Farming Life in Another World

Farming Life in Another World
First light novel volume cover
異世界のんびり農家 (Isekai Nonbiri Nōka)
Genre	Fantasy Isekai
Novel series
Written by	Kinosuke Naito
Published by	Shōsetsuka ni Narō
Original run	December 29, 2016 – present
Light novel
Written by	Kinosuke Naito
Illustrated by	Yasumo
Published by	Enterbrain
Demographic	Male
Original run	October 30, 2017 – present
Volumes	17
Manga
Written by	Kinosuke Naito
Illustrated by	Yasuyuki Tsurugi
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
English publisher	NA: One Peace Books
Magazine	Monthly Dragon Age
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	November 9, 2017 – present
Volumes	12
Manga
Isekai Nonbiri Nōka no Nichijō
Illustrated by	Yuji
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
Magazine	Monthly Dragon Age
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	July 8, 2022 – present
Volumes	3
Anime television series
Directed by	Ryōichi Kuraya
Produced by	Momo Hiraki Yuuichirou Takahashi Yuriko Yamamoto Masataka Yamaguchi
Written by	Touko Machida
Music by	Yasuharu Takanashi Johannes Nilsson
Studio	Zero-G
Licensed by	Sentai Filmworks
Original network	AT-X, TV Tokyo, BS TV Tokyo
Original run	January 6, 2023 – March 24, 2023
Episodes	12

Farming Life in Another World (Japanese: 異世界のんびり農家, Hepburn: Isekai Nonbiri Nōka) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kinosuke Naito and illustrated by Yasumo. It has been published online via the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō since December 2016. It was later acquired by Enterbrain, who has released seventeen volumes since October 2017.

A manga adaptation illustrated by Yasuyuki Tsurugi has been serialized in Fujimi Shobo's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age since November 2017, with its chapters collected into 12 tankōbon volumes as of February 2024. An anime television series adaptation by Zero-G aired from January to March 2023.

Plot

Hiraku dies purely by accident due to a God not giving him good luck, so he reincarnated him in another world as an apology; even turning a holy artifact into a multi-purpose tool for him. This new life for Hiraku ends up becoming quite odd, slowly building a community and village of differing species; with him serving as their mayor.

Characters

Hiraku Machio (街尾 火楽, Machio Hiraku)

Voiced by: Atsushi Abe (Japanese); Blake Shepard (English)

He is the main protagonist. Hiraku has endless stamina, which his wives fear at times; he enjoys intimacy a bit too much. While starting out on his own, Hiraku is granted the Omnipotent Farming Tool and ends up befriending wolves he named Kuro and Yuki, and the demon spider he named Zabuton, and even accepting humanoid species into his settlement. To some of his confusion, Hiraku ends up with a harem with at least seven wives and children, though some of the elves have children with him solely for continuing their bloodline. Though this is partly due to his wives fearing his stamina thanks to his blessed body; even though Ru and Tia are supernatural, he tires them out.

Rurushi Ru (ルールーシー=ルー, Rūrūshī Rū)

Voiced by: Shino Shimoji (Japanese); Luci Christian (English)

A magic-using female vampire who has an interest in growing medicinal plants. Her size changes with her magic power reserves (which she can recharge by drinking blood); though she willingly stays a loli to deter her husband's massive libido. Ru loves Hiraku's blood, which is premium due his blessed healthy body. The "Vampire Princess," as she is also known, is Hiraku's first wife and the mother of their son Alfred.

Tia (ティア)

Voiced by: Aya Suzaki (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)

A female angel also known as the "Annihilation Angel" and frenemy/co-wife of Ru who was convinced to stay. She is one of Hiraku's wives, who soon gives birth to his first daughter, Tizel; angels are a mono-sexed race that can only birth more angels. She brought with her the farm's first chickens, as well as the infamous Three Killer Angels and some Lizardmen.

