Hell Mode: Volume 1

Hell Mode, Book 1

By: Hamuo, Taishi - translator

Narrated by: Diontae Black

Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

"'Level up even while offline'?! That's not a game on 'easy mode'—that's just an AFK game!"

The online game Yamada Kenichi had been playing religiously is shutting down its servers, leaving him with a void in his heart. He looks for a new game to fill it, but everything he finds is way too easy. The kind of game he likes—the kind punishing enough to make players want to spend thousands of hours on it—just isn't around anymore.

"What's this? 'You are invited to a game that will never end.'"

Kenichi stumbles upon an untitled game, one promising incomparable challenge with unprecedented potential. Without hesitation, he selects the "Hell Mode" difficulty. Lo and behold, he finds himself reincarnated in another world as a serf!

Now called Allen, he sets out to unlock the secrets of his mystery-laden Summoner class; without the convenience of walkthroughs, game guides, or online forums, he must grope his way to the top of his new world!

©2020 Hamuo; English translation copyright 2021 by J-Novel Club LLC; Original Japanese edition published in 2020 by Earth Star Entertainment; Cover illustration by Mo (P)2023 Tantor

Great

It’s over all a great story and I can’t wait for the next book and more after

Awesome unique story!

This book stands out in a crowded genre. I can’t wait for the second volume!

A Mixed Bag

This one is a little hard to rate as I felt much of it was fairly generic and derivative. However, there was enough of a twist to the usual Isekai reincarnation story that it made it interesting enough to listen to. The book had some consistency issues and the way things were explained were a bit wonky, but overall it was enjoyable if not a bit dull. Despite that, the book started to get interesting towards the end, enough so that I'd love to continue listening to the series once the next book is released. In short, it's has a shaky start but shows promise.

Good one!

I really liked the book. i didn't find any part boring. The only thing I'm wondering is, are the summons going to be useful at some point, or are they just going to be stat buffs for the mc

The was a good book

I absolutely adored it! The voice acting was superbly executed and really brought the whole thing to life.

everything

the only issue was the random ringing and buzzing noise of the mic. other than that I loved the book.

Good Start.

This was a good start to this series. It not the best series like this I have read but it’s wasn’t that bad so far. It’s definitely worth getting the next book when it comes out.

Great book

Amazing start to what I think will be a great series. Can't wait for the second audiobook to be available.

Great Story and MC!

The MC threads the needle of having memories of adulthood, reincarnation as a child, having power, and hiding power. Worth a listen and there are more books waiting in this series for translation to audible. Get on it audible, we need this author.

Great book but the performance it’s OK

As far as the book goes, it’s great it’s a relatively new take on the isakai genre, where he lives a relatively modest life.

But the narrator has a lisp, and whenever he speaks, there’s a faint but noticeable high pitch noise with a fuzz noise in the background. Because of his lisp he says every “th” as “v” I have no problem with people with lisps but listening to it for eight hours gets a bit annoying.