The Great Cleric

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The Great Cleric (聖者無双〜サラリーマン、異世界で生き残るために歩む道〜, Seija Musou: Salaryman, Isekai de Ikinokoru Tame ni Ayumu Michi) is a Japanese light novel series written by Broccoli Lion. Originally published via the novel posting website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in October 2015, the series was later acquired by Micro Magazine, who began publishing the series in print with illustrations by Sime. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Hiiro Akikaze, began serialization on the Niconico-based web manga platform Suiyōbi no Sirius in June 2017. An anime television series adaptation by Yokohama Animation Laboratory and Cloud Hearts is set to premiere in July 2023.

Synopsis
One day, Earth's God of Destiny, and Galdardia's Chief God had a bet. The God of Destiny lost, and chose ten mediocre souls to hand over. To those ten souls, the Chief God of Galdardia handed them new vessels. Among those mediocre souls was one salaryman who fought against his destiny of death. How will this man grow from now on? Not the God of Destiny, nor the Chief God of Galdardia, nor even the author themselves know.

(Source: Tseirp Translations)

Novel
Written by Broccoli Lion, the series began publication on the novel posting website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on October 17, 2015. It was later acquired by Micro Magazine, who began publishing the series in print with illustrations by Sime on August 30, 2016. As of January 2022, ten volumes have been released.

In October 2020, J-Novel Club announced that they licensed the novels for English publication

Manga
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Hiiro Akikaze, began serialization on Kodansha's Niconico-based Suiyōbi no Sirius manga service on January 27, 2017. As of October 2022, the series' individual chapters have been collected into ten tankōbon volumes.

At Anime Expo 2019, Vertical announced that they licensed the series for English publication.

Character
"All Races would be respected and seen equally by children wouldn't you all like to see such a future?" "As an S-rank Healer, No matter how difficult it may be and how far I have to go I won't stop, I want to help people."

- Luciel

The main character of this work. He was a salaryman in his previous life and died when he was hit by a gun on his left chest. He is reincarnated on the planet Gardaldia and calls himself Luciel. He is 17 years old with 6 comic volumes. The job is a healer. He was not very good at adventurers in the early stages. He had an early favor with Monica. He used healing magic as a substitute for training in the Adventurer's Guild for free.

He has come to be called "Do M Zombie / Masochistic Zombie Healer" by the adventurers around him because he laughs and drinks Object X and stands up many times by training with Brod. Possess the skill of good luck.

He's a good person, but he's actually stubborn. His dream is senility because he has an unusually strong attachment to life once he died. He is a patient person who can endure even if he is painful or hurt if he does not die.
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Abilities
One day, Earth's God of Destiny and Galdardia's Chief God had a bet. The God of Destiny lost and chose ten mediocre souls to hand over. To those ten souls, the Chief God of Galdardia handed them new vessels. Among those mediocre souls was one salaryman who fought against his destiny of death. Because of being reincarnated in the new world (Galdardia), Luciel's gained a gift from Earth's God of Destiny to able to survive in the new world. As he possesses a skill of Good Luck [LUK] in his stats and thus he is trained by Brod & Lumina for surviving in the dungeon.

TV Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 7, 2022. It is produced by Yokohama Animation Laboratory and Cloud Hearts, and directed by Masato Tamagawa, with scripts supervised by Keiichirō Ōchi, and character designs handled by Guonian Wang. The series is set to premiere in July 2023 on TBS and BS11. The opening theme song is "Bagu-chan" (バグちゃん) by Nasuo☆, while the ending theme song is "A New Day" by Yuki Nakashima.

Staff

 * Original - Broccoli Lion, Akikaze, Hiiro, sime
 * Director - Masato Tamagawa
 * Series composition - Keiichiro Ochi
 * Character Design - Kingdom Year
 * Animation Production - Yokohama Animation Lab, Cloud Hearts

Reception
The series won the gold award (effectively second place) at the 4th Net Novel Award.

The novel series has sold over two million copies.

External Link

 * The Great Cleric ─ Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
 * The Great Cleric ─ Light novel official website (in Japanese)
 * The Great Cleric ─ Work information (Manga Official Website) | Monthly Shonen Sirius (in Japanese)
 * The Great Cleric ─ Work information (Manga Official Website) | Nico Nico Seiga (in Japanese)
 * TV Anime "The Great Cleric" official website (in Japanese)
 * The Great Cleric ─ TV anime official (@seija_anime) - Twitter
 * The Great Cleric ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
 * The Great Cleric ─ Wikipedia (in English)

Trivia

 * Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, "Light from Heaven or Light of God" and is of Italian origin. According to a user from the United Kingdom, the name Luciel is of Hebrew origin and means "Luci- Light -el God So, Luciel: Light of God".

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