Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy

Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy
First light novel volume cover
月が導く異世界道中 (Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Dōchū)
Genre	Isekai
Novel series
Written by	Kei Azumi
Published by	Shōsetsuka ni Narō (2012–16) AlphaPolis (2016–present)
Original run	2012 – present
Light novel
Written by	Kei Azumi
Illustrated by	Mitsuaki Matsumoto
Published by	AlphaPolis
English publisher	NA: Hanashi Media
Demographic	Male
Original run	May 2013 – present
Volumes	19
Manga
Written by	Kei Azumi
Illustrated by	Kotora Kino
Published by	AlphaPolis
English publisher	Alpha Manga
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	2015 – present
Volumes	13
Anime television series
Directed by	Shinji Ishihira
Produced by	List Hiroyuki Aoi Cao Cong Teppei Oota Yoshiteru Maeda Gaku Nakagawa Airi Sawada (S1) Takumi Itou (S1) Nao Ooji (S1) Hirotaka Kaneko (S1) Hajime Maruyama (S1) Ten Nomiyama (S1) Yuito Hirahara (S2) Ima Tamura (S2) Taiki Kakizaki (S2) Mina Yamaoka (S2) Waka Suzuki (S2) Akihiro Ishiwatari (S2)
Written by	Kenta Ihara
Music by	Yasuharu Takanashi
Studio	C2C (S1) J.C.Staff (S2)
Licensed by	Crunchyroll SA/SEA: Medialink
Original network	Tokyo MX
English network	SEA: Animax Asia
Original run	July 7, 2021 – present
Episodes	27

Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy (Japanese: 月が導く異世界道中, Hepburn: Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Dōchū, lit. "Journey in an Alternate World Guided by the Moon") is a Japanese light novel series written by Kei Azumi and illustrated by Mitsuaki Matsumoto. It began serialization online in 2012 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō, and it moved to the AlphaPolis website in 2016. It was also later acquired by AlphaPolis, who have published the series since May 2013. Hanashi Media has licensed the light novel for an English release. A manga adaptation with art by Kotora Kino has been serialized online via AlphaPolis' manga website since 2015. The manga is published digitally in English through Alpha Manga. An anime television series adaptation produced by C2C aired from July to September 2021. A second season by J.C.Staff premiered in January 2024.

Plot

High school student Makoto Misumi, while being an average boy in every aspect, his sisters are well-spirited and good-looking. Underneath this, his parents are from a fantasy world and have eloped to Earth for various reasons. Part due to a contract agreed upon by a goddess, Makoto is to be sent to the world of Elysion to serve as the Hero. Unfortunately, it is not the usual case that Makoto always imagined. The Goddess has a vain beauty preference and deems Makoto to be "ugly," revoking his hero title, forbidding him to interact with other humans, and getting thrown off the edge of the world. Makoto is thankfully saved by Tsukuyomi, and he is gifted with great power so he will live a free life. In contrast to the Goddess' ideals, Makoto meets various demi-humans and mythical beings who become captivated by him and join in on building a new civilization where all of them can peacefully coexist. Another problem is Makoto's aura becomes too powerful and unstable for his yearning desire to enter human society. His new companions are willing to help him in any way to reform common sense along the way.

Characters

Protagonists

Makoto Misumi (深澄真, Misumi Makoto)

Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae (Japanese); Dallas Reid (English)

Makoto Misumi is the main protagonist of this series. He is into archery and one of three Earth dwellers who was summoned to the Goddess' World. Originally meant to be the only person to be sent to the other world as per the contract between his parents and the Goddess, due to her own preferences in beauty standards, she abandons and throws Makoto to the edge of her world into the Wasteland, while secretly kidnapping two other people from Earth and sending them to her world as Heroes. Tsukuyomi, the Moon God of Earth who worked as the middleman for the completion of the contract, helped Makoto provide him with his blessing and told him to be free and live as he wished. At the start, Makoto is thought to be stuck at level 1, but it is later revealed that the level and Adventurer systems were based on the ideas of someone from Earth who was transferred in the past. The level limit of the system was set intentionally to the 16-bit integer limit of 65,536 and Makoto is basically causing an integer overflow error. In the Goddess' World, he is also known by the alias "Raidou Kuzunoha" (in WN/LN) or "Makoto Kuzunoha" (in Manga/Anime), a powerful merchant and skilled teacher.

Tomoe (巴, Tomoe)

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)

Tomoe, previously known as the Invincible "Shen" (無敵"蜃しん", Muteki "Shin"), is one of the Greater Dragons, existing in the World of the Goddess. After an accident in which Makoto destroyed her shrine gate, she makes a pact with Makoto to learn more about the way of the Samurai. Her special ability is being able to use illusion mists to distort her opponents, as well as creating a Demiplane which she uses as a mediating space. Tomoe later falls in love with Makoto, becoming one of his lovers.

Mio (澪, Mio)

Voiced by: Akari Kitō (Japanese); Kara Edwards (English)

Mio, previously known as the Black Spider of Calamity (災害の黒蜘蛛, Saigai no Kuro Gumo), is a unique existence in the Goddess' World, having terrorized humans and demi-humans for centuries in spider form due to her endless hunger and need to satisfy it. She makes a pact with Makoto (without his permission) after being convinced by Tomoe. Mio is prone to easily getting worked up over the smallest slight, but feeding her will calm her down. Her special ability is being able to harness dark magic, an element that can swallow other forms of magic. She later falls in love with Makoto, becoming one of his lovers.

