#Urano Motosu

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Relaxation

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Silliest Pre-Isekai Death Tournament Round 1

Shen Qianling from Everywhere in Jianghu is Wonderful

Submission: The ceiling above him broke just as he was receiving his first ever acting award. RIP bro and good luck on your new gay marriage (the transmigration freebie)

[Photo ID - three screenshots from the Everywhere in Jianghu is Wonderful manhua showing Shen Qianling's death. The first image shows Shen Qianling accepting a gold award with a bright smile. The second image shows him looking up at part of the ceiling that's falling toward him. His eyeballs are drawn comically large while he sweats. The third image shows Shen Qianling trapped by the fallen piece of the ceiling as three people gather around him. /End ID]

Myne / Urano Motosu from Ascendance of a Bookworm

Submission: Titular 'bookworm' who got crushed to death under a pile of books. This did nothing to diminish her love for reading though. Too bad she reincarnated into a world where printing press wasn't invented yet...

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[fairygeek777]

Ripley (the protagonist of The First Night with the Duke) and Myne the protagonist of Ascendance of a Bookworm) Are very similar.

For starters they are both former young adults from our modern world who woke up in the bodies of different people. Both also love books. The Mc of FNWTD loves one book in particular and in fact is now living in the world of that book. She's met the real Ripley and agreed to switch lives with her. The Mc of AOAB's (aka Motosu Urano) case is a little different. She actually died before becoming Myne and the real Myne, a young sickly child died just before Urano became her. Ripley ended up in the life of a Count's daughter and later became a Duchess. But Myne ended up with a very, very poor family in a very poor city where the one thing she loves most in the world, books is not accessible to her. But despite this Myne also works her way up in society and does very well for herself!

Ripley and Myne while ending up in quite different situations are similar in personality and I think they'd be great friends 💙📚❤

[medea10]

My Review of Ascendance of a Bookworm

Okay, time to hit up another isekai. After watching a heart-wrenching anime like 86, I need something light-hearted to watch. No…I’m not reviewing 86. Sorry. Okay, let’s get to it!

This is Myne. But not really! You see, Myne was once a librarian named Urano Motosu with a love for reading books. But an earthquake struck and she was crushed by a mountain of books. With her last breath, she wished she could be reincarnated again and read more books with her new life. Now she is reborn in a frail five-year old named Myne. Myne is in a new world, new time, and with a new family. Only thing is, she cannot obtain a single book. Books are hard to come by, especially if you aren’t a noble. And in Myne’s case, she’s at peasant level. Even materials for writing are hard to obtain.

Before one can walk, one must crawl. Myne will go through a lot in order to preserve stories on the printed page. Will this bookworm survive without reading?

BETWEEN THE SUB AND THE DUB: This one strictly belonged to Crunchyroll and the dub was filled with a lot of people I don’t think I ever heard from before this. So, hearing many of these folks is kinda a new experience for me since I decided to watch the entire thing dubbed. My experience with it was okay until I hit season three. I felt a little thrown off with the pronunciation of one of the characters. Myne’s mother Effa. We clearly hear her name being pronounced as “Eva” in the first 2 seasons. Now all of a sudden, they’re changing her name’s pronunciation. Okay, sure. Why not?! Here’s what you might recognize these folks from.

JAPANESE CAST: *Myne is played by Yuka Iguchi (known for Crusch on Re:Zero, Tsukihi on Monogatari, Mine on Fruits Basket 2019, Mea on To Love Ru, Yuu on Sakura Trick, and Index on Railgun/Index)

*Lutz is played by Mutsumi Tamura (known for Kobayashi on Miss Kobayashi, Kanamori on Eizouken, Ermes on Jojo’s Pt. 6, Young Jintan on Anohana, and Young Ali Baba on Magi)

*Ferdinand is played by Show Hayami (known for Juan on Pokemon AG, Aizen on Bleach, Wolfwood on Trigun, Azami on Food Wars, Gakuhou on Assassination Classroom, and Ichiya on Fairy Tail)

