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Wise Man's Grandchild[1] (賢者の孫, Kenja no Mago) is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsuyoshi Yoshioka and illustrated by Seiji Kikuchi. It began serialization online in January 2015 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. At the beginning of episode 311, in November 2022, it was announced that episode would be the last posted on Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was acquired by Enterbrain, which has published seventeen volumes since July 2015 under their Famitsu Bunko imprint.
| Wise Man's Grandchild | |
First light novel volume cover featuring Sicily von Claude (left) and Shin Wolford (right) | |
| 賢者の孫 (Kenja no Mago) | |
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| Genre | Fantasy, isekai |
| Created by | Creator of light novel - Tsuyoshi Yoshioka, Creator of anime - Tatsuya Takahashi |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Tsuyoshi Yoshioka |
| Published by | Shōsetsuka ni Narō |
| Original run | 2015 – 2022 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Tsuyoshi Yoshioka |
| Illustrated by | Seiji Kikuchi |
| Published by | Enterbrain |
| Imprint | Famitsu Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | July 2015 – November 2022 |
| Volumes | 17 + 2 Extra + 1 SP + 1 Bonus |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tsuyoshi Yoshioka |
| Illustrated by | Shunsuke Ogata |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | Young Ace Up |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | March 2016 – present |
| Volumes | 25 |
| Manga | |
| Wise Man's Grandchild SP | |
| Written by | Tsuyoshi Yoshioka |
| Illustrated by | Shūji Nishizawa |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | Young Ace Up |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | July 2019 – July 2022 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masafumi Tamura |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Tatsuya Takahashi |
| Music by | Kow Otani |
| Studio | Silver Link |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | AT-X, ABC, Tokyo MX, BS11 |
| Original run | April 10, 2019 – June 26, 2019 |
| Episodes | 12 |
A manga adaptation with illustration by Shunsuke Ogata began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace Up website from March 2016. It has been collected in twenty-five tankōbon volumes.
An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired from April to June 2019.
A young salaryman who died in an accident was reborn in another world filled with magic and demons. As a baby, he was picked up by the patriot hero "Sage" Merlin Wolford and was given the name Shin. He was raised as a grandson and soaked up Merlin's teachings, earning him some irresistible powers. However, when Shin became 15, Merlin realized, "I forgot to teach him common sense!" Diseum, king of the Earlshide Kingdom, recommends Shin to attend his Magic Academy, on the condition of not using Shin for political warfare. In the capital, Shin rescues two girls, Maria and Sizilien, from thugs, and later he inaugurates a club that consists of him and others.
Tsuyoshi Yoshioka originally started the series as a web novel.[6] The series was acquired for print publication by Enterbrain, who published the first light novel on July 30, 2015.
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
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| 1 | July 30, 2015[7] | 978-4-04-730586-1 |
| 2 | October 30, 2015[8] | 978-4-04-730766-7 |
| 3 | February 29, 2016[9] | 978-4-04-730977-7 |
| 4 | July 30, 2016[10] | 978-4-04-734219-4 |
| 5 | November 30, 2016[11] | 978-4-04-734349-8 |
| 6 | March 30, 2017[12] | 978-4-04-734540-9 |
| 7 | September 30, 2017[13] | 978-4-04-734777-9 |
| 8 | March 30, 2018[14] | 978-4-04-735053-3 |
| 9 | December 29, 2018[15] | 978-4-04-735427-2 |
| 10 | June 29, 2019[16] | 978-4-04-735671-9 |
| 11 | October 30, 2019[17] | 978-4-04-735758-7 |
| 12 | March 30, 2020[18] | 978-4-04-736024-2 |
| 13 | September 30, 2020[19] | 978-4-04-736186-7 |
| 14 | March 30, 2021[20] | 978-4-04-736507-0 |
| 15 | September 30, 2021[21] | 978-4-04-736780-7 |
| 16 | February 28, 2022[22] | 978-4-04-736930-6 |
| 17 | November 29, 2022[23] | 978-4-04-737234-4 |
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Shunsuke Ogata began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace Up website since March 2016.[24][25] Twenty-five tankōbon volumes have been released as of October 10, 2024.