Ria (リア)

Voiced by: Lynn (Japanese); Katelyn Barr (English)

The leader of a group of high-elf girls. Their village was destroyed by humans in a war 200 years ago, and they've been wandering homeless ever since until Tia brought them to Hiraku's farm. They contribute to the farm by establishing a smithy to make metal tools and weapons, and bringing other technologies such as building construction and baking.

Ann (アン, An)

Voiced by: Yukiyo Fujii (Japanese); Shannon Emerick (English)

She acts as the representative of the ogre maids who came to reside in the village with Flora. She tends to lock Hiraku in his bedroom with a girl whenever she desires him; despite his wails of protest.

Lamulias (ラムリアス, Ramuriasu)

Voiced by: Yūka Aisaka (Japanese); Christina Kelly (English)

One of the ogre maids who became the village's housing manager.

Daga (ダガ)

Voiced by: Haruki Ishiya (Japanese); Jeremy Gee (English)

Daga is the representative of the Lizardmen who came with Tia to the village. He is distinguished from the others by a red bandana given to him by Hiraku, tied to his right upper arm; since Hiraku can't tell non-mammalian genders apart.

Flora (フローラ, Furōra)

Voiced by: Miyu Tomita (Japanese); Annie Wild (English)

Ru's sister and a researcher whose interest in the fermentation process made her move to the village. She brought to the farm its first two heads of cattle. Flora is surprised her sister settled down.

Sena (セナ)

Voiced by: Machico (Japanese); Cat Thomas (English)

Leader of the Beastmen who came to live in the village. She is the daughter of the chief of Howling Village.

Donovan (ドノバン, Donoban)

Voiced by: Kōsei Hirota (Japanese); Louis Gallindo (English)

The leader of elder dwarves who brought to the village the distillation process. He and his group later became the village's resident brewers. They get a reprieve from the workload when the village stops production; wishing to avoid tempting a pregnant Ru.

Lastismoon (ラスティスムーン, Rasutisumūn)

Voiced by: Natsumi Hioka (Japanese); Donna Bella Litton (English)

The daughter of the Gatekeeper Dragon King Dryme who was asked by her mother, White Dragon Graffaloon, to stay in the village as a diplomat. She later becomes in-charge of the village's diplomatic relations. She is also known by her monikers "Crazy Dragon" (for her fearsome fiery personality) and "Trader Dragon" (due to the duties she carries out for the village).

Flowrem Chrome (フラウレム=クローム, Furauremu Kurōmu)

Voiced by: Miho Okasaki (Japanese); Allison Sumrall (English)

She is sent by her father, the Demon General Bizel, to spy on the village's "military might". She ends up staying much longer after seeing what it really is and what its human mayor is capable of doing; seeing Hiraku means no harm and the village is peaceful. She later became the village's accountant and liaison between the village and the Demon Kingdom; and, as an able negotiator, helped establish trading relations with the seaside city of Shashaato.

Hakuren (ハクレン)

Voiced by: Kanae Itō (Japanese); Chelsea McCurdy (English)

Dryme's older sister who ends up becoming the village schoolteacher after stirring some trouble in the village. She is also known by the moniker "Ancient Dragon." She always demands that Lastismoon call her "onee-sama" (big sister) when she is her aunt.

Hakuren later ends up pregnant with Hiraku's child; giving birth to the first of her husband's half-dragon children after becoming one of Hiraku's wives

Yuri (ユーリ, Yūri)

Voiced by: Reina Kondō (Japanese); Emi Lo (English)

The daughter of the Demon King Galgardo who sent an army of 300 to the Taiju Village to rescue Flowrem, not knowing her real status there after being fed ideas by her three stupid noble friends.

Yuri decides to live and work as a commoner in the village to get more life experience.

Rosalind (ロザリンド, Rozarindo), Roaju (ロアージュ), and Klakkase (クラカッセ, Kurakasse)

Voiced by: Riho Tsuda (Rosalind), Reo Osanai (Roaju), Kotori Koiwai (Klakkase) (Japanese); Brittany Lauda (Rosalind), Maggie Flecknoe (Roaju), Mai Le (Klakkase) (English)

Three noble girls who fed Princess Yuri half-truths about the village, leading to its foiled invasion. They are put in their place after seeing Inferno Wolves and the demon spider Zabuton living there. They stayed behind as Flowrem's village hall assistants (now referred to as the "Town Hall Girls").

