My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World: Volume 1 cover art

My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World: Volume 1

My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World, Book 1

Preview

Try for $0.00
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo + applicable taxes after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World: Volume 1

Written by: Tamamaru
Narrated by: Greg Chun
Try for $0.00

$14.95 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $43.98

Buy Now for $43.98

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Tax where applicable.
Cancel

About this listen

Eizo is a middle-aged, overworked software engineer who loves cats.

One night after working late, he saves an injured cat from a speeding truck. The cat survives, but Eizo does not...

Luckily, that cat turns out to be a god-like being who offers him a second chance in another world! Eizo decides that he wants a slower life, one where he can live off the things he creates with his own hands. So, why not become a blacksmith? He does have one other stipulation: a cat companion for his quiet life.

These requests are granted, and Eizo is whisked away to a new world and imbued with blacksmithing knowledge. He soon finds out that his abilities are above average—in fact, his new skills are so overpowered that they're like cheats. On top of that, his cat companion turns out to be a half-tiger girl!

Eizo's blades soon garner attention, and he realizes that he can turn the tides of battle with his forge and hammer. With so much commotion in store, will Eizo truly be able to enjoy a quiet life?

Text copyright 2019 by Tamamaru, Kinta. Translated from the original Japanese by Linda Liu. English translation edited by C.D. Leeson. Originally published in English by J-Novel Club. First published in Japan in 2019 by Kadokawa Corporation. English translation rights arranged with Kadokawa Corporation.

©2019 Tamamaru, Kinta (P)2023 Podium Audio
Action & Adventure Epic Fantasy Fiction Cats Epic Fantasy
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

What listeners say about My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World: Volume 1

Average Customer Ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    9
  • 4 Stars
    4
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    5
  • 4 Stars
    4
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    1
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    6
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    3
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Lost in translation.

A few positives with the story. Its a fun concept to explore and gives you a feel for Japanese priorities in social norms in a fun fantasy setting. Some negatives are the word choices chosen for the translation don't always seem to land properly. This gives the story and different feel that what was likely intended by the author. Didn't seem to have too much character development either which was disappointing. Largely repetitive descriptions on, go figure, smithing.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

fine

didn't like the blacksmithing descriptions the rest was fine the narrator did an excellent job

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

An Enjoyable story

Just a overall, very good story. Very easy to listen to while you work. Easy to follow.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Blacksmithing slice of life

You get whats on the tin with this book. if youre looking for a slice of life with the occasional sprinkle of merchant interactions (later in the series evolves to very light politics) you might like this.
Honestly to sum up what happens in these books is that you just get to hear a guy talk about the trials and error process of blacksmithing in another world with cheat skills as well as the effect his op weapons have on the society around him.

would definitely recommend the series if you like the "strong mc decides to turn down fame and forture" trope

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

bland and flat

The story has an interesting premise but fails to deliver. The narrator doesn't have much variety to his voice and isn't very interesting. The characters lack personality. The mc is too accommodating to the point of being boring. A slow life story needs interesting characters since there isn't much action to keep things exciting.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!