The Unaware Atelier Master
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The Unaware Atelier Master (勘違いの工房主～英雄パーティの元雑用係が、実は戦闘以外がSSSランクだったというよくある話～, Kanchigai no Atorie Maisutā: Eiyū Pāti no Moto Zatsuyōgakari ga, Jitsu wa Sentō Igai ga SSS Ranku Datta to Iu Yoku Aru Hanashi) is a Japanese light novel series written by Yōsuke Tokino and illustrated by Zounoze. Originally published online since August 2018, AlphaPolis has published eleven volumes of the series since March 2019. A manga adaptation illustrated by Naharu Furukawa began serialization online via AlphaPolis' manga website in December 2019 and has been collected in seven tankōbon volumes. The manga is published digitally in English through Alpha Manga. An anime television series adaptation produced by EMT Squared premiered in April 2025.
| The Unaware Atelier Master | |
First light novel volume cover, featuring Kurt (center), Yulicia (right) and Lieselotte (left) | |
| 勘違いの工房主～英雄パーティの元雑用係が、実は戦闘以外がSSSランクだったというよくある話～ (Kanchigai no Atorie Maisutā: Eiyū Pāti no Moto Zatsuyōgakari ga, Jitsu wa Sentō Igai ga SSS Ranku Datta to Iu Yoku Aru Hanashi) | |
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| Genre | Fantasy[1] |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Yōsuke Tokino |
| Published by | AlphaPolis |
| Original run | August 19, 2018 – present |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Yōsuke Tokino |
| Illustrated by | Zounoze |
| Published by | AlphaPolis |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | March 31, 2019 – present |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yōsuke Tokino |
| Illustrated by | Naharu Furukawa |
| Published by | AlphaPolis |
| English publisher | Alpha Manga |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | December 17, 2019 – present |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hisashi Ishii |
| Written by | Deko Akao |
| Music by | Harikemu Wata |
| Studio | EMT Squared |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, ytv, BS NTV, AT-X |
| Original run | April 6, 2025 – present |
| Episodes | 3 |
Plot
Kurt Rockhans, a porter boy for the renowned Flaming Dragon Fang adventuring party, is dismissed by his party members because they wish to have a more "competent" party member into their ranks and thus consider him disposable. Now on his own, he meets Yulicia, a former royal servant and new mine owner, and helps her out of a tight spot. After she takes notice of his incredible abilities (and gaining a major crush on him), she takes up a friend's offer to open a new magical research and crafting atelier, with Kurt serving as its unwitting chief artificer, an Atelier Master. And so, Kurt is unknowingly drawn into a central role in a conflict which threatens to destroy the kingdom.
Characters
Atelier members
- Kurt Rockhans (クルト・ロックハンズ, Kuruto Rokkuhanzu)
- Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu[1] (Japanese); Ciarán Strange[2] (English)
- A former member of the Flaming Dragon Fang, Kurt is a kind and hardworking fifteen-year-old handyman from an isolated village named Hast in the Sheen Mountains. Despite his subpar combat abilities, he tremendously outshines in non-combative tasks no matter how difficult, finishing his work in a far shorter time with jaw-droppingly amazing results, a phenomenon which is apparently commonplace in his home village. Unconsciously, he also radiates a powerful magical aura which empowers or enhances everything he works on. However, he is incredibly clueless and has very low self-esteem, which makes him very easy target for anyone to manipulate him. After Yulicia and other high-ranking individuals in the kingdom notice his extraordinary qualities, they recruit him as the new Atelier Master for a magic artifacts workshop. But out of worry for his personal safety, they leave him blissfully unaware of his important role, letting him believe he is instead a mere handyman.
