This isn't how I imagined life in a parallel world would be.

Income isn't stable when you're a beginner adventurer,{Income is unstable for a beginner adventurer,}

so sleeping in a stable is normal.

Now that I think about it, adventurers are

basically insignificant, job-hopping part-timers.

Even in a country as wealthy as Japan,{Even in a place as affluent as Japan,}

job-hoppers can afford to stay in hotels.

Minimum wage?

Fair labor standards?

What are those? Are they tasty?

Good morning.

Don't "good morning" me.

It's almost noon.

Weren't we going on a kill quest?

Once I realized we didn't have to go to our construction job, I couldn't help myself.

What happened to yesterday's "Leave it to me"?{What happened to her saying "Leave it to me" yesterday?}{What happened to her saying I could "count on" her yesterday?}

So, wasn't this world supposed to be under

attack from the Devil King and in a huge crisis?

This is as peaceful as it gets! There's no sign of evil influence anywhere.

This is the furthest city from the Devil King's castle.

Besides, he wouldn't go out of his way to attack a city with

nothing but novice adventurers in it.

Right...

Now then, let's go on that kill quest!

You can count on me!

I get the feeling you said something similar yesterday.{Something tells me you said something similar yesterday.}

But it is true that you're a goddess.

I'm counting on you.

All right! Let's put together the most basic equipment we can get and head out.

Yeah!

How long are you gonna hang around?! You wanna get walloped?!

W-We're sorry!

ki

This is the world we saw

sa

Now, the opening bells are ringing

We

We are fantastic dreamers!

mu

All too innocently, we were handed an unjust future

so

But are you ready to play it for all it's worth?

to

Don't watch the hands of the clock

ko

Just go at the pace your heart creates

ha

Life should be a chain of exciting rhythms

Come on, you can put your faith in this place

It's such a wonderful world!!

ho

Look, the dazzling sun's a fanfare of elation

bo

And it awaits us always and forever

mo

No more will we allow for hesitation

We'll be greedy again and again

su

Until we have it all in the end

Let's go, we are fantastic dreamers!

Kill Quest

Save me, Aqua!

Save me—

Whoa!

Oh, man, this is hysterical!

Kazuma, your face is red and you have tears in your eyes!

You look super desperate!

I'll bury her later, before I head home!

Giant Toads.

These guys can't be dismissed as simple frogs.

When their mating season comes,{When mating season comes,}

they show up in settlements with lots of prey,

and swallow the farmers' goats whole

to build up strength in preparation to lay their eggs.

In fact, farmers and children from the village

tend to go missing during these frogs' mating season every year.

By the way, their meat is somewhat tough,

but it's so light and refreshing

that it's a highly coveted ingredient.

Kazuma!

If you want me to save you,

why don't you start by adding "san" to the end of my name?

Aqua-sama!

I guess I have no choice.

I'll help you out, you shut-in NEET!

In return, you'd better worship me from tomorrow onward!

Huh?

When we get back to town, join the Axis Sect

and pray to me three times a day.

At meal time, when I say "Gimme,"

you'll hand your food over without resistance.

Furthermore—

Don't get eaten!

Konosuba!

Good thing the frog stopped moving around while it was eating you.

Thank you, Kazuma!

Thank you!

Thank you so much!

She smells awful!

Um, let's head back for today.

These guys are more than we can handle.

Let's do this after we put better equipment together!

I'm all dirty now.

If the followers of Axis see me sullied like this,

I'll lose their devotion!

If it gets out that I backed down from a lowly frog,

the name of the beautiful and stunning Aqua-sama will fall by the wayside!

She's normally happy as can be to work up a sweat with the old geezers,

and looks forward to her post-bath dinner

and a good, hard drink most of all.

She even drools while she sleeps in the stable.

It's a little late to complain about being "dirty."

Hey! Wait, Aqua!

Feel the power of the gods!

Regret that you ever stood in my path

and bared your fangs at the gods!

Repent in the pits of Hell!

God Blow!

"God Blow" is a lethal fist that carries a goddess's rage and sorrow!

Anything it strikes will perish!

N-Now that I've had a good look, I think frogs are pretty cute.{N-Now that I have a good look, I think frogs are pretty cute.}

Aqua!

Killed 2 Giant Toads

Eris

Miss, another over here!

There's no way the two of us can take them on alone.

Let's recruit more allies!

5,000 eris per frog.

We risked our lives and only got part-time construction work pay...

This is surprisingly tasty.

It's a little tough, but the texture's quite nice.

You say "allies,"

but we're beginners with no decent equipment.

Do you really think anyone will party up with us?

You've got me here, so allies—

Swallow your food! Swallow your food, then talk.{Swallow your food! Swallow your food, then talk!}

I'm an arch priest, the most advanced job class there is!

Anyone would kill to have me in their party!

If I offhandedly decided to recruit members,

there'd be tons of people saying, "Please! Take me with you!"

Now that we've got that straight, hand me another piece of fried frog!

Oh?

