Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta

Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta (異世界でチート能力を手にした俺は、現実世界をも無双する ～レベルアップは人生を変えた～, I Got a Cheat Ability in a Different World, and Became Extraordinary Even in the Real World. / I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too) is a Japanese light novel series written by Miku and illustrated by Rein Kuwashima. It began as a web novel that started in the Kakuyomu website in March 2017. It was later acquired by Fujimi Shobo, who have published the series since December 2018 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation illustrated by Kazuomi Minatogawa has been serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki PlayStation Comic Web website since December 2019, with its chapters collected into tankōbon volumes as of December 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by TMS Entertainment and animated by Millepensee is set to premiere in April 2023.

Synopsis
Yuuya Tenjou has been a bullied boy since the past. He lives in the home of his beloved grandfather while he goes to school. As usual, he receives a harsh bullying, and he takes an extended absence from school to have some time to heal his wounds.

While on this long time of absence, he takes the opportunity to clean his grandfather's house and goes to a room he never went before, where his grandfather kept many different objects that he gathered from his travels around the world. While he was arranging the objects, he found a door not on a wall among the objects.

Out of curiosity he opens this door, what he found on the other side was...

(Source: Novel Updates)

Novel
Written by Miku, the series began publication online in the Kakuyomu website on March 25, 2017, under the tentative title Level Up wa Jinsei o Kaeta (レベルアップは人生を変えた). The series was later acquired by Fujimi Shobo, who began publishing the novels with illustrations by Rein Kuwashima starting on December 20, 2018. As of March 2022, ten volumes have been released.

In September 2021, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the novels for English publication.

Spin-Off
A spin-off series titled I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too: Girls Side, written by Ryō Kotohira and illustrated by Kuwashima, began publication under the Fantasia Bunko imprint on December 20, 2022. As of March 2023, two volumes have been released.

Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Kazuomi Minatogawa began serialization in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki PlayStation Comic Web website on December 13, 2019. As of December 2022, four tankōbon volumes have been released. Yen Press has also licensed the manga in English.

Character
Yuuya Tenjou is hated by her parents and siblings because of her ugly appearance, and is even bullied by her delinquent classmates. He is completely isolated after the death of her only ally, her grandfather.

One day, following his grandfather's will, he helps a girl who is being entangled in delinquents at a convenience store. That night, Yuya, who was in despair about her life, accidentally discovered a "hidden door" in her house. After opening the hidden door, she finds "mysterious items" and "doors to other worlds" that her grandfather had collected from all over the world.

At the house beyond the door, Yuya acquires combat skills one after another, and when he defeats the monsters that attack him with the weapon "Zesari", his poor stats level up tremendously. Perhaps because of that, Yuya, who was attacked by severe pain while he was asleep, turned into a handsome man like a different person the next morning. As a person who visited another world for the first time, Yuya, who acquired cheat-class abilities, subjugated monsters one after another, repeatedly leveled up, and was reborn as a perfect boy with the strongest physical ability.!

Yuya Tenjou was reborn as a perfect boy by opening the door to another world and acquiring cheat-class abilities. Yuya's "unconscious cheat", which goes back and forth between two worlds, is only gaining momentum...!? In addition to his strongest physical ability, Yuya's evolution in another world with supreme magic won't stop..

After school the next day, I helped Kaori Hojo at a convenience store. Kaori Hojo appears by car and Yuya Tenjo is invited to transfer to Ousei Gakuen, an elite school. Yuya, who was half-forced to take her, met the students of Ousei Academy there, and after her trial admission, she decided to attend Ousei Academy. On the other hand, in another world, Rexia von Alcelia, the princess of Alcelia Kingdom, is about to be assassinated, and she is rescued by Yuya, who happens to be away. This made Lexia fall in love with Yuya at first sight, and she was desperate to find her Yuya.

Abilities
"Even though I am such a person who can do nothing, there is one thing I can never back down from. The man in front of me said he would destroy what I hold dear. I don’t care what happens to me. Even if it means risking everything I have, I want to protect the people I care about."

- Yuuya

Tenjou Yuuya has been a bullied boy since the past. He lives in the home of his beloved grandfather while he goes to school. As usual, he receives a harsh bullying, and he takes an extended absence from school to have some time to heal his wounds.

While on this long time of absence, he takes the opportunity to clean his grandfather’s house and goes to a room he never went before, where his grandfather keep many different objects that he gathered from his travels around the world. While he was arranging the objects, he found a door not on a wall among the objects. Out of curiosity he opens this door, and what he found on the other side was another world, as being an otherworlder Yuuya given a system called "status", this status contained all experienced and parameters of Yuuya and this system can obtain skills when he can bed learned from the book to obtained certain skills.

TV Anime
In August 2022, it was announced that the novels would be receiving an anime television series adaptation. The series is produced by TMS Entertainment and animated by Millepensee, with Shingo Tanabe directing, Shin Itagaki serving as chief director and supervising the scripts, Hiromi Kimura adapting Rein Kuwashima's character designs for animation and serving as chief animation director, and Akiyuki Tateyama composing the music. It is set to premiere on April 7, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks.

The opening theme song is "Gyakuten Geki" (逆転劇, "Turnabout Drama") by Tsukuyomi, while the ending theme song is "Hachimitsu" (ハチミツ, "Honey") by Shikao Suga. Crunchyroll licensed the series, and will be streaming it along with an English dub. Muse Communication licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.

Staff

 * Original - Miku (published by KADOKAWA Fantasia Bunko)
 * Character draft - Reine Kuwashima
 * General Director / Series Composition - Shin Itagaki
 * Director - Shingo Tanabe
 * Character design/chief drawing director - Hiromi Kimura
 * Design Works - Hiromi Kimura, Tomohiro Yoshida, Makoto Ichikawa, Ryota Mori, Chinatsu Hasegawa, Azusa Oura, Satoshi Yasuhime
 * Art director- Masakazu Miyake
 * Art setting-Yuri Sanami, Yukiko Uegaki
 * Color design-Aiko Yamagami, Junko Nagaoka (TDI)
 * Composite Director - Naoki Man (Sanzigen), Kenta Fujita (Sanzigen), Shota Tanaka (IXIXI)
 * Editing - IIXI
 * CG Director - Yui Horiuchi
 * Acoustic Director - Ryosuke Naya, Shin Itagaki
 * Music - Akiyuki Tateyama
 * Music Production - Tom's Music
 * Planning Produce - UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS
 * Producers - Takuma Kishida, Satoshi Motonaga
 * Animation Producer - Naoko Shiraishi
 * Animation Production - Milpansee
 * Production - Iserebe Production Committee

Web Radio
From March 27, 2023, the web radio "Akari Kito and Kaori Maeda no Isere Bellagio" will be distributed on Onsen. Updates every other Monday.

Game
A free-to-play MMORPG browser game, titled I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World Too: Parallel Universe, was announced on March 17, 2023. It will be launched on the G123 platform in multiple languages.

Reception
In May 2018, the web novel won the Grand Prize at the 3rd Kakuyomu Web Novel Contest in the Science Fiction/Modern Fantasy Division. As of February 2023, the series has 2 million copies in circulation.

External Link

 * Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta ─ Web novel at Kakuyomu (in Japanese)
 * Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta ─ Official light novel website (in Japanese)
 * Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta ─ ComicWalker Website (in Japanese)
 * TV Anime "Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta" Official Site Website (in Japanese)
 * TV anime "Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta" Official (@iseleve_anime) - Twitter
 * Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
 * Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta ─ Wikipedia (in English)
 * I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World Too: Parallel Universe ─ G123 (Official Website | Game)

Trivia
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