is a Japanese light novel series written by Kaya and illustrated by Naru. It began serialization online on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in December 2019. It was later acquired by Media Factory who published it under their MF Books light novel imprint from September 2020 to November 2025. A manga adaptation illustrated by Ayumu Okamura began serialization on Mag Garden's Mag Comi manga website in July 2021.
Plot Sarasa Ichinokura suffers from a fatigue that has affected her since her childhood. One day, she experiences a dream where a goddess tells her that she suffers from a lack of mana, and suddenly gets transported to another world and wakes up in the body of a young girl in a land occupied by beasts. As she prepares for death, Sarasa later gets taken in by a hunter named Nelly, and for the first time in her life Sarasa feels energetic, and ultimately decides to learn magic on a step-by-step basis.
Media Light novel Written by Kaya, Taking My Reincarnation One Step at a Time: No One Told Me There Would Be Monsters! began serialization online on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on December 10, 2019. It was later acquired by Media Factory who published ten volumes with illustrations by Naru under their MF Books light novel imprint from September 25, 2020, to November 25, 2025. The light novels are licensed in English by J-Novel Club.
Manga A manga adaptation illustrated by Ayumu Okamura began serialization on Mag Garden's Mag Comi manga website on July 10, 2021. The manga's chapters have been collected into eight volumes as of June 2026.
References
External links at Shōsetsuka ni Narō