is a Japanese

light novel A is a type of Genre fiction, popular literature novel from Japan usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting Adolescence, teens to Young adult, twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. The abbr ...

series written by Riku Nanano. The series originated on the Kakuyomu website in October 2017 before being published in print by

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with illustrations by Cura, beginning in December 2018. A

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adaptation, illustrated by Tamura Mutō, began serialization on the ''Shōnen Ace Plus'' website in September 2019. An

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television series adaptation produced by

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is set to premiere in July 2025.

Characters

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Media

Light novel

Written by Riku Nanano, the series began publication on the novel posting website Kakuyomu on October 6, 2017. The series was later acquired by

, who began publishing the series in print with illustrations by Cura on December 20, 2018. As of April 2025, 19 volumes have been released. In September 2021,

J-Novel Club J-Novel Club is a publishing company specializing in the translation of Japanese light novels into English. It streams light novels and manga in regular installments before publishing finalized e-books. As of August 2021, J-Novel Club has licens ...

announced that they licensed the series for English publication.

Volumes

Manga

adaptation, illustrated by Tamura Mutō, began serialization on

Kadokawa Shoten , formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines ...

's ''Shōnen Ace Plus'' website on September 13, 2019. As of February 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into four ''

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'' volumes. At

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2024, J-Novel Club announced that they also licensed the manga adaptation for English publication.

Volumes

Anime

On October 14, 2023, during the "Fantasia Bunko Daikanshasai Online 2023" livestream event, an

adaptation was announced. It was later confirmed to be a television series that is produced by

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. It is set to premiere on July 6, 2025, on

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and other networks. The opening theme song is "Wish for You", performed by

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, while the ending theme song is , performed by

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is streaming the series.

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licensed the series in Southeast Asia.

Episodes

Reception

Rebecca Silverman of

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praised the characters and aspects of the plot, while criticizing the "near-loli scenes". Silverman concluded her review stating " he series isnot bad, it's ustnot all that good either". Sean Gaffney of ''A Case Suitable for Treatment'' praised the story, though Gaffney also felt its

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elements were "awkward". In

BookWalker , stylized as Book☆Walker and BOOK☆WALKER, is a Japanese e-book store that sells manga, light novels, and magazines from various publishers, as well as a few published by themselves. It is based in Chiyoda, Tokyo and was created by Kadokawa ...

's Next Big Light Novels poll, the series ranked fifth on the ''

bunkobon In Japan, are small-format paperback books, designed to be affordable and space-saving. The great majority of ''bunkobon'' are A6 (105×148mm or 4.1"×5.8") in size. They are sometimes illustrated and like other Japanese paperbacks usually ...

'' list in 2019. The series has 200,000 copies in circulation.

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