Series
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga)
2020 - 2026
If there aren't any books, I'll just have to make some!
Book 1 - Part 1
A certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Myne, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a poor soldier. To make things worse, the...
If there aren't any books, I'll just have to make some!
Book 1 - Part 2
Myne has finally started to adjust to her new life... but once a bookworm, always a bookworm. As winter sets in, there are historical methodologies to try: papyrus, clay tablets... anything that can hold letters and words. Even if it means getting...
If there aren't any books, I'll just have to make some!
Book 1 - Part 3
Myne throws everything she has at paper-making while helping at the gate and preparing for Tuuli's baptism. She tries weaving faux-papyrus from fibers during winter and forming clay tablets during the spring, but both fail. Still, her love for books...
If there aren't any books, I'll just have to make some!
Book 1 - Part 4
Aspiring apprentice merchants Myne and Lutz have signed a contract with Benno, who has promised to sell their plant-based prototype. With his assistance, they finally have the materials and tools to start making their first batch of washi paper! And...
If there aren't any books, I'll just have to make some!
Book 1 - Part 5
Myne tells Lutz the truth about herself. He gets mad and confused, but in the end accepts Myne, with whom he has spent the past year making paper and such with. They successfully complete the paper and get accepted by Benno.
They go to the...
Book 1 - Part 6
Myne advances further into book-making so that she can have books to read. Her disease is known as “the Devouring,” and upon learning that it requires an exorbitant amount of money to cure, she resolves to stay alive by selling her knowledge from her...
If there aren't any books, I'll just have to make some!
Book 1 - Part 7
Myne narrowly escapes death thanks to a magic tool, but is told that she only has one year left to live at most. She decides to spend her remaining time with her family, concluding that she would rather die with them than sign her life away to a...
I'll even join the temple to read books!
Book 2 - Part 1
Myne successfully negotiates with the temple and starts working as an apprentice blue shrine maiden. This new job also ensures she will receive the same treatment as a noble. The wait is over—she can finally read in the book room!
Unfortunately,...
I'll even join the temple to read books!
Book 2 - Part 2
As time goes on, Myne slowly gets more and more used to life in the temple. She learns to speak like a noble and is allowed to live in the orphanage director’s chambers. She even successfully breaks the ice with Fran!
Gil, her once troublesome...
I'll even join the temple to read books!
Book 2 - Part 3
Myne is starting to grow more comfortable with temple life. Things are finally going well—that is, until she learns the truth about the orphanage. The children there are starving and emaciated, living in conditions that shake the apprentice blue...
I'll even join the temple to read books!
Book 2 - Part 4
Now acting as the orphanage director, Myne starts on her mission to save the temple's orphans—an endeavor that earns her a great deal of respect from the children whose lives she works to improve. She cleans up the orphanage, teaches the orphans to...
I'll even join the temple to read books!
Book 2 - Part 5
Lutz's parents refuse to accept him becoming a merchant and he runs away from home after they argue. News of the dispute quickly reaches the Gilberta Company, and only when Myne and the High Priest arrange a mediation between the involved parties do...
I'll even join the temple to read books!
Book 2 - Part 6
Myne shows the High Priest her rewritten bible to secure his approval. Unfortunately, it only casts doubt on who she claims to be. The High Priest demands answers: how can a girl who struggles to author a simple letter produce something so...
I'll even join the temple to read books!
Book 2 - Part 7
Myne resolved to make her own books two years ago, and now she's finally finished her first one! Lutz and Tuuli join the ecstatic bookworm's celebrations, but their time together is cut short by winter's arrival. Myne needs to endure the bitter...
I'll even join the temple to read books!
Book 2 - Part 8
As the High Priest battles a trombe alongside the Knight’s Order, Myne glimpses the terrors of noble society. She completes the Healing Ritual and demonstrates her worth as an apprentice blue shrine maiden, but even then, there are those who remain...
I'll even join the temple to read books!
Book 2 - Part 9
Myne reunites with her mother in the world of dreams, bringing a tear to the eye of even the High Priest. He deems Myne free of any malice, but other threats lurk in the shadows.
The head of the Ink Guild expresses a sudden, concerning interest in...
Let's spread books through the duchy!
Book 3 - Part 1
Myne is determined to protect those she cares about most, so she abandons the life she knows to become Rozemyne, the archduke's mana-rich adopted daughter. She charges forward into this strange new world, not letting her new persona change her...
Let's spread books through the duchy!
Book 3 - Part 2
Rozemyne’s reunion with her family is only too brief—no sooner has she completed the lower city’s Starbind Ceremony than she is whisked away to the archduke’s castle to perform another.
Next, she must attend a meeting at the Italian restaurant,...
Let's spread books through the duchy!
Book 3 - Part 3
Ferdinand’s harspiel concert is just around the corner! Rozemyne can barely keep track of everything she needs to get done before then, like readying programs and songs and working on a last-minute expansion...
Meanwhile, a slight misunderstanding...
Let's spread books through the duchy!
Book 3 - Part 4
Excitement fills the Noble’s Quarter as a long-awaited concert finally begins. Eager customers await Rozemyne’s printed products, but with Sylvester snooping around, something is bound to go wrong. Rozemyne has a plan, but it seems it may not be as...
I want to save the Royal Academy's Library!
Book 4 - Part 1
Rozemyne awakens from her two-year slumber to find that everything and everyone has changed, which is just as terrifying as it sounds. She’s immediately thrust toward the Royal Academy—a requirement for becoming a noble. There, she’ll meet so many...
I want to save the Royal Academy's Library!
Book 4 - Part 2
Even though she’s a student now, there are still more obstacles standing between Rozemyne and the library she can’t wait to visit. To gain access to its treasure trove of tomes, she must not only finish her own classes but also ensure that all the...
I want to save the Royal Academy's Library!
Book 4 - Part 3
Ehrenfest’s new students begin their harsh endeavor to pass each of their written lessons on the very first day. Rozemyne oversees their feverish efforts to achieve the improbable, but keeping morale high is the least of her concerns. She now has...
I want to save the Royal Academy's Library!
Book 4 - Part 4
Her registration complete and two large shumils now under her command, Rozemyne finally gets a taste of the library of her dreams. But before she can lose herself in its countless books, she must first pass the rest of her practical classes. Chief...