Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru

The greatest assassin on Earth knew only how to live as a tool for his employers—until they stopped letting him live. Reborn by the grace of a goddess into a world of swords and sorcery, he's offered a chance to do things differently this time around, but there's a catch... He has to eliminate a super-powerful hero who will bring about the end of the world unless he is stopped. Now known as Lugh Tuatha Dé, the master assassin certainly has his hands full, particularly because of all the beautiful girls who constantly surround him. Lugh may have been an incomparable killer, but how will he fare against foes with powerful magic?

(Source: Yen Press)

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Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru began as a web novel on Shousetsuka ni Narou on July 29, 2018. Kadokawa has released a revised and illustrated version of the series since February 1, 2019 under its Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko label.

The series has been published in English as The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat by Yen Press under the Yen On imprint since December 29, 2020.

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Viekone, Dia

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Tuatha Dé, Lugh

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Maha

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Tarte

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Liannenon, Epona

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Goddess

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Esri

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Tuatha Dé, Cian

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Romanlung, Nevan

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Balor, Béimnech

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May 16, 2022

C-B-N

Recommended

Preliminary (95/? eps)

Review based off all 4 currently released LN's

Tired of reincarnating the same black haired, weak willed, unfairly overpowered MC who's scared of women? Well lucky for you this time it's an alternate world's very own John Wick ultimate assassin who gets his chance to reincarnate this time.

And get this, he even gets a mission to complete from the resident goddess, assassinate the hero to save the world. Honestly I found the concept a refreshing and enjoyable twist on the standard "isekai" plot.

The LN features the standard "child prodigy type who uses his former life's worth of knowledge to become as powerful as possible" type ...

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Aug 29, 2021

MadanielFL

Recommended

Preliminary (75/? eps)

So do you like isekai with harem tropes and a powerful MC in a world of swords and sorcery? Well then this one is for you, written by the same author of Redo of Healer, this isekai clearly takes inspiration from Mushoku Tensei, as it's initial chapters are very similar with some nearly identical aspects.

We follow our MC Lugh Tuatha Dé, who on his previous life was the world's greatest assassin, until one day his own allies turn on him and kill him, betrayed by his own people Lugh reflects on his own life and how he spent it being tool to a organization ... just to be disposed by them, he wishes that he could redo his life, a life where he would work only for himself. And upon this Lugh gets summoned by a goddess who grants him his wish, but in turn he has to help her with a job, and this job is to assassinate a powerful hero, who will save the world by killing the demon lord but later will turn rogue and will be source of much destruction, pain and suffering.

So as for the things I like: It has a very strong premise, which I think are some very clever ideas, the first few chapters are really good, it's very similar to Mushoku tensei and we have this detailed world building involving the magic system that is really clever and honestly surprised me a lot, I also like how instead of a loser self insert op character we have an experienced dude that in his previous life had no compassion, he is not afraid of using his skills to manipulate the people around him, and despite being very powerful we see he growing his powers throughout each volume, there are battles he can't win and enemies he cannot defeat, he is overall just a very smart character that doesn't do many things that seem out of character or stupid. And the art was overall really good, its way superior then most manga art I've seen (as LN art should be).
For the things I didn't like would've been some of the pacing, things happen either really fast or really slow, it's not so much a inconvenience because the content is still interesting, and the author does he improve his writing with each volume, in volume 1 specifically we spend a lot of time setting up this whole second identity "Merchant life" thing, which is useful for the story but I feel like it wasted too much time there, outside that not much to complain, light novels are supposed to be easy to read and this one is. I'm not expecting the next Shakespeare here.

The characters are all pretty standard isekai characters, all the girl's fall in love with the MC but there is genuine reasons for that. But what interested me the most was the dark tone it had when explaining the backstory of one of the characters, I guess I should've expected that given the author. Some romance appears later on and is developed naturally, it's not really something that feels forced, I genuine like the relationship and chemistry the characters have.
The side characters all have their unique aspects, but I expect the story to develop them more in the future.

The battles that happen on this LN are interesting to say the least, I liked the battle between kid Lugh and his father when they were training, but the final battle of volume 1 was rather disappointing, it does show a new spell that is super powerful and amazing, however it ends very fast and they barely do any fighting, Lugh just talks to his opponent and AHA! I have outsmarted you this whole time. The final battle from the second volume was actually my favorite, Lugh goes all out but its not enough and it shows that even for him there are enemies he can't defeat. And on volume 3 he legit pulls up a railgun and destroys his enemy.

I have only read 3 volumes so far, and I can say it gets better with each volume, volume 3 specially had some great character development and world-building as well as introducing new characters and mysteries, I'm honestly surprised by this LN and really recommend it if you like isekai stories but is genuinely bored of all the self-insert op main character stories out there.

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jamurshiitake

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Preliminary (67/? eps)

This series lacks consistency. I started reading the LN after the release of episode 4 of the anime. So far, the anime is doing well, the story has been well adapted. I could say the same for the first book of this title. However, the 2nd book left so much to be desired. When reading vol. 2 of the series, there are a lot sudden additions to the story that just made no sense.

The book starts off with Lugh as genius boy with a realist personality. As the story progresses, however, Lugh's personality gradually changes. It is to be expected, however, since the plot ...

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