Hanashi Media Acquires Licensing for I’m Just a Villager, So What? & I Got Reincarnated as a Cultist Mob Light Novel Series

Posted by By japannihon May 8, 2025No Comments

© Arata Shiraishi, Famy Sirasho

Hanashi Media revealed this week that it has acquired the rights to two new light novel series: I’m Just a Villager, So What? and I Got Reincarnated as a Cultist Mob in an Eroge Full of Maniacs with Death Wishes!

The company also announced via its Twitter/X account that it will unveil another new license tomorrow.

Here are the specifics for the recently licensed series:

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Japanese from Zero! 1: Proven Techniques to Learn Japanese for Students and Professionals

• Used Book in Good Condition
• George Trombley (Author)
• English (Publication Language)
• 376 Pages - 08/22/2014 (Publication Date) - Learn From Zero (Publisher)

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Japan Travel Guide: Things I Wish I'D Known Before Going to Japan (2026)

• Ken Fukuyama, Yuki Fukuyama (Author)
• English (Publication Language)
• 246 Pages - 10/11/2022 (Publication Date) - Independently published (Publisher)

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Japanese Vocabulary: a QuickStudy Laminated Reference Guide (Quick Study Academic)

• Used Book in Good Condition
• Sumiko Uo (Author)
• English (Publication Language)
• 6 Pages - 01/01/2005 (Publication Date) - BarCharts Publishing Inc. (Publisher)

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I’m Just a Villager, So What?

Story: Arata Shiraishi

Illustrations: Famy Sirasho

Synopsis:

I’m the strongest damn villager on the planet!

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Japanese from Zero! 1: Proven Techniques to Learn Japanese for Students and Professionals

• Used Book in Good Condition
• George Trombley (Author)
• English (Publication Language)
• 376 Pages - 08/22/2014 (Publication Date) - Learn From Zero (Publisher)

Buy on Amazon

Japan Travel Guide: Things I Wish I'D Known Before Going to Japan (2026)

• Ken Fukuyama, Yuki Fukuyama (Author)
• English (Publication Language)
• 246 Pages - 10/11/2022 (Publication Date) - Independently published (Publisher)

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Japanese Vocabulary: a QuickStudy Laminated Reference Guide (Quick Study Academic)

• Used Book in Good Condition
• Sumiko Uo (Author)
• English (Publication Language)
• 6 Pages - 01/01/2005 (Publication Date) - BarCharts Publishing Inc. (Publisher)

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Reincarnated in a fantasy realm, Ryuto Maclaine finds himself in the most mundane class of all: villager. No noble lineage, no divine gifts — just a broke farm boy from an insignificant hamlet.

His childhood companions? Only a cheat-tier hero called Cordelia and a brilliant sage named Moses. At fifteen, Ryuto’s life abruptly ends… courtesy of Moses stabbing him in the back.

But death isn’t final. That’s when his true cheat activates: return from death — a unique skill that allows him to rewind his life in this universe.

Equipped with a second chance and an indomitable spirit referred to as unyielding, Ryuto swears to rise again. Even as a villager, he’ll rescue the hero, rewrite his destiny, and fight his way to the top!

The ascent of Ryuto the villager begins now — try to keep up.

I Got Reincarnated as a Cultist Mob in an Eroge Full of Maniacs with Death Wishes!

Story: Heaven99

Illustrations: Namanie

Synopsis:

Will he embrace twisted love—or confront death? Prepare to strengthen your resolve.

After being reborn as a cultist mob in the famously ruthless eroge Seeker of the Netherlight, Oakley has only one objective: flee the insane cult before he’s sacrificed like the rest. But during a clash against the Kenneth Orthodoxy, one reckless action draws the attention of a fierce female executive—and even worse, the mad cult leader.

Now, his mundane existence receives a hellish enhancement as he strives to navigate a world where the heroines are all utterly deranged, eyes burning with a kind of resolve that mocks death… and they all appear obsessively fixated on him. His life—and his chastity—are at stake in a no-save nightmare scenario.

Warning: This narrative features only adorable girls with severely twisted kinks and a dangerously unhealthy fixation on the protagonist.

Source: Hanashi Media Official Twitter, Second Twitter Link, Anime News Network