Magical Explorer
is a Japanese light novel series written by Iris. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in February 2018, before being published in print with illustrations by Noboru Kannatsuki by Kadokawa Shoten beginning in November 2019. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Yukari Higa, began serialization on the Young Ace Up website in August 2020.

Media

Light novel
Written by Iris, the series began publication on the novel posting website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on February 26, 2018. The series was later acquired by Kadokawa Shoten, who began publishing the series in print with illustrations by Noboru Kannatsuki on November 1, 2019. As of April 2023, eight volumes have been released.

Yen Press is publishing the series in English.

Volume list

Manga
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Yukari Higa, began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace Up manga website on August 20, 2020. The series went on hiatus in June 2021 due to Higa's health. As of March 2021, the series' individual chapters have been collected into a single tankōbon volume.

Yen Press is also publishing the manga adaptation in English.

Volume list

Reception
Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network praised the illustrations, but criticized the female characters as lacking development. On the story, Silverman wrote "from the very first sentence, we know what we're getting into, and luckily, it does it decently well". Demelza of Anime UK News felt the series was a "serviceable" isekai series, though Demelza was critical of the writing.

The novel has 50,000,000 views on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website.

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2019 Japanese novels
Anime and manga based on light novels
Isekai anime and manga
Isekai novels and light novels
Japanese webcomics
Kadokawa Shoten manga
Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
Light novels
Light novels first published online
Seinen manga
Shōsetsuka ni Narō
Webcomics in print
Yen Press titles