“Janitor, powerless after student steals his gift, survives summoned school in beast-filled world with goddess's pity.”
Youmuin-san wa Yuusha ja Arimasen node
用務員さんは勇者じゃありませんので
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Janitor, powerless after student steals his gift, survives summoned school in beast-filled world with goddess's pity.
A certain girl genius with more power than knowledge accidentally summoned dozens of students and teachers into a dangerous world filled with beasts and magic, but the protagonist isn't a student or the homeroom teacher... it's the janitor. At the time of their summoning, the students and teachers each gained a power formed from their soul, but not the janitor. As the janitor was about to be bestowed with a power that would protect him, his power was forcibly taken from him by an arrogant student. Having gone three years without a contract extension, he failed to get a job after having graduated from a third-rate university. Somehow he is still a contractor at 25 years old and was a janitor for 2 years, with a take-home monthly salary of less than ¥120,000. From a society that rejected him, he was thrust into a world that rejected him. And what janitor-san wished from the Goddess who took pity on him was... (Source: Novel Updates)
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A Light novel Publication
- Published Feb 2015 – ongoing
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M38424 catalog