Nidome no Jinsei o Isekai de (二度目の人生を異世界で, [New Life+] Young Again in Another World) is a Japanese light novel series written by MINE and illustrated by Kabocha. The series is licensed in English by J-Novel Club. A manga adaptation by Satoru Abou was serialized from 2016 to 2021, and an anime television series adaptation by Seven Arcs Pictures was scheduled to premiere in October 2018, before it was cancelled on June 6, 2018. Following the announcement of the anime adaptation, the series and its author began to face criticism for controversial material in the novels and in Twitter posts that MINE had made between 2012 and 2015.
Synopsis[]
All of a sudden, out of nowhere. "Renya Kunugi, you have passed away!" So said the young girl who styled herself God. Apparently, Renya Kunugi the protagonist had lived long and prospered. His life already came to a peaceful and fulfilling end, but at the request of Her Holiness, he was transported to an alternate world to start a new life as a young man. Thus did Renya, who was definitely your average everyday guy, end up fighting off bandits and vanquishing monsters. Eventually, after his successively blossoming talents coalesce into a force of sheer awesomeness, he will go on to leave his mark upon this alternate world.
(Source: J-Novel Club)'
List of Published Books[]
Novel[]
MINE originally serialized the story as a web novel on the user-generated content site Shōsetsuka ni Narō starting on January 3, 2014. Following the controversy that broke out after the announcement of the anime adaptation, MINE announced plans on June 5, 2018, to discontinue the serialization of the web novel. Hobby Japan acquired the series for print publication, and published the first light novel, with illustrations by Kabocha, under their HJ Novels imprint in November 2014. English publisher J-Novel Club announced their license to the series on January 13, 2018. On June 6, 2018, it was reported that Hobby Japan had canceled shipments of the light novel series. On June 15, 2018, J-Novel Club announced that they would cease publishing the series on July 1, 2018.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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| 1 | November 22, 2014 | 9784798609225 | February 26, 2018 | — |
| 2 | January 22, 2015 | 9784798609485 | April 30, 2018 | — |
| 3 | March 20, 2015 | 9784798609843 | June 16, 2018 | — |
| 4 | May 22, 2015 | 9784798610177 | — | — |
| 5 | July 23, 2015 | 9784798610511 | — | — |
| 6 | September 19, 2015 | 9784798610740 | — | — |
| 7 | November 21, 2015 | 9784798611181 | — | — |
| 8 | January 22, 2016 | 9784798611549 | — | — |
| 9 | March 24, 2016 | 9784798611976 | — | — |
| 10 | May 21, 2016 | 9784798612287 | — | — |
| 11 | July 22, 2016 | 9784798612645 | — | — |
| 12 | September 23, 2016 | 9784798612904 | — | — |
| 13 | November 24, 2016 | 9784798613284 | — | — |
| 14 | January 21, 2017 | 9784798613680 | — | — |
| 15 | March 23, 2017 | 9784798614120 | — | — |
| 16 | June 22, 2017 | 9784798614670 | — | — |
| 17 | October 21, 2017 | 9784798615561 | — | — |
| 18 | May 24, 2018 | 9784798616506 | — | — |
Manga[]
A manga adaptation by Satoru Abou is published on Kadokawa Shoten's ComicWalker website. The manga went on hiatus in late May 2018 following the controversy surrounding the author. It returned from hiatus on August 22, 2018 and ended on December 3, 2021.
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 24, 2016 | 9784040687056 | — | — |
| 2 | June 23, 2017 | 9784040691947 | — | — |
| 3 | September 23, 2017 | 9784040694368 | — | — |
| 4 | January 22, 2018 | 9784040697505 | — | — |
| 5 | June 6, 2018 | 9784040698816 | — | — |
| 6 | February 22, 2019 | 9784040651255 | — | — |
| 7 | August 23, 2019 | 9784040658711 | — | — |
| 8 | April 23, 2020 | 9784040645742 | — | — |
| 9 | December 23, 2020 | 9784040659985 | — | — |
| 10 | December 23, 2021 | 9784046807922 | — | — |
Character[]
A man who was reborn as a young man in another world after being reborn as a young man in heaven after being 94 years old in his previous. Other than his knowledge and vague feelings, he has no memory of his previous life.
