Buta Koushaku ni Tensei shita kara, Kondo wa Kimi ni Suki to Iitai (豚公爵に転生したから、今度は君に好きと言いたい, Because I Reincarnated as the Piggy Duke, I Want to Say I Love You This Time / Piggy duke want to say love to you) is a Japanese light novel series written by Aida, Rhythm. Originally published via the novel posting website SKakuyomu in October 2015, the series was later acquired by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko, which began publishing the series in print with illustrations by nauribon. A manga adaptation, illustrated by fujy, began serialization on the Niconico-based web manga platform Comic Alive in February 2018.
Synopsis[]
In the popular anime Shuya Marionette, there is a character whom everyone looks upon with scorn: the so-called "Piggy Duke," third son of Duke Denning and a student of Kirsch Mage Institute. This can only spell doom for the current Slowe Denning, who knows he's been reincarnated into the world of that anime as said villain!
There is a ray of hope, however. If he uses his in-depth knowledge of the anime and his unparalleled power as a master of all the elements, surely Slowe can gain popularity with his peers and change his fate! Perhaps this time, he can make the one small wish that never came to fruition in the anime come true: to become a man worthy of Charlotte, his retainer, and to confess his love to her!
(Source: J-Novel Club)
List of published books[]
Novel[]
A series written by Aida, Rhythm. Originally published via the novel posting website SKakuyomu in October 2015, the series was later acquired by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko, which began publishing the series in print with illustrations by nauribon.
In June 2021, J-Novel Club announced that they licensed the novels for English publication.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 18, 2017 | 978-4-04072228-3 | — | — |
| 2 | April 20, 2017 | 978-4-04072236-8 | — | — |
| 3 | August 19, 2017 | 978-4-04072421-8 | — | — |
| 4 | December 20, 2017 | 978-4-04072422-5 | — | — |
| 5 | May 19, 2018 | 978-4-04072679-3 | — | — |
| 6 | September 20, 2018 | 978-4-04072680-9 | — | — |
| 7 | February 20, 2019 | 978-4-04072681-6 | — | — |
| 8 | August 20, 2019 | 978-4-04073276-3 | — | — |
| 9 | April 17, 2020 | 978-4-04073277-0 | — | — |
| 10 | November 20, 2020 | 978-4-04073667-9 | — | — |
Manga[]
A manga adaptation, illustrated by fujy, began serialization on the Niconico-based web manga platform Comic Alive in February 2018.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 21, 2018 | 978-4040699905 | — | — |
| 2 | February 23, 2019 | 978-4-040654096 | — | — |
| 3 | September 20, 2019 | 978-4-040657585 | — | — |
| 4 | March 23, 2020 | 978-4-040645285 | — | — |
| 5 | November 21, 2020 | 978-4-046800015 | ||
| 6 | December 23, 2021 | 978-4-046804075 | ||
| 7 | January 23, 2023 | 978-4-046817365 | ||
| 8 | January 23, 2023 | 978-4-046822413 |
Character[]
The protagonist is a reincarnated character and the main character of this work. He is the most beloved person by spirits in history, being the only one who can see the spirits that are invisible to others, and not only can he touch them but also communicate with them. Moreover, he is the only Elemental Master (specialized wizard) in the story. Therefore, if he had not turned into a black pig after meeting Charlotte, he would have had the fate of becoming an even greater hero than the protagonist Shuya Newcalen, who is a hero who prevented the empire's invasion.
In the original work, Shuya Marioneutra was praised as a genius boy from the prestigious Denning family until the age of seven, but after suddenly gaining weight and becoming corrupt, he was set up as a typical villain character who bullies the anime's protagonist. In this work, he is also nicknamed "Pig Work" or "Real Orc," and due to the actions of his fan club, he hears from his father that "actually, you were picked up from a dungeon," resulting in his expulsion from the family. Moreover, even Charlotte, who is his love interest, ends up joining the harem of the anime protagonist Shuya, making this a typical story of karmic retribution.
However, among actual anime fans, many prefer Slow Denning over Shuya. The reason is that in the official backstory provided by the production team, Slow Denning secretly and reliably dealt with enemies that the protagonist Shuya could not handle awkwardly. When Denning was seven, Charlotte, who was a princess of a great nation, became a slave after her country was ruined. While escaping from a slave auction, she heard the voice of the Great Wind Decree and headed in that direction, leading her to meet and be saved by Slow Denning. He began to protect her to calm the spirits' anger but later fell in love with Charlotte, realizing that marrying her, who had become a commoner, was impossible. Consequently, he started to act out and became a problem child, indulging in gluttony and causing accidents, leading to his family's disownment.
Additionally, he used his power to thoroughly prevent information about Charlotte from leaking, but ultimately, during the seed incident, Charlotte's true identity was at risk of being revealed, and he was saved by the anime protagonist Shuya. This led to a tragic situation where he ended up becoming part of Shuya's harem. Since the production team officially recognized this backstory, he is a very pitiable character who, despite his efforts to abandon everything, ended up losing everything to the protagonist Shuya. However, knowing this setting and story, the devoted fans who have reincarnated as Slow Denning declared a diet to at least create love with Charlotte and began to earnestly attend classes and improve himself, although naturally, due to his past actions and karma, he was not believed or was mocked, and even Charlotte, his love interest, was half-hearted about it. Nevertheless, through self-management and with Tina's help, his image improved significantly among the maids. He successfully rescued his former fiancée Alicia Sirkista, who had been captured by No Face during an incident involving color exposure and arrested No Face, opening the way for the return of the Wind God Cave.
