By the Grace of the Gods (神達に拾われた男, Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko, "The Man Picked Up By the Gods") is a Japanese light novel series written by Roy and illustrated by Ririnra. It is about a man who is chosen by three gods to be reincarnated into a fantasy world after living a sad life, using his past knowledge combined with new powers bestowed to him by said gods to help others and live a bountiful life. It began serialization online in January 2014 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō, with a revised version began serialization since September 2015.
The series was later acquired by Hobby Japan, which has published twelve volumes since September 2017 under its HJ Novels imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Ranran has been serialized online via Square Enix's Manga UP! website since November 2017 and has been collected in nine tankōbon volumes. The light novel is licensed in North America by J-Novel Club, while the manga is licensed by Square Enix. An anime television series adaptation by Maho Film aired from October to December 2020. A second season aired from January to March 2023.

Synopsis[]
Under the protection of the gods, a relaxed life with slimes in another world begins! One day, the life of middle-aged Japanese businessman Ryoma Takebayashi came to a rather sudden and disappointing end. Ryoma had never had a blessed life, but after his death, three great gods sought his cooperation and reincarnated him as a child in another world with swords and magic!
Receiving a most cordial and divine welcome from the gods, Ryoma decides to live leisurely on his own in the forest for the time being. Working diligently at magic and hunting, Ryoma’s greatest passion comes to be researching his tamed slimes?! Training a variety of slimes (some newly discovered), the curtain rises on this easy going life fantasy celebrating a second life with kind people in another world!
(Source: J-Novel Club)
List of Published Book[]
Novel[]
The series was first published online on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in January 2014 by Roy. A revised version of the series was then launched in September 2015. It was later acquired by Hobby Japan, who published the first volume as a light novel under their HJ Novels imprint in September 2017. The series is licensed in North America by J-Novel Club.
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | September 22, 2017 | 978-4-79-861509-7 | February 1, 2020 | 978-1-71-836898-9 |
2 | November 22, 2017 | 978-4-79-861571-4 | April 18, 2020 | 978-1-71-836900-9 |
3 | March 22, 2018 | 978-4-79-861653-7 | May 31, 2020 | 978-1-71-836902-3 |
4 | July 21, 2018 | 978-4-79-861730-5 | August 30, 2020 | 978-1-71-836904-7 |
5 | November 22, 2018 | 978-4-79-861807-4 | November 22, 2020 | 978-1-71-836906-1 |
6 | March 22, 2019 | 978-4-79-861887-6 | February 15, 2021 | 978-1-71-836908-5 |
7 | August 24, 2019 | 978-4-79-861980-4 | May 25, 2021 | 978-1-71-836910-8 |
8 | February 22, 2020 | 978-4-79-862124-1 | August 24, 2021 | 978-1-71-836912-2 |
9 | August 22, 2020 | 978-4-79-862270-5 | November 9, 2021 | 978-1-71-836914-6 |
10 | December 22, 2020 | 978-4-79-862375-7 | January 24, 2022 | 978-1-71-836916-0 |
11 | December 18, 2021 | 978-4-79-862667-3 | August 1, 2022 | 978-1-71-836918-4 |
12 | November 18, 2022 | 978-4-79-862973-5 | June 19, 2023 | 978-1-71-835391-6 |
13 | April 19, 2023 | 978-4-79-863162-2 | October 12, 2023 | 978-1-71-836922-1 |
14 | November 17, 2023 | 978-4-79-863343-5 | May 17, 2024 | 978-1-71-836924-5 |
15 | May 17, 2024 | 978-4-79-863539-2 | — | — |
Manga[]
A manga adaptation of the series by Ririnra began serialization in Square Enix's Manga UP! app and website on November 29, 2017. The manga is licensed in North America by Square Enix.