Ya (ヤー, Yā)

Voiced by: Riho Sugiyama (Japanese); Genevieve Simmons (English)

The leader of a group of mountain elves who came to the village to stay. She in particular knows where to find the best clay for Hiraku's earthenware.

Michael Goroun (マイケル=ゴロウン, Maikeru Gorōn)

Voiced by: Naoki Tatsuta (Japanese); Jay Hickman (English)

Michael is the leader of the Goroun Corporation in the coastal city of Shashaato. As a merchant, he was brought into the village by Flowrem (from existing connections) and started a trading relationship between his city and Taiju Village. While he keeps his cool publicly, Michael is scared witless of the village; though he is amicable with Hiraku.

Alfred Machio (アルフレート=マチオ, Arufurēto Machio)

Hiruka's first son. He is Ru's child.

Dryme (ドライム, Doraimu)

Voiced by: Tetsu Inada

The Gatekeeper Dragon King who is also Lastismoon's father and Graffaloon's husband. He loves to drink alcohol.

Graffaloon (グラッファルーン, Guraffarūn)

Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa

Lastismoon's mother and Dryme's wife, called the White Dragon. She followed up on Lastismoon's suspicion of Dryme having an affair when he sneaks out of their castle with treasures, which caused her to nearly destroy Taiju Village, leading to Hiraku nearly killing her out of self-defense, if not for Zabuton pulling her out of the spear's way and their butler's timely intervention.

Galgardo (ガルガルド, Garugarudo)

Voiced by: Hozumi Gōda

The Demon King who is concerned about the Great Tree Village. He is very protective of her daughter Yuri.

God (創造神, Sōzōshin)

Voiced by: Show Hayami

He reincarnated Hiraku as an apology for his unfortunate life and gave him the Omnipotent Farming Tool, but soon realized that there was a mistake in the reincarnation. His daughter punishes him for this.

Goddess of Agriculture (農業神, Nōgyō no Kami)

Voiced by: M.A.O

God's daughter, who had her father punished for giving Hiraku the Omnipotent Farming Tool, which is something that wasn't meant for mankind to use.

Vargryfe (ヴァルグライフ, Varuguraifu)

Voiced by: Daisuke Ono

Ru and Flora's grandfather, who strongly admires God as he too was once reincarnated by him. Vargryfe erases his memories every couple of centuries in order to keep his sanity from degrading; ignorance is bliss in an extreme case.

Bizel (ビーゼル, Bīzeru)

Voiced by: Yōji Ueda

A Demon General and is Flowrem's father, who sent his daughter to spy on the Great Tree Village out of fear of the might of its supposed military, but she ended up staying in the village.

Randan (ランダン)

Voiced by: Shinya Takahashi

A general who previously worked for Bizel, who quit out of fear of the Great Tree Village. His repeated resignations earlier in the series became some sort of a running joke; especially since he drove himself nuts with parnaoia

Grattz (グラッツ, Gurattsu)

Voiced by: Akira Sasanuma

One of Bizel's generals.

Kuro (クロ)

Voiced by: Hidenobu Kiuchi

Hiraku's pet inferno wolf and leader/grandfather of the pack. Kuro is loyal to his master and even has time dedicated to revealing his POV of becoming domesticated.

Yuki (ユキ)

Kuro's mate, who is also loyal to Hiraku.

Zabuton (ザブトン)

A demon spider who is friendly to Hiraku. She usually alerts him of intruders. She is an old friend of Graffalloon, and pulled her out of the way of Hiraku's spear. Some of her offspring serves as part of the village's "army" along with the inferno wolves and also to spot pests in the fields.

Queen Bee

Zabuton captured her for Hiraku to use, to which he builds a shed for her to build a hive and produce honey for him. Tia is known to not like being around the Queen's hive

Slimes

They are used for cleaning the waters that flow into the farm. One particular slime is fond of wine, hence his different color.

