Record of Wortenia War

## Fandom

***Record of Wortenia War*** (ウォルテニア戦記, *Wortenia Senki*) is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryota Hori and illustrated by bob. It began serialization online in 2009 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was acquired by Hobby Japan, who published the first light novel volume in October 2015 under their HJ Novels imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Yukari Yagi has been serialized online via Hobby Japan's Comic Fire website since 2016. Both the light novel and manga have been licensed in North America by J-Novel Club.

It has also been made into a book, and was originally published from Feather Bunko, but was discontinued in the middle, and later repartitioned in Hobby Japan's new book size. The web version is posted from Chapter 1, Episode 1, without digests. The difference from the book version is that illustrations are included, and additional episodes and corrections are included. *Wortenia Senki* has been published digitally in English as *Record of Wortenia War* by J-Novel Club since July 13, 2019.

*Wortenia Senki* has been published digitally in English as *Record of Wortenia War* by J-Novel Club since December 2, 2020.

## Synopsis

Ryoma Mikoshiba, an ordinary high-schooler adept at martial arts, one day finds himself summoned to another world. The ones who summoned him, the O’ltormea Empire, cite the fact that 'when those summoned kill another living being, they can absorb a fraction of their strength and make it their own' as their reason.

But upon learning the empire uses those they summon to strengthen themselves by foul means, Ryoma is consumed by hatred and slays an important member of the O’ltormean court. Attempting to escape the Empire's borders while keeping his identity a secret, he is accosted by two twin sisters—one golden-haired, the other silver-haired—in a meeting that sets the gears of fate in motion. The curtain rises on a record of the wars of a young supreme ruler in this other world fantasy!

(Source: J-Novel Club)

## Bibliographic Information

### *Light Novels*

Hobby Japan published the first light novel volume in print with illustrations by bob in September 2015. As of July 2022, twenty-two volumes have been published. The light novel is licensed in North America by J-Novel Club.

1. Released date September 19, 2015 - ISBN 978-4798610764
2. Released date December 22, 2015 - ISBN 978-4798611488
3. Released date March 24, 2016 - ISBN 978-4798611990
4. Released date July 22, 2016 - ISBN 978-4798612454
5. Released date November 24, 2016 - ISBN 978-4798613307
6. Released date March 23, 2017 - ISBN 978-4798614144
7. Released date July 22, 2017 - ISBN 978-4798614908
8. Released date November 22, 2017 - ISBN 978-4798615684
9. Released date March 22, 2018 - ISBN 978-4798616544
10. Released date July 21, 2018 - ISBN 978-4798617299
11. Released date November 22, 2018 - ISBN 978-4798618067
12. Released date March 22, 2019 - ISBN 978-4798618869
13. Released date July 23, 2019 - ISBN 978-4798619644
14. Released date November 22, 2019 - ISBN 978-4798620503
15. Released date March 21, 2020 - ISBN 978-4798621517
16. Released date July 22, 2020 - ISBN 978-4798622491
17. Released date November 21, 2020 - ISBN 978-4798623504
18. Released date March 19, 2021 - ISBN 978-4798624419
19. Released date July 19, 2021 - ISBN 978-4798625515
20. Released date November 19, 2021 - ISBN 978-4798626710
21. Released date March 19, 2022 - ISBN 978-4798627649
22. Released date July 19, 2022 - ISBN 978-4798628721
23. Released date November 18, 2022 - ISBN 978-4798629988

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### *Manga*

The light novel series was adapted into a manga series by Yukari Yagi and published by Hobby Japan. As of December 2021, the individual chapters have been collected into eight tankōbon volumes. The manga is also licensed by J-Novel Club.

1. Released date April 27, 2017 - ISBN 978-4798614427
2. Released date November 27, 2017 - ISBN 978-4798615721
3. Released date April 27, 2018 - ISBN 978-4798616872
4. Released date December 27, 2018 - ISBN 978-4798618104
5. Released date September 27, 2019 - ISBN 978-4798620060
6. Released date June 27, 2020 - ISBN 978-4798622392
7. Released date March 1, 2021 - ISBN 978-4798624280
8. Released date December 28, 2021 - ISBN 978-4798626543
9. Released date September 29, 2022 - ISBN 978-4798629612

Manga Vol. 1Manga Vol. 2Manga Vol. 3Manga Vol. 4Manga Vol. 5Manga Vol. 6Manga Vol. 7Manga Vol. 8Manga Vol. 9

## Ryouma Mikoshiba

### Aliases:

* The Demon of Haraqulion
* Sleeping Bear

### Affiliation:

* The Guild *(former)*
* Rhoadseria Kingdom
* Igasaki Clan
* Christoff Company

### Allied:

* Rora & Sara Malfist
* Lione & Bolt

## 「Biographical Information」

### Traits:

Summoned, Delinquent Student, Martial Artist, Anti-Villain

### Relatives:

* Unnamed Father
* Kouichiro Mikoshiba *(Grandfather)*
* Asuka Kiryuu *Cousin)*

### Occupation:

* High School Student *(former)*
* Adventurer → Mercenaries → Noble

## 「Physical Description」

### Status:

Active

High-schooler Ryouma Mikoshiba finds himself summoned to another world by the warmongering O’ltormea Empire. But Ryouma is no ordinary school boy—he has both talent and training in martial arts. Using his skills in martial arts to escape captivity and swearing revenge on the country that summoned him, Ryouma finds himself in a world where he can become stronger by absorbing the life force of whomever he slays—a world that fits his talents to a bloody T. Pursued by the O’ltormean court for killing an important official, Ryouma attempts to flee the border while keeping his identity hidden. But as he does, he encounters two twin sisters - Sara and Laura - an encounter that will change his fate.

