Isekai Ojisan

Isekai Ojisan (異世界おじさん, Isekai Uncle, Ojisan in Another World / Uncle from Another World) is a manga work by Hotondo Shindeiru. Serialization started on June 29, 2018 on the Web comic distribution site "ComicWalker" (KADOKAWA), and transferred to "WebComic Apanda" from June 16, 2021. The abbreviation is "Iseoji". As of June 2021, the cumulative circulation has exceeded 1.5 million.

A gag and comedy will be developed with the main character being a male "uncle" who has returned from a different world, and taking advantage of the so-called "other world thing" template-like promise. Basically, one episode goes one month, and there are also stories that reflect actual events in reality, such as the revision of YouTube's rules in February 2018. Also, the original work was posted on Twitter and pixiv by the author.

Synopsis
Seventeen years ago, Takafumi's uncle fell into a coma, but now he's back like a man risen from his grave. Soon, Takafumi discovers two bizarre things: His uncle treasures video games above all else, and, while comatose, he was actually transported to another world as some heroic guardian! Now, not only does Takafumi have to room with an uncle who is literally magical, he also has to catch the guy up on two decades of history—smartphones, high-speed internet, modern anime tropes...and the traumatic outcome of the '90s console war!

Another World Granbahamalian
A different world where the uncle actually spent 17 years in a coma in the real world. It is a fantasy world of so-called "sword and magic" that is pseudo-medieval European. Basically, the same humans as in the real world live, but there are other races such as elves, and it is said that they are in good shape overall (just villagers and shop people are all beautiful men and women). Residents of Granbahamalian have the characteristic that the end of the name and the end of the surname match. There are also various monsters such as orcs and goblins that attack humans. The detailed political situation in this world is unknown, but the "Kingdom of Lucidion" appears in the work, and the existence of an elf country is also suggested. Bronze coins are treated as currencies, and are worth about 10 sen (0.1 yen) per Japanese yen. In addition, there was a civilization that developed magical technology 800 years ago , and although that technology is now lost, the large-scale barriers of the sealed city of Rubaldrum and the "Ancient Magic" that gathered the best of magical technology Many heritage and relics such as "tools" remain and exist all over the continent.

At least God exists and is transferring (reincarnating or transferring) people in the real world, including uncles. The existence of the transferee is well known in Granbahamalian, and even before his uncle, there are "Knight of the Frozen God Sword" who was the ancestor of Mabel and "Murayama Shojiro" who made the hot water of purgatory. In addition, Japan is also known by folklore as the former world or nation of the transferee, and is called "Nihon Bahamal (where Japan is)". The transferee is given only one divinely desired power to survive the harsh world. Also, when the metastases die, everything they had at the time of the metastasis, along with their bodies, returns to dust, leaving nothing behind. On the other hand, if you live and return to the real world like an uncle, it seems that you can bring the power (skills) and items gained in another world.

Various spirits exist universally, and the magic used by the uncle communicates with the spirits and exercises them in cooperation. In fact, spirits exist in the real world, and even after returning, the uncle can use magic with the cooperation of the spirits. By negotiating with the spirits, even ordinary people such as Takafumi can use the spirits temporarily, but it is quite difficult, and if you carelessly anger it, it will be ridiculous, and if you do poorly, the earth will be destroyed. Level disasters occur.

Character
"A pinch is a chance.... It's my motto! A single move may turn the tables even the worst circumstance. That's why you should never give up and you keep trying."

- Yōsuke Shibazaki (Ojisan/Uncle)

Main character. His real name has not been revealed for a long time, only suggesting that his surname is "Shibazaki", but later turned out to be Yōsuke Shibazaki. He has a birthday on November 30th. He was 34 when he first appeared.