A spin-off manga illustrated by Shūji Nishizawa, titled Wise Man's Grandchild SP, began serialization in the Young Ace Up website in July 2019. The spin-off is centered around May von Earlshide.[26]
An anime adaptation of the series was announced in September 2017.[25] The anime, which was later confirmed to air on television, was directed by Masafumi Tamura and written by Tatsuya Takahashi, featuring animation by Silver Link with character designs by Yuki Sawairi and music by Kow Otani.[2][52] The series aired from April 10 to June 26, 2019 on AT-X, ABC, Tokyo MX and BS11.[2][4] i☆Ris performed the series' opening theme song "Ultimate☆Magic", while Nanami Yoshi sang the series' ending theme song "Attoteki Vivid Days."[53]
Funimation streamed the series and produced an English dub.[54] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the dub was moved to Crunchyroll.[55]
| No. | Title[a] | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "A Babe in the Woods Goes to the Capital" Transliteration: "Seken Shirazu, Ō Miyako ni Tatsu" (Japanese: 世間知らず、王都に立つ) | April 10, 2019 | |
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A Japanese salaryman is hit by a truck and reincarnated as a baby in a world filled with magic. He is taken in by the wizard Merlin Wolford who names him Shin and raises him as his grandson. As Shin grows he is taught magic by Merlin, magical item craftsmanship by Merlin’s friend Melida and swordplay by the warrior Michael. At age 10 Shin successfully slays a demon so Merlin tells him about finding him in the forest, but Shin already knew this as he has memories from his previous life. At age 15 Merlin realises he never taught Shin common sense life skills. He is also hesitant to let Shin enter society as Shin has been using his previous life’s scientific knowledge to invent spells that could turn society upside down. While discussing the issue Shin learns his uncle Dis, big brother Sieg and big sister Chris are actually King Diseum of Earlshied, Christina of the Royal Guard and Siegfried the Court Magician, all old friends of Merlin. It is decided Shin will attend Earlshied Magic Academy to learn about society and make friends, so they move to a house in the city. While exploring Shin saves two girls from thugs and, having never met girls his own age, is immediately smitten with one of them. | |||
| 2 | "The Unconventional New Student" Transliteration: "Jōshikiyaburi no Shinnyūsei" (Japanese: 常識破りの新入生) | April 17, 2019 | |
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The girls, Maria and Sizilien, also hope to join the academy. Sizilien, whom Shin is smitten with, also develops a crush on him. Shin earns the enmity of Kurt, who leaves after being scolded by August, King Diseum’s son, Shin’s cousin. Shin comes first in the exam and has to give a speech. Kurt is furious to discover he is in A class while Shin made it to the higher S class. Shin makes changes to the protective spells on his academy uniform. Sizilien confides to Shin she has repeatedly rejected Kurt who is now threatening her. August uses his royal status to force Kurt to leave. Shin invites everyone to his home to ask Merlin and Melida if he can alter Sizilien’s uniform to protect her against Kurt. Melida reveals this would make Sizilien’s uniform a National Treasure level item. Sizilien tries to refuse, proving to Melida she is honest and worthy of the protection. Diseum asks Shin to never reveal he can create National Treasure items or it could lead to inter-kingdom war, though he does ask for uniforms for August, Julius and Thor. Maria sensibly refuses one. Shin offers to take everyone home using his teleportation spell which was also supposed to stay secret. | |||
| 3 | "An Emergency Arises!" Transliteration: "Kinkyū jitai hassei!" (Japanese: 緊急事態発生！) | April 24, 2019 | |
