Cover of Book 1, featuring The Protagonist (front), and Koa(back). Novel cover art by Yousuke Ishibashi
Isekai ni Otosareta... Jouka wa Kihon! (異世界に落とされた…浄化は基本!), fan-translated to (Dropped into Another World, Dropped into Another World... Purification is Basic!) is a web novel published by Honobonoru500 (ほのぼのる500), on the 10th of January 2020. It is available here
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The Protagonist finds himself summoned into another world by a group of novices when he is hit by a truck. As a result, the summoning goes awry, causing him to be dropped deep into a cursed forest. Mistaking the legendary creatures within for their mundane equivalents, he befriends the animals within, gradually lifting the curse as he carves out a home for him and his animal companions.
A manga adaptation was published on the 15th of September 2020, and four volumes have been released.
This novel features examples of:
- And I Must Scream:
- The damaged imprisoned souls. After having their soul power forcibly extracted from them (an excruciating process), they are left trapped in their remains, unable to be annihilated, or return to the cycle of reincarnation.
- The God Apprentices that summoned Akira, and the other four humans are punished by being forcibly reincarnated into lower life forms, keeping their memories. According to Goddess Aion, they will never come close to ascending to godhood again, the whole reason that they performed the summoning in the first place.
- Bar Brawl: Although not a bar, the weekly drinking parties almost inevitably result in the companions breaking out into massive brawls in the square. As many of the companions are legendary creatures with powerful magic of their own, this usually results in magic flying every which way (within the confines of the barriers set up beforehand). The Protagonist is used to this, but most newcomers are petrified by the sight, seldom to the point of fainting from terror. A visitor considered it more of a show of force than a party.
- Beyond the Impossible:
- Eco, the new generation of The Yggdrasil begins growing flower buds of different types. The Yggdrasil is a non-flowering tree.
- Akira fundamentally altering the characteristics of the magical, divine and demonic powers flowing through his world by simply changing his perception of them. Both his companions and the visiting gods are dumbfounded by this.
- The angels Momo and Sumire, are your standard Winged Humanoid child angels. Angels should not have a childhood, being created as adults.
- Blob Monster: Spirits are translucent amorphous blobs in their various elements, with two beady eyes. The Protagonist likens them to amoeba.
- Brainwashed:
- One of the functions of the curse cast upon the forest is to take over the minds of the inhabitants of the forest, causing them to turn against it.
- The monsters released by the Envelas Empire into the forest to spread the curse are brainwashed to make them attack forest creatures, instead of humans. When the brainwashing is released, they attack everyone in sight.
- A fair few of the functions of the Hero gifts bestowed by the gods on those summoned to be heroes appear to be some form of brainwashing. The Protagonist considers it to be less brainwashing, and more completely remaking the person:
- They forget their name, and their memories of their families and family structure are altered.
- Their attachment to their original planet is diminished, with them being given an attachment to the planet that they are summoned to.
- Their personalities are altered to be more active, and justice-oriented, such that they take pleasure from doing justice, and feel less guilt for taking lives.
- They are given a strong sense of camaraderie for those they were summoned alongside.
- They are instilled with a hatred for demons and the demon king.
- Conditioned to Accept Horror: A function of the hero's gifts, to help the heroes function in their role, by reducing their sensitivity to unexpected situations, and increase their resilience against things that would break a regular person. When they wear off, it's not uncommon for the affected to go crazy, just from the accumulated memories of everything that they had done while the hero's gift was in effect.
- A Dog Named "Cat": The Protagonist, being a Summoned Everyman Hero from Japan unfamiliar with the creatures of the world he's summoned to, misidentifies the species of his companions:
- The Fenrirs are misidentified as wolves.
- The Dire Wolves are misidentified as dogs.
- The Phoenix is misidentified as a wild bird.
- Dragons Are Divine: Dragons are normally assistants or servants of gods for the world that they take charge of, being embedded with information about their world, and are able to wield divine power, something only other gods can normally use. Their death is implied to be extremely bad for their given domain.
- Fluffy the Terrible: The Protagonist's dragon companions are named Fluffy, Flying Lizard, Marshmallow, Fluffball, and Light Blue. These dragons are amongst some of the most powerful beings in the forest, and are over 10 metres in size.
- Functional Magic:
- Ritual Magic: Powerful forms of magic cast by the inhabitants of the new world takes the form of complex rituals, requiring sacrifices, circles and incantations to take effect.
- Rule Magic: By comparison, most other forms of magic that are not enabled by magic tools, such as attack magic, requires the caster to speak an incantation to use it.
- Wild Magic: Curses are remnants of damaged souls that have been abandoned, and developed grudges as a result. While they can be used as sources of power while they are curses, they also retain some level of sapience, and can wield their own power as they like.