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | June 13, 2018 | 978-4-75-755742-0 | November 10, 2020 | 978-1-64-609080-8 |
2 | October 22, 2018 | 978-4-75-755881-6 | May 11, 2021 | 978-1-64-609081-5 |
3 | April 12, 2019 | 978-4-75-756041-3 | September 21, 2021 | 978-1-64-609082-2 |
4 | October 12, 2019 | 978-4-75-756343-8 | January 11, 2022 | 978-1-64-609088-4 |
5 | April 22, 2020 | 978-4-75-756610-1 | September 6, 2022 | 978-1-64-609089-1 |
6 | December 22, 2020 | 978-4-75-756981-2 | November 15, 2022 | 978-1-64-609140-9 |
7 | June 7, 2021 | 978-4-75-757286-7 | February 28, 2023 | 978-1-64-609158-4 |
8 | February 7, 2022 | 978-4-75-757725-1 | May 9, 2023 | 978-1-64-609193-5 |
9 | September 7, 2022 | 978-4-75-758116-6 | August 8, 2023 | 978-1-64-609221-5 |
10 | March 7, 2023 | 978-4-75-758444-0 | April 2, 2024 | 978-1-64-609258-1 |
11 | October 6, 2023 | 978-4-75-758834-9 | November 12, 2024 | 978-1-64-609309-0 |
12 | March 7, 2024 | 978-4-7575-9079-3 | — | — |
Character[]
The main character of this work. He was a 39-year-old single SE working at a black company on Earth. From an early age, he was driven into various martial arts by his father with almost abusive rigor, and he had a serious personality and a muscular body that did not miss daily training. After his father passed away, he lived with his mother, but later her mother died and he lived alone in an apartment. Although he is not at fault, he has an unreasonable past in which he has been involved in incidents and has been forced out of his job many times. Despite his appearance, he is an otaku who loves anime and manga, and is well versed in various trivia. He also had a hobby of making figures. After reincarnation, Selelipta analyzed it with a method that was almost taboo, and found traces of distorted intervention by the gods of Earth in Ryouma's unhappy life and peculiar spirituality. According to it, many evidences were discovered that it is thought that the earth god was inducing Ryoma's circumstances to become a violent criminal as entertainment. This is a taboo act even for gods, and it seems that there are traces that the lives of multiple people other than Ryoma have been distorted, but it seems that it is difficult to pursue because the god of the earth is higher than the god of Sailfall. Ryoma was able to acquire various high tolerances by repeating self-restraint against the urge to commit crimes each time he intervened. Gain and the others have always felt unnatural about Ryouma's circumstances and personality, and as a result, Sereripta's actions proved it.
After death, his soul was transferred by Gain and others for the purpose of replenishing the magical power of the earth to Sailfall, a different world lacking magical power. Because the metastasis transferred the soul to the body of an 8-year-old boy, although he looks like a child, his mind and knowledge are in a strange state of being an Arafo male. However, he self-analyzes that his physical age is greatly influenced by his mental side, and it seems that he is not simply a child on the outside and an adult on the inside. For the time being, so that it would not be unnatural to live alone in the forest of Gana to which he was transferred, the gods told him that he was born in the Great Sea of Trees, and was raised in the forest of Gana as his grandparents, the martial arts god Tigar and the sage Melia. While living alone, he used many slimes as a tamer and became immersed in slime research. In fact, Big Slime is not a single individual, but a colony, so it was necessary to make a contract with all the groups that united. As a result of that application, they are also making contracts with even larger slimes that combine more swarms. Three years after he transferred and started living in the forest, when he was 11 years old, he happened to meet Duke Jameel in the woods, which led him to become connected with the Duke's family, and they decided to settle in the city of Giml. In the city of Gimul, he registered with the Tamer Guild, the Adventurer's Guild, and the Commercial Guild, making full use of his knowledge from his previous life and the ability to use slime to open a cleaning shop for a super white company. Furthermore, as an adventurer, he will show a wide range of activities such as subjugating monsters and solving other difficult problems of the Adventurer's Guild.
Contrary to his apparent age, he has a lot of knowledge, and because of his high physical ability and track record, he has a very high reputation among the Duke and other related parties. In addition to being given the aptitude for all magic attributes, he is a versatile type who has master-level mastery of martial arts due to the influence of his previous life, and has various resistances at a high level due to the influence of the Earth God.
Personality
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Abilities[]
He is polite, serious, and humble. With a few exceptions, such as bandits, he is polite to everyone, but when he is cold-shouldered out of pure affection, he belly-butts his partner to hide his embarrassment and is frightened by Reinhardt's silent pressure to say nothing. He also retains memories of his previous life, making his very mature in spite of his age.
In his previous life, his father was a swordsmith and he was trained in martial arts with a focus on swordsmanship and archery, so he boasts high fighting ability. In his previous life, he was an otaku who loved anime and manga, and he is extremely studious about what he likes.
Ryoma, who was given many powers and connections by Gain (Creator) and others when he was reincarnated, was found out by the otherworldly god Sherelipta to have received talents from the gods of the earth in his previous life as well. What is this talent? It is assumed that the reason he has been unhappy in his previous life is to create a situation in which he can easily lose his temper and to encourage him to demonstrate his "talent."
In the world where Ryoma was transferred by the Gods, Skills are divided by multiple groups: | |
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By Level
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Ryoma's skills in the current Web Novel and Light Novel. Note: Some skills might have higher levels than listed due to most updates to already obtained skills being mentioned vaguely.
Physical Strength: | 10486 (Earth) // 12000 (+600) (R) | Magical Power: | 172 (Earth) // 284000 (+64100) (R) |
He has suffered many times from such things that would break his heart or kill him if he were an ordinary person. Therefore, his "physical pain tolerance level" and "mental pain tolerance level" are extremely high.
In his previous life, he did not suffer the worst because of his strong mental strength, but after his reincarnation, his mentality has regressed slightly due to the fact that he is now in the body of a boy, and this has led to rare occasions where his "talent" comes out, such as when he loses his temper and hurts his opponent more than necessary when confronted with a bad guy.
