Konjiki no Word Master: Yuusha Yonin ni Makikomareta Unique Cheat (金色の文字使い〈ワードマスター〉 ―勇者四人に巻き込まれたユニークチート―, Konjiki no Moji Tsukai: Yuusha Yonin ni Makikomareta Unique Cheat) is a Japanese light novel series written by Jumoto Sui and it is illustrated by Shungo Sumaki. It was published by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko (KADOKAWA) from 2014 to 2018; as of October 2019, the series has sold more than 1.5 million copies, including electronic versions.
A manga adaptation by Yusuke Ozaki was serialized in "Age Premium" (エイジプレミアム) from the November 2014 issue (Vol. 39) to the September 2015 issue (Vol. 49), and in "Monthly Dragon Age" (月刊ドラゴンエイジ) from the August 2015 issue. It is also distributed in "ComicWalker".
Synopsis[]
Okamura Hiiro is introverted and loves books. To him, books are his raison d'etre. His story starts with the usual gimmick of the summoning of heroes. Five people are summoned, but one of them is just an outsider dragged in accidentally, that person is Hiiro. The four others are his classmates, but it's not like they are friends. Unlike him, they are riajuus. Hiiro decided not to help the country, his reason?
"I don't believe you. I'm not friends with them. It's not my business, and I'm an ordinary person who cares for my own life, so bye," and he sets for his own journey. Little do others know, that this ordinary person, Hiiro, actually hides a power that could change the world!
- Human World / Beast World (Volume 1-Volume 7)
- Hiiro, who met Arnold Ocean and Muir Castreia in the Torchu Mountains, started working together after defeating Barbarus Bear. On her adventure, when she reaches the Rogi Mountains, she finds Winkaa Jio, who has fallen from dehydration, and cares for her, so she joins her party. After that, she sometimes borrowed Ride Peak, but basically proceeded with the adventure with these four people, and when she arrived in Rintenbu, she also registered for the party.
- Makai Hen (Volume 8-Volume 11)
- Arriving at the Beast Kingdom, Pasion, Hiiro leaves the previous party. He reunites with Ridepeak, who he once broke up with, and continues his adventure into the demon world. If you help the fallen Silva Plutis in the Gloomy Meadow, you will have an adventure together with Silva accompanying Hiiro. Silva, a butler, heads with Hiiro to collect golden roses, which was requested by Lilyn li Rasis Red Rose, who serves him. Silva returns to the mansion after getting the golden rose he wanted. So he invites Hiiro to the mansion to treat him. Of course, Hiiro, who has an eye for food, heads to the mansion and meets Lilyn. Lilyn is attracted to the strength of Hiiro's unique magic and invites her to go on an adventure with him. Although they are half-forced, they also have mutual ambitions, and together with Hiiro, Lilyn, Silva, and Lilyn's mansion maid Shamoe Arnir, they set off on a journey to the demon world. While continuing their journey, Hiiro and his friends visit Bamboo Hill. There, they meet Nikki, a human raised by monsters. Join. For Nikki, who can't speak words, he changed Ride Peak's Mikazuki into a human figure with the character magic "Humanization" because "the language will improve faster if there is a competitor". In other words, at this point, Hiiro's party consists of six people: Hiiro, Lilyn, Silva, Chamoe, Nikki, and Mikazuki.
- Makai Taisen (Volume 12 -)
- Hiiro steadily raises his level through repeated battles against strong monsters in the demon world. He arrives in the demonic country of Haos. At a shop that happened to drop by there, he meets the demon king Gran Eveam Early Evening. Eveam is also attracted to Hiiro's letter magic, and asks Hiiro to defend the demonic country Haos, whose fighting strength will be weak during the Human-Demon Alliance conclusion conference that will be held earlier. Hiiro accepts this request in exchange for the issuance of a seismic intensity 5 immigration permit from the Fortuna Grand Library. And on the day of the Human-Demon Alliance conclusion meeting, due to the betrayal of demons, humans, and beastmen, humans, demons, and beastkins intertwine in the demon world and fight.