Wyverns

One such untamed beast tried to attack the farm, but was defeated by Hiraku and turned into meat. News of its defeat sent shockwaves to the Demon Kingdom and to King Dryme, as one, when domesticated, is deemed enough to destroy a city.

Media

Light novels

Written by Kinosuke Naito, Farming Life in Another World began publication online via the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on December 29, 2016. The series was later acquired by Enterbrain, who began publishing the novels with illustrations by Yasumo on October 30, 2017. As of June 28, 2024, seventeen volumes have been released.

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	October 30, 2017	978-4-04-734848-6
2	March 5, 2018	978-4-04-735018-2
3	July 5, 2018	978-4-04-735221-6
4	November 5, 2018	978-4-04-735393-0
5	April 5, 2019	978-4-04-735590-3
6	September 30, 2019	978-4-04-735733-4
7	April 8, 2020	978-4-04-736018-1
8	August 7, 2020	978-4-04-736205-5
9	December 28, 2020	978-4-04-736455-4
10	April 30, 2021	978-4-04-736521-6 (regular edition) 978-4-04-736522-3 (special edition)
11	September 30, 2021	978-4-04-736796-8
12	March 31, 2022	978-4-04-736983-2
13	August 30, 2022	978-4-04-737139-2
14	December 28, 2022	978-4-04-737310-5
15	April 28, 2023	978-4-04-737433-1
16	October 30, 2023	978-4-04-737662-5
17	June 28, 2024	978-4-04-738029-5

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Yasuyuki Tsurugi initially began serialization online via Kadokawa's ComicWalker website on October 12, 2017. It later began serialization in Fujimi Shobo's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age on November 9 of that year. As of February 2024, 12 tankōbon volumes have been released. In September 2020, One Peace Books announced that it had licensed the manga for English publication in print and digital formats.

A spin-off four-panel manga, titled Isekai Nonbiri Nōka no Nichijō (異世界のんびり農家の日常, "The Everyday Farming Life in Another World"), began serialization in Monthly Dragon Age on July 8, 2022. The first volume was published on January 7, 2023. As of February 2024, three tankōbon volumes have been released.

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	March 5, 2018	978-4-04-072604-5	October 28, 2020	978-1-64-273085-2
2	July 5, 2018	978-4-04-072777-6	May 11, 2021	978-1-64-273102-6
3	April 5, 2019	978-4-04-073130-8	November 16, 2021	978-1-64-273126-2
4	September 9, 2019	978-4-04-073320-3	January 11, 2022	978-1-64-273127-9
5	January 9, 2020	978-4-04-073425-5	May 3, 2022	978-1-64-273168-2
6	August 7, 2020	978-4-04-073764-5	June 21, 2022	978-1-64-273169-9
7	March 9, 2021	978-4-04-074010-2	November 9, 2022	978-1-64-273198-9
8	September 9, 2021	978-4-04-074237-3	March 28, 2023	978-1-64-273238-2
9	April 8, 2022	978-4-04-074499-5	November 28, 2023	978-1-64-273291-7
10	January 7, 2023	978-4-04-074827-6	July 16, 2024	978-1-64-273340-2
11	July 7, 2023	978-4-04-075042-2	—	—
12	February 9, 2024	978-4-04-075322-5	—	—

