By The Grace Of The Gods

is a Japanese light novel series written by Roy and illustrated by Ririnra about a man who dies alone who is chosen by three gods to reincarnate into a world of fantasy, using his past knowledge combined with new powers bestowed by the gods to help others and live a bountiful life. It began serialization online in January 2014 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō, with a revised version began serialization since September 2015.

The series was later acquired by Hobby Japan, who have published twelve volumes since September 2017 under their HJ Novels imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Ranran has been serialized online via Square Enix's '' Manga UP!'' website since November 2017 and has been collected in nine ''tankōbon'' volumes. The light novel is licensed in North America by J-Novel Club, while the manga is licensed by Square Enix. An anime television series adaptation by Maho Film aired from October to December 2020. A second season is set to premiere in January 2023.

Plot

Ryoma Takebayashi is a lonely man who led a life filled with hardships until he dies from an unfortunate accident during his sleep. In the afterlife, he is greeted by three gods who grew fond of him and send him to another world as a child, where he makes use of his innate knowledge and abilities, combined with the gods' blessings to live a new life filled with challenges and happy meetings.

Characters

Main characters

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:Ryoma lived an uneventful life as an office worker/salaryman in Japan before dying in his sleep. It is later revealed that Earth's god had tormented Ryoma during his entire life just for amusement in order to break his spirit and make him become a murderer, which was thwarted by his early demise. Due to his diligent and kind behavior, Ryoma earns the grace of three gods from Seilfall who bring him to their world as an 8-year-old boy where he lives in a forest for three years while polishing his skills and taming hundreds of slimes, making use of their multiple abilities in various tasks from combat (due to his martial arts background) and hunting (with his slimes) to cleaning and crafting and also dealing with other people (because of his background), until meeting the Jamil family who warmly welcomes him among them. Determined to live independently, he refuses to overindulge on their hospitality and looks for ways to make ends meet by himself.
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:Heir to the Jamil dukedom, Eliaria is an 11-year-old girl who becomes Ryoma's closest friend. Like Ryoma, she is a monster tamer and her body is gifted with large magic potential, being from a family of people with the same settings of being reincarnated, her female ancestor was a legendary tamer, her male ancestor was a legendary mage, but has difficulty controlling it, until Ryoma teaches her how to train herself properly.

Jamil Household

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:The Duke of Jamil and Eliaria's father, he meets Ryoma in the forest and becomes his friend, later inviting him to live with his family.
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:Duchess of Jamil and Reinhart's wife. Upon meeting Ryoma, she quickly grows attached to him, treating the boy like her own son.
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:The former Duke of Jamil, he is Reinhart's father and a well known monster tamer.

Deities

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:The goddess of healing and love with the appearance of a young and beautiful woman. When she visited Earth, she spent her time eating whatever she wanted.
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:The god of life with the appearance of a young boy. When he visited Earth, he spent his time traveling all over the world, even the depths of Atlantis and Sahara Desert.
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:The god of creation with the appearance of an elder. When he visited Earth, he spent his time listening to idol groups.

Adventurers

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:A female cat beastman and rank B adventurer, she becomes Ryoma's first client after he becomes an adventurer when he is tasked to clean her house, later becoming his friend.
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:The master of the Adventurer's Guild's Gimuru branch.
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:A female wolf beastman and Miya's friend.
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:A female tiger beastman and Miya's friend.
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: (Japanese); Risa Mei (English)
:A female rabbit beastman and Miya's friend.

Earthlings

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: (Japanese); Derick Snow (English)
:Ryoma's co-worker during his previous life. Ryoma named the first slime he tamed in his honor, but the slime dies, leaving only its core.

Others

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;Tony
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;Pioro
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;Prenance
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;Worgan
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;Tekun
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;Fernobelia
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;Caulkin
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;Robelia
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Media

Light novels

The series was first published online on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in January 2014 by Roy. A revised version of the series was then launched in September 2015. It was later acquired by Hobby Japan, who published the first volume as a light novel under their HJ Novels imprint in September 2017. The series is licensed in North America by J-Novel Club.

Manga

A manga adaptation of the series by Ranran began serialization in Square Enix's '' Manga UP!'' app and website on November 29, 2017. The manga is licensed in North America by Square Enix.

Anime

An anime adaptation of the series was announced by Hobby Japan on February 20, 2020, which was later confirmed to be a television series on April 17, 2020. The series was animated by Maho Film and directed by Takeyuki Yanase, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu as story editor and screenwriter, Kaho Deguchi as character designer with Ririnra credited with the original designs, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi composing the music. While the first episode had an advanced premiere screening at FunimationCon 2020 on July 3, 2020, the series officially ran for 12 episodes in Japan from October 4 to December 20, 2020 on Tokyo MX and BS Fuji. Azusa Tadokoro performed the opening theme "Yasashii Sekai", while MindaRyn performed the ending theme "Blue Rose knows".

The series was licensed outside of Asia by Funimation. On October 31, 2020, Funimation announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll. Medialink has also licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia and streamed it on their Ani-One YouTube channel.

On June 4, 2021, a second season was announced. Yuka Yamada is replacing Kazuyuki Fudeyasu as the scriptwriter. It is set to premiere on January 8, 2023. MindaRyn will perform the opening theme "Way to go", while Azusa Tadokoro will perform the ending theme "Drum-shiki Tansaki".

Notes

References

External links

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