Light Novel

Death March Kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyōsōkyoku is a web novel written by Hiro Ainana at user-generated content site Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2013. It was later adapted into a light novel in 2014, inspiration for the manga and then anime.

Plot Summary
Programmer Ichirou Suzuki is transported to another world. In a foreign land, he finds that life is an adventure that's sometimes fun, sometimes serious, and full of girls.

Light Novel
Republished as a light novel with illustrations done by shri. First volume was released by Fujimi Shobo in March 2014. Since then 17 volumes + 1 Ex have been released.

The light novel has several major plot changes from the web novel version, such as the deaths of certain characters in one version, while they survive in the other, a reshuffling of the order of events, new characters introduced while others are cut out entirely...among several other differences.

English version licensed by Yen Press.

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English