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After his reincarnation, he became interested in slimes and made a contract with them as his followers, raising them with great care.
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So far, only the bad guys have been harmed, and Ryoma has quickly shown remorse for his actions, so it hasn't been a big deal.
It is unclear why the gods of earth gave him such a "talent" (the gods of other worlds have not been able to ask him directly, partly because Ryoma is far from the jurisdiction of earth. (The otherworldly deities are also not directly asked, since Ryoma is away from Earth's jurisdiction. (The otherworldly deities also do not know directly, since Ryoma is far from their jurisdiction on earth.)
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TV Anime[]
An anime adaptation of the series was announced by Hobby Japan on February 20, 2020, which was later confirmed to be a television series on April 17, 2020. The series was animated by Maho Film and directed by Takeyuki Yanase, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu as story editor and screenwriter, Kaho Deguchi as character designer with Ririnra credited with the original designs, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi composing the music. While the first episode had an advanced premiere screening at FunimationCon 2020 on July 3, 2020, the series officially ran for 12 episodes in Japan from October 4 to December 20, 2020 on Tokyo MX and BS Fuji. Azusa Tadokoro performed the opening theme "Yasashii Sekai", while MindaRyn performed the ending theme "Blue Rose knows".
Season 1[]
- Staff
- Original - Roy
- Character draft - Ririnra
- Director - Yuyuki Yanase
- Series Composition/Screenplay - Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Phase 1)
- Main character design - Kaho Deguchi
- Prop Design - Yoshio Hirose
- Art director - Satoshi Shibata
- Color design - Aki Watanabe
- Cinematographer - Yukina Nomura
- Editing - Hiromi Komine
- 3DCG Director - Tatsuhiko Sugimoto
- Sound Director - Masanori Tsuchiya
- Music - Hiroaki Tsutsumi
- Music Production - Lantis
- Sound Production - AMG Studios
- Music Producer - Shigeto Takeyama
- Producers - Shuta Sasaki, Yuichiro Wada, Masaya Kuramoto, Harumi Sato, Emiko Iijima, Takahiro Fujii, Terunari Yoshie, Nobuhito Hayashi, Soji Miyagi, Mirai Yuki, Toshiyuki Miichi, Shinji Omori
- Animation Producer - Yuki Mukai
- Animation production - MAHO FILM
- Production - "Man Picked Up by the Gods S1" Production Committee (Toei Video, Hobby Japan, Hakuhodo, MAHO FILM, Funimation, Asmik Ace, Bandai Namco Arts, Amusement Media Institute, Clockworks, Nikkatsu, Exa International, BS Fuji)
The series was licensed outside of Asia by Funimation. On October 31, 2020, Funimation announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll. Medialink has also licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia and streamed it on their Ani-One YouTube channel.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "Ryoma, with the Slimes" Transcription: "Suraimu-tachi to Ryōma" (Japanese: スライムたちとリョウマ) |
Takeyuki Yanase | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | October 4, 2020 |
Ryoma Takebayashi is an 11-year-old boy who lives in the forest with over 1000 magical slime familiars. He finds Reinhart Jamil, a noble, and his soldiers in the forest and invites them to his home. Seeing that he obviously lives alone, they become suspicious. Ryoma claims he learned magic from his deceased grandparents. Camil, a mage, determines Ryoma has a high resistance to mental and physical pain. After they leave, Ryoma feels guilty about lying. In truth, three years prior, he was an unhappy Japanese salaryman who unexpectedly died in his sleep. In the afterlife, he met three gods, Gain, Lulutia, and Kufo, who explained their alternate Earth is running out of magic, and if they reincarnate him in their world, it will form a bridge to Ryoma's Earth, which has an abundance of magic. They give Ryoma magical abilities and allow him to keep his brute strength and resistance to mental and physical pain. Arriving in the alternate Earth as an 8-year-old boy, Ryoma met his first slime and spent three years learning about them until meeting Reinhart. Two weeks later, Ryoma is surprised when Reinhart returns with even more people, including his daughter Eliaria. | ||||
2 | "Departure, with the Slimes" Transcription: "Suraimu-tachi to Tabidachi" (Japanese: スライムたちと旅立ち) |
Kyōhei Ōkazu | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | October 11, 2020 |
Reinhart introduces Ryoma to his father Reinbach, his wife Elise and daughter Eliarlia who are amazed by his monster-taming abilities. After presenting Ryoma with a gold clock for previously helping him, Reinbach reveals the Jamil family have been tamers for generations and requests Ryoma help Eliarlia tame a slime as her very first familiar. After sharing some of his slime knowledge, Eliarlia decides to tame a cleaner slime that can cleanse away impurities, filth and grime, even though it means using bath water tainted with her sweat as bait, the only definite way of attracting a cleaner slime. The Jamil family invite Ryoma to accompany them on their trip to another town, Gimul, and Ryoma accepts as he only knows the forest and is eager to explore his new world. Using item storage magic, Ryoma brings his extensive collection of possessions with him, including many valuable items he created experimenting with his slimes abilities, leading Reinbach to suspect Ryoma might have a bright future as a craftsman or even a merchant. On the journey, a rockslide blocks the path, but Ryoma solves the problem using several spells he created himself, impressing Reinhart's mages before continuing on to Gimul. | ||||
