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WorldEnd, short for What Do You Do at the End of the World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us? (終末なにしてますか？ 忙しいですか？ 救ってもらっていいですか？, Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka?), also known as SukaSuka, is a Japanese light novel series written by Akira Kareno and illustrated by Ue. The series' first volume was published by Kadokawa Shoten under their Sneaker Bunko imprint on November 1, 2014,[1] with the series ending with the release of the fifth volume in April 2016.[2] A sequel series titled Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Mō Ichido dake, Aemasu ka? (終末なにしてますか？もう一度だけ、会えますか？), also known as SukaMoka, began publication with the release of the first volume in April 2016.[3]
| WorldEnd: What Do You Do at the End of the World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us? | |
The cover of the first light novel, featuring Chtholly | |
| 終末なにしてますか？ 忙しいですか？ 救ってもらっていいですか？ (Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka?) | |
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| Light novel | |
| Written by | Akira Kareno |
| Illustrated by | Ue |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | November 1, 2014 – April 1, 2016 |
| Volumes | 5 + 1 side story |
| Light novel | |
| Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Mō Ichido dake, Aemasu ka? | |
| Written by | Akira Kareno |
| Illustrated by | Ue |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Imprint | Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | April 1, 2016 – July 30, 2021 |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Akira Kareno |
| Illustrated by | Kaname Seu |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | June 27, 2016 – May 26, 2018 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Jun'ichi Wada |
| Produced by | Atsushi Itō |
| Written by |
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| Music by | Tatsuya Kato |
| Studio | |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, KBS, AT-X, TV Aichi, Sun TV, TVQ, BS11 |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 11, 2017 – June 27, 2017 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Light novel | |
| Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Iden: Leila Asprey | |
| Written by | Akira Kareno |
| Illustrated by | Ue |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Imprint | Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | June 1, 2019 – June 1, 2020 |
| Volumes | 2 |
It has been over 500 years since the human race almost went extinct at the hands of the fearsome and mysterious "Beasts". The surviving races now make their homes up on floating islands in the sky to keep out of reach of all but the most mobile of Beasts. Only a group of young girls, dubbed the Leprechauns, can wield the ancient Dug Weapons needed to fend off invasions from those dangerous creatures. Into the people's unstable and fleeting lives, where a simple call to certain death could come at any moment, enters an unlikely character: a mysterious man who lost everything in his final battle five hundred years ago, and had awakened from a long, icy slumber. Unable to fight any longer, the man, Willem, becomes the father those kids never had, caring for and nurturing them even as he struggles to come to terms with his new life, in which he feels the pain of helplessly waiting for his loved ones to return home from battle that his 'Daughter' once felt for him so long ago. Together, Willem and the leprechauns gradually come to understand what family means and what is truly worth protecting in their lives.
The light novel series is written by Akira Kareno with illustrations by Ue, the first volume was published on November 1, 2014, under Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint[1] and the fifth and last volume was released on April 1, 2016. A side story was released on February 1, 2017.[10] The sequel series started with the first volume released on April 1, 2016 (the same day the last original series volume was released),[11] and the eleventh and last volume was published on July 30, 2021. A two-volume side story, Leila Asprey, was released in 2019 and 2020.
During their panel at Anime NYC 2017, Yen Press announced that they have licensed the light novel.[12]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 1, 2014[13] | 978-4-04-102269-6 | July 31, 2018[14] | 978-1-97-532687-6 |
| 2 | January 1, 2015[15] | 978-4-04-102270-2 | November 13, 2018[16] | 978-1-97-532688-3 |
| 3 | July 1, 2015[17] | 978-4-04-103288-6 | March 19, 2019[18] | 978-1-97-532691-3 |
| 4 | January 1, 2016[19] | 978-4-04-103835-2 | July 23, 2019[20] | 978-1-97-532693-7 |
| 5 | April 1, 2016[21] | 978-4-04-104039-3 | December 10, 2019[22] | 978-1-97-532695-1 |
| EX | February 1, 2017[23] | 978-4-04-105179-5 | July 21, 2020[24] | 978-1-97-530872-8 |
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 1, 2016[25] | 978-4-04-104040-9 |
| 2 | July 1, 2016[26] | 978-4-04-104655-5 |
| 3 | December 1, 2016[27] | 978-4-04-104656-2 |
| 4 | April 1, 2017[28] | 978-4-04-104657-9 |
| 5 | October 1, 2017[29] | 978-4-04-104658-6 |
| 6 | June 1, 2018[30] | 978-4-04-106867-0 |
| 7 | December 1, 2018[31] | 978-4-04-107549-4 |
| 8 | November 1, 2019[32] | 978-4-04-107550-0 |
| 9 | November 1, 2020[33] | 978-4-04-109163-0 |
| 10 | July 1, 2021[34] | 978-4-04-111410-0 |
| 11 | July 30, 2021[35] | 978-4-04-111609-8 |
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 1, 2019[36] | 978-4-04-108256-0 |
| 2 | June 1, 2020[37] | 978-4-04-109171-5 |
Kaname Seu launched a manga adaptation of the series in Kadokawa's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on June 27, 2016.[38][39] The manga ended on May 26, 2018.[39]
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 23, 2017[40] | 978-4-04-069040-7 |
| 2 | June 23, 2017[41] | 978-4-04-069249-4 |
| 3 | December 22, 2017[42] | 978-4-04-069580-8 |
| 4 | June 23, 2018[43] | 978-4-04-069883-0 |
An anime adaptation of WorldEnd was announced with the release of the second volume of SukaMoka.[44] The anime adaptation was revealed as a television series that would premiere in April 2017.[45] The series was directed by Jun'ichi Wada at studios Satelight and C2C, with scripts written by series creator Akira Kareno, Mariko Mochizuki, Shingo Nagai and Toshizo Nemoto, and music composed by Tatsuya Kato.
