is a Japanese original

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television series by Studio Gokumi. The series aired in Japan between January and March 2019, and a manga adaptation was serialized from August 9, 2018 to February 15, 2019. The anime series is licensed in North America under a Crunchyroll-

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partnership.

Plot

On Naral Island, a hero named Yulia "Yusha" Chardiet and her party of friends confront the Demon Lord plaguing the Kingdom of Lapanesta. However, their sealing spell goes wrong and the girls inadvertently send the Demon Lord back in time to before Yusha became a hero. Reverted to the size of a small girl, the Demon Lord, now known as Mao, becomes a teacher at Yusha's Adventure School with the aim of expelling Yusha so that she'll never become a hero in the future.

Characters

; / : :An energetic girl who aspires to become a hero. While generally dim-witted, she has an incredible amount of luck and an unpredictable nature. ; / : :An elven priest who is quite knowledgeable. ; / : :A powerful warrior who loves to eat, occasionally nibbling on Seira's ears when she gets hungry. ; / : :A mage who has an obsession with the magic cards known as Cartado. ; / : :The Demon Lord who was sent to the past after Yusha's sealing spell went awry. She becomes a teacher at Yusha's school in the hopes of preventing her from ever becoming a hero, but eventually gives up on the idea. ; / : :The princess of the Lapanesta kingdom who dreams of marrying a hero and soon develops feelings for Yusha, enrolling in her school. She, with a special Cartado, also chronicles the activities of the 999th Hero and her party. ; : :A tiny dragon who assists Yusha and the others. But this tiny dragon has a secret voracious appetite--it even swallowed the Undersea Demon Yulia and her party defeated, and even the Demon Lord's Maid Golem. ; : :An unnamed knight who works as a teacher at Yusha's school and gave Mao her job. She is fascinated with young girls, especially Mao. ; : :A stone

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created specially as the Demon Lord's assistant. She is found later after Chibi Dragon vomited everything it swallowed prior, with no memories of her past. She became Mao's assistant at school and was named "Meigo."

Media

Manga

A manga adaptation by Izumi Minami began serialization on

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's ''Comic Fire'' website from August 9, 2018 to February 15, 2019. One volume was published.

Anime

The anime series is directed by Kaori and written by Takashi Aoshima, with animation by Studio Gokumi. The series' character designs are provided by Namori, and Haruko Iizuka is adapting the designs for animation.

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is producing the anime. The series aired from January 12 to March 30, 2019 on

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and BS11. The opening theme is performed by

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, and

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as their respective characters, and the ending theme is "Wonder Caravan!" performed by Minase. The anime series is licensed in North America under a Crunchyroll-

partnership.

Notes

References

External links

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