Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou

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Synonyms: From Common Job Class to the Strongest in the World

Japanese: ありふれた職業で世界最強

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Type: Light Novel

Volumes: 13

Chapters: 92

Status: Finished

Published: Jun 25, 2015 to Sep 25, 2022

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Theme: Isekai

Serialization: None

Authors: TakayaKi (Art), Shirakome, Ryou (Story)

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Ranked: #1699²

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Popularity: #658

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Light NovelTakayaKi (Art), Shirakome, Ryou (Story)

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Seventeen-year-old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world! They're treated like heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction. But what should have been any otaku's wet dream quickly turns into Hajime's nightmare. While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime's job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill. Ridiculed and bullied by his classmates for being weak, he soon finds himself in despair. Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith's level of strength?

(Source: J-Novel Club)

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Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou began as a web novel on Shousetsuka ni Narou on November 7, 2013. Overlap has released a revised and illustrated version of the series since June 25, 2015 under its Overlap Bunko label.

The series was published digitally in English as Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest by J-Novel Club from May 6, 2017 to March 24, 2023, and in print by Seven Seas Entertainment under the Airship imprint since February 6, 2018.

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Alternative version:	Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou
Spin-off:	Arifureta Nichijou de Sekai Saikyou, Arifureta Gakuen de Sekai Saikyou
Side story:	Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou Zero, Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou Shouhenshuu
Adaptation:	Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou, Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou Specials, Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou 3rd Season, Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou 2nd Season

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Nagumo, Hajime

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Shirasaki, Kaori

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Yue

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Clarence, Tio

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Haulia, Shea

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Myuu

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Yaegashi, Shizuku

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Hatayama, Aiko

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Endou, Kousuke

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Sonobe, Yuuka

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Reviews

Apr 7, 2023

Mega14343

Recommended

Honest, one of the few isekai stories that actually gains from being an isekai (there are objectively better isekais, like Mushoku or even Tensura, but they didn't really have to be isekais).
The story follows Hajime, who upon being isekai-ed with the rest of his class, gets one of the weakest jobs and now has to survive all on his own. To do that, he becomes stronger and essentially lets go of his humanity. But as he meets new friends (and girls for his harem) he gains back that humanity.
This is most definitely not for everyone, the author really embraces the chuuni side of the story. ...

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Mar 22, 2017

Tekuracer

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (178/92 eps)

Honestly, I kind of can't believe I read this until completion. I'm surprised at myself. Not that Arifureta isn't bad, it's just not good either, speaking overall. The concept of it all had a lot of potential, but execution definitely failed and fell into a lot of "transported to another world" MC stereo types. The beginning was great but then...It all went rock bottom. Really fast.

Story -

As previous reviews explicitly state, the story is garbage. Again, failure to execute properly on such a good concept. It's a really cliche story, group of students get transported to another world to slay the demon king, ... type deal here. The separation of the savior group was an interesting twist, and made me want to read more. But the second that motif of sex was introduced into the story, put it down and walk away. There's nothing inherently wrong with a good love story. This is not a good one. it's far beyond bad, it's generic, cheap, rushed with little to no character/plot development. It's more about women fighting over certain body parts and one mans love than the world at hand. There were nice times when mental health and changing mental states affecting the story line came in, but they were too predictable. The foreshadowing was so huge i saw the shadow coming out of my monitor. Other than that, the first 90 chapters were fun to speed read. Don't waste your time getting too attached. it's only a let down.

Art - N/A

It's a novel. While there was some art, i think there were a total of 3-5 pictures among all 178 chapters. they were good pictures though that give you a reminder of what the characters look like.

Character - 3.5

Man where do I begin? I'll start with cringe worthy and painful. The character development is really harsh and centers around Hajime, the OP MC. You only see the MC change because the novel puts him at the center of all the trials and tribulations. Everyone else stays stagnant, which isn't always a bad thing. In this case it is, because it's a mega-harem situation and it's executed poorly and reading all that dialogue makes you want to stop reading.

Again, speed reading is your friend for the first 90 or so chapters, then there's a giant cliff that you fall off of. You get cheated, bamboozled, smeckledorped out of purposed entertainment.

Enjoyment - 5

I didn't enjoy the last half. but the first half let me kill some days at work.

meh.

Overall - 2.

Give it a try. Things like these are hit or miss. It's not everyone but there's someone out there who will like it all. I liked the first half. The writer liked all of it. To each their own.

Just don't get your hopes up.

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Sep 18, 2017

LAOG

Not Recommended

Preliminary (281/92 eps)

Arifureta Shokugyou de SekaI Saikyou for better or worse is a story that fails to live up to the quality and potential it displayed in the first volume. The premise and concept that were seen in the first volume actually made it seem different from the various "transported to another world" light novels that have recently plagued the market as of late.
The first volume presents us a story about a boy who had been betrayed and left for dead. A boy who's very essence of his humanity was destroyed. He drastically changes in order to survive the extreme dangers that he faces around his environment. ...

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