Redo of Healer

Redo of Healer (Japanese: 回復術士のやり直し 〜即死魔法とスキルコピーの超越ヒール〜, Hepburn: Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi: Sokushi Mahō to Sukiru Kopī no Chōetsu Hīru, lit. "The Healer's Do-Over: Transcendent Healing Through Insta-Kill Magic and Skill Copying"), also known in Japan as Kaiyari for short, is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Rui Tsukiyo and illustrated by Shiokonbu. It began serialization online in December 2016 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Kadokawa Shoten, who have published nine volumes since July 2017 under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint.

Redo of Healer
Cover of the first light novel featuring Flare (left) and Keyaru (right).
回復術士のやり直し 〜即死魔法とスキルコピーの超越ヒール〜
(Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi: Sokushi Mahō to Sukiru Kopī no Chōetsu Hīru)
GenreDark fantasy[1]
Novel series
Written byRui Tsukiyo
Published byShōsetsuka ni Narō
Original runDecember 29, 2016 – present
Light novel
Written byRui Tsukiyo
Illustrated byShiokonbu
Published byKadokawa Shoten
ImprintKadokawa Sneaker Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runJuly 1, 2017 – present
Volumes9
Manga
Written byRui Tsukiyo
Illustrated bySōken Haga
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineYoung Ace Up
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 2017 – present
Volumes7
Anime television series
Directed byTakuya Asaoka
Written byKazuyuki Fudeyasu
StudioTNK
Licensed bySentai Filmworks
Children's Playground Entertainment
Original network
Original run January 13, 2021 – present
Episodes4
Manga
Kaifuku Jutsushi no Omotenashi
Written byRui Tsukiyo
Illustrated byKen Nagao
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineYoung Ace Up
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 18, 2021 – present

A manga adaptation with art by Sōken Haga has been serialized online via Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace Up website since October 2017 and has been collected in four tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by TNK premiered in January 2021.

Premise

Keyaru, who is exploited/raped repeatedly by others due to being a healing magician, notices what lays beyond just his healing magic, and is convinced that a healing magician is the strongest class in the world. However, by the time he realizes his own potential, he is already deprived of everything. Thus, he uses healing magic on the world itself to go back four years into the past, deciding to redo everything and get revenge on the ones who exploited him by raping them.

Characters
Keyaru (ケヤル) / Keyarga (ケヤルガ, Keyaruga)
Voiced by: Yūya Hozumi[2]
Flare (フレア, Furea) / Freya (フレイア, Fureia)
Voiced by: Ayano Shibuya[2]
Setsuna (セツナ)
Voiced by: Shizuka Ishigami[2]
Eve (イヴ, Ivu)
Voiced by: Natsumi Takamori[2]
Norn (ノルン, Norun)
Voiced by: Minami Tsuda[2]
Kureha (クレハ)
Voiced by: Natsuki Aikawa[2]
Bullet (ブレット, Buretto)
Voiced by: Tetsu Inada[3]
Blade (ブレイド, Bureido)
Voiced by: Mami Fujita[3]
Anna (アンナ)
Voiced by: Asuka Nishi[4]

Media

Light novels

The series was first published online in December 2016 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō by Rui Tsukiyo. It was later acquired by Kadokawa Shoten, who published the first volume as a light novel under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint in July 2017.[5]

On January 23, 2021, Tsukiyo tweeted in English, claiming that one overseas publisher refused to publish the light novels in English. They said that the situation may change if overseas publishers received enough requests. Tsukiyo also encouraged fans to look into the English version of their other light novel series, The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, which is licensed by Yen Press.[6]

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 July 1, 2017[7]9784041056806
2 December 1, 2017[8]9784041056813
3 April 1, 2018[9]9784041065242
4 September 1, 2018[10]9784041065211
5 February 1, 2019[11]9784041075593
6 July 1, 2019[12]9784041075609
7 December 1, 2019[13]9784041075616
8 July 1, 2020[14]9784041096581
9 December 26, 2020[15]9784041096628

Manga

A spin-off manga illustrated by Ken Nagao, titled Kaifuku Jutsushi no Omotenashi (Hospitality of Healer), began serialization in Kadokawa's Young Ace Up website on January 18, 2021.[16][17]

