“Dead Earth boy Haruto's soul merges with slum orphan Rio, gaining powers and entering royal academy after saving princesses.”
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
精霊幻想記
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Synopsis
Dead Earth boy Haruto's soul merges with slum orphan Rio, gaining powers and entering royal academy after saving princesses.
Amakawa Haruto is a young man who died before reuniting with his childhood friend who disappeared five years ago. Rio is a boy living in the slums who wants revenge for his mother who was murdered in front of him when he was five years old. Earth and another world. Two people with completely different backgrounds and values. For some reason, the memories and personality of Haruto who should've died is resurrected in Rio's body. As the two are confused over their memories and personalities fusing together, Rio (Haruto) decide to live in this new world. Along with Haruto's memories, Rio awakens an unknown "special power," and it seems that if he uses it well, he can live a better life. But before that, Rio encountered a kidnapping that turns out to be two princesses of the Bertram Kingdom that he lives in. After saving the princesses, Rio is given a scholarship to the Royal Academy, a school for the rich and powerful. Being a poor orphan in a school of nobles turns out to be an extremely detestable place to be. (Source: MU)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
What 3 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.05 · split reception
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.33
Running avg · Jul 2021 → Dec 2023
- 1 “There are no redeeming qualities to be found in this work. The narrative suffers from jarring tonal shifts, a complete lack of character development, and a derivative, brain-dead protagonist that...”
- 6 “I found the manga surprisingly darker than the typical isekai harem, and it served as a decent, if unengaging, way to pass the time. However, the experience was marred by pathetic, cliché-ridden...”
- 4 “This is your typical Isekai Manga with one dimensional characters. Clearly you have your own taste and different values bc of our life experiences so some may like this manga and some might hate...”
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Published Jul 2017 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M45218 catalog