The Level 999 Villager

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==

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. The manga's chapters have been compiled into twenty volumes as of February 2026. 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 July 2026 on TV Tokyo and BS Fuji. The opening theme song is "Not a Hero" performed by and . ==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. ==See also==