3 | "First Time in Town, with the Slimes" Transcription: "Suraimu-tachi to Hajimete no Machi" (Japanese: スライムたちと初めての街) |
Hiromichi Matano | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | October 18, 2020 |
Ryoma is taken to Gimul's church to obtain his status board, which also functions as personal identification. Ryoma meets the three gods again. Gain, who created the slimes, congratulates Ryoma for creating the cleaner and scavenger slimes by unintentionally influencing their evolution. Lulutia reveals two Jamil ancestors were from Ryoma's earth, an animal lover who created Taming Magic and a shy otaku who became a powerful warrior magician. They also inform Ryoma he has gained the attention of the Gods of War and Magic and that the God of Artisans has given Ryoma his blessing. Returning to Gimul, Ryoma is advised to register at a guild so unscrupulous people are less likely to take advantage of him. Eliaria is amazed Ryoma can control his vast magic capacity so well, revealing she actually has more magic than him but with less control. At the Tamers Guild, Ryoma learns raising his rank will be difficult due to how unimpressive slimes are. Instead, he joins the Adventurers Guild where Guild Master Worgan accepts him immediately after witnessing Ryoma's warrior abilities. At the lowest rank of G, Ryoma takes his first G ranked job, to clean the home of Miya, a cat beastkin. | ||||
4 | "Clean-Up Duty, with the Slimes" Transcription: "Suraimu-tachi to Seisō Sagyō" (Japanese: スライムたちと清掃作業) |
Kyōhei Ōkazu | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | October 25, 2020 |
With help from his slimes, Ryoma not only cleans Miya's house, but make some repairs on it, much to her joy, and she increases his reward out of gratitude. In his next job, Ryoma is tasked to clean the communal toilets, amid suspicions that the toilets are not being properly maintained due to embezzlement perpetrated by the local authorities. While Reinhart investigates the matter, Ryoma discovers that the toilets are contaminated with miasma. Upon knowing of this, the Jamil family attempts to dissuade Ryoma from continuing the task, but he convinces them that he is the most suited for it. The guild then sends Miya along with some other adventurers to keep the population away from the toilets until Ryoma completes the cleaning. After the job is done, Ryoma reminisces about his mother, who used to stay awake to welcome him home after work until her death, and cries tears of joy when the Jamil family welcomes him home in a similar fashion. | ||||
5 | "The Lady's Training Session, with the Slimes" Transcription: "Suraimu-tachi to Ojōsama no Kunren" (Japanese: スライムたちとお嬢様の訓練) |
Tomihiko Ōkubo | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | November 1, 2020 |
Following Ryoma's advice that playing with magic is a good way to learn, Eliaria asks him to teach her how to play. Ryoma also asks Camil to teach him attack magic. Sebasu, the Jamils' butler, also teaches Ryoma advanced teleportation and storage magic. The next day, the Jamil family and their soldiers visit a mine overrun by monsters so Eliria can learn. After encountering cave mantises, Eliaria uses her magic to kill them, while Ryoma uses his new warrior skills. Eliaria discovers and catches a rare metal slime and gives it to Ryoma as a gift. Ryoma realizes that the mine can be reopened by using magic to extract the tiny traces of iron left in the soil, delighting Duke Jamil. Reinbach introduces Ryoma to Serge Morgan, a trader, who is delighted to buy and sell Ryoma's creations, making Ryoma very wealthy, though Ryoma insists on remaining anonymous, fearing the attention he would receive if anyone nefarious discovered he can use real alchemy. Reinhart finishes his investigation and has the embezzlers arrested. Having received a request from Duke Jamil, Reinhart decides to send Ryoma and other adventurers to clear the monsters from the mines. | ||||
6 | "Monster Hunting, with the Slimes" Transcription: "Suraimu-tachi to Majū Tōbatsu" (Japanese: スライムたちと魔獣討伐) |
Takeyuki Yanase | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | November 8, 2020 |
The Adventurer Guild begins their operation to clear the monsters from the mines. The mission goes smoothly until they discover a large nest of goblins deep inside. The adventurers then launch a coordinated attack against the goblins and despite the enemies being in a larger number than expected, they are defeated without casualties, with Ryoma and his slimes having an important role. Once he returns home, Ryoma decides that he can't indulge further on the Jamil family's hospitality and expresses his desire to live independently from them. | ||||
7 | "Starting the Business, with the Slimes" Transcription: "Suraimu-tachi to Sentakuya no Kaiten Junbi" (Japanese: スライムたちと洗濯屋の開店準備) |
Naoyoshi Kusaka | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | November 15, 2020 |
Having predicted Ryoma's intention to follow his own path, Reinhart and his family agree with his request, but make him promise to keep in touch and visit them regularly. The next day, Ryoma seeks advice and support from the Merchant Guild to help with his plans to start a laundry shop. After securing a plot of land, Ryoma spends the next day building the facility with help from his friends. After the main building is complete, Ryoma pays a visit to the church to meet the gods, but only Kufo is there to welcome him, while Lulutia and Gain are having some recreation on Earth. Kuro warns Ryoma that his mental/emotional maturity will regress back to a child's to synchronize with his new body; but his memory and beliefs will stay the same. | ||||
