(L) Yondome wa Iyana Shi Zokusei Majutsushi

[sasuke706]

四度目は嫌な死属性魔術師 (Yondome wa Iyana Shi Zokusei Majutsushi)
Translation: The Death Attribute Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time
Author: Densuke (デンスケ)
Artist: Ban! (ばん！)


Summary:

The Protagonist is unlucky. His life is misfortune after misfortune, and it ended with him unluckily dying on a school boat trip accident trying to save a girl he barely knew. After death, he met a god of reincarnation who requested the 100 or so dead passengers—one of them was the girl he tried to save in vain—to reincarnate to another world to help develop it, and he would give them additional Fate and powers.
Yet the protagonist's portion was carelessly given to someone who happened to have a similar name, and the protagonist was forced to reincarnate with only even worse luck than before and a tremendous amount of mana, where he only led a far worse life than his first and died yet again, by the hands of his fellow reincarnated students.
However, he was informed by the god after death that he and the rest of the reincarnated people are set to reincarnated yet a third time, in an even more undeveloped world. But the god didn't want the protagonist to reincarnate again, yet couldn't stop what was already in motion so he cursed the protagonist before he was reborn so that he would hopefully quickly die or commit suicide.

Not wanting to go through a fourth life, the protagonist is determined to live in this third life with the only parting gifts from his his previous life, Death Magic and his tremendous amount of mana, reborn as a half vampire, half dark elf dhampir.

Spoiler for FAQ:

1. Is the MC OP?
At the beginning, no. Turns out having a tremendous amount of mana isn't enough to be OP, and Death Magic, unlike its name implies, has very low offensive ability, with basically no offensive ability in its early stages.
He does get much stronger but even in the latest chapters, there are plenty of people (well, beings) stronger than him. Although none as good at city management.

2. Is this a harem?
Yes harem, with ghouls, vampires and undead so far.

3. Is there snusnu in this novel?
No, but seeing as the protagonist is still only 7 and already almost none of the heroines are virgins, I see no reason why there won't be later on.

Spoiler for Random maybe spoilery notes:

Spoiler for Setting:

The setting is like a game world with stats and skills, but the only stats we really ever see are the protagonist's (we do see others skills and the skill levels, though).
Some characters do acknowledge the world as being like a game world, since Earth and Origin (the second world they reincarnated to) didn't have the stats and skill setup (Origin had magic). The setting is pretty well thought-out and the author has even uploaded several chapters literally just explaining the setting, like how adventurers work, monster classifications, magic abilities, etc. You just gotta respect it when an author actually plans a world's setting out...which should be normal but it really does seem like a lot of Narou authors just plan it out as they write on the fly.

It's not just 'protagonist versus everyone else' either; there's multiple factions that also fight each other that have nothing to do with the protagonist.
Gods existing are common sense, monsters are fairly well thought-out, and there generally aren't random power-ups for no reason; you're not going to see a kid who had his childhood friend killed suddenly go from wimp to god-level strong in an instant or something stupid.

Spoiler for The protagonist:

Easily one of the better protagonists on Narou, although I suppose that isn't hard considering the average competition.
Due to his traumatic experiences, he can no longer display any variety of facial expression, but he does express emotion through words, actions, and tone of voice. Just not face.

He's the type to never let go of a grudge, like getting revenge on the other reincarnated students who killed him, or the party of adventurers who killed his mother.
Seeing as the main god in the setting is also an asshole (not the reincarnation god, although he's on the shit list too), he doesn't hesitate to make enemies of gods on the simple principle of they want him dead for just being a non-human, so licking their boots isn't going to change anything so he may as well just be all out hostile to them. His actions and motives always follow a certain, sometimes warped logic chain.

However, he's very neutral toward people who haven't done anything to him and will try to avoid involving them in his revenge moments.
He's also very protective of his comrades. Who are mostly undead, but he likes undead; they're nice people. For the record, ghouls and vampires aren't undead.

He likes his women to have some muscle on them.

Author updates this series every four days with good length chapters, and will often update sooner than that, although his updates are always scheduled.

I've been debating making a thread for this for a while and decided to just do it.
The series has a pretty good passage of time; it won't try to cram a year's worth of evens into less than a week and keeps the time skips in moderation.
The writing's overall good, the characters are interesting and well written, it has a good pace, good update rate, and I just overall really enjoy the story.
I could easily see this getting published at some point.

Translation.

[wuhugm]

^Non virgins? wut? majikayo...

btw, isn't 四度目 reads as Yondome?

[sasuke706]

Is it? I always thought of it as a 4/death pun thing, seeing as he also updates every four days.
Although it probably is yondome.

