She Professed Herself The Pupil Of The Wiseman (賢者の弟子を名乗る賢者, Kendeshi / Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hirotsugu Ryusen and illustrated by Fuzichoco. It began serialization as a web novel published on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in April 2012. Micro Magazine later acquired the series, which began releasing it in print in June 2014 under their GC Novels imprint. Seventeen volumes have been published as of April 2022. A manga adaptation by Dicca Suemitsu began serialization online via Micro Magazine's Comic Ride website in July 2016, which has been compiled into ten tankōbon volumes as of October 2022. Both the light novel and manga have been licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by Studio A-Cat aired from January to March 2022.
Overview[]
The content was revised and revised based on the WEB novel serialized from April 4, 2012 on the novel posting site "Shōsetsuka ni Narō", and from June 2014, from GC Novels (Micro Magazine). It has been published. The illustration is Fuzichoco . As of January 2022, the cumulative circulation of the series has exceeded 1.5 million.
Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja began as a web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō on April 4, 2012. The first official volume was published on June 30, 2014 by Micro Magazine-sha under the GC Novels label.
The series has been published in English as She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man by Seven Seas Entertainment under the Airship imprint since September 28, 2021. Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja the Comic has been published in English as She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man by Seven Seas Entertainment since July 20, 2021.
As a media mix, a manga version drawn by Suemitsu Jika is being serialized in Comic Ride (the company) from the July 2016 issue. As a spin-off, "Sage Gaiden who claims to be a disciple of the sage-Mira and the wonderful summoning spirits-", which Yu Uonuma is in charge of drawing, is being serialized in Manga Box (DeNA) from October 22, 2020, "Kenja no Deshi o Nanoru Kenja: Mariana no Touki Hi", which is drawn by Banira Stick, will be serialized in Comic Ride (Micro Magazine) from the February 2021 issue to the April 2022 issue.
Synopsis[]
With a dignified veteran's body and a long white beard, summoner mage Dunbalf was one of the strongest player characters in the virtual reality online multiplayer roleplaying game Ark Earth Online, even heralded as a one-man army. Together with the "Nine Wise Mages" and King Solomon, they formed the mage player Kingdom of Alcait. But one day, Dunbalf and the other Nine Wise Mages suddenly go missing, leaving no trace behind.
In an effort to spend his expiring credits, Dunbalf had purchased a cosmetic kit and tinkered with his character; however, he accidentally fell asleep during the customization process. Upon waking up, Dunbalf not only notices that the world of Ark Earth Online has become more realistic, but also discovers that he has turned into a cute girl! After reaching Alcait, he learns it has been 30 years since he supposedly disappeared.
Now tasked with finding the other missing mages by King Solomon, the avid role player proclaims his new identity as Mira—the Pupil of the Wise Man Dunbalf—and ventures forth to prove his legacy.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
List of published books[]
Light Novel[]
written by Hirotsugu Ryusen and illustrated by Fuzichoco. It began serialization as a web novel published on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in April 2012. Micro Magazine later acquired the series, which began releasing it in print in June 2014 under their GC Novels imprint. Seventeen volumes have been published as of April 2022.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 30, 2014 | 978-4-04-066719-5 | September 28, 2021 | 978-1-64827-423-7 |
| 2 | November 29, 2014 | 978-4-04-066924-3 | November 16, 2021 | 978-1-64827-441-1 |
| 3 | May 30, 2015 | 978-4-04-067133-8 | February 22, 2022 | 978-1-64827-449-7 |
| 4 | November 30, 2015 | 978-4-04-067356-1 | June 28, 2022 | 978-1-64827-470-1 |
| 5 | April 28, 2016 | 978-4-04-067696-8 | October 25, 2022 | 978-1-63858-137-6 |
| 6 | October 28, 2016 | 978-4-04-067785-9 | January 31, 2023 | 978-1-63858-300-4 |
| 7 | March 31, 2017 | 978-4-04-068020-0 | May 30, 2023 | 978-1-63858-820-7 |
| 8 | October 31, 2017 | 978-4-04-068183-2 | July 25, 2023 | 978-1-63858-962-4 |
| 9 | April 28, 2018 | 978-4-04-068461-1 | November 28, 2023 | 978-1-68579-637-2 |
| 10 | November 30, 2018 | 978-4-04-069087-2 | January 2, 2024 | 978-1-68579-662-4 |
| 11 | May 30, 2019 | 978-4-04-069274-6 | — | — |
| 12 | November 30, 2019 | 978-4-04-069599-0 | — | — |
| 13 | May 29, 2020 | 978-4-04-069868-7 | — | — |
| 14 | November 30, 2020 | 978-4-04-069868-7 | — | — |
| 15 | May 31, 2021 | 978-4-86-716147-0 | — | — |
| 16 | December 28, 2021 | 978-4-86716-227-9 | — | — |
| 17 | April 30, 2022 | 978-4-86716-282-8 | — | — |
| 18 | January 30, 2023 | 978-4-86716-387-0 | — | — |
| 19 | August 30, 2023 | 978-4-86716-463-1 | — | — |
Manga[]
A manga adaptation by Dicca Suemitsu began serialization online via Micro Magazine's Comic Ride website in July 2016, which has been compiled into ten tankōbon volumes as of October 2022. Comic version and e-book version are being published continuously from Micro Magazine (Ride Comics).
