Rifujin na Magonote
{{Short description|Japanese writer}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Rifujin na Magonote
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|4|3}}
| birth_place = Gifu Prefecture, Japan{{cite book|title=Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation|date=December 25, 2020|publisher=Shōsetsuka ni Narō|isbn=978-4-04-680069-5|volume=24|author=Rifujin na Magonote}}
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| occupation = Novelist
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| genre = Fantasy
| notable_works = Mushoku Tensei
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| native_name = 理不尽な孫の手
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{{nihongo|Rifujin na Magonote|理不尽な孫の手|Rifujin na Magonote|lit. Unreasonable Backscratcher|lead=yes}} is the pen name of a Japanese novelist who is best known for novel series Mushoku Tensei.
Career
Magonote's interest in fiction began when he watched the 1995 animated film Whisper of the Heart while in elementary school. Upon entering junior high school, he joined the computer club where he began writing novels using a text editor and creating picture stories using PowerPoint. After graduating university in 2007, he began submitting manuscripts to publishers. After getting no results, he wanted to quit becoming an author.{{Cite book|last=na Magonote|first=Rifujin|title=Mushoku Tensei Special Book|publisher=MF Books|year=2022|isbn=978-4-04-681934-5|location=Japan|pages=314|language=ja}} Some years later, he was reading Kanekiru Kogitsune's Re:Monster where he learned of the web fiction website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. After reading some of the serials on the website, thinking he would not be ridiculed for his writing, he began submitting there.
From 2012 to 2015, he began publishing the series Mushoku Tensei,{{Cite web|title=無職転生 - 異世界行ったら本気だす -|url=https://ncode.syosetu.com/n9669bk/|access-date=July 20, 2023|website=小説家になろう|language=ja}} which remained the number one ranked work on the site from October 2013 to February 2019.{{Cite web|date=January 21, 2021|title=「今度こそはきちんと生き抜く」…超人気作『無職転生』の"圧倒的切実さ"の正体（飯田 一史） @gendai_biz|url=https://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/-/79231|access-date=July 20, 2023|website=現代ビジネス|language=ja}} Mushoku Tensei were published under Media Factory imprint MF Books since January 2014.{{Cite web|last=Corporation|first=Kadokawa|title=無職転生 ～異世界行ったら本気だす～ １|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/301312000360/|access-date=July 20, 2023|website=Kadokawa}} Since 2017, it has ranked highly in the annual Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!{{efn|name=KonoRano|4th (2017), 7th (2018), 8th (2019), 4th (2020), 5th (2023) (Tankōbon editions)}} It has received a manga adaptation,{{Cite web|last=Corporation|first=Kadokawa|title=無職転生 ～異世界行ったら本気だす～ １|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/301408000839/|access-date=July 20, 2023|website=Kadokawa}} an anime,{{Cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=June 20, 2023|title=Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Novels Get Anime Project|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-15/mushoku-tensei-jobless-reincarnation-novels-get-anime-project/.144573|access-date=July 20, 2023|website=Anime News Network}} and been translated into English.{{Cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=June 20, 2023|title=Seven Seas Adds Railgun, Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Orphen Spinoff Manga; 3 Light Novel Series|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-08/seven-seas-adds-railgun-kobayashi-dragon-maid-orphen-spinoff-manga-3-light-novel-series/.133988|access-date=July 20, 2023|website=Anime News Network}}
Personal life and influences
"Rifujin na Magonote" is a combination of two out of five previous pen names he has used online.{{Cite web|title=無職転生の進捗とゲームの事｜理不尽な孫の手の活動報告|url=https://mypage.syosetu.com/mypageblog/view/userid/288399/blogkey/735329/|access-date=July 20, 2023|website=mypage.syosetu.com}} Magonote is a fan of Satoshi Mizukami, mentioning the series Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer as influencing his own work. He is also influenced by fantasy video game series such as Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.{{Cite web|title=パンタポルタ: 【インタビュー】小説家になろう総合ランキング1位！『無職転生 - 異世界行ったら本気だす -』理不尽な孫の手先生|url=https://www.phantaporta.com/2017/10/113.html|access-date=July 20, 2023|website=パンタポルタ}}
He is friends with fellow Shōsetsuka ni Narō writers Tappei Nagatsuki, Natsume Akatsuki, Kugane Maruyama and Carlo Zen, who all debuted around the same time as him. They have shared copies of their new releases with each other and until 2015, ran a communal chatroom together.{{Cite web|date=October 30, 2021|title=異世界ものは何がそんなに面白いのか？ 『リゼロ』長月達平×『オバロ』丸山くがね対談 {{!}} ダ・ヴィンチニュース|url=https://ddnavi.com/interview/647325/a/|access-date=July 20, 2023|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030093203/https://ddnavi.com/interview/647325/a/|url-status=bot: unknown}}
Works
=Novels=
- Mushoku Tensei (無職転生 〜異世界行ったら本気だす〜, Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu) (Illustrated by Shirotaka, published by MF Books, 26 volumes, 2014 – 2022)
{{See also|List of Mushoku Tensei volumes#Light novel}}
- Orc Eroica (オーク英雄物語 忖度列伝, О̄ku Eiyūmonogatari Sontaku Retsuden) (Illustrated by Asanagi, published by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko, 6 volumes, 2020 – ongoing)
=Anime=
- Mushoku Tensei (Supervising Director, Season 1 Episode 23 Screenplay)
=Video games=
- Mushoku Tensei{{Cite web|date=February 2, 2021|title=ゲーム「無職転生」ルディの父パウロの過去描く物語を実装、理不尽な孫の手が監修|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/414710|access-date=July 20, 2023|website=Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja}} (Original Game Scenario "Paul Gaiden" Supervising Director)
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://mypage.syosetu.com/288399/ Rifujin na Magonote] at Shōsetsuka ni Narō
- {{Twitter|Magote_rihujin}}
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Category:Japanese fantasy writers
Category:Writers from Gifu Prefecture