[Kyureki]

I'm pretty sure it's yondome. The thread title really threw me off at first until I saw the kanji.

[sasuke706]

Alright, will see about getting fixed.

Also, Hentaiga, you shouldn't focus on virgins too much.
While getting someone's virginity is special and all, it also means they have no sex experience and probably won't have all that great of a time.

I don't know how many series I've read where the protagonist is obsessed with making sure a slave they buy is a virgin or not, with that being the deciding factor 99% of the time.
Granted most of these kinds of series won't even write the scenario of the protagonist finding a slave girl who isn't a virgin for some reason. It's always the first shop they visit has the perfect buy kind of thing.

[wuhugm]

^But there's one problem with the non-virgin setting, and this problem is rampant on almost all novel with non-virgins

That problem is... despite being non-virgin, nothing be said about her previous partners

It's very rare or never that her previous lovers appear and make trouble for MC and the gang

There's also a heroine who is very hard to be conquered, said to be impenetrable, yet a non-virgin. So who was her previous lover that managed to get her first? Never mentioned. Also after conquered by the MC she acts like a virgin anyway.

So what's the point in making the heroines non-virgins when it doesn't contribute anything to the story? Pointless. Just make them all virgins beside MILFs.

[sasuke706]

Oh, the previous partners thing gets covered, and with no drama at that, so don't worry.
It actually ties heavily into cultural differences which I at least found pretty interesting.

And asking what the point of having a non-virgin is just means you're obsessed with them being virgins in the first place.
Being a virgin doesn't contribute anything either, really. It's the same thing.
I actually know a few people who consider virgins to be boring and find women who aren't to be more attractive; it's just that kind of thing.
Besides, most of them are milfs, in a way. Just not the typical 'ara ara' kind of milf that most people would think of.

[wuhugm]

^Err... I actually want to see the drama -__-

Usually despite being non-virgins, they don't love their previous partners... that's stupid

The best thing is like that in Neta Chara where the succubus doesn't want MC to die like her previous lover

[sasuke706]

Unfortunately or not, this isn't a series that really focuses on romance heavily enough for there to be drama.
It's not like there's no romance aspects at all; it's just the focus is on basically everything else and the romance that there is is handled more maturely and briefly rather than emotionally. If that makes sense.

And you can't really expect a kid not even 10 years old to be seriously romancing adult women.
Not that certain series don't do that, like a certain milk demon one.

But if you like fantasy, adventure and protagonists with a few (hundred) screws loose, this is a wonderful series for you.

[wuhugm]

^Oh... well... here lemme add the shota tags for you

[cabman11]

The Virginity part fundamentally doesn't matter seeing as how some of them are literally decades to hundreds of years older than him.
And also in the ghoul society they don't have a concept of marriage and it's actually pretty hard for them to make children so it's very common for things like orgies and partner sharing.( but they don't usually have "life partners" and are really open with each other so basically ntr doesn't exist for them)

[rantaid]

nah... i think i got what wuhugm trying to say. it is not about the hymen things or because it is tighter. it was for more practical things.

in literature, virginity often used to symbolize innocence, adolescent, and fidelity (not about the amount of experience point in sex things). for those who love romance literature/story it used as spice that the character (usually male and female) are meant for each other and their love is pure and untainted (from flesh things and lustful desire).

in my personal opinion, the virginity is technically important for the dramatic effect when the girl is stolen/netorared (either by blackmail or unconsensual relationship), because the resistance from the girl can be emphatized by the reader to greater effect if the girl is portrayed as virgin (easy way for less experienced writer to portray a character as pure)

though of course the presence of hymen to symbolize those things sounds unorthodox. what if the girl has intact hymen but she used to fellatio enjou kosai? japanese only penalized underage sex (which involves copulation) but i heard they don't penalized fellatio.... (damn.... if only tokyo is not expensive...) . beside corpse (whether they are undead or nosferatu) of course they are not outfitted with hymen. it is technical things. right after 12 hour of rigor mortis did not the flesh started to decompose?

hymen where located around cervix which count among intestines, uterus and internal organ which rot easier than other muscular flesh... i would not be surprised if a died virgin cadaver upon closer inspection would become a technical non virgin because the hymen already got decomposed after rigor mortis. it just common sense.

except maybe with formaline.

[cabman11]

Well then...... it's a good thing that fundamentally not that big of an issue to care about in this novel by the MC or anyone else for that matter.
It's also good thing that there's actually a social reason too.

Except for Burger japanese purityfag.

