The Level 999 Villager
The Level 999 Villager is a Japanese light novel series written by Koneko Hoshitsuki and illustrated by Fuumi. It was initially serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website from July 2015 to December 2018. It was later acquired by Enterbrain who published eight volumes from April 2016 to January 2019. A manga adaptation illustrated by Kenichi Iwamoto began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Comp Ace in May 2017. An anime television series adaptation produced by Brain's Base is set to premiere in 2026.
Plot
Everyone is born with a class assigned to them. Their class—warrior, hero, magician, cleric, etc—determines the life they will live. Among these classes is the weakest: the villager. Villagers have no power; they are protected by the other classes. Koji Kagami is one of them. At the age of two, Kagami understood that money was the key to a better life, and that killing monsters was the fastest way to earn it. He spent 20 years killing monsters and reached level 999, despite the average level of villagers being 10.
Characters
;Koji Kagami
;Alice
Media
Light novel
Written by Koneko Hoshitsuki, Lv999 no Murabito was initially serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from July 14, 2015, to December 1, 2018. It was later acquired by Enterbrain who published eight light novel volumes with illustrations by Fuumi from April 30, 2016, to January 25, 2019.
Manga
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Kenichi Iwamoto, began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Comp Ace on May 26, 2017. The manga's chapters have been compiled into nineteen volumes as of August 2025. The manga adaptation is published in English on Kadokawa's BookWalker website.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on August 21, 2025. The series will be produced by Brain's Base and directed by Yoshinobu Kasai, with Shinzō Fujita supervising series scripts, Kentarō Matsumoto designing the characters, and Hiroshi Nakamura composing the music. It is set to premiere in 2026.
Reception
The manga adaptation won the grand prize at the Minna ga Erabu!! Denshi Comic Taishō 2019 competition hosted by NTT Solmare. The manga adaptation also won the Terra Award at the 2020 Piccoma Awards.