By the Grace of the Gods
By the Grace of the Gods | |
神達に拾われた男 (Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko) | |
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Genre | Adventure, fantasy, slice of life[1] |
Novel series | |
Written by | Roy |
Published by | Shōsetsuka ni Narō |
Original run | January 28, 2014 – present |
Light novel | |
Written by | Roy |
Illustrated by | Ririnra |
Published by | Hobby Japan |
English publisher | |
Imprint | HJ Novels |
Demographic | Male |
Original run | September 22, 2017 – present |
Volumes | 11 |
Manga | |
Written by | Roy |
Illustrated by | Ranran |
Published by | Square Enix |
English publisher |
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Magazine | Manga UP! |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | November 29, 2017 – present |
Volumes | 8 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Takeyuki Yanase |
Written by | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu |
Music by | Hiroaki Tsutsumi |
Studio | Maho Film |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | Tokyo MX, BS Fuji |
English network | |
Original run | October 4, 2020 – present |
Episodes | 12 |
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 about a man who dies alone who is chosen by three gods to reincarnate into a world of fantasy, using his past knowledge combined with new powers bestowed by the 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, who have published ten volumes since September 2017 under their 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 eight 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 has been announced.
Plot
Ryoma Takebayashi is a lonely man who led a life filled with hardships until he dies from an unfortunate accident during his sleep. In the afterlife, he is greeted by three gods who grew fond of him and send him to another world as a child, where he makes use of his innate knowledge and abilities, combined with the gods' blessings to live a new life filled with challenges and happy meetings.
Characters
Main characters
- Ryoma Takebayashi (竹林竜馬, Takebayashi Ryoma)
- Voiced by: Azusa Tadokoro (child),[2] Hiroki Yasumoto (adult)[3] (Japanese); Emily Neves (child),[4] Chris Rager (adult)[4] (English)
- Ryoma lived an uneventful life as an office worker/salaryman in Japan before dying in his sleep. Later it is revealed that Earth's god had tormented Ryoma during his entire life just for amusement, in order to break his spirit and make him become a murderer, which was thwarted by his early demise. Due to his diligent and kind behavior, Ryoma earns the grace of three gods from Seilfall who bring him to their world as an 8-year-old boy where he lives in a forest for three years while polishing his skills and taming hundreds of slimes, making use of their multiple abilities in various tasks from combat (due to his martial arts background) and hunting (with his slimes) to cleaning and crafting and also dealing with other people (because of his background), until meeting the Jamil family who warmly welcomes him among them. Determined to live independently, he refuses to overindulge on their hospitality and looks for ways to make ends meet by himself.
- Eliaria Jamil (エリアリア・ジャミール, Eriaria Jamīru)
- Voiced by: Yūki Kuwahara[3] (Japanese); Suzie Yeung[4] (English)
- Heir to the Jamil dukedom, Eliaria is an 11-year-old girl who becomes Ryoma's closest friend. Like Ryoma, she is a monster tamer and her body is gifted with large magic potential, being from a family of people with the same settings of being reincarnated, her female ancestor was a legendary tamer, her male ancestor was a legendary mage, but has difficulty controlling it, until Ryoma teaches her how to train herself properly.
Jamil Household
- Reinhart Jamil (ラインハルト・ジャミール, Rainharuto Jamīru)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Ono[3] (Japanese); Anthony Bowling[4] (English)
- The Duke of Jamil and Eliaria's father, he meets Ryoma in the forest and becomes his friend, later inviting him to live with his family.
- Elise Jamil (エリーゼ・ジャミール, Erīze Jamīru)
- Voiced by: Saori Hayami[5] (Japanese); Caitlin Glass[4] (English)
- Duchess of Jamil and Reinhart's wife. Upon meeting Ryoma, she quickly grows attached to him, treating the boy like her own son.
- Reinbach Jamil (ラインバッハ・ジャミール, Rainbahha Jamīru)
- Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu[5] (Japanese); Kent Williams[4] (English) (English)
- The former Duke of Jamil, he is Reinhart's father and a well known monster tamer.
Deities
- Lulutia (ルルティア, Rurutia)
- Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue[3] (Japanese); Marissa Lenti[4] (English)
- The goddess of healing and love with the appearance of a young and beautiful woman. When she visited Earth, she spent her time eating whatever she wanted.
- Kufo (クフォ)
- Voiced by: Makoto Koichi[3] (Japanese); Ciarán Strange[4] (English)
- The god of life with the appearance of a young boy. When he visited Earth, he spent his time traveling all over the world, even the depths of Atlantis and Sahara Desert.
- Gain (ガイン)
- Voiced by: Motomu Kiyokawa[3] (Japanese); R. Bruce Elliott[4] (English)
- The god of creation with the appearance of an elder. When he visited Earth, he spent his time listening to idol groups.
Adventurers
- Miya (ミーヤ)
- Voiced by: Marika Kouno[3] (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)
- A female cat beastman and rank B adventurer, she becomes Ryoma's first client after he becomes an adventurer when he is tasked to clean her house, later becoming his friend.
