Isekai Cheat Magician

Isekai Cheat Magician (異世界チート魔術師, Isekai Chīto Majutsushi) is a Japanese light novel series written by Takeru Uchida and illustrated by Nardack. The series began as a web novel series on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in 2012. It was then acquired by Shufunotomo beginning in 2013; fifteen volumes have been published as of October 2021. A manga adaptation by Karin Suzuragi began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine in December 2016, with twelve tankōbon volumes released so far. An anime television series adaptation by Encourage Films aired from July to September 2019. In October 2019, Crunchyroll started showing the dubbed version.

Synopsis
Regular high schooler Taichi Nishimura and his childhood friend, Rin Azuma, are on their way to school one ordinary morning. Suddenly, a glowing light envelops them, transporting them to a fantasy world full of magical creatures.

Upon their arrival, Taichi and Rin are threatened by a beast. They are promptly saved by a group of adventurers, who advise the pair that traveling unarmed and inexperienced makes them vulnerable to the recently increasing monster attacks. Taichi and Rin are directed to the Guild, where they can determine their magical aptitude and register as adventurers. However, the test they take reveals an unprecedented result: Taichi and Rin possess extraordinary powers that far surpass the standard mage, instantly transforming them from typical high school students to the ultimate cheat magicians.

Taichi and Rin learn to grasp the full extent of their powers and familiarize themselves with their new world. However, while the duo seeks to uncover the reason behind their transportation and a possible way back to their original world, unexpected trouble lurks in the shadows.

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Light Novels
The series was first published online on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in April 2012 by Takeru Uchida. It was later acquired by Shufunotomo, who published the first volume as a light novel under their Hero Bunko imprint in June 2013.

Manga:
A manga adaptation of the series by Karin Suzuragi began publication in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace on December 26, 2016.

Soreyuke! Isekai Cheat Magician
A spinoff manga series by Taku Kawamura, titled ''Soreyuke! Isekai Cheat Magician (それゆけ！異世界チート魔術師), was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Ace'' from August 25, 2018 to October 26, 2019.

Style
This work puts a lot of weight on the explanation of the setting part, but even though the author, Ken Uchida himself, was not particularly conscious of it, it is influenced by the concern that there will be too many dialogue sentences. I'm looking back at it. Also, in this work, parameters such as skills and status are not built in, but this is because Uchida felt that continuing to manage numerical parameters would be a burden, and Uchida was conscious of not giving out too many detailed numbers.

Uchida does not think that the strongest = not having a hard fight, even though he takes the point that "the main character is the strongest" as a major premise. This is said to be the influence of Son Goku, who appears in "Dragon Ball".

Character

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"If some Cheat granted me this power, then I want to use it to protect"

- Taichi Nishimura

An ordinary high school boy living in Japan. He is a friend of Rin Azuma. He has short black hair and no special skills or characteristics in terms of his appearance or abilities and is not popular with the opposite sex. She was leading an ordinary life as a student with Rin and Takashi Onodera, but when he tried to protect her from a car accident, he was caught in a mysterious magic circle that appeared beneath his feet and was transported to Altia. He was working with Rin, who had been transferred with him when a test of his magical power at the guild revealed that he had overwhelming power, and he began training with Muira and Remia Santacru to control his power.

Lemia analyzed him as having super-powerful magic that could destroy a country by himself, and he also had a talent for special magic that ordinary magicians do not have. He also possesses the qualities of a "mage," which is considered rare in Altia, and his aptitude for the four common attributes is unknown, making it completely unknown which attribute is appropriate for him. In his training with Remia, he was slow to swallow the control of magic power, but he persevered in his training and learned how to control it. However, if he is even a little careless, he sometimes makes mistakes in the use of magic power or in the degree to which it is applied. After parting with Muira and his friends, he and Butei became adventurers in Eristein, working together to fulfill numerous requests, and soon rose to the rank of D. While his proper attributes are unknown, he has an enormous amount of experience.

Abilities
When Taichi is displaced into Altia, he gains tremendous magical abilities (his magical capacity level is measured at 120,000, his magical power level at 40,000), ranking him as a natural (and very rare) Unique Magician who can directly tap into the elemental magical forces (as opposed to a normal Magician, who has to chant a spell in order to make use of them).

Abilities
Upon her being summoned, Rin is somehow gifted with immense magic power and possesses the affinity of the four major magical elements (fire, wind, earth, and water) that she becomes the first known and rare Quad Magician in the series.

TV Anime
An anime adaptation was announced on April 16, 2018. The series was animated by Encourage Films and directed by Daisuke Tsukushi, with Takayo Ikami handling the series composition, and Shuji Maruyama designing the characters. Yoshiaki Fujisawa composed the series' music. The series aired from July 10 to September 25, 2019, on AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS, SUN, TVA, and BS11. MYTH & ROID performed the opening theme song "PANTA RHEI", while Rie Takahashi performed the ending theme song "Chīsana Omoi" (小さな想い).


 * Staff
 * Original author - Ken Uchida
 * Original illustration - Nardack
 * Director - Daisuke Tsukushi
 * Series composition - Takayo Igami
 * Character Design - Shuji Maruyama
 * Sub-character design - Hide Shibuya, Ayumu Samukawa
 * Monster Design - Satoshi Yuri
 * Prop Design - Madoka Ozawa
 * Action supervision - Fumitoshi Oisaki, Kazunori Ozawa
 * Art Director - Yumiko Kuga
 * Art setting design - Hiroyuki Oyama, Daisuke Shimamura
 * Color design - Haruko Nobori
 * Cinematographer - Shuhei Shiono
 * Editing - Yuji Oka
 * Acoustic Director - Yayoi Tateishi
 * Sound Effects - Yuka Kazama
 * Music - Yoshimasa Fujisawa
 * Music production - KADOKAWA
 * Music Producer - Go Wakabayashi
 * Producers - Jotaro Ishigami, Hideki Takahara, Sojiro Arimizu, Norifumi Ikeuchi, Tetsuya Minami
 * Animation Producer - Kenjiro Kawahito, Chiaki Kaikai
 * Animation Production - Encourage Films
 * Production - "Isekai Cheat Magician" Production Committee

The series ran for 12 episodes. An OVA episode premiered on July 5, 2021. Crunchyroll has licensed the series with a dub.

Web radio
Under the title of "Isekai Cheat Broadcasting Station", it will be distributed every other Tuesday at Otoizumi from July 2nd to October 8th, 2019. In addition to Kohei Amasaki, who plays Taichi Nishimura, Rie Takahashi, who plays Rin Azuma, and Minami Tanaka, who plays Mura, take charge of the personality.

Production Background
According to Uchida, this work pursues what he finds interesting, and he wrote it based on the concept of "a novel by me, for me." Uchida said that he learned about the existence of "Let's become a novelist" after reading "The Irregular at Magic High School". He also cites "Brave Story" as one of his influences.

Uchida reflects reflections on the web version and makes corrections when making the book. However, due to the number of pages, the content was forced to be deleted, which Uchida said was the most difficult part of the bookmaking process.

Trivia

 * Taichi is notably unique in the fact he actively AVOIDED the summoning circle; rather than be stunned by confusion. The circle was persistent and eventually got him.