The position of the previous life is "the 14th head of the Ittō-ryū style of Kunagi School". In addition to swordsmanship, he possesses high combat skills, such as catching sake bottles and knives thrown at close range without hurting or breaking them. In his youth, he moved to another country, where he made a name for himself through his work as a member of the underworld, both legal and illegal, and served in World War II. He survived many deaths by building more piles of corpses, and has the nickname "The Demon Swordsman". In his later years, he teaches younger generations and engages in cultural activities as a swordsmith. As a swordsmith, he has the signature of "Shinai" and was designated as a Living National Treasure.
As his profile suggests, he has a past as a master of swordsmanship, but he has lost his memories of his life and has been reduced to a mental age of about 18. Although it has good motor nerves and is quick to learn things, it has a nervous nature, and although it is a strange existence with a winged existence, it will stop the noisy welcome as soon as it judges that the eardrum and mind can not stand it. For that reason, he also takes the action of giving a front kick (upper in the manga version) to the opponent who looks like a little girl (and is meeting for the first time) without hesitation.
He is approached by a little girl (Creator) about reincarnation, but she refuses, saying that if she died after a great death, she would not need to live any longer. However, she was desperately persuaded by her creator and grasped the excessive current situation and crisis of "9201-0846-2525-4989", one of the worlds created by her creator, her reincarnation destination. I accepted her request.
His gift is an indestructible bamboo sword-shaped artifact that he has had since the early days of his reincarnation. His name is the same as it was when he was alive. It is often written as "Renya" in local text. After rescuing Shion and Rona from being attacked by thugs, he obtains an ID card from the principality's adventurer's guild and begins guild activities with them.
Like its creator, it benefits from a "game-like system", and when necessary, a "help function" is displayed at the bottom of its field of vision, allowing it to acquire the necessary information and ask about its functions and specifications. can be operated.
Abilities[]
"After all this fight is just easy fighting for the disadvantage is worth fighting for! "
― Renya
He is a realist when it comes to combat, and although he does not hesitate to abandon those who are uncoordinated even if his skills are good, he is not so ruthless that he abandons those who dare to face a battle they cannot win and he is very good of understanding everything in a single glance. He has enjoyed kendo since childhood, and at the age of 13, he switched to swordsmanship, and his talent blossomed. After negotiating with the Creator.
| — Blessing of God |
| 「Regeneration」 | 「Alcohol Resistance」 | 「Gluttony」 | 「Blacksmithing」 | 「Fencing」 | 「Martial Arts」 | 「Magic (Affinity: Wind, Light, Fire, & Lightning)」 | 「Chant-less Casting」 | 「Fast Reload」 | 「Parallel Skill Operation」 | 「Limitless Growth」 | 「Judgement」 | 「Another World’s Language」 |
From the age of 15, he went to mainland China under the name of martial arts training and was active in black society. He is nicknamed "The Demon Swordman" because he cuts through a large number of people with a single sword and returns alive. The number of people killed during black society activities reached 912 in 5 years. After that, he served in World War II. During his four years in the military, he killed 3,712 people, all by cutting. He is feared by the codename "The Demon Swordsman". After the war, he took over as the head of the Kunugi school and devoted himself to nurturing younger generations and spreading the art of swordsmanship.