ENGLISH CAST: *Myne is played by Reba Buhr (known for Nikaido on Dorohedoro, Cattleya on Violet Evergarden, Aoi on Demon Slayer, and LLENN on SAO: GGO)

*Lutz is played by Jeannie Tirado (known for Norman on The Promised Neverland, Riko on Love Live Sunshine, Fana on Black Clover, Kanae on Tokyo Ghoul :re, and Zera on Fairy Tail)

*Ferdinand is played by Armen Taylor

DISLIKED CHARACTER: I think it goes without saying that I hate that high priest with a holy passion. After his unsavory debut in the first season, I wished he could have died from his injuries when Myne’s mana went haywire. Sadly, he’s still around. And whenever he shows up, nothing good can come from it. He’s the reason why Myne wound up with disrespectful retainers when she started her apprenticeship at the church. I know the high priest is the go-to punching bag for most people. I am inclined to agree. It’s mostly a bias I have against certain individuals that claim to be a servant to the lord and do shady-ass shit. Yeah, he’s right up there with the Catholic Church, Mike Pence, and Judge Claude Frollo. He’s that bad!

I would have let certain things slide in season two like giving Myne unruly retainers or petty vandalism in the library. But then season three happened and there’s just no forgiveness for what this fat fuck did. I’m just happy he’s finally going to get some much-needed comeuppance.

SHIPPING: Myne x Lutz.

*sigh* I know it’ll never happen for many, many spoilery reasons. And I know it wasn’t canon or official or anything like that. I just want to enjoy their moments in season one and somehow ignore what happens at the end of season three.

AN ANNOYANCE: At the end of each episode, there’s like a chibi/4-panel style short that airs. I wouldn’t call it a preview for the next episode as there is never any mention of what happens next. It’s just random fluff. That doesn’t bother me all that much. Yes, I realize the first season had Ferdinand shown in those moments and we were never properly introduced to this character until like 10 episodes in. What bothered me the most came during the third season. There was one of these segments where Gunther and Myne were talking and he brings up that Myne’s mother had several miscarriages prior to having Tuuli and Myne. Okay, I feel like this sort of thing could have been said during the episode and not put in the passing fancy with the end of the episode LOL fluff. That’s my take on that matter.

END OF SEASON ONE: Throughout this season, Myne has been creating certain items and catching the eye of several key people. Semi-nobles like Frieda and her family have caught wind of Myne’s hair accessories. And a gentleman by the name of Mr. Benno decides to give Myne a chance with items she creates (for the right price). Unfortunately, there’s only so much Myne can do in so much time. Myne has been sick from day one and when really sick, she’ll spend days or even weeks in bed. Mr. Benno seems to think that she has mana (that is only reserved for nobles) and it’s eating her from the inside until she dies. It’s called “the devouring”. Meanwhile, Lutz has been becoming suspicious of Myne. It’s been bugging him for quite a while, but he finally confronted her. Without letting him know about her past life, she does reveal to him that she’s not really Myne and was only Myne for over a year now. Thankfully, Lutz accepted this fact and continues to help Myne pursue her dream and current ambitions.

Myne has been revolutionizing the world she’s living in with products she was able to easily make like hair shampoo, cute hair accessories, and even sweet treats. She did sell those invention ideas, but was able to keep some for her own. On top of which, she’s inching closer and closer to getting her paper goods to be successful. It’s just that her sickness (the devouring) is getting worse and worse. Her friend Frieda was able to suppress one of her attacks one night with the use of a magical item. It’s temporary, but it helped prevent something tragic from happening this time. There’s no guarantee for next time though.

With the way things are, Myne only has one year at most to live. It was a lucky break that Myne was able to get an item because her friend is semi-royal. Unfortunately, all Frieda gets are knock-offs because she isn’t really a noble. But that can all change once her coming of age ceremony comes and becomes a concubine for a noble. Myne’s coming of age ceremony is coming up and being married off to a noble might be her one solution to surviving the devouring. For now, Myne just wants to stay with her parents and if there’s time, set up her paper-making studio with Lutz and Mr. Benno.