DAY

Isn't it too quiet today?{Aren't there too few people?}

Yeah, we really don't have much work.{Yeah, we sure have plenty of free time today.}

Is today a holiday?

Nobody's coming.

More than half a day passed after we posted the recruitment offer,

but no prospective future heroes showed up.

Immediate opening! We're a cozy, harmonious party.

Any adventurers who wish to journey with

the beautiful and noble arch priest, Aqua-sama, need look no further!

I've been happy every day since I joined this party.

I definitely hit the jackpot!

I got over my illness and became popular,

all thanks to joining Aqua-sama's party!

Hiring requirements: adventurers in advanced job classes only.

Hey, let's lower the bar a little.

Recruiting only members in advanced job classes is way too strict.{Recruiting only members in advanced jobs is way too strict.}

But... But...

At this rate, not a single person will come.

I mean, you might have an advanced job class,

but I'm still in the weakest class.

I'll feel ashamed if I'm completely surrounded by the elite.

I happened to notice your recruitment poster.

That we would meet is a fate chosen by the world itself.

I have anxiously awaited the arrival of those such as yourselves.

My name is Megumin!

My calling is that of an arch wizard,

one who controls explosion magic,

the strongest of all offensive magic!

Um...

Do you also desire my forbidden strength,

which is so almighty, I've been ostracized by the entire world?

Huh?

Then show me thine resolve to peer into the ultimate abyss with me!

For when man gazes long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into him.{When man stares into the abyss, the abyss stares back.}

Are you just here to poke fun at us?

N-No!

That red eye. Are you a crimson demon?

Indeed!

I am Megumin, user of the finest magic crimson demons possess!

My lethal magic demolishes mountains,

smashes boulders...

Hey, what's wrong?!

I haven't eaten anything in three days.

Do you have anything I could eat?

I don't mind treating you,

but what's with the eyepatch?

If you're injured, why don't we have her heal you?

Her one strong suit is healing magic.

My "one"?!

This is the magic item that suppresses my mighty magical powers.{My mighty magical powers are suppressed by this magic item.}

If I were ever to take this off,

a great catastrophe would surely befall this world.

So it's like a seal?

Well, that was a lie.

I just wear it for looks.

I'm sorry! Please don't pull on it!

Stop! Stop it!

You know,

crimson demons are born with high intelligence and possess magical powers.

Generally, they're all expert wizards,

and all have weird names.

Oh?

Ow! My eye!

Sorry. I thought you were making fun of us.

You were talking gibberish and gave us that weird name.

Calling my name weird is rude!

From my point of view, it's everyone else in town who has a weird name.

By the way, what are your parents' names?

My mother is Yuiyui and my father is Hyoizaburo!

So this girl's clan has a lot of good wizards, right?

Hey!

If you've got something to say about my parents' names, let's hear it!

Hyoizaburo!

Adventurer cards can't be forged.

She's an arch wizard for sure.

It's an advanced job class that commands powerful offensive magic!

True, this girl's magic stat is high.

Also, if she really can use explosion magic, that's amazing!

It's the most advanced attack magic there is!

Hey, please don't call me "this girl" and "she."

I'd prefer you called me by name.

Well, go ahead and order something, "arch wizard."

Kill Quest

Explosion magic is the strongest magic.

But that also means it takes time to prepare.

Please keep that frog at bay until my preparations are complete.

Okay, I'll do it.

Kazuma, there's another over there!

Two at once?

Target the frog in the distance with your magic.

Understood.

As for the closer one...

Hey, let's go, Aqua.

You are a former something-or-other, right?

Show us some of your former ability.

What do you mean "former"?!

I am a goddess! Present tense!

Goddess?

Oh, she just calls herself one. It's rather sad.

She blurts out stuff like this at times,

but it's best not to pay it any mind.

How pitiful...

Wh-What?!

These frogs may be strong against physical attacks,

but this time for sure!

Watch this, Kazuma!

I'll show you the powers of a goddess today for sure!

Tremble before me and sleep!

God Requiem!

"God Requiem" is a goddess's requiem of love and sorrow!

Anything it strikes will perish!

As expected of a goddess...

She put her life on the line to buy us time.

Darkness blacker than black, darker than dark...

I beseech thee, combine with my deep crimson.

The time of awakening cometh.

Justice, fallen upon the infallible boundary,

appear now as an intangible distortion!

Dance, dance, dance!

I desire for my torrent of power a destructive force:

a destructive force without equal!

Return all creation to cinders

and come from the abyss!

This is the mightiest means of attack known to man,

the ultimate attack magic!

Explosion!

Amazing...

So this is magic?

Did the explosion wake it up?

Megumin!

Let's back off for now and—

Eh?

While my mystic art, explosion magic,

possesses tremendous might,

it also consumes tremendous magical power.

In short,

I used magic exceeding my limits,

so now I can't move a muscle.

Huh?

I never expected a frog to pop up so close by.

This is bad.

I'm going to be eaten.

Sorry, could you help me ou—

Y-You guys!

Don't get eaten!