- Yulicia (ユーリシア, Yūrishia)
- Voiced by: Asami Seto[1] (Japanese); Erin Lundquist[2] (English)
- A beautiful, dark-skinned former adventurer and servant of the royal family who inherited a magic crystal mine from her grandmother. In need of proof for the mine's profitability in order to pay taxes, she hires Kurt as a temporary miner after he offers her his aid, after which he effortlessly discovers a deposit of extremely powerful crystals. As he continues to impress Yulicia with his skills, modesty and innocence, she falls in love with him and begins jealously protecting him against the unwanted (including romantic) attentions of other people. After the new atelier is established, she appoints herself as Kurt's bodyguard and official go-between for assignments.
- Lieselotte Homuross (リーゼロッテ・ホムロス, Rīzerotte Homurosu)
- Voiced by: Minami Tanaka[1] (Japanese); Hayden Daviau (English)
- The fifteen-year-old third princess of the kingdom of Homuross, born to the king of Homuross and his second wife, a princess from the Gurumak Empire. Because of her role as the living link between the two realms, she is targeted by the Demon King for assassination, and was therefore taken in by Atelier Master Ophilia for her protection. After Kurt unwittingly cures her of a curse which would have slowly starved her to death, and treats her like a normal girl, she becomes very infatuated with him. The other members of the Atelier, fully aware of Lieselotte, keep her identity secret from Kurt.
- Sina (シーナ, Shīna)
- Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu[3] (Japanese); Kelly Greenshield[4] (English)
- A 16-year-old ranger for the adventuring party Sakura, and Kans' younger sister. At first highly critical of Kurt after he briefly joins their group for a dungeon exploration, she is swift to change her mind after seeing him use his extraordinary mining skills to singlehandedly dismember an iron dragon golem.
- Kans (カンス, Kansu)
- Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa[3] (Japanese); Mauricio Ortiz-Segura[5] (English)
- Sina's older brother, and Sakura's heavy-weight fighter.
- Danzo (ダンゾウ, Danzō)
- Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi[3] (Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English)
- A samurai, and the leader of the Sakura party.
- Akuri (アクリ)
- A prepubescent girl of mysterious origin who hatched from an egg which was given to Kurt after he solved a village's water problem by creating a new lake. When it hatched, the child imprinted on him and adopted an appearance similar to his. Despite fears to the contrary, Akuri displays a normal infant's personality and has adopted Kurt and Yulicia as her "parents". Kurt gave her the name "Akuri" (which means "edge" or "side" in another country's language) as a connecting line for his adopted family. She has an inborn teleportation ability which she usually uses to join her "parents" whenever they aren't around her.
- Rikuto (陸斗)
- A handsome twenty-year-old man who is installed by Lieselotte as the atelier's figurehead Master. He is a skilled magician specializing in illusions.
Atelier associates
- Mimico (ミミコ, Mimiko)
- Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto[6] (Japanese); Sarah Wiedenheft[2] (English)
- A high-ranking royal court magician and the owner of the Mimico Café in the royal capital, which is actually a magic items shop. She appears far younger than she actually is, and is very sensitive about revealing her actual age. With her rank, she is responsible for covert security missions within the kingdom, and is the leader of the Phantoms, a shadow operative organization. In the pursuit of her kingdom's safety, she does not shy away from employing torture against captive enemies.
- Ophilia (オフィリア, Ofiria)
- Voiced by: Rie Tanaka[6] (Japanese); Madeleine Norton (English)
- One of the kingdom's fifteen Atelier Masters. She was entrusted with Princess Liselotte to heal her from a slow-acting but deadly curse inflicted by an unknown source. After becoming aware of Kurt's abilities, especially after he easily cures Lieselotte of her curse, she joins Yulicia and the others in opening the new atelier. In time, and despite being more than ten years older than him, she also begins to look at Kurt in a romantic way.
- Kirshell (カーシェル, Kāsheru)
- Voiced by: Saho Shirasu (Japanese); Alison Schonhoff[2] (English)
- A clerk at the Hello Hello Work Station employment agency in the city of Samara, who is shocked on a regular basis by Kurt's uncanny efficiency.
