The Man Picked Up By the Gods (Reboot)

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One day, the life of middle-aged Japanese businessman Takebayashi Ryouma came to a rather sudden and disappointing end. Ryouma had never had a blessed life, but after his death, three great gods sought his cooperation and reincarnated him as a child in another world with swords and magic!

Receiving a most cordial and divine welcome from the gods, Ryouma decides to live leisurely on his own in the forest for the time being. Working diligently at magic and hunting, Ryouma’s greatest passion comes to be researching his tamed slimes?! Training a variety of slimes (some newly discovered), the curtain rises on this easygoing life fantasy celebrating a second life with kind people in another world!

Associated Names
One entry per line
By the Grace of the Gods (LN)
Kamitachi ni Hirowareta Otoko
TMPBG
神達に拾われた男(改訂版)
Related Series
The Man Picked up by the Gods (Adapted From)
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Recommendation Lists
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Latest Release

Date Group Release
12/02/19 Neo Translations v3c188 part3
12/01/19 Neo Translations v3c188 part2
11/29/19 Neo Translations v3c188 part1
11/29/19 Neo Translations v3c187 part2
11/27/19 Neo Translations v3c187 part1
11/24/19 Neo Translations v3c186 part4
11/23/19 Neo Translations v3c186 part3
11/23/19 Neo Translations v3c186 part2
11/22/19 Neo Translations v3c186 part1
11/19/19 Neo Translations v3c185 part2
11/18/19 Neo Translations v3c185 part1
11/17/19 Neo Translations v3c184 part3
11/16/19 Neo Translations v3c184 part2
11/15/19 Neo Translations v3c184 part1
11/13/19 Neo Translations v3c183 part3
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Solesh
Solesh
February 16, 2024
Status: v3c304 part2
I enjoyed this.

However, a literary pet peeve of mine is when the author introduces something that should have some sort of repercussions or foreshadowing and nada. Particularly when it could be interesting.

Not a spoiler because nothing happened after many chapters:

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At around chapter 200 it's revealed that our god is playing this world like a psychotic monster. Ryoma (and many, many others) had criminal and evil traits absolutely packed into his soul. He was placed in an abusive home that also strenuously trained him in how to fight. He's crazy muscular without working out for decades. Several stressors and triggers god put in front of him:

  • Dad dying in debt
  • He's so scary looking no one wants to even interact with him
  • Fired from the one good job after disarming a robber and getting arrested
  • Working at a black black company, like physically and emotionally abusive
  • Mom dying while he's working 20 hrs a day and he's so burnt out he can't even cry

And god's waiting for him to crack and let loose those urges and go on a rampage. Then Ryoma dies and this psycho god puts him on the shortlist to another world. A world where the gods will bestow upon him whatever power he chooses.

And little comes of it. He loses his temper a bit at the beginning (blamed on age regression) and killed some assassins. Maybe if you squint your eyes, he deeply understands criminals and can think ahead of them. Could be he built up his willpower back on earth and can control himself well now.

The biggest thing is after 100 chapters, it doesn't seem like the gods of the new world are even upset. Earth god handed them a grenade, knowing they would make it into a nuke.

Ryoma struggling against overwhelming power and soul-deep criminal urges is so compelling to me!

Sigh

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And this is a reboot! Why is that there? I can only camp and hope some relevance appears after another few hundred chapters <<less
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hebiroteshon
hebiroteshon rated it
July 4, 2023
Status: v12
Thank you translator for translating this novel! Too bad I got impatient and went ahead with the LN ebook, hehe. This series appeals to readers who like really slow slice of life with a tinge of fantasy isekai. The main character himself is growing (especially mentally) slowly with its slow-paced plot, but that's the charm, for some readers. The bad news is that the publishing is as slow as its plot. I check that the English e-book version comes out once a year! I suppose it's slow-paced in its literal... more>> sense and readers just have to learn to be patient (which is a chronic illness that I'm trying to fix T_T) <<less
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OddGrumpyGoblin
OddGrumpyGoblin rated it
September 27, 2019
Status: c170
I never read the original version so I cant compare them, this one however is a quiet enjoyable slice of life story. It sure has a lot of Informations about slimes and the MC feels more like a master of all trades instead of a jack of all trades... but if you compare him to other isekai MCs he is still reasonable.
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