Review of the light novel Arifureta From Commonplace to World’s Strongest Volume 1 by Ryo Shirakome
LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
TITLE: Arifureta From Commonplace to World’s Strongest
AKA: Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou, ありふれた職業で世界最強
AUTHOR: Ryo Shirakome
ILLUSTRATOR: Takayaki
PUBLISHER (English): J-Novel Club
RELEASE DATE (English): May 6, 2017
PURCHASE (Amazon Affiliate Link): http://amzn.to/2ovUNjW
From the back cover:
Seventeen year old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world! They’re treated like heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction. But what should have been any otaku’s wet dream quickly turns into Hajime’s nightmare. While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime’s job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill. Ridiculed and bullied by his classmates for being weak, he soon finds himself in despair. Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith’s level of strength?