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced on March 29, 2022. It was later revealed to be a television series produced by Zero-G and directed by Ryōichi Kuraya, with scripts written by Touko Machida, character designs handled by Yoshiko Saitō, who also serves as chief animation director, and music composed by Yasuharu Takanashi and Johannes Nilsson. The series aired from January 6 to March 24, 2023, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Flower Ring" by Shino Shimoji and Aya Suzaki, while the ending theme song is "Feel the winds" by VTuber Hizuki Yui. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series and is streaming it on Hidive. At Anime Boston 2023, Sentai Filmworks announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered on June 8, 2023.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
1	"The Almighty Farming Tool" Transliteration: "Bannō Nōgu" (Japanese: 万能農具)	Ryōichi Kuraya	Ryōichi Kuraya	Ryōichi Kuraya	January 6, 2023 (2023-01-06)
Village founder, Hiraku Machio awakens from a dream of dying from a terminal illness in his past life then goes about his normal day running his farming village populated by demi-humans. In the past the God of Earth chose to reincarnate Hiraku as an apology for his unusually harsh life and painful terminal illness. Hiraku asked to reincarnate as a farmer as he loved watching farming shows in the hospital. God gifts him a powerful new body and the magic Omnipotent Farming Tool, which can summon any tool he requires and can be used without growing tired. Awakening in a forest far from civilization, Hiraku selects the largest tree as the site for his farm and with the Tool is able to construct a well, build a camp and dig his first field. To his amazement the Tool causes crops to begin sprouting without planting seeds first. After a few weeks he rescues a pair of wolves he names Kuro and Yuki who gives birth same night to four puppies. Adopting all the wolves to protect the farm from monsters, Hiraku eventually begins harvesting his first crop. Elsewhere, a young traveling woman hears tales of the monster-filled Death Forest and decides to investigate.
2	"The First Villager" Transliteration: "Dai Ichi Murabito" (Japanese: 第一村人)	Ryōichi Kuraya	Ryōichi Kuraya	Ryōichi Kuraya	January 13, 2023 (2023-01-13)
God realizes he messed up by reincarnating Hiraku in the Forest of Death, but decides to wait until a monster eats him then reincarnate him again. Hiraku discovers he can dictate which seeds the Tool sows with his mind and expands his fields. With winter approaching, the wolves fetch a friendly giant spider who weaves warm clothing in exchange for living in Hiraku's tree. Hiraku names the spider Zabuton. Throughout the winter Hiraku struggles with loneliness, especially when the wolf puppies mature and find mates, and even Zabuton reappears with twenty babies. In the spring, Hiraku discovers a weakened vampire child named Ru in the woods, and after donating his blood, she resumes her adult size. Ru is amazed by his crops, which are new to this world, and explains she is a medicinal researcher, but when nobles sent a troublesome person to steal her research, she hid in the forest. They become friendly, and Hiraku asks Ru to move in with him. Ru agrees, and they become engaged to be married. Hiraku adds a herb garden to his fields to assist in Ru's research. Elsewhere, another young travelling woman is looking for the Death Forest.
3	"More and More New Roommates" Transliteration: "Dōkyonin Zokuzoku" (Japanese: 同居人 続々)	Takeshi Shiga	Touko Machida	Daiji Iwanaga	January 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)
An angel named Tia appears searching for Ru and is surprised to find her married to Hiraku. Tia reveals Ru has a bounty on her after she destroyed a town, though Ru insists it was justified since a noble kept her imprisoned there. Ru abruptly invites Tia to live with them, and after experiencing their farming life, she takes to it like a natural. The wolves have even more puppies, so Hiraku expands the farm to give them more space. Half of Zabuton's babies leave to find their own territory, but the others live on Hiraku's fruit trees. Needing workers, Tia invites seven girls to the farm, members of an almost extinct high elf clan who need a permanent home to rebuild their population. Due to their long lifespans, the elves have multiple skills, including construction, blacksmithing and baking. Hiraku worries the Demon Lord who controls the forest will accuse him of stealing the land, but Ru assures him the Demon Lord won't care. Hiraku decides to improve the waterways around the farm.
