Summary
Reverse isekai manga likeThe Devil Is A Part-Timerfocuses on different aspects of fantasy characters spirited away to the modern world. Some titles show the realistic culture shock pre-Industrial Age characters have towards modern comforts. A few series play it up for laughs or cross back into isekai to better contrast the differences between cultures.
Others mix genres to explore concepts that reverse isekai by itself could not, while others treat it like a background for generalized concepts. As reverse isekai has fewer works than isekai, its variety makes it a fun genre to explore. Fans can look forward to publishers picking up moretitles for English translationas reverse isekai gains populatiry.
10
English Publisher
One of thenewest titles on Shonen Jump,MamaYuyuimagines a world where magic, heroes, and demon lords are already the norm. The twist lies with the arrival of Evan All Green, a hero from another world. They are completely baffled by the new world’s modernity and the principle of coexistence between humans and demons.
As for the fantasy world’s hero and demon lord, they prefer maintaining the status quo. After all, Corleo and Mamama are mother and son. But with the appearance of the new hero, Corleo’s teenage angst, and the arrival of a truly evil demon lord, MamaYuyu must discover what it truly means to be a hero and a demon lord.
4
Original Publisher
Shueisha
Olivia and the Neverending Dreamstarts with the execution of the titular character, Olivia. Ordering her death is her fiancée and the crown prince Luke, who framed her for attempting to assassinate his new fiancée Violet. She vows never to live for Luke again even if she reincarnates.
At the moment of Olivia’s death, a Japanese high school girl named Hanabi had attempted to end her life. It’s in her bodythat Olivia awakensand discovers this world has no magic, but a kinder version of Luke does. From that moment on, Olivia learns more about her new life, a dream from which she may never want to wake.
The Real Fantasy Is Having A Cheap Apartment In Tokyo
Japanese Name
僕の部屋がダンジョンの休憩所になってしまった件 (Boku no Heya ga Dungeon no Kyuukeijo ni Natteshimatta Ken)
7
Seven Seas Entertainment
Rising living costs are a problem even in Japan, and that fact is hitting high school dropout Touru hard. So when he finds a dirt cheap deluxe rental, he suspects that something fishy is going on. Little does he know that the property connects to a dungeon with all the fantastical things he’s ever dreamed of.
The catch is the door is a two-way portal, and as the only safe place in a perilous dungeon, Touru’s rental becomes a rest stopfor beautiful otherworlders. Touru gets a slice of the adventure that’s always eluded him, while his new roommates find peace and comfort in Tokyo’s modern home life.
Beautiful Female Warrior Finds Joy In Iyashikei Farm
俺んちに来た女騎士と田舎暮らしすることになった件 (Orenchi ni Kita Onna Kishi to Inakagurashi suru Koto ni Natta Ken)
11
Manga Box
As the name implies, this manga follows a female knight who happens on someone in the countryside. That someone is Saeki Kanji, who finds Christina Brunhild Von Melvis knocking at his door after she’s sent away from her world. Saeki slowly finds out that she isn’t lying about her status and Christina is shocked, and a little frightened, by raw food.
Christina’s concerns about raw food reflect her origins in a magical, but technologically backward, world. Little things like the minimum speed limit of trucks, concrete homes, and the color of the sky amaze the knight. Her discovery of the new world deepens with every passing day, and so does her relationship with Saeki.
エルフさんは痩せられない。 (Erufu-san wa Yaserarenai.)
8
Human food is always described as delicious in isekai and reincarnation titles.Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd Skill,Isekai Izakaya, andRestaurant to Another Worldhave otherworlders entranced with Japanese and Earth cuisine with zero digestive problems.Plus-Sized Elfsimilarly has non-earth creatures gobbling Earth food, but in this case, it comes with consequences.
To put it simply, eating too much junk food packed too many unhealthy pounds on the beautiful Elfuda. Massage therapist Naoe and the Smiley Boar clinictake up her requestto lose pounds so she can return home. Naoe soon realizes Elfuda isn’t the only mythical creature who needs help, and decides to reach out to more curvaceous otherworlders.
14
Yen Press
The angel Gabriel White Tenma is on the verge of becoming afull-fledged angel. All she needs to do is to complete a mandatory study and live-in program among humans. The problem is, Gabriel becomes entirely too enamored with human life.
She’s become enamored to the point that she’s transformed from a top-of-her-class almost-angel into a shut-in nerd. Ironically, her demon friend Vignette April Tsukinose tries to draw the angel out of Gabriel again, to no avail so far. Along for the ride are the angel Raphiel Ainsworth Shiraha and demon Satanichia McDowell Kurumizawa, who have issues of their own.
ボクラノキセキ (Bokura no Kiseki)
27
Monthly Comic ZERO SUM
Minami Harusumi has always been mocked because he dreamed of Veronica, a princess of a kingdom falling to ruin. However, these dreams turn out to be memories of Veronica, who wasMinami’s previous life. Armed with this knowledge and the magic he wielded as Veronica, Minami seeks the answers to his reincarnation and finds out he is not alone in his struggle.
Interestingly enough, the manga never received an official English translation. Instead, it received German, Polish, and Italian translations. Because of its direct translation toOur Miracle, most readers refer to it by its Japanese title,Bokura no Kiseki.
佐々木とピーちゃん (Sasaki to Pii-chan)
2 (Released in English)
Sasaki is an average, low-income, middle-aged salaryman with nary a joy in his life. This quickly changes when he adopts Pii-chan, a Java sparrow, after he thinks it tells him to adopt it. Sasaki confirms that Pii-chan did talk to him and, unexpectedly, is the reincarnation of a great sage from another world.
Sasaki adjusts to Pii-chan’s apparent sentience, but cannot accommodate his wishes for good, and expensive, human food. To remedy this, Pii-chan grants him part of his power, so they can jump back and forth between worlds. This reverse isekai-to-portal fantasy revolves around their efforts to monetize this skill, despite the adventures that get in their way.
ジャヒー様はくじけない！ (Jahī-sama wa Kujikenai!)
9
Square Enix
Jahy may have beenthe number two rulerof the Dark Realm, but the aide to the Dark Lord was still feared and respected. “Was” being the key word, as Jahy was banished from the destroyed Dark Realm to the human world as a child. Broke and clueless, Jahy is forced to adjust to life as a child while she finds a way to regain her place in the Dark Realm.
While Kyouko, the magical girl who destroyed the Dark Realm, seems to be the immediate threat, poverty, and Japan’s oddities, are the foremost threats. Jahy vows to restore her former glory, no matter how many times she gets tripped up by bad luck.
Text
The Calamity Crusher came to the battlefield after all hope of defeating The Corpse God seemed to be lost. Yet, after The Corpse God pointed out his hypocrisy, the necromancer enacts a magic that seemingly banishes the hero to modern-day Tokyo.
In a twist, the person who reincarnates into the body of Polka Shinoyama is The Corpse God. The truth is revealed when Misaki Sakimiya, a girl who tried to kill Polka, tries to come after his vessel again. When his supernatural talents are seen by theunderworld of Shinjuku, he decides to use his new connection to try and finally have a quiet life.
MORE:Anime To Watch If You Love The Devil Is A Part-Timer!