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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| 1 | March 31, 2017 | 978-4-04-067796-5 | July 20, 2021 | 978-1-64827-429-9 |
| 2 | October 31, 2017 | 978-4-04-068150-4 | September 28, 2021 | 978-1-64827-442-8 |
| 3 | April 28, 2018 | 978-4-04-068664-6 | December 14, 2021 | 978-1-64827-461-9 |
| 4 | November 30, 2018 | 978-4-04-069257-9 | February 15, 2022 | 978-1-63858-115-4 |
| 5 | June 29, 2019 | 978-4-04-069696-6 | July 26, 2022 | 978-1-63858-236-6 |
| 6 | January 30, 2020 | 978-4-04-065197-2 | September 20, 2022 | 978-1-63858-389-9 |
| 7 | October 30, 2020 | 978-4-04-065197-2 | December 27, 2022 | 978-1-63858-695-1 |
| 8 | May 28, 2021 | 978-4-86-716142-5 | March 14, 2023 | 978-1-63858-875-7 |
| 9 | January 31, 2022 | 978-4-86-716236-1 | July 18, 2023 | 978-1-68579-475-0 |
| 10 | October 31, 2022 | 978-4-86-716350-4 | December 26, 2023 | 979-8-88843-081-1 |
| 11 | July 28, 2023 | 978-4-86-716448-8 | — | — |
Spin-Off[]
A spin-off series was released in the Micro Magazine <Comics Ride>. The four-panel comedy manga, titled She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man: Mira to Sutekina Shōkan Seirei-tachi (賢者の弟子を名乗る賢者 〜ミラと素敵な召喚精霊たち〜, Kenja no Deshi o Nanoru Kenja: Mira to Sutekina Shōkan Seirei-tachi) was drawn by Yu Uonuma.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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| 1 | May 28, 2021 | 978-4-86716-145-6 | — | — |
| 2 | January 31, 2022 | 978-4-86716-237-8 | — | — |
| 3 | February 28, 2022 | 978-4-86716-254-5 | — | — |
A spin-off series was released in the Micro Magazine <Comics Ride>. The four-panel comedy manga, titled She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man: Mariana no Touki Hi (賢者の弟子を名乗る賢者 〜マリアナの遠き日〜, Kenja no Deshi o Nanoru Kenja: Mariana no Touki Hi) was drawn by Vanilla Boww.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 31, 2022 | 978-4-86716-238-5 | — | — |
| 2 | May 31, 2022 | 978-4-86716-295-8 | — | — |
Character[]
The main character of this work. He reigned as the summoner's elder (top) and was one of the Nine Wise men involved in the founding of the Kingdom of Alkait. His real name is Kagami Sakimori. He is a 28-year-old young man (6 years after graduating from college at the time of the work). Using the item "dressing box" that I bought with the remaining electronic money just before the expiration date, I was playing with character makeup to make the avatar into an ideal beautiful girl with full-blown habit (lolicon), but the remake screen from the tiredness of all night I fall asleep without canceling. When he woke up, he wasn't the favorite nice silver avatar "Dunbalf" that he made with great care, but the platinum blonde girl that he was making for fun.