The day finally came for Myne to have her coming of age ceremony. At the church, Myne got intrigued by all of the ancient books, scrolls, etc. We also meet Ferdinand outside of the preview setting. He is the head priest of this church. Myne was ready to jump ship and join the church just because they had many books. Let’s just say nearly everyone in Myne’s inner circle objected to that tenfold. Her employer Mr. Benno hates to lose Myne to anyone, especially to the church. And Myne’s parents worry that being in the church can be detrimental to her health since she couldn’t live at home anymore and won’t get a steady income since only nobles in blue robes obtain that and everyone else is just a gray orphan.

Things get a little more complicated when the church learned of Myne’s devouring disease and wanted her even more. Myne is full of overflowing mana and this is something the church wants. This could work to Myne’s advantage if she gets the church to agree to her own terms. Mr. Benno told her to prioritize letting her continue with her studio works, live with her parents, and help with her health. Meeting the high priest of the church went really bad. He didn’t like the fact that Myne’s parents were not of nobility and threatened to take Myne from them by force. This led to Myne’s father beating up church guards. And then Myne went demon-possessed on them all!

Throughout this season, there were moments when Myne’s eyes would go rainbow and has this anger aura surrounding her. This would usually occur when she would get really upset or angry, like in the early episodes and she would try to make clay tablets and they got destroyed. This of course is because of the devouring. Her mana is overflowing and controlling her body. This time, this power affected the high priest by almost killing him. Ferdinand helped calm Myne down and de-escalated the situation that just went down. He agreed to all of Myne’s terms and agreements. In return, Myne will become an apprentice priestess at the cathedral. She will dawn the blue robes meant only for nobles and when she’s not doing that, she will continue to help Mr. Benno. And best of all, she could stay with her family.

Ferdinand will be there quite a bit to keep Myne in check at every moment. Especially, when she gets angry and her mana goes berserk. Because if she harms any higher-up like when she attacked the high priest, dire consequences will be passed down to Myne. But that’ll be a matter for another section of this review.

SIDE STORY: There were two short stories that were aired a month before the second season’s debut. One story was revolved around one of Ferdinand’s men from the church to spy and learn about Myne from the townspeople. The other was Myne, her sister Tulli and mother Eva visiting the fabric maker Corinna.

SEASON TWO: Myne is officially an apprentice priestess. Unfortunately, things in the church might serve to be difficult for her. The high priest has it out for her and is willing to make her life a living hell. This includes giving her retainers (Delia and Gil) that give her nothing but grief. Not just him, but everyone (excluding Ferdinand) hating on Myne because she’s not a noble, but is wearing noble clothing. Let’s just say they’re not fond that a little girl like her got to surpass many of them.

On the positive, part of her job is to read over the royal scripture. A book is a book, I guess. At least Myne made it to a point where she got her hands on the printed word, no matter what it is. Myne does get the idea to make children books during this season. Because her mother is going to have a baby in the coming months, Myne wanted to make children books with the paper goods she’s been making.

END OF SEASON TWO: Myne has to step up her game at the church to prove that she is truly worthy to wear the blue robes despite being a peasant. For starters, she has to prepare for some upcoming events that’ll require her attendance and assistance. Unfortunately, that means Myne will have to stay at the church during the duration of the winter season. That does cause a bit of a hiccup as Myne’s father is fully against it and Myne kinda wanted to stay at home a little more to help out her pregnant mother.

Myne ends up assisting Ferdinand with a mission against some out of control trombe. As demonstrated in earlier episodes, trombe can be dangerous if not controlled and cut down. Such a dangerous entity, but useful in Myne’s mission to making paper goods. This trombe however caused more trouble than normal for Myne. This time it wasn’t her fault in a sense. One of the guards Ferdinand assigned to keep Myne safe was a real shit-head and put Myne’s life in danger and lied about it. This guy put the fact that Myne’s a peasant over Ferdinand’s order. Yeah, he’s in trouble. And then Myne showed him up with the amount of mana she possesses for someone like her. After all of that, we kind of get this scene that I wondered about since I started this series.