In January 2000, 17 years before the story began, when he was 17, he was hit by a truck and fell into a coma, waking up in the fall of 2017. While he was actually in a coma, his consciousness was transferred to another world, Granbahamalian, where he was adventuring with abilities such as swords and magic. It is a so-called "different world thing" template-like hero setting, and looks like a typical otaku around 2000. His introverted personality is a disaster, and he leads a life that destroys all the promises of "another world" (for example, he looks terribly ugly by the standards of Granbahamalian, and for that reason he is often referred to as a "subspecies of oak". Is about to be hunted). When he stops in the city, he is usually surrounded by a group of residents who mistakenly think he is an orc attack. Although his appearance is thin, it is not treated as an oak by the people of this world and his blood, probably because he is well tolerated as an earthling (although his smile is very dirty).

Since he was a teenager, he has an old face, so even if he shows the video when he was 20 years old, he is said to be "no different from what he is now" (I think he is old). After a shocking or painful event, he uses "memory erasing magic" to erase his memory. She wrote the contents in a notepad before erasing it, and although it is possible to check it later, if she remembers it, it will be overwhelming and she will have nosebleeds.

You can use magic in the real world for the reasons described below, and by receiving a suggestion from your nephew Takafumi who knew it, you will make a living as a YouTuber "Uncle from Another World" by making use of that ability. By talking to Takafumi, who was surprised at the generation gap caused by 17 years of social and technological progress and changes, and Fujimiya, who later came to visit his house, about life and events in another world. The story unfolds.

In a different world, a powerful person in the same area had an astonishing sword skill and magical ability and was adventuring. Basically, it activates its abilities by talking to various spirits such as light and wind and getting help. These magical principles are actually different even in Granbahamalian, and it turns out later that their true identity was a special skill given by God at the time of transfer. Immediately after the transfer, he could not understand the language, and as a result of wishing that he could understand the language when he was mistaken for an orc and was hunted by adventurers, he was given the ability of translation skills by God. This effect allowed him to talk to spirits who couldn't speak, and was probably the only person in Granbahamalian who could handle spirit magic. He was not aware that he had acquired this skill, and after returning to the real world, he happened to know it, and after discussions with Takafumi and Fujimiya, he was named "Wild Talker". In addition, the reason why I was not aware of the acquisition of ability was that although I had summoned a different world person for many years, some purpose was not achieved, and the appropriate god sent a message in Chinese as an Asian person. Because it was coming.

There are a wide variety of spirits, and the magic that can be used accordingly. For example, as mentioned above, I asked the spirit of memory to erase the memory of a difficult event. Also, with the magic of being able to visualize memories regardless of self or others, the story of the different world era began to be explained to Takafumi and others while showing images like TV. Besides, it has the ability to imitate the appearance and reproduce the advanced magic used by others on the spot, especially the storage magic using the subspace used by Tsundere Elves can be used even after returning to the real world. It is also the reason why I was able to bring back the items I got in another world. You can also use change magic, and you can change your appearance to various humans and dragons, but I avoid using it as much as possible because it has the side effect of being close to the person whose thoughts and tastes have changed. The will of the spirits is also important and cannot be overused.

In fact, when using magic on Earth, he uses Japanese, but when targeting himself, it was revealed that there is no problem with either language. Originally an enthusiastic SEGA fan gamer, all the life lessons that would normally be insightful are based on game experience. The most shocking thing about returning to the real world was that SEGA lost the hard war. He bought a nostalgic SEGA game with his income as YouTuber, and at one point he was angry at Takafumi who bought too much premium products. Also, when asked for his name in a different world, he called himself "Wolf Gun Blood" and "Kuroki Tenma", which are derived from Alien Soldier. Even in adventures, the experience and habits of the game are often demonstrated, and while he is also playing an active role in rescuing the knights while evading the onslaught of Mabel who was being manipulated and defeating the magic flame dragon without a frozen god sword. It was useless in the fight against the hordes of goblins, and as a result, the situation was overcome. He rarely did RPGs because he couldn't remember what was interrupted,  and he also played a land stalker with an action element, but couldn't clear it. I haven't touched many of the beautiful girl games because many of them have age restrictions, and I also avoid works in which beautiful girls are drawn on the package because "I didn't think it was erotic". He likes retro gadgets such as feature phones outside of games, and is not good at current high tech. He began to drink after he grew up in a different world, but he was extremely weak and quickly got drunk. I'm not very good at socializing, and I think I haven't had a good time with human relationships before I went to another world. On top of that, perhaps because he was treated as an oak in a different world and continued to be persecuted, he has extremely little experience in building normal relationships with others, and there is a tendency for misanthropy. Of course, he has no experience of romance and is very dull in his favor. He has a relatively high sense of ethics, is kind and takes good care of him, but he often misunderstands the other person by dealing with things that are out of focus due to lack of human experience (for example, as an uncle). In the sense of apology and compensation, even though Granbahamalian gave away a precious celestial stone ring, he gave it in a form that fits directly on the other party's finger, so he misunderstood what he was proposing. On the other hand, she is aware of Fujimiya's favor for Takafumi, and she thinks she is sensitive to such romantic feelings. She once showed her knowledge of "Evangelion", but only had a superficial understanding that "Asuka likes Kamochi-san."

