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Headhunted to Another World #8
Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! Vol. 8
MERGERS CAN BE MURDERUchimura and his companions have overcome a series of dangerous challenges to free Kuryuu from the grip of an evil tyrant, stop an impending Calamity, and achieve their ultimate goal of rescuing Ulmandra. However, any hope of downtime upon their return to the Demon Kingdom is short-lived. The Holy King of Starfrost warns them of multiple Calamities occurring simultaneously and calls for an alliance to confront these threats.Tasked with spearheading this effort, Uchimura is dispatched to the Sylvania Empire...only to find himself unexpectedly surrounded by heavily armed individuals?! This merger promises to be quite the tall order!
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Published April 22, 2025
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July 22, 2025
This is literally the only other volume of this series I could find after the first one. It's definitely a bit beyond where the anime left off, but I can still follow what's going on pretty well. Still annoyed by Ulmandra, but by now I should know what I'm getting into, so I can't keep leaning into that.
I *can* be annoyed that Kuc Kwatrokhis* is like EXTRA Ulmandra. HUGE and wearing a common fetish outfit (though more clothing than Ulmandra normally wears) AND throws vaguely suggestive lines at Uchimura ("You probably don't like girls like me..."? asking this why...?). She barely shows up, though, so I had to be "reminded" that I was vaguely irritated by her, probably for the normal reason.
To be fair, Gnome is respectfully dressed, but probably ONLY because she comes from a wintery land where it's normal for her to be completely covered. (Sylphid also covers up, but that's mostly to hide her identity so people won't bother her; undisguised, she's also unreasonably proportioned, though at least her personality is more mad scientist than "lovesick but stubbornly won't own up to it to rehash the SAME 'romantic comedy' joke in EVERY MANGA/ANIME EVER.")
So, I find this story interesting in a "haven't seen this yet, wonder how it plays out, especially considering where it leaves off" sense. It *can* be read without the prior volumes if you've caught up on the anime, but I don't think I'd as such recommend doing that, particularly if you can't find any other volumes. I have the feeling this will get confusing if read in arbitrary order like I end up doing, but at least it's easier to follow this way than, say, Jujutsu Kaisen read this way.
*leaning ALL THE WAY IN for fantasy names here, yeesh
I *can* be annoyed that Kuc Kwatrokhis* is like EXTRA Ulmandra. HUGE and wearing a common fetish outfit (though more clothing than Ulmandra normally wears) AND throws vaguely suggestive lines at Uchimura ("You probably don't like girls like me..."? asking this why...?). She barely shows up, though, so I had to be "reminded" that I was vaguely irritated by her, probably for the normal reason.
To be fair, Gnome is respectfully dressed, but probably ONLY because she comes from a wintery land where it's normal for her to be completely covered. (Sylphid also covers up, but that's mostly to hide her identity so people won't bother her; undisguised, she's also unreasonably proportioned, though at least her personality is more mad scientist than "lovesick but stubbornly won't own up to it to rehash the SAME 'romantic comedy' joke in EVERY MANGA/ANIME EVER.")
So, I find this story interesting in a "haven't seen this yet, wonder how it plays out, especially considering where it leaves off" sense. It *can* be read without the prior volumes if you've caught up on the anime, but I don't think I'd as such recommend doing that, particularly if you can't find any other volumes. I have the feeling this will get confusing if read in arbitrary order like I end up doing, but at least it's easier to follow this way than, say, Jujutsu Kaisen read this way.
*leaning ALL THE WAY IN for fantasy names here, yeesh
June 15, 2025
a rather interesting turn of events!
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