4	"Waterways Make Life Feel Complete" Transliteration: "Suiro wa Kurashi o Jūjitsu Saseru" (Japanese: 水路は暮らしを充実させる)	Tōru Kitahata	Touko Machida	Tōru Kitahata	January 27, 2023 (2023-01-27)
Zabuton captures a monster Queen Bee and gives it to Hiraku who constructs a shed for her to build a hive and produce honey. Hiraku and the elves construct a canal and reservoir for access to water and fishing. With an abundance of water, Hiraku constructs his first rice field and uses the first harvest to make onigiri with fish. Next, they construct a bath house, including a second reservoir which they filled with slimes to purify water from the baths before returning it to the river. Hiraku is able to have a bath, but his relaxing bath becomes very stressful surrounded by nine beautiful, naked ladies who insists on joining him in the bath. Five additional elven girls make their way to the farm, so Hiraku decides to build more houses. The elves seem determined to begin having babies as soon as possible, worrying Hiraku as he is the only man among an increasing number of women. Kuro the wolf narrates he is grateful to Hiraku for giving him and his family a permanent home. He is certain Hiraku, who easily survives in Death Forest and attracts so many potential wives, must be more than an average human.
5	"Curry and Surviving the Winter" Transliteration: "Karē to Ettō" (Japanese: カレーと越冬)	Yūsuke Onoda	Sōichirō Kojima	Yasuyuki Ōishi	February 3, 2023 (2023-02-03)
At everyone else's insistence, Hiraku's house is rebuilt even larger with single bedrooms for himself, Ru and Tia; and a communal dining room for everyone to share. Hiraku wisely ignores the secret double bed hidden behind a locked door. Hiraku harvests his first crop of spices, allowing him to make curry with naan bread. Ru and Tia become obsessed with turning cilantro into protective charms against Hiraku's wolves who dislike the strong smell, as they still remember the wolves beating them up the first times they came to the farm. Winter approaches so everyone begins stockpiling supplies, particularly firewood and preserved food. Hiraku fears he isn't contributing enough as he is the only one unable to use magic, but Lea assures him no one else has managed to live and thrive in Death Forest before. Winter arrives so with everyone confined indoors Hiraku introduces board games, allowing Ru and Tia to maintain their rivalry without damaging anything. Hiraku is surprised the wolves can also play, with Kuro easily defeating Ru at chess and Hiraku at Mah-jong. Spring eventually arrives but before they can plant new crops, Zabuton sounds the alarm as a giant Wyvern approaches the farm.
6	"This Is a Village" Transliteration: "Mura Desu" (Japanese: 村です)	Hidehiko Kadota Ryōichi Kuraya	Ryōichi Kuraya	Ryōichi Kuraya	February 10, 2023 (2023-02-10)
Hiraku's Farming Tool spontaneously transforms into a magical spear, which he uses to kill the Wyvern. The slaying of a legendary Wyvern terrifies the Demon Lord's Generals, and Dryme the Dragon King, who all wonder who exactly is living in Death Forest. Hiraku grows grapes to make wine. God is punished by his daughter, the Goddess of Agriculture, who reveals the Farming Tool he gave Hiraku is actually a replica of Gryme the God Spear, and Hiraku has only survived using it because God coincidentally granted him a supernaturally healthy body. Zabuton and the wolves catch another vampire who turns out to be Ru's sister Flora. As another researcher, Flora is fascinated by Hiraku's description of fermenting microorganisms which make wine, miso and tofu, so she moves onto the farm, bringing cows and two dozen ogre maids with her. Feeling outnumbered, Tia invites three more angels and a tribe of Lizardmen who provide chickens. Another thirty elves arrive, all with plans to have babies. Hiraku really starts to worry about the absence of other men. As the farm expands to fit everyone Hiraku renames it the Great Tree Village and throws a feast to celebrate the occasion where everyone unanimously declares Hiraku as the Village Mayor.
7	"A Hospitable Heart" Transliteration: "Omotenashi no Kokoro" (Japanese: おもてなしの心)	Masahiko Suzuki	Touko Machida	Daiji Iwanaga	February 17, 2023 (2023-02-17)