The opening theme is "DEAREST DROP" sung by Azusa Tadokoro.[6] The ending theme is "From" by TRUE,[46] Kinema by TRUE in episode 6 and Ever be my love by Tamaru Yamada in episode 12. Additionally, "Scarborough Fair" and "Always in My Heart" by Tamaru Yamada were played in episodes 1 and 12, as well as "I Call You" (In the released music collection, the name of this song was changed to "Call you") by Tamaru Yamada in episode 9.
The anime aired on April 11, 2017, on Tokyo MX, with further broadcasts on TV Aichi, Sun TV, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting, BS11, and AT-X[47] then finished on June 27, 2017. The series ran for 12 episodes.[48] The series is licensed in North America by Crunchyroll,[49] and Funimation released it on home video with an English dub.[50] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the dub was moved to Crunchyroll.[51] Muse Communication licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia and streamed it on their YouTube channel.[52]
| No. | Title[a] | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Broken Chronograph" Transliteration: "Taiyō no Katamuita Kono Sekai de" (Japanese: 太陽の傾いたこの世界で (lit. In this twilight world) -broken chronograph-) | April 11, 2017 | |
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In a flashforward, a young red-haired girl named Chtholly describes her love for a man before jumping off an airship to her death. In the present day, within a town inhabited by beastmen, Chtholly - now with blue hair - runs through a marketplace chasing after a cat that has stolen her pendant. She slips off a bridge, but is caught and saved by a man who also recovers her pendant. To avoid hostility from the beastmen, Chtholly spends the day with the man, Willem, before being escorted away by mysterious guards led by a lizard-man. Willem later ventures to a pub, where he is given military work to be the caretaker an armory on a floating island, which he reluctantly accepts. Arriving late at night, Willem is confused to find that the island, rather than holding weapons, is instead the home to several young girls (including Chtholly, who is noticeably older than most of them), whose maid is a troll acquaintance of his named Nygglatho. Willem, who has unspecified experience with kids, decides to stay on the job despite previous hires having quit after just one day. Just as he is getting ready for bed, Chtholly reveals that the reason the armory doesn't holds weapons is because the girls are the weapons. In a post-credits scene set 526 years earlier, a teenage Willem is tended to by a young girl who refers to him as her father just before a grand battle; the narrator reveals that Willem never returned home, and within a year humanity became extinct. | |||
| 2 | "Late Autumn Night's Dream" Transliteration: "Sora no Ue no Mori no Naka no" (Japanese: 空の上の森の中の (lit. In the forest in the sky) -late autumn night's dream-) | April 18, 2017 | |
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Willem introduces himself to all the girls, but they cower from him due to never having spent time around men. He eventually befriends two of the ones Chtholly's age, Ithea and Nephren, and manages to win the rest over by cooking for them. Ithea teases Chtholly for having feelings for Willem. While watching the girls play dodgeball, one falls off a small cliff and badly injures her head, only for everyone but Willem (including the girl) to act indifferently. Unnerved, Willem has a reluctant Nygglatho tell him who the girls actually are. Five centuries earlier, humanity created seventeen beasts which proceeded to exterminate humanity, leading their fantastical descendants to become the dominant species. Nygglatho explains that the girls are leprechauns, who have replicated human behavior and thus are the only creatures who are able to wield Dug Weapons, the only weapons able to kill the seventeen beasts; however, their bodies are subsequently built to be expendable and thus they have no fear of death. Ithea and Chtholly soon leave for several days to fight one of the beasts but return safely. Picking them up and encountering the lizard-man again, Willem tells Ithea that he intends to stay with the girls because they remind him of someone he knew in a similar situation. While tending to Chtholly, she warns Willem that in five days time, the beasts intend to launch a giant ball of energy which can be only be destroyed by a suicidal charge from the girls, with her being the one to do so this time. As a final request, she has him kiss her good night. Chtholly goes back to sleep, as Willem remembers that "someone", a red-haired girl named Lillia. | |||
| 3 | "Starry Road to Tomorrow" Transliteration: "Kono Tatakai ga Owattara" (Japanese: この戦いが終わったら (lit. Until this war is over) -starry road to tomorrow-) | April 25, 2017 | |
