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“Slum orphan Ars becomes a magic assassin, ordered to infiltrate Magic Academy by his mentor Genos.”
The Irregular of the Royal Academy of Magic
王立魔法学園の最下生～貧困街〈スラム〉上がりの最強魔法師、貴族だらけの学園で無双する～
6.29
20,109 rank · 13,254 readers · 48 favorites
Seinen
School
Action
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Synopsis
Slum orphan Ars becomes a magic assassin, ordered to infiltrate Magic Academy by his mentor Genos.
"Magic." A sacred mystery usable only by those chosen. One day, a child from the slums named Ars finds he has the power to use magic. A sorcerer by the name of Genos Wilzard learns of his talent and raises him, turning him into the greatest of assassins. One day, Genos gives him an order: To enroll at the Magic Academy...!? (Source: Shueisha, translated)
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Derived from 5 sampled reviews
4.4
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
0%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 1
σ 2.15
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.15 · split reception
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.60
Running avg · Mar 2021 → Feb 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “I love OP main charcters. I personally have two favorite OP characters. Anos and Tatsuya. These two imo are OP characters done right but I don't know how to feel about this one. The story isn't bad...”
- 1 “I have to say, I love op mc power fantasy stories, even if they are kinda generic. When I first saw this, I thought it would be maybe a 5/10 cuz the art looked fine and the story seemed fine. But...”
- 3 “I only have complaints about this story. The female leads are uninteresting and the MC's relationship with them feels so forced, since their entire relationship so far is a contract teacher-student...”
Verbosity
Short · 20%
Medium · 60%
Long · 20%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 167 × 17 ch × vol
- Total read 22h 16m approx
- Published Jan 2021 – Feb 2025
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M56439 catalog