Today's Results

Today's Results

Holy crap! Check out this tadpole!

Whoa, it's huge!

I stink! I stink!

The inside of a frog stinks,

but it feels nice and warm.

That's information I didn't want to know.

You're banned from using explosion magic, except in emergencies.

Just do your best with some other magic from now on.

I can't.

Huh?

I can only use explosion magic.

I can't use any other type of magic.

For real?

For real.

Hey, wait right there!

Huh?

If your level is high enough to use explosion magic,

shouldn't you be able to use other magic, as well?

Even I didn't learn all the arch priest spells

until after I learned the party trick skills.

What the heck would you use "party trick" skills for?

I'm an arch wizard who loves explosion magic above all else.

I don't like any other magic in the detonation family.

I only like explosion magic!

I could, of course, easily go on adventures if I learned other magic,

but that just won't do!

I only love explosion magic!

Even if I'm limited to only one use per day

or I collapse after using my magic,

explosion magic is still the only magic I'll ever love!

After all, I chose the path of an arch wizard

solely so I could use explosion magic!

Wonderful! Simply wonderful!

Inefficient though it is, I'm moved by your romantic pursuit!

Damn, this wizard's hopeless.

The fact that Aqua sympathizes with her proves it.

Based on these two fights,

I highly suspect this goddess is also completely useless.

Frankly, I don't need any more problem children to put up with.

I see!

I'm sure the path ahead of you will be thorny, but do your best!

Once we reach the guild, we'll split the reward evenly,

then when we get a chance, let's meet up somewhere—

My only desire is to use my explosion magic.

I'd be fine with going unpaid if need be.

Yes, an arch wizard's mighty power can be yours,

for the low cost of food and sundries!

for the low cost of food and sundries!

What choice do you have but to make a long-term contract with me?

No, no, no.

Such mighty power would be wasted on a puny party of novice adventurers like us.

No, no, no.

It's fine, even if you are puny or novices!

I might have an advanced job class, but I'm only level six.

Hey, I wish you wouldn't try to tear my hand away!

No, no, no, no!

What kind of wizard can only use a spell once a day?!

This girl's grip is surprisingly strong for a wizard!

Hey, let go!

You got dumped by another party, didn't you?!

I said let go!

Heck, if we go into a dungeon, there won't be enough room to use explosion magic!

You get more useless by the second!

Hey, stop! You're getting it on my face!

No other parties will take me anymore!

I'll carry your stuff, or whatever else you need!

I'm begging you! Please don't abandon me!

And he's got a girl covered in goo beside him.

Toying with such a little girl, then discarding her?

What a scumbag!

Look! Both those girls are covered in goo!{Look! Both those girls are all slimy!}

What sort of acts did that pervert perform on them?!

I-It's not like that!

I'm fine with whatever erotic acts you like!

I'll show you I can even endure that slimy act we used those frogs for!

All right, I get it!

Glad to have you aboard!

Konosuba!

I've confirmed that you have completed your quest.

Thank you for your hard work.

I went up four levels all at once.

You really do get stronger just by defeating some monsters.

The newer the adventurer, the faster you'll grow.

Now then, adding up the sale of the giant toads

and your quest completion reward,

your total comes to 110,000 eris.

Please verify the amount.

110,000... Split between three people,

that comes to around 36,000 eris each.

We nearly lost our lives for a reward of 36,000 each.

It's so not worth it.

I checked the other quests just in case, but...

I want someone to search for my lost pet white wolf.

I want someone to teach my son swordsmanship.

Requirements: rune knights or sword masters only.

Looking for a practice partner for magical experiments.

Requirements: must have high HP or confidence in their magic resistance!

Yup, impossible.

I want to go back to Japan.

The ally we recruited is a lost cause.

Living in this world isn't gonna be easy.

I happened to see your recruitment poster.

Are you still recruiting party members?

Um...

We are!

I wouldn't really recommend it, though...

A female knight.

An extraordinarily beautiful one at that!

She's such a gorgeous older woman, I got so nervous

that my voice squeaked a little.

It's an adverse effect of my long life as a shut-in!

I see. Thank goodness.

I have anxiously awaited the arrival of someone such as yourself.

My name is Darkness.

My... My calling is that of a crusader.{My calling is that of a c-crusader.}

Please let me...

Please let me join your...

p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-

p-p-party!

While I was playing I tripped and skinned my knee

While I was playing I tripped and skinned my knee

It began to bleed and flowed its pain into me

But I laughed it off since I knew that it would heal

And tomorrow there would be a scab I could peel

At the cape I push my boat off from the land

At the cape I push my boat off from the land

And it blows, the sails billowing tall and grand

And it blows, the sails billowing tall and grand

I can see the shore receding in the breeze

As I go on my voyage to sail the seven seas

From the south a gale rises into a squall

And the clouds, they burst and raindrops start to fall

It's a sign that spring is ready to begin

But first I must return home to take the laundry in

But first I must return home to take the laundry in

Dad, I've gotten totally used to my life here in this parallel world.