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8 WN Volumes - 179 WN Chapters (Completed)
335 WN After Story Chapters (Ongoing)
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Seventeen-year-old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world!

They’re treated like heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction.

But what should have been any otaku’s wet dream quickly turns into Hajime’s nightmare? While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime’s job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill. Ridiculed and bullied by his classmates for being weak, he soon finds himself in despair.

Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith’s level of strength?

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From Common Job Class to the Strongest in the World
ありふれた職業で世界最強
平凡职业成就世界最强
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Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (LN) (Light Novel)
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Life is a shit game
Life is a shit game rated it
December 24, 2015
Status: --
Very enjoyable.

MC is not a goody-2-shoes, not cold hearted, not arrogant bastard who does whatever he wants.

A mix of fantasy, battle and slice of life.

Story quite dark at the beginning then brighten up and a bit loose later, intense at times and easy-going after.

Author writing is at quite a normal level, a little below light novel standard (this is the wn version) but that's why it's easy to digest.
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Miss Ruby
Miss Ruby rated it
December 6, 2015
Status: --
I don’t really have much to say. I recommend volume 1 to everybody. I liked the book till the rabbit girl appeared, Shia I think? It is quite interesting up till there. Blackraven2k15 said everything else i’d want to say.
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charioles
charioles rated it
September 26, 2015
Status: --
MC started being weak, talentless, timid, but not s*upid. Then in near-death situation he gets power up, but not from dumb luck or fate, MC actually gone through hardship to attain that power. With MC now a dark vengeance-seeking badass muthaf*cka, the adventures become really great. It will get a little on the harem-side but the author does a pretty good job to make it approveable as MC is only focused on 1 girl.

There are many evil scheming villains in the story but MC is not the type to fall... more>> to any scheme which is reassuring to most readers that hate dumb naive MC.

only 4stars because later on after 100 chaps, some of the story feels like too dragged. <<less
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Coffee7734
Coffee7734 rated it
April 30, 2024
Status: Completed
There are some pretty extreme reviews on this series, but in all honesty, I loved this series. My only major problem was including a harem, although he doesn't love the rest to the same degree of the Main heroine, I thought he wouldn't add more, but even then they made some of it make since, I sincerely enjoyed this series especially the beginning and the ending arcs, I hope this helps someone, I made this acct just to say my piece thanks yall!
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scisista
scisista rated it
July 24, 2022
Status: c402
First of all, I actually agree with everyone else about this novel. Like, the first volume seems pretty good!... until when the author decided to mix in his delusions (he actually admitted to this, by the way!) with the novel. The only reason why I decided to read until c402, is because of 2 reasons:

  1. The loli vampire is inspired by Yukari Yakumo (from Touhou Project, and if you know Bad Apple, you should also know 2hu.) (Note that Yukari Yakumo is not a loli, by the way (although some fanworks do portray her as a loli, because ZUN (Touhou Project creator) is just generally okay with people using his works and create a new spin on his concepts.) Same goes for that bunny girl, she's based on Reisen Udongein Inaba (also not a loli, you can just search it up on the Touhou Wiki and see for yourselves), and because I really love Touhou, I decided to stick around with the story. Heck, the only reason for the fact that I'm stuck at c402, is because I was waiting for new chapters to come in, lol.
  2. The author is honest. He did not deny the fact that he mixed in his delusions with his work, just read the afterword. Or, if you're lazy, just read this quoted text: "I’m investing all my experience point to delusion power and work hard, so please take care of this work from here on too." [from Afterword of Afterword chapter, you can read it from bakape*vert.]
I also do find the side characters pretty interesting though. For example, that "Abyss Lord" or "Kousuke Endou"-something guy? has a good story arc (can't really remember his name, it's been a whole damn year ever since the last time I read this, after all).

Overall, 4.5/5 for first volume, 1 (or 2/3, depending on the content of the volume)... more>> /5 for every single volume afterwards, and maybe 3.5/5 for the Epilogue stories? (4/5 for the Abyss Lord arc though.) Just... go read anything else besides this, but if you're either bored, or want to see weird, overpowered shite, then.. go ahead, I suppose? <<less
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re-red0
re-red0
May 31, 2022
Status: c430
3.8/5 : Okay, this might not be a never been done before masterpiece of a literary work BUT It's entertaining asf. To get straight to he point:

The Harem is healthy and not toxic.

The MC's violence was pretty enjoyable

... more>> The girls were pretty cliche and I felt like they should have just stayed with the original girls for the harem. There were just too many girls added in the side stories.

