Reborn as a Space Mercenary
A man awakens in a sci-fi game world as a mercenary.
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The series follows a protagonist who wakes up in a spaceship in a game-like world and works as a mercenary.[1]
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Isekai
- Science fiction
- Harem
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Making and release
Ryūto began serializing the original story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website on February 4, 2019.[2][3] Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the light novels for English release, with the first volume scheduled for print in July 2021.[4][5] Media Factory collected the manga chapters into eleven tankōbon volumes as of March 2026.[6][7] Seven Seas Entertainment also licensed the manga adaptation, planning to publish the first volume in August.[8][9]
Fujimi Shobo started issuing the series as light novels under its Kadokawa Books imprint on July 10, 2019, after acquiring it.[2] Tetsuhiro Nabeshima provides the illustrations for the light novel series.[2][10] By May 9, 2026, seventeen light novel volumes had been published.[11][10] February 6, 2025 was the date when an anime television series was announced.[12][3]
What the cited sources add
The LN-News.com announcement describes the manga adaptation as a "space fantasy" where the protagonist "wields a high-spec spaceship."[1] The Anime News Network article from February 2025 confirms the anime adaptation was announced while the original story was still ongoing on Shōsetsuka ni Narō.[3]
References
- LN-News.com, November 24, 2019. facts only, no text reused. ln-news.com
- Wikipedia, "Reborn as a Space Mercenary" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Shōsetsuka ni Narō (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Pineda, "Reborn as a Space Mercenary Science Fiction Light Novels Get Anime", Anime News Network, February 6, 2025. facts only, no text reused. animenewsnetwork.com
- Wikipedia, "Reborn as a Space Mercenary" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sherman, "Seven Seas Licenses 7 Novels, 3 Manga", Anime News Network, December 1, 2020 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Sherman, "Seven Seas Licenses 7 Novels, 3 Manga", Anime News Network, December 1, 2020. facts only, no text reused. animenewsnetwork.com
- Wikipedia, "Reborn as a Space Mercenary" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: LN-News.com, November 24, 2019; Media Factory (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Media Factory. facts only, no text reused. kadokawa.co.jp
- Wikipedia, "Reborn as a Space Mercenary" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pineda, "Seven Seas Licenses Reborn as a Space Mercenary Manga", Anime News Network, February 8, 2021 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Pineda, "Seven Seas Licenses Reborn as a Space Mercenary Manga", Anime News Network, February 8, 2021. facts only, no text reused. animenewsnetwork.com
- Fujimi Shobo. facts only, no text reused. kadokawabooks.jp
- Wikipedia, "Reborn as a Space Mercenary" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fujimi Shobo (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Reborn as a Space Mercenary" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pineda, "Reborn as a Space Mercenary Science Fiction Light Novels Get Anime", Anime News Network, February 6, 2025 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Reborn as a Space Mercenary (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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- Wikipedia: Reborn as a Space Mercenary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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