Reborn as a Space Mercenary
Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryūto and illustrated by Tetsuhiro Nabeshima. It began serialization online in February 2019 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Fujimi Shobo, who have published sixteen volumes since July 2019 under their Kadokawa Books imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Shinichi Matsui has been serialized online via Kadokawa Corporation's ComicWalker website since November 2019 and has been collected in ten volumes. An anime adaptation has been announced.
Plot
One day, a man named Satou Takahiro mysteriously awakens in a world that is similar to his favorite science fiction video game. Now known by his in-game name Hiro, he becomes an interstellar mercenary, and later attracts the attention of several women.Media
Light novel
Written by Ryūto, Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on February 4, 2019, and is still ongoing. It was later acquired by Fujimi Shobo who began publishing it with illustrations by Tetsuhiro Nabeshima under their Kadokawa Books imprint on July 10, 2019. Sixteen volumes have been released as of December 10, 2025.The light novels are licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.
Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Shinichi Matsui began serialization on Kadokawa Corporation's ComicWalker website on November 24, 2019. The manga's chapters have been collected by Media Factory into ten volumes as of September 2025.The manga adaptation is also licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.