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"First published in Japan in 2018 by TO Books, Tokyo."--Colophon.
About the author
Miya Kazuki is a Japanese author best known for the series Ascendance of a Bookworm.Suzuka is the manga adaptation artist for Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 1.
Summary
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 noble. Meanwhile, Lutz fights back against his parents, steeling his resolve to become a merchant no matter what. Together, they plan to continue making paper up until their baptism ceremony, but are soon called over by Freida to talk about the Devouring. This is a biblio-fantasy by bookworms, for bookworms! Part 1 concludes with this volume.
Foreword
Traditional and digital media: eARCs are available to genre websites and influencer circles in the anime and manga-spheres.
Promotion via media tie-ins: J-Novel Club also publishes the original Ascendance of a Bookworm light novel. Two anime series have aired with English-language streaming in Q4 2019 and Q2 2020. and a third series likely.
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