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Shin starts escorting Sizilien to and from school. Shin decides not to join any clubs so August suggests he start his own, which the entire class insists on joining, so the Ultimate Magic Study Group is formed. Diseum’s council discuss the increase in demon sightings, so Diseum orders an investigation. Kurt’s father confronts Kurt about his behaviour. Kurt snaps and rants about the worthlessness of commoners and his hatred of Shin, so his father withdraws him from the academy. August wonders why Kurt changed so radically and Thor reveals Kurt’s behaviour changed after visiting Mr Schtrom, a blind teacher who was exiled from another kingdom. Schtrom visits Kurt and casts a spell on him. Shin accidentally reveals another secret when he tells his friends he killed a demon when he was 10. Shin suddenly senses a demon before Kurt appears and tries to kill them all, having transformed into a Demonoid. Shin forces everyone else to run while he faces Kurt, hoping he can destroy the demon magic while sparing Kurt, but when Kurt begins a spell that would destroy the entire Academy Shin is forced to kill him by severing his head. August warns him destroying a Demonoid will make him famous and his life very difficult for the foreseeable future. | |||
| 4 | "The Name of the Instigator" Transliteration: "Kuromaku no Na wa" (Japanese: 黒幕の名は) | May 1, 2019 | |
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Shin theorises Kurt was a victim of human experimentation. Diseum presents Shin a medal for destroying Kurt. Merlin is angered Diseum is involving Shin in politics, but accepts it is necessary. Shin’s fame means his tutors have to test students wanting to join his study group to keep membership manageable. Diseum explains to his council Shin’s theory Kurt was artificial. Two students manage to join Shin’s group, Mark son of a blacksmith and Olivia daughter of a restaurant owner. Shin asks Mark to upgrade his sword to better handle his enchantments. The Security Bureau investigates Schtrom who expresses remorse at Kurt’s death. The investigators invite him to help by studying Kurt’s corpse but once at the castle the investigators reveal Kurt’s name was never made public. Exposed, Schtrom destroys part of the castle. Shin engages him in a duel that destroys Schtrom’s mask, revealing he is not blind but has Demonoid eyes. Shin casts a heat ray spell so hot it turns the sand floor to glass, leaving Shin unsure if Schtrom disintegrated or escaped. Diseum’s council congratulates him on his victory, and though he tries to explain his heat ray spell, they have no idea what he is talking about. Schtrom is revealed to have escaped and survived. | |||
| 5 | "A Pioneering New Hero" Transliteration: "Hatenkōna Shineiyū" (Japanese: 破天荒な新英雄) | May 8, 2019 | |
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Melida is concerned Shin and Sizilien are not yet a couple. Shin shares his concern Schtrom is alive so August pays Mark’s father to design a new sword. The king of Blusfia learns from Zest, his spy, Earlshied is troubled by demons and plan to invade. Shin decides to buy Sizilien a ring, flustering her, until he reveals it is for another defence enchantment, angering his friends at his idiocy. Diseum presents Shin his medal in a public ceremony while also promising Shin will never be used in politics or war. Shin decides to help his friends “level up” but struggles since casting his spells requires understanding of science his friends don’t possess. Schtrom and his subordinate Miria are shown secretly manipulating Blusfia’s king. Shin’s friends are inspired when Merlin explains it is possible to learn Shin’s spells, showing he can now use Shin’s teleportation spell. Shin collects his new sword which features a detachable blade to make replacing it easier if it breaks. August wonders if the design can be used by the military to cut down costs, especially with war against Blusfia approaching. Despite Diseum’s promise Shin decides he will join the war if necessary to protect his family and friends. | |||
| 6 | "Outbreak of War and a Joint Training Exercise" Transliteration: "Kaisen to Gōdō Kunren" (Japanese: 開戦と合同訓練) | May 15, 2019 | |
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Earlshied defeats Blusfia’s army. Schtrom kills the king and destroys Blusfia, passing a message to Diseum’s council he destroyed Blusfia and turned a dozen of its strongest magicians into Demonoids under his control. Diseum declares academy students must train alongside students of the Knight Military Institute, upsetting everyone as Knight Students are notorious bullies. Shin forms a team with August, Sizilien, Maria and four Knights, Kreis, Miranda, Neun and Kent. Fed up of the Knight’s attitudes August orders Shin to let the Knights fight demons without them. Shin learns their team advisors are Siegfried and Christina. After finding a boar demon the Knights are swiftly defeated, forcing Shin to save them by severing the boars head. The Knights realise how much they still have to learn and how important support from a magician is. Sizilien heals their wounds, causing the three Knight boys to develop crushes on her, causing Shin, Maria and Miranda to become jealous. More demons attack so an annoyed Shin destroys them all with a massive explosion spell. Impressed, Miranda apologises for being jealous of Shin’s abilities, then apologises to Sizilien for insulting her boyfriend, causing massive embarrassment to both Shin and Sizilien who insists they are not dating yet. | |||