Shiki (識, Shiki)

Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese); Ben Balmaceda (English)

Shiki (識しき), previously known as Larva, was a Lich who sought endless knowledge, in particular the path to becoming a Grant, humans who have traveled to other worlds, whether successfully or not. After some convincing from Makoto due to his desire to learn more about magic, he makes a pact with Makoto and regains a human form. Shiki currently works as an assistant for Makoto in public, helping out with his business.

Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto (月読命)

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno (Japanese); Reagan Murdock (English)

Tsukuyomi is a moon god who was responsible for summoning Makoto to the Goddess' world, as per the agreement made with his parents. After witnessing how Makoto was treated by the Goddess, he bestows all of his power onto Makoto and gives him the freedom to live how he wants in the Goddess' world.

It's later revealed this effectively turned Makoto into a deity himself; explaining his growth in power to godly levels.

Antagonists

The Goddess (女神, Megami)

Voiced by: Reina Ueda (Japanese); Jennifer AuBuchon (English)

The main villain of the story. She made a deal with Makoto's parents to give them a life on earth in exchange for one of their future children to become the hero of their old world. However, because of her vain beauty preferences, the Goddess reneged on the deal; banishing Makoto to die, while kidnapping a weak-willed Otaku boy and a righteous, practical girl to serve the role instead.

None of the other gods like her, leading to comeuppance later in the story.

Sofia Bulga (ソフィア・ブルガ, Sofia Buruga)

Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese); Morgan Garrett (English)

Sofia is a renowned adventurer and was the strongest adventurer registered to the guild, prior to Tomoe and Mio joining. She is very skilled with swords and magic, proving that her level of skill is not just for show. In the first encounter with Makoto due to Goddess' teleportation, Sofia is unable to harm Makoto and is later forced to escape his very deadly attack.

Lancer (ランサー, Ransā) / Mitsurugi (御剣, Mitsurugi)

Voiced by: Soma Saito (Japanese); Justin Briner (English)

He is one of the Greater Dragons, who partnered with Sofia to kill the other Greater Dragons while helping the Demons against Goddess. Thinking Makoto was a pawn of the Goddess, Lancer took a lot of damage from blindly fighting him, labeling Makoto as the "Devil."

Tomoki Iwahashi (岩橋智樹, Iwahashi Tomoki)

Voiced by: Ryōhei Arai

Lily Front Gritonia (リリ・フロント・グリトニア, Riri Furonto Gritonia)

Voiced by: Mai Nakahara

Support

Emma (エマ, Ema)

Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English)

Emma is an orc who was saved by Makoto from a two-headed Liz while on her way to sacrificing herself to Shen (which later turned out to be a ploy set up by the demon race). After Makoto resolves the issue for her and the entire orc village, she becomes the secretary of Makoto Misumi and she acts as the Supervisor of the Demiplane.

Beren (ベレン)

Voiced by: Shinpachi Tsuji (Japanese); Mark Stoddard (English)

Beren is an elder dwarf that Makoto Misumi met after Tomoe rescues him from the Black Spider of Calamity and is currently one of the blacksmiths of the Demiplane and the Kuzunoha Company.

Toa (トア)

Voiced by: Yurika Kubo (Japanese); Skyler McIntosh (English)

Toa is an adventurer who came from Tsige to Zetsuya to look for her family's long-lost dagger as well as to get stronger. Due to her failure to complete one of her quests, she fell into large amounts of debt and was forced to subject herself to prostitution (manga)/human magic experimentation (anime) by high-ranking adventurers in Zetsuya, before being rescued by Tomoe and Mio. Her face resembles that of Makoto's junior on Earth, named Hasegawa Nukumi, whom Makoto feels a certain affection towards.

Rinon (リノン)

Voiced by: Aiko Ninomiya (Japanese); Bryn Apprill (English)

Rinon is Toa's younger sister who was burdened with paying off her older sister's debt. She was forced into becoming a spy for the high-ranking adventurers of Zetsuya to spy on Makoto and his party.

Patrick Rembrandt (パトリック・レンブラント, Patorikku Renburanto)

Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue

The owner of the Rembrandt Company. His wife and children were victims of a curse until Makoto helped resolve the issue. He offers his trust to Makoto; being one of the few that accept his true face, even if he is off-put by it.

Lime Latte (ライム・ラテ, Raimu Rate)

Voiced by: Taku Yashiro (Japanese); Aaron Campbell (English)

Lime is a former top adventurer from Tsige and currently works for the Kuzunoha Company as an employee. He is a subordinate of Tomoe who crafts him a katana. He was given some of Tomoe's blood, becoming dragonkin.

Sif Rembrandt (シフ・レンブラント, Shifu Renburanto)

Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori

Yuno Rembrandt (ユーノ・レンブラント, Yūno Renburanto)

Voiced by: Nene Hieda

Hibiki Otonashi (音無響, Otonashi Hibiki)

Voiced by: Ai Kakuma

Other

Hazal (ハザル, Hazaru)

Voiced by: Yūki Shin (Japanese); Bryson Baugus (English)

Morris (モリス, Morisu)

Voiced by: Masaharu Satō (Japanese); R. Bruce Elliott (English)

Louisa (ルイザ, Ruiza)

Voiced by: Yuna Kamakura

Ranina (ラニーナ, Ranīna)

Voiced by: Saika Kitamori (Japanese); Cassie Ewulu (English)

Navarre Polar (ナバール・ポーラー, Nabāru Pōrā)

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu

Woody Baila (ウーディ・バイラ, Ūdi Baira)

Voiced by: Yuji Murai

Belda Nortst Limia (ベルダ・ノースト・リミア, Beruda Nōsuto Rimia)

Voiced by: Chiharu Sawashiro

Chiya Hazuki (チヤ・ハヅキ)

Voiced by: Nao Tamura

Guinevere Shlesha (ギネビア・スレーシャ, Ginebia Surēsha)

