by Rifujin na Magonote[a] and illustrated by Shirotaka. The series is about a jobless and hopeless man who dies after having a sad and withdrawn life and reincarnates in a fantasy world while keeping his memories, determined to enjoy his new life without regrets under the name Rudeus Greyrat. Originally published on the internet web novel website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in November 2012, a year later it was announced the series would receive a print release under Media Factory's MF Books imprint with illustrations done by a Pixiv user called Shirotaka.[b]

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 aired from January to December 2021. A second season is set to premiere in 2023.

As of February 2022, over 10 million copies of the light novels have been sold worldwide. The anime adaptation received overwhelmingly positive responses from both critics and audiences and is considered one of the best anime of 2021.

Plot

See also: List of Mushoku Tensei characters

An unnamed 34-year-old Japanese NEET is evicted from his home following his parents' death and skipping the funeral. Upon some self-introspection, he concluded his life was ultimately pointless but still 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 his being reincarnated in a world of sword and sorcery and resolves to become successful in his new life, discarding his past identity for his new life as Rudeus Greyrat. Due to inherited affinity and early training, Rudeus becomes highly skilled at magic. During his childhood, he becomes a student of demon magician Roxy Migurdia, a friend to demihuman Sylphiette, and a magic teacher to noble heiress Eris Boreas Greyrat.

As Rudeus finally feels like he has found his place in the world, a major magical catastrophe destroys his nation, teleporting and stranding hundreds of thousands of people far from home - some into dangerous places or situations, resulting in their deaths due to murder, war, execution, monster attack, or exposure to the elements. Stranded practically on the other side of the world in a foreign land, Rudeus resolves to escort Eris home with aid by a befriended strong warrior named Ruijerd Supardia. During his thousands-of-miles-long journey, Rudeus is contacted by a mysterious being, the Human-God, who gives him questionable advice for an unknown agenda. After three years of struggle - including being defeated by a mighty world-class warrior named Orsted - Rudeus successfully escorts Eris home to the remains of his shattered homeland. Unfortunately, political events and a personal misunderstanding with Eris ultimately leave Rudeus heartbroken.

Two years later, the incident with Eris has made Rudeus impotent, so he enrolls in Ronoa Magic University under the Human-God's advice. He is reunited with Sylphiette, who heals his impotence, and the two are wedded shortly after. Rudeus rejoins his father's quest to save his mother, ignoring the Human-God's advice, reuniting and developing a romantic relationship with Roxy during the adventure and taking her as his second wife. He is then visited by a dying future version of himself, warning him that the Human-God will cause the deaths of everyone he cares about. To appease the Human-God, Rudeus attempts to kill Orsted, one of Human-God's enemies. However, Rudeus offers his allegiance to Orsted in exchange for his family's protection instead. Shortly after, Rudeus takes Eris as his third wife, following a reconciliation for the misunderstanding.

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

Production

Rifujin na Magonote commented that he created Rudeus aware of his controversial personality. He intended Rudeus' actions would be more meaningful in the process. He had no issue criticizing Rudeus at an early stage and left it to the audience to judge him. Magnote wanted the audience to pay attention to a specific side of his character and be able to relate to him.[3] Earlier, he said that I felt a big response in episodes 6 to 7 of the web version of the novels, but that was just when Roxy took Rudeus out. Thanks to her, Rudeus overcomes the trauma. Such a story gave a warm impression to his readers and made him think, "Let's grow in this direction."[4]

After publishing the first parts of his work, Rifujin wrote that he intended the series to last at least a hundred chapters.[5] 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.[5][6] Originally, the story arc where Rudeus' reunites with Aisha was supposed to be completely different from the published work.[7] The author intended to have Lilia die off-screen, and Aisha to be hiding under a different identity. However, he found Lilia's death anticlimactic and decided against it; thus, he had to rewrite the story arc to make sense of her survival and lack of contact. Rifujin stated the story arc might 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.[7]

Media

Web novel and light novel

See also: List of Mushoku Tensei volumes § Web novel, and List of Mushoku Tensei volumes § Light novel

