Grand Dwarf: Machikou Shokunin, Takumi no Waza de Isekai Musou (グランドワーフ～町工職人、匠の技で異世界無双～) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Saitou, Naotake. It started serialization in Isekai Yanjan in February 2023 and has been published in three volumes thus far.
Synopsis[]
For 52 years, Takumi Fujimura, a craftsman who has continued to hone his skills at a town factory, finds himself in a predicament when he has a dispute with a client and stops getting loans from banks. After many years of hard work, he finally collapses, but he awakens in a different world where he meets Frau, a girl who aspires to become a hero. With the benefit of modern technology and decades of crafting skill, can Takumi take this new world by storm?
List of Published Books[]
A manga series written and illustrated by Saitou, Naotake. It started serialization in Isekai Yanjan in February 2023 and has been published in three volumes thus far.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 19, 2023 | 978-4088927206 | — | — |
| 2 | November 17, 2023 | 978-4088930213 | — | — |
| 3 | April 18, 2024 | 978-4088932231 | — | — |
| 4 | September 19, 2024 | 978-4088933986 | — | — |
| 5 | January 17, 2025 | 978-4088935775 | — | — |
Character[]
The protagonist of the work is an otherworldly adventure tale about Takumi Fujimura, a 70-year-old craftsman who has continued to hone his skills in his town's factories. After a dispute with a client, his bank loan is stopped, and he is in dire straits, and after years of overwork, he collapses. Fujimura wakes up in an alternate world where magic exists, and monsters roam the land. There, he meets Frau, a girl with a prosthetic hand who aspires to be a hero and decides to listen to what she has to say.
Abilities[]
"You better get stoked. I'm gonna make you the world's strongest hero. Then I'll prove my crafting skill to the world and the demon king will be our prize. Catch plain n' simple, ain't yet?
You'll be the hero of your dreams and the world will recognize me as its greatest craftsman. If that ain't a win-win. "― Takumi Fujimura, said to Frau
In his 52 years, a craftsman who has continued to hone his skills at a town factory creating modern technology, painless hypodermic needles, gears that run through grains of rice, thinness one-thirtieth of one thousand yen note, in every magical product was created by world-class Japanese "manufacturing technique" it called skill of its humble craftsperson and it those who uphold these skills are called Artisan.
"What you just saw ain't any kind of magic technique... That's the crafting technique."
― Takumi Fujimura
After many years of hard work, he finally collapses, but he awakens in a different world where his body becomes a younger version of his prime, and even he has immense mana that rivals a demon king. In this skill, he can utilize more combat, even a stronger monster never matches him using his weapon wrench, which is modified into the strongest weapon.
| SKILL: | 《 |
|---|---|
| DIVINE SKILL: | 《 ↪ 《 |
| ITEM: | 『Transition Crystal-Ring』『Spatial Storehouse Ring』 |
Although he can only create items related to modern technology with magic, the items he creates are of extremely high quality and overpower science, "Modern magic." He only improved on the items of others, but his creations remain undeniable.
- Gummy Material - materials that are hard to process, such as titanium and Inconel, due to their high hardness and low thermal conductivity.
- Machining - processing via machinery such as cutting and grinding.
- Plastic Processing - processing to bend or stretch a material via heat or pressure.
"Time to teach this lot some manners the old-fashioned way!!"
― Takumi Fujimura
One of his skills 《1st Gate, he can use 10% to strengthen his weapon and body into hard steel. In the 2nd Gate, he can harden a simple metal screw into a heavy bullet and boost his parameter (50%) at an abnormal rate even a mythical monster cannot defeat him. By completely hardening his 3rd Gate, he may release his 100% reserved strength, but it takes a toll on his body.
After the revelation by Sage, his magic eye can withdraw the power from the planet directly, the very same source as the magic stones. In a sense, it acts as a door. The very same use in his healing and strengthening. As the holder of 《
"I couldn't give two hoots about no "will of the world". I'm a craftsman, plain in simple. My wish is the safety and satisfaction of my clients."
― Takumi Fujimura said to Sage
And he was giving the Myriad power in full capacity from the world and stars, transforming himself into his normal form before he got reincarnated. Accessing the Almighty power of the world 《
External Link[]
- Grand Dwarf: Machikou Shokunin, Takumi no Waza de Isekai Musou ─ Official Manga Website | Isekai Yanjan
- Grand Dwarf: Machikou Shokunin, Takumi no Waza de Isekai Musou ─ Official Manga Website | Tonarinoyj
Trivia[]
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