“Kelvin trades memories for power, chooses goddess Melfina as companion, must level up to summon her physical form.”
Black Summoner
黒の召喚士
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Synopsis
Kelvin trades memories for power, chooses goddess Melfina as companion, must level up to summon her physical form.
To prepare for reincarnation in another world, Kelvin gives up select memories from his previous life in exchange for powerful abilities, additional skill points, and an S-class summoner title. As a bonus, the goddess facilitating his rebirth, Melfina, offers him a choice of any companion to give him a head start in his summoner role. Kelvin—who has fallen head over heels for Melfina at first sight—promptly chooses the deity, confident that his passionate feelings for her will resurface even without all of his memories. Kelvin embarks on his exciting new journey with Melfina as his guide. However, in order to summon his beloved goddess' physical form, he needs to acquire significant amounts of mana points—and the best way to accomplish this is to level up by fighting strong enemies and making contracts with even stronger companions.
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Community consensus
Derived from 52 sampled reviews
What 52 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.02 · split reception
4.0 pts
Recommenders 7.8 · others 3.8
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Jul 2022 → Nov 2025
- 7 “The MC's personality stands out as refreshingly different from typical isekai protagonists, making this simple harem anime enjoyable as light popcorn entertainment. However, the battle scenes...”
- 7 “The show delivers exciting overpowered main character moments and serves as perfect chill-out entertainment with constant enemy escalation. However, it suffers from poor emotional character...”
- 8 “The anime is at least a fun watch, especially for those who have read the manga and already know the backstory. Unfortunately, it begins halfway through the story, skipping all the...”
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2022 – Sep 2022 Summer 2022
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-21675 catalog
Produced by
- flying DOG Producer
- Bushiroad Producer
- Docomo Anime Store Producer
- bilibili Producer
- Overlap Producer
- Bushiroad Move Producer
- Bushiroad Creative Producer
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- Crunchyroll Licensor