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Willem and Nephren pull an all-nighter in archives looking for a way for Chtholly to avoid death. Upon discovering them in the morning, Chtholly rebukes them for trying to alter her fate, so Willem takes Chtholly outside for a sparring duel. With both wielding Dug Weapons, Willem handily defeats Chtholly, explaining that the leprechauns' unrefined fighting technique and their lack of knowledge about the Dug Weapons is what prevents them from greater success. This angers Chtholly, as it would mean their sacrifices were for naught, only for Willem to suddenly collapse from internal bleeding. Nygglatho manages to stabilize him. Later at night, she explains to the girls that she found Willem's petrified state frozen in ice years earlier, and managed to thaw and cure him. With Willem using an universal translator, they were able to discover that Willem is the world's last human, now known as "emnetwihts" and ridiculed by all other hypersentient species; despite this, all the girls react to him with curiosity except Chtholly, who in her distress flies away and meets with the lizard-man, revealed to be named Limeskin. He reassures her that Willem is simply trying to push against her nature, but advises her to act as she desires. Chtholly returns to the island, where she discovers Willem performing maintenance on her sword, and he explains that Dug Weapons are made from people's wishes. She decides to accept Willem's offer of properly teaching her; at her request, she also asks for Willem to make her buttercake should she return safely, unaware that Willem had been promised to have the exact same thing by the girl who saw him off before he left to fight the beasts. Chtholly, Ithea, and Nephren then leave to go fight the beasts. | |||
| 4 | "Dice in Pot" Transliteration: "Kaeranu Mono to, Machi-tsuzuketa Mono-tachi" (Japanese: 帰らぬ者と、待ち続けた者たち (lit. Those who wait, and those who do not come back) -dice in pot-) | May 2, 2017 | |
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Over two weeks after Chtholly’s group left, Willem continues to watch over the girls, but begins experiencing nightmares that the trio have all died on their mission. Eventually, one of the girls, Tiat, has a special dream of her talking to someone unfamiliar; this dream, called a Harbinger Dream, requires a checkup immediately afterwards. To do this, Willem and Tiat travel to Corna de Luce, an island where human-like creatures and beastmen live in harmony, for Tiat to get checked at a hospital. As the island was the filming location for several romance films, of which Tiat is a fan, Willem and her go on a minor sightseeing tour of various film locales. After concluding their tour at a famous statue of the city’s founder, they witness beastmen attacking the shop of another beastman for an unspecified reason; Willem covertly intervenes, allowing the former to be arrested. While Tiat gets her checkup, Willem talks to the head doctor, who tells him that the Harbinger Dream is said to be an indicator that a Leprechaun has reached the age of maturity and can fight in combat. Tiat, like other girls, must receive the checkup to determine how to best prepare their body accordingly. Willem is privately distraught at Tiat being sent into battle at such a young age. Later, while spending the night at a military compound, Willem wakes up early and goes for a walk. He runs into a dog beastwoman, who reveals she is concealing a weapon and requests Willem deliver a message to Limeskin. Before he can confirm, they receive world from other officers that the battle has failed. Willem collapses in despair, only for Limeskin and all three girls to walk into the compound perfectly fine. Overwhelmed, Willem uses magic to run to Chtholly and hug her (much to everyone’s surprise), only for her to slap him in return. | |||
| 5 | "From Dawn til Dusk" Transliteration: "Dare mo Kare mo ga, Seigi no Na no Moto ni" (Japanese: 誰も彼もが、正義の名のもとに (lit. Everyone, in the name of justice) -from dawn till dusk-) | May 9, 2017 | |
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Eighteen hours earlier, Chtholly, Ithea, and Nephren fight against the beast, but when it takes on a new form Limeskin orders a strategic retreat, forcing the island in question to be abandoned. Chtholly attempts to disobey this and keep fighting, but she suddenly experiences a vision of a young girl speaking cryptic, haunting words that briefly turns her eyes red. In the present, while they update Willem on the events, Chtholly blames herself for not going through with the suicidal attack, but Nephren consoles her. They are interrupted by the dog beastwoman Willem encountered, revealed to be Limeskin’s friend’s daughter Phyra. She gives Limeskin evidence of death threats against her father, Corna de Luce’s mayor, due to his support of racial integration, by