Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Light Novel) Vol. 1

First there is a reason this in considered one of the greats in the genre.I will talk about the entire series up to what has been released in English, I will also try not to spoil anything.First let's talk about the protagonist.At the start of the book, I hated him. In fact I disliked him to the point I stopped reading. Though if you can get over this horrible start, you'll find a character that also hates the way they started or ended. To become a better person he works to grow, his interactions with others do change him, in positive, and negative ways.Next up my favorite thing in this series, the side characters. Yeah they are amazing, and I enjoyed their interactions with the protagonist and how they force a reaction from him. They show the protagonist does not live in a bubble, that he is not some all knowing all powerful character.Lastly the world.This is where the series lacks in my opinion. Even though they describe the world and how people live in it, I just find it meh. There is no one location that stands out as unique. There are other worlds that build themselves as wonders, while in this series, everyone, seams to just be living there.So give it a read I promise it will be a fun journey.

Great book

I found this first book of the series quite entertaining, I look forward to reading the rest of the stories! Thank you 😊

While the MC in his old life being a complete and total loser with no friends and no girlfriend is nothing new to isekai, unlike in most where he is transported and acts exactly the same but is somehow now a Don Jaun, the MC in this realizes that he is a loser and sets about to change himself for the better. The first novel(this one) in particular deals with his struggle to change himself, to not let himself become like he was on earth, and to change himself for the better. It really humanizes the MC as a person and makes his struggle much more relatable than other isekai where he just shows up and success and women just fall in his lap without any effort on his part. While the story is good, this series is 25 novels long, so this book and the next is all about characters and the author does a very good job of making every character likable and relatable.

Mushoku Tensei is an interesting story about second chances. In his past life Rudy was a 35 year old shut in and basic incel with no social skills that missed his own parents funeral. He dies and is reborn as Rudeus Greyrat.What I like about this story over other isekai is that not only does Rudy have memories of his past life but along with that he has the same mental issues like his fear of going outside. He is still the person he was bur at the same time you can see him make efforts to be better, and even though he fails a lot, you cant help admire the work he puts in.Now as for any negatives, I only have one and thats how the adults don’t treat Rudy like a kid, we all know he is mentally 35 but the characters don’t. So when his father talks about how he chased women, from Rudy’s dad perspective he is telling this stuff to a 6 year old child and thats kind of messed up even if we know mentally Rudy is an adult. Still this was a minor thing. There are more issues specifically with Rudy’s dad that are problematic, but avoiding any spoilers.Thats it, I really recommend this series, my only caveat is I would say this is more a story for 17-23 year old range, there are things in here I wouldn’t want a 15 year old reading.

I really liked the book! It breaks the tropes of a lot of fantasy light novel make when writing the story, for instance, rather than have the character begin powerful (typical of a lot of stories in the "Isekai" genre), what sets the character apart is simply having a different outlook. It also utilizes character development really well. Where the genre does not have the character reflect too much on their past life experiences, much of the story is the character trying to break bad habits they developed in their past unfulfilled life. In essence, it is the genre of "isekai" fully realized. This is a must read for anyone wanting to get into reading Japanese light novel.

As someone who doesn’t read much these days, I found great pleasure in the chapters of this light novel. It was a super easy read, and rather casual in my opinion. I watched the anime and was a huge fan of what they’ve done. As such, I found there is so much more to learn from these novels that it was absolutely a worthwhile read. I can’t wait to keep going and see exactly where this story take me!

I'll level with your the first two books are hard to read. Main character is horrible, you will not be a fan of his. He is creepy at the best of times, and just terrible the rest. The entire series is his redemption arc, so they have to put him as low as possible and damn do they do a good job. The first two books are backstory, then character and world building. After that though, the world opens up and the story starts to take off. He realizes what a horrible person he is and sorta tries to do better, fails to do better many times but still tries and does a little better each time.To summarize, it's a very good story I do suggest reading for the world and things going on in it, but I was happy every time something horrible happened to the MC