Total Stories - 195
Disclaimer - These are my opinions. Feel free to disagree but please don't be rude.
Legend
- Bold = recommended media out of what I have read
- A = Anime ; M = Comic ; LN = Light novel ; WN = Web novel ; L = Live action
- [] = Language ; JP = Japanese ; CN = Chinese ; KR = Korean ; EN = English
- () = Type; I = Isekai ; TMG = Mental transmigration ; RE1/RE2/RE3 = reincarnation ; W2S = weak to strong
Dynamics
- n▲ = recent rank-up n positions
- n▼ = recent rank-down n positions
- n+ = recent n sub-tiers up
- n- = recent n sub-tiers down
- x = recently moved cross-list - to or from unranked, or to or from honorable mentions
More Info About Tags
- Isekai (I) - Taken to another world.
- Mental Transmigration (TMG) - Mind transported to new body,
- Reincarnation (RE) - Starting again from zero. Reclaiming fallen grace (1) OR memories of past life (usually from birth) (2) OR reincarnated into past self (aka regression) (3)
- Transmigration & Reincarnation (TMG/RE) - Transmigrated into a different, already existing, body (usually) in the same world.
- Far Future (FF) - MC experiences the present before being flung into the future.
Tier List
S ---
"S-Class is insane." - ONE. These have an incredible world. The story takes place in the world rather than it being a story about a world. Very detailed and crazy amount of thought put into it.
(S) ---
- Overlord [JP] (I) | Progress - WN+Anime+Movies/V13 + side stories/Manga
(S-) ---
- Youjo Senki [JP] (I/RE1,2) | Progress - Anime+Movie/V5/Manga
- Re:Zero - Starting life in another world from zero [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime/V3
A ---
A very very solid story, world, and/or great tactics and system. Must wow me in at least one aspect.
(A+) ---
- Mushoku Tensei [JP] (I/RE1,2) | Progress - Anime/V4/manga ch45
(A) ---
- (S Candidate) Log Horizon [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- Sword Art Online Abridged [EN] (I) | Progress - Up to date
- Konosuba [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- Release That Witch [CN] (I/TMG) | Progress - ch335
- Ascendance of a Bookworm [JP] (I/TMG) | Progress - Anime only
(A-) ---
- Now and Then, Here and There [JP] (I) | Progress - Finished (ep13)
- Second Life Ranker [KR] (I/RE1) | Progress - ch239
- A Returner’s Magic Must Be Special [KR] (RE3) | Progress - WNch62/MHch112
- Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - V10/WNch330, Anime
((A--)rifureta Tier) ---
- Arifureta - From commonplace to world's strongest [JP] (I) | Progress - ep2/V10
B ---
These are very good and/or have potential to be very good and are fun to read/watch. Must have at least some underlying themes or depth to the world, characters, etc. or do something unique and do it well
(B+) ---
- Supreme Magus [EN] (I) | Progress - ch201
- How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom [JP] (I) | Progress - V1/Anime
- Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime/manga ch64/WN ch220+
- The Executioner and Her Way of Life [JP] (I) | Progress - V1/Anime
- A Star Reborn: The Queen's Return [CN] (TMG/RE1,2) | Progress - WT/WNch200ish
- Dungeon Defense [KR] (I/TMG) | Progress - V3
- The Second Coming of Gluttony [KR] (I/RE3) | Progress - ch60
(B) ---
- Summoning the Holy Sword [CN] (I) | Progress - ch178
- The Tutorial is Too Hard [KR] (I) | Progress - ch230+
- Hell Mode [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - V4
- Her Summon [KR] (I) | Progress - ch60
- Isekai Yakkyoku [JP] (I/TMG) | Progress - Anime only
- I, the Female Robot [CN] (TMG/RE1,2) | Progress - Mch42
- Erased [JP] (RE3) | Progress - Finished (ep12)
- Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling (Dragon's Egg) [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - V4/WNch50
- Drifters {A} [JP] (I) | Progress - Season 1
- The Magician who Rose from Failure [JP] (I/TMG/RE1) | Progress - V4
- This Hero is Invincible But Too Cautious [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- Life With an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into a Total Fantasy Knockout [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- My Next Life as a Villainess - All routes lead to doom [JP] (I/TMG) | Progress - V3
(B-) ---
- The Legendary Mechanic [CN] (I/TMG) | Progress - ch444
- Beware the Villainess! [KR] (I/TMG) | Progress - Finished (ch99)
- She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man [JP] (I) | Progress - V3
- Her Majesty's Swarm [JP] (I) | Progress - V3
- Deathbound Duke’s Daughter (Erica Aurelia, the Villainous Lady) [JP] (I/TMG) | Progress - V1/WNch4
- Failure Frame [JP] (I) | Progress - V5
- The Novel's Extra [KR] (I/TMG) | Progress - Finished (ch378)
- Murim Login [KR] (I/TMG) | Progress - ch50
- Dr. Stone [JP] (FF) | Progress - End of war , forgot which chapter. Didn't watch anime.