Voiced by: Sayumi Watabe

Mora (モーラ, Mōra)

Voiced by: Ami Tsukishiro

Yukinatsu Kazusa (ユキナツ・カズサ)

Voiced by: Natsue Sasamoto

Jin Rohan (ジン・ロアン, Jin Roan)

Voiced by: Yūki Shin

Abelia Hopleys (アベリア・ホープレイズ, Aberia Hōpureizu)

Voiced by: Yurie Kozakai

Mizra Cazper (ミスラ・カズパー, Mizura Kazupā)

Voiced by: Shinsuke Sugawara

Izumo Ikusabe (イズモ・イクサベ)

Voiced by: Tatsumaru Tachibana

Daena Severus (ダエナ・セブルス, Daena Seburusu)

Voiced by: Tomohiro Yamaguchi

Ilumgand Hopleys (イルムガンド・ホープレイズ, Irumugando Hōpureizu)

Voiced by: Kent Itō

Eva (エヴァ)

Voiced by: Shiori Izawa

Luria (ルリア, Ruria)

Voiced by: Yuuki Hirose

Root

Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Media

Light novels

The light novel is written by Kei Azumi and illustrated by Mitsuaki Matsumoto. It began serialization online in 2012 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō, and it moved to the AlphaPolis website in 2016. It was also later acquired by AlphaPolis, who have published 19 volumes since May 2013. Hanashi Media has licensed the light novel for an English release.

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	May 28, 2013	978-4-4341-7953-2	March 30, 2024	978-1-9617-8814-5
2	October 3, 2013	978-4-4341-8369-0	—	—
3	February 4, 2014	978-4-4341-8860-2	—	—
4	June 2, 2014	978-4-4341-9324-8	—	—
5	February 10, 2015	978-4-4341-9771-0	—	—
6	May 30, 2015	978-4-4342-0673-3	—	—
7	September 3, 2015	978-4-4342-0960-4	—	—
8	December 12, 2015	978-4-4342-1315-1	—	—
8.5	March 28, 2016	978-4-4342-1772-2	—	—
9	July 29, 2016	978-4-4342-2262-7	—	—
10	November 30, 2016	978-4-4342-2683-0	—	—
11	March 31, 2017	978-4-4342-3157-5	—	—
12	July 31, 2017	978-4-4342-3597-9	—	—
13	November 30, 2017	978-4-4342-4023-2	—	—
14	April 5, 2018	978-4-4342-4446-9	—	—
15	October 30, 2020	978-4-4342-4921-1	—	—
16	June 30, 2021	978-4-4342-9005-3	—	—
17	September 30, 2021	978-4-4342-9400-6	—	—
18	August 5, 2022	978-4-4343-0753-9	—	—
19	December 31, 2023	978-4-4343-2314-0	—	—

Manga

A manga adaptation with art by Kotora Kino has been serialized online via AlphaPolis' manga website since 2015 and has been collected in 13 tankōbon volumes. The manga is published digitally in English through Alpha Manga.

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	February 29, 2016	978-4-4342-1604-6	July 28, 2023	—
2	October 31, 2016	978-4-4342-2470-6	July 28, 2023	—
3	June 30, 2017	978-4-4342-3287-9	July 28, 2023	—
4	February 28, 2018	978-4-4342-4184-0	September 29, 2023	—
5	October 31, 2018	978-4-4342-5105-4	September 29, 2023	—
6	June 30, 2019	978-4-4342-5990-6	September 29, 2023	—
7	February 29, 2020	978-4-4342-7015-4	November 30, 2023	—
8	October 31, 2020	978-4-4342-8011-5	November 30, 2023	—
9	June 30, 2021	978-4-4342-9014-5	November 30, 2023	—
10	February 28, 2022	978-4-4342-9999-5	—	—
11	October 31, 2022	978-4-4343-1025-6	—	—
12	July 31, 2023	978-4-4343-2322-5	—	—
13	December 31, 2023	978-4-4343-3120-6	—	—

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 20, 2020. The series is animated by C2C and directed by Shinji Ishihira, with Kenta Ihara handling series' composition, Yukie Suzuki designing the characters, and Yasuharu Takanashi composing the series' music. It aired from July 7 to September 22, 2021, on Tokyo MX and other networks. Crunchyroll licensed the series and streams it worldwide excluding Asian territories. Medialink has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and is streaming it on their Ani-One YouTube channel under their Ultra membership scheme. The opening theme, "Gamble", is performed by syudou, while the ending theme, "Beautiful Dreamer", is performed by Ezoshika Gourmet Club. On April 27, 2022, Crunchyroll announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day.

After the airing of the final episode, a second season was announced. It was animated by J.C.Staff, with the main staff returning from the first season. It premiered on January 8, 2024, and will run for two consecutive cours. The opening theme, "Utopia", is performed by Keina Suda, while the ending theme, "My Factor", is performed by Kent Itō.