List of Published Books[]
Novel[]
A light novel series written by Jumoto Sui and it is illustrated by Shungo Sumaki. It was published by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko (KADOKAWA) from 2014 to 2018
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 20, 2014 | 978-4-04-070114-1 | — | — |
| 2 | July 19, 2014 | 978-4-04-070131-8 | — | — |
| 3 | November 20, 2014 | 978-4-04-070385-5 | — | — |
| 4 | March 20, 2015 | 978-4-04-070386-2 | — | — |
| SS 1 | May 20, 2015 | 978-4-04-070554-5 | — | — |
| 5 | July 18, 2015 | 978-4-04-070556-9 | — | — |
| 6 | November 20, 2015 | 978-4-04-070557-6 | — | — |
| SS 2 | January 20, 2016 | 978-4-04-070555-2 | — | — |
| 7 | March 19, 2016 | 978-4-04-070558-3 | — | — |
| 8 | July 20, 2016 | 978-4-04-070959-8 | — | — |
| SS 3 | September 17, 2016 | 978-4-04-070962-8 | — | — |
| 9 | December 20, 2016 | 978-4-04-070960-4 | — | — |
| 10 | March 18, 2017 | 978-4-04-070961-1 | — | — |
| SS 4 | June 20, 2017 | 978-4-04-072298-6 | — | — |
| 11 | October 20, 2017 | 978-4-04-072340-2 | — | — |
| 12 | December 20, 2017 | 978-4-04-072341-9 | — | — |
| 13 | March 20, 2018 | 978-4-04-072342-6 | — | — |
Manga[]
A manga adaptation by Yusuke Ozaki was serialized in "Age Premium" (エイジプレミアム) from the November 2014 issue (Vol. 39) to the September 2015 issue (Vol. 49), and in "Monthly Dragon Age" (月刊ドラゴンエイジ) from the August 2015 issue. It is also distributed in "ComicWalker". Konjiki no Word Master was serialized in Age Premium until its discontinuance in August 2015 and moved to Dragon Age the next month on September 9.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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| 1 | March 20, 2015 | 978-4-04-070542-2 | — | — |
| 2 | November 20, 2015 | 978-4-04-070752-5 | — | — |
| 3 | March 19, 2016 | 978-4-04-070838-6 | — | — |
| 4 | September 17, 2016 | 978-4-04-072023-4 | — | — |
| 5 | March 18, 2017 | 978-4-04-072213-9 | — | — |
| 6 | September 8, 2017 | 978-4-04-072437-9 | — | — |
| 7 | March 9, 2018 | 978-4-04-072630-4 | — | — |
| 8 | September 7, 2018 | 978-4-04-072879-7 | — | — |
| 9 | April 9, 2019 | 978-4-04-073138-4 | — | — |
| 10 | July 9, 2019 | 978-4-04-073254-1 | — | — |
| 11 | December 9, 2019 | 978-4-04-073421-7 | — | — |
| 12 | May 9, 2020 | 978-4-04-073657-0 | — | — |
| 13 | October 9, 2020 | 978-4-04-073841-3 | — | — |
| 14 | February 9, 2021 | 978-4-04-073982-3 | — | — |
| 15 | July 9, 2021 | 978-4-04-074172-7 | — | — |
| 16 | December 9, 2021 | 978-4-04-074347-9 | — | — |
| 17 | June 9, 2022 | 978-4-04-074565-7 | — | — |
| 18 | November 8, 2022 | 978-4-04-074757-6 | — | — |
Character[]
Hiiro Okamura (A.k.a. Taro Tanaka). Hiiro grew up in an orphanage. His parents didn’t leave him, they died in an accident when he was still young. Then he was handed over to an orphanage. He made some friends there, but more than that, he loved books, so he read nothing but books all day. The books were more a friend to him than humans. He got caught up and reincarnated in Idea. His magic is non-attribute. He is a unique magician and a "Word magic" user. He says that his abilities are often cheated.
The principle of action is thorough self-supremacy. Ignore those in need without any hesitation if it doesn't benefit them. He's not a violent person, so he doesn't actively get involved. On the other hand, since he has no prejudice and treats him with a neutral attitude, many people, including Muir, like his honesty. The object of his interest is always "books" or "food". He reads various books from different worlds enjoys unique meals, and travels the world just for that. In other words, Arnold and the others see that if they are interested in these two things, they can get his cooperation. Hiiro is one of the 5 people from Earth who were transported to Edea by the First Princess Lilith.
Hiiro rarely if ever calls anyone by their name, usually making up a nickname based on either some Iconic Item they are wearing or some personality type of theirs.
Hiiro not wanting to help two of the heroes who are hiding from monster forces may seem cruel, he legitimately has no reason to help them, especially since they did not bother learning more about the world themselves. When one of them tried guilt tripping him into helping them, even calling him cold towards them, Hiiro threw this back at her when he left the group and not a single of one them tried persuading him to stop, showing that she was only saying this now out of convenience and that they never had any relation whatsoever. The two were forced to concede the point that all of the problems they faced were their fault alone since they did not bother learning anything about the world outside the blatant lies of the human king.
Personality
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Abilities[]
"I will distort that common sense!"
― Hiiro
His magical ability is to use the characters he draws as a medium to manifest any phenomenon with corrections based on Hiiro's imagination. Its coercive power completely ignores the rules of the other world. At first, it was a substitute that consumed a lot of MP just by activating only one character against the nearest. Still, as the level improved, it became possible to activate multiple characters at the same time and fly far away.