- Michelle Lalakata (ミシェル・ララカタ, Misheru Rarakata)
- Voiced by: Maria Naganawa (Japanese); Lisette Monique Diaz (English)
- An eighty-year-old elf maid and Ophilia's housekeeper. While competent at cooking, she is abysmally unskilled at cleaning.
- Hildegard (ヒルデガルト, Hirudegaruto)
- A member of the Demonfolk (or Horned Folk) who met Kurt while Hildegard and her father came to Kurt's village for medicine. After she inadvertently poisoned herself and Kurt saved her life, they became friends. However, the medicine Kurt gave her accidentally made her ageless, a detail which she has resented him for since that time. She is later captured by Count Tycone to serve as an unwilling donor for the immortality elixir, which he intends to give to his daughter Famil to rejuvenate her.
- Solflare (ソルフレア, Sorufurea)
- A member of the Demonfolk who looks like an extremely busty dark elf-like woman with deep black eyes. Hildegard's loyal servant, she searches for her mistress after she got kidnapped by Count Tycone, but unintentionally clashes with Kurt and his friends after she witnesses Akuri's teleportation ability and wants to use her to infiltrate the Count's mansion. After she is captured and has a chance to explain herself, Kurt and the others promise to fulfill her mission.
- Alreid Kukuso (アルレイド・くくそ)
- Voiced by: Kenichirō Matsuda (Japanese); Mike Smith (English)
- A veteran general in the royal army of Homuross. He once hired Kurt, right after the latter's dismissal from the Flaming Dragon Fang, to fix the walls of a border fortress town under his supervision. When the town comes under attack by demonic and undead forces summoned by the Demon King to kill Princess Lieselotte, he is flabbergasted to witness how any members of the horde touching the wall sections fixed by Kurt are destroyed by a purification magic Kurt had unwittingly imbued the mortar with. After learning about Kurt's secret promotion to Atelier Master for his town, he is made privy to Princess Lieselotte's predicament by Yulicia and the other Atelier backers, and assists their group in his official capacity when needed.
- Generick Pirahan (ジェネリック・ピラハン, Jenerikku Pirahan)
- A young and energetic, but skirtchasing lieutenant general in the royal army of Homuross. Along with General Arureido, he is made aware of the attempts on Princess Lieselotte's life and joins her inner circle of protectors.
- Tanga Kokoluka (タンガ・ココルカ) / Count Tycone (タイコン伯爵, Taikon Hakushaku)
- An opportunistic margrave of the border domain of Tycone in Homuross. When the new Atelier is established in his fiefdom, he appoints its Master to viceroy to increase his influence at the royal court. When his beloved daughter fell victim to an aging curse, he tried to prevent her death, in his desperation going so far as pondering to summon the Demon King to the mortal world. After hearing of Hildegard and the immortality elixir which Kurt had accidentally given her, he kidnaps her, bringing Kurt, Yulicia and Liselotte onto his trail. After Famil is miraculously cured by Kurt, Lieselotte issues him a pardon in exchange for his unconditional support of Kurt's atelier.
- Famil (ファミル, Famiru)
- Count Tycone's daughter, who is officially believed to be dead. Originally nine years old, she fell victim to an aging curse which rapidly turned her into an old woman, and her father locked her away in a secret room inside his mansion. Knowing of her father's plans to cure her by using an accidentally immortalized demon girl as a donor for an immortality elixir, she tries to get Kurt's help in freeing Hildegard when he chances upon her, and kill her father before he can sell his soul to the Demon King. However, after she eats a hot bun made by Kurt, she reverts back to her original age.
- Golund McDannatt (ゴルンド・マクダナット, Gorundo Makudanatto)
- A mild-mannered consul in Count Tycone's employ, and a secret informant for Bandana.