This scene was the very first scene from the first episode of the series. Myne with something on her head and Ferdinand going to find out things once and for all. And that’s exactly it, they’re linking minds with magical items so that Ferdinand can lay his worries and fears about Myne to rest. Ferdinand got a first-hand look at what a library looks like in modern-day Japan. Myne got to see her old adult self before she died. And also, Myne almost had a breakdown after seeing her mother and wanting to say goodbye but never got the chance. That scene was pretty rough to watch, along with her hugging Ferdinand. That’s why Myne decides now to say how thankful she is for this family. Gunther, Eva, and Tuuli aren’t the family she knew back before Myne came to this world, but she’s happy for them.

Oh, and we get a scene of Ferdinand and Karstedt discussing Myne and planning to have her be adopted by a noble. Okay, that’ll be a story for season three.

SEASON THREE: Things take a bit of a violent turn in the first episode. In the previous season, Myne was seen asking about alternate inks for the book she wanted to make. The ink guild saw the book and got serious. They came to Benno’s shop and were very scary. And then, these ruffians assaulted Lutz in the street. It is now best that Myne have her winter stay at the church happen now. Meanwhile, it looks as though one of her own retainers can’t be trusted…AGAIN! It’s Delia. Of course, it’s Delia. Gil’s on Team Myne and its going to stay that way. Delia on the other hand is an informant for the high priest.

Myne’s life is about to get a little worrisome. Ferdinand told her that he thinks that Karstedt should adopt her and it was met with harsh rejection from Myne. Ferdinand decided it is best that at age 10 she be adopted by a noble. And at that age if she isn’t under the care of a noble, she will be at risk due to her amount of mana and everything she’s done up to this point.

ENDING: This season we’ve seen the good and the bad. I’ll start with the good. The book that Myne came up with was finally done. She had a lot of help from her retainers, the children from the orphanage, and other allies in the church. Myne was able to spend some quality time with her family as this may be the last years she can be with them. Along with that, the birth of her baby brother Kamil was worth celebrating. But then we delve into the seriousness here when an orphaned baby comes to the church and has the devouring disease like Myne, things take quite the turn for the worst. The high priest is at it again really causing trouble for Myne and just being an all-around fat dick. The high priest invited a noble man to take the baby and use him as a servant. Then, force Myne into a contract.

This plan led to Myne almost being kidnapped, Tulli almost being killed, Delia being deceived, Gunther and Fran injured, and an all-around magic showdown at the church. Myne went into berserk mode when her friends and father were injured by the high priest and this dick-head noble that wants to use Myne’s mana for his selfish wants. It wasn’t until Ferdinand came in the room that things settled. Unfortunately, Myne assaulted the high priest and a noble. They overlooked that crime at the end of season one when her mana caused her to go berserk. This time, Myne, Gunther, Fran, and the rest were to receive punishment for this. But a twist arose.

During this season, Myne met a man named Sylvester. He’s a bit eccentric and can be a bit of a headache. But he gave Myne a charm to form a blood seal if she were to come into trouble. What she didn’t know was that this blood seal was to form a contract with Sylvester. This means instead of being adopted by Karstedt in two years, Myne is to be adopted by Sylvester right now. If this happens, Myne and everyone else will avoid punishment because her status as Sylvester’s daughter will surpass that of the high priest and dick-head noble. Myne agrees. Add to the surprises, Sylvester is the lord of the land, the nephew to the high priest, and half-brother to Ferdinand. Sylvester laid down some much-needed punishment here as that shady noble was to be incarcerated and the high priest got the death sentence for harming Myne.

