Not your average transported to another world theme. Its a far cry from the cliche summoned to another world novel, its about politics and relationships rather than OP MC, tragic story, epic battles, gods & demons, saving the world, nope, none of that nonsense(i do actually love specially crafted cliches btw). I would say it appeals to a certain range of audience only.

So basically the MC, Zenjirou , is your average-joe japanese salaryman summoned to the fantasy world by the ruling Queen, Aura. His purpose being to marry Queen Aura and help carry on the bloodline of the royal family since apparently he is a descendant of sorts. Where it gets interesting is how Zenjirou who is pretty much just a normal working adult earthling lives and adapts to the new world by learning some magic and spreading a bit of our world's technology while interacting with his wife who is a high ranking Queen as well as the implications of court politics between the different Kingdoms and Nobles. You see, the Queen is looking for a sponger husband who lacks ambition as she wants to firmly exert and maintain her power, it will be impossible with an ambitious or easily manipulated husband. Luckily, Zenjirou fits the bill. Now the Queen knows that Zenjirou is quite smart and not oblivious of this fact but she is pleasantly surprised he agrees to her rule and wholehearted support her. In other words, he abandoned his 'pride as a man' to pursuit a life of a dependent/sponger. That is not to say he is a good-for-nothing husband. He does contribute to the world and help Queen Aura via introducing knowledge from earth, learning the etiquette and common sense of the new world so that he can dabble in the court politics to lift some burden of his wife, openly shares his thoughts/experiences with her, being in favour of her rule and also being a faithful husband, he is against having concubines. He more or less surprises Aura as a husband who is supportive and selfless willing to throw away his pride and face for her sake, totally opposite of what most Kings do. Furthermore being a faithful husband, Aura grows to love him even more due to his devotion and has started wanting him just for herself although this will be detrimental to the country, Kings/Princes are kinda expected to behave like one afterall, as in spreading his seed etc.

Aura on the other hand is not really a domineering, stubborn wife contrary to what other noble's opinion of her but is actually quite relenting to Zenjirou, trying to make his life more comfortable and respects his wishes though Zenjirou always has no demands, to her chagrin. Overtime she grows to trust him. Aura goes from a Queen who only marries for politics & bloodline to a wife growing further in love with her husband.

Most of the chapters deals with Zenjirou and Aura's married life, his experiences in court politics, dealing with other Kingdoms and nobles who are after his bloodline, him adapting to and changing the new world. A slice of life backdrop with focus on politics and a touch of romance. The story POV is told through both Zenjirou and Aura, not just Zenjirou alone which is a nice touch as it delves into how the couple matures.



Definitely a must read if you are sick of the current hype cliches. Be reminded, you'd have to have an open mind if you intend to read this or it'll probably bore you to death instead.

... Last updated on January 21st, 2016, 2:59am

(Currently finished reading v01c04)

The best novel I read in a while. I like how it is refreshingly different from your usual "summoned to different world" type of story. For once it isn't about a bunch of high schoolers who turn into op heroes and save the world, but about a salesman in his mid-twenties whose only job is to marry the queen and live a leisurely life.

So far there isn't any action (no fighting to be more specific ) or greater evil to defeat. That is why the plot progress may seem a bit slow sometimes.The focus of the story so far is partly on the relationship between the MC and the queen and partly on the differences in technology and culture of the two worlds.

Something i really appreciate is that for once both MC and the heroine seem to have a brain. While they don't always act all that smart they mostly display the ability to think things through.

So far the MC hasn't really influenced the politics or technological advancement in this new world. Something that i hope will change in the future (although the title of the novel has me kind of worried on this point). And it is likely that in later volumes it will go down the harem route.

As for the translation there seems to be put quite a lot of effort to deliver high quality.

As long as the protagonist starts to get involved more in stuff this novel will easily obtain a place among my favorites

... Last updated on January 19th, 2015, 12:35pm

Starts like lately every new novel and looks like full of clishes. Dude gets summoned to some world. Chick declares he will be her husband and world is filled with magic.

Then it shatters most of those clishes so that what is fallowing is new and exciting to read for many people who are tired with same stuff.

