Because Janitor-san Is Not a Hero

[Stark700]

A.k.a., Yomuin-san wa Yuusha ja Arimasenno de
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, School Life, Supernatural
Translation link: here
Status:
4 Volumes (Ongoing)
95 Chapters

Plot Summary:

Part of an academy was summoned to another world, but the protagonist is the janitor. A certain girl genius of a magic school, accidentally summoned dozens of students and teachers.

At that time, students and teachers gained power but not the janitor (three years without a contract extension, failed to get a job after having graduated from a third-rate university, somehow still a contractor at 25 years old, as janitor 2 years, with a take-home monthly salary of less than ¥120,000).

And what janitor-san wished from the Goddess who took pity on him was…

Over 90+ chapters so far with 4 volumes and ongoing. There's 20+ chapters translated and the series contains fantasy/adventure/supernatural themes. Starts off a bit weak but I think the story picks up a bit soon. The MC (Kurando) improves as the story progresses. Fairly decent artwork covers as well.

[sasuke706]

Oh, someone finally made a thread for it.
For the record, this is my favorite novel on Narou. The author has a good way of investing you into all his characters, good or bad.
He also is pretty good at depicting new lands and different cultures, and does a good job conveying different beliefs between cultures.
The MC himself is stubborn and pessimistic and looks like a logical thinker at first glance, but he actually acts more on emotion than anything.
The start is probably the hardest to pick up for this novel, but that's kind of true for any novel anyway.

And the raw link and name for those that might want it: 用務員さんは勇者じゃありませんので
Artist also does pretty nice artwork and I think he conveys the protagonist's dour facial expressions very well.

Answer to the usual three questions are No (but partner cat is), kinda but not really, and yes.

[arthand]

Main character seems creepy also also translations are really bad ,i didnt like it is a waste of time.

[VooXoo]

I already like it only from the cover.

[Kaito Yamakage]

What viciously awesome looking fangs the MC has.

[wuhugm]

I've heard that considerable Do-M disposition is required to read this, is that true?

[sasuke706]

Not particularly.
There's pretty frequently bitter developments and ends to things, but compared to shit that happens in Re:Zero, for example, it's pretty light.
Nothing too extreme really happens, but some might find a couple things frustrating. Which you're supposed to, since they frustrate the protagonist even moreso.
It happens enough that the Narou commenters are always wary of it, but to turn that around, it also means that the story is mostly composed of not frustrating developments, since there'd be no need to be wary of something always there.
It also has some serious Monster Hunter elements to the story.

The protagonist gets shit on somewhat often because he introduces himself as a refugee (homeless, foreigner, and wanderer all in one and people generally don't like that), but the law is generally on his side since he follows it pretty faithfully. That and he insists on getting things like receipts for proof, since he's used to getting screwed over since his time in Japan.

Also I just noticed the "school life" listed in the genre. You wot m8?
School life isn't a thing in this. The MC's background being him working at a school doesn't count as that.

And color illustrations from volume 4 because I feel like it.

Spoiler for Illustrations:

Artist really does convey Kurando's expression well, which is described as being very difficult to tell what he's thinking to the point that it comes off as somewhat creepy and disturbing.

[Kaito Yamakage]

The MC in this is more angsty than the teens who stole his legendary sword.

I could never figure out what exactly he was even traveling around for, he wants human contact, but hates and can't trust them, he would have been fine in the cave with the cat forever.

This one made me want to hole up in a cave with some cats for the rest of my life. Not a lot of appeal unless you're into that.

[wuhugm]

^^Lol, the page on novel updates shows school life genre. If I'm not mistaken, the entry on that site can only be done by the translator. That means the translator have no idea what they are translating, lol~ no wonder Arthand is furious~

Re:Zero's bad ends counted as never happen, right? Can not be compared then...

Which one of them girls got Kurando's D btw?

[sasuke706]

Originally Posted by wuhugm

Which one of them girls got Kurando's D btw?

Spoiler for :

The blonde on the fourth cover. She's also a prostitute, but they had a sort of romance going on despite that.
The reason I said it's kind of harem is the protagonist tends to get along with women more than men in the story.
And he always builds a friendly relationship up with a couple per arc.
It's just he eventually leaves them because he's travelling and all. How many are actually romantically interested in the protagonist is pretty iffy.
Currently, a woman from volume 1-2 and the woman on the volume 3 cover are trying to catch up to him.

Originally Posted by Kaito Yamakage

The MC in this is more angsty than the teens who stole his legendary sword.

I could never figure out what exactly he was even traveling around for, he wants human contact, but hates and can't trust them, he would have been fine in the cave with the cat forever.

I won't say the MC doesn't come off as angsty sometimes, but on the other hand, him not getting somewhat emotional would be more unnatural. It makes him feel more human, which I really like.
And the teens are absolutely more angsty anyway.

He's travelling because he wants to find somewhere to belong, basically. He doesn't want completely no human contact, but he never fit into society to begin with so he doesn't want too much of it either. He also wants to get away from the heroes' influence of power since him existing itself is a blemish on the perfect hero's record.
He has very contradicting emotions and opinions on places he wants to be, which again, I consider a very human trait. It also goes to show how his actions are driven more on emotion than reason.
Besides, he literally couldn't stay in that cave forever due to a natural disaster.

