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 Mizuho Itsuki and illustrated by Fuumi. It began serialization online in November 2018 on the user-generated novel publishing website

Shōsetsuka ni Narō is a Japanese novel self-publishing website created by . It was launched on April 2, 2004. Users can upload their novels free of charge and the novels are also free to read. As of December 2022, the site hosts close to 1,000,000 novels, has over ...

. It was later acquired by

Fujimi Shobo , formerly , was a Japanese publisher that specialized in light novels, manga, Japanese role-playing games, role-playing games and collectible card games. Founded in 1972 and reorganized three times, it was at times an independent company and at ...

, who have published seven volumes since September 2019 under their

Fujimi Fantasia Bunko is a light novel publishing imprint affiliated with the Japanese publishing company Fujimi Shobo, a brand company of Kadokawa Corporation , formerly is a Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate based in Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo. C ...

imprint. A

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adaptation with art by kirero has been serialized online via Kill Time Communication's '' Comic Valkyrie'' website since December 2020. It has been collected in six ''

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'' volumes. An

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television series adaptation by

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aired from October to December 2022.

Characters

; : :A 15-year-old girl and the titular novice alchemist. She was orphaned at a young age and aims to be an alchemist just like her late parents. Although she originally had long hair, she got it cut short by Maria prior to her alchemist's exam. She later starts an isolated

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alchemist shop, trains, and sells goods to make a living. ; : :A local village girl who helps Sarasa with her alchemist shop. She is skilled with cooking, which she uses at the shop. ; : :She is healed by Sarasa in the third episode and works at the alchemist shop with Kate, Sarasa, and Lorea, while she is paying off her debts to Sarasa. She is skilled with a sword. Her father is Adelbert Lotze. ; : :She is an elf and good friend of Iris. She remains a resident at Sarasa's alchemist shop with Kate, with both paying off their debts. Caterina Starven is her mother. ; : :The master of Sarasa, and Master Class Alchemist, she provided Sarasa with the tools she needed to start her own shop. This included an isolate

shop as a gift to Sarasa, which ends up being decrepit. She manages a magic shop in the capital where Sarasa first worked and made Sarasa's pendant to make sure her magical power didn't go wild. ; : :She is the clerk of the magic shop Ophelia runs and is very close to Ophelia.

Media

Light novel

During their

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2023 panel,

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 light novels for English publication.

Manga

Anime

On September 18, 2021, an

television series adaptation was announced by

. The series was produced by

and directed by Hiroshi Ikehata, with Shigeru Murakoshi overseeing series scripts, Yōsuke Itō designing the characters and serving as chief animation director, and Harumi Fuuki composing the music. It aired from October 3 to December 19, 2022, on AT-X,

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, and

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performed the opening theme song , while

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performed the ending theme song "Fine Days". The series is licensed outside of Asia by

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through its subsidiary

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, and is streaming on

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References

External links

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