8 | "Laundry Business, with the Slimes" Transcription: "Suraimu-tachi to Sentakuya Kagyō" (Japanese: スライムたちと洗濯屋稼業) |
Kyōhei Ōkazu | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | November 22, 2020 |
The Merchant Guild sends siblings Callum and Carla Norad to work under Ryoma in his laundry shop. After giving them instructions on their new job, Ryoma has both help him with an opening party he gives to all his friends. The next day, Ryoma decides to do some work at the Adventurer Guild as he believes that few costumers will show up for the shop's opening. However, he is shocked when sees that the shop is crowded when he returns. At the end of day, Ryoma decides to hire more assistants and returns home satisfied after a successful day of work. | ||||
9 | "The New Coworkers, with the Slimes" Transcription: "Suraimu-tachi to Atarashii Dōryō" (Japanese: スライムたちと新しい同僚) |
Naoyoshi Kusaka | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | November 29, 2020 |
Ryoma interviews some candidates to work on his shop, but all of them refuse to work under a child or deal with slimes, except for foreigners Fei and his daughter Li Ling. Ryoma notices that they are carrying concealed weapons and both confirm that they are former assassins. Despite that, Ryoma decides to hire both not only to attend the costumers, but to also work as bodyguards. After another successful day of work, Ryoma uses the healing slimes to cure Fei's broken leg, much to his joy. With his business' increasing success, Ryoma hires four other female workers, including a cook, and he hears suggestions to open other branches of the laundry shop. Watching how Ryoma is doing fine, the Jamil family rejoices, certain that he can fend for himself without their support. | ||||
10 | "The New Slimes, with the Slimes" Transcription: "Suraimu-tachi to Shinshu no Suraimu" (Japanese: スライムたちと新種のスライム) |
Toshiaki Kanbara | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | December 6, 2020 |
The Merchant Guild requests from Ryoma a large order of waterproof cloth for the seasonal Quell Frog hunt and he decides to produce them inside the mines and Eliaria accompanies him to practice with her violin. One of his slimes evolve into an iron slime after eating some iron. Eliaria later asks Ryoma makes a small statue of hers. Satisfied with the result, he ends making up statues of all members of the Jamil estate, and they decide to have her take them as a memento for when she leaves for studying, including one of Ryoma. Later at the shop, Ryoma learns that sales and profits keep increasing as Bamboo Forest's reputation grows and he realizes that he forgot to give holiday breaks to his employees, who rejoice when he decides to do so; it's normally a rarity, but Ryoma doesn't wish to cause exploitation. Afterwards, he learns from the Adventurer's Guild that a group of adventurers captured a new kind of slime. As such, he buys it from them. By apprising the slime, he learns that it is a bloody slime. Watching his progress, the three gods rejoice on their decision of picking Ryoma. Later at home, Eliaria invites Ryoma for a taming magic training session with her family. | ||||
11 | "Taming Magic Training, with the Slimes" Transcription: "Suraimu-tachi to Jū-majutsu no Renshū" (Japanese: スライムたちと従魔術の練習) |
Tomihiko Ōkubo | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | December 13, 2020 |
The Jamil family holds a training session with Ryoma and Eliaria who learn new abilities from them. Afterwards, Ryoma completes the waterproof cloth order and joins Eliaria and the others to watch the limur birds' annual migration. During the occasion, one tamer attempts to use his music to tame a limur bird, but is attacked by them instead. Ryoma and the others attempt to rescue him when one of the birds attack everyone with some powerful magic. Ryoma drives the birds away thanks to his resistance to mental pain. Eliaria becomes a little disappointed that she did not manage to tame a limur bird as she intended, but she and the others decide to return in the next day for another attempt. | ||||
12 | "The Beginning of a New Era, with the Slimes" Transcription: "Suraimu-tachi to Aratanaru Hibi" (Japanese: スライムたちと新たなる日々) |
Takeyuki Yanase | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | December 20, 2020 |
When the limur birds return, both Eliaria and Ryoma use music to tame a few of them, with Ryoma also taming the Nightmare Limur Bird they previously encountered and Eliaria taming a Phantom Limur Bird. During dinner, the Jamil estate celebrate Ryoma and Eliaria's success as well as their last night together before they part ways. The next day, Eliaria and her family bid farewell to Ryoma, who promises to keep in touch with them and to visit Eliaria in three years during her break from her studies and sets to the mines to build a new home. The gods, watching over Ryoma, renew their conviction that they made the right choice of reincarnating him in their world and look forward to his next adventures. |
TRAILERS (SEASON 1) | |
On June 4, 2021, a second season was announced. Yuka Yamada replaced Kazuyuki Fudeyasu as the scriptwriter. It aired from January 9 to March 27, 2023. MindaRyn performed the opening theme "Way to go", while Azusa Tadokoro performed the ending theme "Drum-shiki Tansaki".