Sylvester made it official, but with some unfortunate terms. Myne is to be adopted by Sylvester. She will be a noble officially. However, she is to give up her name and her family. She will no longer be known as Myne and the commoner known as Myne will be legally dead. She may never again be with her father, mother, sister, and brother again. If they were to see Myne, they must treat her like a noble and not like a part of the family. Myne’s company and work will continue as paper goods and books are necessary. Myne will now and forever be known as Rozemyne. Rozemyne swears that she will protect those she loves and gives them a special blessing before bidding them goodbye.

This is the end of Myne’s tale as you see with her tombstone. But Rozemyne’s story is just beginning.

We just don’t know because nothing has been green-lit as of yet. But we got a “To Be Continued” at the end. That’s hopeful!

Oh, I loved this anime. I think this was one of my favorite Isekais to come as of recent. Probably up there with Mushoku Tensei and Re:Zero.

I’m going to go off a bit on something I was pondering about for a long time and how I feel about it. This mostly has to do with the story itself and not the anime at all. During season two, I got curious and read some spoilers. Once I finished season two, I really got upset that Myne was to be adopted by nobles and have all communication from her family cut off. The reason behind me being so upset is because at the end of season two, we got that sad scene where Myne is back in her modern world in her original body and her wanting to say something to her mother before she dies. So, learning about Myne’s separation from Gunther and Effa made me really upset. Myne was distraught remembering her mother in the previous life and swore to always say that she loved Effa. But now that I sat through season three, am I still upset by the circumstances? Hell yeah. But I understand that there really was no happy outcome where all parties could be satisfied. Myne was still going to be adopted whether now or in two years like originally planned.

Never mind me prattling on about this crap about adoption. This has been a fun watch and an educational one too. Isekais can get creative with new languages, items, and customs. I always enjoy learning about new worlds in anime. But not just that, I learn something new when Myne brings up something invented in her original world. We learn something new every day. By the looks of things, the light novel is still in publication, so I expect to see more content with Rozemyne and her continuing ambitions surrounding the printed word. Anyways, full recommendation from me!

If you would like to watch Ascendance of a Bookworm, Crunchyroll has every episode (along with the side stories and recaps) available to stream.

Man, I hate to think what I’m going to watch next. The anime following this one must be fucking bullshit.

It is.

*gasps* FINALLY! I GET TO WATCH IT!!!

*This stupidity aside, Medea is really enjoying Carole and Tuesday*

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Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3 English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date

  The adorable adventures of Myne have returned! We're excited reveal the English cast and crew, as well as the release date for the highly anticipated Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3 English dub!

  Here's the list of new and returning voice actors for the series' cast:

  Reba Buhr (Nikaido in Dorohedoro) as Main

Armen Taylor (0th in Tokyo 24th Ward) as Ferdinand

Jeannie Tirado (Catarina Claes in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!) as Lutz

Xander Mobus (Toge Inumaki in JUJUTSU KAISEN) as Benno

Lisa Reimold (Kinako in Tokyo 24th Ward) as Tuuli

Kaiji Tang (Guts in Berserk) as Gunther

Kirsten Day as Effa

Joe Zieja (Kazutora Hanemiya in Tokyo Revengers) as Otto

Erika Harlacher (Kurapika in Hunter x Hunter) as Corinna

Brian Timothy Anderson (Opera in Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun) as Mark

Chris Hackney (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald in Bungo Stray Dogs) as Fran / Johann

Lizzie Freeman (Kotoko Iwanaga in In/Spectre) as Delia

Brianna Knickerbocker (Rem in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-) as Rosina

Kayli Mills (Emilia in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-) Freida

Bob Carter (Bojack in Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound) as Wolf

Paul St. Peter (Leomon in Digimon Adventure) as Bierce

  And the crew that bring it all together: 

