Reincarnated as a Sword (Light Novel) (2025)

"A modern otaku is reborn into a fantasy world as a sword in this hilarious new light novel series! When a 30-year-old salaryman and games enthusiast is suddenly killed in a car accident, he finds himself reborn into a fantasy world in the form of a sword! Now he's in search of a beautiful woman to wield him, and a cat girl named Fran might be the exact adventuring partner he needs."

"A modern otaku is reborn into a fantasy world as a sword in this hilarious new light novel series! When a 30-year-old salaryman and games enthusiast is suddenly killed in a car accident, he finds himself reborn into a fantasy world but in the form of a sword! Now he's in search of a beautiful woman to wield him, and a cat girl named Fran might be the exact adventuring partner he needs."

"A modern otaku is reborn into a fantasy world as a sword in this hilarious new light novel series! When a 30-year-old salaryman and games enthusiast is suddenly killed in a car accident, he finds himself reborn into a fantasy world but in the form of a sword! Now he's in search of a beautiful woman to wield him, and a cat girl named Fran might be the exact adventuring partner he needs."

"A modern otaku is reborn into a fantasy world as a sword in this hilarious new light novel series! When a 30-year-old salaryman and games enthusiast is suddenly killed in a car accident, he finds himself reborn into a fantasy world but in the form of a sword! Now he's in search of a beautiful woman to wield him, and a cat girl named Fran might be the exact adventuring partner he needs."

"A modern otaku is reborn into a fantasy world as a sword in this hilarious light novel series! When a 30-year-old salaryman and games enthusiast is suddenly killed in a car accident, he finds himself reborn into a fantasy world, but in the form of a sword! Now he's in search of a beautiful woman to wield him, and a cat girl named Fran might be the exact adventuring partner he needs."

"Reincarnated as a sentient weapon with memories of his past life, but not his name, a magical sword saves a young beastgirl from a life of slavery. Fran, the cat-eared girl, becomes his wielder, and wants only to grow stronger, while the sword wants to know why he is here. Together, the strange duo's journey has only just begun! "

When a 30-year-old salaryman and games enthusiast is suddenly killed in a car accident, he finds himself reborn into a fantasy world... but in the form of a sword! Now he's in search of a beautiful woman to wield him, and a cat girl named Fran might be the exact adventuring partner he needs.

"When a 30-year-old salaryman and games enthusiast is suddenly killed in a car accident, he finds himself reborn into a fantasy world but in the form of a sword! Now he's in search of a beautiful woman to wield him, and a cat girl named Fran might be the exact adventuring partner he needs."

A modern otaku is reborn into a fantasy world as a sword! When a 30-year-old salaryman and games enthusiast is suddenly killed in a car accident, he finds himself reborn into a fantasy world... but in the form of a sword! Now he's in search of a beautiful woman to wield him, and a cat girl named Fran might be the exact adventuring partner he needs.

"When a 30-year-old salaryman and games enthusiast is suddenly killed in a car accident, he finds himself reborn into a fantasy world but in the form of a sword! Now he's in search of a beautiful woman to wield him, and a cat girl named Fran might be the exact adventuring partner he needs."

When a 30-year-old salaryman and games enthusiast is suddenly killed in a car accident, he finds himself reborn into a fantasy world... but in the form of a sword! Now he's in search of a beautiful woman to wield him, and a cat girl named Fran might be the exact adventuring partner he needs.

When a 30-year-old salaryman and games enthusiast is suddenly killed in a car accident, he finds himself reborn into a fantasy world... but in the form of a sword! Now he's in search of a beautiful woman to wield him, and a cat girl named Fran might be the exact adventuring partner he needs.

LEVEL UP!The many battles they’ve endured leave Teacher and Fran feeling they need to step up their game and get stronger. The two return to Alessa to train at the Demon Wolf's Garden, the place where Teacher first awakened. With some help from Amanda, and an extra-powerful crop of monsters now infesting the Garden, the duo gets to work training up a storm!

SCHOOL DAYSTheir training complete, Fran and Teacher decided to head to the Magic Academy in Belioth to fulfill a request from Aristea. Unfortunately, Teacher’s hopes for Fran to get in some normal student time alongside her peers are thwarted by an unexpected reunion—and a campus conspiracy!

An off-campus survival class puts Fran to the test when the students she's overseeing are swarmed by an unexpected wave of monsters. Can she and Teacher keep her charges safe and foil a certain evil alchemist's plans? Or will her instructor days be over before they even begin?

HERDING CATSTasked by Wina with a mission to Goldicia, Fran and Teacher must return to Belioth to prepare for the trip—except the battle with a certain great beast has delayed all sea travel by months! Fran decides instead to head south in search of ingredients for the cooking contest in Granzell, only for the duo to encounter another unexpected surprise on the road in the form of a Black Cat named Kuhne. Where will this meeting lead?

BATTLE ROYALE, REPRISED!The search for Theraclede—and Dimitris’ expedition to Goldicia—bring Fran back to Ulmutt, where circumstances conspire to see her entering the city’s famous tournament once more. She’ll have to face some powerful foes this time around, including an insectoid mercenary captain and some potential Raydossian spies! Meanwhile, a minion of the Black Bones is plotting something sinister in the shadows! Can Fran win this fight fair and square? Or is she doomed to never reach Goldicia?

BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGANTeacher and Fran are on the final leg of their journey to Goldicia when Amanda shares an unexpected revelation—it was on Goldicia, in the village of Castell, where Fran was born, and where her parents died! With the new goal of visiting Fran’s parents’ graves, the duo finally lands on Goldicia’s shores and battles their way through hordes of antibodies to find the ruins of Castell. When they do find it, another surprise awaits in the form of one last survivor—an older Black Cat called Nadia. Fran’s delight soon turns to horror as they discover Nadia’s life is being eroded by the discarded godsword Overgrowth. Can she and Teacher free Nadia from the sword’s clutches without killing her? And what other trials does Goldicia have in store for them?

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CENDIAFran and Teacher are headed for the shadowy city of Cendia, where the adventurers’ guild, an organization of healers, and the Drake King and Beastman Councils are all busy vying for power. Though they came to Cendia to wipe out an illegal slavery ring, Fran and Teacher get thrown headfirst into the conflict when Fran is mistaken for a member of the Beastman Council! And what is this unexpected reunion lurking in the wings?