You shouldn't expect much from the story but it did make me tear up at the very end of the main story.

If you want an OP MC then here he is and look no more

And that's it <<less
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Flapcat
Flapcat rated it
December 15, 2021
Status: c410
Having read the entire main story, and lots of after story, I can say that while there are definitely dark portions the overall story is positive, and often very funny. Yes, the first book is the darkest. The MC has his mind break to the point all he can think about is surviving to go home. The rest of the books are him recovering his mind/personality as he works to return home. A lot of people seem disappointed that the MC doesn't stay as a cold, mu*dering psychopath, but I... more>> really like that his character grows and changes due to the people around him. It seems way more natural to me, especially since there are people that knew him before and care about him. And the MC isn't the only one who grows and changes. It's true for almost all the characters. That's why I love this series so much. Overall, it's about people surviving horrible experiences, and overcoming their negative emotions, but with plenty of humor thrown in so it never gets too heavy. That doesn't mean that it becomes the kind of sugary story where it's all sunshine and rainbows though. The MC grows, but he himself acknowledges that he is still missing important parts and that they will never come back. Important characters die and stay dead. Dark emotions aren't magically gone, but the characters acknowledge them and work to get past them. It makes it more relatable, and more enjoyable. (At least for me)

And the after stories are a lot of fun. There are definitely some that are better than others, but they are worth reading to see what happens after returning to Earth. Some are more serious, but many of them are hilarious enough that I reread them when I need something funny. <<less
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romermib
romermib rated it
October 2, 2021
Status: v 4
it's a bit biased review.

it was nice at first 2 volumes atleast but I got annoyed by the "I'm not gonna save her just because she's a girl" moments

as far as I read, the only male character in the story in the "good " side is the MC and all males are either gay, an a*shole or dead. Made me irritated about how self centered the author is.

another thing that I don't like, and mostly on other japanese novel is the loli vampire. She's a vampire and why the f*ck... more>> should it be a loli? Not only that but a loli vampire dog. As she said it herself she'll do and agree on whatever the MC will say. What a simp. <<less
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Jake1230929
Jake1230929 rated it
September 19, 2021
Status: c417
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Absolute loved this novel if you don't like harem then this isn't for you of course Hajime out right states he only loves yue and doesn't want any other relationship with any one besides her he rejects every girl until the end. The comedy is amazing I laughed so hard on the jokes. The other thing I see people talking about is why Hajime became and Edgelord or some sh*t if you suffered what he went through would you mind not change like his did, other people say why didn't he get revenge on the person who betrayed him that's because he doesn't care he's says he only wants to go home he doesn't care about poultry feelings like that. All in all I loved this novel other might hate it and other might like it everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

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cbrtlsseca
cbrtlsseca rated it
March 8, 2021
Status: c399
If I could give this 10 stars I would. This is the story I base pretty much any isekai or fantasy novel off of, as I can only find a couple small complaints and none of it is about the characters.

First the main character's personality is fluid and changes over the course of the series like anyone's who went through what they did. All the characters in the Harem grow and change over the course of the series.

This is a true Harem Romance and not a Harem MC has zero... more>> clue and leaves all the girls in the gutter. One gripe was I kind of wish his would have progressed faster, but you see the relationships changing throughout the main series.

Spoiler

I would have liked to seen scenes of Hajime's full acceptance of the others during the month after the battle to see Kaori, Shizuku, Remia, Lilliana, Aiko's reactions

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The MC's ability to battle is the best for me for many reasons. He does use his guns a lot, but that is his main weapon however he doesn't sit there and struggle with the small gun if something else is required. If he is facing 30-40 he starts off with a bigger weapon like the Gatlin Gun, he doesn't sit there and struggle to use the small ones. He comes up with strategies and executes them, but also watches what is going on and adapts the defense and offense strategy. This is a hug win for me as it seems every other book I find they will struggle with coming up with a strategy and monologue it for pages where this one. He just does it without any description.

The s*upid idiot of the book is actually the anti Male lead and he is 95% of the time just a roadblock that main character just has to hit gas and run through and is never a major factor.

This book also has depth within the Harem with their relationships. Yue/Shia, Kaori/Shia, All/Myu, Remia/Tio in the after story, Kaori/Shizuku, Lilliana/Aiko, Koari/Shizuku/Lilliana, And I want to throw Yukka in as I am still rooting for her.