Its ability is not weak at all, but rather it belongs to the extremely strong category because it can borrow power from various spirits. However, since his physical ability is originally low, he cannot borrow power from the spirits, and if there is no magical assistance, he is extremely weak "in his own name"  It shows high athletic ability and reflex ability, such as enduring it, helping Alicia and others to capture the dungeon, and reacting to the attacks of the magic flame dragon and the brainwashed Mabel.

Suddenly seemingly extraordinary catastrophic behaviors here and there, such as destroying the barriers that protect the city and destroying the shrines, are all the result of very serious attempts to pave the way back to Japan. While in Granbahamalian, he was always looking for ways to return to the original world.

Abilities
"The power to carry through it strength."

- Yōsuke Shibazaki (Ojisan/Uncle)

Because of being transported in the world of Granbahamalian (sword and magic), Yōsuke Shibazaki or Ojisan learned to survive in the world of Granbahamalian. Learning the magic, adventuring and cultivating for innovation to survival or He retained his magic ability and uses it freely, Ojisan survived in 17 years. After he woke up in the Earth (Japan), he still have a magic and he can freely use it.

Bibliographic Information
The series is written and illustrated by Hotondoshindeiru. It started serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's manga app and website ComicWalker on June 29, 2018. A character popularity poll was held to commemorate the release of the first volume, where the winning character would be featured in a bonus segment at the end of the volume. As of September 2022, eight tankōbon volumes have been published.

In November 2020, Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for English publication

Media Development / Collaboration
Some of the proper nouns are hidden in the film, but most are famous game companies and (for enthusiasts) famous game titles. Although it is a level of proneness that can be easily understood by those who understand it, it seems that such measures are taken for the time being because it is drawn without permission (a format that can be seen occasionally in other works).

Among them, SEGA related topics and phrases are frequently inserted (mainly in the real world part), and it is September 19, 2019, which is the time of this serialization. In the updated version, the collaboration with the game machine "Mega Drive Mini" (MD Mini) was released on the same day was released. At this time, the company name of Sega and the game titles recorded in the MD Mini were not inscribed. After that, when the handheld game machine / Game Gear Micro released by Sega was released, the illustration drawn by the author was released.

Similar to the above, "Alien Soldier" is often mentioned in the game. From that edge, this work is also mentioned on the Alien Soldier information page of Mega Drive Mini. A postcard drawn by the author was also included in a later edition of the "Asia Edition" (see the "Mega Drive Mini" section for details).

In the commercial that accompanies the release of Volume 3, Teppei, a fortune-teller who became famous as a "self-defense uncle" in a street interview on a TV station in 2016. Was appointed, and as a parody of the interview at that time when he became famous as "Uncle Self-Defense", he was directed to answer questions such as "How would you survive if summoned to another world?".