Flaming Dragon Fang members
- Bandana (バンダナ)
- Voiced by: Mayu Yoshioka[7] (Japanese); Morgan Lea[2] (English)
- A member of the Flaming Dragon Fang and a ranger who uses rope snares as her primary weapon. She appears easy-going and sarcastic, but is actually highly observant, sharp-witted, and skilled at manipulating people. A disciple of an unknown party called the Great Sage, she is the only one of her party to recognize Kurt's special attributes and, after the dissolution of the Flaming Dragon Fang, keeps an eye out for him and subtly guides his path from the shadows.
- Marlefiss (マーレフィス, Mārefisu)
- Voiced by: Saori Hayami[7] (Japanese); Katie Otten[2] (English)
- A member of the Flaming Dragon Fang and a female blonde priestess with an extreme fear of darkness. Despite her mild looks, she is selfish and just as vocal as the others about dismissing Kurt, which she comes to regret after she discovers that without his presence her healing powers are far weaker than before. She is later forcibly recruited by Bishop Tristan Meynolf for his plot to murder Lieselotte, and is bestowed with the same curse previously used on the princess to ensure her cooperation. After she is found and freed by Kurt, she is immediately incarcerated by Mimico for her (if unwilling) part in the assassination attempt and coerced to work with her to uncover the conspiracy.
- Golnova (ゴルノヴァナ, Gorunova)
- Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto[7] (Japanese); Christian Thorsen[2] (English)
- The leader of the Flaming Dragon Fang, a red-haired male fighter wielding a magical fire sword. Short-tempered and prone to acting without thinking, he is the first to boot Kurt out of the party, only to deeply regret it in the aftermath because of his love for good food and Kurt was his party's only capable cook. After causing a scene at several high-class restaurants and resisting arrest, he becomes a fugitive from the law.
Antagonists
- Demon King
- A high-ranking demon who feeds on fear to increase his power, and the main antagonist of the series. By trying to kill Lieselotte, he ends up being opposed by Kurt, Yulicia and their friends, to find out that even his power is meaningless before Kurt's creations.
- Scripter (スクリプター, Sukuriputā)
- A high-level servant of the Demon King, who appears as a black-haired, very handsome human man. He is a vicious schemer who likes to execute his plans via a preset script written by himself (hence his name). He was the one who cursed Famil in order to drive her desperate father into summoning his master into the mortal world.
- Tristan Meynolf (トリスタン・メイノルフ, Torisutan Meinorufu)
- The bishop of the Church of St. Polan from the neighboring Polan Empire. A servant of the Demon King, he aims to destroy the alliance between the realms of Homuross and Gurumaku by assassinating Princess Lieselotte. After his first attempt to starve the princess to death with a curse is thwarted by Kurt, his second try, using Marlefiss as a medium, is likewise foiled when the curse cast by Meynolf's subservient wizard is reflected back on him thanks to a security spell installed by Kurt, and Meynolf is subsequently killed for his failure.
- Bibinokke (ビビノッケ)
- Voiced by: Shinya Takahashi
- Also known as Thousand Faces, Bibinokke is a contract saboteur who joins adventuring parties to destroy them from within in return for pay from their competitors. Hired to lure the Sakura adventuring team into a goblin-infested cave, he bailed out just before the expedition, whereupon Kurt was hired to take his place. After Kurt and Yulicia rescue the team, Danzo deduces Bibinokke's plot and confronts him. After sparing his life but giving him a tremendous shock, Bibinokke is collected by Mimico's Phantoms.
