Ever wanted to write an isekai (trapped in a fantasy world) story, but couldn’t come up with a slightly more concrete premise? English Light Novels Dot Com is here to help. The Isekai Light Novel Generator will give you not only the new premise for your genre-deconstructing bestseller, but will give you a title for the book too–all in one fell swoop! First, here’s the framework you’re going to start with:
“(A) I’ve Been Reincarnated as (B) In Another World, and (C) is Forcing Me to (D).”
To fill in the blanks, all you’ll need to know is your first and last name, and your birthday (month and day).
For (A), the opening of your title, you will need to know the month you were born in.
| Jan | I Can’t Believe |
| Feb | Wouldn’t You Know It, |
| Mar | You Have Got to Be Kidding Me. |
| Apr | Hot-Blooded Youth! |
| May | Can It Be True? |
| Jun | Put on Your Seat Belts, |
| Jul | THIS SUMMER. |
| Aug | Are You Ready for This? |
| Sep | And Now For Something Completely Different. |
| Oct | Believe It! |
| Nov | This is No Ordinary Light Novel! |
| Dec | Masaka! |
For (B), the main character, you will need to know the first letter of your first (or given) name.
| A | Your Average, Everyday High School Boy |
| B | Your Average, Everyday High School Girl |
| C | a Panda |
| D | One of Those Sliding Stones Used in Curling |
| E | a Kid with a Red Left Eye and a Yellow Right Eye |
| F | a Rich Ojou-sama |
| G | a Tree Over 300 Meters Tall |
| H | a Robot Ninja Dolphin |
| I | an Exact Clone of Myself (But with Spikier Hair) |
| J | a Ripoff of Kirito |
| K | an Isekai Light Novel |
| L | a Talking Cat with a Moustache |
| M | the Underappreciated Healer of a Dungeon Party |
| N | Santa Claus |
| O | Your Mom |
| P | One of Those Creepy Ghost Girls (Like From “The Ringâ€) |
| Q | a Slick Bishounen with Cool-Looking Glasses |
| R | a Samurai with Short-Term Memory Loss |
| S | a Gundam |
| T | a Cutesy Idol Girl |
| U | a Cutesy Idol Boy Who Looks Exactly Like a Girl |
| V | an OP Mummy |
| W | Sherlock Holmes (But With Fox Ears) |
| X | the Leader of a Cult |
| Y | One of Those Blue Aliens from “Avatar†|
| Z | an Entire Continent (and Everything That’s On It) |
For (C), the other important character, you will need to know the first letter of your last (or family) name.
| A | a Hapless Tanuki |
| B | the Local Yakuza Boss |
| C | Some Noob Wizard |
| D | a Needlessly Violent Tsundere |
| E | a Reject Vocaloid |
| F | a Sentient Xbox |
| G | the Author of This Book |
| H | Zombie Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
| I | Tony the Tiger |
| J | the Student Council President |
| K | a Combat Psychiatrist |
| L | My Little Sister |
| M | a Vampire Who Can Only Say “Bluh! Bluh!†|
| N | a Kizuna Ai Nendoroid Come to Life |
| O | My Kinda Sorta Somewhat Hot Teacher |
| P | Prime Minister Abe (Who Reincarnated as a Stag Beetle) |
| Q | a Chibi Fairy Voiced by Rie Kugimiya |
| R | My Childhood Friend |
| S | the NHK |
| T | a Loli Version of Natsume Souseki |
| U | One of the Bad CG Cars from Initial D |
| V | a Sock Puppet |
| W | Crunchyroll-Hime |
| X | the Boy Who Sits in the Very Back Desk By the Window |
| Y | a Rice Ball |
| Z | a Professional Parcheesi Player with a Foot Fetish |
And for (D), the hook, you will just need to know the day of the month you were born.
| 1 | Become the DDR World Champion?! |
| 2 | Save the World From the Hamster Horde?! |
| 3 | Read ALL the Isekai Light Novels?! |
| 4 | Bake a Cake?! |
| 5 | Invest in This Fantasy World’s Equivalent of Bitcoin?! |
| 6 | NOT Hunt Generic Monsters in Generic RPG Dungeons?! |
| 7 | Get a REAL Job?! |
| 8 | Join a Gang?! |
| 9 | Eat Nothing But Pringlesâ„¢ Stackable Snack Chips for the Rest of My Life?! |
| 10 | Believe in Myself?! |
| 11 | Speak Solely in the Osaka Ben Dialect?! |
| 12 | Rewrite This Novel?! For the THIRD Time?! |
| 13 | Defeat the Dragon King, the Dragon Lord, the Dragon Master, AND the Actual Freaking Dragon?! |
| 14 | Solve Overly-Complicated Mysteries?! |
| 15 | Recite the Opening Paragraph of War and Peace… Right Now?! Okay, Here Goes: “Well, Prince, Genoa and Lucca are now no more than private estates of the Bonaparte family. No, I warn you, that if you do not tell me we are at war, if you again allow yourself to palliate all the infamies and atrocities of this Antichrist (upon my word, I believe he is), I don’t know you in future, you are no longer my friend, no longer my faithful slave, as you say. There, how do you do, how do you do? I see I’m scaring you, sit down and talk to me.” |
| 16 | Get in the Damn Robot?! |
| 17 | Marry the Prince?! |
| 18 | Call This a Regular Novel--Not a Light Novel--Even Though It’s Eligible for the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi Contest?! |
| 19 | Go Spelunking?! |
| 20 | Play a Children’s Card Game?! |
| 21 | Actually Commit and Start Dating One of the Dozen Girls Who Really Like Me For Some Reason?! |
| 22 | Just Sit Here and Let Onii-sama Save the Day?! |
| 23 | Kill Random Orcs and Goblins, Even Though the Vast Majority of Them are Regular Orcs and Goblins Just Going About Their Lives and Not Harming Anyone?! |
| 24 | Get Senpai to Notice Me?! |
| 25 | Become the Pirate King, the Ninja King, AND the Bleach King?! |
| 26 | Lose All My Memories?! |
| 27 | Make These Cute Monster Girls My Slaves?! Isn’t That Cruel Though?! Seriously, What the Hell?! |
| 28 | Get Whatever I Want for Dinner Tonight?! Plus TWO Desserts?! |
| 29 | Start a NEW Trend for Light Novel Storylines?! |
| 30 | Hijack the Galactic Railroad Train?! |
| 31 | Become a Taxidermist?! |
Remember, the format is:
“(A) I’ve Been Reincarnated as (B) In Another World, and (C) is Forcing Me to (D).”
Now fill in the blanks and share with us your light novel magnum opus! You have a one week deadline BTW, so you better start writing quick…