She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man

She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man (Japanese: 賢者の弟子を名乗る賢者, Hepburn: Kenja no Deshi o 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. Fourteen volumes have been published as of November 30, 2020. A manga adaptation by Dicca Suemitsu began serialization online via Micro Magazine's Comic Ride website in July 2016, which has been compiled into seven tankōbon volumes as of October 30, 2020. Both the light novel and manga have been licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.[1] An anime television series adaptation by Studio A-Cat will premiere in January 2022.

She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man
First light novel volume cover
賢者の弟子を名乗る賢者
(Kenja no Deshi o Nanoru Kenja)
GenreFantasy, isekai
Novel series
Written byHirotsugu Ryusen
Published byShōsetsuka ni Narō
Original runApril 4, 2012 – present
Light novel
Written byHirotsugu Ryusen
Illustrated byFuzichoco
Published byMicro Magazine
English publisher
ImprintGC Novels
DemographicMale
Original runJune 30, 2014 – present
Volumes15
Manga
Written byHirotsugu Ryusen
Illustrated byDicca Suemitsu
Published byMicro Magazine
English publisher
MagazineComic Ride
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 28, 2016 – present
Volumes8
Manga
Kenja no Deshi o Nanoru Kenja: Mira to Sutekina Shōkan Seirei-tachi
Written byHirotsugu Ryusen
Illustrated byYu Uonuma
Published byDeNa
MagazineManga Box
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 22, 2020 – present
Volumes1
Manga
Kenja no Deshi o Nanoru Kenja: Mariana no Touki Hi
Written byHirotsugu Ryusen
Illustrated byVanilla Boww
Published byMicro Magazine
MagazineComic Ride
DemographicSeinen
Original runFebruary 1, 2021 – present
Anime television series
Directed byKeitaro Motonaga
Written byTakamitsu Kouno
Music byGo Sakabe
StudioStudio A-Cat
Licensed byFunimation
Original networkTokyo MX, MBS, BS NTV, AT-X
Original run January 12, 2022 – scheduled

Synopsis

The series follows Sakimori Kagami, who has been playing the online video game Arch Earth Online for a long time as the character Dunbalf, an old male sorcerer who is one of the game's nine great sages. One day after adjusting his character, he is sucked into the game world, and finds himself inhabiting his character's body, who after his adjustments looks like a young woman; he tries to convince the people of the game world that he is Dunbalf's pupil.

Characters
Mira (ミラ, Mira)
Voiced by: Nichika Ōmori[2]
Solomon (ソロモン, Soromon)
Voiced by: Ayumu Murase[3]
Luminaria (ルミナリア, Ruminaria)
Voiced by: Minami Hinata[3]
Emera (エメラ)
Voiced by: Yūko Natsuyoshi[4]
Frikka (フリッカ, Furikka)
Voiced by: Yae Sakura[4]
Asbal (アスバル, Asubaru)
Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto[4]
Zef (ゼフ, Zefu)
Voiced by: Junichi Saitō[4]
Tact (タクト, Takuto)
Voiced by: Kanomi Izawa[4]
Mariana (マリアナ)
Voiced by: Yui Horie[5]
Amaratte (アマラッテ)
Voiced by: Ayane Sakura[5]
Danblf (ダンブルフ, Danburufu)
Voiced by: Isao Sasaki[5]

Media

Light novels
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 June 30, 2014[6]978-4-04-066719-5September 21, 2021[7]978-1-64827-423-7
2 November 29, 2014[8]978-4-04-066924-3November 16, 2021[9]978-1-64827-441-1
3 May 30, 2015[10]978-4-04-067133-8February 15, 2022[11]978-1-64827-449-7
4 November 30, 2015[12]978-4-04-067356-1April 05, 2022[13]978-1-64827-470-1
5 April 28, 2016[14]978-4-04-067696-8——
6 October 28, 2016[15]978-4-04-067785-9——
7 March 31, 2017[16]978-4-04-068020-0——
8 October 31, 2017[17]978-4-04-068183-2——
9 April 28, 2018[18]978-4-04-068461-1——
10 November 30, 2018[19]978-4-04-069087-2——
11 May 30, 2019[20]978-4-04-069274-6——
12 November 30, 2019[21]978-4-04-069599-0——
13 May 29, 2020[22]978-4-04-069868-7——
14 November 30, 2020[23]978-4-04-069868-7——
15 May 31, 2021[24]978-4-86-716147-0——

Manga
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 March 31, 2017[25]978-4-04-067796-5July 20, 2021[26]978-1-64827-429-9
2 October 31, 2017[27]978-4-04-068150-4September 21, 2021[28]978-1-64827-442-8
3 April 28, 2018[29]978-4-04-068664-6December 14, 2021[30]978-1-64827-461-9
4 November 30, 2018[31]978-4-04-069257-9——
5 June 29, 2019[32]978-4-04-069696-6——
6 January 30, 2020[33]978-4-04-065197-2——
7 October 30, 2020[34]978-4-04-065197-2——
8 May 28, 2021[35]978-4-86-716142-5——

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on May 27, 2020.[36] The series is animated by Studio A-Cat and directed by Keitaro Motonaga, with Takamitsu Kouno 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.[2] It will premiere on January 12, 2022 on Tokyo MX and other networks.[37][5][lower-alpha 1] Funimation will co-produce the series.[38] The opening theme song is "Ready Set Go!!" by Asaka, while the ending theme song is "Ambitious" by Erabareshi.[4] Muse Communication licensed the anime in South and Southeast Asia.[39]

Notes
  1. 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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