Demon General Beezel meets with Hiraku who offers the Demon Lord 10% of his harvest as a yearly tax. Beezel accepts but later reveals to Generals Grattz and Randan he only accepted 10% for fear of what is protecting Hiraku's village: Vampire Princess Ru, Angel of Annihilation Tia, an army of elves, angels and Lizardmen, a pack of Inferno Wolves and a Greater Demon Spider. Dragon King Dryme also visits the village. Hiraku realises as mayor the need to cultivate diplomatic relationships, so they build an embassy to house overnight visitors. Hiraku also wisely educates the villagers on the difference between guests and unwelcome intruders. Their next visitors are Beastmen from Howling Village, miners and hunters whose leader Garf negotiates a trade agreement; silver, iron, and glass in exchange for food crops. In exchange for wine Dryme agrees to ferry trade goods between the Great Tree Village and Howling Village. Eventually, twenty Beastmen ask to move into Great Tree village, all young women. Hiraku finally puts his foot down and demands the Beastmen send men to live in the village as well, only to find the "men" they send are boys too young to marry anyone for at least 10 years.
8	"The Researcher and the Two Princesses" Transliteration: "Kenkyūsha to Futari no Ojō-sama" (Japanese: 研究者と二人のお嬢さま)	Takeshi Shiga	Sōichirō Kojima	Daiji Iwanaga	February 24, 2023 (2023-02-24)
As Sena and the other Beastmen acclimate to village life, Hiraku still worries about not being able to use magic. He later defeats a Grappling-Bear and a Bloody-Viper fighting outside the village, which he cooks for another village feast. With Flora's help Hiraku creates mayonnaise and miso. Later, dwarves led by Donovan visit the village to trade Hiraku's wine for distillation technology, allowing the village to brew corn whiskey. The dwarves end up moving into the village too. Hiraku hopes the dwarves might want to marry, but they are only attracted to women with beards. Two dragons appear and Hiraku almost kills one until Gucci (Dryme's butler) frantically reveals they are Dryme's daughter Lastismoon and wife Graffaloon, Graffaloon asks Lasty (Lastismoon's nickname) to stay in the village as a diplomat, hoping to avoid Hiraku becoming their enemy. Hiraku later assigns Lastismoon responsibility over all diplomatic relations, which the Demon general Beezel finds out on a produce-procurement mission. Terrified Hiraku now "commands" dragons, he sends his own daughter Flowrem to live in the village as a spy. Flowrem is shocked to observe the village's "army" is powerful enough to threaten the Demon Army and is even more shocked to learn from Lastismoon their "commander" Hiraku is a human strong enough he almost killed Graffaloon. Flowrem decides to stay in the village longer than planned despite being (at first) constantly nervous around Hiraku.
9	"The Merchant and the Dragon" Transliteration: "Shōnin to Doragon" (Japanese: 商人とドラゴン)	Yūsuke Onoda	Ryōichi Kuraya	Daiji Iwanaga Ryōichi Kuraya	March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03)
The village acquits a slime who drank a barrel of the village's precious wine. Autumn rolls in, and, over a hotpot, Hiraku misses seafood, so Flowrem and Lasty arrange to trade for fish with a merchant named Michael. As part of the deal, he requests to become Hiraku's Purveyor and manage all trade between Hiraku and the outside world. Hiraku senses Michael is trustworthy, though it is shown via comical flashbacks where Michael was terrified. Another dragon challenges Hiraku to a fight. After capturing her Hiraku discovers she is Hakuren, Dryme's immature older sister. Dryme explains Hakuren believed Lasty had married Hiraku and, being single herself, was jealous. Unamused, Hiraku forces Hakuren to repair the damage. Hakuren discovers board games and Hiraku is unwillingly drawn into strip-Mahjong that ends with the ladies seeing Hiraku lose and get naked. Beezel learns of Hakuren's presence in the village, causing his co-worker General Randan to forward his resignation letter in fear. Demon Lord Galgardo is more concerned his daughter Yuri is going through teenage rebellion. Hakuren tries to move into the village as an unemployed layabout, but after Hiraku punishes her enough times, she becomes the village schoolteacher. Hiraku discovers some Inferno puppies raided a dungeon home of Lamia ladies. After apologizing to them the Lamias begin trading dungeon treasure for crops. It eventually form a delivery service for all the trading villages. Meanwhile, Yuri is convinced Flowrem is Hiraku's prisoner and plans to invade the Great Tree Village.
