Loner Life in Another World

Loner Life in Another World / Lonely Attack on the Different World (ひとりぼっちの異世界攻略, Hitoribocchi no Isekai Kouryaku) is a Japanese light novel by Goji, Shouji. The illustrations are handled by Boota up to Volume 2, and by Saku Enomaru from Volume 3.

Initially, the WEB version was serialized from October 2016 with the title "Cheat Skill was sold out (tentative title)" to become a novelist, but in October 2017, Article 14-6 of the site's terms of use The content was revised due to a conflict with the section, and the continuation is being serialized from the same month at Nocturne Novels in the R18 division. The title has been changed due to the publication of the book, and it has been published by Overlap Bunko since January 2018. As of May 2022, the cumulative circulation of the series has exceeded 1.6 million.

As a media mix, the manga version that Bibi is in charge of drawing is being serialized in "Comic Gardo" (Overlap) from January 25, 2018.

Hitoribocchi no Isekai Kouryaku began as a web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō on October 12, 2016. Overlap began releasing a revised and illustrated version of the series on January 25, 2019 under its Overlap Bunko label.

The series has been published in English as Loner Life in Another World by Seven Seas Entertainment under the Airship imprint since August 3, 2021.

Hitoribocchi no Isekai Kouryaku has been published digitally in English as Loner Life in Another World by Kaiten Books since March 31, 2020, and physically since August 19, 2020. It has also been published in French by Meian since November 18, 2021.

Synopsis
The strongest doesn't need cheats. Haruka, a high schooler who spends his life as a "loner", is suddenly summoned to another world with his classmates. Noticing the god in front of him, Haruka was going to get cheat abilities by picking what he wanted from the skill list so that he could live in the other world――or so he thought, but the skills were first come, first serve.

All the cheat skills were taken by my classmates?! After not being able to get any amazing skills, Haruka's "loner" skill made him unable to join any parties. Even in another world, he’ll adventure in solitude. Haruka, recognizing the crisis of his classmates, decided to secretly help them out while not relying on cheats. He’ll surpass cheats as he walks the path of the strongest――.

Let the curtains raise for the tale about the strongest loner’s attack on the different world!

Web Novel
The web novel began serialization on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō ("Narou") website from 2016 October 12th, with a placeholder title called Chi-to Sukiru wa Urikiredatta (English: "Cheat Skills Sold Out"). It was rated R-15 rating with warning of depiction of cruelty.

On October 27th, 2017, the author announced that he had been banned by Narou for inappropriate sexual content. By then the serialization was up to Web Novel Part 610. The author created an alt account, and beginning with Web Novel Part 611, moved the serialization to Nocturn (Narou's R-18 site) instead. All previous posts up to Part 610 were also ported over to Nocturn.

Light Novels
Shoji Gosho (Author) / Boota ( Illustration) "Hitoribocchi no Ichijo Strategy" Overlap , 12+ volumes already published (as of June 25, 2023)


 * 1) Released date January 25, 2018 (Cheat skills were sold out) - ISBN 978-4-86554-302-5
 * 2) Released date June 25, 2018 (The strongest Labyrinth Emperor was also lonely) - ISBN 978-4-86554-362-9
 * 3) Released date February 25, 2020 (Transfer Magic for a Crying Girl) - ISBN 978-4-86554-478-7
 * 4) Released date May 25, 2020 (Princess, Scatter in the False Labyrinth) - ISBN 978-4-86554-661-3
 * 5) Released date October 25, 2020 (The Weakest Self-proclaimed Transcendent and Shinigami) - ISBN 978-4-86554-761-0
 * 6) Released date January 25, 2021 (Recapture of the Royal Capital of the Souvenir Shop Orphanage Branch) - ISBN 978-4-86554-824-2
 * 7) Released date May 25, 2021 (And the dancer returns to Yomi) - ISBN 978-4-86554-910-2
 * 8) Released date October 25, 2021 (Blue Storm Frontier Holiday) - ISBN 978-4-8240-0001-9
 * 9) Released date March 25, 2022 (Pure Sister's Blow and Kill) - ISBN 978-4-8240-0130-6
 * 10) Released date August 25, 2022 (Level Supremacist Beasts) - ISBN 978-4-8240-0270-9
 * 11) Released date February 25, 2023 (That Father, About God's Enemy) - ISBN 978-4-8240-0414-7
 * 12) Released date June 25, 2023 (Reverse Babel of the Sleeping Saint) - ISBN 978-4-8240-0501-4