a group of supremacists known as the Annihilation Knights. She asks for military support at an upcoming rally, but everyone in the room, though sympathetic, declines due to military policy forbidding them from interfering in local affairs, and also to avoid escalating the conflict. Despite their rejection, Phyra still accompanies Willem and the leprechauns as they retrieve Tiat, then proceeds to treat them to lunch and take them on the sightseeing tour Willem earlier promised Tiat. During the tour, Chtholly continues to have the visions she experienced during the battle, but decides not to tell the rest. Later, Willem notices the Annihilation Knights are following them with the intent of kidnapping Phyra. He and the girls lure them into an alley, where he proceeds to handily defeat them by using magic to lethally flip coins at him, then has them arrested. Though grateful for defeating them, Phyra chastises him for using her as bait, then departs. As evening approaches, Chtholly pulls Willem to the side and makes him admit that he wanted a fight out of an innate suicidal desire. Willem then further admits that, though longing for death with the absence of the people he left behind, he has found a potential new family in the girls, explaining his earlier reaction and hug; hearing this, Chtholly realizes she is in love with him. Just as they are about to leave, Willem is approached by an officer who tells him that someone named Souwong would like to meet with him. Recognizing that name, Willem sends the girls home without joining them. | |||
| 6 | "No News was Good News" Transliteration: "Kienai Kako, Kieteiku Mirai" (Japanese: 消えない過去、消えていく未来 -no news was good news-) | May 16, 2017 | |
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Chtholly and the other fairies returned to the warehouse, while Willem went to meet his old friend, the Great Sage, Souwong. The two of them reminisces the past. | |||
| 7 | "Home, Sweet Home" Transliteration: "Tadaima Kaerimashita" (Japanese: ただいま、帰りました (lit. I'm home, Welcome home) -home, sweet home-) | May 23, 2017 | |
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Two fairy soldiers, Nopht and Rhantolk, are on a mission to escort a group of salvagers to the surface. There, they met one of Willem’s friend, Grick. Pondering about the Beasts that are related to their own reasons of being, Rhantolk begins questioning about them to Grick. | |||
| 8 | "Slight Light, Slight Hope" Transliteration: "Izure Sono Yō wa Ochiru to Shite mo" (Japanese: いずれその陽は落ちるとしても (lit. Even if the sun is about to set) -slight light, slight hope-) | May 30, 2017 | |
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Willem was summoned to the military base on Island 49 regarding the situation with the salvagers on the surface. Much to Willem’s displeasure, he was ordered to send one fairy soldier from the warehouse to the surface. | |||
| 9 | "Moonlit Sorcery" Transliteration: "Tatoe Mirai ga Mienakute mo" (Japanese: たとえ未来が見えなくても (lit. Even if it's impossible to see the future) -moonlit sorcery-) | June 6, 2017 | |
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Chtholly wasn’t sure if she can keep her individuality. Ithea came to her and revealed that Chtholly wasn’t the only one that had problems with memories from previous life. Ithea begun telling a story about “a certain girl” whose individuality was eroded by her past life’s memory. | |||
| 10 | "My Happiness" Transliteration: "Ima Kono Toki no Kagayaki o" (Japanese: いまこの時の輝きを (lit. This present radience) -my happiness-) | June 13, 2017 | |
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Willem met with Rhantolk and Nopht, and immediately provided maintenance for the venenum poisoning in their body. Even so, Rhantolk still cannot trust the sole survivor of the Emnetwiht who was wiped out by the 17 Beasts. | |||
| 11 | "Evidence of Existence" Transliteration: "Dō ka, Wasurenaide" (Japanese: どうか、忘れないで (lit. Do not forget me) -evidence of existence-) | June 20, 2017 | |
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Still being a bit awkward due to the proposal from the previous day, Willem and Chtolly met up with Grick to check up the ruins of Willem’s birthplace, Gomag City. All of the sudden, a huge earthquake happened and a swarm of Timere appeared. | |||
| 12 | "CHTHOLLY" Transliteration: "Sekai de Ichiban Shiawase na Onna no Ko" (Japanese: 世界で一番幸せな女の子 (lit. The happiest girl in the world) -CHTHOLLY-) | June 27, 2017 | |
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Nephren, Rhantolk, and Nopht fought back against the swarm of Timere, but their overwhelming numbers gradually pushed the fairies into a corner. Willem enters the fray and fought the Timere with his wounded body. In her last moment, Chtholly asked one last request to Elq. | |||
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