Season 2[]
- Staff
- Original - Roy
- Character draft - Ririnra
- Director - Yuyuki Yanase
- Series Composition/Screenplay - Yuka Yamada
- Main character design - Kaho Deguchi
- Prop Design - Shiori Kurihara, Manami Inose, Tomomi Yoshinari
- Art director - Satoshi Shibata
- Color design - Aki Watanabe
- Cinematographer - Yukina Nomura
- Editing - Hiromi Komine
- 3DCG Director - Dick Ogahara
- Sound Director - Masanori Tsuchiya
- Music - Hiroaki Tsutsumi
- Music Production - Lantis
- Sound Production - AMG Studios
- Music Producer - Shigeto Takeyama
- Producers - Shuta Sasaki, Yuichiro Wada, Masaya Kuramoto, Harumi Sato, Emiko Iijima, Ayaka Sugiura, Shigeto Takeyama, Fumihiro Ozawa, Katsuma Itakura, Mirai Yuki, Toshiyuki Miichi, Shinji Omori
- Animation Producer - Yuki Mukai
- Animation production - MAHO FILM
- Production - "Man Picked Up by the Gods S2" Production Committee (Toei Video, Hobby Japan, Hakuhodo, MAHO FILM, Funimation, Asmik Ace, Bandai Namco Arts, Amusement Media Institute, Clockworks, Nikkatsu, Exa International, BS Fuji)
Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko 2nd Season was released on Blu-ray in two volumes by Toei Video from April 12, 2023, and May 10, 2023. Limited edition bonuses were made available, featuring new material from the authors and, for the first volume exclusively, a card to download the original soundtrack.
1 | "Ryoma and the New Plan" Transcription: "Ryōma to Atarashī Keikaku" (Japanese: リョウマと新しい計画) |
Unknown | Unknown | January 9, 2023 |
Ryoma gets used to life in the city of Gimul after parting ways with the Jamil family. Two costumers attempt to cause trouble at his laundry shop, but they fail and are arrested, leading Ryoma to create a sturdy polymer using the sticky slimes to reinforce the windows and keep intruders out. In the occasion, he also discovers one of his poison slimes evolved into a medicinal slime, capable to create antidotes and antibiotics after the slime drank some antidote he dropped by accident. During another visit to the gods' realm, Ryoma meets Tekkun, God of Wine and Craftsmanship who commends him for his works. Ryoma orders a huge sum of bottles for the new medicines he created with the Merchant Guild, who agrees to buy all his production. Despite many of his friends' suggestion he should open a second shop, Ryoma has doubts about it, until he receives a letter from Eliaria, which encourages him to do so. | ||||
2 | "Ryoma and the Crime Prevention Drill" Transcription: "Ryōma to Bōhan Kunren" (Japanese: リョウマと防犯訓練) |
Unknown | Unknown | January 16, 2023 |
After stopping another thug from causing trouble at his shop, Ryoma learns the attacks are related to a dispute among the Taming Guild, with one of the factions intending to discredit the Guildmaster, who changed his views toward slime taming thanks to him. To ease the rumors, Ryoma relays to the public the fact he also tamed limur birds, but a group of criminals in response attack him in an attempt to steal them. Ryoma defeats them and to discourage more attacks, starts charging expensive fees for using the slimes to heal the criminals he injures while defending himself, while performing self-defense training with his employees. After also training the workers to take care of the shop in his absence, Ryoma departs to another city in order to look for a suitable place to open his second shop. | ||||
3 | "Ryoma and the Poster Girl" Transcription: "Ryōma to Kanbanmusume" (Japanese: リョウマと看板娘) |
Unknown | Unknown | January 23, 2023 |
Ryoma arrives at the city of Lenaf and meets the merchant Pioro Saionji, who had made most of the necessary arrangements for Ryoma to open his shop by the Guildmaster's request, and his daughter Miyabi. While having dinner with them, Ryoma reveals his plans to work as an adventurer until he finishes the preparations to open the shop. However, he learns there are few jobs for E Rank adventurers like him because of a group of smash boars, which are powerful monsters who appeared nearby, and remembers this is one of the species the gods recommended him to hunt down to improve his combat experience. While gathering herbs to attend a request, Ryoma receives another letter from Eliaria, but his reading is interrupted when he spots a pair of adventurers running in fear from a smash boar. | ||||
4 | "Ryoma and the Second Shop" Transcription: "Ryōma to 2 Gōten" (Japanese: リョウマと2号店) |
Unknown | Unknown | January 30, 2023 |
