New Life+: Young Again in Another World

{{Correct title|[New Life+] Young Again in Another World|reason=bracket|edit=substitution}}

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| name = [New Life+] Young Again in Another World

| image = Nidome no Jinsei o Isekai de, volume 1.jpg

| caption = The cover of the first light novel volume

| ja_kanji = 二度目の人生を異世界で

| ja_romaji = Nidome no Jinsei o Isekai de

| genre = Adventure, isekai{{cite web |url=https://j-novel.club/s/new-life-young-again-in-another-world |title=[New Life+] Young Again in Another World |website=J-Novel Club |access-date=May 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118205623/https://j-novel.club/s/new-life-young-again-in-another-world |url-status=dead }}

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| type = novel series

| title =

| author = MINE

| illustrator =

| publisher = Shōsetsuka ni Narō

| first = 2014

| last = 2018

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| type = light novel

| title =

| author = MINE

| illustrator = Kabocha

| publisher = Hobby Japan

| publisher_en = J-Novel Club

| demographic = Male

| imprint = HJ Novels

| magazine =

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| first = November 22, 2014

| last = May 24, 2018

| volumes = 18

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| type = manga

| title =

| author = Satoru Abou

| illustrator =

| publisher = Kadokawa Shoten

| publisher_en =

| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}

| imprint = MF Comics

| magazine = {{noitalic|ComicWalker}}

| magazine_en =

| first = June 22, 2016

| last = December 3, 2021

| volumes = 10

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{{Nihongo|[New Life+] Young Again in Another World|二度目の人生を異世界で|Nidome no Jinsei o Isekai de|lead=yes}} is a Japanese light novel series written by MINE and illustrated by Kabocha. The series was licensed in English by J-Novel Club. A manga adaptation by Satoru Abou was serialized from 2016 to 2021, and an anime television series adaptation by Seven Arcs Pictures was scheduled to premiere in October 2018, before it was cancelled on June 6, 2018. Following the announcement of the anime adaptation, the series and its author began to face criticism for controversial material in the novels and in Twitter posts that MINE had made between 2012 and 2015.

Media

=Light novels=

MINE originally serialized the story as a web novel on the user-generated content site Shōsetsuka ni Narō starting on January 3, 2014.{{cite web |url=https://ncode.syosetu.com/n6332bx/ |title=二度目の人生を異世界で |website=Shōsetsuka ni Narō |language=Japanese |access-date=May 21, 2018 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-14/j-novel-club-licenses-new-life-young-again-in-another-world-novel-series/.126390 |title=J-Novel Club Licenses '[New Life+] Young Again in Another World' Novel Series |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |date=January 14, 2018 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 21, 2018 }} Following the controversy that broke out after the announcement of the anime adaptation, MINE announced plans on June 5, 2018, to discontinue serialization of the web novel. Hobby Japan acquired the series for print publication, and published the first light novel, with illustrations by Kabocha, under their HJ Novels imprint in November 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/05/22-1/mines-fantasy-light-novel-new-life-young-again-in-another-world-gets-tv-anime-in-october-2018 |title=Mine's Fantasy Light Novel "[New Life+] Young Again in Another World" Gets TV Anime in October 2018 |last=Komatsu |first=Mikikazu |date=May 22, 2018 |website=Crunchyroll |access-date=May 22, 2018 |archive-date=May 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524210649/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/05/22-1/mines-fantasy-light-novel-new-life-young-again-in-another-world-gets-tv-anime-in-october-2018 |url-status=dead }} English publisher J-Novel Club announced their license to the series on January 13, 2018. On June 6, 2018, it was reported that Hobby Japan had cancelled shipments of the light novel series.{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-06/new-life-young-again-in-another-world-light-novel-shipments-halted/.132519| title=[New Life+] Young Again in Another World Light Novel Shipments Halted |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=June 6, 2018 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=June 6, 2018 }} On June 15, 2018, J-Novel Club announced that they would cease publishing the series on July 1, 2018.

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| VolumeNumber = 1

| RelDate = November 22, 2014{{cite web |url=http://hobbyjapan.co.jp/hjnovels/series/1/ |title=二度目の人生を異世界で |website=Hobby Japan |language=Japanese |access-date=May 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180607020632/http://hobbyjapan.co.jp/hjnovels/series/1/ |archive-date=June 7, 2018 |url-status=live }}

| ISBN = 9784798609225

| LicensedRelDate = February 26, 2018{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079GH1YJ8 |title=[New Life+] Young Again in Another World: Volume 1 |website=Amazon.com |access-date=May 22, 2018 }}

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Prologue: "I Lived Long and Prospered, or So It Was Told"
Interlude: "The First One, or So It Was Told"
Chapter 1: "There Was Trouble on the Double, or So It Was Told"
Interlude: "The Second One, or So It Was Told"
Chapter 3: "The Battle Ended and It Was Clean-Up Time, or So It Was Told"

