Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu

Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu (老後に備えて異世界で８万枚の金貨を貯めます, Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement, Roukin / Saving 80,000 Gold Coins in the Different World for My Old Age) is a Japanese light novel series written by FUNA. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website, before being published in print with illustrations by Tōzai by Kodansha beginning in June 2017. As ofJuly 2021, six volumes have been released. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Keisuke Motoe, began serialization on the Niconico-based Suiyōbi no Sirius platform in June 2017. As of December 2021, the manga's individual chapters have been collected into nine volumes. An anime television series adaptation is set to premiere in January 2023.

Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu was published digitally in English as Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement by Sol Press from January 7, 2019 to December 14, 2020, the print started on September 27, 2019. Sol Press only released two volumes, they went defunct.

Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu has been published digitally in English as Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement by Sol Press since April 26, 2019, and in print since September 27, 2019.

Synopsis
Mitsuha Yamano falls off a cliff, at which point she finds herself transported to some sort of medieval European fantasy world! While there, during a battle with some wolves that almost costs her her life, she realizes that she has the ability to come and go between Earth and this new world. Mitsuha decides to use this ability as much as she can. Why? To save up for retirement, of course! She sets her sights on saving eighty thousand gold coins—and this is the story of her schemes to get there!

(Source: Sol Press)

Novel
Written by FUNA, the light novel began publication on the novel posting website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on November 2, 2015. The series was later acquired by Kodansha, who published the series with illustrations by Tōzai under their Kodansha Ranobe Books imprint beginning on June 29, 2017. As of August 2022, seven volumes have been released.

In November 2018, Sol Press announced that they licensed the light novel for English publication. They released two volumes before going defunct. After Sol Press lost the rights, Kodansha USA announced at Anime Expo 2022 that they licensed the series for English publication

Manga
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Keisuke Motoe, began serialization on Kodansha's Niconico-based Suiyōbi no Sirius manga service on June 14, 2017. As of August 2022, the series' individual chapters have been collected into ten tankōbon volumes.

In November 2018, Sol Press announced that they also licensed the manga adaptation for English publication. They released one volume in 2019. After Sol Press lost the rights, Kodansha USA announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2022 that they also licensed the manga adaptation for English publication.

Character
"I don't know if this is The kingdom, The Empire, or The Republic. But I'll earn 2 Billion and win life! FUHAHA!! FUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! The Ambition of Yamano, Mitsuha begins here."

- Mitsuha Yamano

Mitsuha Yamano, who suddenly lost her parents and older brother in an accident, falls off a cliff one day just before graduating from high school. I gained the ability to freely come and go in the world of The goal is to save 2 billion yen worth of Japanese yen and 80,000 different world gold coins so that even if the ability to transfer suddenly disappears, it will be safe until old age. He says goodbye to the mountain village girl Colette, who he first met in another world and overcame hardships together, and goes out to the city. In town, he met the lord of the count, Count Bozes, and with the souvenirs he bought in Japan and his performance, he gained the sympathy and support of the count's family. Outside Japan in his original world, he buys weapons for self-defense and learns how to handle weapons in a mercenary group.

Mitsuha goes to the royal capital to open a grocery store that sells products purchased in Japan, and helps the third princess, Sabine, who has come to the store incognito, when she is attacked by a thug. When the neighboring empire invaded the kingdom with dragons and other monsters, they hired a group of mercenaries from Earth and transferred them to repel the imperial army. Mitsuha, who has become a hero to save the country, is praised by the people of the royal capital as the "Princess of Lightning Priestess", and she is given the rank of viscount and territory by the country.

Personality:


 * Mitsuha is an intelligent person. She uses her intelligence to solve her and others problems, with answers and solutions unbefitting of her age, to others surprise as they still think Mitsuha is very young with Mitsuha's short stature.
 * Mitsuha is a great actress. She is also very cunning, as she avoids tough situations by twisting others words to fit her situation.
 * Mitsuha is able to keep a calm composure and think rationally in tough situations, akin to a pseudo-realist.
 * Mitsuha is also compassionate to the point, where she would sacrifice her own life in order to save someone else. She also is reflective of her actions. She would cogitate about the effects of her actions and how they would affect those close to her. She does this to avoid any trouble with those close to her.
 * Mitsuha is capable of cogitating different ways to use her abilities and the useful effects they would have as well.
 * Lastly, Mitsuha is also ruthless, having no mercy for her enemies, garnering the praise of Mercenary Group Wolfang's Leader.

