Because Janitor-san Is Not a Hero
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Alt titles: Yomuin-san wa Yuusha ja Arimasen node, 用務員さんは勇者じゃありませんので
Author: Zinpei Tanaka
Artist: Eiri Iwamoto (Her Majesty’s Swarm)
Publisher: Kadokawa (MF Books)
Volumes: 8 (completed)Synopsis:
A certain girl genius with more power than knowledge accidentally summoned dozens of students and teachers into a dangerous world filled with beasts and magic, but the protagonist isn’t a student or the homeroom teacher… it’s the janitor.
At the time of their summoning, the students and teachers each gained a power formed from their soul, but not the janitor. As the janitor was about to be bestowed with a power that would protect him, his power was forcibly taken from him by an arrogant student. Having gone three years without a contract extension, he failed to get a job after having graduated from a third-rate university. Somehow he is still a contractor at 25 years old and was a janitor for 2 years, with a take-home monthly salary of less than ¥120,000. From a society that rejected him, he was thrust into a world that rejected him. And what janitor-san wished from the Goddess who took pity on him was…
Comments: I’ve been reading the manga and it seems like a pretty clear-cut “weak guy becomes strong guy” series. People like those, right?
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Just wanted to give a boost to this manga.
The description is by far one of the worst enemies of this series and seems to turn away a lot of folks.
I think they were trying to be ironic, but it IN NO WAY comes off that way.
To give a TINY SPOILER, basically, that "certain girl genius" isn't a character until far, far later. And she's basically reprimanded for messing up so many people's lives by doing the summoning her master explicitly told her not to do.
She's not a character in the manga even up to the latest raws (maybe kinda but not really).This is a manga with great art and a general vibe that just feels... different. There's some OP-MC stuff, but in a kind of fun way that also never feels "invincible."
And even then, things are overall rather inventive.The main character is just so DONE with the BS around him, constantly. It seems to rub some readers the wrong way, but I have a hard time understanding why.
I read some of what was translated from the novel, as well. I think this series would fit well into the j-novel club set of series.
Though, I am not certain if the LN was ever properly finished, and the manga has been slow to release - it seems rather irregular. I think the manga is only around chapter 30 right now.
I'd really like to see this series get some attention. I love the art, and the story has not been the usual isekai BS.
