A manga adaptation, illustrated by Masahito Watari, began serialization in Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Age magazine from October 2014. A radio drama CD was released by HobiRecords in March 2015, and a television anime adaptation by Studio Deen aired in Japan between January and March 2016. A second season began airing in January 2017.[1][2][3] A spin-off light novel series, Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen o!, began publication from July 2014.
Both the light novels and the manga are licensed in North America by Yen Press.
Contents
Plot
Following an untimely and embarrassing death, Kazuma Satō, a Japanese teenage shut-in NEET, meets a goddess named Aqua, who offers to reincarnate him in a parallel world with MMORPG elements, where he can go on adventures and battle monsters. Despite being offered a godlike item or ability to use in this new world, Kazuma, following some provocation, chooses Aqua herself to accompany him to the town of Axel, quickly finding her absent-mindedness to be less than beneficial.LN 1.P. With Aqua unable to return to the afterlife until the Devil King is defeated, the two form a party and recruit two other members; an explosion-obsessed magician named Megumin and a masochistic paladin named Darkness.LN 1.2 Due to the party's dysfunctional abilities, Kazuma quickly gives up on the idea of defeating the Devil King and tries to live a luxurious lifestyle, only to find the circumstances of his daily life force him and his party to encounter and battle the Devil King's generals.LN 2.3Characters
Main characters
- Kazuma Satō (佐藤 和真 Satō Kazuma)
- Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka (drama CD), Jun Fukushima (anime)[4][5]
- Kazuma is a 16-year-old game-obsessed shut-in, having had his heart broken over his childhood friend during middle school.LN 5.2 After dying from acute stress reaction, he is sent to the parallel reality where he becomes a role-playing game character.LN 1.2 As an Adventurer class, he learns basic skills such as stealing, archery, monster detection, and magic.
- Aqua (アクア Akua)
- Voiced by: Kaori Fukuhara (drama CD), Sora Amamiya (anime)[4][5]
- Aqua is the goddess of water who judged humans to send to the RPG world, up until Kazuma dragged her along with him.LN 1.P She is an energetic and inattentive girl who likes to receive reverence for her status and gets upset easily. As an Archpriest and a goddess, she is powerful against demons and the undead, and is able to resurrect recently deceased people as well as purify water supplies. Rather than learning skills which would benefit her party, she spends most of her skill points learning party tricks.
- Megumin (めぐみん)
- Voiced by: Maaya Uchida (drama CD), Rie Takahashi (anime)[4][5]
- Megumin is the 13-year-old arch wizard who is descended from crimson demons; powerful humanoids who possess black hair and red eyes, and sport chūnibyō characteristics.LN 5.5 Megumin only knows a single spell, an incredibly powerful Explosion spell that immediately incapacitates her for the rest of the day when cast, and refuses to learn any other skills.LN 1.1
- Darkness (ダクネス Dakunesu?)