  English Version Production: Crunchyroll

Supervising Producer: Joshua Lopez

Producers: Heather Becker, Cheri Crisostomo

Co-Producer: Nikki Fish

Production Coordinator: Jeremy Santiago

In Association with: Bang Zoom! Entertainment

Producer: Eric P. Sherman

Co-Producers: Mami Okada, Mio Moroe

English Voice Director: Julie Maddalena Kliewer

ADR Script Writer: Nico Danilovich

Casting Supervisor: Mami Okada

Casting Director: AJ Gam

Production Manager: Jessica Peace 

Production Coordinators: Jessica Ruiz, Kana Ozaki, Georgia Merdinger

Production Assistant: Robert G. Mah

Sound Supervisor: Patrick Rodman, CAS

Re-Recording Mixer / Dialogue Editor: Jun Umeda

Recording Engineers: Nicholas Radomski, Kenneth Thompson, Naji Ali

Audio Operations Manager: Rayner Tham

Assistant Engineer: Isaac Caldas

Video Technician / Closed Captions: Kaylyn Saucedo

Spotting: Emily Nicolas

  The Ascendance of a Bookworm TV anime adapts the light novel series written by Miya Kazuki and illustrated by Yu Shiina into anime with Mitsuru Hongo in the director's chair at Ajia-do Animation Works.

  RELATED: Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3 Reveals New PV, Nao Toyama OP

  Ready for the show's return? Don't miss Episode 1 of the Ascendance of a Bookworm English dub when it arrives on May 16 at 2:15pm PT, right here on Crunchyroll!

  The series is described as such:

  Avid bookworm and college student Motosu Urano ends up dying in an unforeseen accident. This came right after the news that she would finally be able to work as a librarian like she had always dreamed of. When she regained consciousness, she was reborn as Main, the daughter of a poor soldier. She was in the town of Ehrenfest, which had a harsh class system. But as long as she had books, she didn't really need anything else. However, books were scarce and belonged only to the nobles. But that doesn't stop her, so she makes a decision... "If there aren't any books, I'll just create some."

  By: Nicholas Friedman

[haikulynxxsama]

" Ascendance of a Bookworm " Avid #bookworm and #college #student Motosu Urano #ends #up #dying in an unforeseen #accident . This came right after the #news that she would finally be able to #work as a #librarian like she had always dreamed of. When she regained consciousness, she was #reborn as Main, the #daughter of a #poor soldier. She was in the #town of Ehrenfest, which had a harsh #class system. But as long as she had #books, she didn't really need anything else. However, books were scarce and belonged only to the nobles. But that doesn't #stop her, so she makes a decision... "If there aren't any books, I'll just #create some." #Animonday #Anime (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl0FIUIuGvl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[readtilyoudie]

Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Volume 1 by Kazuki, Miya 

[animeclawfoots]

Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen episode 2 (2019)

[fireflywonder]

I want to see Urano Motosu (aka main) be reborn into the manga series “Library Wars” because I feel like she would end up having an aneurysm. Or go on a killing spree. Maybe even try to take over the government.

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Silliest Pre-Isekai Death BONUS Poll

(This poll will have no impact on the tournament. It's just for fun)

Myne / Urano Motosu from Ascendance of a Bookworm

Submission: Titular 'bookworm' who got crushed to death under a pile of books. This did nothing to diminish her love for reading though. Too bad she reincarnated into a world where printing press wasn't invented yet...

Boxxo from Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon

Cause of Death: A lover of vending machines that died trying to save a vending machine from falling off the back of a truck over a cliff

Pastry from Sweet Reincarnation

Cause of Death: crushed by a giant candy sculpture during the pastry chef world tournament

["Anti-Propaganda" that attacks other characters is NOT allowed. Please only give reasons to vote FOR a character.]

[ahb-writes]

Naturally, I will be hosting a (bloody carnival) [..] A festival of blood where the criminal is publicly executed. As they have made a clear declaration of war by vandalizing the book room, we will need to parade their head on a stick to restore the morale of our allies.