- Go Mad from the Revelation: What tends to happen when the hero's gifts wear off. Those affected gradually return to their original selves, and are implied to be driven to madness by the actions that they had taken in the intervening time (2 years). Goddess Aion and God Fio are concerned about this happening to Akira when they realise that he has been around in the new world long enough that the hero's gifts that he had originally been bestowed with to begin wearing off.
- Intoxication Ensues: Products made in different worlds contain the properties of the worlds that they were made in. If someone was not accustomed to the magical powers that reside within the demon world, they would become intoxicated by the demon world sake far more quickly than they normally would be if it was regular wine made outside of it, something not helped by the sake's famously high alcohol content.
- Life Energy: Soul power (not to be confused with Soul Power) is the final reserve of mana, deep within the core, that is required to maintain the integrity of the soul. The use of this both causes agonising pain, killing the being in the process. It can be forcibly extracted from a soul, damaging it, and causing similar pain.
- Mana: Every living thing needs mana to stay alive. It is created by the core within their body, and the excess left over is what allows for the use of magic. Beings that cannot use magic also have some level of mana within them, but only enough to keep them to sustain life.
- MeatPuppets:
- The evil eye curse on the forest gradually takes over the bodies of those living within the forest. When it takes over their bodies completely, they lose control of their selves, and become another monster that harms the forest, even if they were its former protectors.
- The Envelas Empire's slaves. The slave crest seals their emotions, but they have some awareness of what happens to their bodies, even if they cannot express that awareness, or control their actions.
- Mithril is a silver precious metal sought after by the humans of the other world, and is known for being difficult to manipulate with magic due to its magic content. If stretched thin enough, it becomes transparent, and can be used as a substitute for glass panes.
- Name Amnesia: Recipients of the Hero's gifts forget their names and prior identities. Akira nearly forgets his, and the children that he ends up taking care of have their memories totally erased as a result. Akira gives them new names instead.
- Names To Run Away From Very Fast:
- Chief, the Chuarenier, is known and feared as "Keeper of Death".
- Shuri, the Anferumi, is known and feared as "Hell's Guardian".
- The Nameless: The Protagonist goes without a name for the entire first volume, and much of the second. Even after their name is revealed, almost everyone, except for Goddess Aion, addresses Akira simply as "your lordship".
- New Life in Another World Bonus:
- Summoned heroes are given various gifts that grant them things like increased physical ability, and magic, or greater magic powers. Although those gifts also come with some serious downsides, like a heavy dose of brainwashing.
- Despite the world having rather weak magic, one of the reasons Akira is able to fling around powerful magic with ease is because he's not a native to the world, and as such, is not bound by the rules governing it.
- Olympus Mons: All of The Protagonist's animal companions, except for the Ratatosk, are "Kings of the Forest", legendary creatures who are some of the most powerful beings living in the new world, with the dragons being divine creatures that have power second only to The Protagonist and the gods themselves, or artefacts made by the gods.
- Orichalcum is a golden ore that's infamously difficult to manipulate with magic due to its high magic content, requiring magic surpassing the Kings of the Forest to do so.
- Our Demons Are Different: Demons are denizens of the demon world, rather than being inherently evil creatures, although their emotions may be influenced by the demonic power in their bodies. They have a childhood, and will grow up when their bodies fill with demonic power, rather than growing up after a period of years. They can be evil gods if they develop a special ability, but both evil gods and demons are able to wield darkness magic power, and demonic power.
- Our Gods Are Different: Gods are beings that live in the great world of the gods, their own world. They wield divine power and light magic power, as opposed to their demon counterparts. They are ageless humanoids, who start out as godkin, and are graduated to becoming gods once they are able to create and maintain their own planets. Creation of godkin requires a large amount of divine power, so they are not often made. Gods can be killed either by each other, or by an equal or a greater force.
- Race-Name Basis: Before The Protagonist gave them a name, the species of the forest, including those that would become his companions, did not have names, addressing each other either by their role, title, or species names. For example the Anferumi, was addressed either as "Anferumi", by her title as "Hell's Guardian", or by her role as a "King of the Forest" before she received the name "Shuri".
- Summon Everyman Hero: The Hero Summoning takes people from other worlds, and deposits them in the new world, with gifts that provide boosts to their physical abilities and their magic, among other changes.
- Take Away Their Name: One of the functions of the hero's gift. Those bestowed with it, like Akira and the children, forget their names, so that they don't have any attachments to the world from which they were taken.
- What Did I Do Last Night?: The ants and spiders tend to forget what they did when they were drunk at the weekly drinking party.
