“Book-loving girl reincarnates in medieval world, vows to create books when none exist.”
Ascendance of a Bookworm
本好きの下剋上 ~司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません~
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Synopsis
Book-loving girl reincarnates in medieval world, vows to create books when none exist.
Urano Motosu loves books and has an endless desire to read literature, no matter the subject. She almost fulfills her dream job of becoming a librarian before her life is ended in an accident. As she draws her last breath, she wishes to be able to read more books in her next life. As if fate was listening to her prayer, she wakes up reincarnated as Myne—a frail five-year-old girl living in a medieval era. What immediately comes to her mind is her passion. She tries to find something to read, only to become frustrated by the lack of books at her disposal. Without the printing press, books have to be written and copied by hand, making them very expensive; as such, only a few nobles can afford them—but this won't stop Myne. She will prove that her will to read is unbreakable, and if there are no books around, she will make them herself!
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 83 sampled reviews
What 83 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.20 · split reception
5.2 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 3.5
↓ 1.52
Running avg · Dec 2019 → Aug 2025
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- Format 14 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 22m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2019 – Dec 2019 Fall 2019
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-15175 catalog
Produced by
- WOWOW Producer
- Genco Producer
- MediaNet Producer
- KlockWorx Producer
- flying DOG Producer
- BS Fuji Producer
- Yomiuri TV Enterprise Producer
- ABC Animation Producer
- Happinet Producer
- Tokyo Animator Gakuin Producer
- TO Books Producer
- JTB Next Creation Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor
- Crunchyroll Licensor