Abilities
While falling, Mitsuha accidentally clenched her fist around an invisible object in midair while 'I Don't Want To Die' thoughts flood her head. Suddenly, she heard something scream in pain before losing consciousness, then awakening in a forest in an unknown location. She soon found out that the forest was not on Earth, it was in another world.

Upon her death to eager to rescue Colette to the wolves, her soul is transferred to the unknown realm by the god whose figure of a waving cat her big brother bought a souvenir. As for Mitsuha, it gave her a certain ability to able help her in the unknown world. Due eager to survive she contracts the mercenary Wolf Gang to train her to hold a weapon (Firearms, knife, etc.). Later in the series, she can learn martial arts for close combat fight for defense. And thanks to her brother's knowledge of Otaku, Mitsuha can survive in the new world.


 * 【Teleportation】 - Ability to travel to any location or world that the user is familiar with. This includes places the user has seen on TV or the internet, as long as a solid image of the place exists.
 * In order to prevent the spread of disease between the two worlds, things such as bacteria and viruses are left behind. This could be used to treat someone who is sick, although this function of the teleportation ability has not been tested on someone who is sick.
 * This ability can only be used to move to another world. If the user wants to move to a location within the same world, they must first teleport to the other world before teleporting back to the desired location.
 * Mitsuha can teleport or move instantaneously from one location to another without physically occupying the space in between or transfer matter (beings/objects, including themselves) or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them.
 * 【Language Comprehension】 - Ability to understand and copy the languages of those that the user converses. Works by scanning the brain of the person the user is talking to and copies their language.
 * 【Restoration】 - Ability to gradually heal any wound over time, including lost limbs and scars. Although unconfirmed, the ability to heal wounds may also prevent aging.
 * 【Increased Strength】 - Increased ability to move heavier objects. Potential side effect from the restoration ability.
 * Note: It is unknown if this is an actual power the Mitsuha possesses. In chapter 19, Mitsuha is carrying a package of various metal ingots for Randy and when she gives them to him, Randy seems to struggle with carrying them. This implies that Mitsuha is now stronger than the blacksmith when she was noted as being weak in earlier chapters.

Tv Animation
On July 26, 2022, an anime television series adaptation was announced. It will be produced by Felix Film and directed by Hiroshi Tamada, with Akihiko Inari writing the scripts and Yūki Fukuchi designing the characters. It premiered on January 8, 2023, on ABC and TV Asahi's ANiMAZiNG!!! [ja] programming block. The opening theme song is "Hikatta Coin ga Shimesu Kata" (光ったコインが示す方, "How the Shining Coin Is Revealed") by Kaori Maeda, while the ending theme song is "Yappari Economy" (やっぱりエコノミー, "As Expected, It's Economy") by YABI×YABI. At Anime NYC 2022, Crunchyroll announced that they licensed the series.

Staff

 * Original - FUNA
 * Director - Hiroshi Tamada
 * Series Composition - Akihiko Inari
 * Character Design - Yuki Fukuchi
 * Monster Design - Kazutaka Ema
 * Clothing Design - Michiru Hagiwara, Hitoshi Nakazono, & Hideyoshi Takahashi
 * Prop Design - Mahiru Shintani, Azusa Miyabi, yUneshi, & Hiroshi Ogawa
 * Firearm Design - Hideyoshi Takahashi
 * Military supervision-Takeyuki Ayabe
 * Art Setting - Shinobu Takahashi
 * Color design-Eri Kojika
 * Director of Photography - Rikiya Hirooku
 * Editing - Masahiro Goto
 * Sound Director - Nobuyuki Abe
 * Music - Tetsuya Takahashi
 * Music Producer - Masaki Fujie
 * Producers - Yuri Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Shioya, Daiki Kakizaki, Nobuhiko Kurosu, Gaku Nakagawa, & Masashi Sakizaki
 * Produced by Kazuhiro Kanemitsu
 * Production Producer - Tomohito Naka, Yuta Kikuchi
 * Animation Production - FelixFilm
 * Production - "Roukin8" Production Committee

Reception
Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network praised the illustrations and latter half of the first novel, while criticizing the novel's story for making what Silverman felt were weird narrative choices.

External Link

 * Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu ─ Official website at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
 * Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu ─ Kodansha Comic Plus (in Japanese)
 * Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu ─ Suiyoubi no Sirius (Manga)
 * Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu ─ Shonen Magazine [Magazine pocket] (Manga)
 * TV Anime "Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu" Official Website (in Japanese)
 * Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu ─ TV Anime - Official (@ roukin8_anime)- Twitter
 * Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
 * Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu ─ Wikipedia (in English)

Trivia
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