Haiji Nakasone

The Unwanted Undead Adventurer is a popular RPG-esque fantasy novel and manga series with a recent anime adaptation (streaming on Crunchyroll).

It's been ten years since Rentt Faina, a luckless Bronze-class adventurer, set his eyes on becoming Mithril-class. Unfortunately, he finds himself helpless when confronted by a legendary dragon in the Water Moon Dungeon... and is summarily eaten. But Rentt has miraculously reawakened... as a skeleton?! Making his way back to civilization is going to be a challenge when he can...

After his evolution to a thrall, Rentt Faina sets out to explore an unmapped part of the Water Moon Dungeon. He finds a secret chamber, guarded by a mysterious woman. She offers him a treasure called the Map of Akasha as long as he keeps his silence about the secret chamber. Rentt agrees, but before he can find out more...

The Unwanted Undead Adventurer (Manga): Volume 5 follows the journey of the undead adventurer, Rentt Faina, who successfully navigates the hazardous Tarasque Swamp to obtain the Dragon Blood Blossom for the orphan, Alize. Just as he's about to return, a mysterious stranger offers him a job on behalf of the Latuule matriarch. Rentt decides to accept the request and, with...

Proven appeal of subject: Genre staying power With its European-inspired setting and epic fantasy story, The Unwanted Undead Adventurer combines lavish, detailed artwork with the elements Western fantasy readers love, providing crossover opportunity for both audiences. The serialised storytelling also encourages returning for the next volume!

Thanks to Laura Latuule, Rentt achieves the next stage of evolution, and is reborn as a vampire! He returns to Maalt's Second Orphanage, both to check on Sister Lillian's health and to ask if he and Lorraine can take on Alize as an apprentice. Little does Rentt know that two figures are approaching Maalt. One is a saint of the...

Given a second chance at life, undead adventurer Rentt Faina passes the Bronze-class Ascension Exam for the second time. Sheila's suspicious of him, however, and manages to uncover his true identity. Rentt initially plays dumb, but faced with Sheila's sincerity, he relents and confesses everything to her. Now that he's a Bronze-class adventurer again, Rentt takes up a special job...

Rentt and Lorraine's search for the roots of his divinity brings them to Rentt's childhood home of Hathara, and the nostalgic setting evokes memories of his past. Just as a harrowing encounter with a dragon set him upon the path of undeath, it was a wolf, a hero, and a girl named Jinlin who first inspired Rentt's dream of becoming...

Having overcome his former master's trial, Rentt learns about his hometown's ancient secret. Its dizzying scope is beyond anything he could have imagined: a bloody history, a forgotten dungeon, and long-lost magic... but those are just the beginning. As Rentt and Lorraine come to grips with their discovery, Gold-Class adventurer Nive and her compatriots work to root out the vampires...

The craving for human flesh! Are Rentt's inhumane tendencies out of control!? Having awoken in the Water Moon Dungeon as a Skeleton after being consumed by a dragon, Rentt has finally obtained a body with some flesh on it, all thanks to the phenomenon known as Existential Evolution. When he returns to investigate an uncharted path within the labyrinth, however,...

The last time Rentt saw vampire hunter Nive Maris, she warned him that vampires would soon attack the city of Maalt. Rentt begins to prepare for that possibility by collaborating with the adventurer's guild, but Lorraine suggests he first find the source of his divinity—his strongest weapon against the vampires. They decide to visit the shrine in Rentt's hometown of...

The undead Adventurer returns home, but trouble blocks his path! The Unwanted Undead Adventurer (Manga): Volume 9 follows Rentt as he finally sets out for his home village of Hathara with Lorraine. On the way, they encounter a horde of zombies and meet Hilde, the Gold-class adventurer tasked with destroying the undead. An accomplished mystic, Hilde perceives that Rentt possesses...