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.[8] In November 2013, the author announced his work was to be released as a light novel under Media Factory's MF Books imprint; regardless, the author stated his intentions to continue publishing his chapters online.[9] The illustrator for the light novel is a Pixiv user called SiroTaka.[10] Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the light novels for publication in North America.[11] They made localization changes in their translations of the light novels, such as toning down Rudeus' perverted behavior and removing references to rape. They later decided to "re-evaluate" their localization decisions.[12]

Rifujin intends to create a sequel to the web novel series based in the Six-Sided Universe. On January 15, 2021, the author stated that he plans to finish the Orc Eroica web novel first. He also suffers from health problems and plans to heal before starting the new work.[13]

Manga

See also: List of Mushoku Tensei volumes § Manga

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;[14][15] though Yuka is the author of the manga series, character designs are credited to SiroTaka.[16] Media Works collected the individual chapters into tankōbon volumes; the first volume was released in October 2014.[16] 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.[17]

A second manga series illustrated by Kazusa Yoneda, titled Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu - Shitsui no Majutsushi-hen (無職転生 ～異世界行ったら本気だす～ 失意の魔術師編) began serialization on NTT Solmare's Comic Cmoa website on December 20, 2021. It adapts the light novel's seventh volume.[18]

Spin-offs

A spin-off manga illustrated by Shoko Iwami, titled Mushoku Tensei: Roxy Gets Serious (無職転生 ～ロキシーだって本気です～, Mushoku Tensei: Rokishī Datte Honki Desu), began serialization online in Kadokawa Shoten's ComicWalker website on December 21, 2017.[19] As of December 23, 2021, nine tankōbon volumes have been published.[20] Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga in September 2019 for print and digital release.[21]

A second spin-off manga illustrated by Kaede Nogiwa, titled Mushoku Tensei: 4-koma ni Natte mo Honki Dasu (無職転生 ～4コマになっても本気だす～), was serialized in ASCII Media Works' Comic Dengeki Daioh "g" magazine from October 25, 2018,[22] to August 27, 2020.[23] Three tankōbon volumes were published from October 26, 2019,[24] to December 26, 2020.[25]

A third spin-off manga illustrated by Take Higake, titled Mushoku Tensei: Eris wa Honki de Kiba o Togu (無職転生～エリスは本気で牙を砥ぐ～), began serialization online on Square Enix's Gangan Online service on March 15, 2022.[26]

Anime

See also: List of Mushoku Tensei episodes

On March 15, 2019, the official website of MF Books announced that an anime adaptation of Mushoku Tensei would be produced.[27] The anime was later announced on October 18, 2019, to be a television series, which is 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.[28] The series was originally scheduled to premiere in 2020,[29] but it was delayed until January 2021.[30] The first half aired from January 11 to March 22, 2021 on Tokyo MX, KBS, BS11, and SUN.[31][c]

At the conclusion of the first half of the series on March 22, 2021, a second half was announced.[32] The second half was originally set to premiere in July 2021, but was delayed to October 2021, due to "various circumstances."[33] The second half aired from October 4 to December 20, 2021.[34][d] An unaired episode was bundled with the anime's fourth Blu-ray Disc volume, which was released on March 16, 2022.[35]

The first opening theme song is "The Traveler's Song" (旅人の唄, Tabibito no Uta). The second opening theme song is "The Awakening Song" (目覚めの唄, Mezame no Uta). The third opening theme song is "The Inheritance Song" (継承の唄, Keishō no Uta). The fourth opening theme song is "The Prayer Song" (祈りの唄, Inori no Uta). The fifth opening theme song is "A Distant Child Guard Song" (遠くの子守の唄, Tōku no Komori no Uta). The first ending theme song is "Only" (オンリー, Onrī). The second ending theme song is "The Way to Go With the Wind" (風と行く道, Kaze to Iku Michi). All of the openings and endings were performed by Yuiko Ōhara.[36]

Funimation licensed the series and streamed it on its website in North America, Mexico, Brazil and the British Isles, in Europe through Wakanim, and in Australia and New Zealand through AnimeLab.[37] On February 13, 2021, Funimation announced the series would be receiving an English dub, with the first episode premiering the next day.[38] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.[39] Muse Communication has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and South Asia and streamed it on their Muse Asia YouTube channel, and on iQIYI, Bilibili and Netflix in Southeast Asia.[40]

