By the Grace of the Gods

### Producer

Lantis, Toei Video, KlockWorx, Nikkatsu, Asmik Ace, Hobby Japan, AMG MUSIC, BS Fuji, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures, Amusement Media Academy, Exa International, Bandai Namco Arts

### Script

Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (S1)
Yuka Yamada (S2)

### Networks

Tokyo MX, BS Fuji (JP)
Animax Asia (SEA)

## Fandom

***By the Grace of the Gods*** (神達に拾われた男, Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko, "The Man Picked Up By the Gods") is a Japanese light novel series written by Roy and illustrated by Ririnra. It is about a man who is chosen by three gods to be reincarnated into a fantasy world after living a sad life, using his past knowledge combined with new powers bestowed to him by said gods to help others and live a bountiful life. It began serialization online in January 2014 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō, with a revised version began serialization since September 2015.

The series was later acquired by Hobby Japan, which has published twelve volumes since September 2017 under its HJ Novels imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Ranran has been serialized online via Square Enix's *Manga UP!* website since November 2017 and has been collected in nine *tankōbon* volumes. The light novel is licensed in North America by J-Novel Club, while the manga is licensed by Square Enix. An anime television series adaptation by Maho Film aired from October to December 2020. A second season aired from January to March 2023.

## Synopsis

Under the protection of the gods, a relaxed life with slimes in another world begins! One day, the life of middle-aged Japanese businessman Ryoma Takebayashi came to a rather sudden and disappointing end. Ryoma 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, Ryoma decides to live leisurely on his own in the forest for the time being. Working diligently at magic and hunting, Ryoma’s greatest passion comes to be researching his tamed slimes?! Training a variety of slimes (some newly discovered), the curtain rises on this easy going life fantasy celebrating a second life with kind people in another world!

(Source: J-Novel Club)

## List of Published Book

### *Novel*

The series was first published online on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in January 2014 by Roy. A revised version of the series was then launched in September 2015. It was later acquired by Hobby Japan, who published the first volume as a light novel under their HJ Novels imprint in September 2017. The series is licensed in North America by J-Novel Club.

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### *Manga*

A manga adaptation of the series by Ririnra began serialization in Square Enix's *Manga UP!* app and website on November 29, 2017. The manga is licensed in North America by Square Enix.

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## Ryouma Takebayashi

### Affiliation:

* Bamboo Forest Laundry Service
* Jamil Household
* Adventurer Guild
* Merchant Guild
* Tamer Guild

### Allied:

* Lulutia *(Goddess)*
* Kufo *(God)*
* Gain *(God)*
* Tekun *(God)*
* Fernoveria *(God)*
* Eliaria Jamil *(friend)*

### Blessing:

* Protection of Gain (The Creator)
* Protection of Kufo (God of Life)
* Protection of Lulutia (Goddess of Love)
* Protection of Tekun (God of Wine)

## 「Biographical Information」

### Traits:

Reincarnated, Businessman, Childlike, Loved by the God

### Relatives:

**Past Family**:* Unnamed Father †
* Unnamed Mother †

**Current Family**:

* Teagle *(Fake adoptive Grandfather)*
* Melia *(Fake adoptive Grandmother)*

### Occupation:

* Adventurer
* Business Owner

## 「Voice Actor」

### Japan VA:

* Azusa Tadokoro *(child)*
* Hiroki Yasumoto *(adult)*

### English VA:

* Emily Neves *(child)*
* Chris Rager *(adult)*

The main character of this work. He was a 39-year-old single SE working at a black company on Earth. From an early age, he was driven into various martial arts by his father with almost abusive rigor, and he had a serious personality and a muscular body that did not miss daily training. After his father passed away, he lived with his mother, but later her mother died and he lived alone in an apartment. Although he is not at fault, he has an unreasonable past in which he has been involved in incidents and has been forced out of his job many times. Despite his appearance, he is an otaku who loves anime and manga, and is well versed in various trivia. He also had a hobby of making figures. After reincarnation, Selelipta analyzed it with a method that was almost taboo, and found traces of distorted intervention by the gods of Earth in Ryouma's unhappy life and peculiar spirituality. According to it, many evidences were discovered that it is thought that the earth god was inducing Ryoma's circumstances to become a violent criminal as entertainment. This is a taboo act even for gods, and it seems that there are traces that the lives of multiple people other than Ryoma have been distorted, but it seems that it is difficult to pursue because the god of the earth is higher than the god of Sailfall. Ryoma was able to acquire various high tolerances by repeating self-restraint against the urge to commit crimes each time he intervened. Gain and the others have always felt unnatural about Ryouma's circumstances and personality, and as a result, Sereripta's actions proved it.

