The author of this work, "The Man Picked Up by the Gods," is Roy. It is a light novel about reincarnation in another world that began serialization on the novel submission site "Let's Become a Novelist" in 2014, and is a so-called Narou-style work. The manga is published by "Square Enix," and an anime is scheduled to air from October 2020. Ryoma Takebayashi, a middle-aged man, works for a black company and spends his days being chased by work. He hardly has any time off, and spends every day without eating a proper meal. What am I living for...? When Ryoma, who had such questions, woke up from his sleep, he found three gods in front of him. Ryoma suddenly died, but surprisingly, he accepted the reality and was reincarnated in another world... Ryoma, whose mission is to live in another world, is given magical powers and sets off on a journey to the other world. In the other world where Ryoma is reincarnated, magic is developed, and Ryoma is also given magical powers by the gods. This time, ahead of the anime adaptation, I would like to introduce the story's synopsis. It contains spoilers, so if you haven't seen it yet, please be careful!
Episode 1: Reincarnation in Another World
The protagonist, Takebayashi Ryoma, is a 39-year-old office worker who works as a system engineer at a black company. He worked late every day and lived an unhealthy life, such as eating cup ramen for meals. What is he living for...? Ryoma lived his life with such questions, but one day he woke up to find three gods standing in front of him. Ryoma, who was originally an otaku, quickly grasped the situation and accepted that he was dead. Hearing about his trip to another world from God, Ryoma was already excited. Since magic is highly developed in the other world, he was given the power of all magical attributes and set off on a journey to the other world.
Cause of Ryoma's Death
The harsh working conditions at a black company, the unhealthy lifestyle of living alone... I feel like I can understand why Ryoma died. However, the actual cause of death was sneezing four times. Every time he sneezed, the pillow shifted, and in the end, he hit his head on the floor, bursting a blood vessel in his brain, causing the bleeding to press on his brain and leading to his death. Ryoma was not at all upset by his death or the fact that God was right in front of him, but this ridiculous cause of death had his pride in tatters (lol)
Episode 2: Intercultural Exchange
Ryuma established a life base in the forest where he was reincarnated and spent three years there, living a self-sufficient life. He uses his familiar magic to tame slimes and spends his days researching slimes. Ryoma thought it would be fine to just spend the rest of his time relaxing in the forest, but for the first time since his reincarnation, he meets people from another world. They are wary of each other, but when one of them is injured and Ryoma gives him some medicine, the other person lets his guard down. Thinking that they are not bad people, Ryoma guides them to his house and treats the five of them. They are the head of the Duke of Jamir family and his attendant, and are very kind and friendly people. Meeting them will greatly change Ryoma's life in the other world.
Ryuma surprises people from another world
Kamil, who received potions from Ryouma, says that he will definitely thank him, but Ryouma says that he has plenty and no thanks is necessary. Kamil and the others were surprised that he makes his own potions and that the quality is the same as the ones sold in town. Ryouma's actions, such as using advanced barrier magic when guiding people to his house, have surprised the members of the Duke of Jamil's family, who are from another world, many times.
Episode 3: The Secret of Slime
It's been two weeks since they left Reinhard and his friends. Ryuma, who was feeling nostalgic about meeting people, is visited by Reinhard and his friends again. This time, they bring their family and servants. They have come to thank Ryuma for saving them. Ryoma invites everyone to his house and they have tea and talk. As he uses the cleaner slime to clean up the dishes as usual, Reinhard's daughter, Eliaria, sees this and becomes interested in the cleaner slime. Eliaria, who comes from a family of familiars, is aiming to become a familiar herself, and is trying to capture a slime for her first contract. Eliaria has decided that her first contract partner will be the cleaner slime, and she asks Ryuma to teach her how to catch a cleaner slime.
Conditions for cleaner slimes
Eliaria asks Ryuma how to choose a cleaner slime. Ryuma knows the conditions for slime evolution, which surprised Elise. The condition for slime evolution is "food." Each slime has its own preferences, and it evolves by being fed food that matches its preferences. Despite teaching her that much, Ryuma is reluctant to tell her about the preferences of cleaner slimes... This is because cleaner slimes' preferences are human sweat and sebum, and they feed on the water used to wash the body, so it is difficult to tell a woman. Hughes, who heard that, said it very straightforwardly and Elise blew him away (lol). It doesn't have to be her own dirt, but Eliaria said that she wanted to take the first step on her own without relying on others, so she used her own dirt as bait to evolve into a cleaner slime and make her first demon familiar contract.
Episode 4: Departure
The Duke of Jamil, who liked Ryoma's abilities and personality, were concerned about Ryoma living alone in the forest and suggested that they live together. "It's easy to raise one person like you," says the duke family, as expected! Ryoma is confused by the sudden proposal, but Reinhard asks if he would like to accompany him for the time being as he is going to a town called Gimuru for about two months. Ryoma, who has always lived alone, accepts the warm proposal of the Duke of Jamir and leaves the forest.
Suddenly he stands out...
Ryuma is going on a journey with the Duke of Jamir. In the town of Kerevan, the stopover point, he has to go through a simple inspection because he does not have any identification. There, they found a record of the defeat of a bandit with a bounty called "Red Spear Merzen." While living in the forest, Ryoma had defeated the bandit without realizing it. As a result, he received 700 small gold coins and was seen by those around him as the boy who defeated Merzen. Although Ryoma was careful not to stand out as much as possible, he ended up standing out from the very beginning (lol)
Episode 5: The First Town
Ryuma and the others arrive at Kelevan, the largest commercial city in the Jamir territory. For Ryoma, this is the first town he has visited since coming to the other world, but it is a normal town, far removed from the fantasy world. For Ryoma, who has lived in the big city of Tokyo, the townscape is not particularly impressive. However, Eliaria, visiting a large town for the first time, is very excited by the townscape of Keleban. After spending the night in Keleban, the group heads to the town of Gimuru. On the way, a landslide caused by heavy rain blocks their path. They wait for the rain to stop before removing the soil, but Ryoma cannot ignore the fact that the messenger and workers are soaked by the rain. He uses barrier magic to protect them from the rain, and gives the wet messenger some cloth that has been treated as rain gear.
Episode 6 Civil Engineering
The rain has stopped, and Ryouma and his friends are tasked with removing the landslide. They break up the boulders with "Break Rock" and solidify the soil with "Rock" to make it easier to carry. Ryouma uses his original compound magic "Create Block" that combines "Break Rock" and "Rock" to efficiently carry out the work. Everyone is surprised by this magic they've never seen before, but after Ryouma teaches them how to use "Create Block", they are able to finish removing the soil much sooner than planned.
Episode 7: In the Town of Gimuru
After arriving in the mining town of Gimuru, Ryouma and his friends have their status boards issued at the church in order to facilitate their guild registration. Everyone is surprised when they see Ryouma's status board. He can really use all magic attributes, and his level of earth magic and space magic, which are difficult to level up, is high. After successfully issuing their status boards, Ryouma and Eliaria are taken by Reinbach to the Tamers' Guild. The two successfully registered with the guild, but it was difficult to raise Ryuma's rank in the Tamer Guild right away, so Reinbach tried to register him in the Adventurer's Guild as well.
The Reality of the Tamer Guild
Even with Reinbach's connections, Ryuma's rank could not be raised immediately. The reason was that the person he had a contract with was a slime with the lowest rank. In the current Tamer Guild, there is a trend of favoring magicians who can command strong magical beasts, and the superiority of magicians is determined solely by the strength and rank of the magical beasts. Even if you force your rank up through connections, there is a possibility that you will end up being demoted in the headquarters' examination.
Episode 8: Adventurer's Guild
In the Adventurer's Guild, you will have to take a combat ability test to join the guild. The test involves shooting a stationary target and a moving target with a bow accurately. Ryoma was also well versed in archery in his previous life, and his level was at an expert level. The group realized that they had underestimated Ryoma because of his excellent archery skills. Ryoma passed the exam and joined the Adventurer's Guild. Here, it is possible to increase your rank depending on your ability. You start from G rank, but with Ryoma's ability, you will quickly increase your rank.
Ryuma's skills surprised even the guild master
Wogan suddenly throws a knife at Ryoma during the exam. Archers tend to focus on their targets, so this was a small warning, and the tip of the knife was round and had no blade. However, Ryoma grabbed the knife and threw it back, and even counterattacked with an ice needle. Even Wogan was surprised by this. Some people had narrowly avoided it, but this was the first time he had seen someone counterattack.
Episode 9: First Job
Ryuma's first job was to dispose of the trash at a house. The client was Miya, a cat-human with cat ears. For the first time, Ryoma meets someone who seems to be from another world. The request is to clean up the basement. The wall separating the garbage dump from the house has collapsed, causing garbage to flow into the basement. The basement was filled with an incredible amount of garbage and a foul smell, but with the skillful use of scavenger slime and cleaner slime, the basement is cleaned up in no time. Many people have attempted to clean Miya's basement, but no one has been able to complete the request, and it was thought to be impossible. When the guild master Wogan finds out that Ryoma has completed it, he sees potential in Ryoma's skills and entrusts him with a request.
Disease resistance level 7
Wogan asked him to clean the septic tanks in the town's public toilets. This was originally a request from the slum people to do by the government, but negotiations between the government and the slums broke down, and the request was passed on to the guild. Ryoma gladly accepted the request and headed to the public toilets. Just like when he cleaned the basement of Miiya's house, he used scavenger slime and cleaner slime to work efficiently, but when the scavenger slime split twice, he wondered if its level had changed, so he identified it. As a result, his disease resistance had increased by two. This means that there is a disease here that he couldn't tolerate at his previous level. Even disease resistance level 5 allows him to tolerate life-threatening diseases. The fact that the level had increased to 7 meant that an epidemic was spreading within the septic tank.
Watch this and you'll understand the whole story! Summary of the first part (spoiler alert!!)
What did you think? The content introduced this time corresponds to volumes 1 and 2 of the book. How will Ryoma deal with the epidemic he discovered in the septic tank? ! Please check out the second part for the rest of the story!