| 7 | "Let's Go to Camp!" Transliteration: "Gasshuku ni ikō!" (Japanese: 合宿に行こう！) | May 22, 2019 | |
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The Knights and magicians start learning to fight together but the other Magician/Knight teams fail to get along. Shin feels guilty after learning that, having taught some of his spells to his study club, they will be forced to form a special team after graduation, under command of August, and will be supervised by the kingdom for the rest of their lives. However, the entire club is pleased since they view it as recognition of their abilities and a guaranteed career. Days later August tells them most of Blusfia has been destroyed and even more Demonoid’s have been created from their population. Suspecting Schtrom is behind it Shin decides to put the club members through a training camp over summer break, with Sizilien offering use of a hot spring her family owns. Merlin and Melida insist on coming along as chaperones, not trusting boys and girls together without adult supervision. At the resort even Sizilien’s family servants tease her about her future relationship with Shin. Merlin is happy to find Shin has made such excellent male friends. Melida amuses herself making the girls jealous about each other’s breast sizes in the hot spring then declares she and Merlin are also going to train the club members to be as strong as possible. | |||
| 8 | "A Starlit Pledge" Transliteration: "Hoshizora no Chikai" (Japanese: 星空の誓い) | May 29, 2019 | |
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Shin succeeds in making his explosion spell even stronger, earning punishment from Melida for his recklessness. August and Shin visit August’s home and find August’s fiancé Elizabeth and little sister May who are both furious August didn’t invite them to meet Melida and now both insist on attending the training camp. Elizabeth admits she has an ulterior motive, to make sure Shin doesn’t steal August from her, since Shin is all August talks about. August warns Shin that unless he confesses to Sizilien soon she may end up with someone else. Later, when Sizilien blurts out a desire to have children with Shin, he realises August is right and confesses his love to Sizilien who confesses she loves him too and becomes his girlfriend, though their first kiss is ruined when they realise all their friends, Merlin, Melida and Sizilien’s servants were all spying on them. The next day Shin insists on training at the beach, using it as an excuse to play magicians volleyball. Late at night everyone reminisces about their childhoods, but when Melida bursts in to tell them to sleep they all hide. Shin accidentally leaps into Sizilien’s bed to hide, her cries alerting Melida everyone is still awake so she lectures them mercilessly. | |||
| 9 | "The Grandchild, the Magic Gear, and the Engagement Party" Transliteration: "Mago to Madō gu to Kon'yaku Hirō" (Japanese: 孫と魔道具と婚約披露) | June 5, 2019 | |
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Shin informs Sizilien’s parents, Cecil and Eileen, they are dating. Cecil is overjoyed but Eileen warns him Sizilien being a Viscounts daughter comes with expectations, so Shin agrees to become Sizilien’s fiancé. Merlin invites Elizabeth and May to Shin’s training. Elizabeth admits she can’t use magic but May shows potential. Schtrom’s demons attack merchant caravans, disrupting the countries food supplies. Shin invents a spell that allows him to fly but again no-one understands his explanation. Melida and Merlin explain to Sizilien’s parents Shin is not their biological grandson, but Cecil and Eileen reassure them they accept Shin for his character, not his bloodline. Shin creates even more National Treasure clothing to protect the club members on their next demon hunt. As May feels left out he creates a magical device to let her talk to them on the hunt, infuriating Melida that he has created yet another society altering device. Shin lets the club members do the fighting, proving they are now strong enough to kill demons without him. Shin and Sizilien attend a party to announce their engagement. Despite having gone through the formal process of engagement Shin waits until after the party to privately ask Sizilien to marry him with an engagement ring. | |||