I can still remember the rage kannagi fans had at the slightest thought and implication that their goddess might have had a boyfriend before the MC

[Krunk]

This sounds like a really interesting premise. I love stories when it focuses on the darker races, and from your synopsis, it seems like it's all very well thought out.

Can you give a summary of what's happened so far? I'm kind of surprised that we're getting city management here.

And can you also explain the whole magic system? It pretty unconventional that the MC starts off with death magic that's apparently low offense!

[cabman11]

The best magic actually comes from what he learned in origin. And it has all the versatility

[wuhugm]

Originally Posted by rantaid

nah... i think i got what wuhugm trying to say. it is not about the hymen things or because it is tighter. it was for more practical things.

in literature, virginity often used to symbolize innocence, adolescent, and fidelity (not about the amount of experience point in sex things). for those who love romance literature/story it used as spice that the character (usually male and female) are meant for each other and their love is pure and untainted (from flesh things and lustful desire).

in my personal opinion, the virginity is technically important for the dramatic effect when the girl is stolen/netorared (either by blackmail or unconsensual relationship), because the resistance from the girl can be emphatized by the reader to greater effect if the girl is portrayed as virgin (easy way for less experienced writer to portray a character as pure)

though of course the presence of hymen to symbolize those things sounds unorthodox. what if the girl has intact hymen but she used to fellatio enjou kosai? japanese only penalized underage sex (which involves copulation) but i heard they don't penalized fellatio.... (damn.... if only tokyo is not expensive...) . beside corpse (whether they are undead or nosferatu) of course they are not outfitted with hymen. it is technical things. right after 12 hour of rigor mortis did not the flesh started to decompose?

hymen where located around cervix which count among intestines, uterus and internal organ which rot easier than other muscular flesh... i would not be surprised if a died virgin cadaver upon closer inspection would become a technical non virgin because the hymen already got decomposed after rigor mortis. it just common sense.

except maybe with formaline.

Hmm... You're saying some ridiculous shit but for once I have to agree with you

[Loafer]

Originally Posted by sasuke706

almost none of the heroines are virgins

Coughs up blood

Originally Posted by wuhugm

Hmm... You're saying some ridiculous shit but for once I have to agree with you

...?!

[wuhugm]

Originally Posted by Loafer

...?!

[sasuke706]

Originally Posted by Krunk

This sounds like a really interesting premise. I love stories when it focuses on the darker races, and from your synopsis, it seems like it's all very well thought out.

Can you give a summary of what's happened so far? I'm kind of surprised that we're getting city management here.

And can you also explain the whole magic system? It pretty unconventional that the MC starts off with death magic that's apparently low offense!

Well, if you want a rough and not detailed one, sure. There's no way my summary is going to do it any justice, though.

Spoiler for Summary:

-Protag spent his second life being brainwashed since a goddamn baby (reincarnated people regain their memories at 5 years old normally) and literally had no control over his body. He was forced to research a new attribute of magic that only he could do that turned out to be Death Magic.
He later died during an experiment and resurrected himself as an undead, where he finally became free. He immediately killed all the researchers but got killed by the '100 Braves' (the reincarnated kids) upon walking out because he thought they were going to be his friends. In their defense, they thought he was a random mindless undead. Also, the girl he saved married the guy who had a similar name as him and got double reincarnation buffs.

-After reincarnation as a dhampir, he unusually immediately regained his memories, and his mother was in a country that hates anything that isn't a human, elf, or dwarf (his mother being a dark elf, which they don't consider human), so they hunted her down, tortured her and killed her, and tried to find the protagonist but couldn't. Protag is still a baby at this point.
He finds his mother's soul and takes it with him. He figures out the names of the people who participated in his mother's cruel death and gets slight revenge on the town by giving them a decade or so of work to clean up since that's how long he imagines it'll take him to figure out how to revive his mother.

-He creates some weak undead for a while and hunts bandits to strengthen them, where he learns he can avert the no experience curse from the god by gaining experience through what his minions killed.

-While making his way away from the asshole kingdom, he comes across a ghoul village (ghouls are kind of like a half-human half-undead race), and seeing as the protagonist is generally liked by undead creatures naturally, they take a liking to him.
Ghouls, like many other half-human races (centaur, lamia, mermaid) are considered the same as monsters by the country they're in (ghouls are actually ignorantly considered monsters everywhere, but there is one country that accepts the other half-human ones), but they're actually just a different, slightly more primitive culture. He manages to find a solution for their difficult pregnancy problem, too.

-In the area the ghouls live in, the protagonist learns there's a group of rising orcs enslaving goblins and kobolds and adding them to their forces, going around destroying other ghoul villages and taking their women for the obvious thing orcs do. The ghouls appoint protag as their Ghoul King and he goes around gathering the untouched villages and uses their combined forces to get rid of the menace, rescuing the captured ghoul women.

