Mushoku Tensei

Jobless Reincarnation (Light Novel), Vol. 1

De: Rifujin na Magonote

Narrado por: Cliff Kirk

Death is only the beginning!

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!

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surprised at the capable voice changes, and how quickly the reader can do so.

the additional storytelling from other characters than rudy this sets a tone more relatable

well now I know I'll be buying the next 24 volumes

this has to be my favorite JP light novel series
I've already read all 25 but always wanted an audio version to listen to when I'm on work or the road. Hopefully, the wait is not that long for the next volumes but gotta say is nice to see them bringing more JP light novels to the platform just spotted a few ones I've already seen and will get them as well

Love this story!!

I have watched the anime once before but still found this very interesting. The light novel includes certain events from other characters views allowing for a better understanding of who they are as people. It is also very cool to see how the characters actually learn and grow. For the performance, I thought it was very good although I wish there was a female VA for the female characters. This would make sense his listen one of my favorites.

loved the anime!

I loved the anime but found the questions I had in the show answered here very early on. Totally hooked on this series and now wanting to know more.

The start of an incredible journey!

One of the few series to get my heart racing. Your journey begins here, grab hold!

Kinda didn't like young Rudeus voice but besides that 10/10

the acting was nice and pretty chill but man the Rudeus voice kinda sucked fnnne

Seen the anime, please more books

The anime has amazing art and covers a lot of details but these light novels are much more in depth and as someone who walks dogs and helps out at home with a sick mom around the house I do not have time to read as much as I like so listening works better.

POSSIBLY Spoilers: Starts of with the main character in extreme PTSD avoiding any triggers. But we don’t learn that till latter. But death of parents and the main character siblings sick of his coping behavior kick him out. Main character attempts good deep and dies and is reborn, with 34 years of memories . Goes into his character development from ages 0-7.

That his trauma from middle school affected him into his mid 30’s is something I can relate to.

This story is about a fantasy world of magic and how he starts his long road to recovery and working on his his feelings of self worth and confidence. Taking his lessons (feelings of unacomblishment) from his previous life to avoid becoming the type of shut-in he was.

A Japanese take on Western Fantasy

if you watched the show, you know how good the story is, but what this book has that the show doesn't is that it feels like a European Middleville Fantasy and one big love letter to fantasy as a whole.
the grandfather of isekai does not disappoint.

Finally!

I was wondering when they were going to finally add this to audible. 1 book plenty more to go hope for a steady release of this banger of a series

More please

Man, after the last season ended I was thinking about getting into the LN but was a bit hesitant because my ability to physically read is sporadic. Then this showed up and was perfect, sure I’m listening to what I’ve already watched but it definitely expands on the world and adds a bit more depth. Keep these coming and I will continue to purchase. If audible starts focusing on translating light novels into audiobooks they are gonna get sooo much money outta me.

So, to be fair these are short but that’s to be expected since it’s a “light novel”. The performance is good though, the only time I’m really taken out of it is when Cliff voices female characters but I almost always have that issue listening to audiobooks. Otherwise all of Cliff’s characters seem well grounded and separate and as a narrator his voice gives of A Christmas Story vibes. It’s older, comforting l and well paced and feels like a man reminiscing about his past but engaging.

The story is good, if you watched the anime I feel like you’re mostly getting that plus some insights. I will say to me the story so far feels like a guy that realizes he got a second chance, has major disdain for his past life, and is doing his best to actively change what he disliked about his former self. In the anime it feels more like a guy who has a second chance and is more so learning as he goes about what he can improve about himself and why. I guess it’s a small difference and probably just due to the fact that I get more insight from not only Rudeus but those around him as well.

Overall I dig it and was overly excited that they started releasing these. After listening to the Bakamonogatari series last year, I’ve been hoping to get more LN’s of shows I like. If we could just continue this trend and expand on the volumes, that would be amazing