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r/mushokutensei • u/Aruseus493 • Jan 10 '21
Introductions and FAQ to Mushoku Tensei
This post is intended to help new readers/viewers find their way into the Mushoku Tensei series.
What is Mushoku Tensei?
Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu, otherwise known in English as Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation is an Action Adventure series with the themes of second chances, redemption, and coming of age. The official English synopsis is:
Kicked out by his family and wandering the streets, an unemployed 34-year-old shut-in thinks he’s hit rock-bottom—just as he’s hit and killed by a speeding truck! Awakening to find himself reborn as an infant in a world of swords and sorcery, but with the memories of his first life intact, Rudeus Greyrat is determined not to repeat his past mistakes. He’s going to make the most of this reincarnation as he sets off on the adventure of a second lifetime!
LIGHT NOVEL
Where can I read the Light Novel?
The Light Novel is licensed in English by Seven Seas so if you want to read good translations for the series, they're your only choice. The series is available physically and digitally from most book orientated retailers.
Where can I read fan-translations for the Light Novel?
There aren't really fan-translations for the Light Novel. Only the Web Novel was previously fan-translated and the quality is overall mediocre due to being done by many different people and over a long period of time. If you want to read the best translation for the series, it is best to stick with the Official English Light Novel release as it supports the author and publisher that took a risk on licensing the series despite it's length.
Is the Light Novel Ongoing?
Yes.
Should I read the Light Novel or Web Novel?
If you stick to the Light Novel, you are supporting the author by paying for what you read. So stick with the Light Novel.
What is the difference between the Light and Web Novel?
In terms of overall story content, they are the same. However, the Light Novel is a polished final draft of the Web Novel which was a first draft. As such, details get changed and smoothed over more in the Light Novel. This includes the addition of entirely original chapters and volumes with no guarantee that the Light Novel will always be the same.
Where do I start the LN after chapter X of the Manga?
As with most manga adaptations of Light Novels, the answer is to just start from the beginning. Manga Adaptations are typically rushed compared to their source material so readers can always get a fresh more fulfilling experience when starting from the beginning of the Light Novel. Cut content typically includes character's internal thoughts, plot-lines, and world building.
Where do I start the Light Novel after the episode Y of the Anime?
Again, the beginning.
MANGA
Where can I read the Manga?
The Manga is also licensed by Seven Seas and once again available from most book orientated retailers.
What is the Roxy Gets Serious Manga?
Mushoku Tensei: Roxy Gets Serious is a spin-off/prequel manga featuring Roxy from before the start of the story. It is licensed by Seven Seas as well.
When can I read the Roxy Gets Serious Manga?
Warning that the Roxy manga starts off with spoilers correlating to Volume 12 of the Light Novel. At the time of this post, the Official Light Novel translation is scheduled through volume 11. However, skipping the first page of the manga will give you a relatively safe reading experience.
How often does the manga update?
Like the majority of manga adaptations of Light Novels, once a month.
ANIME
Where can I watch the Anime?
The Anime is available from Funimation for simulcasting. It's also available on Hulu.
How many episodes will the Anime have?
There have been announced to be 23 episodes for the anime in a split-cour format. Split-Cour is when an anime adaptation is announced to be 2-cour, but will have a break between the first half and second half of the season. It's still ultimately one season.
Will there be a second season?
No second season has been announced yet and it will depend heavily on how well the anime sells the Light Novel and Bluray volumes.
OTHER
I heard there was questionable content in this series, is it garbage?
Yes, there is questionable content. No, the series isn't garbage because of it. The protagonist is not a shining knight. He is a human with serious personality flaws. That is a major theme of the story. If you want a series with a saint of a protagonist, then Mushoku Tensei isn't for you. The Mushoku Tensei series is genuinely accepted as a masterpiece in the community for its serious take on exploring the life of someone striving for a second chance at growing up despite their mistakes of the past. Humans rarely change at the drop of a hat, so do not expect the protagonist to suddenly become a 100% good person as again, this is a very realistic take on growth.
Did Mushoku Tensei start the Isekai trend?
Yes and no. It was one of the major influences, but Isekai as a setting trope has been around for a long time and there's no singular series responsible for the many titles that now exist using the trope. Please note that Isekai is a trope and not a genre as it does not set the themes of the story, but just means that the protagonist goes from his world to another.
If there are any other questions that should be included in the FAQ, please submit them and I'll edit this post. Please note that this is not a place for piracy so such related questions will be ignored as supporting the author should be genuinely done on this subreddit.
r/mushokutensei • u/Crab_Enthusiast188 • 9h ago
EN Light Novel Banana abuse
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r/mushokutensei • u/KuroKami07 • 10h ago
Anime Elinalise X Cliff Smooches
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r/mushokutensei • u/Mapleman6996 • 12h ago
EN Light Novel Guys Will do anything for pussy Spoiler
r/mushokutensei • u/Away-Bison8948 • 5h ago
Anime If you see this, I hope you have a great day! ❤️
r/mushokutensei • u/IllLimit703 • 13h ago
Anime Let's say Eris could only be with Rudeus if she leaves swordsmanship. Which would she choose?
r/mushokutensei • u/Suspicious-Store3236 • 7h ago
EN Light Novel I get the impression that she didn't want to leave.
I was rereading the Novel, and I feel like Lara truly did not want to leave her family.
She probably knew there won't be another chance to see her family in one piece again, especially considering that 4 of them have human life span.
I got the impression that she delayed until the very last moment, before the future truly could not be changed if she didn't make a move.
She's a daddy's girl who would make sure her papa's work would not go to waste.
When I think about it, I almost got choked man. It's just sad.
