Summary
The Isekai genre isa popular genrethat typically involves a protagonist being transported to a fantasy world. In these stories, the main character often possesses unique abilities or powers that set them apart from others in their new world. However, this piece spotlights protagonists with water powers.
They can often control andmanipulate water in various ways, such as creating powerful water-based attacks, healing abilities, or even summoning water creatures to aid them in battle. These characters often face challenges and obstacles as they navigate their new world, using their water powers to achieve whatever objectives they set out for themselves. Therefore, below are some recommendations for isekai manga and anime series that fit these criteria.
Wiseman’s Grandchildpresents a tale of a young man whose life all but ends after suffering a tragic accident. Fortunately, he isreborn into another worldas a baby. Still, fate is not done with this baby boy, as he is come upon and taken in by the Sage, MerlinWolford, who names him Shin.
Raised to be Merlin’s grandson, Shin absorbs all of his grandfather’s teaching in everything the Sage could teach, specifically magic. At age 15, having learned from the Kingdom’s patriot Hero, Shin leaves for the capital of the Alsheid Kingdom and begins his unlikely adventure as he aims for the pinnacle of magic.
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Re: Monsterexplores the newlife of the protagonist, Tomokui Kanata, after living through a tragic and uneventful one. Reborn to a new world as one of the weakest goblins, Tomokui, now named Goborou, begins another life at the bottom of the food chain once more.
However, he’s determined not to remain at the bottom, as due to an unusual evolution, he retained the memories of his past life and the knowledge that came with it. Also, Goborou has been gifted with a body that can grow stronger through status boosts from other creatures through eating. Armed with modern knowledge and a stronger body, Goborou hopes to carve out an unlikely life of power, once unattainable to his previous self.
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Parallel World Pharmacyexamines the central character’s life, the world-famous medical researcher Kanji Yakutani. After losing his sister to an incurable disease, he dedicates the entirety of his life to researching andinventing new medicines. Driving his body to the edge by overworking himself, Kanji dies at 31. However, his fate is not yet sealed, as he awakens in the body of the ten-year-old child, Falma, of therenowned De Medicis family, who has just been struck by lightning.
In a new world, Falma quickly familiarizes himself with it and learns of the divine arts—magic granted through blessings from guardian deities. Soon, he realizes that his body hosts the world’s guardian deity of medicine, granting him the divine arts of creation and reduction. Still pursuing the dream of his past life, Falma embarks on a quest to improve healthcare for all in the San Fleuve Empire, using modern knowledge and his divine powers.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnationtells the tale of a life that begins and ends as uninteresting and not worth noting to another life of adventure and thrill. The series begins with the bullied and oppressedmiddle-aged protagonistwho risks his life to save another and ultimately ends up dying. However, he awakens in another world as a newborn baby boy in the Greyrat Household.
Now, Rudeus Greyrat, retaining the memories and knowledge of his previous life, adapts to his new life fairly easily, displaying magical talents that exceed all expectations. Due to the memories of his past life, Rudeus tries to make the most of his new life to overcome his trauma, opening himself to a world of adventure, extremes, and possibly the love he could find in his previous life.
Now and Then, Here and Therelooks atthe central character, Shuuzou Matsutani’s life. His peaceful everyday life filled with his friends and his desperate passion for Kendo fade into oblivion as he’s suddenly whisked away to another world after encountering the mysterious Lala-Ru, a blue-haired girl with a strange pendant, another central character.
Shuu and Lala-Ru find themselves in an unknown world, where everything that seems to move is after the blue-haired girl, as Shuu tries his best to protect her from her captors. Shuu soon discovers that Lala-Ru’s pendant allows her to control massive amounts of water, a commodity scarce beyond any in this new world of theirs. However, the pendant is lost, and Shuu seems to be the prime suspect, which is against all logical reasoning.