Shinai LV 10 (Artifact) / Unclassified <Former Weapon>
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He gave performances and demonstrations of swordsmanship in various places, popularized Ittō-ryū style, and now has 49 dojos in Japan and overseas. In his later years, he achieved great success as a swordsmith and has the inscription "Shinai", designated as a Living National Treasure. He is also known as a gourmet and has high cooking skills. He died of old age at the age of 94 and 127 days. His lifetime kill count is 5,730. His raw strength power is equivalent to 20,000 force of men, because of this his instinct sharpens, and can predict opponent attacks even prediction of trajectory projectiles.
| 『Magic System』 There are two magic systems at work in this novel. Throughout the translation, I have struggled with how to translate them in a proper way as magic in Nidoume no Jinsei wo Isekai de hasn’t been properly explained up until now.
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TV Anime[]
An anime television series adaptation was announced on May 22, 2018, and was scheduled to premiere in October 2018. The series would have been directed by Keitaro Motonaga and written by Takamitsu Kouno, Touko Machida, Koujirou Nakamura, and Chabo Higurashi, with animation by Seven Arcs Pictures. Makoto Takahoko would have provided the series' character designs. However, on June 6, 2018, it was announced that the production and broadcast of the anime had been canceled due to the controversy surrounding the author and his novels.
Controversy[]
Following the announcement of the anime adaptation, the series and its author became the subject of controversy. A number of commentators on Twitter claimed that the series depicts the protagonist as having taken part in the Second Sino-Japanese War, where he killed 3,000 people with a katana, later going on to kill another 2,000 after the war. Additionally, commentators discovered several tweets by the author from 2013 to 2015 containing insulting statements about China, as well as tweets from 2012 to 2014 that allegedly contained similar messages about South Korea.
On June 5, 2018, author MINE apologized via Twitter. He also deleted all of his past Tweets and announced plans to leave Twitter once his apology spread. In regards to the content of his novels, MINE stated that he would no longer serialize the web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō and would begin discussions with his publisher about correcting inappropriate material in the print versions.
On June 6, 2018, voice actors Toshiki Masuda, Megumi Nakajima, and Kiyono Yasuno simultaneously announced their resignations from the anime adaptation. The actors were set to play the parts of Renya Kunugi, Rona Chevalier, and Shion Femme-Fatale, respectively. On the same day, talent management agency 81 Produce announced that Nanami Yamashita, originally set to play God in the series, was also resigning.
Also on June 6, the website for the anime became unavailable worldwide except Japan, returning only a 403 Forbidden error. The production committee then posted an announcement on the website that production and broadcast of the anime had been cancelled due to the controversy. The committee also apologized.
Hobby Japan, the publisher of the original light novel series, posted an apology on June 6. Later that day, the Asahi Shimbun reported that the publisher had decided to cancel shipments of the light novel.
On June 15, 2018, J-Novel Club announced that they would suspend publication of the series on July 1, 2018, and would no longer offer it for sale "pending further consultation with the Japanese rights holder".
External Link[]
- Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de — Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese) [DELETED]
- Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de — Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese) [Archive]
- Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de — Official light novel website (in Japanese) [Archive]
- TV Anime "Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de" Official anime website (available only in Japan) (in Japanese)
- TV Anime "Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de" Official anime website [Archive]
- Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de — Official manga website (in Japanese)
- Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de — Wikipedia (in Japanese)
- Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de — Wikipedia (in English)
See Also[]
- Isekai Monster Breeder - Cheat wa Aru kedo, Nonbiri Ikusei Shite Imasu, Another light novel series with the same illustrator.
- Makikomarete Isekai Teni suru Yatsu wa, Taitei Cheat, Another light novel series with the same illustrator.
- Souzou Renkinjutsushi wa Jiyuu wo Ouka suru: Kokyou wo Tsuihou saretara, Maou no Ohizamoto de Chouzetsu Kouka no Magic Item Tsukuri-houdai ni Narimashita, Another light novel series with the same illustrator.
- Botsuraku Yotei no Kizoku dakedo, Hima Datta kara Mahou wo Kiwametemita, Another light novel series with the same illustrator.
- Tensei Kenja wa Musume to Kurasu., Another light novel series with the same illustrator.
Trivia[]
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