At this time, I was very upset that I couldn't return to the astringent old man, and at the same time, I realized that I couldn't log out of the game world. Furthermore, the NPC who talked to himself has an ego like a real human being, and is surprised that the game has become a "reality". He thought that it would be related to his own ticket if it was known that the world-famous sage "Army Dunbalf/One Man Army Dunbalf" was in the form of a beautiful girl. I decided to give my name. There are only a few who have confided this fact themselves, such as Solomon and the Nine Sages who have been friends since the game era, Mariana who reports directly to him, and Creos who is acting for Elder, but after all, he stands still even if the appearance changes. Since the behavior is the same as before, it is often easy for those who have a close relationship with each other to get caught.
Although she looks like a beautiful girl, the way she speaks is inherited from the original role-playing era of old people, so she calls herself "I" and speaks old-fashioned. She is also a master of hermitage as well as summoning and has taken a distinctive style of using both techniques in combat since the Dumblef era. Her appearance is also featured in the "Sage of the Nine Sages", which contains the legend of the Nine Sages, and is widely known to the people of the Kingdom of Alkait.
Although the Kingdom of Alkait was protected by the Limited Warless Treaty, Mira, who appeared when the treaty was about to expire, began searching for the nine wise men who would be the leaders of national defense at the request of Solomon. When visiting the Ancient Ring Gate, he is blessed by the spirit king Symbio Sanctius.
The two names after the Battle of Chimera Clausen are "Queen of the Spirits" and are said to be the successors of the hero King Forsesia. As long as she can't return to her original form, she has been working to raise her name with Solomon's heart, in order to make her a nine-sage man with the title of "Dunbalff's disciple and successor," as she self-proclaimed. At first, the rumor that "an adult beautiful woman" was walking alone while being told by word of mouth from the image of two people, and it was often not noticed by the first-time partner that it was a "spirit queen". rice field. However, as the achievements are made in various places, the correct appearance spreads, and this time, it becomes noticeable in each place where I went, and it is rumored that it is just similar or genuine. Therefore, if you don't want to stand out, you need to disguise her by dyeing her hair color or wearing glasses.
Omori, who plays the role of Mira in the TV anime version, is said to have played almost in the ground voice, not conscious of being unnecessarily cute because Mira looks so cute, but always conscious of being a dignified old sage
Abilities[]
"I won't let you do what you want!"
― Mira
Even in another world, he/she still has the nickname of "One Man Army Dunbalf", and specializes in a variety of summoning techniques and battles without offense and defense. Due to his/her ability to use a variety of summoning techniques. He/She is also good at close combat using Immortal/Sage arts, and specializes in a combat style that combines summoning arts and Immortal/Sage arts without offense and defense. ArK Earth Online can create new techniques and improve efficiency by studying techniques, so it is possible to shorten the process of summoning techniques to one and perform high-speed summoning. Besides combat skills, he was also a leading expert in refining technology and made various items.
| Name: | Danbulf Gandadore | Class: | Summoner / Sage |
| Affiliation: | Arkite Kingdom | Job: | Silver Linked Tower • Elder (Summoner) |
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1210/1210 | MP: | 4390/4390 |
| Strength: | 5 +20 | Stamina: | 6 +15 |
| Mana: | 51 +10 | Dexterity: | 7 +15 |
| Agility: | 6 +37 | It's only game stats. These stats don't determine the new world stats Mira has. | |
- ArK Earth Online System: [Map] [Status] [Friendliest] [Item Box/Inventory] [Information Data/Appraisal]
- Stats Explanation: Although the numerical values might look low compared to other games, there was a large difference between one point of status in this game. The general strength and stamina of an adult male were 4. In other words, with the strength stat of 8, a person would have two times the strength of an average adult male. A person that has the strength stat of 10 could be considered an expert soldier.
- Item Box allows people to store or place various sorts of items within. It seems to possess a limitless amount of space. It is extremely useful for storing different items needed based on the situation.
"To think these things have changed as well... This could be fun, too."
"Mm. It's certainly nice when they really listen to you."― Mira
In addition to the overwhelming volume of summoning techniques that give form to his second name as Dunbalf, "Army," his tactics are diverse and powerful, including top-class hermeticism, and magic sealing bombs (simply put, magic bombs) using a refining technique he has developed himself.