After death, his soul was transferred by Gain and others for the purpose of replenishing the magical power of the earth to Sailfall, a different world lacking magical power. Because the metastasis transferred the soul to the body of an 8-year-old boy, although he looks like a child, his mind and knowledge are in a strange state of being an Arafo male. However, he self-analyzes that his physical age is greatly influenced by his mental side, and it seems that he is not simply a child on the outside and an adult on the inside. For the time being, so that it would not be unnatural to live alone in the forest of Gana to which he was transferred, the gods told him that he was born in the Great Sea of ​​Trees, and was raised in the forest of Gana as his grandparents, the martial arts god Tigar and the sage Melia. While living alone, he used many slimes as a tamer and became immersed in slime research. In fact, Big Slime is not a single individual, but a colony, so it was necessary to make a contract with all the groups that united. As a result of that application, they are also making contracts with even larger slimes that combine more swarms. Three years after he transferred and started living in the forest, when he was 11 years old, he happened to meet Duke Jameel in the woods, which led him to become connected with the Duke's family, and they decided to settle in the city of Giml. In the city of Gimul, he registered with the Tamer Guild, the Adventurer's Guild, and the Commercial Guild, making full use of his knowledge from his previous life and the ability to use slime to open a cleaning shop for a super white company. Furthermore, as an adventurer, he will show a wide range of activities such as subjugating monsters and solving other difficult problems of the Adventurer's Guild.

Contrary to his apparent age, he has a lot of knowledge, and because of his high physical ability and track record, he has a very high reputation among the Duke and other related parties. In addition to being given the aptitude for all magic attributes, he is a versatile type who has master-level mastery of martial arts due to the influence of his previous life, and has various resistances at a high level due to the influence of the Earth God.

* As he has 42 years of experience, it surprised adults that an 11-year-old kid could be so rational, well-learned, and mature; though he is suffering infantile regression of his emotional maturity due to his young body, making it very hard to mask or contain his emotions. Beyond that Ryoma retains all memory of his Earth life; allowing him to think outside the box where others would get stuck.
* While he lovingly remembers his mother, he has nothing but bitter memories of his father; heavily implying he is the one person Ryoma hates. A flashback shows Ryoma being bullied as a kid at school, with the bully missing his head with a punch and hitting a wall, and hurting his hand. His father was called in and abusively beat him up **in front of the teacher, who did NOTHING** all the while shouting at him how violence was wrong and never giving Ryoma a chance to speak. This trauma is primarily the reason Ryoma hates violence.

### Abilities

 ***By type**** Basic Skills:
* Level 2 means that someone has become an apprentice.
* Level 3 means that someone has pretty much learned the skill.
* Level 4 means that the person has proficiency in that skill.
* Level 5 means that the person is a first-class.
* Level 6 and beyond means that the person is an expert or a master.

Ryoma's skills in the current Web Novel and Light Novel. Note: Some skills might have higher levels than listed due to most updates to already obtained skills being mentioned vaguely.