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 March 31, 2018[18]9784041068380
2 September 4, 2018[19]9784041072929
3 February 4, 2019[20]9784041077306
4 July 4, 2019[21]9784041083581
5 December 3, 2019[22]9784041083598
6 May 2, 2020[23]9784041093474
7 October 10, 2020[24]9784041093504

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced by Kadokawa on November 21, 2019. The series is animated by TNK and directed by Takuya Asaoka, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu handling series composition, and Junji Goto designing the characters.[5] The series premiered on January 13, 2021 on Tokyo MX, KBS, AT-X, SUN, and BS11.[2][3] The opening theme is "Cruel Dreams and Sleep" (残酷な夢と眠れ, "Zankoku na Yume to Nemure") performed by Minami Kuribayashi, while the ending theme is "If You Can Change the World in a Dream" (夢で世界を変えるなら, "Yume de Sekai o Kaeru Nara") performed by ARCANA PROJECT.[25] It will run for 12 episodes.[26]

There are three different versions of the anime: a censored broadcast version, a streaming-exclusive "Redo" version, and an uncensored "Complete Recovery" version. All of the stations airing the anime carry the broadcast version. In addition to airing the broadcast version at 11:30 p.m. JST, AT-X airs the "Complete Recovery" version on the same morning at 4:00 a.m. JST.[4] Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime outside Asia.[27] The German publisher Animoon announced to have licensed the anime series for the German-speaking regions and slated the release of the series on DVD and Blu-ray at the end of 2021.[28] Children's Playground Entertainment has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and is streaming it on Bilibili.[29] The official Twitter account inserted a content warning for the anime.[30]

Initially it was announced that Redo of Healer would get a simulcast release with German subtitles, but on January 14, 2021, one day after the airing of the first episode, publisher Animoon announced that the simulcast would be postponed for a few days. Five days after the announcement by Animoon, the simulcast was cancelled due to streaming service's refusal to air the series due to its controversial themes.[31]

