Goblin Slayer
Goblin Slayer is a Japanese dark fantasy light novel series created by Kumo Kagyu and has illustrations by Noboru Kannatsuki. The Monthly Big Gangan magazine serializes a manga adaptation by Kōsuke Kurose and publishes a second adaptation by Masahiro Ikeno.
The main character, Goblin Slayer, is a soldier who kills himself while goblin hunting. Adventurers travel far and wide to join the Guild in this fantastical world. They fulfill contracts to get fame and wealth.
A new priest embarks on her first adventure with a group of adventurers, but danger arises when her first goblin contract goes awry. Goblin Slayer, an adventurer whose sole goal is the severely prejudiced extermination of goblins, saves her as the rest of her party is destroyed or rendered inoperable.
Goblin Slayer was an ASCII art piece with a speech that was put up on an online text board in October 2012. After that, the series was revised to read like a novel and entered into publishing competitions. Therefore, the web version was finished before the novel version.
The novel was then revised to correspond with the conclusion of the web adaptation, which was developed in response to real-time user feedback. The novel version was chosen by GA Bunko editors when the author entered his other works in the Fujimi Fantasia Contest, even though it did not win any prizes.
In the bunkobon genre, the light novel came in fifth place in Takarajimasha's yearly guidebook Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Because of its popularity, adaptations in manga and anime have been produced. No wonder it is one of the best light novels for adults.
Authors: Kumo Kagyu, Noboru Kannatsuki
Year of publication: 2016
Status: Ongoing