 ***Basic Skills**** Housekeeping (Level: 10Earth 10Seilfall)
* Etiquette (Level: 7Earth 7Seilfall)
* Calculation (Level: 5Earth 5Seilfall)
* Control (Level: 4Earth 4Seilfall)
* Torture (Level: 4Seilfall)
* Power of Life and Death (Level: 5Seilfall)
 **Battle Skills*** Unarmed Combat (Taijutsu) (Level: 7Earth 7Seilfall)
* Sword Mastery (Kenjutsu) (Level: 7Earth 7Seilfall)
* Spear Arts (Level: 4Earth 4Seilfall)
* Hunting (Level: 6Seilfall)
	+ Hunting is the synthesization of Trap and Bow Mastery
* Staff Mastery (Bōjutsu) (Level: 6Earth 6Seilfall)
* Assassination Arts (Ninjutsu) 7Seilfall)
	+ Assassination Arts is the synthesization of Stealth, Hidden Weapon, Dagger, Chain Weapon, and Throwing Weapon Mastery
* Body Manipulation (Level: 5Earth 7Seilfall)
* Spirit Manipulation (Qigong) (Level: 5Earth 5Seilfall)
 ***Magic Skills**** Taming (Level: 5Seilfall)
* Barrier Magic (Level: 3Seilfall)
* Healing Magic (Level: 5Seilfall)
* Alchemy (Level: 4Seilfall)
* Potion Making (Level: 5Seilfall)
* Construction Magic (Level: 5Seilfall)
	+ Construction Magic combination includes Architecture, Molding, Woodworking, and Painting skills.
* Fire Magic (Level: 4Seilfall)
* Water Magic (Level: 4Seilfall)
* Wind Magic (Level: 4Seilfall)
* Earth Magic (Level: 5Seilfall)
* Neutral Magic (Level: 4Seilfall)
* Electric Magic (Level: 3Seilfall)
* Ice Magic (Level: 5Seilfall)
* Poison Magic (Level: 4Seilfall)
* Wood Magic (Level: 5Seilfall)
* Light Magic (Level: 4Seilfall)
* Dark Magic (Level: 5Seilfall)
* Space Magic (Level: 5Seilfall)
* Precise Magic Control (Level: 6Seilfall)
	+ Precise Magic Control is a combination of Magic Control and Magic ManipulationDetection
* Magic Recovery Speed (Level: 5Seilfall)
* Chantless Invocation (Level: 5Seilfall)
* Cursed Song (Level: 4Seilfall)
 ***Resistance Skills**** Physical Pain Resistance (Level: 8Earth 8Seilfall)
* Mental Pain Resistance (Emotional Pain) (Level: 9Earth 9Seilfall)
* Health Wellbeing (Level:7Seilfall)
	+ Health is the synthesization of Poison, Disease, Sleep, Cold, Heat, and Weakness Resistances
* Stench Resistance (Level: 3Seilfall)
 ***Crafting Skills**** Medicine (Level: 6Earth 7Seilfall)
* Blacksmithing (Level: 1Earth 3Seilfall)
* Architecture (Level: 2Earth 3Seilfall)
* Woodworking (Level: 2Earth 3Seilfall)
* Modeling (Level: 4Earth 4Seilfall)
* Painting (Level: 4Earth 4Seilfall)
 ***Special Skills**** Survival Arts (Level: 3Earth 5Seilfall)
* Life Enhancement (Vitality Strengthening) (Level: 3Earth 3Seilfall)
* Stamina Enhancement Enhanced Endurance (Level: 6Earth 6Seilfall)
* Super Recovery (Level: 3Earth 5Seilfall)
* Mental Concentration (Level: 5Earth 6Seilfall)
* Muscle Reinforcement (Level: 1Seilfall)
* Resistance Reinforcement (Level: 7Seilfall)
* Oracle (Level: 6Seilfall)

## Ending Theme

### ED Audio:

An anime adaptation of the series was announced by Hobby Japan on February 20, 2020, which was later confirmed to be a television series on April 17, 2020. The series was animated by Maho Film and directed by Takeyuki Yanase, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu as story editor and screenwriter, Kaho Deguchi as character designer with Ririnra credited with the original designs, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi composing the music. While the first episode had an advanced premiere screening at FunimationCon 2020 on July 3, 2020, the series officially ran for 12 episodes in Japan from October 4 to December 20, 2020 on Tokyo MX and BS Fuji. Azusa Tadokoro performed the opening theme "Yasashii Sekai", while MindaRyn performed the ending theme "Blue Rose knows".

The series was licensed outside of Asia by Funimation. On October 31, 2020, Funimation announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll. Medialink has also licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia and streamed it on their Ani-One YouTube channel.

