'The World's Strongest in a Common Job') is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryo Shirakome and illustrated by Takayaki.

After he is betrayed and left to die by one of his classmates, Hajime begins a journey to improve himself and find a way for everyone to return home.

On his journey, he meets with the imprisoned vampire Yue, who is later joined by the bunny-eared Shea, the perverted dragon Tio, and others.

Ryo Shirakome originally published the series as a web novel on the user-submitted content site Shōsetsuka ni Narō.

[11][12] During their panel at Anime Expo 2017, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they would publish a print version of the novels[12] as part of their collaboration with J-Novel Club.

[17] An adaptation of the prequel light novel Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest Zero by Ataru Kamichi began serialization on February 23, 2018, on the Comic Gardo website.

[17] A series of two drama CDs were released with the seventh, eighth, and tenth volumes of the light novel on December 25, 2017, April 25, 2018, and June 25, 2019.

The series was initially intended to premiere in April 2018,[5][22] but on January 15, 2018, its release was pushed back due to "various circumstances".

[5] However, following the postponement, it was announced on April 29, 2018, that Kinji Yoshimoto would be taking over as director and studio Asread would be joining White Fox as animators.

[36][37] A two-part OVA was released on September 25, 2022, titled "The Miraculous Meeting and the Phantasmagorical Adventure" (幻の冒険と奇跡の邂逅, Maboroshi no Bōken to Kiseki no Kaigō).

[40] Asread is animating the season, with Akira Iwanaga, Shoichi Sato, and Chika Kojima returning as director, scriptwriter, and character designer, respectively.

[46][47] She criticized the series for its depiction of the romantic relationship between Hajime and Yue, which she called "unhealthy", and also felt that the translation wasn't as good as some of J-Novel Club's other releases.

Christopher Farris of the Anime News Network, cited manufacturing issues as the main causes of the series's failure.