-However, the humans also learned of this orc force and had been gathering adventurers to deal with it, and the protagonist knows that since there's no orcs, it'll just be switched to killing the stronger ghoul force now. And since trying to hold their ground is meaningless because even if they win, the human side will just gather more forces, he decides to take his ghouls and move across some mountains that would normally be be difficult without the Protagonist's Golem Magic (kind of like an offshoot of Death Magic).

-There, they come across a kingdom ruined by the same asshole country they ran away from, inhabited by undead version of the original inhabitants, giants. They're called giants, but they range from 250-300 centimeters tall. It turns out that the goddess who made the half-human races like ghouls had sent one of the only few sane undead a prophecy of the protagonist's coming, so they got accepted in very easily. The protagonist's presence also more or less brought the other undead giants back to sanity, since undead in this world generally aren't very intelligent.

-He spends a bit rebuilding the ruined city and getting everything set up. He also manages to make some new races using his Death Magic (by accident, really), which are much more humanlike, smarter variations of orcs, kobolds, and goblins. (If you must know, the raped ghoul women decided to keep the kids because it could be useful. Ghoul women are strong in weird ways. While they don't like being raped either, they got over the experience pretty easily.) Eventually, they get attacked by 6000 asshole country's elite forces, along with two of his revenge targets that helped kill his mother. There's also 30 vampires mixed in (a group of 3 purebreed vampires were the ones who arranged his father's death, not that he ever got to meet the guy, and simply go around killing dhampirs because they find them disgusting), sent by purebreed vampires that were also the puppeteers behind the entire army's attack in the first place.

-Protag's forces fend them off, utilizing a strong, high mutational and contagious disease that won't affect his own forces. After he kills them, he resurrects them as undead, and sends them back home as a distraction so that he can steal some crops. Afterward, he destroys the pass that leads to his kingdom so that can't get to it even if they want to. Then he enjoys more city management for a while.

-One of the reincarnated students dies to another reincarnated student and accepts the reincarnation god's request to kill the protagonist. He makes a deal with the god to get a fourth reincarnation. He's a complete scumbag.

-And the current arc is going to a neighboring dukedom, the same alliance of countries that's supposed to support the half-human races like lamia and whatnot. There he meets the 3 remaining revenge targets that helped kill his mother. Their leader is your typical good guy hero who realizes the error of his ways after killing the protagonist's mother unjustly. However, the protagonist is unable to kill him (he doesn't even try) as it turns out he's managed to reach S-rank level of strength (basically as high as it goes), and the protagonist flips out and runs away.

-He's also planning to rescue the living giants that fled from his kingdom when it fell, as it turns out they were taken advantage of and reduced to mining slaves.

And that's a very rough summary of what's happened, keeping to only vague highlights.

Spoiler for Death Magic:

Death Magic is kind of like support magic.
At level 1, it can do things like kill bacteria. Yeah. Useful for not getting sick at least, right? And see spirits.

Other abilities it can do is create undead, but these undead aren't particularly strong without a great body to resurrect and a matching soul for it. So early on he resurrects insects that can literally only scout for him, and a skeleton and some zombie animals that could get killed by your average farmer with just a hoe.

Later on he gets abilities like make it where food won't rot, 'kill smell,' kill presence for hiding, can temporarily prevent something from regeneration/healing with a no heal curse, kill insect, kill poison, etc.
One of the more useful ones is being able to detect how deadly something is to him to prevent picking a fight with it, etc. As well as make golems and detect life.

Later on he can restore youth to things/make them age (using this on people won't change their outside appearance, but will make their bones brittle or stronger, etc), make something rot faster.

It also has defensive things, like Deprive Heat which makes hot things or fire not so firey hot, two varieties of Deprive Energy Barriers which negates physical or mana attacks that hit the barrier, although at a fairly high mana cost and people with strong enough attacks can pierce through it anyway.

Honestly, the only method of attacks is another form of magic called Attributeless Magic, which is things like Magic Missile or Levitate. However, he can enchant Magic Missile with Death Magic to increase the damage and basically ignore armor, which so far has really been Death Magic's only direct form of attack. And it's not even solely Death Magic's, so you can see how it has low offense. Otherwise it's poisons or diseases.

Otherwise there's just the element magics like fire and ice, as well as time magic, space magic, etc. But the protagonist is incapable of using those.

There's still other ways to use Death Magic well, but going over LITERALLY all of it is too much for me.

[cabman11]

You forgot to mention the part that not only humans but purebreed vampires want him dead