By the Grace of the Gods: Volume 1 (Light Novel)

Name: By the Grace of the Gods: Volume 1 (Light Novel)
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SKU: 9781718353800
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By Roy Roy and Ririnra Ririnra and Mana Z.

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After a sudden and disappointing end to his life as a middle-aged Japanese businessman, Ryoma Takebayashi is reincarnated as a child in a magical world by three gods. Embracing a peaceful new existence, he settles in the forest to hone his skills in magic and hunting. His greatest joy becomes researching and training a variety of slimes, including newly discovered ones, beginning an easygoing fantasy life surrounded by kindness.
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By the Grace of the Gods: Volume 1 (Light Novel)

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Under the protection of the gods, a relaxed life with slimes in another world begins!One day, the life of middle-aged Japanese businessman Ryoma Takebayashi came to a rather sudden and disappointing end. Ryoma had never had a blessed life, but after his death, three great gods sought his cooperation and reincarnated him as a child in another worl

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Under the protection of the gods, a relaxed life with slimes in another world begins!

One day, the life of middle-aged Japanese businessman Ryoma Takebayashi came to a rather sudden and disappointing end. Ryoma had never had a blessed life, but after his death, three great gods sought his cooperation and reincarnated him as a child in another world with swords and magic!

Receiving a most cordial and divine welcome from the gods, Ryoma decides to live leisurely on his own in the forest for the time being. Working diligently at magic and hunting, Ryoma's greatest passion comes to be researching his tamed slimes?!

Training a variety of slimes (some newly discovered), the curtain rises on this easygoing life fantasy celebrating a second life with kind people in another world!

By the Grace of the Gods: Volume 1 (Light Novel) by Roy Roy, Ririnra Ririnra, Mana Z. offers a delightful blend of fantasy and rebirth in a magical realm.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781718353800

Publisher: J-Novel Club

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 December 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: J-Novel Club

Audience: General / adult, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 178.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 260

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Fantasy Fiction General Fiction Mana Z. Ririnra Ririnra Roy Roy Sci-Fi & Fantasy Young Adult

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Roy is the author of By the Grace of the Gods. Ririnra is the illustrator for By the Grace of the Gods

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