| 10 | "The Fall of the Empire" Transliteration: "Metsubō Suru Teikoku" (Japanese: 滅亡する帝国) | June 12, 2019 | |
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Schtrom completes his destruction of the Empire by demonising commoners who kill the nobility. With the Empire destroyed Schtrom claims he has achieved his goal and no longer needs an army, so he sets the Demonoids free. Miria questions his hatred of the Empire so Schtrom explains that he was a Lord of the Empire, but he disagreed with the Empire keeping slaves and made life for commoners as prosperous as possible. The other Lords hated him as most of their workforce moved to live on Schtrom’s lands, reducing their tax profits, so King Herald framed Schtrom for kidnapping commoners living on his land to sell as slaves. The furious commoners set fire to Schtrom’s home, killing his wife Aria and their unborn son. Fuelled by grief Schtrom demonised himself and swore to destroy the Blusfia Empire. Now having achieved his goal Schtrom becomes aimless. Zest sends his subordinate Lawrence to convince the Demonoids to attack Sweed Kingdom neighbouring Earlshied, hoping to draw Shin into a battle and provide Schtrom the new goal of destroying Shin. At a ceremony naming August as Diseum’s official heir, news reaches them of the attack on Sweed. Shin announces he is renaming his club the Ultimate Magicians before they fly to Sweed. | |||
| 11 | "The Mightiest Corps of Magicians Ever" Transliteration: "Shijō Saikyō no Mahōshi Shūdan" (Japanese: 史上最強の魔法師集団) | June 19, 2019 | |
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Shin and the Ultimate Magicians make it to Sweed in minutes instead of several days and begin slaughtering the shocked Demonoids while August gives a speech rallying Sweed’s citizens and soldiers. During the battle the Magicians make several discoveries, that all the Demonoids are commoners of the destroyed Blusfia Empire, have somehow retained their sanity and all possess a hatred for the nobility. Sizilien busies herself healing the injured. Lawrence observes Shin in secret and is astounded by his magical abilities, coming to believe he might not have any weaknesses Schtrom can exploit. August and Maria face the Demonoids leader, Fabro, and eventually defeat him despite him using defensive magic items stolen from Sweed soldiers. With over a hundred Demonoids dead Lawrence is shocked not only at Shin’s power, but also at the power of the Ultimate Magicians. Nearby, Zest wonders if he should reconsider manipulating Schtrom into fighting Shin, unsure if Schtrom would survive. Needing to save Lawrence and as many Demonoids as possible Zest asks Miria to intervene. Schtrom, who knew all along about Zest’s plan, decides he might as well go along with it. | |||
| 12 | "And So, Off into the World..." Transliteration: "Soshite, Sekai e..." (Japanese: そして、世界へ...) | June 26, 2019 | |
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With Miria as a distraction Lawrence and the Demonoids retreat. Sizilien fails to heal a man’s injuries but Shin invents a multi-step healing spell, saving the man’s life and leaving August wondering how powerful Shin is going to become. August requests Sweed form an alliance with Earlshied should either kingdom be attacked. August and Shin decide to travel to as many kingdoms as possible to form alliances and make it possible for Shin to teleport to any kingdom being attacked. Diseum is proud August intends to seek alliances with other kingdoms. Merlin and Melida tell Shin to keep August safe on his journey. Elizabeth and May insist on going too, as does every Ultimate Magician. Schtrom is irritated his subordinates lost to Shin but requests Miria keep him informed if their plan to conceive a baby together has been successful. Zest is unsure if he should be glad or afraid Schtrom has decided to make defeating Shin his new purpose. Shin and the Magicians set off for the next kingdom. Merlin and Melida realise they can fully relax for once, only for the Magicians to teleport back, revealing they intend to teleport back every night to save money on renting rooms for fourteen people. | |||
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