Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu

Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu (レベル1だけどユニークスキルで最強です, My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1 / Level 1 with S-rank Drop Rate is the Strongest) is a Japanese light novel series written by Nazuna Miki and illustrated by Subachi. It was published in the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from February 2017 to April 2020. It was later acquired by Kodansha, who has released seven volumes since August 2017 under their Kodansha Ranobe Books imprint.

A manga adaptation illustrated by Mawata has been serialized in Kodansha's Niconico Seiga–based manga service Suiyōbi no Sirius since May 2018, with its chapters collected into twelve tankōbon volumes as of July 2023. An anime television series adaptation by Maho Film premiered in July 2023.

Synopsis
Ryouta Satou, who died from overworking at a black company, was reincarnated to another world. Although Ryouta was alive, he was now burdened with the inconvenience that his level is fixed to 1 in this new world. Although he wasn’t able to raise his level, he had a unique skill that can create a cheat-like item that shouldn't exist in the world from monsters. Knowing this, he maxed out his stats with the help of ability-up items, and he gathered a number of weapons and items that can only be used by himself, which made him have the strongest stats and gear despite being level 1.

(Source: Shousetsuka ni Narou, translated)

Light novels
Written by Nazuna Miki, My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1 was published in the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from February 24, 2017, to April 19, 2020. The series was later acquired by Kodansha, who began publishing the novels with illustrations by Subachi on August 31, 2017, under their Kodansha Ranobe Books imprint.

As of December 2019, seven volumes have been released. In March 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the novels for English publication.

Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Mawata began serialization in Kodansha's Niconico Seiga-based manga service Suiyōbi no Sirius on May 30, 2018. As of May 2022, nine tankōbon volumes have been released. In North America, Kodansha USA has also licensed the manga for an English digital release.

Character
Ryouta Satou, who died from overworking at a black company, was reincarnated to another world. Although Ryouta was alive, he was now burdened with the inconvenience that his level is fixed to 1 in this new world. Although he wasn’t able to raise his level, he had a unique skill that can create a cheat-like item that shouldn't exist in the world from monsters. Knowing this, he maxed out his stats with the help of ability-up items, and he gathered a number of weapons and items that can only be used by himself, which made him have the strongest stats and gear despite being level 1.

Abilities
Although he works for a black company, he is transferred to another world due to death from overwork. In the other world, the level does not rise from 1, but the drop status is S rank, and the owner of the skill "If you defeat a monster, an item that should not exist in that world will drop". When he equipped a item that increased the drop status it only add (+1). Despite being level 1, Ryouta is very hard working to achieve what was on his mind. His level never rises, but Ryouta's parameter will rise with every monster he killed and drop a seed (Seed of Power) that makes his parameter rise. Ryouta also trained himself by self-taught martial art "Gun fu" to defend himself, his favored weapon is a wild west handgun (like a; R-357 revolver). The drop rate of the monster (normal to Rare) was different on every floor of the dungeon. Each monster the defined different item will drop when it slays from a lower rank to the highest rank dungeon. The monster drop item has a 5% chance to drop twice the item. But Ryouta's Drop Status of every monster has been increased twice the drop of the normal monster even a power-up monster who leaves the dungeon. Rouge monster drops a Key that can enter a new dungeon that drops a potion that has an effect (Red: Increased Plant drops in 3 ranks for 10 mins & Blue: Increased Animals drops in 3 ranks for 10 mins).
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TV Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on May 6, 2022. The series will be produced by Maho Film and directed by Takeyuki Yanase, with Yuka Yamada in charge of series composition, characters designed by Miyako Nishida, Eri Kojima, Kaho Deguchi and Yuko Oba, and music composed by Endō. It premiered on July 8, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Chase Me" by Nora from Konya, Ano Machi Kara, while the ending theme song is "Tamborine no Naru Oka" (タンバリンの鳴る丘, "The Tambourine-Ringing Hill") performed by Airi Miyakawa. Crunchyroll has licensed the series, and will be streaming it along with an English dub. Muse Communication has licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.


 * Staff:
 * Original Author - Nazuna Miki (published by Kodansha K Ranobe Books)
 * Director - Yuyuki Yanase
 * Series composition - Yuka Yamada
 * Main character design - Miyako Nishida, Eri Kojima, Kaho Deguchi, Yuko Oba
 * Prop Design - Yoshio Hirose, Shiori Kurihara, Manami Inose
 * Color design - Aki Watanabe
 * Art director - Chiho Fukaya
 * Cinematographer - Yukina Nomura
 * 3DCG Director - Dick Ogahara
 * Sound Director - Masanori Tsuchiya
 * music - peas.
 * Music Production - Kappa Entertainment Inc.
 * Producers - Nobuhito Hayashi, Nobuhiko Kurosu, Harumi Sato, Yoshiyuki Shiotani, Kazumasa Yamagata, Akira Kubota, Midori Matsuzaki, Mariko Nagayoshi, So Murakami
 * Animation Producer - Mayuka Kawakado
 * Animation production - MAHO FILM
 * Production - "Level 1" Production Committee

External Link

 * Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu ─ Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
 * Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu ─ Work information (Manga Official Website) | Suiyoubi no Sirius (in Japanese)
 * TV Anime "Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu" Official anime website (in Japanese)
 * Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu ─ TV anime official (@level1_anime) - Twitter
 * Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
 * Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu ─ Wikipedia (in English)

Trivia
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