- SSS-Class Suicide Hunter [KR] (RE3) | Progress - ch61
- Dungeon Reset [KR] (I) | Progress - ch96
- Saihate no Paladin [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - Anime only
- The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time [JP] (I/RE3) | Progress - V3
- The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy [JP] (RE2/FF) | Progress - V1
- Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra [JP] (I) | Progress - V1
- The Death Mage who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time [JP] (I/RE1,2) | Progress - manga ch11/WN V2
C ---
This tier encapsulates a large variety of quality.
(C++) --- Slightly superior to C+. I really enjoyed these stories, but didn't feel like they had enough substance to belong in B tier.
- Sword Art Online: Alicization [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- It's Sudden, but I came to Another World! But I hope to live Safely {M} [JP] (I) | Progress - ch18
- God of Crime [KR] (RE3) | Progress - Finished (ch164)
- The Eminence in Shadow [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - V4
(C+) --- Slightly inferior to B but is still fun to read/watch. Usually have a unique aspect to the story.
- Return of the Blossoming Blade [KR] (TMG/RE/FF) | Progress - ch21
- Meikyuu Black Company [JP] (I/RE1) | Progress - Anime only
- Sword Art Online Progressive [JP] (I) | Progress - V1/Movies
- Death is the Only Ending for the Villainess (Villains are Destined to Die) {WN/M} [KR] (I/TMG) | Progress - manhwa ch73
- The Villainess Reverses the Hourglass [KR] (RE3) | Progress - manhwa ch74
- Top-Notch Master Masquerading as Cannon Fodder Female Companion [CN] (RE3, kind of) | Progress - ch381
- I'm a Martial Arts Villainess, but I'm Actually the Strongest! [KR] (I/TMG) | Progress - S1
- A Dragon's Proposal [KR] (TMG/RE) | Progress - ch24
- Tensei Shitara Dainana Ouji Datta node, Kimama ni Majutsu wo Kiwamemasu [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - ch40
- I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire [JP] (I/TMG) | Progress - V1
- Return to Player [KR] (RE3) | Progress - ch50
- Isekai De Cheat Skill Wo Te Ni Shita Ore Wa, Genjitsu Sekai Wo Mo Musou Suru ~level Up Wa Jinsei Wo Kaeta~ {M} [JP] (I) | Progress - ch8
- The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind! [JP] (I) | Progress - V3
- Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - Anime/V4/manga ch46/full WN
- The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- Reincarnated as the Last of My Kind {LN} [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - V2
- The Last Human [CN] (RE3) | Progress - ch267
- The World's Finest Assassin gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - V1/Anime
- Villainess Reloaded [JP] (I/TMG) | Progress - V2
- Reborn to Master the Blade [JP] (RE2/FF) | Progress - V2
- Full Clearing Another World Under a Goddess with Zero Believers [JP] (I) | Progress - V2
- College Student Empress {M} [KR] (I/TMG) | Progress - ch16
- Yankee Wa Isekai De Seirei Ni Aisaremasu {M} [JP] (I) | Progress - ch30
- The Reason Why Raelianna Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion [KR] (I/TMG) | Progress - ch95
- Magical★explorer - It Seems I Have Become A Friend Of The Protagonist In An Eroge World, But Because Magic Is Fun I Have Abandoned The Role And Train Myself {M} [JP] (I/TMG) | Progress - ch3.1
(C) --- Hit or miss on how fun they are to read/watch. Proceed with caution from here on down. Will these stories intrigue you, or will they be trash in your eyes? It's up to you to decide.
