Summary
Finding a reverse isekai light novel likeThe Devil Is A Part-Timercan be difficult, but not impossible. Most titles picked up by English publishers have, or will soon have, anime adaptations.The Devil Is A Part-Timeritself gained mainstream appeal in North America through its anime back in 2013.
But even untranslated reverse isekai light novels have great stories worth checking out. Websites such asBookwalkerandBooklivemake it easier for readers to select text for machine translation or kanji dictionaries. There is also a healthy discussion of Japanese-only reverse isekai light novels on popular forums to help fans go through novels as accurately as possible.
June 11, 2025 – present
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English Publisher
Yen Press
Demon Lord 2099is a unique reverse isekai as it’s set in the future instead of modern Japan. Moreover, its setting is a fusion of 2023 Earth and the magical fantasy world of Alneath. Tokyo would later be transformed into the city-state of Shinjuku, where the light novel is set.
Demon lord Veltol Velvet Velsvalt would be reborn into this setting76 years later. Although faced with magiengineering, the fusion of Alneath’s magic and Earth’s technology, Veltol still aspires for world domination.
Veltol’s quest for world domination will be adapted into an anime in 2024 byFood Warsstudio J.C. Staff.
女騎士さん、ジャスコ行こうよ (Onna Kishi-san, Jusco Ikou yo?)
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Original Publisher
KADOKAWA
Rin Ichirou was a normal high schooler from the boonies in Hiraya, Nagano Prefecture. His quiet nerdy life is disrupted when he finds Princess Pau, a hardcore otaku, and the loyal but simple Valkyrie, Clauzela Lou Kotovic, between rice paddies during a storm.
Before he knows it, Pau establishes an embassy in his home, not knowing that his town is stranger than it appears. What follows are hijinks packed withJapanese nerd humor, memes, and cross-cultural jokes.Why Not Go To Jusco With Me, Valkyrie?also has a short manga adaptation available for comic fans.
聖女はとっくに召喚されている。日本に。(Seijo wa Tokkuni Shokan sa Rete iru. Nihon ni.)
Akita Shoten
Rei Natsukawa is a model clerk at Kikawa Metal and a fortune teller at a bar. She was also Alexandra Oriele, the saint of another world who still bears her supernatural abilities in modern Japan. Using her saintess power, Rei tries tolive a peaceful lifein spite of scummy companies, an evil miasma, and Earth’s gods sending trouble her way.
Manga fans are in luck, asThe Saint Was Summoned A Long Time Ago. In Japan.was picked up for a manga adaptation. Its manga smartly rearranges events to naturally build the reader’s connection to Rei and her mysterious past.
変人のサラダボウル (Henjin no Sarada Bōru)
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Shogakukan
29-year-old broke detective Sousuke Kaburaya runs into Sara D’Odin by chance. He quickly finds out that Sara’s a magical princess from another world. They end up living together, while other people from Sara’s world pop up in Japan.
Grasshopper-eating knight Livia crosses over and becomes happily homeless under the tutelage of fellow bum Suzuki. Others become cult leaders, cabaret workers, ruthless lawyers, and more as the city turns into a weird salad bowl of otherworlders and normies.
Studio Comet and SynergySP will releasean animated adaptationofA Salad Bowl of EccentricsorHensarain 2024. Meanwhile, Shonen Sunday Comics carries its manga adaptation.
佐々木とピーちゃん (Sasaki to Pii-chan)
5 (Released in English)
Middle-aged, tired, and unfulfilledby his dead-end corporate job, Sasaki looks for companionship in an adopted pet Java sparrow. To his surprise, his sparrow Peeps turns out to be the reincarnated legendary sage Piercalo.
But instead of pure heroics, Sasaki and Peeps tackle entrepreneurship and start an import business between their worlds. Nevertheless, Sasaki gets caught up in inter-dimensional hijinks, death games, and succession wars.
Sasaki and Peepshas five volumes out in English, with a sixth in the works. Isekai veteran Silver Link will handle its anime adaptation, slated for 2024.
勇者のセガレ (Yuusha no Segare)
ASCII Media Works
In this reverse isekai byThe Devil Is A Part-Timerwriter Satoshi Wagahara, the otherworlder has come to a city near Tokyo to find the legendary hero. Dianaza Krone has as an envoy to entreat the Hero of Salvation to save their world again.
Unfortunately for Yasuo and Nodoka, thathero is their dad, Hideo Kenzaki. To keep their life peaceful, they have to think of a way to keep their dad home. At the same time, they need to find a solution for Diana, whose world is once again threatened by a demon lord.
Alt Title: I Decided To Live With The Female Knight Who Came To The Countryside
Japanese Name
俺んちに来た女騎士と田舎暮らしすることになった件 (Orenchi ni Kita Onna Kishi to Inakagurashi suru Koto ni Natta Ken)
Takarajimasha
As expected of a light novel, this work tells the reader its basic premisefrom the title alone.Regarding That We Decided To Live In The Countryside With The Female Knight Who Came To Usfollows the “we” and female knight.
The “we” in this case is 32-year-old Saeki Kanji, asalaryman turned farmer. While tending to his deceased parent’s farm, a female knight named Christina Brunhild Von Melvis knocks on his door. Despite his misgivings, Saeki allows Christina to stay the night.
Christina’s culture shock extends from food preferences to the color of the sky and things Saeki takes for granted. Saeki, on the other hand, finds his unchanging days suddenly filled with life. Their friendship grows as Christina adjusts to her new life and Saeki accepts having another person on his farm.
日本へようこそエルフさん。 (Nihon e Yōkoso Erufu-san.)
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J-Novel Club
Kitase Kazuhiro lives a completely normal life as a salaryman. His dreams are another story. In them, Kazuhiro would dream of a fantasy world where he goes on adventures withhis elf friend Marie.
However, Marie doesn’t stay in his dreams. He wakes up with her by his side one day after they are killed by a dragon in his dreams. They quickly discover that he and Marie can go back to the fantasy world by sleeping, and vice versa by dying or via slumber.
Their day-to-day lives change as Marie gets used to Japanese life and Kitase grows his powers in the other world. Not long after, Kitase invites more friends to Japan, all while progressing his and Marie’s journey through dungeons.
