Farming Life in Another World

Farming Life in Another World
is a Japanese light novel series written by Kinosuke Naito and illustrated by Yasumo. It has been published online via the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō since December 2016. It was later acquired by Enterbrain, who has released fifteen volumes since October 2017.
A manga adaptation illustrated by Yasuyuki Tsurugi has been serialized in Fujimi Shobo's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age since November 2017, with its chapters collected into ten tankōbon volumes as of January 2023. An anime television series adaptation by Zero-G aired from January to March 2023.
Plot
Hiraku dies purely by accident due to a God not giving him good luck, so he reincarnated him in another world as an apology; even turning a holy artifact into a multi-purpose tool for him. This new life for Hiraku ends up becoming quite odd, slowly building a community and village of differing species; with him serving as their mayor.
Characters
He is the main protagonist. Hiraku has endless stamina, which his wives fear at times; he enjoys intimacy a bit too much. While starting out on his own, Hiraku ends up befriending wolves he named Kuro and Yuki, and the demon spider he named Zabuton, and even accepting humanoid species into his settlement. To some of his confusion, Hiraku ends up with a harem with at least seven wives and children, though some of the elves have children with him solely for continuing their bloodline.
A magic-using female vampire who has an interest in growing medicinal plants. Her size changes with her magic power reserves (which she can recharge by drinking blood); though she willingly stays a loli to deter her husband's massive libido. Ru loves Hiraku's blood, which is premium due his blessed healthy body. The "Vampire Princess," as she is also known, is Hiraku's first wife and the mother of their son Alfred.
A female angel also known as the "Annihilation Angel" and frenemy/co-wife of Ru who was convinced to stay. She gives birth to Hiraku's first daughter; angels are a mono-sexed race that can only birth more angels. She brought with her the farm's first chickens, as well as the infamous Three Killer Angels and some Lizardmen.
The leader of a group of high-elf girls. Their village was destroyed by humans in a war 200 years ago, and they've been wandering homeless ever since until Tia brought them to Hiraku's farm. They contribute to the farm by establishing a smithy to make metal tools and weapons, and bringing other technologies such as building construction and baking.
She acts as the representative of the ogre maids who came to reside in the village with Flora. She tends to lock Hiraku in his bedroom with a girl whenever she desires him; despite his wails of protest.
One of the ogre maids who became the village's housing manager.
Daga is the representative of the Lizardmen who came with Tia to the village. He is distinguished from the others by a red bandana given to him by Hiraku, tied to his right upper arm; since Hiraku can't tell non-mammalian genders apart.
Ru's sister and a researcher whose interest in the fermentation process made her move to the village. She brought to the farm its first two heads of cattle. Flora is surprised her sister settled down.
Leader of the Beastmen who came to live in the village, she being the daughter of the chief of Howling Village.
The leader of elder dwarves who brought to the village the distillation process. He and his group later became the village's resident brewers. They get a reprieve from the workload when the village stops production; wishing to avoid tempting a pregnant Ru.
The daughter of the Gatekeeper Dragon King Dryme (voiced by Tetsu Inada) asked by her mother, White Dragon Graffaloon (voiced by Yoko Hikasa), to stay in the village as a diplomat. She later becomes in-charge of the village's diplomatic relations. She is also known by her monikers "Crazy Dragon" (for her fearsome fiery personality) and "Trader Dragon" (due to the duties she carries out for the village).
She is sent by her father, the Demon General Bizel (voiced by Yōji Ueda), to spy on the village's "military might".She ends up staying much longer after seeing what it really is and what its human mayor is capable of doing; seeing Hiraku means no harm and the village is peaceful. She later became the village's accountant and liaison between the village and the Demon Kingdom; and, as an able negotiator, helped establish trading relations with the seaside city of Shashaato.
Dryme's older sister who ends up becoming the village schoolteacher after stirring some trouble in the village. She is also known by the moniker "Ancient Dragon." She always demands that Lastismoon call her "onee-sama" (big sister) when she is her aunt.
Hakuren later ends up pregnant with Hiraku's child; giving birth to the first of her husband half-dragon children.
The daughter of the Demon King Galgardo (voiced by Hozumi Gōda) who sent an army of 300 to the Taiju Village to rescue Flowrem, not knowing her real status there after being fed ideas by her three stupid noble friends.
Yuri decides to live and work as a commoner in the village to get more life experience.
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Three noble girls who fed Princess Yuri half-truths about the village, leading to its foiled invasion. They are put in their place after seeing Inferno Wolves and the demon spider Zabuton living there. They stayed behind as Flowrem's village hall assistants (now referred to as the "Town Hall Girls").
The leader of a group of mountain elves who came to the village to stay. She in particular knows where to find the best clay for Hiraku's earthenware.
Michael is the leader of the Goroun Corporation in the coastal city of Shashaato. As a merchant, he was brought into the village by Flowrem (from existing connections) and started a trading relationship between his city and Taiju Village. While he keeps his cool publicly, Michael is scared witless of the village; though he is amicable with Hiraku.
Kuro
Hiraku's pet inferno wolf and leader/grandfather of the pack. Kuro is loyal to his master and even has time dedicated to revealing his POV of becoming domesticated.
Media
Light novels
Written by Kinosuke Naito, Farming Life in Another World began publication online via the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on December 29, 2016. The series was later acquired by Enterbrain, who began publishing the novels with illustrations by Yasumo on October 30, 2017. As of April 28, 2023, fifteen volumes have been released.
Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Yasuyuki Tsurugi initially began serialization online via Kadokawa's ComicWalker website on October 12, 2017. It later began serialization in Fujimi Shobo's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age on November 9 of that year. As of July 2023, eleven tankōbon volumes have been released. In North America, the manga is licensed by One Peace Books in print and digital format.
A spin-off four-panel manga, titled , began serialization in Monthly Dragon Age on July 8, 2022. The first volume was published on January 7, 2023.
Anime
An anime adaptation was announced on March 29, 2022. It was later revealed to be a television series produced by Zero-G and directed by Ryōichi Kuraya, with scripts written by Touko Machida, character designs handled by Yoshiko Saitō, who also serves as chief animation director, and music composed by Yasuharu Takanashi and Johannes Nilsson. The series aired from January 6 to March 24, 2023, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Flower Ring" by Shino Shimoji and Aya Suzaki, while the ending theme song is "Feel the winds" by VTuber Hizuki Yui. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series, and is streaming it on HIDIVE. At Anime Boston 2023, Sentai Filmworks announced that the series will receive an English dub, which will premiere on June 8, 2023.
See also
Banished from the Hero's Party – Another light novel illustrated by Yasumo
Notes
References
External links
at Shōsetsuka ni Narō
2017 Japanese novels
2023 anime television series debuts
Agriculture and farming in anime and manga
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AT-X (TV network) original programming
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Fantasy anime and manga
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Fujimi Shobo manga
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