In October 2020, a collaboration with the smartphone app "Chain Chronicle" distributed by Sega was carried out, and the character of this work appeared in the game. On December 24, 2021, a collaboration video of the TV anime version and Sega was released on YouTube. The illustrations are mostly dead, and the original cast of the game was cast as the voice actor. A collaboration event will be held again in August 2022. In collaboration with the TV anime version, the illustrations and voice actors are newly prepared in accordance with the anime version. At the collaboration event, it is a collaboration with SEGA's game "Sonic Series", and the uncle co-stars with Sonic.

TV Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 18, 2021. The series is produced by Atelier Pontdarc and directed by Shigeki Kawai, with Kenta Ihara writing the series' scripts, Kazuhiro Ota designing the characters, and Kenichiro Suehiro composing the music. It premiered on July 6, 2022, on AT-X. The opening theme song is "story" by Mayu Maeshima, while the ending theme song is "Ichibanboshi Sonority" by Yuka Iguchi. The series is currently being streamed worldwide by Netflix. On July 27, it was announced that Episode 5 would be delayed for two weeks to August 17, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 2, following the release of Episode 7, an indefinite delay was put into effect, citing more COVID-19 related concerns. However, on August 27, Ippei Icchi stated that he was supposed to direct Episode 10, but abruptly left following the discovery that the episode still did not have staff chosen, and that only in-house staff would participate. On September 9, it was announced that the series would restart its broadcast from Episode 1 on October 6, with Episode 8, the first new episode since going on hiatus, airing on November 24.

On December 26, it was announced that Episode 13 would be delayed and aired at a later date, which was later confirmed to be March 8, 2023.
 * Staff
 * Original / scenario supervision: Hotondo Shindeiru
 * Director: Shigeki Kawai
 * Series composition: Kenta Ihara
 * Character design and animation director: Kazuhiro Ota
 * Costume design: Tomoko Sudo
 * Monster Design: Kenji Terao
 * Prop Design: Goichi Iwahata, Noritaka Suzuki
 * Design Works: Chie Kato, Shigeyuki Korezawa, Tomu
 * Art setting: Kaoru Aoki, Mamio Ogawa, Mika Nakajima
 * Art Director: Yoshito Takamine
 * Color design: Nagisa Abe
 * Special effects: Kumiko Taniguchi
 * Cinematographer: Kentaro Minegishi
 * 3D Director: Yu Karube, Michiru Kodaka
 * Edit: Hitomi Sudo
 * Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
 * Music: Kenichiro Suehiro
 * Music Producer: Go Wakabayashi
 * Music production: KADOKAWA
 * Producers: Jotaro Ishigami, Yasuki Akasaka, Kenichi Demura, Aya Iizuka, Yuichi Tada, Akihiro Togawa, Soujiro Arimizu
 * Animation Producer: Tsunaki Yoshikawa
 * Animation production: Atelier Pontdarc
 * Production: Uncle from Another World Production Committee

Reception
The series ranked eighth in the 2019 Next Manga Awards in the digital category. The series ranked fifteenth in 2020 a survey of workers of the Honya Club bookstore in Japan. In the 2020 edition of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook, the series ranked eleventh. Also in 2020, it was a runner-up for BookWalker's grand prize.

The series has 1.8 million copies in circulation.

Demelza from Anime UK News had mixed feelings about the first volume and criticized the art and characters.

Awards

 * "Next Coming Manga Award 2019" Web Manga Category 8th Place
 * "This manga is amazing! 2020" Man edition 11th place
 * "BOOK☆WALKER Grand Prize 2020" Semi-Grand Prize

Related item

 * The Familiar of Zero - Appeared in episode 4 of the anime as a light novel that Takafumi was reading when she was in elementary school . Her classmate mistook it for an erotic book.

External Link

 * Uncle from Another World ─ ComicWalker
 * Uncle from Another World ─ Nico Nico Seiga
 * TV anime "Uncle from Another World" official website
 * TV Anime "Uncle from Another World" Official (@Isekai_Ojisan) -- Twitter
 * Uncle from Another World on Netflix
 * Isekai Ojisan ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
 * Isekai Ojisan ─ Wikipedia (in English)

Trivia
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