- Emperor of Solo Play [KR] (RE3) | Progress - Finished (ch191)
- Isekai Nonbiri Nouka [JP] (I) | Progress - ch150
- Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - V1
- Maseki Gurume [JP] (I) | Progress - ch31
- A Tale of the Great Saint/Tensei shita something {M} [JP] (RE2/FF) | Progress - ch15
- Outbreak Company [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- I Reincarnated For Nothing [KR] (TMG/RE3) | Progress - ch73
- Disciple of the Lich [JP] (I) | Progress - V1
- Isekai Meikyuu no Saishinbu o Mezasou {M} [JP] (I) | Progress - ch12
- The S-Classes That I Raised [KR] (RE3) | Progress - ch20
- Tensei Shitara Ken Deshita [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - Anime/V1/WNch306
- Am I Actually the Strongest? [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - ch33
- The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- Knight's and Magic [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - Anime only
- Seirei Gensouki [JP] (I/TMG) | Progress - Mch35/Anime
- The Great Mage Returns After 4000 Years [KR] (TMG/RE/FF) | Progress - ch90
- Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World For My Retirement [JP] (I) | Progress - V2
- Journey of a Betrayed Hero [EN] (I) | Progress - V1
- Tales of Demons and Gods [CN] (RE3) | Progress - WNch159/Mch319.5
- Rebirth of the Thief Who Roamed the World [CN] (RE3) | Progress - Finished (ch995)
- Combatants will be Dispatched! [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- Hataage! Kemono Michi [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- GATE [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- 100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- The Small Sage Will Try Her Best in the Different World from Lv1 [JP] (I) | Progress - ch27
- Player returns after 10,000 years [KR] (RE3) | Progress - ch112
- My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending [JP] (I/TMG) | Progress - ch50ish
- Black Summoner {LN} [JP] (I) | Progress - V1/Anime
- Re:Monster [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - Manga ch53
- The Maou Army's Strongest Magician Was a Human [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - ch10
- In the Land of Leadale [JP] (I) | Progress - V1/Anime
- The Reincarnated Inferior Magic Swordsman [JP] (I/TMG) | Progress - ch21
(C-) --- Guilty pleasure territory from here on down. This sub-tier in particular isn't that bad, though.
- Zero no Tsukaima [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- The Rising of the Shield Hero [JP] (I) | Progress - V1/Anime until half of S2
- One Man Army [KR] (RE3) | Progress - ch109
- My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered [JP] (I) | Progress - V2
- Oversummoned, Overpowered, and Over It! [JP] (I) | Progress - V1
- Lazy Dungeon Master [JP] (I) | Progress - V1
- Shinka no Mi [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- Moto Saikyou no Kenshi wa, Isekai Mahou ni Akogareru [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - ch23
- Lonely Attack on a Different World [JP] (I) | Progress - ch36
- Mato Seihei no Slave [JP] (I) | Progress - ch28
- I Shall Survive Using Potions! [JP] (I) | Progress - V2
- Skeleton Knight in Another World [JP] (I) | Progress - V1
- Infinite Competitive Dungeon Society [KR] (I) | Progress - ch18
- Reborn Little Girl Won't Give Up [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - ch85
- Problem Children are Coming From Another World [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- Complete Martial Arts Attributes [CN] (RE3) | Progress - ch111
- Versatile Mage [CN] (I) | Progress - WNch95/Animation
- How Not to Summon a Demon Lord [JP] (I) | Progress - S1
- The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants [JP] (RE2/FF) | Progress - manga ch13/WN ch83/ep2
- Redo of Healer [JP] (RE3) | Progress - Manga ch21/WN V7
- My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World! | Progress - Anime/manga ch40
- Reborn as a Space Mercenary [JP] (I) | Progress - V1
D ---
These are either generic, have a quirk that only holds out for a single volume, or are extremely formulaic.
