is a Japanese

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light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a '' wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

series written by Shin Araki and illustrated by Haruyuki Morisawa.

Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...

have published fourteen volumes since January 2015 under their Dash X Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Takashi Minakuchi titled ''Eiyū Kyōshitsu: Honoo no Empress'' was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

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'' between February and August 2015 and was collected in a single ''

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'' volume. A second manga adaptation with art by Koara Kishida titled as the light novel has been serialized via Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''

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'' since September 2016. It has been collected in eighteen ''

'' volumes. The light novel is licensed by

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. The second manga is licensed digitally in North America by Comikey under the title ''Hero Classroom''. An

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television series adaptation by

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aired from July to September 2023.

Plot

A long time ago, a hero defeated a demon lord who was terrorizing the world, and then created Rosewood Academy to train future heroes. In the present, Arnest Flaming is the top student of the academy, earning the nickname "Empress of Flames". One day, Arnest is irritated when she meets Blade, a carefree slacker of a transfer student who is roughly equal to her in power and fighting skills. The king asks her to supervise Blade and show him around the academy. Thus begins the students' quest to become true heroes.

Characters

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Media

Light novel

During their panel at

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2023,

announced that they had licensed the light novel.

Manga

A manga adaptation with art by Takashi Minakuchi titled was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

'' between February and August 2015 and was collected in a single ''

'' volume. A second manga adaptation with art by Koara Kishida titled as the light novel began serialization in Square Enix's ''

'' magazine on September 12, 2016. It has been collected in eighteen ''

'' volumes. The second manga adaptation is licensed digitally in North America by Comikey under the title ''Hero Classroom''.

Anime

television series adaptation was announced on the twelfth volume of the light novel on September 24, 2021. It is produced by

and directed by

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, with Naoki Hayashi writing the scripts, Kōsuke Kawamura designing the characters, and

Kōtarō Nakagawa is a Japanese composer and arranger. He is noted for composing the soundtracks for several anime series, including the Gorō Taniguchi-directed productions '' s-CRY-ed'', '' Planetes'', ''Gun Sword'', and ''Code Geass''. He provided the music f ...

composing the music. It aired from July 9 to September 24, 2023, on

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and other networks. The opening theme song is "Bravery? Naturally?" by

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Kaede Higuchi, while the ending theme song is "Another Self" by Akane Kumada. Crunchyroll licensed the series.

References

External links

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