Hajimari no Shoukanshi, 'Summoner of the Beginning', zooms in on Allen's earliest days after his rebirth as a serf's son with the punishing Hell Mode settings still active. Formerly the gamer Kenichi Yamada, Allen works to level up his unfamiliar Summoner class from absolute scratch, aiming to free his family from servitude before anything else. This manga adaptation focuses specifically on that opening stretch of the story, ahead of the light novel's wider scope.