What do you guys think?
r/mushokutensei • u/Feisty-Pop6446 • 1d ago
Anime She didn’t know what ED was.
So if you go through my profile you will find a history of posts detailing my girlfriend’s first anime experience! Her first anime being MT (god save our souls)
We just started s2 and with s2 comes the ED arc. Apparently somehow within the 2 years of being together and 1 year of living together, she didn’t even know ED was a real thing, so without further ado here is a girls first reaction to not only rudeus failing to get it up for Sara, but also ED as a whole. I swear this is direct quotes. LMAO.
“WAIT HES NOT HARD? OMG. Damn, she put her clothes on quick!!! look at him. He’s flopping around with his flopper on the ground naked that’s embarrassing. If that was me, I can’t look at him anymore.”
[me explaining that he can’t physically do it]
“Wait that’s real? You really can’t do it at all? Even if a girl like touches it? That’s so sad, there’s no way that’s true.”
[I tell her it’s the worst thing a guy can go through ever and guys would lose an arm before letting that happen]
“Call (best friend), I need to know if this is true.”
Thank you Rudeus, very educational.
Otherwise, she is really enjoying the series! She is very very angry that Rudy is being so stupid with Fits / Sylphy. When their mock battle started, she asked, why aren’t they kissing!
r/mushokutensei • u/Possible_Guidance491 • 19h ago
Anime I feel like Eris completely overshadows the other two heroines.
I'm not sure if the creators intended this, but the other two heroines' character arcs feel much less desperate and emotional compared to Eris. The direction naturally makes viewers gravitate toward Eris instead.
r/mushokutensei • u/Malzorn • 3h ago
EN Light Novel That casual foreshadowing
"This is a nice basement area. The way it's built, you'll hardly ever get mice comin' in."
Vol. 10 Ch 4
It's nice to reread the novels. You find a lot of this casual foreshadowing. But that one really hit me hard :D
r/mushokutensei • u/Miroyasha • 21h ago
Manga Best girl she never thought she left him only just a sword I hand!
This isn’t a spoiler this is just a different perspective of Eris and her resolve from the finale of s1. The fact she felt this way before she knew she needed five years of training and using the memory of Rudeus to keep her strong to stay there. He may have suffered in the same timeframe, but she suffered also putting herself through physical hell and was working hard for him in the long run and he didn’t know it. She definitely had higher hopes for LOTS of kids she knew they were about to stay busy lol Yeah she's best girl <3
r/mushokutensei • u/Infamous_Bit_4132 • 5h ago
Anime Looking at Mushoku Tensei through the “Hero’s Journey” made me appreciate its writing way more
Learning about the Hero’s Journey helped me understand why Rudeus’s development feels so satisfying. We don’t know whether Rifujin intentionally followed it, but Volumes 1–13 track many of its stages almost to a tee. Countless stories share this structure, and Mushoku Tensei shows how effective it can be when an author puts their own spin onto it.
Here’s how I see it:
Ordinary world — Volumes 1–2: Rudeus’s childhood in Buena Village and his time tutoring Eris establish his relationships and expectations.
Call to adventure — The displacement incident: His ordinary life disappears overnight. Stranded with Eris, he has one goal: finding a way home.
Meeting the mentor — Ruijerd: Rudeus has talent, but Ruijerd gives him the survival skills and moral guidance he lacks.
Crossing the threshold — Traveling across the Demon Continent: By journeying with Eris and Ruijerd, Rudeus commits to the unknown.
Trials and growth — Monsters, discrimination, difficult choices, and his own mistakes gradually reshape his worldview.
Death and rebirth — Eris leaving: Rudeus reaches home only to lose the future he imagined with Eris. Searching for Zenith gives him a new purpose, even though he remains emotionally broken.
Revelation — The Sylphie arc: Through Sylphie, he realizes he can still be loved and accepted. The university gives him space to recover and build new relationships.
Change — Recovery and family: Recovering from ED is the clearest sign of his healing, but the bigger change comes through marriage, creating a home, and overall maturity.
Atonement — Turning point 3: Rudeus takes responsibility for his family by helping rescue Zenith, then has to confront his regrets about Paul and his role as a son.
The gift — A deeper understanding of family: He brings Zenith back but loses Paul, then becomes a father himself. The reward isn’t restoring the past; it’s learning to care for the family he still has.
Return changed — Volume 13: Rudeus returns to domestic life carrying everything he has experienced. The home he comes back to isn’t exactly like volume 1 but he even explicitly says that and he comes to terms with his new family.
r/mushokutensei • u/nokoserafim • 6h ago
Anime I have a problem
My first contact with the MT world was the anime and it brought up a lot of emotions in me
But since the end of S3 I started reading the novel from where the anime ended bc I really wanted to know what happens next
However, today I rewatched some scenes and episodes from the anime and I didn't feel the same excitement and emotional weight as usual and I think that is because I already know what is going to happen
I didn't read too much (only one volume) but I know now what happens after S3 and now I don't feel the same excitement rewatching the anime
Do you think I should continue reading and risk making the anime experience "less exciting" for me or wait for the next season and ignore my curiosity?
r/mushokutensei • u/goonball67_ • 4h ago
Anime “To you, in 2000 years…”
Get it? Because it’s a rat and purple and it has Roxy and it’s old asf
r/mushokutensei • u/WarmMud429 • 8h ago
Anime When cute act fails, blackmail works!
sauce
First one is translated by Google Translate
r/mushokutensei • u/Equivalent-Spray8531 • 12h ago
EN Light Novel Guys, What do you think of Luke?
What do you think of Luke Notos Greyrat? And it is just a question.