A Returner's Magic Should Be Special is a South Korean web novel written by Usonan. It was serialized in Kakao's digital comic and fiction platform KakaoPage from September 2016 to August 2019. A webtoon adaptation was first serialized in KakaoPage in May 2018, and is illustrated by Wookjakga. An anime television series adaptation produced by Arvo Animation aired from October to December 2023. A second season is set to premiere in 2026.
Plot
In 3626, a "shadow world", an alternate dimension eroding the world, appears and the only way to get rid of it and save the world is to conquer it before the erosion progresses too far. Desir Herrman and several of his companions manage to defeat the final boss, only for it to explode. Desir thought that he would be killed, but instead wakes up as himself 13 years earlier, when he takes the entrance exam for Hebrion Academy. There he meets his friends Romantica and Azest, but they did not share his memories of the future. Knowing the challenge that lies ahead, Desir decides to take action to change the future and save the world.
Characters
- Desir Herrman (デジール・アルマン)
- A mage who returned to the past after failing to clear the Shadow World. He was one of last six survivors of the Shadow Labyrinth that defeated the boss Boromir Napolitan, but died after Napolitan's dying heart exploded that destroyed the world. Having retained his memories of the previous timeline, he uses that knowledge in order to avoid a repeat of the future he experienced.