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Chapter 4: "They Were Finally in Town, or So It Was Told"
Interlude: "The Third One, or So It Was Told"
Chapter 5: "From Reports to Invitations, or So It Was Told"
Epilogue: "A Party Was Formed, or So It Was Told"
Chapter 0: "On a Certain Day, in a Certain Time, at a Certain Place, or So It Was Told"

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| VolumeNumber = 2

| RelDate = January 22, 2015

| ISBN = 9784798609485

| LicensedRelDate = April 30, 2018{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BCY7JYF |title=[New Life+] Young Again in Another World: Volume 2 |website=Amazon.com |access-date=May 22, 2018 }}

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Prologue: "The First Interlude, or So It Was Told"
Chapter 1: "Training Began, or So It Was Told"
Chapter 2: "A Mission Was Accepted, or So It Was Told"
Chapter 3: "At the Dungeon Entrance, or So It Was Told"
Interlude: "The Second One, or So It Was Told"

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Chapter 4: "Something Seemed Off About the Inaugural Dungeon Campaign, or So It Was Told"
Chapter 5: "Something Something Ill Weeds, Something Something Grow Apace, or So It Was Told"
Epilogue: "The Aftermath, or So It Was Told"
Chapter ?: "There Were Swords and Sorcery, or So It Was Told"

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| VolumeNumber = 3

| RelDate = March 20, 2015

| ISBN = 9784798609843

| LicensedRelDate = June 16, 2018{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5itgDwAAQBAJ&q=New+Life%2B:+Young+Again+in+Another+World:+Volume+3 | title=[New Life+] Young Again in Another World: Volume 3| isbn=9781718319042| last1=Mine| date=2018-06-16| publisher=J-Novel Club}}

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Prologue: "The Search for a Home Came First, or So It Was Told"
Chapter 1: "Time for a Property Viewing, or So It Was Told"
Chapter 2: "Azu Returned, or So It Was Told"
Interlude: "The First One, or So It Was Told"
Chapter 3: "They Departed on a Guild Mission, or So It Was Told"

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Chapter 4: "The Fool Had Company, or So It Was Told"
Interlude: "The Second One, or So It Was Told"
Chapter 5: "They Were Going to the Elf Kingdom, or So It Was Told"
Epilogue: "After a Discovery, Things Looked Fishy, or So It Was Told"
Interlude: "The Third One - They the Pitiful and Their Aftermath, Or So It Was Told"

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| RelDate = November 21, 2015

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=Manga=

A manga adaptation by Satoru Abou was published on Kadokawa Shoten's ComicWalker website.{{cite web |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/283118 |title=「二度目の人生を異世界で」アニメ化、1億8900万PV突破のなろう小説 |date=May 22, 2018 |website=Natalie |language=Japanese |access-date=May 22, 2018 }}{{cite web |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/210571 |title=1億PV突破のなろう小説「二度目の人生を異世界で」コミカライズ1巻が発売 |date=November 24, 2016 |website=Natalie |language=Japanese |access-date=May 22, 2018 }} The manga went on hiatus in late May 2018 following the controversy surrounding the author.{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-22/new-life-manga-resumes-following-original-light-novel-author-controversy/.135788 |title=[New Life+] Manga Resumes Following Original Light Novel Author's Controversy |last=Mateo |first=Alex |date=August 22, 2018 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=August 23, 2018 }} It returned from hiatus on August 22, 2018, and ended on December 3, 2021.

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| RelDate = November 24, 2016{{cite web |url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321607000470/ |title=二度目の人生を異世界で１ |website=Kadokawa Shoten |language=Japanese |access-date=May 22, 2018 }}

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| RelDate = June 23, 2017{{cite web |url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321701000072/ |title=二度目の人生を異世界で２ |website=Kadokawa Shoten |language=Japanese |access-date=May 22, 2018 }}

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| VolumeNumber = 4

| RelDate = January 22, 2018{{cite web |url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321711000562/ |title=二度目の人生を異世界で４ |website=Kadokawa Shoten |language=Japanese |access-date=May 22, 2018 }}

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| VolumeNumber = 5

| RelDate = June 6, 2018{{cite web |url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321801000219/ |title=二度目の人生を異世界で５ |website=Kadokawa Shoten |language=Japanese |access-date=May 22, 2018 }}

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| VolumeNumber = 6

| RelDate = February 22, 2019{{cite web |url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321805000344/ |title=二度目の人生を異世界で 6 |website=Kadokawa Shoten |language=Japanese |access-date=April 19, 2019 }}

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| VolumeNumber = 7

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| VolumeNumber = 8

| RelDate = April 23, 2020{{cite web |url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321912000430/ |title=二度目の人生を異世界で 8 |website=Kadokawa Shoten |language=Japanese |access-date=September 5, 2020 }}

