Type: | novel series |
Author: | Riku Nanano |
Publisher: | Kakuyomu |
First: | October 6, 2017 |
Type: | light novel |
Author: | Riku Nanano |
Illustrator: | Cura |
Publisher: | Fujimi Shobo |
Demographic: | Male |
Imprint: | Fujimi Fantasia Bunko |
First: | December 20, 2018 |
Volumes: | 17 |
Type: | manga |
Author: | Riku Nanano |
Illustrator: | Tamura Mutō |
Publisher: | Kadokawa Shoten |
Demographic: | Shōnen |
Magazine: | Shōnen Ace Plus |
First: | September 13, 2019 |
Volumes: | 4 |
Type: | tv series |
Director: | Nobuyoshi Nagayama |
Music: | Kei Haneoka |
Studio: | Studio Blanc |
First: | 2025 |
Last: | scheduled |
is a Japanese light novel series written by Riku Nanano. The series originated on the Kakuyomu website in October 2017 before being published in print with illustrations by Cura by Fujimi Shobo beginning in December 2018. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Tamura Mutō, began serialization on the Shōnen Ace Plus website in September 2019. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Blanc is set to premiere in 2025.
Written by Riku Nanano, the series began publication on the novel posting website Kakuyomu on October 6, 2017.[1] The series was later acquired by Fujimi Shobo, who began publishing the series in print with illustrations by Cura on December 20, 2018. As of July 2024, 17 volumes have been released.
In September 2021, J-Novel Club announced that they licensed the series for English publication.[2]
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Tamura Mutō, began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace Plus website on September 13, 2019.[3] As of February 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into four tankōbon volumes.
At Anime Expo 2024, J-Novel Club announced that they also licensed the manga adaptation for English publication.[4]
On October 14, 2023, during the "Fantasia Bunko Daikanshasai Online 2023" livestream event, an anime adaptation was announced.[5] It was later confirmed to be a television series that will be produced by Studio Blanc and directed by Nobuyoshi Nagayama, with assistant direction by Kazuya Ishiguri, scripts written by Megumi Shimizu, characters designed by Akiko Toyoda, and music composed by Kei Haneoka.[6] It is set to premiere in 2025.[7]
Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network praised the characters and aspects of the plot, while criticizing the "near-loli scenes". Silverman concluded her review stating "[the series is] not bad, it's [just] not all that good either".[8] Sean Gaffney of A Case Suitable for Treatment praised the story, though Gaffney also felt its harem elements were "awkward".[9]
In BookWalker's Next Big Light Novels poll, the series ranked fifth on the bunkobon list in 2019.[10] The series has 200,000 copies in circulation.[11]