No.Title [32][lower-alpha 1]Directed by [32]Written by [32]Original air date [34]
1"The Healer Starts Over!"
Transcription: "Kaifuku Jutsushi wa Yarinaosu!" (Japanese: 回復術士はやり直す！)		Norihiko NagahamaKazuyuki FudeyasuJanuary 13, 2021 (2021-01-13)
A young man, Keyaru, hears a voice inside his head directing him to a Star Spirit, who grants him the Halcyon Eye power to see all creation. In a previous life, Keyaru was a healing magician, but his power forced him to see the memories of those he healed. He was captured, abused and forced to heal his captors in battle. In secret, he grew stronger absorbing the experiences of his abusers and learned to use healing magic in unconventional ways. Eventually, he escaped, defeated a Demon Lord and used her Philosopher's stone to heal the world to four years in the past. With his memories returned, Keyaru swears revenge on his main abuser, Princess Flare of Jioral Kingdom. Flare, who has no memory of these events, senses his awakening and declares him the Recovery Hero. Keyaru has sex with the many maids in the royal household to steal their experience. Keyaru regenerates the amputated arm of grateful swordswoman Kureha, but pretends to pass out. Flare callously orders the court magician to gain control of Keyaru, no matter how torturous the method. Confirming Flare is still as cruel as she was previously, Keyaru begins planning his revenge.
2"The Healer Ruins Princess Flare!"
Transcription: "Kaifuku Jutsushi wa, Furea Ōjo o Kowasu!" (Japanese: 回復術士は、フレア王女を壊す！)		Takuya AsaokaKazuyuki FudeyasuJanuary 20, 2021 (2021-01-20)
Pretending to be afraid of absorbing painful memories, Keyaru swears never to heal again and pretends to allow Flare to imprison and get him addict to drugs, even allowing himself to be raped to further fool her. Flare begins forcing Keyaru to heal injured heroes, but Keyaru secretly steals magical abilities from them, eventually becoming immune to drugs and immensely powerful. Keyaru uses his stolen abilities to escape and disguise himself as Leonard, Flare's Imperial Commander, and, once alone with Flare, heals her ability to use magic, rendering her defenseless. After repeatedly breaking then healing her fingers, Keyaru rapes Flare before he heals her in order to alter her appearance and memories. After healing a dead bodyguard's face to look like Flare, Keyaru frames Leonard before he escapes with the real Flare. Keyaru decides to target his other abusers, Bullet and Blade, before seeking out the Demon Lord he previously defeated to find out what she had been trying to protect when she died. With Flare now an amnesiac, Keyaru renames her Freiya, convinces her she is his servant and lover while he takes the hero name Keyarga the Healer, leaving his weak name Keyaru behind.
3"The Healer Buys a Slave!"
Transcription: "Kaifuku Jutsushi wa, Dorei o Kau!" (Japanese: 回復術士は、奴隷を買う！)		Satoshi SagaKazuyuki FudeyasuJanuary 27, 2021 (2021-01-27)
Keyarga decides he and Freiya must leave the city. However, he also learns that Norn, Flare's younger, smarter and more sadistic sister, is returning to the city and he is determined to avoid her. Keyarga has a nightmare of his previous life. Every night, Flare would force him to pleasure her. Then the Sword Heroine, Blade, would beat him for touching Flare before sexually assaulting him since she could not sleep with Flare herself. Finally, Bullet, the Gun Hero, would violently rape him, claiming to love him before choking him unconscious. They later arrive at Lanaritta, a lawless city dominated by criminals who prey on the poor. With Halcyon Eye, Keyarga detects the town's water is contaminated, meaning everyone will soon be sick. Using his own immunity to poisons, Keyarga creates a cure and sells it to a merchant, promising to continue making more in exchange for half the profits. He next visits a slave trader and purchases a female ice wolf demi-human, noting that her rage has kept her conscious despite being infected and is interested in what will happen once she gets revenge against whoever she hates so much.
4"The Healer Acquires Setsuna!"
Transcription: "Kaifuku Jutsushi wa, Setsuna o Te ni Ireru!" (Japanese: 回復術士は、セツナを手に入れる！)		Akira ShimizuKazuyuki FudeyasuFebruary 3, 2021 (2021-02-03)
Keyarga examines the girl's memories and learns she wants revenge against Jioral Kingdom because they are planning to take her village as slaves. Knowing the girl, Setsuna, has no warrior abilities, Keyarga offers to make her stronger using a skill stolen from another hero, but requires her true name to do it. Setsuna agrees, even though knowing her true name will give him control over her. To prove he can make her stronger, Keyarga has sex with Setsuna. Making their way to Setsuna's village, they find Jioral soldiers torturing prisoners. Keyarga disguises himself as the Sword Hero and kills them. Setsuna gets revenge by killing the soldier who enslaved her. Keyarga decides to bring down the corrupt Jioral Kingdom. Keyarga shows Setsuna the ice wolves poisoned the water and gives her a choice: either make the poison strong enough to kill every human in Lanaritta, or replace the poison with medicine. Setsua chooses the medicine. They have sex again and Setsuna willingly tells Keyarga her true name. In Jioral, Norn has returned and it is discovered Keyarga healed Leonard's face to look like him so as to cover up his escape. The King orders Leonard to find the real Keyarga.
5"The Hero Finds a New Toy!"
Transcription: "Kaifuku Jutsushi wa, Atarashii Omocha o Mitsukeru!" (Japanese: 回復術士は、新しいおもちゃを見つける！)		Hodaka FujimotoKazuyuki FudeyasuFebruary 10, 2021 (2021-02-10)

Reception

The light novel series has over 800,000 copies in print.[5]

In Anime News Network's Winter 2021 Preview Guide, the series was panned by most of the reviewers for recurring "revenge rape", an aspect of the light novels that gained controversy before the anime premiere. The reviewers also criticized the series for having a "generic" fantasy role-playing game inspired setting similar to other popular isekai series and for "contrived" in-story justifications for its revenge plot.[35] In contrast, Nicchiban gave the first three episodes a 9.5/10, calling it "a high quality series that transcends its controversy with its fantastic animation, incredible voice acting, and an unapologetic story." They cite the censorship of the broadcast version as the worst thing about the series.[36]

Notes
  1. All English titles are taken from HIDIVE.[33]

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