Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou

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Synonyms: From Common Job Class to the Strongest in the World

Japanese: ありふれた職業で世界最強

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Feb 6, 2016 to ?

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Themes: Harem, Isekai

Serialization: Comic Gardo

Authors: Shirakome, Ryou (Story), RoGa (Art)

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Score: 7.16¹ (scored by 20,058 users)

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Ranked: #6875²

² based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #321

Members: 57,837

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MangaComic GardoShirakome, Ryou (Story), RoGa (Art)

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After a magical circle suddenly appears at school, Hajime Nagumo and his classmates find themselves transported inside a church where they are welcomed as honored guests. Thrust into the RPG-like world of Tortus, each student shows great promise in both strength and never-before-seen classes—everyone besides Hajime. Given the class "Synergist," which boasts borderline average stats on top of being weak in combat, Hajime is soon considered to be useless by the rest of his class.

Working towards strengthening themselves, the students descend into a dungeon, but a mishap causes the entire class to be plunged into danger. Cornered by a large demon, they are trapped on a bridge looming over an abyss, the only way out being in front of them. In an effort to save his class, Hajime declares himself as bait, hoping his sacrifice will grant a chance of escape for the others. Though he intends to escape as well, a stray fireball flies in his direction, sending him flying off the bridge and down into the depths of the dungeon. Miraculously surviving, Hajime now begins his quest of survival in an attempt to reach the surface.

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Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou has been published in English as Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest by Seven Seas Entertainment since March 13, 2018.

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Nagumo, Hajime

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Yue

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Shirasaki, Kaori

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Haulia, Shea

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Clarence, Tio

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Myuu

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Yaegashi, Shizuku

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Hatayama, Aiko

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Endou, Kousuke

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Remia

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Sep 2, 2017

Blisszard

Recommended

Preliminary (14/? eps)

This story is an exploration of hope and despair, a journey to its extremity for those betrayed. Bewarn, our MC is a total opposite from the typical heroes found in other Manga. He is just an average boy with below average ability. But this is what makes the story an interesting read. How is the author going to narrate a story of a bullied victim, ridiculed and harassed by classmates, a below average boy that's abandoned and friendless, who's buried deep in the pit of doom?

I did find the pacing to be very fast, perhaps too fast. ...

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Aug 5, 2024

IchUndAnime

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (78/? eps)

When I read a manga after watching the anime, I do so because I want more of the characters, the world or the story. Whether it's because it's more detailed or simply because it's longer - I don't care, I just want MORE. So it's quite frustrating when the manga has hardly any more detail and is even shorter than the anime...

That’s exactly what happened to me when I read “Arifureta.” It's worth mentioning that both the manga and the anime are adaptations of the light novel, but since the light novel is completed and even apparently got a pretty substantial epilogue, I assumed that ... the manga would at least go a bit further than the anime.

Surprise – no, it doesn’t. It ends right where episode 11/12 of the second anime season begins. Additionally, it offers very few extra details; at least I didn’t notice anything significant. Consequently, the manga closely resembles the anime, except that the anime also has moving pictures and sound. So, I can’t really recommend the manga, at least not if you’ve seen or can watch the anime.

However, if you’re thinking that you’d still like a bit more of a review than “it’s like the anime, just shorter and without sound and moving pictures,” here is a revised version of my reviews for seasons 1 and 2 of the anime:

The biggest criticism of the story is probably that the introduction is completely different from the rest. It’s almost like two different stories are being told, but many stories do this. A story has to start somehow; it would be difficult to jump straight into the main events when nothing about the world or the characters has been explained yet. While the difference between the introduction and the main story is immense, in my opinion, it’s manageable because the transition is well done. What bothers me more is that very little is explained. Background stories, in particular, are mentioned but never thoroughly explored – take Yue’s story, for example.

I also want to mention that Arifureta is often criticized for being quite different from its source material. The original is said to be much more mature; for example, I’ve heard about frequent sex scenes that aren’t present in the anime or manga, though there were significantly more hints in the manga.

I like the characters. They’re not particularly deep or complex, but that doesn’t bother me at all. In my opinion, this is because the story doesn’t even try to make them deep. They’re supposed to be funny and entertaining, which they are. The focus is simply on the strengths of the characters, which is definitely pure entertainment. One could criticize that Arifureta started off dark and deep, but as I already criticized, the introduction is too different from the actual story.

While I was critical of the second anime season, mainly because I didn’t like the rather gentle Kaori, I didn’t have this issue with the manga. This could have various reasons – I didn’t have a break between the arcs, I’ve changed since the anime was released in 2022, or the manga simply does it better – but I want to highlight this as a positive here.

Conclusion: I would stick with my rating of the anime and give the manga 7 out of 10 stars. Even though it’s objectively worse—whether because of the medium, like the fact that it has no sound and you have to read it, or because it’s not as long—I only had problems with Kaori in the anime, which is why I want to give it the same rating as the first anime season.

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Mar 11, 2018

Worst_Red

Not Recommended

Preliminary (18/? eps)

Should I start this manga? That's the question that always plagues my mind when trying to find something to read while waiting for my beloved stories to be released.

-Moderate Spoilers- (If you don't want a quick plot overview skip down to the pros and cons)

The story starts off with MC-kun along with his class being transported to another world (Isekai, who'd have thought it) where they are to be collectively trained up in order to save the world from other beings. Unfortunately for MC-kun, he is betrayed along his journey and finds himself inside what would be a bottomless dungeon, the story follows his grind ...

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