is a Japanese

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series written by Shin Araki and illustrated by Haruyuki Morisawa.

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have published fifteen volumes since January 2015 under their Dash X Bunko imprint. A

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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

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's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''

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

'' 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 Rosewood Academy was created to train future heroes. In the present, Earnest Flaming is the top student of the academy, earning the nickname "Empress of Flames". One day, Earnest 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

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

's ''

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

'' 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

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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.

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streamed the series.

References

External links

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