"Myne" (Ascendance of a Bookworm #5 by Miya Kazuki)

[fairygeek777]

Have to wait on chapter updates for Ascendance of a Bookworm so I've been watching the anime. I'm currently on season 2 episode uhhh like 5?

Its a cute anime and animated good. I really liked the first season and love the first opening but the story skips around events a lot. Which I could understand but when I got to season 2 I noticed that the anime is almost ignoring the fact that Myne (Motosu Urano) was isekaied. Her inner thoughts that are always present in the manga, are just omitted. So it doesn't even feel like the same character. Unfortuneatly only the anime has the events in part 3 and the rest of part 2 that I'm missing so I'll have to continue watching. Its not awful and I'm still enjoying it but they keep skipping some of my favorite parts 😩

[dr4pos]

A "Ascendance of a Bookworm" Review

Ascendance of a bookworm is kinda unusual but that is what makes this anime so great. In one sentence explained it’s, A absolute Bookworm dies in a Library and wakes up in another world making almost everything possible with her knowledge and pure Creativity.

Plot: The story revolves around the little Myne, who had the name Urano Motosu in her former Life but died tragically from a falling bookshelf. She herself is an extreme bookworm and her only wish, while she passed away, was to read a lot of books in her next life. To her concern was her new family not really rich or modern because the world she is now in is more like the middle ages. Means, there are now books near her that she could read in any way but if there is a will there is a way and so she tries everything she can to find a way to make "books" herself, or at least something that serves the same purpose. May it be some clay tablets, or a wooden scroll, as long as she can fit some letters on it, it's ok. Means she obviously finds a way to make actual paper and meets a salesman who quickly realizes what a great Potential Myne and her ideas are hiding.

While other Isekai animes try to satisfy you with so much "very best like no-one ever was" potential that it's sometimes really bad made and annoying, is this anime a bit different. Myne never really gets into fights or has to prove how strong she is but manages to be pretty incredible and unique by jus using her creativity and her sheer knowledge and willpower to get what she desires. You even know that there are Magic and Magic abilities in the World but till the end of the first arc you never really see any of that, what's makes the whole existence of it even more special.

The characters are pretty interesting and not those all-time, dumb goody-two-shoes that believe everything the main-character says, especially after they see what she is capable of doing even if she is just a little girl and has the fragility of a ceramic doll. that makes the overall interactions a lot more interesting as in other Isekais where literally everything is just excepted or completely overreacted.

The world itself is not the most extreme interesting but the whole social system and politics are, which are a few of those things that shape the story and the shown events most of the time.

I really can't say a whole lot more but I would suggest to you that you just give it a shot if you like the genres, Isekai, middle ages, fantasy.

9/10 for giving a nowadays overused genre a new take in a new direction.

Hope you like it DR4POS

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Ascendance of a Bookworm TV Anime Studies New Trailer Ahead of Season 3 Climax

  Myne and the bond she shares with her family are the focus of a new trailer for the currently airing third season of the Ascendance of a Bookworm TV anime under the backdrop of Maaya Sakamoto's ending theme song "Kotoba ni Dekinai." The trailer takes a look at the series as it heads towards the climax of this part of the ongoing franchise.

    RELATED: Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3 English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date

  The Ascendance of a Bookworm TV anime adapts the light novel series written by Miya Kazuki and illustrated by Yu Shiina into anime with Mitsuru Hongo in the director's chair at Ajia-do Animation Works. Crunchyroll is streaming the third season as it airs on Mondays both subbed and then later dubbed, describing the series as such:

  Avid bookworm and college student Motosu Urano ends up dying in an unforeseen accident. This came right after the news that she would finally be able to work as a librarian like she had always dreamed of. When she regained consciousness, she was reborn as Main, the daughter of a poor soldier. She was in the town of Ehrenfest, which had a harsh class system. But as long as she had books, she didn't really need anything else. However, books were scarce and belonged only to the nobles. But that doesn't stop her, so she makes a decision... "If there aren't any books, I'll just create some."

  Source: Ascendance of a Bookworm on Twitter

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