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Amongst its many genres, the isekai genre in anime encompasses various anime. By The Grace Of The Gods fits neatly into the isekai framework that expands with each new season of anime.

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In this series, the protagonist, 39-year-old Ryouma Takebayashi, is a young child who has already been through a lot of hardships. When he dies, three gods deliberate over his afterlife and ultimately decide to bring him back to life. This choice forced him to appreciate everything that his second life had to offer. Taking care of slimes and keeping them as pets is a passion for Ryouma, but after helping a wounded soldier, he chooses to leave his home and explore the world.

7 Ascendance Of A Bookworm

Ascendance of a Bookworm Cast of characters

Urano Motosu, a student in college, is a bookworm who seeks the joy that reading may provide. Her tragic fate comes before she can pursue her lifelong ambition of becoming a librarian and spending her days engrossed in books. She has a dying desire that in her next life, she will have more time to read.

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Awakening in the town of Ehrenfest, she finds herself in the body of a young woman named Myne. Because of the lack of a printing press and the necessity of hand-writing books, only the wealthy and nobles are able to own books, and Myne must use her ingenuity and discoveries to try to overcome this unfair system.

6 Wise Man's Grandchild

Wise Man's Grandchild cast members

A vehicle accident claims the life of a young man, who is thereafter reborn in the kingdom of Earlshide. In this world, he is an orphan who Merlin Wolford, the country's hero, found. Merlin secluded himself in the woods to help bring up this young boy, who is known as Shin.

Shin is raised by Merlin, who teaches him martial arts and magic; fortunately, Shin retains his memories, which prove useful as he advances in the mastery of his talents. On the occasion of Shin's 15th birthday, Merlin comes to the conclusion that he has provided him with all he requires, save for the development of common sense and the ability to cope with social awkwardness.

5 I've Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years And Maxed Out My Level

Azusa Aizawa and a slime

Azusa Aizawa passes away after a life spent straining herself to exhaustion in the corporate sector. A goddess bestows upon her the gift of immortality and transports her away to another realm after her death. To settle into her new world comfortably, Azusa established a daily regimen in which she guards her village while also eliminating 25 slimes daily.

After doing this for a while, she ends up at the maximum level, level 99. Azusa's life is forever altered when news of her success travels the globe. Despite her denial, she must learn to live with new friends and enemies who make her life possibly better than it was before.

4 In Another World With My Smartphone

In Another World With My Smartphone - Touya And Main Cast Posing For His Smartphone Camera

A lightning strike accidentally killed Touya Mochizuki. God grants his wish and takes him to another realm as retribution for taking his life. Touya, like most young people growing up in the contemporary world, is fine with this and would like to have access to his smartphone at all times.

When he arrives at his destination, he begins to learn about this new, wonderful world. He makes new friends who are both supportive in his adjustment and competitive for his affection. While helping him, his new companions also learn a thing or two about his smartphone and the world he comes from.

3 Mushoku Tensei

Sylphie, Eris, Roxy, Paul, Zenith, Rudeus

After spending his life as a shut-in, a 34-year-old man tragically dies in an accident. He then gets a second chance at life in the form of a boy known as Rudeus Greyrat in another world. Born to loving parents, Rudeus learns early on that magic exists in this world and asks his parents to help him find a magic teacher so he may improve his skills. His parents agree and employ Roxy Migurdia to teach him magic, as he also studies swordsmanship with his dad.

Rudeus strives for excellence in all that he does because he wants to make a better life for himself than the one he had before. Everyone he knows is suddenly scattered across the globe by a bright light. In an effort to find his loved ones, Rudeus embarks on a global journey while meeting traveling companions.

2 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime

37-year-old Satoru Mikami, who is content with his routine life, is stabbed to death on the street. Hearing incomprehensible commands as his awareness wanes, Satoru eventually comes to and learns that he is a slime, one of the weakest monsters in another universe.

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This insight, however, leads him to the discovery of his special power, Predator, which enables him to absorb and maintain the abilities of anything he eats. Taking the name Rimuru, he now attempts to change his life and the lives of people around him in light of his newfound knowledge of the world.

1 BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense

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With no previous gaming knowledge, Kaede Honjou gets an invitation from a friend to play an online game, New World Online. While playing this multiplayer game that connects various people around Japan, Kaede chooses to boost her defenses so that she won't get harmed as often. Maple is the moniker she gives her video game persona, and she equips her with game-changing abilities like Total Defense and Devour.

Maple becomes famous as an unbeatable character after finishing third in a competition. She starts out the game knowing very little about video games, but along the way, she encounters helpful people.

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