Ryoma defeats the smash boar and rescues the adventurers and heals a companion of theirs who was seriously injured while protecting them. To repay the favor, Ryoma convinces the adventurers to help him carry the boar's body to town and explain to the Guild he was forced to violate the rules of fighting such a powerful monster without authorization in self-defense. After selling the boar's meat to Pioro and earning the rewards from killing it, Ryoma finishes the preparations for the inauguration of the second shop, and after training the employees properly, decides to return to Gimul. Before departing, Ryoma remembers Miyabi will soon join the Imperial Academy like Eliaria and suggests Miyabi to try to become friends with her. Back in Gimul, Ryoma meets Serge, who introduces him to some magic tools that pique his interest. | ||||
5 | "Ryoma and the New Acquaintance" Transcription: "Ryōma to Aratana Deai" (Japanese: リョウマと新たな出会い) |
Unknown | Unknown | February 6, 2023 |
Back at the shop, Ryoma learns one of his cleaning slimes started eating charcoal and realizes it is about to evolve into another type. With his shops in good hands, Ryoma decides to focus on increasing his adventurer rank and accepts a delivery job in the city of Keleban, which will soon open a fair of magical artifacts. While completing the delivery, Ryoma meets Serge again and is given a prototype magic tool which he uses as a base to create a music box. Ryoma is surprised when Serge reveals there is no such item in the market and is certain nobles will buy it. As such, they begin making plans to mass produce it. | ||||
6 | "Ryoma and the Magic Item Market" Transcription: "Ryōma to Mahō Dōgushi" (Japanese: リョウマと魔法道具市) |
Unknown | Unknown | February 13, 2023 |
Ryoma and Serge close a deal with the magic artisan Dinome to mass produce the music boxes. Back to Gimul, Ryoma witnesses the slime who ate charcoal evolve into a deodorizing slime and uses its fluid to create some deodorizer pouches he gives to his friends and employees to test its effectiveness. He also meets some children from the slums and helps fix their carriage. The children ask for Ryoma's help to clean the church and while helping them with the task, he has a short meeting with the god Fernobelia, who asks some questions to evaluate his behavior, claiming some reincarnated people tend to misuse their powers and it is the gods' duty to prevent it. Satisfied with Ryoma's answers, he sends him back. After the cleanup, Ryoma and Worgan have some training exercise with the children and Worgan invites him to become a combat instructor at the guild. Ryoma considers the proposal, as despite being very busy lately, he wants to do his best to help the villagers and repay their kindness. | ||||
7 | "Ryoma and the Local Cuisine" Transcription: "Ryōma to Kyōdo Ryōri" (Japanese: リョウマと郷土料理) |
Unknown | Unknown | February 20, 2023 |
Ryoma learns from Eliaria she is about to move to the Imperial Capital to begin her studies and decides to make some soap as gifts for her. Back at the shop, he learns the cleaning slimes in the Lenaf shop have begun multiplying out of control. After dealing with the situation, Ryoma meets Pioro, who introduces him to the shapaya, a traditional food known for having a pungent smell and helps him get rid of the odor with his deodorizing slime, receiving a barrel full of them in return. He also learns Miyabi just departed to the capital to study as well. Back to Gimul, Ryoma learns from Serge the music box production is going smoothly and they intend to launch their product during the upcoming festival to celebrate the city's foundation. At the shop, Ryoma develops a new dish using the shapaya and some spices he received as gift from some relatives of his employees, and they decide to mount their own stall in the festival. | ||||
8 | "Ryoma and the Traveling Entertainer" Transcription: "Ryōma to Tabigeinin" (Japanese: リョウマと旅芸人) |
TBA | TBA | February 27, 2023 |
While testing the recipes for the stall, Ryoma is introduced to Prenance, leader of the Semroid troupe of entertainers. Prenance, whose troupe will stay at some of the laundry's unoccupied rooms for the festival, thanks him for his hospitality, and mentions the travel to Gimul was hard due to the appearance of some monsters called "tunnel ants". The next day, Ryoma accepts a quest to look for the tunnel ants' nests and meets the children from the slums again, who were tasked to kill the ants, whose carapaces they intend to use as materials for some protective gear for their use. After Ryoma finds the nests, he helps the children to kill the ants and invites them to work in his stall during the festival. Meanwhile, Eliaria departs from the Jamil Estate to the capital in order to begin her studies at the Imperial Academy. | ||||
9 | "Eliaria and the New Friends" Transcription: "Eriaria to Atarashī Nakama-tachi" (Japanese: エリアリアと新しい仲間たち) |
TBA | TBA | March 6, 2023 |