Manga
Bibi (Manga) / Masashi Gosho (Original) "Hitoribocchi no Ichijo Strategy" Overlap , 16+ volumes already published (as of June 25, 2023). The manga began as a bi-weekly serialization in January 25, 2019 on Comic Gardo. Starting February 7th, 2020, the manga became serialized weekly. The manga is officially licensed by Kaiten Books for English localization.


 * 1) Released date September 25, 2019 - ISBN 978-4-86554-550-0
 * 2) Released date February 25, 2020 - ISBN 978-4-86554-617-0
 * 3) Released date May 25, 2020 - ISBN 978-4-86554-670-5
 * 4) Released date July 25, 2020 - ISBN 978-4-86554-709-2
 * 5) Released date October 25, 2020 - ISBN 978-4-86554-773-3
 * 6) Released date January 25, 2021 - ISBN 978-4-86554-837-2
 * 7) Released date May 25, 2021 - ISBN 978-4-86554-924-9
 * 8) Released date August 25, 2021 - ISBN 978-4-86554-991-1
 * 9) Released date October 25, 2021 - ISBN 978-4-8240-0035-4
 * 10) Released date January 25, 2022 - ISBN 978-4-8240-0099-6
 * 11) Released date March 25, 2022 - ISBN 978-4-8240-0143-6
 * 12) Released date May 25, 2022 - ISBN 978-4-8240-0202-0
 * 13) Released date August 25, 2022 - ISBN 978-4-8240-0284-6
 * 14) Released date November 25, 2022 - ISBN 978-4-8240-0348-5
 * 15) Released date February 25, 2023 - ISBN 978-4-8240-0429-1
 * 16) Released date June 25, 2023 - ISBN 978-4-8240-0540-3
 * 17) Released date August 25, 2023 - ISBN 978-4-8240-0596-0

Character
Haruka, a 16 yrs old and high school boy who has no friends in his class and is reading a book by himself during break, One day a magic circle appeared out of nowhere in his classroom. Haruka figured it was most likely to summon people to another world like the fiction stories he often read about. He tried, unsuccessfully to escape, but ended up in a white room all alone and summoned to another world with his classmates. He rolls the dice appropriately, rolls out "Point MAX", pretends to be "luck" status, and gets great luck. Because old man claiming to be God gave the first-come-first-served skill, Haruka, who was summoned to another place, could not choose a remarkable skill (item, martial arts, magic, skill, title, Unknown), and finally All the delicate things are pressed against. The God eventually appeared, explaining to Haruka that all his classmates have picked their summon bonuses and went to the Other World, and Haruka is the only straggler. Haruka looked through the list of remaining skills, most of which look outright pitiful, and gave god an earful. God was embarrassed at first, but eventually snapped and gave Haruka every single left-over bonuses, including ones that have major drawbacks.

Haruka landed in a forest all alone. With the kitchen sink of summon bonuses, Haruka maxed out his luck to be "Above Limit", and experimented with various ways to utilize his skills and items to survive. He found a cave and remodeled it to be his home, and eventually ran across various classmates who had split up, unintentionally placing under Mean Girls under Servitude in the process. After saving the girls, he helped them train and together found their way out of the forest.

Haruka, who couldn't make a party with anyone because of the effect of one of her titles, "Bocchi". However, due to the influence of the title "Bocchi" given by God, it becomes impossible to form a party, and the titles of "Nito" and "Hikikomori" are also acquired. He seems to want to live an elegant and stable "botchi" life.

Abilities
Haruka is a lover of reading, and has an ability that allows him to become good at anything. Haruka, who could only get her unsold and subtle skills, was unable to form a party due to the effect of the skill "Bocchi", and adventured alone in another world do.

Trivia
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