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| Main Class: 《Summoner》 It is a magic that summons contracted spirits and phantom beasts and borrows their power, and it is characterized by being able to play an extremely diverse role depending on the abilities of the contracted "summoner". Summoning is not just about summoning, it can also be used to strengthen summons and summon multiple summonses at the same time. . In addition, summoned bodies are excellent in various skills, and because they have lived for a long time and are knowledgeable, they are characterized by their ability to be applied in a wide range of fields without being limited to combat. The process of summoning basically selects the place to be summoned and then selects the summoned body to be summoned. Next, by pouring magical power into the summoned body, it becomes possible to summon the summoned body. After summoning, it is necessary to control and direct the summoned body. Normally, there would be a number of steps in between "selecting a place" like this, but Mira has devised a way to simplify and compress the procedure so that it can be done in one action. Basically, the first summoned body contracted by a summoner will be an artificial spirit Dark Knight or Holy Knight that is easy to use and has high potential, but these must show their main ability. It is naturally difficult for a magician to fight without magic, and for this reason, summoning is the biggest obstacle until you get the "first summoned body". Dunbalf Gandadore accumulated various know-how in the game and compensated for its shortcomings by refining technology. However, due to Danbalf's absence, the lack of know-how, and the high barriers to entry, Summoning has completely died down in the Arkite Kingdom in the last 30 years, and is generally regarded as "minor magic" and "on the verge of extinction".
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Originally, Mira improved his/her summoning techniques on his/her own, so his/her immediately applied them to summoning techniques that had expanded the degree of freedom in other worlds and explored and developed new ways of using them, such as partial summoning of the Dark Knight. In particular, the Dark Knight and the Holy Knight (later the Gray Knight) used in the "Army" are as if they would appear inexhaustibly until Mira's mana is depleted (in fact, it is infinite), so she usually saves only the amount she needs.
However, I have often sent out more dark knights than I needed on the grounds that I was getting better when I was in hand-to-hand combat with a certain degree of skill, and as a result, I often ended up chasing after the hearts of my opponents.
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Sage skill are mostly affected by the physical strength attribute.
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In addition to the other skills, Mira uses Sage Skills to make up for her biggest weakness, her body’s frailty. Mira, when she was Dunbalf before, was also the Inventor of Refining Technique (Spirit Stones and Magic Bomb Sealing Stones are the products of it).
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After reuniting with Solomon and Luminaria, he was shocked to learn that the technology of refining had been lost since Dunbalf disappeared 30 years ago, and that summoners were also in decline due to the decline in population at the same time. He has been promoting the summoning technique and passing on the lost technology for 30 years while searching for the Nine Wise Men.
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TV Anime[]
An anime television series adaptation was announced on May 27, 2020. The series is animated by Studio A-Cat and directed by Keitaro Motonaga, with Takamitsu Kōno overseeing the series' scripts, Kumi Horii designing the characters, and Go Sakabe composing the series' music. It was initially scheduled to premiere in 2021, but it was later delayed. It aired from January 12 to March 30, 2022, on Tokyo MX and other networks. Funimation co-produced the series. The opening theme song is "Ready Set Go!!" by Asaka, while the ending theme song is "Ambitious" by Erabareshi.
- Staff
- Original Author -Ryusen Hirotsugu
- Character draft - Fuzichoco
- Director - Keitarou Motonaga
- Series composition - Takamitsu Kono
- Character Design - Kumi Horii
- Sub-character design - Masahiko Matsuo
- Summoner / Monster Design - Koji Watanabe, Masahiko Matsuo, Kyohei Yamamoto
- Prop Design - Goichi Iwahata
- Art setting - Tsushi Ohira
- Art Director - Scott MacDonald
- Color design - Miyu Yamamoto
- Cinematographer - Tsubasa Yokoyama
- 3D Director - Yuichi Goto
- Edit - Yoshiaki Kimura
- Sound Director - Yasunori Ebina
- Acoustic effects - Kiyotaka Kawada
- Music - Go Sakabe
- Music production -MAGES.