- Voiced by: Marina Inoue (drama CD), Ai Kayano (anime)[4][5]
- Darkness is a crusader who possesses powerful offense and defense, but lacks the accuracy to deliver her attacks.LN 1.2 She is a masochist who dreams of being ravaged by monsters or married to an abusive husband; regardless, she becomes serious with issues involving her friends. It is later revealed that her actual name is Lalatina Dustiness Ford (ダスティネス・フォード・ララティーナ Dasutinesu Fōdo Raratīna), and is a noble from the influential Dustiness family, who became a crusader against her father's wishes.LN 3.3
- Eris (エリス Erisu)
- Voiced by: Ayaka Suwa (anime)
- Eris is a goddess of the RPG world who Kazuma first meets after he is killed during a battle. She is kind-hearted but is prone to embarrassment from Aqua, who is jealous over how much more Eris is worshiped despite being Aqua's junior goddess. LN 2.1 It is later revealed that Chris is her persona in this world.LN 7.E2
- Wiz (ウィズ Wizu)
- Voiced by: Saori Hayami (drama CD), Yui Horie (anime)[4][5]
- Wiz is a powerful lich wizard who, despite being one of the Devil King's generals,LN 2.3 is a timid and kind woman who uses her powers to assist civilians and lead lost spirits to the afterlife.LN 1.2 She runs an unsuccessful magic shop which is later managed by Vanir, in which she is treated like a slave worker.LN 4.1
Devil King's generals
- Verdia (ベルディア Berudia)
- Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto (anime)
- Verdia is a dullahan and one of the Devil King's generals. He becomes hostile towards Kazuma's party after Megumin keeps using his castle for explosion practice. He is weak against water and is defeated by Aqua's purifying magic.LN 1
- Vanir (バニル Baniru)
- Voiced by: Masakazu Nishida
- Vanir is one of the Devil King's generals who ends up taking over the management of Wiz's magic shop.LN 4.1 He is the devil of foresight and one of the dukes of hell and his ability is to read everything about anybody, but he cannot read anthing about people that are as powerful (the Devil King's generals and other dukes), people stronger (Aqua and other gods) and people who are a little weaker than him have their readings clouded and incomplete (YunYun). An exception to this is Kazuma, whose cunning nature makes him hard to read. He also has very powerful combat skills that he refuses to use on humans.LN 3.4
- Hans (ハンス Hansu)
- Hans is a deadly poison slime variant type with the ability to devour anything, taking the form of those he devoured and a strong body of poison, which he used to destroy hot springs. LN 4.5
- Sylvia (シルヴィア Shiruvia)
- Sylvia is a growth chimera, with ability to modify his own body.LN 5.4
- Wolbach (ウォルバク Worubaku)
- Evil goddess of violence and sloth, Wolbach is worshiped by Devil King's subordinates.LN 9.4 She used her vast reserves of mana to cast explosion magic on fort then teleport to safety. She was also one to teach Megumin explosion spell. Before the start of main story of KonSuba she was split into two entities one of them is humanoid and other is Chomusuke, Megumin's cat.LN 9.5
Supporting characters
- Yunyun (ゆんゆん Yun'yun)
- Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (drama CD),[4] Aki Toyosaki (anime)[6]
- Yunyun is Megumin's former classmate and daughter to the crimson demon's chief. She has a normal personality, causing her to be estranged from her chūnibyō peers. Yunyun is a highly skilled arch wizard and uses a rivalry with Megumin as an excuse to create a friendship. She is one of the main protagonists in the spin-off novels.
- Chris (クリス Kurisu)
- Voiced by: Ayaka Suwa (anime)
- Chris is Darkness's friend and a thief who teaches Kazuma the Steal skill.
- Kyōya Mitsurugi (御剣 響夜 Mitsurugi Kyōya)
- Voiced by: Kōsuke Toriumi (drama CD), Takuya Eguchi (anime)
- Kyōya is another human who was sent to this world by Aqua. He was given a cursed sword known as Gram as his chosen item upon entry, but he loses it in a fight to Kazuma, who used his Steal skill to swipe it. Kazuma later pawned it off for extra money.
- Luna (ルナ Runa)
- Voiced by: Sayuri Hara (anime)
- Luna is the official quest giver of the Axel guildhall.
- Ruffian (荒くれ者 Arakuremono)
- Voiced by: Tetsu Inada (anime)
- An anime-exclusive character. The first person Kazuma speaks with in Axel's guildhall.
- Sena (セナ)
- Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame
- Sena is the special prosecutor from Capital in charge of serious crimes, such as treason and conspiring with Demon King's Army. So she was sent to arrest and investigate Kazuma, when the teleported Destroyer core blew up the local aristocrat's mansion.
- Alderp Alexei Barnes (アレクセイ・バーネス・アルダープ Arekusei Bānesu Arudāpu)
- Voiced by: Takashi Nagasako
- A Lord, whose mansion was destroyed by Kazuma's decision to randomly teleport the Destroyer's core, and later attempts to manipulate the trial to sentence Kazuma to death
- Walther Alexei Barnes (アレクセイ・バーネス・バルター Arekusei Bānesu Barutā)
- Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa
- Alderps' son, a kind, courteous and noble-minded knight of the realm, who was to wed Darkness as arranged by his father (much to Darkness' distaste). When Darkness invents the story that she cannot marry him as she is carrying Kazuma's child, he decides to tell his father that he declined the match.