Spoiler for For example on his social ideals:

In the latest arc, a Hunter that was staying next door to him in rental rooms dies at some point while out on a quest and Kurando hears about it from a new guy moving into his place.
This makes Kurando feel like a piece of shit for days. He hardly knew the guy, couldn't say they were friends by a long shot, but it's not like he hated the guy either.
So Kurando spends several days doing nothing but drawing (mostly women, if you must know), which is part of why he views himself as unable to blend into society.
He gets attached too easily and has trouble getting over loss.

Once he reaches the desert, he also spends a few days contemplating on what he even came there for.
He just wanted to go somewhere where no one would try to dig up his past, but never thought as far as what he wanted to do when he got there.
He makes temporary goals without ever setting a long-term goal for himself. It's not like he ever wants much, which also makes his goals in life that much more fickle.

[cabman11]

I haven't read for a while. Anyone knows if he's met up with that sexy bat lady again?

[wuhugm]

^^Mendokusee Seikaku dana... despite having blatant villain face lol

But temporary separation from heroines, isn't that like Kuroneko? Why didn't you recommend this then? Is that because he shows the tendency of following Satou's path of romancing only prostitutes?

[sasuke706]

^I kind of did in the Narou thread. It has a surprising amount of similarities. But in Kuroneko the potential heroines are more obvious.
The majority of the 'heroines' are hard to even tell if they're romantically interested in the protagonist or not. He also mostly 'appreciates' women without ever really doing anything with them.
The overall feel is also slightly different. This has more of a darker feel to it, where Shuuya in Kuroneko keeps things pretty lighthearted.
Not even sure if they are temporary separations. A good deal of them could be permanent.

Edit: While I would say there's heroines (a girl or two that get some focus per arc), I'd be hard pressed to really say there's any actual romance.
I mean, there could be some in the future? It really depends on how things turn out once bat lady catches up.

^^He hasn't but she's working on it.
She seems to be planning to call him 'master' again despite the slave liberation stuff that happened.
She wants to see his troubled expression when she shows up out of the blue and calls him that.

[cabman11]

What chapter was she last seen in?

[sasuke706]

She's only been popping up in the After Chapters, so this would be the latest.

[Namorax]

Well, from what I have seen so far in the chapters, the MC is wa~y to chilled out, but that's just my impression. He has reasons, even if they only make sense to him, but I wouldn't consider hi m angsty (yet).

[Yoburi]

This dude from the comments looks like a shut in EMO man why the hell would he leave his woman behind to travel...

Just one thing can someone tell me if he got revenge for the people that stole his shit later on?

[sasuke706]

Originally Posted by Yoburi

This dude from the comments looks like a shut in EMO man why the hell would he leave his woman behind to travel...

Just one thing can someone tell me if he got revenge for the people that stole his shit later on?

But he hasn't left anyone behind. So far there hasn't been anyone close enough to him to be considered 'his woman' yet.
The bat lady chasing after him is her having a change of mind after he ditched her ass. If she was willing to be with him to begin with, he probably would've taken her along.
The other heroine-like girls also go off to do their own things, so yeah.

Spoiler for Revenge or not:

Only one person stole his shit, it's just no one else aside from a few even cared. Granted some students don't even know. He later meets a student he knew back on Earth and he thinks that Yukishiro is related to Kurando's hero ability, when he actually just doesn't have one. Not that he corrected him, since it's a fact better off not known.

As for if he gets revenge, kind of but not really. He breaks one of the hero's balls (still has one left) and it's noted that it likely won't be getting healed.
Aside from that, the hero later breaks an agreement he made with the protagonist and a few others after they had a duel, which has yet to come back to bite the hero in the ass like Kurando's allies promised it would. So that's something to look forward to, even if fucking over the hero boy with their chosen method will likely fuck over Kurando as well.

And the hero boy is apparently on his way to the nation Kurando is at in the current arc.
So reunions abound.

[Yoburi]

Originally Posted by sasuke706

But he hasn't left anyone behind. So far there hasn't been anyone close enough to him to be considered 'his woman' yet.
The bat lady chasing after him is her having a change of mind after he ditched her ass. If she was willing to be with him to begin with, he probably would've taken her along.
The other heroine-like girls also go off to do their own things, so yeah.

Spoiler for Revenge or not:

Only one person stole his shit, it's just no one else aside from a few even cared. Granted some students don't even know. He later meets a student he knew back on Earth and he thinks that Yukishiro is related to Kurando's hero ability, when he actually just doesn't have one. Not that he corrected him, since it's a fact better off not known.

As for if he gets revenge, kind of but not really. He breaks one of the hero's balls (still has one left) and it's noted that it likely won't be getting healed.
Aside from that, the hero later breaks an agreement he made with the protagonist and a few others after they had a duel, which has yet to come back to bite the hero in the ass like Kurando's allies promised it would. So that's something to look forward to, even if fucking over the hero boy with their chosen method will likely fuck over Kurando as well.

And the hero boy is apparently on his way to the nation Kurando is at in the current arc.
So reunions abound.

Damn dude thats so harsh reallity there so he got no love in life even with these woman reciving his help and on top of that shit he can`t even break the hero second ball...

Just one more question does he have a clear goal in his life like in artifureta the goal was return to Japan or in Inuyasha that keeps traveling to defeat some villain? I hope he isn`t just traveling aimless because there is nothing worst that that in a novel.

[cabman11]

So there's still hope of getting that sword back