Due to coming from a world where stuff like adventuring and defeating monsters were commonly seen in games and books, Hiiro (along with the four heroes) is/are far more prepared and resourceful enough than the residents of Edea should be when it comes to understanding how to be adventurer.
| Level 1 | Despite Word magic's versatility, there are certain limitations that Hirro cannot overcome, as shown when he can't revive something already dead. Nevertheless, Hiiro decided it was good if he couldn’t because he felt if life could be revived easily by magic, then it would only degrade the true value of life itself. | |||||||||
| HP: | 24/24 | MP: | 120/120 | EXP: | 0 | NEXT: | 10 | |||
| ATK: | 13 | DEF: | 8 | AGI: | 27 | HIT: | 11 | INT: | 23 | |
| 《Magic attribute》 None | ||||||||||
| 《Magic》Word Magic (Single Chain Unlocked) | ||||||||||
| 《Title》 Innocent Bystander, World Traveler, Word Master | ||||||||||
| Level 33 | ||||
| HP: 610/610 | MP: 11290/1290 | EXP: 33089 | NEXT: 4210 | |
| ATK: 216 (278) | DEF: 165 (180) | AGI: 301 (303) | HIT: 164 (172) | INT:267 (271) |
| 《Magic attribute》 None | ||||
| 《Magic》Character Magic (One Word Chain, Air Writing, Parallel Writing) | ||||
| 《Title》 Innocent Bystander, World Traveller, Word Master, Awakened One, Ripper, The One who Imagines, Killer of the Unique, Gourmet Bastard, One Who Follows his Own Path | ||||
| Level 230 | ||||
| HP: 8567/8567 | MP: 15860/15860 | EXP: 23878322 | NEXT: 567390 | |
| ATK: 1398 (1553） | DEF: 1150 (1165) | AGI: 1680 (1730) | HIT: 952 (1002) | INT: 1449 (1459) |
| 《Magic attribute》 None | ||||
| 《Magic》Character Magic (One Word Chain, Air Writing, Parallel Writing, Two Word Chain, Simultaneous Invocation, Invocation Management, Three Word Chain, Remote Operation, Range Designation, Automatic Writing, Four Word Chain) | ||||
| 《Title》 Innocent Bystander, World Traveller, Golden Letter User, Inheritance of Glory, Awakened One, Ripper, The One who Imagines, Killer of the Unique - Unique Genocider, Gourmet Bastard, One who Follows his Path, Friend of the Fairies, Mikazuki's Owner, Monster Slayer - The Natural Enemy of Monsters, Lightning Speed - Flash Samurai, Sage, Little Girl Killer - The God that Brings Down Little Girls, One who is Skilled in Magic - One who is Liked by Magic, Super Powerful Constitution - Ten Thousand Man, Lady Killer, Mystery Arts User - Nature User, Childrens Hero, Insensitive Meister, Naturally Insensitive Man, Colorless Book Reading Maniac, Eating Tyrant, Prince of Misunderstanding, Transcender, Excellent Driver, Teleporter, Dream Chaser, Hero of the Demons, One who Crossed the King, Recognized by the Beast King, Lucky Bastard, One who Trains Monkeys, Supernatural Devil, Master of Nikki, Universal Man, Old Fox, Overly Determined Person, One who Transcends | ||||
Since it is invoked using "Japanese", which can encompass countless meanings with just numbers, even a single character is highly versatile. In addition, since the amount of MP consumed depends on the number of characters and how it is activated, such as distance, you can easily recover from fatal injuries and even perform high-power attacks if you have the appropriate words. As a secondary element, Japanese is an unknown language in the other world, and it is difficult to understand what you are trying to activate, so it is highly likely to be killed for the first time.
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After unlocking more abilities of his Word Magic, Hiiro became capable of writing preset words that he could activate immediately, as opposed to having to write them individually each time. It's thanks to this that Hiiro's game-breaking power is taken to new heights. Because of the nature of his magic, Hiiro only needs to write down what he wants to happen/change so the need for him to name techniques and skills is redundant. This aspect of his power is quite troublesome for his enemies as they have no idea what move he's going to make until it's too late.
"Well, I don't care about them. As for myself... I can make do anywhere."
― Hiiro
By writing this word literally (飛行), Hiiro can ascend through the air for a short period. By using the word Pry (撬), Hiiro can essentially learn his enemies' current level, experience, skills, and titles in an instant. It's one of the many abilities he has that makes him absolutely broken. As stronger enemies show up, however, the word Pry isn't sufficient enough to learn their information and Hiiro theorizes that he'd have to use a word with more letters that has the same meaning, like Judge (法官).
Painfully aware of how certain fights will play out due to his vast knowledge of literature, Hiiro finishes most of his fights without letting the other party learn of his abilities or allowing them to transform. His battle with Crouch specifically highlighted this where she had been critically injured and Hiiro being who he is, immediately attacked her again when he saw that her body was changing.
| 《Equipment's》 | ||
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Hiiro's sword [Thorn Piercer] has ridiculously sharp piercing power, made even more deadly when he writes Extend (延伸), and it stretches several feet.
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Somewhat downplayed since unless he's fighting Mooks (where it's completely played straight), most of Hiiro's fights don't consist of these despite his power being so ridiculously broken. Because he's still learning the kinks of his weird power, several fights are shown where is actively experimenting with his magic to see if certain things will work or not.
External Link[]
- Konjiki no Word Master: Yuusha Yonin ni Makikomareta Unique Cheat ─ Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
- Konjiki no Word Master: Yuusha Yonin ni Makikomareta Unique Cheat ─ Light novel official website (in Japanese)
- Konjiki no Word Master: Yuusha Yonin ni Makikomareta Unique Cheat ─ Official Manga website (in Japanese)
- Konjiki no Word Master: Yuusha Yonin ni Makikomareta Unique Cheat ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
Trivia[]
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