“Mediocre adventurer Rentt becomes undead skeleton after dragon attack, quests to regain humanity through Existential Evolution.”
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
望まぬ不死の冒険者
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Synopsis
Mediocre adventurer Rentt becomes undead skeleton after dragon attack, quests to regain humanity through Existential Evolution.
Rentt Faina, a twenty-five-year-old adventurer, has been hacking away at monsters for a decade. However, without much talent for the job, Rentt finds himself stuck hunting slimes and goblins for meager amounts of coin every day. Little does he know, all this is about to change when he comes across a seemingly undiscovered path in the Labyrinth of the Moon's Reflection. What awaits him at the end of the path, however, is neither treasure nor riches, but a legendary dragon that wastes no time swallowing him whole! Waking up a short time later, Rentt finds himself not quite dead, but not very alive either—he is nothing more than a pile of bones! Armed with nothing but his trusty sword, tool belt, and ghoulish new looks, Rentt sets off on his quest as a newly reborn Skeleton to achieve Existential Evolution, hoping to one day return to civilization with a more human form. Will Rentt succeed, or will the labyrinth consume him for the rest of his un-death...? (Source: J-Novel Club)
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What 4 readers settled on.
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σ 1.79 · some divergence
4.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 4.0
↓ 0.25
Running avg · May 2019 → Jan 2025
- 7 “A good novel if you're not against exposition and slow pace. It's a pure fantasy novel, with some very slight video game elements (like dungeons and something which vaguely resemble exp). Despite...”
- 9 “I've been following this series after the translations by J-Novel started, and I'm happy I picked it up. The Unwanted Undead Adventurer is a fantasy novel about - as the title states - a guy who...”
- 7 “Spoilers for the timing of events around volumes 10-13 Overall I agree with what others have said about this series. I'm currently caught up with all 13 volumes currently out (as of august 2024)...”
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A Light novel Publication
- Published Oct 2017 – ongoing
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M46124 catalog