My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1

My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1 (レベル1だけどユニークスキルで最強です) is a Japanese light novel series written by Nazuna Miki and illustrated by Subachi. It was published in the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from February 2017 to April 2020. It was later acquired by Kodansha, who has released nine volumes since August 2017 under their Kodansha Ranobe Books imprint.

A manga adaptation illustrated by Mawata has been serialized in Kodansha's Niconico Seiga–based manga service Suiyōbi no Sirius since May 2018, with its chapters collected into thirteen tankōbon volumes as of January 2024. An anime television series adaptation by Maho Film aired from July to September 2023.

Characters

 * Ryota Sato (佐藤 亮太)
 * Ryota is the main character of the series, before being reincarnated into Emily’s world as a drop item he was a businessman who died from overworking. Ryota is a unique existence as he is a permanent Level 1 adventurer, but has Rank S stats for all types of drops. This allows him to attain special drops from a dropless dungeon known as Nihonium, that allows him to increase his stats despite being only Level 1. He later creates the “Ryota Family” and has Emily, Celeste, Eve, and Alice join the party.
 * Ryota is the main character of the series, before being reincarnated into Emily’s world as a drop item he was a businessman who died from overworking. Ryota is a unique existence as he is a permanent Level 1 adventurer, but has Rank S stats for all types of drops. This allows him to attain special drops from a dropless dungeon known as Nihonium, that allows him to increase his stats despite being only Level 1. He later creates the “Ryota Family” and has Emily, Celeste, Eve, and Alice join the party.


 * Emily Brown (エミリー・ブラウン)
 * Emily is the first heroine to be introduced in the series, she was the one who got Ryota as a drop item after killing a monster in the dungeon of Telulu. Emily prior to meeting Ryota had been living in Telulu as she did not have her own place and had been hunting monsters trying to raise money to buy her own house. Emily started living together with Ryota after he bought her one, she decided that they should live together. It is revealed that prior to the start of the series, that Emily’s mother had been an adventurer who died after saving her party from some monsters. She is hinted to have feelings for Ryota and has a somewhat yandere personality when it comes to him.
 * Emily is the first heroine to be introduced in the series, she was the one who got Ryota as a drop item after killing a monster in the dungeon of Telulu. Emily prior to meeting Ryota had been living in Telulu as she did not have her own place and had been hunting monsters trying to raise money to buy her own house. Emily started living together with Ryota after he bought her one, she decided that they should live together. It is revealed that prior to the start of the series, that Emily’s mother had been an adventurer who died after saving her party from some monsters. She is hinted to have feelings for Ryota and has a somewhat yandere personality when it comes to him.


 * Eve Callusleader (イヴ・カルスリーダー)
 * Eve first met Ryota in a dungeon after she attempted to chop him in the head but was shocked and surprised that it had no effect. Eve became addicted and obsessed with Ryota’s Rank S carrots, so much so that she eventually joined his party just to get more of those carrots. Eve is known and feared by all of Cyclo for loving carrots and her signature move “Excalibur”. Her catchphrase is “Death or Carrots”
 * Eve first met Ryota in a dungeon after she attempted to chop him in the head but was shocked and surprised that it had no effect. Eve became addicted and obsessed with Ryota’s Rank S carrots, so much so that she eventually joined his party just to get more of those carrots. Eve is known and feared by all of Cyclo for loving carrots and her signature move “Excalibur”. Her catchphrase is “Death or Carrots”


 * Erza Monsoon (エルザ・モンスーン)
 * Erza is one the receptionists at the adventurer’s guild in Cyclo and is regularly seen whenever Ryota or the others sell their drops to her. Erza also tries to flirt with Ryota and attempts to ask him out, only for it to end in failure due to his obliviousness. Erza eventually joins Ryota as his personal accountant as he had special carts made that teleported their drops to his house.
 * Erza is one the receptionists at the adventurer’s guild in Cyclo and is regularly seen whenever Ryota or the others sell their drops to her. Erza also tries to flirt with Ryota and attempts to ask him out, only for it to end in failure due to his obliviousness. Erza eventually joins Ryota as his personal accountant as he had special carts made that teleported their drops to his house.