- Music Producer - Jun Murakami
- Producers - Kosuke Arai, Adam Zehner, Tatsuya Kotaka, Rei Takimoto, Shunsuke Sato, Akira Suga, Satoru Shimosato, Kento Yoshida
- Animation Producer - Shunsuke Sato
- Animation production - studio A-CAT
- Production - My cute production committee
Muse Communication licensed the anime in South and Southeast Asia, and the series is available to watch on iQiyi. The series was released on Blu-ray and DVD in three volumes from April 27, 2022 to June 24, 2022.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "I am Cute..." Transcription: "Washi, kawaī......" (Japanese: わし、かわいい……) |
Keitarō Motonaga | Takamitsu Kōno | Keitarō Motonaga, Gōichi Iwahata | January 12, 2022 |
| Within the VRMMORPG game of Ark Earth Online there are no limits on what is possible, there are also no rules or instructions and player progression is based solely on effort, intelligence and experimentation. 27 year old Sakimora Kagami has spent years progressing relentlessly and his character, Danblf Gangadore, is now one of the nine Wise Men, the most powerful sorcerers of Arkite Kingdom. One day his close friend, King Solomon of Arkite, whom he helped create Arkite Kingdom with years before, sends him on a mission to destroy an army of 10,000 monsters. Due to their numbers they suspect the army was summoned by sorcerers of another kingdom. With his power to summon his own massive army including a dragon, Danblf destroys the monsters and returns victorious. Several days later the entire in game universe is shocked to discover Danblf has disappeared never to be seen again, leaving Arkite in complete turmoil. A young girl with silver hair and blue eyes awakens in the wilderness and makes her way to Arkite and, upon seeing her reflection, is shocked to find she is cute. | |||||
| 2 | "I Lied..." Transcription: "Washi, uso tsuita......" (Japanese: わし、ウソついた……) |
Keitarō Motonaga | Takamitsu Kōno | Gōichi Iwahata | January 19, 2022 |
| The girl turns out to be Dunbalf and explains to Solomon he had been experimenting with changing his appearance with a Vanity Case, but fell asleep before deleting the changes, so now he is a young girl until he can obtain another Case. Solomon reveals the game underwent a massive reality update. Dunblf has somehow been gone for 30 years, and the only other Wise Man remaining is Luminaria who reappeared 20 years ago. Solomon has protected Arkite through many wars and even through an Industrial Era and now has technology including motorised vehicles. Returning to his home Dunblf meets his assistant Mariane, a fairy NPC, and finds the reality update has given all NPC’s real personalities. As such Dunblf is forced to claim he is Mira, Dunblf’s pupil, sent to replace Dunblf who is staying in a foreign country. Mira meets Solomon’s advisors and military leaders and to prove she is a suitable replacement for Dunblf destroy a small monster army. The advisors suspect the monsters are being controlled by Demon’s for an unknown purpose, that plus unrest with other kingdoms worries Solomon, yet with Dunblf’s return finds he is finally having fun again. | |||||
| 3 | "I'm... a Big Softie When It Comes to These Things" Transcription: "Washi...... kō iu no ni yowain ja yo nā" (Japanese: わし……こういうのに弱いんじゃよなぁ) |
Kaoru Yabana | Chabō Higurashi | Miyana Okita | January 26, 2022 |
| Solomon reveals 20 years after Dunblf disappeared a war broke out between humans and Demons. After the humans triumphed they signed a pact to ban war for 10 years, but this comes to an end in 1 year. Arkite needs the Nine Wise Men again, but the other 7 are still missing despite Solomon’s friend list proving they are all inside the game. Thus he orders Mira to find them before the pact expires. Mira suggests looking in Nebrapolis catacombs for Soul Howl the necromancer. Mira meets a young boy named Tact who wants to go to Nebrapolis to see his parents in a mirror that contacts the dead. Several NPC adventurers also volunteer, Emella, Zef, Asval and Flicker. Within Nebrapolis Zef sees his dead sister in the mirror, Lyrica, who died of illneess and assures him her death was not his fault. Mira realises she must reconsider her thoughts on NPC’s who are much more human than she is used to. Tact cannot see his parents, suggesting they might not be dead. On Solomon’s request Mira tries to contact Howard, a dead NPC expert on demons to ask about their recent activities concerning the monsters. | |||||
| 4 | "I'm at My Limit!" Transcription: "Washi, mō genkai!" (Japanese: わし、もう限界！) |