Episodes

Season 1 (2021)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
1	1	"Failed... Hero" Transliteration: "Yūsha... Shikkaku" (Japanese: 勇者...失格)	Kazunobu Shimizu	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	July 7, 2021 (2021-07-07)
Misumi Makoto is transported to another world to become a hero by God Tsukuyomi. The other world's Goddess deems Makoto too ugly and banishes him to her world Wasteland, infested with non-humans and monsters, giving him only the ability to understand all languages. Tsukuyomi intervenes, explaining in Japan Makoto's abilities were restricted by modern life, but in the new world, he is quite powerful and free to do whatever he pleases. After wandering the Wasteland for three days Makoto saves a young Orc named Emma from a two-headed wolf monster which he kills, discovering how strong he now is. Emma explains she was supposed to be a sacrifice to the God Shen to dispel the fog around her village so crops could grow. She takes him to her village where Makoto begins to learn magic. Makoto decides to destroy Shen, a giant dragon who uses the fog to create illusions. Shen traps Makoto inside an illusion of a happy memory but after examining his other memories, he becomes intrigued by his memories of Japan. Makoto breaks the illusion and is surprised when Shen offers to make a contract with him to become his familiar. Makoto agrees and they form a contract with Shen transforming into a busty samurai girl, looking forward to what Makoto will do in the future.
2	2	"Black Spider of Disaster" Transliteration: "Saigai no Kuro Kumo" (Japanese: 災害の黒蜘蛛)	Yūshi Suzuki	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	July 14, 2021 (2021-07-14)
Makoto discovers Shen is obsessed with his memories of historical dramas and samurai. She teleports Makoto to the alternate dimension where she normally lives but finds it now resembles Japan's countryside. Makoto informs the orcs he defeated Shen who offers for the orcs to live in her dimension which is now ideal for farming. Shen continues watching Makoto's memories but demands they figure out how to build a television where she can store his memories. Makoto decides to discover more about his parents whom Tsukoyomi told him were born in this world before moving to Japan. Shen appears with an injured dwarf, explaining their dimension is being attacked by a spider called Black Disaster that is cursed with eternal hunger and consumes everything. Makoto manages to completely obliterate the spider but collapses as the spider regenerates. Shen tries to intervene but the spider suddenly declares the extreme violence has satisfied its masochistic hunger and she is determined to stay with Makoto forever. Shen suggests the spider also form a contract with Makoto to gain a human form and she agrees with Shen performing the ritual despite Makoto being unconscious. Makoto awakens and finds he has a new, similarly busty female servant who makes him slightly nervous.
3	3	"Human Shock" Transliteration: "Hyūman Shokku" (Japanese: ヒューマンショック)	Ayaka Tsujihashi	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21)
The dwarf is revealed to be Beren, an Elder Dwarf capable of crafting artifacts. Beren also moves his village into Shen's dimension. Shen and the spider request personal names, so Makoto renames Shen Tomoe after Tomoe Gozen, and names the spider Mio. Makoto discovers while he is unconscious that Tomoe and Mio go recruiting and his village is now populated by orcs, dwarves, mist lizards, and similar spiders. Makoto returns to the normal world and finds a human village, but they attack him. Tomoe explains Makoto's magical aura is so strong the humans probably mistook him for a Demon Lord. Makoto spends months learning the human language and has the dwarves craft items to suppress his aura. Entering the human village posing as merchants they register at an Adventurers Guild. Tomoe and Mio break records by being four times as powerful as the next strongest adventurer, while Makoto, due to his suppressed aura, ranks Level One, weaker than a child. Tomoe learns a dragon she knew, Lancer, has been killed by an adventurer named Sofia Bulga. Makoto notices the price of commodities is unusually high and that people have begun following them. Tomoe prepares to foil a night attack on their wagon. While buying food Makoto and Mio are approached by a young girl.
4	4	"Too Late" Transliteration: "Ato no Matsuri" (Japanese: あとのまつり)	Hiro Ōki	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)
The girl, Rinon, reveals her sister Toa disappeared. Tomoe confronts the thieves but kills three by accident and captures a fourth. Rinon sketches Toa and Makoto determines from the thief's memories their group is holding her captive and sends Mio and Tomoe to retrieve her. Makoto is concerned Toa resembles a girl named Hasegawa he knew in Japan. Mio and Tomoe locate Toa and her captor, Mils Ace, the current strongest adventurer. Rinon sneaks away and tells the thieves Makoto's wagon is full of expensive fruit but he has already sold it. The thieves insist she steals Makoto's gold to pay Toa's debts. Mils, the thieves' secret leader, reveals a Demon Lord recently approached the city and had a bounty placed on its head, so he wants Mio and Tomoe to help hunt it, not realizing the Demon Lord was Makoto. Rinon decides she cannot steal from Makoto after he is so nice to her. Mio and Tomoe defeat Mils, and his thieves, and destroy part of the city competing to see who defeated the most enemies. Rinon reunites with Toa, who is identical to Hasegawa apart from her hair color. Makoto praises Mio and Tomoe for rescuing Toa, but then violently blasts them back to the Wasteland to repent for foolishly destroying the entire human city.