(D++) ---
- Reincarnation of the Strongest Sword God [CN] (RE3) | Progress - ch3199
(D+) ---
- Strongest Anti Meta [CN] (I/TMG) | Progress - ch242
- The Strongest Sage of Disqualified Crest [JP] (TMG/RE/FF) | Progress - Anime/ch46
- Sword Art Online [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- I Am My Wife [CN] (TMG/RE) | Progress - ch63
- Kenja no Mago [JP] (RE2) | Progress - Manga ch43/Anime
- Hachi-nan tte, sore wa nai desho! [JP] (I/TMG) | Progress - Anime only
- Lv2 kara Cheat datta Moto Yuusha Kouho no Mattari Isekai Life [JP] (I) | Progress - ch19
- The National Goddess Reborn [CN] (RE3) | Progress - ch214
- Reincarnation of the Businesswoman at School [CN] (TMG/RE) | Progress - ch453
- Rebirth of the Urban Immortal Cultivator [CN] (RE3) | Progress - WNch1207
- My status as an assassin obviously exceeds the hero's [JP] (I)
(D) ---
- Rebirth of an 8 circled mage [KR] (TMG/RE) | Progress - ch28
- Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - V1
- My 990 Thousand Past Lives Help Me [KR] (RE?) | Progress - ch50
- World Teacher [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - ch10
- I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - V2
- The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody {A} [JP] (FF) | Progress - Anime only
- I want to play happily because I got the Heavenly Castle [JP] (I) | Progress - ch25
- Sozai Saishuka no Isekai Ryokouki [JP] (RE2) | Progress - ch10
- Level 1 Strongest Sage [JP] (I/TMG) | Progress - ch20
- Genkai Level 1 Kara No Nariagari: Saijaku Level No Ore Ga Isekai Saikyou Ni Naru Made [JP] (I) | Progress - ch10
- Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life? [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - V5/Anime
- Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear [JP] (I) | Progress - V1/Anime
- Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime only
- A Boy Who Has Been Reincarnated Twice Spends Peacefully As An S-rank Adventurer, ~ I Who Was A Sage And A Hero Of Previous World, Will Live In Peacefullness In The Next World~ [JP] (RE2) | Progress - ch14
- Chou Onna Kirai na Ore ga Isekai no Joshikou ni Ryuugaku Suru Koto ni Natta [JP] (I) | Progress - ch6
- He is a Matchless Warrior in different-Dimension World [JP] (I) | Progress - ch34
- I was sold at the lowest Price [JP] (I) | Progress - ch32
- The GM Logged Into Another World [JP] (I) | Progress - V1
- Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - Anime only
- Argate Online [JP] (I) | Progress - ch18
- Reborn at Boot Camp: General, Don't Mess Around! [CN] (RE3) | Progress - ch55
- The World Online [CN] (RE3) | Progress - ch10
- The Second Life Cheat Reincarnation Mage ~if The Strongest Reincarnated After 1000 Years, Life Would Be Too Easy~ [JP] (RE3) | Progress - ch2
- Rebirth: City Deity [CN] (RE3) | Progress - ch45
- After Being Transferred to Another World I Became a Magical Swordsman Through Cheats [JP] (I) | Progress - ch7
(D-) ---
- World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker [JP] (I) | Progress - V1
- The Rebirth of the Demon God [CN] (TMG/RE1,2) | Progress - ch49
- I've Become Able to Do Anything with My Growth Cheat, but I Can't Seem to Get out of Being Jobless [JP] (I) | Progress - ch10
- Murabito desu ga, nani ka? [JP] (I/RE3) | Progress - ch5
- Maou-sama Retry! [JP] (I) | Progress - ep8
F ---
These are incredibly generic and don't try to add a flair to the story or world and/or the story quality is poor. Some make me laugh at how bad they are.
(F+) ---
- 29-sai Dokushin wa Isekai de Jiyuu ni Ikita......katta [JP] (I) | Progress - ch5
- Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? [JP] (I) | Progress - ep6
- Woof Woof Story: I Told You to Turn Me Into a Pampered Pooch, Not Fenrir! [JP] (I/RE2) | Progress - V1
(F) ---
- Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody [JP] (I) | Progress - Anime/WNch16-40
- High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another World! [JP] (I) | Progress - ep7
- Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore [JP] (I) | Progress - ep2
- Forspoken [EN] (Game) | Progress - Watched playthroughs on YT
(F-) ---
- Rebirth of the Urban Mad Immortal [CN] (RE3) | Progress - ch10
- Isekai wa Smartphone Totomo ni. [JP] (I) | Progress - ep3
- Pretty much every isekai/tmg/re novel on Webnovel.com
L ---
Legendary tier. These make me question why they were even released.
(L+) ---
- The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar [JP] (I) | Progress - ep1
- Isekai Cheat Magician {M/A} [JP] (I) | Progress - ep3
(L) ---
- Conception [JP] (I) | Progress - ep1
- Rebirth of an Abandoned Young Master [CN] (RE3) | Progress - ch10
- Mythical Tyrant [CN] (RE3) | Progress - ch1
(L-) ---
- Garzey's Wing [JP] (I) | Progress - Finished (it was pretty short...)
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