Media
Summarize
Perspective
Light novel
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
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| 1 | March 31, 2019[8] | 978-4-434-25747-6 |
| 2 | July 31, 2019[9] | 978-4-434-26303-3 |
| 3 | November 30, 2019[10] | 978-4-434-26785-7 |
| 4 | June 30, 2020[11] | 978-4-434-27333-9 |
| 5 | August 31, 2020[12] | 978-4-434-27776-4 |
| 6 | January 31, 2021[13] | 978-4-434-28400-7 |
| 7 | August 31, 2021[14] | 978-4-434-29271-2 |
| 8 | February 28, 2022[15] | 978-4-434-29994-0 |
| 9 | November 30, 2022[16] | 978-4-434-31164-2 |
| 10 | August 31, 2023[17] | 978-4-434-32488-8 |
| 11 | March 30, 2025[18] | 978-4-434-35495-3 |
Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Naharu Furukawa began serialization AlphaPolis' manga website on December 17, 2019.[19] The manga's chapters have been compiled into seven tankōbon volumes as of October 2024.[20] The series is published in English on AlphaPolis' Alpha Manga app.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North American release date | North American ISBN |
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| 1 | November 30, 2020[21] | 978-4-434-28137-2 | October 27, 2023[22] | — |
| 2 | May 31, 2021[23] | 978-4-434-28896-8 | October 27, 2023[24] | — |
| 3 | February 28, 2022[25] | 978-4-434-29998-8 | October 25, 2024[26] | — |
| 4 | December 31, 2022[27] | 978-4-434-31353-0 | — | — |
| 5 | August 31, 2023[28] | 978-4-434-32502-1 | — | — |
| 6 | February 29, 2024[29] | 978-4-434-33490-0 | — | — |
| 7 | October 31, 2024[20] | 978-4-434-34674-3 | — | — |
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 18, 2024. It is produced by EMT Squared and directed by Hisashi Ishii, with Deko Akao writing series scripts, Miyuki Nakamura designing the characters, and Harikemu Wata composing the music.[1] The series premiered on April 6, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[6] The opening theme song is "FACSTORY", performed by MeseMoa., while the ending theme song is "Haru ni Kiete" (春に消えて, Vanish in the Spring), performed by LOT SPiRiTS.[3] Crunchyroll is streaming the series.[30]
Episodes
| No. | Title [31][32] | Directed by [31] | Written by [31] | Storyboarded by [31] | Original release date [33][a] | |
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| 1 | "The Guy In Charge of Chores With Low Self-Esteem Turned Out to Actually Possess Incredible Skills" Transliteration: "Jiko Hyōka no Hikui Zatsuyōgakari ga, Jitsuha Tondemo Sukiru no Mochinushi datta Toiu Yoku Aru Hanashi" (Japanese: 自己評価の低い雑用係が、実はとんでもスキルの持ち主だったというよくある話) | Hisashi Ishii | Deko Akao | Hisashi Ishii | April 6, 2025 | |
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Kurt, a young handyman for the Flaming Dragon Fang adventuring party, is fired because the other members deem him completely useless and wish to replace him with a more competent adventurer. Despondent, he travels to the city of Samaela and looks for a job at the Hello Hello Work Station. While he flunks his adventurer aptitude tests, he is given a temporary job at repairing a border town's walls. Not only does he fix the walls in an impossibly fast time, he also improves on them; and with all the work done, the foreman has no more use of him, although he does transfer a handsome payout for Kurt's services. As he returns to the agency for another job, he encounters Yulicia, a former adventurer and new mine owner who is looking for help in proving her new mine's profitability to avoid having her inheritance impounded within the week. When Kurt offers his help, she reluctantly accepts it, but becomes shock-impressed by his uncanny skills, his naivety towards them, and the startlingly profitable results of his work after he effortlessly converts the crystals he found into extremely powerful magic stones. Mimico, the magic shop owner she sells the stones to, offers to promote the funding of a magic research atelier, with the stones' creator as its director. In order to protect Kurt, Yulicia decides to keep his identity and abilities secret from the public. | ||||||
| 2 | "His First Atelier" Transliteration: "Hajimete no Kōbō" (Japanese: はじめての工房) | Harume Kosaka | Saeka Fujimoto | Hisashi Ishii | April 13, 2025 | |