Chick isn't your typical manga waifu, main character doesn't save world or even do anything that could be "hero" like and it looks more like realistic depiction of dude from our world trying to live in fantasy world.

If i could compare it to something then i would say it is close to Game of Thrones novels than your typical manga. Various factions and everything is intertwined. Main character is basically reader who was put in such weird circumstances.

Problems pile up as living different world meant no electricity, court of kingdom isn't "home" in traditional sense of that word and privacy and intimacy is almost non existent.

Then there is Queen itself which is not your typical character. Stands strong as a Queen and has her own goals where main "hero" is basically her tool for her power.

It is fascinating to read how two different cultures clash and how simple things could influence opinions and behaviors. What if instead of spending weeks on calculating kingdom budget you could do something like this in hours or minutes.

Currently at v2 but so far it is amazing and story naturally flows.

It's nice to read about a monogamous couple for once. Seeing them navigate through the political landscape while learning about one another is quite charming.

Just don't ask why the guy who was a programmer by profession didn't take a copy of wikipedia with him. That has sparked many a flame war already.

edit: Oops. Confused this guy with the protagonist from Death March. This guy was just an office worker.

... Last updated on April 25th, 2015, 9:31pm

Tentative rating of 8.

This will change depending on how the story progresses (as of Volume 2 Prologue).

The relationship between the protagonist and the queen is very heartwarming and fun to read. For those of you that may worry about the protagonist being "useless", he seems to be working hard to learn the ways of the new world and cannot be written off just yet. My hope is that the protagonist will progress past the "sponger" stage and into someone the queen and country rely on, but so far it can only be said that he has potential.

The novel is pretty cool, it tells the story of a queen balancing her career and her personal life in a non convoluted, simple and fun albeit a slightly idealistic way. It also focuses on her husband, who comes voluntarily from modern day Japan to this magical world, and tries to lead a life detached from the politics of this world. It is must read, the translator does a good job in delivering the content as unadulterated as possible. The manga makes me long for a 'my waifu' like Aura. ;-)

... Last updated on April 9th, 2015, 8:29am

Better than expected. First it starts out as being your typical Isekai dude who's just summoned to procreate with the Fem MC, and it kinda is but it becomes much more than that. Politics is involved for her decision to take the MC. There's more to it and same with taking a concubine to ensure safety of her country and keeping certain political/royalty factions at bay. Think Spice and Wolf but focusing on marriage and politics surrounding it.

For some people they may find this series a bit slow, but I like it's taking it's time building the development between the MC and the Queen.

... Last updated on September 11th, 2017, 7:15pm

It's like a post war Maoyuu Maou Yuusha with more focus in the couple instead of the resolving the conflict. So if you liked MMY, give it a shot!

... Last updated on February 24th, 2015, 11:10am

It's a peaceful break from the usual chuu2 reincarnation/revive-change-the-world trend found in too many syosetsu webnovels recently.

Do you expect a salary man working for a black company to change the world with little money he had? This is a normal, rational man trying to live in an absurd setting normally and rationally while caring for his beloved wife. Think of this as a slice of life seinen in a different world setting. Why looking for action when the genre doesn't include it? So far there's only (spoiler) a small monster subjugation quest.

Spoiler (not so much) alert: There would be some kind of harem, but the MC did not wish for it and it was brought upon by the Queen herself.

tl;dr: This is a slice of life webnovel of a sponger living in another world, with a character-driven story and plot. Stop having expectations of actions and chuu2 shenanigans.

All the elements you love in the begining of the story, just died in the end of Vol.1, after that you pass all volume 2 waiting the resurrection of that, your are waiting the Return, but nothing happens!!, and guess what? you do the same thing reading volume 3, I mean after volumen 1 everything is just problems, issues, difficulties, just Royal and Noble Bullshit!!



So you read a novel to get entertainment, ok you can see the Mc trough difficulties and problems, but he works to get over that, thats the fun, but in this story is like read just problems and problems!!

oh yeah I almost forgot



... Last updated on November 2nd, 2015, 1:17pm