### Season 1

* Staff
	+ Original - Roy
	+ Character draft - Ririnra
	+ Director - Yuyuki Yanase
	+ Series Composition/Screenplay - Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Phase 1)
	+ Main character design - Kaho Deguchi
	+ Prop Design - Yoshio Hirose
	+ Art director - Satoshi Shibata
	+ Color design - Aki Watanabe
	+ Cinematographer - Yukina Nomura
	+ Editing - Hiromi Komine
	+ 3DCG Director - Tatsuhiko Sugimoto
	+ Sound Director - Masanori Tsuchiya
	+ Music - Hiroaki Tsutsumi
	+ Music Production - Lantis
	+ Sound Production - AMG Studios
	+ Music Producer - Shigeto Takeyama
	+ Producers - Shuta Sasaki, Yuichiro Wada, Masaya Kuramoto, Harumi Sato, Emiko Iijima, Takahiro Fujii, Terunari Yoshie, Nobuhito Hayashi, Soji Miyagi, Mirai Yuki, Toshiyuki Miichi, Shinji Omori
	+ Animation Producer - Yuki Mukai
	+ Animation production - MAHO FILM
	+ Production - "*Man Picked Up by the Gods S1*" Production Committee (Toei Video, Hobby Japan, Hakuhodo, MAHO FILM, Funimation, Asmik Ace, Bandai Namco Arts, Amusement Media Institute, Clockworks, Nikkatsu, Exa International, BS Fuji)

Season 2

## Ending Theme

### ED Audio:

On June 4, 2021, a second season was announced. Yuka Yamada replaced Kazuyuki Fudeyasu as the scriptwriter. It aired from January 9 to March 27, 2023. MindaRyn performed the opening theme "Way to go", while Azusa Tadokoro performed the ending theme "Drum-shiki Tansaki".

*Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko 2nd Season* was released on Blu-ray in two volumes by Toei Video from April 12, 2023, and May 10, 2023. Limited edition bonuses were made available, featuring new material from the authors and, for the first volume exclusively, a card to download the original soundtrack.

### Season 2

* Staff
	+ Original - Roy
	+ Character draft - Ririnra
	+ Director - Yuyuki Yanase
	+ Series Composition/Screenplay - Yuka Yamada
	+ Main character design - Kaho Deguchi
	+ Prop Design - Shiori Kurihara, Manami Inose, Tomomi Yoshinari
	+ Art director - Satoshi Shibata
	+ Color design - Aki Watanabe
	+ Cinematographer - Yukina Nomura
	+ Editing - Hiromi Komine
	+ 3DCG Director - Dick Ogahara
	+ Sound Director - Masanori Tsuchiya
	+ Music - Hiroaki Tsutsumi
	+ Music Production - Lantis
	+ Sound Production - AMG Studios
	+ Music Producer - Shigeto Takeyama
	+ Producers - Shuta Sasaki, Yuichiro Wada, Masaya Kuramoto, Harumi Sato, Emiko Iijima, Ayaka Sugiura, Shigeto Takeyama, Fumihiro Ozawa, Katsuma Itakura, Mirai Yuki, Toshiyuki Miichi, Shinji Omori
	+ Animation Producer - Yuki Mukai
	+ Animation production - MAHO FILM
	+ Production - "*Man Picked Up by the Gods S2*" Production Committee (Toei Video, Hobby Japan, Hakuhodo, MAHO FILM, Funimation, Asmik Ace, Bandai Namco Arts, Amusement Media Institute, Clockworks, Nikkatsu, Exa International, BS Fuji)

### Web animation

A short animation distributed on the official twitter. "*Slime's Wellhead Conference*" will be distributed as a web version preview video after October 3, 2020.

### web radio

To commemorate the series, a special broadcast aired on AbemaTV on December 27, 2022, before the anime premiered. Beginning on January 5, 2023, the *Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko: Tadokoro Azusa and Kuwahara Yuuki's Isekai Slow Radio 2* program featuring discussions of the series by the show's voice actors streamed on the Chou! A&G+ internet radio station.

## External Link

* *By the Grace of the Gods* ─ Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
* *By the Grace of the Gods* ─ Light novel official website (in Japanese)
* *By the Grace of the Gods* ─ Official Manga Website (in Japanese)
* *TV Anime "By the Grace of the Gods Season 1"* Official Website (in Japanese)
* *TV Anime "By the Grace of the Gods Season 2"* Official Website (in Japanese)
* *By the Grace of the Gods* ─ Official (@kamihiro\_anime) - Twitter
* *By the Grace of the Gods* ─ Wikipedia (JP)
* *By the Grace of the Gods* ─ Wikipedia (EN)