Moto Saikyou no Kenshi wa, Isekai Mahou ni Akogareru

Description

Lived for the sword, died for the sword.
There's no regret in in his lifetime– only one thing, but only admiration remained.

One day Souma recovers his memory from the previous life, but that happens on the same day he's branded as an incompetent person.
Denied by what he longs for... However for Souma, it's got nothing to do with him.

"I want to use magic."
Ancient ruins, underground labyrinths, demon's territory, forest of witches. If you hear something about magic, you head there without hesitation.

This is the story of such a boy.

Type

Manga

Associated Names

Ex Strongest Swordsman Long For Magic In Different World

I Surrendered My Sword for a New Life as a Mage

In Past Life, He was the invincible swordsman. In this life, He longs for the magic of another world.

元最強の剣士は、異世界魔法に憧れる

元最強の剣士は、異世界魔法に憧れる THE COMIC

原最强剑士憧憬着异世界魔法

전 최강 검사는 이세계 마법을 동경한다

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c.48 by LHTranslation 2 years ago

c.47 by LHTranslation 2 years ago

c.46 by LHTranslation 2 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

11 Volumes (Ongoing)

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Average: 6.1 / 10.0 (100 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.14 / 10.0

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Last Updated

April 30th, 2025 2:16pm PDT - 1 day ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Harem Romance Shounen
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Author(s)

KOUZUKI Shin

Artist(s)

AMANO Chiharu

Year

2018

Original Publisher

Micro Magazine

Serialized In (magazine)

Comic Ride (Micro Magazine)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

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Monthly Pos #1652

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3 Month Pos #3335

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6 Month Pos #4614

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Year Pos #5857

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Ridiculous Pacing

by LazyReviewer
2 years ago

Rating: 5.2 / 10.0

Honestly, the art is interesting and the world is neat.

But the main character doesn't have a goal and most of the characters feel like they don't really have their own personalities, but are instead really detailed caricatures.

Beyond that is the pacing. Sometimes it makes sense and sometimes it doesn't. Fight scenes get skipped half-way through, people get teleported without an explanation, and sometimes the characters are talking heads that repeat the same information 3 times but with different words. It feels like sometimes the author knows how to pace things, then suddenly doesn't—and it repeatedly happens. Hence why I called it ridiculous and not horrible.

Is it worth reading? Kind of? I mean, there's something interesting, but I can't really define what. It's like the good parts bring up the bad parts. It's both boring and interesting.

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Definitely boring and also a mess

by CelicaSylphil
3 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

read till chapter 26

It really is just a mess.
Story wise, adding onto what (superman89 September 12th, 2022) already commented on, it is just a mess. Really does seem like a bait and switch that the MC wants to learn magic skills at all cause he shows little follow through with it.
The world itself is also nonsensical. People can't use skills that they are not already born with and the world is basically empty and the author comes up with it on the fly.

A dragon appears out of nowhere. Theres suddenly a king of the nation even tho based on what you had seen till then the MC's parents might as well have been the only nobles on the planet. It doesnt even matter that there was a king since he gets murdered anyways. The MC's sister has something going on which also comes out of nowhere. For 'political reasons' the MC needs to be disowned by the family despite said politics NEVER coming into the play, you just dont see it happening in the novel.
Enemies are the generic cocky trash that think they can take on the MC despite the MC literally killing a dragon (the strongest being).

All that aside,
The art also leaves much to be desired.
Its not ugly or unpleasant to look at, no. But it lacks substance. Its like the artist drawing it was just as bored as the author was writing this trash tier novel. The character designs are alright if not generic as hell. They are inexpressive. Everything is conveyed with a deadpan face which you can argue makes sense for the MC but literally ALL the characters dont have expressions. Nor are there emotions in the text, its all just very monotone.
The art is also just the characters. Pay attention even a little and you realize that scenes just straight up dont have backgrounds.
so everything in the art lacks context. theres no background to base any scale off of.
the power levels make no sense either.

TLDR: 100% a skip, a boring, confusing mess of a script accompanied with lifeless art and nonexistent backgrounds.
4 out of 10.
In case you didnt pay attention earlier, do just open up a random chapter and look at the frames, theres literally no background image, its just the characters.

... Last updated 3 years ago

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Boring Mess of Jargon

by superman89
3 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

Author kind of bulldozes you into the story and overloads you with information that isn't put together well at all. However at the same time it feels like they left out information that we could have needed. It's just a mess.

MC who wants to use magic but can't pulls out sword skills just out of the blue. He starts off not really knowing any but when a major fight starts he just uses skills that leave you going huh he can do that...since when?

Stuck around for almost twenty chapters and I doubt he'll learn to use magic. Author seems to use that as a bait and switch type of plot device.

Also the sister out of nowhere we're treated like it's no biggie that she has

another entity inside or something akin to that? Just the norm for this author.

If you're bored and have read most of everything out it might not be that bad but if not I'd pass on this.

... Last updated 3 years ago

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Terrible.

by MondSemmel
5 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

This is a bad manga adaptation of a bad story. In terms of story, it's the typical overpowered reincarnated protagonist bulldozing everyone with the skills from their past life, while showing no interesting character traits or character development. Even by chapter 14, the entire premise, i.e. a swordsman wanting to be a magician, has somehow barely been touched upon.

Meanwhile, the manga side of things suffers from generic faces unable to depict a wide range of emotion, calm dialogues amidst enemy territory, mostly uninspiring art, etc.

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