Black Summoner

Black Summoner (黒の召喚士, Kuro no Shōkanshi) is a Japanese light novel series written by Doufu Mayoi. It began publication online on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō novel posting website in October 2014. Overlap began publishing the series with illustrations by Kurogin under their Overlap Bunko imprint in June 2016. As of August 2021, fifteen volumes have been released. A manga adaptation with illustrations by Gin Ammo began serialization in Overlap's Comic Gardo website in January 2018. As of October 2021, its chapters have been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Satelight will premiere in 2022.

This work was serialized on the novel posting site "Shōsetsuka ni Narō" from October 6, 2014, and the paperback edition has been published by Overlap Bunko (Overlap) from June 25, 2016. The cumulative circulation of the series has reached more than 1.4 million as of February 2022. As a media mix, a comicalized version by Gin Amou is being serialized on the overlapping web comic site "Comic Gardo" from 2018. In 2022, it was announced that it would be made into a TV animation.

Synopsis
Waking up in a strange new place with no memory of his past life, Kelvin learns that he's bartered away those very memories in exchange for powerful new abilities during his recent transmigration. Heading out into a whole new world as a Summoner—with his first Follower being the very goddess who brought him over!—Kelvin begins his new life as an adventurer, and it isn't long before he discovers his hidden disposition as a battle junkie.

From the Black Knight of the Ancient Castle of Evil Spirits to the demon within the Hidden Cave of the Sage, he revels in the fight against one formidable foe after another. Join this OP adventurer in an exhilarating and epic saga as he and his allies carve their way into the annals of history!

Light novels
Written by Doufu Mayoi, the series began publication online on Shōsetsuka ni Narō on October 6, 2014. The series was later acquired by Overlap, who began publishing the series with illustrations by Kurogin under their Overlap Bunko imprint on June 25, 2016. As of August 2021, fifteen volumes have been released. In July 2020, J-Novel Club announced they licensed the series for English publication.

Manga
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Gin Ammo, began serialization in Comic Gardo on January 11, 2018. As of October 2021, the individual chapters have been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes. J-Novel Club is also publishing the manga in English.

Character
"I'm just your average adventurer, who kind of enjoys fighting!"

- Kelvin Celsius When he died in an accident and was reincarnated, he paid for his own memories to increase his skill points. Due to the erasure of her memories and knowledge, the knowledge of the skills she acquired prior to her reincarnation has also disappeared. As her reincarnation bonus, she is given modern knowledge after her reincarnation and some money by Goddess Melfina. Even with the same episodic memory, he forgets "his own upbringing", "having used his memory as a price", and "falling in love with a goddess", whereas he forgets "the image of a certain famous game", and "a life without a bath is hard for Japanese people". There is a contradiction about the point that there is something I remember.

Regarding this contradiction, the goddess Melfina verbally communicated that she was reincarnated and paid for her memories, and since the TV anime version also pays for her memories, it is possible that she intentionally planted false memories. highly sexual. His home base as an adventurer is Parth, as he has purchased a mansion.

Personality


 * Kelvin has a somewhat laid-back personality. When he's not jacked up on adrenaline from being in a fight (or looking forward to a battle), he likes going out with the girls in his party, gets dragged around by Gerard's hijinks, and dotes on his stepsister, Rion. He also tends to play the tsukkomi role quite often, though sometimes his lack of knowledge in the relevant subject matter makes him the target of the joke.
 * He tends to play down his tendencies as a battle junkie, sometimes even denying it outright, albeit in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek manner that may or may not indicate self-awareness.
 * His love and hunger for rice prompted him to take a trip to Toraj, thus setting off the events of Vol 2 of the LN and Vol 3 of the manga.