The after stories for me were just as if not more enjoyable than the main series. The Brutal Shia ARC, Tio ARC, Shizuku ARC, and Travel Journal are all great. <<less
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sal880612m
sal880612m
October 8, 2020
Status: v6c1
First off let’s address the glaring issue of people not paying attention as they read the first volume.

This story was always absurd. The so called problems and what-not in subsequent volumes were entirely present in the characters even in the first volume. Kouki was always absurd, in his inability to understand what was going on around him. And it was stated outright several times to be his true nature. While there is fore-shadowing of something it’s entirely on the reader to unjustifiably make the leap its him. The other 3... more>> members of that group are as well. Kaori likes Hajime for a fairly absurd reason and tries to get close, which cause him no end of trouble. Something Shizuku? Is fully aware of and could explain to her friend but doesn’t, or to Kouki but instead let’s him go on believing Kaori is just being kind and let’s Kouki keep getting frustrated with Hajime ignoring her kindness. While what’s his face that follows Kouki doesn’t seem to mean much of anything to any of them. That they can be considered friends at all or that they way they are written in the first volume doesn’t scream absurd and indicate something about the seriousness of the story is severely lacking falls far more on reader comprehension in my opinion.

This novel didn’t become absurd, it always was. It’s by no means a great story, and it definitely meanders immediately following the first volume. But as long as you aren’t looking for something amazing or serious it’s at least a passable read and may even surprise you at points.

TLDR; If you go in expecting a revenge story you’ll be disappointed, but if you go in expecting a along the lines of comedy harem anime it’s really not that bad. <<less
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jemoje
jemoje rated it
August 16, 2020
Status: --
I will say just this, at the start of this series you will have your tipical edgy MC who is after what he wants... and the world building aint that much good. but... the more you read, the more world building it gets. Especialy when the story ends and "arifureta after begins".... The world building is just outrageous ! xD

It goes beyond a one perfect world building to a multi-dimensional "world building that are perfecty thought up and are conected to each other.... That kind of thing is just.. Woow...... more>> There you have the only author in the world who after ending his novel did get an idea of yet expanding his universe that he created. It is really fun to read, and it wont tire ya out cause every world there is unique and it aint that the story is boring.. it sometimes even change.

It is like you are reading the whole timeline of the "marvel verse" in the anime version ! :D

but yeah... it cointains filler chapters too to fille up the story cause otherwise the chapters that conect to each other would not make sense... but then again.. dont expect filler chapters to be boring.. they are really fun to read to.. Everyone ever wondered what will hajime do when he returns home ? :D

It is like the whole main series were just a prologue for the arifureta after. :D

And there is even arifureta zero that follow the story of these labirinth masters that fought the god thousands year ago...

Like I said... This whole series is a "marvel verse anime version". You even see how many chapters it has, right ?

It aint even fully translated..... I wonder how big of a history and world building it gets in the future. :D

For the world building alone.. 5/5 stars.. if it is possible I would give it a 6 stars.

And well.. If you think about reading it then start to read from the first chapter of "arifureta after"

Cause the anime will arive soon..

And yeaa.. the story of arifureta after is half of a slice of life of what will others do after the main series ended (it will fill up the main story).... and half of a new storyline that folows Hajime and his band adventuring to other worlds and beating up earths government´s of the earth that is suprisingly more nonsenical than Tortus. xD

And dont expect it to be a dark realistic story... Personaly I really like dark realistic stories.. And well this is a comedy/action/fantasy/mecha/isekai/ and I wonder how many genres it even has..... story with a lot of bright things... In short, it aint focused on a real side... Rather on the nonsense and inhuman sides every character has to offer... Sounds dark.. but really, it is focused on the comedy about these things...

It is really fun. :D <<less
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xooox
xooox rated it
April 29, 2020
Status: --
I regret reading this cause I didn't notice the harem tag... FOR GOD SAKE, why does the author thinks that harem and romace is a good combination for a novel..

For me I think harem is just an excuse for not having a good plot.. Authors will brainwash you by using harem genre in order to keep on reading the novel with meaningless plot..