10	"Princess Yuri" Transliteration: "Ōhime Yūri" (Japanese: 王姫ユーリ)	Tōru Kitahata	Touko Machida	Tōru Kitahata	March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)
Flowrem learns of Yuri's intentions, but Yuri has been lied to by ambitious but known simpleton demon nobility, Rosalind, Klakkase and Roaju. Flowrem secretly arranges for Yuri's army to be defeated, but not killed, by the Lamia ladies. As punishment, Flowrem moves Yuri and the idiots into the village to work as an atonement, though she hides their attempted invasion from Hiraku for political reasons. The trio try to escape but are always foiled by the inferno wolves and demon spiders. The idiots grudgingly help Flowrem with the village's financial paperwork, becoming known as the Town Hall Trio. Learning the truth about the village Yuri regrets almost invading and returns home satisfied. The Trio decide to stay, preferring village life to demon court politics. Galgardo is confused by Yuri's abrupt personality change and mistakenly thinks she has a boyfriend. Five mountain elves led by Ya move into the village, using their fire magic to craft pottery goods. Flowrem foils a sneaky plot by the Trio to seduce Hiraku. A dungeon is discovered where resides another Bloody-Viper the elves want to hunt as its meat can increase their chances of pregnancy. As winter comes, Ru falls ill and becomes bed-ridden. Due to her symptoms, Sena suspects Ru is pregnant with Hiraku's baby.
11	"Everyday Life and the Progenitor" Transliteration: "Hibi to Shiso-sama to" (Japanese: 日々と始祖さまと)	Takeshi Shiga	Touko Machida	Daiji Iwanaga	March 17, 2023 (2023-03-17)
As Ru's pregnancy progresses Hiraku goes about his daily schedule of running the village, farm work, checking up on everyone, ensuring village security and combat training. A man suddenly appears who turns out to be Vampire Progenitor Vargryfe, Ru and Flora's 4000 year old grandfather. Vampires usually have children by transforming another human into a vampire, so Ru's pregnancy is a rare occurrence. Having seen Hiraku's statue of the God who reincarnated him Vargryfe reveals he also met God once before being born as a vampire. He has forgotten most details since, to keep his sanity over his eternal lifespan, he erases his memories every few centuries. Hiraku carves Vargryfe a copy of the statue which Vargryfe secretly donates to the temple of the God of Creation. The priests are so entranced by such an accurate likeness of God they let it be known the Great Tree Village is under their protection. To celebrate Ru's pregnancy Vargryfe sends the village an expensive grand piano. The Trio are too nervous to play it so Hiraku ends up buying a cheaper version for them to practice on first, though regrets it when their practicing prevents him from a good night's sleep.
12	"Birth" Transliteration: "Tanjō" (Japanese: 誕生)	Hidehiko Kadota	Ryōichi Kuraya	Yoshitaka Yasuda Ryōichi Kuraya	March 24, 2023 (2023-03-24)
Ru's pregnancy continues. In solidarity, the village gives up alcohol until Ru can drink again. Ru's labor and delivery period is an uneasy time for Hiraku as he was banished from the house for the time being so he wanders the farm until Ru gives birth to their son Alfred, a half-vampire, and Hiraku is overjoyed at being a first time parent. Hiraku decides the village needs its own currency as their current system of trading goods is no longer sustainable, so he forges Great Tree coins and gives three to every villager, though there is some confusion regarding exactly what one coin is worth. To celebrate Alfred's birth a grand feast is held and the dwarves produce a celebratory wine to be saved until Alfred is old enough to drink. Beezel finally declares the Great Tree village to be too powerful to ever defeat and plans to become allies instead. Galgardo throws a tantrum, mistakenly thinking Beezel wants to arrange a political marriage between Yuri and Hiraku. Hiraku receives requests from almost two hundred people wishing to move to the village to escape wars or persecution, leading to a decision to build an entire second village nearby to house them all, Great Tree Village 2.

See also

• Banished from the Hero's Party – Another light novel illustrated by Yasumo

External links

• Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
• First official manga website (in Japanese)
• Second official manga website (in Japanese)
• Official anime website (in Japanese)
• Farming Life in Another World (light novel) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia