Modern Dungeon Capture Starting with Broken Skills (Novel) Vol. 01

Modern Dungeon Capture Starting with Broken Skills (Novel) Vol. 01

In this fantasy adventure tale, an office worker finally escapes the daily grind…when dungeons appear on Earth and he’s saved by a swordswoman and a pixie! And don’t miss the manga adaptation, also from Seven Seas.

Monster-filled dungeons have recently appeared in our world. When average office worker Mizuki Ryosuke gets transferred to the Japanese countryside, by the time he gets there, the office is gone and a dungeon’s sitting in its place! He finds a number of odd things when he ventures inside, like a fairy about to be eaten by goblins and a mysterious skill book that allows him to turn skills—even overpowered ones—into cards so he can use them at will! Rumors of Mizuki and his broken skills spread, and requests for him to hunt down rare items in other dungeons pour in. Where will Mizuki’s new career take him next?

Series Overview: Monster-filled dungeons have recently appeared in our world. When average office worker Mizuki Ryosuke gets transferred to the Japanese countryside, by the time he gets there, the office is gone and a dungeon’s sitting in its place!

He finds a number of odd things when he ventures inside, like a fairy about to be eaten by goblins and a mysterious skill book that allows him to turn skills—even overpowered ones—into cards so he can use them at will! Rumors of Mizuki and his broken skills spread, and requests for him to hunt down rare items in other dungeons pour in. Where will Mizuki’s new career take him next?

Biographical Notes:

Yuuki Kimikawa is an author of Japanese-language books, best known for light novel series Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant! and Modern Dungeon Capture Starting with Broken Skills.

Title Notes:

Seven Seas is publishing both the light novel and manga verion of this series.

Popular in genres of Isekai (adjacent), reverse isekai (otherworldly beings getting transported to Earth), fantasy, action/adventure, RPGs

Perfect for fans of Books in the hot isekai (transported to another world) or adjacent genres about a modern guy in a fantasy world or premise, which includes hit series like Arifureta, Mushoku Tensei, Solo Leveling, The World’s Fastest Level Up, CALL TO ADVENTURE! Defeating Dungeons with a Skill Board, and Does a Hot Elf Live Next Door to You?

Color inserts and roughly a dozen black-and-white manga-style illustrations complement 250-350 pages of text.

This title is rated Older Teen (15+).

More details on Yuuki Kimikawa:

Yuuki Kimikawa’s Twitter account

More works by Yuuki Kimikawa

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