I wish I could give - 5 star...
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Madtazz
Madtazz rated it
January 21, 2020
Status: c372
There's plot of negative reviews here

I mean most of you sent wrong but you sorta gotta admit it's a good escape from realty and a fun read I mean who doesn't want to be an overpowered MF that has wife's a daughter a mum and dad plus friends that all love and respect and have fun with

I enjoyed the web novel so far and the first 10 light novels and watches the first season of the anime I still liked but bad cg

Have not got around to the manga yet... more>> but will do

I mean yes the MC is overpowered and it's silly how every girl instantly loves him but anit that the point of the escape from realty fantasy and we only being negative coz we jealous it isn't us hahaha <<less
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JediD
JediD rated it
November 14, 2019
Status: v3c11
The author seems to want a dark character that suffered and etc, but then want him to take actions counter to his nature. You'll constantly see the MC say he doesn't care about other people; he will kill anyone who gets in his way., but then have to read a long and confusion explanation why "just this once" he will spare this random mob, or he will help this poor town survive an invasion. Also given how his school life was described, you would think there would be some resentment... more>> for the teacher for doing nothing about the bullying, but for some reason he cares enough about her that he'll slaughter a 40K army. It seems very forced to me. I have nothing against a more just and caring character, but I cant stand a character that constantly says one thing and does the other.

If you can deal with that, the harem and action is enjoyable, and I find the harem members to be distinct enough and not just copies like some other books. I think the author should have put more effort into his relationship with the main girl, since the closeness seems to just randomly increase without reason on the basis that they have a vague similarity. <<less
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Soju
Soju rated it
August 24, 2019
Status: v7
It started out okay. The first volume was acceptable, then as I read on and on to volume 7, it's gotten stale.

I thought the harem comedy was funny at first, but it gets overused with little character relationship developments to the point that I've gotten bored and sometimes annoyed.

Other than that, I couldn't find much excitement after the first few volumes.
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1stSlug
1stSlug rated it
March 17, 2019
Status: c352
At first, I found reading Arifureta to be a bit of a slog mainly cause I feel that the plot is so-so.

But as I continued to push myself to finish reading, I found that the real charm of this series is the character interactions/expressions/reactions. Or more to the point. My imagination of them. The way the author describes them is vivid enough that I can almost see them. It's to the point, that it's almost an anime (which I've found out is actually coming out soon!).

Thus, I give this novel... more>> a 4/5 rating (would have gotten 5/5 if the overall plot, that I've read so far, was actually engaging). It's super rare for novels to have this impact on me, as I've read. Countless. And I mean, COUNTLESS amounts of novels and only about 10% (if that), give me that kind of feeling.

EDIT (04-04-19) : Okay, so I've continued reading to latest TL'd chapters and I've got to say that they're a fun read. I've lost count the amount of times I've laughed. If I had to make a complaint, it's the lack of chronological order of the mini-arcs/side story's. The time line is all over the place. I still stick by my 4/5 rating though. <<less
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delpheus
delpheus rated it
February 7, 2019
Status: c281
I think that everyone started this novel thinking it would be a dark revenge plot with gritty action and such. To be fair, the author does deliver what is promised in the synopsis, for the first arc. After that, it quickly devolves into a romcom harem story. So if you like stories where the main character is a beta trying to be an alpha. Then this is just right for you.
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Synchrotron
Synchrotron rated it
December 4, 2018
Status: c339
A novel about a man losing and regaining his "humanity". The low ratings overlook this, thinking of a revenge story to happen. C'mon the title and synopsis doesn't say it is a lame and overused revenge story. I gave this 5 stars to balance some of the biased ratings. A 4 for me.

Well, the main story is best explained as "cliché". A cliché done not so good, but not so bad. But I read this for enjoyment, not criticizing and I got absorbed reading this.

Regarding that, I actually liked and... more>> enjoyed this, but the plot armor is strong AF here. The harem's reasonable, and not a surprise where everyone pops outta nowhere. The harem has a reason how and why they are on the MC's side.
Spoiler

The harem acts as Hajime's mental and moral support, that is to return him back from the "abyss".

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Afterstory is really good, and made me spit out my coffee and tea from time to time. Unrestrained by plot and the large degree of freedom, I honestly think it is better than the main story. Although reading the main story first is a necessity. <<less
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Sherrynity
Sherrynity rated it
September 23, 2018
Status: c332
Seeing the rating, I feel obliged to inform you some things to consider:

  • Yes, the main story is mediocre. I actually skip-read a lot of chapters because they just feel... well, mediocre.
  • ... BUT, the side stories (or maybe after stories in this case) are pure goldies. They're slice of life for sure, but still fun to read. I can sense the author was like finally freed from his shackles to pour random wild ideas completely unrestrained by plot, story building, or whatsoever.
So, if you feel like reading it, just read... more>> the After Stories... and maybe try to read the main story too in your free time. <<less
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