Keitarō Motonaga | Kōjirō Nakamura | Gōichi Iwahata | February 2, 2022 |
| Howard does not appear in the mirror, but as Howard was a known demon expert Emella reveals demons have been sighted in several other kingdoms, not just Arkite. Mira leads everyone to the catacombs sixth floor to a large castle which only she knows how to enter, asking everyone else to wait outside. Reaching Soul Howl’s throne room it is revealed Howl is a hopeless pervert obsessed with death as Mira discovers hundreds of lifeless maids and a girl who is still slightly alive. Finding Howl’s laboratory Mira realises Howl froze the girl in time so he could locate the Holy Grail of Heavenly Light to save her life. A demon suddenly attacks which Mira fights alone. For a second the adventurers think Mira resembles Dunblf but rejects this is silly. With a mixture of magic and her Immortal Arts fighting style, Mira defeats the demon, revealing to the adventurers she is Dunblf’s pupil, which they easily believe. Mira realises they can no longer qualify as just NPC’s as they have childhood memories and even have parents. To this end she decides she must keep the kingdom safe for everyone living in it. Returning to the surface they find an army of monsters attacking the city. | |||||
| 5 | "I'm Reborn!" Transcription: "Washi, sai tan!" (Japanese: わし、再・誕！) |
Keitarō Motonaga | Tōko Machida | Gōichi Iwahata | February 9, 2022 |
| Mira summons her Valkyrie warriors to defeat the monsters. Tact decides to become a Summoner like Mira. The adventurer’s boss, Captain Cyril, thanks Mira for her help. Mira divides up all the looted treasure and is surprised Cyril is able to lift the heavy weapon of the demon from the catacombs. Mira sends Tact to the guild to see if he has summoning potential then retrieves a clue sent by Solomon for some of the other Wise Men. Tact has Sorceror, Priest and Diviner potential but no Summoner potential. Mira determines Cyril is also a player, not an NPC, and he comes close to guessing Mira is Dunblf, so Mira claims she and Dunblf were friends in real life. Cyril explains when he woke in the game he tried to find a way home. Along the way he befriended NPC’s, eradicated goblins harassing their village and made improvements to their farming and taught them self-defence before re-joining his friends. He asks Mira to join the guild but she declines due to the importance of her mission, so instead he offers to look into Solomon’s latest clue. Mira returns home, wearing her Dunblf robes, only to learn from Mariana replicas of the robe are popular as costumes with children, causing Mira to furiously realise she looks like a child playing dress up. | |||||
| 6 | "I'm a Dress-Up Doll!" Transcription: "Washi, kisekae!" (Japanese: わし、着せ替えっ！) |
Kaoru Yabana | Tōko Machida | Miyana Okita | February 16, 2022 |
| Mira recalls that while returning home she came across a cat Shikigami named Nyanmaru. A Wind Spirit appears and explains they were attacked by humans, but she has no idea where Nyanmaru’s master is. Handing over Soul Howl’s research to Solomon’s chief researcher, Sulliman, Mira relates everything that happened. She is concerned about attacks on spirits and Nyanmaru, whose name suggests he belonged to Wiseman Kagura, a user of divining magic. Solomon is aware of a group, Chimera Clausen, who capture spirits. Sulliman learns from Soul Howl’s paperwork that the Holy Grail of Heavenly Light is actually a craftable item requiring rare ingredients, so he sends Mira to research them in the Fools Wunderkammer, a labyrinth full of books and materials. To enter the correct floor requires ore from a certain mine, so Garret and his team borrow one of Mira’s Dark Knights as a guard while they collect ore. While mining they are attacked by a legendary monster that defeats the knight. They are abruptly rescued by a young girl who defeats the bear using similar moves to Mira’s Immortal Arts, but leaves without revealing her name. Based on her description Mira suspects she was Wiseman Meilin, an airhead obsessed with martial arts. With the ore Mira sets off for the labyrinth. | |||||
| 7 | "I am the Strongest!" Transcription: "Washi, saikyō!" (Japanese: わし、最強！) |
Keitarō Motonaga | Kōjirō Nakamura | Yūichi Abe | February 23, 2022 |