After the capture of No Face, the princess directly designates him as a candidate for the Guardian exam, and her actions of unconditionally going to the news of the long-standing relationship between the Kingdom of Cirqusta and the band of thieves captured in the Kingdom of Dalis lead the academy head to understand her intentions and make excuses to accompany her to Yorem. In Yorem, while being cautious of the Royal Knight Sephis Fundragon, who betrays Dalis with the Shuyamarionette, Alicia is given a warning, but due to inappropriate remarks, Alicia ends up in a situation where the protagonist seems to be jealous of Sephis. However, the betrayal of Sephis Fundragon progresses unexpectedly fast, leading to a situation where Alicia is kidnapped, but thanks to Silver, one of his twin knights who was assigned to the band of thieves, he confronts Sephis Fundragon alone, successfully informing him of the truth and neutralizing him without injury.
In the story, the possibility of harming oneself is on the level of the Empire's Three Musketeers, who are classed as great heroes, or the Queen's Knight (Guardian), the strongest knight of Dalis, raising their enchanted swords, and they are considered to be among the strongest beings in the world, comparable to great spirits. In battles throughout the story, they truly showcase their deserving strength. While the book version may differ, in the web serial version, the protagonist defeats No Face and the Black Dragon in just one day confronts the Great Spirit of Darkness, and battles the Great Spirit of Wind, and immediately after defeating the strongest among the Empire's Three Musketeers, engages in combat with the Great Spirit of Darkness, showcasing immense power. Almost all Royal Knights, except for the Queen's Knight with the enchanted sword, are at a level where they can only dismantle the protagonist's safely written magic with great effort, while the protagonist, being an A-rank adventurer Arkflare or ranked third among S-rank adventurers, can dismantle such magic in one go.
At least up to the third book, it seems he has become stronger than in the web serial version. Originally, in the web series, due to a fraudulent drug that converts local areas into magical power, he fought No Face twice in one day, healed Karina, who was dying from the Black Dragon's attack, with the best recovery magic, and managed to break through the difficult roads plagued by monster riots twice, sweeping away the monsters that invaded the Krush Magic Academy dungeon, changing the attributes of the enchanted sword with the power of the Great Spirit of Wind, and defeating the Black Dragon. However, in the book version, he battles No Face in the first volume, fights the added Epinsipis in the second volume, and instead of the one-day battles against dungeon monster attacks and the Black Dragon incident, he changes them to battles on different days, altering the attributes of the enchanted sword without borrowing power from the Great Spirit of Wind and defeating the Black Dragon solely with the strength of the wind spirits. By the way, in the web series, there were not only kites with the Black Dragon and Hujack, but also kites on the Denning River. In the web series, the ancestors of the Denning family originally came from Hujack and were to marry the princess of Hujack, but the Black Dragon was kidnapped, and at that time, nothing was written about the Black Dragon, which later flowed into Dalis, becoming the current Denning family and having to float the Black Dragon as a family crest. However, in the book version, only the relationship with the princess of Hujack remains, and the connection with the Denning family disappears.
Abilities[]
There is a hated person in the popular anime "Shuya Marionette". The third son of the Duke of Denning, the Duke of Pigs, Slow Denning. As a hated person in the school, he has various hate elements such as looking down on people, swearing at his family lineage, being fat, and being a real oak. there is Furthermore, the misfortune that the main character takes away the girl who is his servant with whom he secretly has feelings. After being reincarnated as the villain of the anime that he liked so much, “The Piggy Duke” is destined for a bad end.
In the world of fantasy "Shuya Marionette", with his power and knowledge he know everything about the future. All attributes (elemental masters) are rare abilities that only a few people have in the whole land, Slow forte wind magic is his strong element. Slow is a magic genius who being loved by the spirits which are said to be source of magic, because being loved Slow can see Elemental spirits.
| ELEMENT MAGIC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind Attribute
|
「Wind Dance」 | 「Tempest」 | 「Whirlwind」 | 「Losing Fog」 | 「Piercing Gale」 | 「???」 |
Earth Attribute
|
「Sand Wall」 | 「Earthen Blast」 | 「Gravity Down」 | 「Geyser Barrage」 | 「???」 | |
Ice Attribute
|
「Icy Lance」 | 「Cling Breeze」 | 「???」 | |||
Fire Attribute
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「Sparkling Radiance」 | 「Ignition」 | 「Explosion」 | 「Penetrate through the Glare」 | 「???」 | |
Water Attribute
|
「Dual Hydra」 | 「???」 | ||||
Null
|
「Alchemy」 | 「Magic Barrier」 | 「???」 | |||
Gathering magical power from the Guardian Dragon Raid, while defeating the Guardian Dragon, the effects of the diet drug activate, causing the flesh to shed, and the nickname "Pig Work" becomes colorless. In his journey as being adventurer, he decided to gain muscle from exercising and training in swordsmanship. In his history, Slow can lead a Military force on his own.
External Link[]
- Buta Koushaku ni Tensei shita kara, Kondo wa Kimi ni Suki to Iitai ― Web novel at Kakuyomu (in Japanese)
- Buta Koushaku ni Tensei shita kara, Kondo wa Kimi ni Suki to Iitai ― Work Information Official Light Novel | Fantasia Bunko
- Buta Koushaku ni Tensei shita kara, Kondo wa Kimi ni Suki to Iitai ― Official Manga Website
Trivia[]
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