5	5	"The Greedy Wagon's Journey" Transliteration: "Yokubari Basha no Tabi" (Japanese: よくばり馬車の旅)	Yoshito Hata	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	August 4, 2021 (2021-08-04)
Tomoe alters everyone's memories, so the world believes a monster horde destroyed Zetsuya. As Zetsuya's guild was destroyed Makoto must re-register in Tsige, the next closest town. Makoto tricks Tomoe into training alone in the wilderness while he travels to Tsige with other adventurers. Mio and Makoto kill many monsters that Toa harvests for valuable parts, including rare Ruby Eye Ants. Re-registering in Tsige, Makoto celebrates with adventurers Louisa the elven archer, Hazal the human alchemist, and Ranina the dwarf Priest Knight. Makoto decides to sell the Ruby Eye's to the Rembrandt Trading Company but is warned by Toa that Rembrandt has a bad reputation. Returning to his village Emma reports on their progress. The Alke are settling in the mountains, the dwarves have begun constructing buildings, and the mist lizards clearing farmland while the orcs have begun constructing Makoto a castle. Makoto worries Tomoe has been gone a long time. Makoto is given a merchant outfit by the dwarves to further suppress his aura, but his magic is too powerful and destroys the outfit. Makoto discovers magical ingredients grown in the demi-plane are more potent than normal. Makoto takes the Ruby Eye's to Rembrandt and finds the manager difficult to deal with.
6	6	"The Melancholy of Handsome Middle-Aged Men" Transliteration: "Naisu Midoru no Yūutsu" (Japanese: ナイスミドルの憂鬱)	Kazunobu Shimizu	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	August 11, 2021 (2021-08-11)
The manager, Patrick Rembrandt, is dismissive until he sees the Ruby Eyes and apologizes. He happily reveals the Eyes make Ambrosia, a cure for his wife and daughters cursed by a witch. Makoto goes to register as a merchant and passes the written exam easily as it is basic middle school mathematics. The second test is to gather four dangerous items, but he takes advantage of a rule saying he can substitute items of equal value and substitute the Ruby Ants. Makoto returns to the demiplane where he plans to set up a hidden portal to trick traveling merchants into thinking the demiplane is a hidden city, trade for demiplane items, and then return home, creating a demand for demiplane products. Locating Tomoe with Mio, Makoto realizes Mio has become addicted to his memories of anime and children's cartoons. Tomoe and Mio are confused when Makoto chooses to sleep alone rather than pick one of them to have sex and decide they must come up with a seduction plan. Hazal agrees to Makoto's request to help brew the Ambrosia. An adventurer watches Makoto and decides to gather as many adventurers as he can to stop whatever Patrick is doing with Makoto.
7	7	"Wondrous Medicine Production" Transliteration: "Hiyaku Seisei" (Japanese: 秘薬精製)	Yūsuke Onoda	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18)
Patrick secretly has the witch doctor who cursed his family dead. Hazal brews the ambrosia. Makoto can restrain Patrick's wife, Lisa, who has become a monster and Patrick successfully administers the ambrosia. Using this method, they also cure Patrick's daughters. Makoto returns to Tomoe and Mio, but they are attacked by the adventurer, Lime Latte, and his numerous allies. After defeating all 200 enemies Lime claims he only wanted a sleeping curse to be put on Lisa and her daughters as revenge for Patrick preventing adventurers who displeased him from finding further work, many of whom later died on quests too dangerous for them to handle and has no idea why the witch doctor cursed them into monsters. Lime apologizes to Patrick, who decides to let him live, and Lime retires from adventuring. Tomoe, who had seen in Lime's memories that he sends his wages to the orphanage where he grew up, gives him a katana forged by the dwarves and hires him to spy for her. Meanwhile, despite his gratitude to Makoto, Patrick considers what to do about Makoto starting a competing trading company. Returning to the demiplane Emma informs Makoto yet another problem has arisen.
8	8	"Demiplane Ranking" Transliteration: "Akū Rankingu" (Japanese: 亜空ランキング)	Yūshi Suzuki	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	August 25, 2021 (2021-08-25)
The warriors in Makoto's village are depressed after training and Makoto learns it is his fault as during training, he overwhelms them so completely they lose their self-confidence. He also realizes the various species do not train with each other, so he arranges weekly competitions, inspiring them to strengthen themselves and each other. Makoto, Mio, and Tomoe re-register as adventurers and are immediately asked to train an adventurer to replace Lime Latte. Makoto chooses Toa and asks Tomoe to train her, though Tomoe is troubled as she knows Toa resembles the girl from Japan and worries Makoto misses his former life. Tomoe puts Toa and her team through a brutal training regime and then tests their new abilities by ordering them to defeat a nest of 100 ape monsters, proving them the strongest adventuring team. Makoto decides to collect Ambrosia Flowers, the flowers eaten by the Ruby Ants that make their eyes valuable. He also decides to rent shop space from Patrick who realizes Makoto wants to rent as buying would bring him to the attention of the Tsige kingdom who would ask him to spy on Patrick, which Makoto does not want to do. Patrick agrees to arrange a shop space for Makoto in a neutral city not allied to any kingdom.