| Mira enters Arkite Academy built over the labyrinths entrance and is mistaken for a prospective student by Hinata, a teacher of summoning magic like Mira, but the subject is so unpopular she has no students. Outraged, Mira agrees to represent the summoning skills department at the Mage Arts Symposium where performing well can earn prizes such as increases in funding and potentially attract students wishing to learn. Hinata has come in last place every year and is frequently mocked by Keris Burling of the sorcery department. After watching all the other departments Mira summons Leticia, a winged spirit who uses song magic for both healing and attack. Keris challenges her to a duel, refusing to believe a “little girl” could be so powerful, but he loses instantly when Mira summons a literal army of dark knights. The summoning department is declared victor. Master Cleos, the current master of summoning magic, meets Mira privately for a summoning duel and loses, which he takes as confirmation Mira is the returned Danblf. He agrees to keep this a secret and gets the headmaster’s permission to enter the labyrinth, even bringing Hinata with them so she can watch how expert summoners fight in combat. | |||||
| 8 | "I am Danblf" Transcription: "Washi, Danburufu" (Japanese: わし、ダンブルフ) |
Norihiko Nagahama | Chabō Higurashi | Shin'ichi Tōkairin, Gōichi Iwahata | March 2, 2022 |
| Hinata summons some of her own creatures to fight the labyrinth’s monster guards so she can get advice from Mira and Cleos on improving them. Using the ore they enter the right level but to reach the right bookshelf they must get past a door with a spirit inscription they must decipher. As spirit language is indecipherable Mira summons Pam, a childlike rainbow spirit with all knowledge from history. With the puzzle solved they find the books they need and begin making copies. Unfortunately, while looking for a fun story Pam removes a book from its shelf, triggering security golems and forcing them to flee, luckily with all the information Mira needed. Now that Cleos knows Mira’s secret, and since her next mission might last weeks, Solomon suggests she tell the truth to the important people in her life. She summons her most powerful creature, the dragon Eisenfald, who considered Dunblf his father but happily accepts Mira as his mother. Next she returns home and, after some procrastination, guiltily tells her maid Mariana that she is not Dunblf’s pupil, but Dunblf himself. Mariana is overjoyed as she had missed Dunblf terribly and decides she and Mira will become closer than she ever was with Dunblf, including sleeping in Mira’s bed and sharing baths together. | |||||
| 9 | "I Do Not Dislike This Sort of Turn of Events" Transcription: "Washi, kō iu tenkai kirai de wa nai nō" (Japanese: わし、こういう展開嫌いではないのぅ) |
Makoto Sokuza | Chabō Higurashi | Gōichi Iwahata | March 9, 2022 |
| Solomon sends Mira to Child of Prayer Forest where a tree root ingredient for the Grail is located, hoping for evidence of Soul Howl. Additionally he asks Mira to visit the nearby Primal Forest for useful ingredients. Mira stops at an old fort and notices a builder, Tomoki, who can move at extraordinary speeds. The soldier Ratri reveals they are constantly under attack from a giant monster that has caused mass casualties. One patient, Melissa, Mira diagnoses as poisoned by a toxin not found on this continent. Mira cures Melissa. The soldiers are so impressed they volunteer to help Mira hunt the monster. Mira lures the monster, a Tyrant Spikeback Gorilla, into a trap. With Mira’s help the soldiers kill the Spikeback. Mira’s summoning magic is hailed as incredible. Mira learns Tomoki is also a Player, though his skills are crafting, not combat based. Tomoki believes the monsters could only have left their habitats with human assistance. Mira reaches the necessary tree where Tree Gods confirm Soul Howl collected the root, but they cannot say if it was recently or long ago. Mira offers sweets as payment but, due to the different nutritional preferences of plant based beings, is horrified when they ask if she will urinate on their roots instead. | |||||
| 10 | "I'm Naked!" Transcription: "Washi, zenra!" (Japanese: わしっ、全裸っ！) |
Norihiko Nagahama | Tōko Machida | Miyana Okita | March 16, 2022 |
| At Primal Forest Mira seeks Progenitor Seeds in a cave and spends hours finding the ten seeds she requires. She also locates a treasure chest containing a wood fragment from the World Tree she decides to take for Luminaria. As the cave exit is down a river Mira strips naked so as not to dirty her clothing and rides the river outside. She is approached by a man who mistook her for a spirit due to her emerging from the water nude, but leaves after realising she is a human. Following him Mira witnesses the man attempt to attack another spirit, only for him to be stopped by another man, a user of divining magic from the Isuzu League who confirms the unnamed attacker is from Chimera Clausen. Mira steps in to save the diviner and defeats the attacker, capturing him. The diviner, Blue, and his partner, White, thank her and take custody of the attacker. Putting together several clues, such as the attack on spirits, Nyanmaru’s reappearance and Blue’s fighting style Mira suspects the Isuzu League might be connected to missing Wiseman Elder of Divination Kagura and decides to accompany Blue to their headquarters, hoping to find a clue to Kagura’s whereabouts. | |||||
