Farming Life in Another World

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A manga adaptation illustrated by Yasuyuki Tsurugi has been serialized in Fujimi Shobo's [[shōnen manga|Template:Transl manga]] magazine Monthly Dragon Age since November 2017, with its chapters collected into 13 Template:Transl volumes as of September 2024. An anime television series adaptation by Zero-G aired from January to March 2023.

Plot

During the final years of his life, Hiraku Machio remained confined to a hospital bed with a terminal illness until he finally passed away. Taking pity on the unfair life he lived, a god decides to reincarnate Hiraku in another world where he can live as he pleases. Wanting to try farming in this new life, he is bestowed with an all-in-one "Almighty Farming Tool" that can transform into any useful implement he wishes. Hiraku is then transported to a forest seemingly far from civilization. Here, he plans to build and farm everything from scratch—gradually developing the lifeless area into a thriving new society.

Characters

Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; He is the main protagonist; in his past life, he was a Japanese middle-aged office worker who was being forcefully overworked at his workplace to where it lead to him having health problems and being in and out of the hospital until he died on his deathbed. Hiraku has endless stamina, which his wives fear at times; he enjoys intimacy a bit too much. While starting out on his own, Hiraku is granted the Omnipotent Farming Tool and 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. Though this is partly due to his wives fearing his stamina thanks to his blessed body; even though Ru and Tia are supernatural, he tires them out.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; 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.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; A female angel also known as the "Annihilation Angel" and frenemy/co-wife of Ru who was convinced to stay. She is one of Hiraku's wives, who soon gives birth to his first daughter, Tizel; 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.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; 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.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; 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.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; One of the ogre maids who became the village's housing manager.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; 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.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; 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.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; Leader of the Beastmen who came to live in the village. She is the daughter of the chief of Howling Village.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; 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.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; The daughter of the Gatekeeper Dragon King Dryme who was asked by her mother, White Dragon Graffaloon, 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).
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; She is sent by her father, the Demon General Bizel, 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.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; 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's half-dragon children after becoming one of Hiraku's wives
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; The daughter of the Demon King Galgardo 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.
Template:Nihongo, Template:Nihongo, and Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; 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").
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; 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.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; 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.
Template:Nihongo: Hiruka's first son. He is Ru's child.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; The Gatekeeper Dragon King who is also Lastismoon's father and Graffaloon's husband. He loves to drink alcohol.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; Lastismoon's mother and Dryme's wife, called the White Dragon. She followed up on Lastismoon's suspicion of Dryme having an affair when he sneaks out of their castle with treasures, which caused her to nearly destroy Taiju Village, leading to Hiraku nearly killing her out of self-defense, if not for Zabuton pulling her out of the spear's way and their butler's timely intervention.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; The Demon King who is concerned about the Great Tree Village. He is very protective of his daughter Yuri.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; He reincarnated Hiraku as an apology for his unfortunate life and gave him the Omnipotent Farming Tool, but soon realized that there was a mistake in the reincarnation. His daughter punishes him for this.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; God's daughter, who had her father punished for giving Hiraku the Omnipotent Farming Tool, which is something that wasn't meant for mankind to use.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; Ru and Flora's grandfather, who strongly admires God as he too was once reincarnated by him. Vargryfe erases his memories every couple of centuries in order to keep his sanity from degrading; ignorance is bliss in an extreme case.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; A Demon General and is Flowrem's father, who sent his daughter to spy on the Great Tree Village out of fear of the might of its supposed military, but she ended up staying in the village.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; A general who previously worked for Bizel, who quit out of fear of the Great Tree Village. His repeated resignations earlier in the series became some sort of a running joke; especially since he drove himself nuts with parnaoia
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; One of Bizel's generals.
Template:Nihongo: Template:Voiced by; 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.
Template:Nihongo: Kuro's mate, who is also loyal to Hiraku.
Template:Nihongo: A demon spider who is friendly to Hiraku. She usually alerts him of intruders. She is an old friend of Graffalloon, and pulled her out of the way of Hiraku's spear. Some of her offspring serves as part of the village's "army" along with the inferno wolves and also to spot pests in the fields.
Queen Bee: Zabuton captured her for Hiraku to use, to which he builds a shed for her to build a hive and produce honey for him. Tia is known to not like being around the Queen's hive
Slimes: They are used for cleaning the waters that flow into the farm. One particular slime is fond of wine, hence his different color.
Wyverns: One such untamed beast tried to attack the farm, but was defeated by Hiraku and turned into meat. News of its defeat sent shockwaves to the Demon Kingdom and to King Dryme, as one, when domesticated, is deemed enough to destroy a city.

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.^[1] The series was later acquired by Enterbrain, who began publishing the novels with illustrations by Yasumo on October 30, 2017.^[2] As of June 28, 2024, seventeen volumes have been released.^[3]

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Yasuyuki Tsurugi initially began serialization online via Kadokawa's ComicWalker website on October 12, 2017.^[4] It later began serialization in Fujimi Shobo's [[shōnen manga|Template:Transl manga]] magazine Monthly Dragon Age on November 9 of that year.^[5] As of September 2024, 13 Template:Transl volumes have been released.^[6] In September 2020, One Peace Books announced that it had licensed the manga for English publication in print and digital formats.^[7]

A spin-off four-panel manga, titled Template:Nihongo, began serialization in Monthly Dragon Age on July 8, 2022.^[8] The first volume was published on January 7, 2023.^[9] As of September 2024, four Template:Transl volumes have been released.^[6]

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Anime

An anime adaptation was announced on March 29, 2022.^[10]^[11] 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.^[12] The series aired from January 6 to March 24, 2023, on AT-X and other networks.^[13] 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.^[14] Sentai Filmworks licensed the series and is streaming it on Hidive.^[15] At Anime Boston 2023, Sentai Filmworks announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered on June 8, 2023.^[16]^[17]

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