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Yulicia tells Kurt of Mimico's offer, but Kurt refuses. While they continue mining, Kurt finds deposits of mythril and orichalcum, extremely rare minerals which are so common in his village that he treats them like everyday finds, and digs a tunnel right through the mountain in mere hours, providing Yulicia with a means to pay off her taxes by charging travellers for using this new shortcut through the mountains. While conferring with Mimico, Yulicia agrees Kurt needs to become an Atelier Meister so the kingdom can protect and monitor him. Meanwhile, the Flaming Dragon Fang disbands after their efficiency has dropped mysteriously after Kurt's dismissal and party leader Golnova has become a wanted fugitive in his rage over missing out on Kurt's cooking. Kurt bumps into Bandana, the Flaming Dragon Fang's ranger, who convinces Kurt to work for the Atelier Meister Ophelia. While cleaning the atelier, Kurt encounters a young girl named Lieselotte suffering from a curse which Ophelia has been vainly trying to break for years, and makes her some porridge which inexplicably cures her. A shocked Ophelia takes Lieselotte to Mimico, where she is revealed to be Princess Lieselotte, daughter of the King of Homuross and his second wife, the princess of the Gurumak Empire. Her existence ensures peace between the two powerful nations, while her death would cause a war. | ||||||
| 3 | "What Mining Means To Him" Transliteration: "Kare ni Totte no Saikutsu" (Japanese: 彼にとっての採掘) | Koji Sasaki | Azuki Shōzu | Yoshihiko Iwata | April 20, 2025 | |
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Mimico suggests three suspects behind Lieselotte’s curse: General Sannova Ristkatz, Bishop Tristan Meynolf, and Queen Isadora, the King’s third wife. To draw out the culprit, Ophelia decides to open a fictional Atelier and have Lieselotte work there undercover, and Kurt is chosen as the Meister. Kurt gets a job with the adventuring party Sakura, made up of warrior Kans, his sister Sina the ranger, and Danzo the samurai. While hunting iron golems, the group is attacked by goblins. Kans and Danzo stay behind while Sina gets Kurt to safety, but they encounter iron dragon golems, only for Sina to get shocked when Kurt singlehandedly dismantles the golems with his mining skills. Secretly directed by Bandana, Lieselotte and Yulicia follow Kurt to the dungeon and rescue the adventurers. Yulicia informs Kurt about the Atelier and hires him as a worker, though officially he is listed as Meister, and also hires Sakura as security. Yulicia sends Kurt to Mimico to rate his skills; Mimico lies and tells Kurt he is merely a mid-rank handyman, whereas in reality his skills and magic are virtually unmeasurable. | ||||||
| 4 | "New Friends in a New Atelier" Transliteration: "Shin e Bō no Atarashī Nakama" (Japanese: 新エ房の新しい仲間) | Ken Kiyota | Nora Mōri | Hisashi Ishii | April 27, 2025 | |
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Yulicia decides to open the Atelier in the frontier town whose walls Kurt repaired. Yulicia tells Sakura her and Lieselotte's true identities and about keeping Kurt ignorant of his uncanny skills. Sina is unhappy with lying, but Yulicia points out Kurt is so naive that villains could take advantage of him; therefore it will be their responsibility to guard both Kurt and Lieselotte. Bandana contacts Danzo with news that Sakura is targeted by a contract saboteur named Bibinokke. Danzo threatens Bibinokke but leaves him alive, and shortly after Bibinokke is arrested by Phantom, Mimico's secret police. Bandana receives orders from her master to investigate Kurt's hometown. Sakura are flabbergasted when within only three days Kurt builds an Atelier more luxurious than a mansion, complete with gardens, a self-generating water source and bedrooms. Yulicia sets up anti-curse barriers around the Atelier to keep Lieselotte safe, only to find that they have been washed off by Kurt, who believed they were graffiti. With no more supplies to re-establish the barrier, Yulicia realises she will have to protect Lieselotte herself until Mimico arrives in a few days. | ||||||
Notes
- Episodes are released on ABEMA, dAnime Store and Crunchyroll a week before their televised airings.
References
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