 * Celeste (セレスト)
 * Celeste Was first introduced in Selen as a garbage burner. She is a powerful Fire Magic magician but the downside was that she would become exhausted after using her Fire Magic a few times. Ryota was reminded of his own past as she had been forced to work even though she was extremely exhausted and ended up helping her out. Celeste ended up gaining feelings for Ryota and decided to join his party and ended up living with him and Emily. Like Emily, she is shown to have a yandere side when it comes to Ryota.
 * Celeste Was first introduced in Selen as a garbage burner. She is a powerful Fire Magic magician but the downside was that she would become exhausted after using her Fire Magic a few times. Ryota was reminded of his own past as she had been forced to work even though she was extremely exhausted and ended up helping her out. Celeste ended up gaining feelings for Ryota and decided to join his party and ended up living with him and Emily. Like Emily, she is shown to have a yandere side when it comes to Ryota.


 * Alice Wonderland (アリス・ワンダーランド)
 * Alice was first introduced in Cyclo trying to join a party, Ryota recruited her as he did not want her to join a party that was clearly being abused by their leader. Alice revealed that she was born in a dungeon as her mother had been pregnant with her when she was an adventurer and ended up going into labor in a dungeon. Alice like Ryota had a low level cap (Level 2) after maxing out her level she gained the ability to sense certain monsters that she could turn into her familiars. She currently has two familiars that she calls “Bonesy” and “Jiggly”.
 * Alice was first introduced in Cyclo trying to join a party, Ryota recruited her as he did not want her to join a party that was clearly being abused by their leader. Alice revealed that she was born in a dungeon as her mother had been pregnant with her when she was an adventurer and ended up going into labor in a dungeon. Alice like Ryota had a low level cap (Level 2) after maxing out her level she gained the ability to sense certain monsters that she could turn into her familiars. She currently has two familiars that she calls “Bonesy” and “Jiggly”.


 * Neptune (ネプチューン)
 * Neptune is first introduced trying to recruit Ryota to his party, but after he declines the offer Neptune throughout the series tries to repeatedly recruit him. Neptune is known throughout Cyclo for being the leader of the strongest party the “Neptune Family”, consisting of him and two girls who are infatuated with him: Lil and Lan.
 * Neptune is first introduced trying to recruit Ryota to his party, but after he declines the offer Neptune throughout the series tries to repeatedly recruit him. Neptune is known throughout Cyclo for being the leader of the strongest party the “Neptune Family”, consisting of him and two girls who are infatuated with him: Lil and Lan.


 * Lil (リル)


 * Lan (ラン)

Light novels
Written by Nazuna Miki, My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1 was published in the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from February 24, 2017, to April 19, 2020. The series was later acquired by Kodansha, who began publishing the novels with illustrations by Subachi on August 31, 2017, under their Kodansha Ranobe Books imprint. As of September 2023, nine volumes have been released. In March 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the novels for English publication.

Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Mawata began serialization in Kodansha's Niconico Seiga–based manga service Suiyōbi no Sirius on May 30, 2018. As of June 2024, fourteen tankōbon volumes have been released. In North America, Kodansha USA has also licensed the manga for an English digital release.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on May 6, 2022. The series is produced by Maho Film and directed by Yūji Yanase, with Yuka Yamada in charge of series composition, characters designed by Miyako Nishida, Eri Kojima, Kaho Deguchi and Yuko Oba, and music composed by Endō. It aired from July 8 to September 23, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Chase Me" by Nora from Konya, Ano Machi Kara, while the ending theme song is "Tamborine no Naru Oka" (タンバリンの鳴る丘) performed by Airi Miyakawa. Crunchyroll has licensed the series, and will be streaming it along with an English dub. Muse Communication has licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.