One month after beginning her studies at the Imperial Academy, Eliaria still has not made any friends at all due to her social status being much higher than her peers for being a duke's daughter, until she meets Michelle Wildan, a count's daughter who studies magic circles and Miyabi, who approaches her by Ryoma's suggestion. The three become friends and invite two other students for their study group: Riela Clifford, a baron's daughter who is also an aspiring knight and Kanan Schuzer, a craftsman's daughter. During a field activity, Eliaria's group make use of their individual talents to help other students with difficulties on their tasks and resolve conflicts between them. After the activity, Eliaria renews her hopes that she will have a happy life in school thanks to her new friends and sends Ryoma a letter about it. | ||||
10 | "Ryoma and the Flying Slime" Transcription: "Ryōma to Soratobu Suraimu" (Japanese: リョウマと空飛ぶスライム) |
TBA | TBA | March 13, 2023 |
Worgan invites Ryoma to participate in a special quest with his fellow adventures, which involves hunting down a huge quantity of treants, one of the monsters in Ryoma's list. During the mission, Ryoma spots a fluffy slime and tames it. The party eventually discovers that the treants' numbers are much higher than they expected because there is an ancient treant among them, which is turning all the forest trees into more treants. With help from his companions, Ryoma slays the ancient treant and the party realizes that the enemy was in possession of a large quantity of mana crystals, which explains why it became much stronger than usual. Having accomplished their quest, Ryoma turns his attention to the upcoming festival, his heart filled with anticipation. | ||||
11 | "Ryoma and the Busy Days" Transcription: "Ryōma to Awatadashī Hibi" (Japanese: リョウマと慌ただしい日々) |
TBA | TBA | March 20, 2023 |
Back from the forest, Ryoma and the others put the final touches on their preparatives for the festival and Ryoma takes a day off by his employees' suggestion. While playing with his slimes, Ryoma watches Pioro arrive at the city and greets him. Pioro delivers some supplies to Asagi, who reveals that he decided to have his own stall at the festival by Miya's request because she wants the other citizens to try the tempura he makes. However, when Asagi becomes worried that such a dish will not be suitable for the festival, Ryoma gives him the idea of making some tenmusu instead. Meanwhile, Tekkun, Kufo and Fernobelia are satisfied about how Ryoma got used to life in their world, while being a positive influence to others. | ||||
12 | "Ryoma and the Town of Gimul" Transcription: "Ryōma to Gimuru no Machi" (Japanese: リョウマとギムルの街) |
TBA | TBA | March 27, 2023 |
The festival begins and the music boxes designed by Ryoma are a success. Bamboo Forest's stall also runs smoothly to the point of the staff becoming shorthanded. Having predicted this, Carla and some employees from the Lenaf shop arrive to help. Ryoma takes a break to enjoy the festivities and while helping a lost young boy reunite with his mother, realizes how he has adjusted to life in Gimul. During the closing party, Ryoma performs with the Semroid troupe. To celebrate the occasion, Ryoma has two special music boxes prepared, keeping one of them and sending the other to Eliaria, who cannot wait to see Ryoma again. |
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Web animation[]
A short animation distributed on the official twitter. "Slime's Wellhead Conference" will be distributed as a web version preview video after October 3, 2020.
Web Radio[]
To commemorate the series, a special broadcast aired on AbemaTV on December 27, 2022, before the anime premiered. Beginning on January 5, 2023, the Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko: Tadokoro Azusa and Kuwahara Yuuki's Isekai Slow Radio 2 program featuring discussions of the series by the show's voice actors streamed on the Chou! A&G+ internet radio station.
External Link[]
- By the Grace of the Gods ─ Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
- By the Grace of the Gods ─ Light novel official website (in Japanese)
- By the Grace of the Gods ─ Official Manga Website (in Japanese)
- TV Anime "By the Grace of the Gods Season 1" Official Website (in Japanese)
- TV Anime "By the Grace of the Gods Season 2" Official Website (in Japanese)
- By the Grace of the Gods ─ Official (@kamihiro_anime) - Twitter
- By the Grace of the Gods ─ Wikipedia (JP)
- By the Grace of the Gods ─ Wikipedia (EN)
See Also[]
- Isekai Tensei Soudouki, Another light novel series with the same illustrator.
- Isekai Tensei shitara Aiken ga Saikyou ni Narimashita: Silver Fenrir to Ore ga Isekai Kurashi wo Hajimetara, Another light novel series with the same illustrator.
- Ore, Boukensha! Musou Skill wa Heimen Mahou, Another light novel series with the same illustrator.
Trivia[]
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