A Journey Through Another World

A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring (異世界ゆるり紀行 ～子育てしながら冒険者します～) is a Japanese light novel series written by Shizuru Minazuki and illustrated by Yamakawa. Originally published online since June 2016, AlphaPolis have published sixteen volumes of the series since April 2017. A manga adaptation illustrated by Tomomi Mizuna began serialization online via AlphaPolis' manga website in January 2018 and has been collected in nine tankōbon volumes. The manga is published digitally in English through Alpha Manga. An anime television series adaptation produced by EMT Squared premiered in July 2024.

Main characters

 * Takumi Kayano (茅野巧)
 * A seemingly ordinary Japanese man sent to another world called Etelldia, who was tasked to take care of fraternal twin siblings.
 * A seemingly ordinary Japanese man sent to another world called Etelldia, who was tasked to take care of fraternal twin siblings.


 * Alan (アレン)
 * The boy of the twins. Just like his sister, he had the water-based ability. They were children of a Water God.
 * The boy of the twins. Just like his sister, he had the water-based ability. They were children of a Water God.


 * Elena (エレナ)
 * The girl of the twins. Just like her brother, she had the water-based ability he had. They were the children of a Water God.
 * The girl of the twins. Just like her brother, she had the water-based ability he had. They were the children of a Water God.


 * Sylphyryll (シルフィリール)
 * The Wind God of Etelldia. Accidentally killed Takumi while trying to fix a rift in space-time, compensated for it by reviving him, giving him a new body, and sending him off to the Forest of Gaia, where he fought monsters and found the twin siblings.
 * The Wind God of Etelldia. Accidentally killed Takumi while trying to fix a rift in space-time, compensated for it by reviving him, giving him a new body, and sending him off to the Forest of Gaia, where he fought monsters and found the twin siblings.

Secondary characters

 * Granvault Lowain (グランヴァルト・ルーウェン)
 * Second Captain of a local branch (Shireen Branch) of an order of knights (the Knights of Guadia), which protected its citizens from monsters coming from the nearby Forest of Gaia.
 * Second Captain of a local branch (Shireen Branch) of an order of knights (the Knights of Guadia), which protected its citizens from monsters coming from the nearby Forest of Gaia.


 * Luna (ルーナ)
 * Receptionist at Shireen's local Adventurer's Guild. Had an obsession for rare items like carcasses from defeated strong monsters.
 * Receptionist at Shireen's local Adventurer's Guild. Had an obsession for rare items like carcasses from defeated strong monsters.

Light novel
Written by Shizuru Minazuki, A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring began serialization on AlphaPolis' website on June 2, 2016. AlphaPolis began publishing it as a light novel with illustrations by Yamakawa on April 28, 2017. Sixteen volumes have been released as of June 2024.

Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Tomomi Mizuna began serialization on AlphaPolis' manga website on January 17, 2018. Nine volumes have been released as of June 2024. The manga is published digitally in English through Alpha Manga; as of April 2024, six of the nine volumes have been translated to English and sold digitally on the Amazon Kindle Store.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in November 2023. The series is produced by EMT Squared and directed by Atsushi Nigorikawa, with Atsushi Maekawa handling series composition, Yuki Nakano designing the characters, Akinari Suzuki composing the music, and Bros. Bird credited for production cooperation. It premiered on July 8, 2024, on TV Tokyo and other networks. The opening theme song is "Yururing Travel Days" (ゆるリング Travel days) performed by Tebasaki Sensation, while the ending theme song is "Makuake" performed by Gohobi. Crunchyroll has licensed the series in the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the CIS, and Oceania; five audio languages (Japanese, English, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and German) were made available in simulcast. Muse Communication has licensed the series in Southeast Asia.