On March 6, 2022, it was announced that a second season has been green-lit.[41] It is set to premiere in 2023.[42]

Video game

A smartphone game developed by Aiming Co., Ltd. titled Mushoku Tensei: Game ni Natte mo Honki Dasu (無職転生 ～ゲームになっても本気だす～, lit. "Mushoku Tensei - I'll Seriously Try Even If It's Made Into a Game") was released on March 27, 2021.[43][44]

Audio drama

An audio drama adaptation, titled Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu - Ten'i Meikyū-hen (無職転生 ～異世界行ったら本気だす～ 転移迷宮編), was released by Frontier Works on April 26, 2017.[45]

Reception

Web and light novel

On Syosetu's rankings, the web novel made cumulative appearances as the most popular work on the website.[46] The light novels have appeared on Oricon's charts and have also ranked on T-site's novel popularity polls.[47][48][49][50] By August 2021, the light novels reached 8.5 million copies in circulation.[51] As of February 2022, the light novel series has over 10 million copies in circulation.[52]

However, the main character Rudeus has been criticized for being overtly perverted.[53] Real Sound was concerned about how the narrative portrays Rudeus' previous life as it appears to focus highly on retired school students and issues they had at school comparing it to the famous isekai Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World. Nevertheless, Rudeus dedicates his new life to focusing on surpassing his flaws was noted to turn him into a more sympathetic main character.[54] Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World novelist Tappei Nagatsuki said that one of the strongest points of Mushoku Tensei was the handling of Rudeus who is noted to suffer in a similar fashion to the main character from the visual novel Clannad.[55]

Anime

The anime adaptation received overwhelmingly positive responses from both critics and audiences and is considered one of the best anime of 2021.[56][57]

It also received numerous accolades from the anime, including three wins (Favorite Fantasy and Favorite Supporting Female Character for Ghislaine Dedoldia ) over seven nominations, including the New Anime of the Season at Winter 2021 (2nd Place for General Rankings) for Winter 2021 and two wins (Favorite Action or Adventure and Favorite Supporting Male Character for Ruijerd Superdia) over sixteen nominations including runner-up for Fall 2021 at the 8th Anime Trending Awards,[58] making it the most nominations at two seasons in a single year. Ruijerd Superdia is the second character from Mushoku Tensei to win a seasonal best-supporting character award after Ghislaine Dedoldia, who also won as best supporting female character for the previous season.[59][60]

Controversy

On February 8, 2021, before the premiere of the fifth episode, the series was suspended from the Chinese streaming network Bilibili due to controversial content described as "immorality" by some critics, most prominently a streamer named LexBurner, who called the anime "for bottom-feeders in the social hierarchy," which led viewers to leave low reviews for the anime on the streaming site. This also led to LexBurner, one of Bilibili's top streamers, being banned from the site.[61][62] Later, author Rifujin na Magonote commented on LexBurner's actions as follows: "His words are only his personal opinion, and he is free to hold whatever views he likes. Although I am displeased at how he has insulted other viewers, anime is not just made for successful people, so I hope that those who can enjoy it will enjoy it." He further commented: "If that is the kind of online presence he is, that's just the way it is sometimes. Even in Japan, there are plenty of people like him, although they might not have his influence. As far as I am concerned, instead of engaging with him, I think it is more important to ignore him and grow your own communities. Thank you!"[62]

The series has also received user criticism in China for containing perceived misogynistic comments and content.[63]

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ Japanese: 理不尽な孫の手, Hepburn: Rifujin na Magonote, lit. "Unreasonable Backscratcher"
  2. ^ シロタカ, Shiro Taka, "White Hawk"
  3. ^ Tokyo MX lists the series premiere at 24:00 on January 10, 2021, which is effectively 12:00 a.m. JST on January 11.
  4. ^ Tokyo MX lists the second half premiere at 24:00 on October 3, 2021, which is effectively 12:00 a.m. JST on October 4.

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