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Arifureta Shokugyo by Sekai Saikyo

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Background

First published as a web novel, Arifureta: From Ordinary to World's Strongest is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryo Shirakome (白米良) and illustrated by Takayaki that began in 2013. It also has a manga adaptation that began serializing on Overlap Comic Gardo. The series' website has been live since 2016. Both are still ongoing. Additionally, an audio drama has been released and another will be released in April 2018. An anime adaptation is also scheduled to air in 2019. The series has been licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. The novels are licensed in English by J-Novel Club. The series ranked as the 27th best-selling light novel series in the first half of 2017, with 84,372 copies sold.

Synopsis

Hajime Nagumo is a typical 17-year-old otaku until his entire class is summoned to a fantasy world and treated as heroes, tasked with protecting humanity from extinction. While the rest of his class is granted divine magical powers, Hajime can only perform one transmutation as a Synergist. To top it all off, he is left for dead during a dungeon raid. Will he survive not only the ridicule of his classmates, but also his weakness in a dangerous world of monsters?

Spin-off

Arifureta: From the ordinary to the strongest zero in the world or Arifureta Zero
(ありふれた職業で世界最強零Arifureta Shokugyo de Sekai Saikyo Zero None
Author: Ryo Shirakome
Illustrator: Takaya-ki

Anime adaptation

White Fox is handling the anime adaptation, which was originally scheduled for release in 2019 but was delayed in April 2018. It will air on Tokyo MX, AT-X, and possibly other networks. As of February 2018, no international broadcast has been announced.

Characters

Hajime Nagumo (南雲ハジメ) | CV: Toshinari Fukamachi
A sleep-deprived 17-year-old otaku boy gets the short straw for godly power when he and his class are summoned to a fantasy world. He dedicates himself to becoming stronger despite being bullied by his classmates, who all end up being far more powerful than him.

Yue (ユエ) | CV: Yuki Kuwahara**
Hajime rescues a nearly immortal, doll-like vampire from an abyss.

Shea Haulia (シア・ハウリア) | CV: Minami Takahashi**
A slightly clingy bunny-eared girl who has the psychic ability of precognition that allows her to see into the future.

Tio Clarice (Unnamed)
A pervert who calls herself Hajime's slave and calls him master.

Kaori Shirasaki (白崎香織)
A popular classmate and the only one who respects Hajime.

Aiko Hatakeyama (Report a Lie)
The students' respected and friendly teacher. She is short and teaches agriculture.

Liliana SB Heilig (リリアーナ・S・B・ハイリヒ)
Princess of the Kingdom of Heilig.

Daisuke Hiyama
He is the main bully of all of Hajime's classmates.

Eri Nakamura
A bespectacled classmate who is now a reluctant necromancer.