Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (無職転生 〜異世界行ったら本気だす〜 Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu), abbreviated as Mushoku Tensei (無職転生), is a Japanese media franchise originally created by Rifujin na Magonote.

Mushoku Tensei originated as a web novel series authored by Rifujin na Magonote. The web novel began serialization on November 22, 2012 on the user-generated website Shōsetsuka ni Naro and it quickly gained recognition on the site. The series was soon licensed by Kadokawa under Media Factory's MF Books imprint and officially began its light novel series publication on January 23, 2014 featuring illustrations by Shirotaka.

A manga adaptation of the light novel illustrated by Yuka Fujikawa began shortly after on May 2, 2014, published by Meida Factory and serialized in Monthly Comic Flapper magazine. . And a TV-series anime adaptation produced by Eg Firm and animated by Studio Bind began on January 10, 2021.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the light novel under their Airship imprint for localization in English on July 18, 2018. The first paperback volume was launched on May 21, 2019. A revised edition of the first 9 volumes of the English light novel was issued on March 2021 following claims of content censorship.

Plot
An unnamed 34-year-old Japanese NEET is evicted from his home following his parents' death. Upon some self-introspection, he concludes that his life was ultimately pointless. He intercepts a speeding truck heading towards a group of teenagers in an attempt to do something meaningful for once in his life and manages to pull one of them out of harm's way before dying. Awakening in a baby's body, he realizes he has been reincarnated in a world of sword and sorcery. He resolves to become successful in his new life, discarding his past identity for his new life as Rudeus Greyrat. Due to inherited affinity and early training, Rudeus becomes highly skilled at magic. During his childhood, he becomes a student of demon magician Roxy Migurdia, a friend to demihuman Sylphiette, and magic teacher to noble heiress Eris Boreas Greyrat.

Setting
The story is set in a Middle Ages-styled magical fantasy world. Races of different kinds live in isolation from other in different regions around the world though contact still exists.

Web Novel
Rifujin na Magonote published his work on the online web novel website, Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Shortened to Syosetu); the first chapter was uploaded on November 22, 2012.

Light Novel
In November 2013, the author announced his work was to released as a light novel under Media Factory's MF Books imprint; regardless, the author stated his intentions to continue publishing his chapters online. The illustrator for the light novel is a Pixiv user called SiroTaka. Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the light novels for publication in North America.

Manga
In the May 2014 issue of Monthly Comic Flapper, it was announced that the manga adaptation of Mushoku Tensei by Yuka Fujikawa would premiere in the June issue; though Yuka is the author of the manga series, character designs are credited to SiroTaka. Media Works collected the individual chapters into tankōbon volumes; the first volume was released in October 2014. In January 2015, Seven Seas Entertainment announced its licensing of the manga series for localization in North America under the title Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation.

Anime
On March 15, 2019, the official website of MF Books announced that an anime adaptation project of Mushoku Tensei would be produced.