After fapping too intensely, Sao found out he could actually die--because he legitimately did! But after finding himself before a beautiful and benevolent goddess (where he also had to admit he was still a virgin!) Sao has been given a second chance. Reborn in a new world, he still retains memories of his past life and has even been blessed with an extraordinary cheat ability. Endowed with the class "Rod Master," after becoming an adult, Sao has skills that can not only help take down enemies and save others, but it can help him in the one thing he cares about most: sex!

Record of Lusty Warriors: The Rod Master's Unstoppable Conquest in Another World has story by IKUHITO and art by Ohana-chan. English translation is done by Dustin Wiebe, lettering by Jamil Stewart, with an adaptation by The Smut Whisperer. Published by Seven Seas Entertainment (November 3, 2026). Rated M.

Lucas DeRuyter
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Please bear in mind that I have to take in A LOT of isekai media for this job, so when I say that Ikuhito, Ohana-chan, and Kubocha's Record of Lusty Warriors: The Rod Master's Unstoppable Conquest in Another World is maybe the best piece of isekai media I've experienced since ZENSHU., I do not assign that praise lightly or in ignorance. A sex comedy that balances porn and plot perfectly, the manga follows a young virgin man who died while masturbating and is reincarnated into a sex positive fantasy world where his blessings from the goddess Por Noh (lol) make him the best at sex and, incidentally, pretty good at fighting monsters. With his village staring down the threat of various fantasy monsters and his stepmother and stepsister at his side, this is the most fun I've had one of these kinds of overt male power fantasies in a long time.

The big thing that separates Record of Lusty Warriors (which I just now realized might be an allusion to Record of Lodoss War?) from so, SO much isekai chaff is how much fun this world is and how much fun everyone is having in it. Present in the original writing, and punched up by Dustin Wiebe's localization, this work gleefully leans into porno cheesiness without ever turning too far into the skid. Beyond the aforementioned Goddesses' winking name, the MC's name upon reincarnation is literally Rod, and his special-boi powers are directly related to his sense of arousal and physical intimacy. Practically, this means that he can make people orgasm from just a massage, heal from his injuries while having sex, and bludgeon goblins to death with a kitchen pestle that's functionally Goku's power pole from Dragon Ball. While everything I just described is very stupid, it's also all very fun and much more enjoyable than watching a butthurt edgelord protag get revenge in a grimdark fantasy world and participate in slavery to expand his harem.

Speaking of harems, I also love that the MC's adoptive mom and sisters are real characters with any kind of interiority! Them having goals and responsibilities completely divorced from the protagonist makes their choice to have sex with the lead feel all the more impactful. It's also great to see them actually participate in the action of the story, rather than just cheerlead the MC to victory.

In short, Record of Lusty Warriors is a male power fantasy isekai, but it's delightfully self-aware, leans into the ridiculous premise of this genre effectively, and is clearly created by people who understand, like, and acknowledge women as people rather than status symbols. I'm eager to read the second volume promised at the end of this first one, and hope this work finds the acclaim and success it deserves.

Jean-Karlo Lemus
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There's no hiding what kind of manga this is from the title alone; this is one raunchy story, from start to finish. But here's the key difference between Record of Lusty Warriors and other isekai, and the thing that elevates it above its peers: Record of Lusty Warriors knows what it's about, embraces it, and runs with it to the end zone. There's no pretense here, no attempt at making protagonist Rod deeper, no attempt at elevating this story by hiding behind some cockamamie magic system that's just Dragon Quest 3's menus. A hornball virgin is reincarnated and adopted by a MILF with positively prodigious life-affirming T&A, and he aspires to bone until his heart explodes. Is it goofy? Yep. Is the idea of an adult in a baby's body getting turned on by getting breastfed weird? Always will be. But here's the thing: our protagonist figures out a way to make his weapon of choice (a pestle that he can extend at will, Monkey King-style) shrink and expand like a gatling gun while mowing down waves of goblins, and he does it while boning his adopted sister in suspended congress while she's hacking at any goblins trying to sneak up behind him.

There's so much that this manga—and, in fact, any other—gets away with because it's fun. Everyone's on the same page, everyone's enjoying themselves, and our storytellers seem to be having a blast with figuring out how they can top themselves. Of course, you've got your extended sequences of the protagonist plowing his adopted family, but everyone's an eager and willing participant. Even when our protagonist is aware of a lot of the darker set-ups in porn (his visualization of goblins is as the typical “predators of buxom princess-knight”-types), Lusty Warriors sticks to keeping things fun. It says a lot that our protagonist is a genuinely upstanding guy. Sure, Rod is a hornball who cares more about having his pestle worked, but he avoids a lot of the pitfalls of other creepy isekai protagonists. It says a lot about him that after an entire book of this guy going ga-ga for his adopted mother's boobs, seeing a giant goblin rip her shirt off does nothing but motivate him to find a daredevil plan to get her out of his clutches. (He just has to quickly motorboat his not-sister's rack first.) Not even a single “Hey, those are my tits!” thought bubble. Rod's struggle with his lust for both of the women in his life is a minor plot point, but effective.

The art is spectacular, but credit needs to be given for recognizing that big naturals come with big everything else. Mega-MILF Macheto is a bit on the chunky side (her profession helps her keep in shape, though), and an early page even shows one of the portlier women in town enjoying herself. Panels are dynamic, courtesy of the decent framing of combat and the decent framing of the plowing. The translation is also suitably spectacular; Rod's asides and quips are genuinely funny. Lusty Warriors would be lesser without the many wink-wink-nudge-nudge gags sprinkled throughout.

I've seen so many isekai try to be sexy—and fail. Tepid moments of a protagonist seeing cleavage, or thirsting after a character just because they have big naturals. I've even read isekai where the point is to introduce sex to a sexless world—and still fail at being sexy by virtue of being so clinical and mechanical. You actually wonder if anyone involved, be it the characters or the writers, even enjoys sex as an actual thing instead of some vague theoretical where a peg is put into a slot, and someone shows off their secondary sexual characteristics. Lusty Warriors subscribes to the notion of going big, above all else. Sex is messy, naughty, and even a little weird—but it's also funny, and when you let it be all these things is when you've got something that can stoke a flame in folks. Record of Lusty Warriors is not for everybody; not everyone wants to read softcore porn, and some folks might be uncomfortable with Rod's antics, be it his breastfeeding as a baby or him sleeping with his adopted sister as an adult. But—for folks looking for a sexy isekai story, this one tops the charts. If I take half a point off, it's because sex babies will never be cool. But Record of Lusty Warriors is one of the best isekai I've ever read, period, and folks who know what they're about need to pick this up in a hurry. No “recommendation” here—folks who know what they're about, read this now.

Bolts
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From the very first page of this book, I knew exactly what I was in for, and that put a big smile on my face. There are a lot of perverse titles in this guide. Some are here for titillation while others are here to actually tell compelling adult dramas. Then I get something like Lusty Warriors which is just here to make me laugh. I am so glad I came across a story like this because it really does show that there is a lot of unexplored humor in sexually charged situations. This story is an isekai where a young man is reincarnated into the body of a baby named Rod, and he ends up acquiring an ancient power called the rod! If that doesn't immediately tell you how much direct, low brow humor you're about to get, then I do not know what to tell you, but I will try.

This is a wish fulfillment isekai in so many ways. A young man literally died from masturbating too much, and now gets to live out his life in a small village where everyone is super casual about having sex, including his actual sister. OK, maybe the story didn't need the incest, but I think it's easier to laugh at this story rather than be titillated by it considering how little it takes itself seriously. A lot of the characters come to ridiculous conclusions in order to facilitate just a handful of sex scenes because outside of that, it's going through a lot of standard plot beats. This is a story that is basically junk food that plays with the exaggerated tropes of its main lead whose noble goal is just that he wants to fuck that shit out of everything, which includes his sister, and maybe even his mother. I don't think the story works that well as a form of titillating erotica, but as an openly adult comedy series that is cranking its tropes all the way to the top, I think it's a very solid time.