Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• Vol: 17+
• 2015 - ?

When a powerful wizard and sage, who has saved the world from calamity many times, comes upon a baby whom they adopt and name Shin. The baby is actually a man from our world reincarnated into their world. The sage raises Shin, separated from the rest of society, and teaches him in the ways of magic. It is only when Shin turns 15 years old and sets out on his own journey that the sage remembers that he forgot to teach Shin the common sense and ways of this particular world. And so, Shin goes the capital of the Alsheid Kingdom to enroll in the capital's magic academy.

• Vol: 5
• 2016 - 2017

In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he's being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified priestess, Mary; and the crotchety spectral sorcerer, Gus. The three pour love into the boy, and teach him all they know. But one day, Will starts to wonder: "Who am I?" Will must unravel the mysteries of this faraway dead man's land, and unearth the secret pasts of the undead. He must learn the love and mercy of the good gods, and the bigotry and madness of the bad. And when he knows it all, the boy will take his first step on the path to becoming a Paladin.

• Vol: 6+
• 2021 - ?

• Vol: 7
• 2017 - 2021

There was once a man who dedicated himself to mastering the sword. On the verge of death after vanquishing a legendary dragon, he had no regrets about how he’d spent his life... except a lingering wish to be able to use magic. So, as a reward for his victory, he is reincarnated as young Soma Neumond in a world of spellcraft and sorcery―only to be informed that he has no talent for sorcery and never will! He never gave up on his dream in his past life, however, and he isn’t about to this time either. Whatever it takes, he’s determined to find a way to become a mage!

• Vol: 4
• 2014 - 2015

A 45-year-old salary man dies in a train accident and is reincarnated as a newly born baby in a different world. For some reason, he has special skills: “Gift of Natural Talent” and “Identify.” In order to make the best of this advantage, the protagonist resolves himself for his second life.

• Vol: 9+; Ch: 39+
• 2019 - ?

Due to an unfortunate death, a young man reincarnates under the name Eld in a world very similar to the VRMMO that he played before his passing. However, this world he found himself in didn't even know what basic skills were! As the only person with knowledge beyond the populace, Eld sets off on a journey as a level 1 novice to job change into the strongest class in the world, Sage!

• Vol: 3+
• 2019 - ?

Reaching the natural end of his life, Shuu was allowed to be reincarnated by God. However, the place where was reincarnated into was an orphanage in another world!? Nonetheless, Shuu was no longer fazed by such happenings and grew up in this world leisurely, displaying talent unbecoming of a child. With the Tamer skill given to him by God, he befriended monsters after monsters who hunted for him, allowing him to contribute to the orphanage. In addition, he formed a party with his tamed monsters and friends from the orphanage, adventuring into the forest where he met a mysterious girl…

• Vol: 4+
• 2019 - ?

Ren, a ten year old orphan girl, was en route to being delivered to a corrupt merchant. However, bandits attacked the carriage she was on and caused it to plummet down the sides of a cliff. But the impact from the accident awoken her memories from a past life. She was from a world called Earth, and was once a male researcher in his mid-thirties who had died in an explosion resulting from an experiment gone awry. According to her memories for the past ten years, she had reincarnated in another world after dying and grew up in an orphanage. In order to escape a future where she would be enslaved by the merchant, Ren will draw upon the knowledge from her past life and magic aptitude for all elements, to create new forms of magic and survive in a harsh, new world alone.

• Vol: 1+
• 2023 - ?

• Vol: 12+; Ch: 63+
• 2017 - ?

A man dies alone after living a stagnant and fruitless life — but that's not where his story ends, as a boy named William is born into a land of fantasy and magic. Raised in a city of the dead by his new family — a mummy, a skeleton, and a ghost — he can remember glimpses of his past life, enough to know his time on Earth was wasted, and he vows not to let that happen again. Schooled in magic and combat, Will sets out on a journey to see the world. Along the way, he'll meet beings of all shapes and sizes. Each of these people has a story to tell and a lesson to teach Will about how to live his life to the fullest.