- Ignis Dustiness Ford (ダスティネス・フォード・イグニス Dasutinesu Fōdo Igunis)
- Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue
- A prominent Lord of the realm and Darkness' father.
Media
Novels
The original web novel series written by Natsume Akatsuki was published on Syosetu between December 2012 and October 2013.[7] The author also wrote a side story featuring Wiz and Vanir.[8] A light novel version with illustrations by Kurone Mishima began release under Kadokawa Shoten's Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint from October 1, 2013, with eight volumes released as of January 1, 2016.[9][10] The light novel diverges significantly from the web novel's plot from the sixth volume onwards, and also features changes to the characters' ages. A spin-off light novel series, also written and illustrated by Akatsuki and Mishima respectively, titled Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo! (この素晴らしい世界に爆焔を！?, lit. "Give Explosions to This Wonderful World!"), which takes place a year prior to the main series and focuses on Megumin, began release from July 1, 2014, with three volumes released as of June 1, 2015.[11] A sequel novel for this series was released December 28, 2016,[12] named Zoku: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo! (続・この素晴らしい世界に爆焔を！?, lit. "Sequel: Give Explosions to This Wonderful World!"). Another spin-off series featuring Vanir was published on April 1, 2016, called Kono Kamen no Akuma ni Sōdan wo! (この仮面の悪魔に相談を！?, lit. "Consulting with the Masked Devil!").Yen Press announced on May 20, 2016 that it had licensed the light novels for release in North America.[13]
Volume lists
- KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Beautiful World!
| No. | Title | Japanese release | English release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oh! My Useless Goddess! Aa, Damegami-sama (あぁ、駄女神さま) |
October 1, 2013[10] ISBN 978-4-04-101020-4 |
February 21, 2017[14] ISBN 978-0-31-655337-7 |
| After meeting an untimely death, Kazuma Satō is greeted by the goddess Aqua who offers to send him to a reality with MMORPG elements to battle the Devil King there. Given the choice of anything to arm himself with, Kazuma chooses Aqua herself and the two are teleported to a town called Axel, where they recruit two other party members, Megumin and Darkness. As the party complete quests to earn money for their daily life, their actions anger one of the Devil King's generals, Dullahan, who attacks the town but is thwarted by Kazuma and Aqua's efforts. | |||
| 2 | Love, Witches & Other Delusions! Chūnibyō demo Majo ga Shitai! (中二病でも魔女がしたい！) |
December 1, 2013[15] ISBN 978-4-04-101110-2 |
April 18, 2017[16] ISBN 978-0-31-646870-1 |
| The volume covers the party's daily life: Kazuma is killed while on a quest hunting snow fairies and is revived by Aqua; Kazuma and Aqua explore a dungeon and help an old couple pass into the afterlife; Kazuma visits Wiz and takes a request to exorcise a mansion, their success allows the party to use the mansion as a home; and Kazuma hires a succubus to induce a nocturnal emission but fails due to Aqua's barrier. When a mobile fortress threatens Axel, Kazuma leads his party to counter the attack, only to inadvertently destroy a noble's house, landing him with a warrant for his arrest. | |||
| 3 | They're Calling For You, Darkness-san. Yondemasu yo, Dakunesu-san. (よんでますよ、ダクネスさん。) |
March 1, 2014[17] ISBN 978-4-04-101242-0 |
— |
| The noble rigs the trial and condemns Kazuma to death. Darkness is forced to reveal her noble roots as the noble Lalatina to postpone the execution; in return, Lalatina is pressured into marrying the noble's son. The noble's son turns out to be a perfect gentleman so Kazuma and Aqua attempt to make the marriage meeting a success to prevent Lalatina's sadomasochistic dream from coming true; instead, Lalatina counters by convincing people that Kazuma is her lover. Meanwhile, the court prosecutor accuses Kazuma for summoning monsters in the old couple's dungeon. Realizing the court may find Aqua's magic in the dungeon and use it as false evidence, the party enter the dungeon and defeat the Devil King's general, Vanir. Vindicated of his crimes, Vanir proposes a business deal with Kazuma. | |||
| 4 | The Useless Quartet Namakura Karutetto (鈍ら四重奏) |
May 1, 2014[18] ISBN 978-4-04-101570-4 |
— |
| In return for patenting technological knowledge Kazuma has of Japan, Vanir offers him a large amount of money after production. Feeling set for life, Kazuma's party and Wiz visit the hot springs in a town which serves as a base for the infamous Axis cult; an aggressive and disillusioned cult who revere Aqua. There, they encounter the Devil King's general, Hans, who attempts to poison the hot springs to destroy the town's source of income. With Aqua's insistence, the party kills Hans and return to Axel. | |||
| 5 | Let's Go, Crimson Magic of Explosion! Bakuretsu Kōma ni Rettsu & Gō (爆裂紅魔にレッツ&ゴー!!) |
September 1, 2014[19] ISBN 978-4-04-101571-1 |
— |
| The party learn from YunYun that the crimson demon village is under attack by the Devil King's general, Sylvia. On Megumin's request, the party follow YunYun to the village. There, Kazuma makes advances towards Megumin and learns that a Japanese man created the crimson demons. Sylvia attacks the village, and is defeated with a weapon left behind by the Japanese man. Returning home, Kazuma receives a letter from a princess who wishes to meet him. | |||
| 6 | The Princess of the Six Flowers Rokka no Ōjo (六花の王女) |
March 1, 2015[20] ISBN 978-4-04-102267-2 |
— |
| As word of their victories against the Demon King
spreads, Kazuma eagerly seizes upon an audience with the Crown. With the
King called away by the endless war, they are received by the
insatiably curious princess, Iris.
In the capital, they find the nobility in uproar as the empire's
wealth vanishes into clutches of The Chivalrous Thief. Though he catches
the thief, Kazuma reluctantly admits failure when he discovers the
thief is none other than Chris. His shame is only compounded when he is
slain during a routine skirmish with the Demon King's army. Disgraced & exiled, Kazuma is forced to infiltrate the royal castle without his party when a conspiracy to impersonate the royal family is discovered... |
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| 7 | 110 Millions Brides Okusenman no Hanayome (億千万の花嫁) |
September 1, 2015[21] ISBN 978-4-04-103539-9 |
— |
| Lord Dustiness falls ill and, in order to save the family from debts, Darkness accepts to marry the landlord Alderp Alexei Barnes and quit the adventurer life. Kazuma and the group rescues Darkness from the wedding, and Vanir discovers that Alderp had made a pact with a demon named Maxwell in order to curse Lord Dustiness and defrauded everyone with the demon's help. Vanir remembers Maxwell that he is owed payment for the pact, so Maxwell drags Alderp to hell to collect it. For the rest of the people, it looks like that Alderp fled away because of shame. | |||
| 8 | Axis Cult vs Eris Cult Akushizu Kyōdan vs Erisu Kyōdan (アクシズ教団VSエリス教団) |
January 1, 2016[22] ISBN 978-4-04-103540-5 |
— |
| Aqua gets jealous of the Eris Festival that will happen in Axel, so she decides to do the Aqua Festival together. Kazuma figures out that the thief Chris is the goddess Eris in disguise and they team up to try to steal and seal a holy relic, the Sacred Armor Aigis, but they fail in the first attempt. Kazuma ends up having to help creating stalls for the Aqua Festival and her cultists. As Kazuma and Chris discovers that Aigis has a conscience and is a pervert, they convince the organizers to have a Beauty Contest in the last day of the festival in order to lure Aigis. The Sacred Armor is attracted by the event but refuses to surrender because the girls aren't attractive enough for it. Then Chris drops the disguise and join the contest as Goddess Eris, and the crowd goes unruly because of the divine appearance. Aigis accepts that Eris is beautiful enough, lets her wear the armor and helps her to get away from the crowd. | |||
| 9 | The Crimson Fate Kurenai no Shukumei (紅の宿命) |
July 1, 2016[23] ISBN 978-4-04-103954-0 |
— |
| 10 | Gamble Scramble! Gyanburu Sukeranburu! (ギャンブル・スクランブル！) |
November 1, 2016[24] ISBN 978-4-04-104992-1 |
— |
- Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen o!
| No. | Title | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Megumin's Turn Megumin no Tān (めぐみんのターン) |
July 1, 2014[11] | ISBN 978-4-04-101866-8 |
| 2 | YunYun's Turn YunYun no Tān (ゆんゆんのターン) |
December 1, 2014[25] | ISBN 978-4-04-102438-6 |
| 3 | The Strongest Pair's Turn! Futari wa Saikyō! no Tān (ふたりは最強！のターン) |
June 1, 2015[26] | ISBN 978-4-04-103100-1 |
- Zoku : Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen o!
| No. | Title | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warera, Megumin Tōzokudan (我ら、めぐみん盗賊団) | December 28, 2016[12] | ISBN 978-4-04-104991-4 |
- Kono Kamen no Akuma ni Sōdan o!
| No. | Title | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Consulting with This Masked Devil! Kono Kamen no Akuma ni Sōdan wo! (この仮面の悪魔に相談を！) |
April 1, 2016[27] | ISBN 978-4-04-104293-9 |
Manga
A manga adaption of KonoSuba illustrated by Masahito Watari began serialization in the October 2014 issue of Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Age magazine on September 9, 2014.[28] Four tankōbon volumes have been released as of September 2016.Yen Press announced its acquisition of the manga adaptation at the same time that it licensed the original light novels.[13]
- Volume list
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 9, 2015[29] | ISBN 978-4-04-070539-2 | November 22, 2016[30] | ISBN 9780316552561 |
| 2 | December 5, 2015[31] | ISBN 978-4-04-070782-2 | February 21, 2017[32] | ISBN 9780316553322 |
| 3 | March 9, 2016[33] | ISBN 978-4-04-070834-8 | April 18, 2017[34] | ISBN 9780316469333 |
| 4 | September 9, 2016[35] | ISBN 978-4-04-072019-7 | July 18, 2017[36] | ISBN 9780316559546 |
Anime
See also: List of KonoSuba episodes
A television anime adaptation by Studio Deen[37] aired on Tokyo MX between January 14, 2016 and March 16, 2016;[38] later broadcasting on eight other networks and several video on demand streaming networks.[38] The series was simulcast by Crunchyroll in several regions such as North America,[39] and by AnimeLab in Australia.[40] The series is being directed by Takaomi Kanasaki and written by Makoto Uezu with character designs by Koichi Kikuta.[37] An original video animation was bundled with the ninth light novel of KonoSuba in June 2016.[41] The anime's opening theme is "Fantastic Dreamer" by Machico while the ending theme is "Chīsana Bōken-sha" (ちいさな冒険者?, lit."Little Adventurer") performed by Sora Amamiya, Rie Takahashi, and Ai Kayano.[5] The second season[1] premiered on January 12, 2017.[2][3] The second's season's opening theme is "Tomorrow" by Machico, and the ending theme is "Ouchi ni Kaeritai" (お家に帰りたい?, lit."Want to Go Home") by Amamiya, Takahashi, and Kayano.[42] A second original video animation will be bundled with the twelfth light novel on KonoSuba in July 2017.[43]Other media
A radio drama CD, featuring a different voice cast to the anime, was released by HobiRecords on March 1, 2015.[4] A PC video game developed by game creator Tachi, titled Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! in the life!, is bundled with the first Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume of the anime series on March 25, 2016.[44] The game is developed using software RPG Tsukūru VX.[45]Reception
Reviewing the first few episodes, Anime News Network's Theron Martin praised the anime adaptation for its comedy, calling the second episode "the funniest episode of anime I have seen since Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun aired". Martin also praised the series' musical score though criticised the artistry for occasionally inconsistent character animation.[46]As of March 2, 2016, the 11-volume series has a total of 1.5 million copies in print, each volume selling 136,000 copies.[47]
Notes and references
- Works cited
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