When he was a high school student on Earth, he had a gentle personality and was good with people, but when he was summoned to Earth, a world where the fittest eats the toughest, his hidden true nature has come to the fore. Using the old martial arts that his grandfather taught him, he survives his crisis. His hobbies are reading and playing games, and he tries to escape from the empire in order to return to his original world.

### Abilities

> "*Then let me ask you something. Since when have I lost my right to protect myself from the people who were trying to kill me? or are you saying should i have just stood still when someone hits you, paying them back obviously right?
> That's why I'll never hit someone first. But I won't back down when someone hits me. I only choose to fight when I'm determined to kill.*"
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Even before being summoned to another world was trained in various deadly martial arts (Karate & Judo) and taught to have no mercy, Ryouma was capable of easily killing armored foot soldiers. Because of his martial arts knowledge he conduct and strengthen his body with *Prana Energy* or other called “life force energy,” “vital energy,” “breath of life,” “spirit-energy,” or “vital principle. This term is used in Yogic and Expert martial artist teachings as a general reference to the manifest energy of the entire universe.

In the new world, when a person can absorb a portion of someone or something's strength (Prana) by killing them, if the user kill a dragon it equivalent the strength of 100 men. After coming to this new world Ryouma killed dozens of people and absorbing their strength. Ryouma's have great knowledge on leading men into war, because of the teaching of his grandfather knowing the history and strategy of Zhuge Liang Kongming.

A technique that strengthens the body by using the vitality 《Prana》 within the body. Since it doesn't require chanting spells, it's very effective in hand-to-hand combat.
* He can kill multiple armed knights and mages with his bare hands. A martial art that accurately strikes the opponent's vital points and renders them powerless. He can destroy the internal organs of an armored soldier simply by placing his palm on his stomach.
* In battles using swords, he is strong enough to compete with those who use physical enhancements such as martial arts and martial arts while releasing his chakra, so he is on par with a master [defense power] as well as a trained person
 ─ Jutsu: A general term for technologies that exist on Earth. It uses the life force《*Prana*》 that circulates within the body to exert various effects.
* Bunpō-jutsu: A technique of temporarily borrowing power by dedicating the vitality (Prana Energy) inside the body to others.
	+ Prana energy in the body of Ryouma. There are 1st, 2nd, and so on, and physical ability rises accordingly. Mikoshiba can open "*Ajnya Prana*" (the so-called maximum release of Prana Energy), which is the highest attainment point within the framework of a person.
* One-hit-kill: A technique of his master, in order to this technique it should exchange strikes. If it is intended to kill the opponent this technique is a counterattack.
* Demon Sword, Demon Crying: By releasing it, you can use the sword drawing technique that can be fired at Godspeed.

* Ryouma’s First Sword — a sword crafted for Ryouma by Gresen is better than a sword forged by casting. (former)
* Chakram — Chakram is a throwing weapon from the Indian subcontinent. One of its major purposes is to protect the turban and the head from sword/melee attacks. It is circular with a sharpened outer edge and a diameter of 12–30 centimeters.
* Manrikigusari — Kusari-fundo is a handheld weapon used in feudal Japan consisting of a length of chain with a weight attached to each end of the chain. Various sizes and shapes of chains and weights were used as there was no set rule on the construction of these weapons.
* Kikoku — a katana forged by a master craftsman, and capable of matching even the most fabled of Japanese katanas. They were received from the Igasaki Clan.

Even though he is a modern high school student, he has a sense of ethics that allows him to calmly kill anyone he deems to be his enemy.

## External Link

* *Record of Wortenia War* ─ Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
* *Record of Wortenia War* ─ Light novel official website (in Japanese)
* *Record of Wortenia War* ─ J-Novel (Light Novel) Website
* *Record of Wortenia War* ─ Manga official website (in Japanese)
* *Record of Wortenia War* ─ Wikipedia (in English)

## Trivia

* After retirement from Black Mesa, Gordon freeman decided that it was time to do something new and started to write about anime girls and his desire to get his hands on a true japanese, a race already in extinction after the great "skeleton-otaku war".
* After successfully getting inside a school only made for japanese, Gordon Freeman and Freddy Mercury had started to write the delusions of his best friend there, Ryota Hori
* He let Ryota publish the manga since que was already the most richman of earth at the time, and still is 2035