- Worgan (ウォーガン)
- Voiced by: Tetsu Inada[6] (Japanese); Christopher Guerrero[7] (English)
- The master of the Adventurer's Guild's Gimuru branch.
- Welanna (ウェルアンナ, Ueruan'na)
- Voiced by: Yūki Hirose[6]
- A female wolf beastman and Miya's friend.
- Mizelia (ミゼリア, Mizeria)
- Voiced by: Yūki Takada[6]
- A female tiger beastman and Miya's friend.
- Cilia (シリア, Shiria)
- Voiced by: Yui Fukuo[6]
- A female rabbit beastman and Miya's friend.
Earthlings
- Tabuchi (田淵)
- Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa[3]
- Ryoma's co-worker during his previous life. Ryoma named the first slime he tamed in his honor, but the slime dies, leaving only its core.
Media
Light novels
The series was first published online on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in January 2014 by Roy.[8] 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.[9] The series is licensed in North America by J-Novel Club.[10]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | September 22, 2017[11] | 978-4-79-861509-7 | February 1, 2020[12] | 978-1-71-836898-9 |
2 | November 22, 2017[13] | 978-4-79-861571-4 | April 18, 2020[14] | 978-1-71-836900-9 |
3 | March 22, 2018[15] | 978-4-79-861653-7 | May 31, 2020[16] | 978-1-71-836902-3 |
4 | July 21, 2018[17] | 978-4-79-861730-5 | August 30, 2020[18] | 978-1-71-836904-7 |
5 | November 22, 2018[19] | 978-4-79-861807-4 | November 22, 2020[20] | 978-1-71-836906-1 |
6 | March 22, 2019[21] | 978-4-79-861887-6 | February 15, 2021[22] | 978-1-71-836908-5 |
7 | August 24, 2019[23] | 978-4-79-861980-4 | May 25, 2021[24] | 978-1-71-836910-8 |
8 | February 22, 2020[25] | 978-4-79-862124-1 | August 24, 2021[26] | 978-1-71-836912-2 |
9 | August 22, 2020[27] | 978-4-79-862270-5 | November 9, 2021[28] | 978-1-71-836914-6 |
10 | December 22, 2020[29] | 978-4-79-862375-7 | January 24, 2022[30] | 978-1-71-836916-0 |
11 | December 18, 2021[31] | 978-4-79-862667-3 | — | — |
Manga
A manga adaptation of the series by Ririnra began serialization in Square Enix's Manga UP! app and website on November 29, 2017.[32] The manga is licensed in North America by Square Enix.[33]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | |
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1 | June 13, 2018[34] | 978-4-75-755742-0 | November 10, 2020[35] | 978-1-64-609080-8 | |
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2 | October 22, 2018[36] | 978-4-75-755881-6 | May 11, 2021[37] | 978-1-64-609081-5 | |
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3 | April 12, 2019[38] | 978-4-75-756041-3 | September 21, 2021[39] | 978-1-64-609082-2 | |
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4 | October 12, 2019[40] | 978-4-75-756343-8 | January 11, 2022[41] | 978-1-64-609088-4 | |
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5 | April 22, 2020[42] | 978-4-75-756610-1 | August 9, 2022[43] | 978-1-64-609089-1 | |
6 | December 22, 2020[44] | 978-4-75-756981-2 | — | — | |
7 | June 7, 2021[45] | 978-4-75-757286-7 | — | — | |
8 | February 7, 2022[46] | 978-4-75-757725-1 | — | — |
Anime
An anime adaptation of the series was announced by Hobby Japan on February 20, 2020,[9] which was later confirmed to be a television series on April 17, 2020.[2][47] 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,[48][49] the series officially ran for 12 episodes in Japan from October 4 to December 20, 2020 on Tokyo MX and BS Fuji.[50][51][52] Azusa Tadokoro performed the opening theme "Yasashii Sekai", while MindaRyn performed the ending theme "Blue Rose knows".[6]
The series was licensed outside of Asia by Funimation.[2] On October 31, 2020, Funimation announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day.[4] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.[53] Medialink has also licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia and streamed it on their Ani-One YouTube channel.[54]
On June 4, 2021, a second season was announced.[55]
No. | Title [56][a] | Directed by [56] | Written by [56] | Original air date [57] | |
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1 | "Ryoma, with the Slimes" Transliteration: "Suraimu-tachi to Ryōma" (Japanese: スライムたちとリョウマ) | Takeyuki Yanase | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | October 4, 2020[b] | |
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" Transliteration: "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" Transliteration: "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" Transliteration: "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" Transliteration: "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" Transliteration: "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" Transliteration: "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" Transliteration: "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" Transliteration: "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" Transliteration: "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" Transliteration: "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" Transliteration: "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. |
Notes
- ^ All English titles are taken from Funimation.
- ^ It had an advanced premiere screening on July 3, 2020.[48][49]
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