Abilities
The main protagonist (Kelvin) is a reincarnated Summoner, the only S-rank summoner in the world. He bartered away his memories of his previous life to gain useful abilities. His current contracted servants are Clotho, Gerard, Melfina, and Sera. Kelvin is a man who loves battle so much that half of the time, he looks more like a villain than the protagonist. He transmigrated to the world with no recollection of his previous life and is therefore looking to enjoy this world to the utmost (get into tons of battles). During the battle, he gives accurate instructions to his companions, while fighting himself using "green magic (general term for earth and wind magic)" and "white magic (light magic)". Its repertoire is wide-ranging, including attack, support, and recovery. In addition, he can see through his opponent's combat ability with his appraisal skill, and hides his own combat ability and trap magic with concealment skill, so there is no gap in information warfare. However, because he is a magician, he is not good at physical combat or fighting alone against multiple people.
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After the battle, he creates powerful equipment using the parts of the monsters he subjugated with his blacksmithing skill. However, in his early days, he made many mistakes, and he also stockpiled a large amount of cursed equipment... {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; background-color:white; margin-top:1em; border:white; font-size:100%; text-align:left;" data-expandtext="Show" data-collapsetext="Hide" ! style="background-color:#10a9db; color:#FFFFFF; padding:0.2em 0.5em;" | Skill Description {| class="fandom-table"
 * The contents are "a tremendous status growth passive" and the skill of the occupation "summoner" who uses the monsters under his control. A summoner is a rare existence in his reincarnated destination, and there are many ties to it, but he bravely throws himself into an unknown world with the skills he has acquired as a weapon.
 * The contents are "a tremendous status growth passive" and the skill of the occupation "summoner" who uses the monsters under his control. A summoner is a rare existence in his reincarnated destination, and there are many ties to it, but he bravely throws himself into an unknown world with the skills he has acquired as a weapon.
 * colspan="2" | 【Summoning】
 * colspan="2" | The ability to take on Followers by establishing a Contract. Supplied with magic from the Summoner, Followers receive stats boosts, become telepathically linked to the Summoner, and can be Summoned anywhere within the Summoner’s magical range. A higher skill rank provides more Follower slots, greater stats boosts, and the ability to Contract with increasingly superior beings. At Rank S, the maximum number of Followers allowed is 10, and Followers get +100 to all stats, including HP and MP.
 * colspan="2" | The ability to take on Followers by establishing a Contract. Supplied with magic from the Summoner, Followers receive stats boosts, become telepathically linked to the Summoner, and can be Summoned anywhere within the Summoner’s magical range. A higher skill rank provides more Follower slots, greater stats boosts, and the ability to Contract with increasingly superior beings. At Rank S, the maximum number of Followers allowed is 10, and Followers get +100 to all stats, including HP and MP.


 * As long as the target is in consent, the Contract can be established by the Summoner at any time. The moment that happens, the individual will be transformed into a magical entity and assimilated into the Summoner's magic pool. Summoning can be used against not only monsters but also humans, elves, and even inorganic entities like golems.
 * Summoning Followers will expend MP and, as long as the Follower remains Summoned, lower the Summoner's Max MP. Unsummoning a Follower will restore the Max MP threshold but not recover MP. (ie. Followers cannot be Unsummoned in lieu of MP potions.)
 * 【Green Magic】
 * This school of magic is for manipulating wind and earth, and thanks to being quite well-balanced, provides the most flexibility in dealing with any situation.
 * This school of magic is for manipulating wind and earth, and thanks to being quite well-balanced, provides the most flexibility in dealing with any situation.


 * Wind Strike
 * Air Pressure
 * Earthen Rampart
 * Adamant Rampart
 * 【White Magic】
 * This school of magic is incredibly powerful when it comes to destroying the undead and healing.
 * This school of magic is incredibly powerful when it comes to destroying the undead and healing.


 * Sacred Bless - The ability to cure curses. Can be used on living things to remove curses of equal or lower rank.
 * 【Analyze Eye】
 * The ability to read a target’s Status. Can be used on living beings and items that haven't been analyzed yet. A higher skill rank offers more detailed information.
 * 【Presence Sensing】
 * Enables the user to detect the presence of other individuals around a certain radius dependent on skill rank.
 * 【Danger Detection】
 * Warms the user of incoming danger through a bell or an alarm that goes off inside the user's head. Has been described to have directionality (ie. can indicate which direction the danger is approaching from).
 * 【Danger Detection】
 * Warms the user of incoming danger through a bell or an alarm that goes off inside the user's head. Has been described to have directionality (ie. can indicate which direction the danger is approaching from).
 * 【Nerves of Steel】
 * Protects the user from being overly shocked or affected by matters, enabling him/her to maintain calm and keep a poker face.
 * 【Concealment】
 * Enables the user to hide his/her Status. Can be extended to one's party members. Is stronger than Analyze Eye (ie. Analyze Eye (Rank S) cannot see through Concealment (Rank S).
 * 【Nerves of Steel】
 * Protects the user from being overly shocked or affected by matters, enabling him/her to maintain calm and keep a poker face.
 * 【Concealment】
 * Enables the user to hide his/her Status. Can be extended to one's party members. Is stronger than Analyze Eye (ie. Analyze Eye (Rank S) cannot see through Concealment (Rank S).
 * 【Concealment】
 * Enables the user to hide his/her Status. Can be extended to one's party members. Is stronger than Analyze Eye (ie. Analyze Eye (Rank S) cannot see through Concealment (Rank S).


 * Can also be cast on external targets (ex. Cashel once cast it on a pile of corpses to delay its discovery to buy time for himself to get away).
 * 【Army Command】
 * Provides support in leading large groups of people.
 * 【Smithing】
 * Provides correction and support with the creation of weapons and equipment using metals.
 * 【Spirit】
 * This skill adds to the user's Max MP according to the below:
 * 【Herculean Strength】
 * This skill adds to the user's Strength stat according to the below:
 * 【Iron Wall】
 * This skill adds to the user's Endurance stat according to the below:
 * 【Magic Enhancement】
 * This skill adds to the user's Magic stat according to the below:
 * 【Iron Wall】
 * This skill adds to the user's Endurance stat according to the below:
 * 【Magic Enhancement】
 * This skill adds to the user's Magic stat according to the below:
 * 【Magic Enhancement】
 * This skill adds to the user's Magic stat according to the below:


 * 【Double Growth Rate】
 * The stats increase gained from leveling up is doubled.
 * 【Experience Sharing】
 * The ability to apply earned XP to all party members. Depending on skill conditions, it is also possible to apply earned XP to Followers.
 * 【Experience Sharing】
 * The ability to apply earned XP to all party members. Depending on skill conditions, it is also possible to apply earned XP to Followers.


 * Whereas normally, the person who delivers the final blow to a monster would get the bulk of the XP, this skill makes it so that everyone in the group also gets the amount of XP regardless of contribution. Even a Level 1 adventurer would benefit from the same influx of XP as if they had personally killed the monster, making this skill the perfect for power-leveling low-leveled members.
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As the subtitle suggests, he is a genuine battle junkie, and if there is an enemy stronger than himself, he will take the initiative to start a battle, and to do so, he will use any means (but at least he knows good and evil). He himself seems to have no intention of curing even if he is pointed out as "like a disease".

TV Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 17, 2022. It is produced by Satelight and directed and scripted by Yoshimasa Hiraike, with Miwa Oshima designing the characters and Michiru and Yuria Miyazono composing the music. It aired from July 9 to September 24, 2022, on Tokyo MX. The opening theme song is "Ataman Chū Dead End" (頭ん中DEAD END) by RetBear (unknown Vo:10fu), while the ending theme song is "Wherever" by Minori Suzuki. Crunchyroll has licensed the series, and has also began streaming an English dub starting on July 23, 2022. Medialink has licensed the series in Asian region and streaming on their Youtube channel Ani-One Asia.

Staff

 * Original - Mazei Tofu
 * Original illustration - Kurogin, die-ext
 * Comics - Amaha Gin
 * Director/Series composition - Yoshimasa Hiraike
 * Character Design - Miwa Oshima
 * Sub Character Design - Sachiko Ohashi
 * Monster Prop Design - Wataru Inada
 * Art setting - Kenji Kato
 * Art Director - Yoko Komiya (Episode 1-4, 6, 9, 10)
 * Color design - Eri Suzuki
 * Cinematographer - Natsumi Uchida
 * Editing - Hideharu Matsumoto
 * CGI Supervisor - Hiroyuki Goto
 * CGI Director - Reina Nakamura
 * Sound Director - Satoshi Motoyama
 * Sound production - Bushiroad Move
 * Music - Michiru, Yuria Miyazono
 * Music Production - Flying Dog
 * Music Producer - Madoka Fukasui, Shun Uchida
 * Producer - Shujin Huh, Tatsuya Oshita, Kotaro Nakamura, Masao Fukuda, Yasawa Furuya, Yasushi Fukushima
 * Animation Producer - Osami Muramoto
 * Animation Production - Satelight
 * Production - Black Summoner Production Committee

Reception
As of May 2021, the series has over one million copies in circulation.

External Link

 * Black Summoner ─ Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
 * Black Summoner ─ Light novel official website (in Japanese)
 * Black Summoner ─ Manga official website (in Japanese)
 * TV Anime "Black Summoner" Official website (in Japanese)
 * Black Summoner ─ Official (@kuronoshokanshi)- Twitter
 * Black Summoner ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
 * Black Summoner ─ Wikipedia (in English)

Trivia
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