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| VolumeNumber = 9

| RelDate = December 23, 2020{{cite web|title=二度目の人生を異世界で９|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322007000650/|website=Kadokawa Shoten|access-date=April 28, 2021|language=ja}}

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| VolumeNumber = 10

| RelDate = December 23, 2021{{cite web|title=二度目の人生を異世界で 10|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322106000156/|website=Kadokawa Shoten|access-date=January 4, 2022|language=ja}}

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=Cancelled anime=

An anime television series adaptation was announced on May 22, 2018, and was scheduled to premiere in October 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-21/new-life-young-again-in-another-world-light-novel-series-gets-october-tv-anime/.131846 |title='[New Life+] Young Again in Another World' Light Novel Series Gets October TV Anime |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=May 21, 2018 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 22, 2018 }} The series would have been directed by Keitaro Motonaga and written by Takamitsu Kouno, Touko Machida, Koujirou Nakamura, and Chabo Higurashi, with animation by Seven Arcs Pictures. Makoto Takahoko would have provided the series' character designs. However, on June 6, 2018, it was announced that the production and broadcast of the anime had been cancelled due to the controversy surrounding the author and his novels.{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-06/new-life-young-again-in-another-world-anime-cancelled/.132516 |title=[New Life+] Young Again in Another World Anime Cancelled |last=Sherman |first=Jennifer |date=June 6, 2018 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=June 6, 2018 }}

Controversy

Following the announcement of the anime adaptation, the series and its author became the subject of a controversy. A number of commentators on Twitter claimed that the series depicts the protagonist as having taken part in the Second Sino-Japanese War, where he killed 3,000 people with a katana, later going on to kill another 2,000 after the war.{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-06-01/new-life-young-again-in-another-world-anime-protagonist-novel-creator-cause-controversy/.132291 |title='[New Life+] Young Again in Another World' Anime's Protagonist, Novel Creator Cause Controversy |last=Sherman |first=Jennifer |date=June 1, 2018 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=June 6, 2018 }} Additionally, commentators discovered several tweets by the author from 2013 to 2015 containing insulting statements about China, as well as tweets from 2012 to 2014 that allegedly contained similar messages about South Korea.

On June 5, 2018, author MINE apologized via Twitter. He also deleted all of his past Tweets and announced plans to leave Twitter once his apology spread.{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-06-05/new-life-young-again-in-another-world-creator-apologizes-for-controversial-tweets-novel-content/.132479 |title=[New Life+] Young Again in Another World Creator Apologizes for Controversial Tweets, Novel Content |last=Sherman |first=Jennifer |date=June 5, 2018 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=June 6, 2018 }} In regards to the content of his novels, MINE stated that he would no longer serialize the web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō and would begin discussions with his publisher about correcting inappropriate material in the print versions.

On June 6, 2018, voice actors Toshiki Masuda, Megumi Nakajima, and Kiyono Yasuno simultaneously announced their resignations from the anime adaptation. The actors were set to play the parts of Renya Kunugi, Rona Chevalier, and Shion Femme-Fatale, respectively.{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-05/new-life-young-again-in-another-world-anime-cast-resigns-after-creator-apology-for-controversial-comments/.132504 |title=[New Life+] Young Again in Another World Anime Cast Resigns After Creator's Apology for Controversial Comments |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=June 5, 2018 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=June 6, 2018 }} On the same day, talent management agency 81 Produce announced that Nanami Yamashita, originally set to play God in the series, was also resigning.

Also on June 6, the website for the anime became unavailable worldwide except Japan, returning only a 403 Forbidden error. The production committee then posted an announcement on the website that production and broadcast of the anime had been cancelled due to the controversy. The committee also apologized.

Hobby Japan, the publisher of the original light novel series, posted an apology on June 6. Later that day, The Asahi Shimbun reported that the publisher had decided to cancel shipments of the light novel.

On June 15, 2018, J-Novel Club announced that they would suspend publication of the series on July 1, 2018, and would no longer offer it for sale "pending further consultation with the Japanese rights holder".{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-15/j-novel-club-to-suspend-new-life-novel-sales-after-july-1/.132980 |title=J-Novel Club to Suspend [New Life+] Novel Sales After July 1 |last=Ressler |first=Karen |date=June 15, 2018 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=June 15, 2018 }}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://ncode.syosetu.com/n6332bx/|Web novel}} at Shōsetsuka ni Narō
{{Official website|http://hobbyjapan.co.jp/hjnovels/series/1/|Official light novel website}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Official website|http://nidomeno-jinsei.com/|Official anime website}} (available only in Japan) {{in lang|ja}}
{{Official website|https://comic-walker.com/contents/detail/KDCW_MF00000021010000_68/|Official manga website}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Official website|https://j-novel.club/s/new-life-young-again-in-another-world|Official J-Novel Club site}}
{{Anime News Network|light novel|20549}}

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