9	9	"Eat or Be Eaten" Transliteration: "Kuu ka Kuwareru ka" (Japanese: 喰うか喰われるか)	Ayumu Uwano	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	September 1, 2021 (2021-09-01)
The village throws a party to celebrate Makoto opening his trading company. Akine reveals they have located ambrosia flowers in the outside world but decided not to harvest any as they are protected by elves. Mio and Tomoe sense Makoto dying repeatedly during archery training. Tomoe deduces when Makoto clears his mind to focus on the target he unintentionally merges with the environment and dies for a split second, which feels to Tomoe and Mio like he has committed suicide. This has caused his mana to increase to God's level. If it continues the Goddess who banished him to the Wasteland will see him as a rival and try to kill him. Makoto returns to the human world and is approached by a prostitute, so he is dragged away by the furious Mio and Tomoe. They declare they are tired of waiting for him to grow up and will have sex with him immediately. Makoto panics and flees through a portal. The dwarves forge more powerful mana-suppressing equipment. Mio apologizes for her and Tomoe's behavior so Makoto invites her to help negotiate with the elves. Other adventurers also appear to steal the flower, one of whom is the prostitute, and cause the elves to attack immediately.
10	10	"Hidden Ogre Village" Transliteration: "Oni no Kakurezato" (Japanese: 鬼の隠れ里)	Ayaka Tsujihashi	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	September 8, 2021 (2021-09-08)
Makoto teleports the adventurers to the demiplane and then makes peace with the elves, Aqua and Eris. Makoto meets Nilgistori and other elders. Nilgistori's son, Adono, is angry the barrier protecting the forest is weakening. Makoto meets Aqua and Eris' master, Mondo, a powerful warrior. Mio suspects Mondo is possessed and overhears a telepathic conversation between Adono and an unknown person about demons. Later a spirit frees itself from Mondo's body and drains the life from Adono, killing him for associating with demons. Makoto identifies it as a Lich and captures it. Tomoe reveals she was the dragon who created the barrier at Nilgistori's request many years ago. The Lich explains he accidentally became a Lich while trying to become a Grant, a human that can freely travel between alternate worlds like a God. Tomoe reveals he has it the wrong way round, Grants are not humans who could travel, they are normal humans who accidentally travelled and so earned the title of Grant. Realizing he has wasted his entire life on an impossible goal the Lich happily accepts Tomoe's suggestion of forming a contract with Makoto and teaching him about magic. The adventurers decide to escape the demiplane. Forming a contract returns the Lich from a skeleton to a young and attractive man. A magical explosion occurs in the village causing Tomoe to collapse.
11	11	"Goodbye" Transliteration: "Sayōnara" (Japanese: さようなら)	Hiro Ōki	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	September 15, 2021 (2021-09-15)
Makoto and Lich can heal the injured. Makoto realizes the explosion forced open the portal to the outside world. Examining the memory fragments of the racist prostitute, Makoto sees that she and her comrades attempted to steal magical items and when guards intervened one of the rings full of Makoto's magic exploded, killing Tomoe's child fragment and an orc. Makoto follows and coldly kills the prostitute in revenge. After the funerals, Makoto learns from Lich, now named Shiki, that he can see the prostitute's memories because memory viewing is one of Tomoe's powers, a sign they trust each other implicitly, though this makes Mio jealous. Makoto orders walls constructed so that any adventurers who visit the demiplane to trade are kept separate from the village itself. Makoto visits Patrick who has arranged Makoto's shop space in the neutral town of Rotsguard Academy. Makoto hopes to visit the academy to learn more about the world, the Goddess, and humans. As he may be gone for a considerable time he takes only Shiki with him and gives Mio and Tomoe more memories as gifts. As they prepare to teleport the Goddess suddenly locates Makoto and tampers with his teleportation, sending him to a distant battlefield where two demon warriors attack him and sever two of his fingers.
12	12	"Guided by the Moon..." Transliteration: "Tsuki ga Michibiku..." (Japanese: 月が導く...)	Kazunobu Shimizu	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)
The two reveal they are Sofia Bulger and Mitsurugi, the strongest adventurer in the world, and the Superior Dragon she became famous for supposedly killing. They explain they have joined the Demon Army to destroy humanity. Makoto removes all his mana-suppressing equipment, overwhelming Mitsurugi with his magic and shattering Sofia's legendary sword. Makoto manages to teleport away, leaving Mitsurugi and Sofia alive who swears revenge. Patrick receives word of the army's destruction from a powerful mage but does not realize it is Makoto. Shiki believes the Goddess used Makoto to destroy the army and maybe watch them. Tomoe reveals she created another fragment named Komoe using Makoto's mana from a discarded ring and Mio is furious when Komoe calls Makoto "Papa". Makoto finally opens a shop which is an instant success and learns after he teleported away that the demon and human armies did massive damage to each other, and that two other Goddess-summoned heroes took part in the battle. The village throws a feast to celebrate Makoto's shop and he decides his future looks bright. Still, the feast is interrupted by another fight between Mio and Tomoe, causing Makoto to change his mind that his immediate future is quite annoying.