| 11 | "Did... None of the Praise Come My Way?" Transcription: "Washi...... homerarete naku nai ka?" (Japanese: わし……褒められてなくないか？) |
Keitarō Motonaga | Takamitsu Kōno | Hiroyuki Furukawa, Gōichi Iwahata, Kentarō Tokiwa | March 23, 2022 |
| Deciding to visit the Isuzu later Mira leaves and encounters Asval and his team providing security for a merchant caravan. They pass on news of the Black Hero who ten years previously defeated a demon army before vanishing. Mira recognises this as Wiseman Valentin, a socially awkward demon expert. The caravan is attacked by monsters and a piece of cargo, a large stone, is stolen. The monsters are led by the legendary beasts, Silver and Gold Lions, which Mira and Asval defeat. The stone turns out to be a Demon’s tablet. When Mira touches it she is transported away and meets a group of men in white whose leader explain her soul fell into a time fracture bringing her to the past.. As Mira is about to return to the present the leader reveals his people are called Devils and are on their way to the Resurrection Gate where they hope to reincarnate as Angels. Mira is worried about a second gate nearby but returns to the present after the leader is sure they are destined to meet a second time in her future. In the present Mira has no memory of what just occurred. Returning home Mira finds the city being attacked by a massive demon army with Garret trying to organise a defence. She decides to deal with the army before finding Solomon. | |||||
| 12 | "I Have Arrived!" Transcription: "Washi, sanjō!" (Japanese: わし、参上！) |
Keitarō Motonaga | Takamitsu Kōno | Gōichi Iwahata | March 30, 2022 |
| Despite the overwhelming numbers of monsters in three separate locations they are defeated by Luminaria, Cleos, Amalette and Mira. Before they can celebrate a crack opens in the sky and an immense black dragon appears through it and attempts to kill Solomon. Mira summons all seven of her Valkyries, tens of thousands of dark knights and Leticia to support them with healing magic. With the dragon distracted by her army Mira manages to paralyse the dragon while Luminaria hits it with an immensely powerful meteor strike. Somehow the dragon survives but Luminaria is left exhausted. The dragon attacks so to survive Mira summons Pam who casts every reinforcement spell she knows on Solomon, allowing him to resist the dragon and save everyone. Mira summons Eisenfald and the dragon is finally defeated. The kingdom celebrates but Mira refuses the official reward for killing the dragon, believing her identity should not be revealed to the public too soon and instead focus on her other goals of locating the Wisemen, dealing with Chimera Clausen and the approaching end to the inter kingdom peace agreement. With so many clues to follow up on Mira does not stay long and immediately sets out to continue her adventures. | |||||
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Notes[]
- ^ Tokyo MX lists the series premiere at 24:30 on January 11, 2022, which is effectively 12:30 a.m. JST on January 12.
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See Also[]
- Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou!, Another light novel series with the same illustrator.
- Isekai Cheat Sensou, Another light novel series with the same illustrator.
- Isekai de Dark Elf Yome to Yuruku Itonamu Ankoku Tairiku Kaitakuki, Another light novel series with the same illustrator.
Trivia[]
- The name 'Mira' originates from the former first-name Mira had before she moved to the world of Ark Earth Online. Her original full name was Sakimori Kagami (咲森鑑). Kagami (鑑) -> Mirror -> Mira (ミラ). Kagami means mirror in Japanese, and 'mirror' transcribed in Japanese is spelled and pronounced "Mira".
- Mira's original username was a portmanteau of two of the most famous and well-renowned wise old man wizard/sage characters in popular fiction, Dumbledore (ダンブルドア/Danburudoa) + Gandalf (ガンダルフ/Gandarufu) = Dunbalf Gandadore (ダンブルフ・ガンダドア/Danburufu Gandadoa).