Season 2 (2024)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
13	1	"What? Moon Over the Ruined Castle?" Transliteration: "E？Kōjō no Tsuki？" (Japanese: え？荒城の月？)	Kazunobu Shimizu	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	January 8, 2024 (2024-01-08)
On the way to the town of Orbitt, Makoto and Shiki arrive in a town and notices a villager asking for help, as her village is being attacked by a band of thieves known as "Moon Over the Ruined Castle." Angry at a group of criminals using the name of music he likes, Makoto accompanies the villager and her wolfman friend to her village and defeats the thieves. Reunited with Shiki, who arranged a place for them to stay the night, Makoto wonders about the two other heroes summoned by the Goddess and their whereabouts. Meanwhile, Mio has the other villagers taste some new recipes she came up with, with disastrous results.
14	2	"The Heroes Are a Couple of Beauties" Transliteration: "Futari no Yūsha wa Binan Bijo" (Japanese: 二人の勇者は美男美女)	Yoshiyuki Nogami, Momo Shimizu	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	January 15, 2024 (2024-01-15)
Sometime after discarding Makoto, the Goddess summons two other humans from Earth to become her heroes; Hibiki Otonashi who studied in the same school as Makoto's, and Tomoki Iwahashi, a middle school student and model. As a gifted individual from an affluent family, Hibiki was bored with her life as she never had to face any hardships. She is convinced by the goddess to serve her when offered a chance to truly challenge herself. After forming her party, Hibiki grew stronger and accumulated victories until they came across Mio in her spider form and were almost killed. For Tomoki, the goddess bestowed him with the ability to become immortal at night and the power to charm any woman with his left eye, unintentionally using it to charm all members of his party. However, the princess that he serves, Lily Front Gritonia, resists his charm, and starts manipulating Tomoki for her own gains.
15	3	"Stellar Wars" Transliteration: "Sutera・Wōzu" (Japanese: ステラ・ウォーズ)	Katsushi Sakurabi	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	January 22, 2024 (2024-01-22)
Hibiki and Tomoki participated in a joint battle to take over Stella Fortress which is held by demons. Soon after, the troops supporting them fell into a trap, and the heroes were confronted by the demon army's general Io. When Io used his powers to negate the Goddess' blessings, Tomoki decided to flee, realizing that he lost his immortality and forcing Hibiki's party to face the general by themselves. As Tomoki and his forces retreated, the goddess forcibly teleported Makoto into the battlefield, where he faced Sofia Bulger and Mitsurugi. Overpowered, Hibiki's party also retreated with one of their members, Navarre Polar, sacrificing herself for their escape. Devastated by her companion's death, Hibiki swore to become stronger while Makoto who was in critical condition, was being treated by Mio and Tomoe. Back to the present, Makoto and Shiki finally arrive at their destination.
16	4	"Why Am I a Teacher!?" Transliteration: "Boku ga Dōshite Sensei ni!?" (Japanese: 僕がどうして先生に！？)	Yoshihiro Mori	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	January 29, 2024 (2024-01-29)
Following the events of the Stellar Wars, Makoto and his companions, now at the Academy, face a new kind of challenge. Unexpectedly, Makoto finds himself appointed as a temporary instructor due to a misunderstanding involving the Academy's staff and his unique abilities. During his tenure, Makoto uses unconventional teaching methods to impart knowledge not just about magic and combat, but also lessons in understanding and cooperation among the diverse student body. Makoto's interactions with the students lead to unexpected insights into the political and social dynamics of the world he is trying to navigate.
17	5	"The Lesson Will Now Begin" Transliteration: "Soredeha Jugyō o Hajimemasu" (Japanese: それでは授業をはじめます)	Yoshiyuki Nogami, Momo Shimizu	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	February 5, 2024 (2024-02-05)
Makoto begins his job as a teacher and shows some of his skills to the students in order to evaluate their potential, most of them quit, but a few remain in awe of Makoto's powers, wishing to become stronger. Meanwhile, Mio begins a journey to become a better cook and Tomoe discovers that the lake recently formed during the Stellar Wars was a result of Makoto's battle with Sofia Bulger and Mitsurugi.
18	6	"Becoming a Three-Star Chef" Transliteration: "Mezase Mittsu-Boshi Shefu" (Japanese: めざせ三つ星シェフ)	Shigeru Ueda	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	February 12, 2024 (2024-02-12)
Makoto finally opens his new shop in Rotsgard and puts Eris and Aqua in charge of it. Tomoe is approached by Tomoki's group who attempts to force her to join his side, but fails, with Tomoe warning them to never disrespect her again before leaving. Mio has an encounter with Hibiki and befriends her, agreeing to accompany her group and assist them while Hibiki gives her some cooking lessons.
19	7	"New Member Audition" Transliteration: "Shin Menbā Ōdishon" (Japanese: 新メンバーオーディション)	Yuusuke Onoda	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	February 19, 2024 (2024-02-19)
Makoto returns to the demiplane after hearing his new house has finished construction. Upon returning, the weather has gotten hot which Tomoe figures out is due to Makoto placing too many mist gates as he pleases. Elsewhere, Mio continues to learn more cooking techniques from Hibiki while keeping her true identity a secret. She asks Mio to accompany her to Limia to help the fate of the world, but Mio declines. Meanwhile, Makoto is tasked with interviewing new candidates to join the demiplane with Emma, allowing the Wingkin and Gorgons to join the demiplane.
20	8	"The Notorious Beautiful Sisters" Transliteration: "Warui Uwasa no Bijin Shimai" (Japanese: 悪い噂の美人姉妹)	Katsushi Sakurabi	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	February 26, 2024 (2024-02-26)
While the weather of the demiplane is sorted out by Tomoe, Makoto returns to his teaching position in Rotsgard and notices some new students for his lectures; Karen Force along with Sif and Yuno Rembrandt, the daughters he helped cure previously. Makoto has his regular students spar with a blue lizard while he duels against the new students. After the assessment, Makoto takes Karen aside and confronts that she is a demon, with Shiki mentioning he has known her as Rona from when he was a lich. Discussing further, Karen infiltrated the academy to look into the apparent human experimenting rumors, which Makoto has Lime searching into also. Late at night, Lime makes a discovery about the experiments while a shadowy figure looms in the background.
21	9	"The Peverted Dragon" Transliteration: "Hentai Doragon" (Japanese: 変態ドラゴン)	Yoshihiro Mori	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	March 4, 2024 (2024-03-04)
Lime has disappeared while investigating the human experimentation rumors. While in a prison cell with Eva the academy librarian, he remembers someone easily disarming himself before they were captured. Both escape the underground lair and relay their information for Makoto. While determining what to do next, the one who disarmed Lime appears and reveals himself to be a greater dragon Banshoku, but prefers the name Luto. Guildmaster of the adventurers, Luto explains he set up the leveling system based upon a human who was transported to the world hundreds of years ago. Taking his leave, Tomoe asks Luto further questions, which he responds that Makoto may become a superhuman capable of returning to his world on a whim, which he will be excited to witness.
22	10	"Watch As I Improve The World" Transliteration: "Yattemisemasu Yonaoshi Kagyō" (Japanese: やってみせます世直し稼業)	Yoshiyuki Nogami, Momo Shimizu	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	March 11, 2024 (2024-03-11)
After providing Makoto with the information regarding the human experimentations, Karen/Rona decides to leave the city and academy. Interrogating him about his part in the experiments, Bright-sensei divulges he began the experiments due to his hatred of the Goddess, wanting the demihumans to sacrifice as much as hyumans have. Before summer break, Makoto has his students perform combat practice with Zwei, a female blue lizard. Before they leave, his students request more training over the break, which Makoto accepts a once-weekly lesson. As a reward for saving her, Eva picks Makoto a book from the library. Before the summer is over, the students want to try and defeat a dragon. Though the attempts were solid, they fell short with Eris rescuing them per Makoto's orders to keep an eye on them.
23	11	"Summer of Growth and New Skills" Transliteration: "Seichō no Natsu, Shin Waza no Natsu" (Japanese: 成長の夏、新技の夏)	Kazunobu Shimizu	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	March 18, 2024 (2024-03-18)
Wanting to increase his mana output, Makoto asks Luta for help, which he lends a book on harnessing his ever-increasing mana levels. Eva also gives Makoto the book she picked out which is also one regarding mana techniques. Back in the demiplane, Makoto performs a mock battle against the wingkin and provides areas of improvement. After a few attempts, Makoto manages to manifest his mana into physical matter in the demiplane. The next day, the residents decide to show their strength with varying degree, and Mio presenting Makoto a "hero suit." Finally, Makoto shows off his new technique to the massive shock to everyone who witnessed it in action.
24	12	"Attack of the Giant Monsters" Transliteration: "Kyojū Shūrai" (Japanese: 巨獣襲来)	Shigeru Ueda	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	March 25, 2024 (2024-03-25)
While in the demiplane woods, one of the ogres is warned by giant beasts to not appear in the area again. Investigating alone, Makoto comes across a giant bear and a pack of wolves. Making arrangements to coexist, the wolves and bears agree to the terms, but Makoto would need to also talk with a giant eagle. Appearing later, the eagle agrees to the terms as guardians of the forest and takes the name "Roc Bird" before leaving. Meanwhile, Jin reminisces about his first love; Miranda, a girl whom he fought monsters with, until he saw her enjoyment of slaying a chimera and called her a monster. Determined to gain strength in order to apologize to her, Jin sets a goal to defeat a demidragon. Makoto makes arrangements as such, and the group manages to defeat it. Elsewhere, Miranda (now going by Sofia) remembers her defeating the chimera, but not before learning she was born due to Luto's experiments, and thinks about Jin before leaving with Lancer.
25	13	"The Very Busy Academy Festival" Transliteration: "Gakuensai wa Oisogashi" (Japanese: 学園祭は大忙し)	Katsushi Sakurabi	Kenta Ihara	Katsushi Sakurabi	April 1, 2024 (2024-04-01)
The academy is soon hosting a festival for a week, which will help students look for work after they graduate. While working at the store, a temple priest insists Makoto teach them how they make their medicines in exchange for clearing up any false rumors on his business. Shiki accompanies him to the temple to show how they produce it, but the temple reasons they would not be able to handle mass production as it would cost too much. During the festival, Makoto is attacked by the assassin's guild from before, but puts an end to them effortlessly. Tomoe devises where a mist gate would help stabilize the climate in the demiplane while they all enjoy the festivities.
26	14	"I'm Not a Fan of High Society" Transliteration: "Shakō-kai wa Nigatedesu" (Japanese: 社交界は苦手です)	Yoshihiro Mori	Kenta Ihara	Shinji Ishihira	April 8, 2024 (2024-04-08)
On the second night of the festival, Makoto reacquaints himself with Rembrandt's family and has a private conversation with a woman from the country Laurel; Sairitsu. She explains the characters on Makoto's shop are from their ancient dialect and want to know how he knows it, but Makoto manages to evade her questions. The next day, Luto joins Makoto, Tomoe, and Mio before slipping away to meet Princess Lilia. The two exchange conversations about Kuzunoha Trading with Luto imparting that she should not go up against Makoto and company since Lilia is already about to declare war. As the festival has a tournament to determine prestige among students, Makoto places extra restrictions on his students, but learns later some nobles have rigged the games before they begin.
27	15	"A Fierce Tournament" Transliteration: "Tougi Taikai, Nessen Amata" (Japanese: 闘技 大会, 熱戦 あまま)	Yoshiyuki Nogami, Momo Shimizu	Kenta Ihara	Yoshiyuki Nogami	April 15, 2024 (2024-04-15)
The tournament begins with Makoto's students facing each other due to some meddling behind the scenes. Jin squares off against Ilumgand Hopley, whom has a grudge against Makoto from before, but easily defeats him. In the finals, Jin faces Shifu, but she defeats him with ease. Behind the scenes, Ilumgand looks forward to the team matches before looking at some mysterious drugs he has hidden. Makoto is later called away to the Merchants Guild regarding his purchases and transportation of his goods. Makoto attempts to dissuade the guild leader, but he fails to do so and is forced to close shop if he does not pay almost all of his profits. Consulting his followers, Makoto comes to a decision on what to do with all in agreement.
28	16	"A Certain Student's Secret" Transliteration: "Toaru Seito no Himitsu" (Japanese: とある 生徒 の 秘密)	TBA	TBA	TBA	April 22, 2024 (2024-04-22)
As a child, Ilumgand promised a girl (Ruria) to be a noble to protect those under him, in the team finals for the tournament, he has used supplements and an amulet choker to enhance his abilities. In a flashback, Ilumgand attempted to reconnect with Ruria, but was rebuffed when his friends called her out for fleeing when her land was being razed by demons. Makoto and company recognize this, but can't interfere in the match. After playing rock-paper-scissors, Yuno, Jin, and Izumo face off against Ilumgand's team. Even with the enhancements, the three easily dispatch the whole team. After the match, the amulet, revealed to be given to Ilumgand by Rona, starts to affect citizens of the city. Rona smiles and asks that Makoto not interfere with her plans to gather Princess Lilia and the Hopleys in the audience, while Makoto is visibly frustrated that he was taken for a fool again; this time by demons.
29	17	"Mutation Hazard" Transliteration: "Hen'i-tai Hazado" (Japanese: 変異体 ハザード)	TBA	TBA	TBA	April 29, 2024 (2024-04-29)

Reception

The first season of the anime series has the highest overseas sales record among all Nippon TV anime.

External links

• Light novel and manga official website (in Japanese)
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• Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy (light novel) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia