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“Defensive-magic prodigy Eugene, mocked as useless, ends up caretaker of beautiful ex-Demon King Erinyes at magic academy.”
Zero Damage Sword Saint
攻撃力ゼロから始める剣聖譚
6.35
19,856 rank · 1,685 readers · 1 favorites
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Adventure
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Defensive-magic prodigy Eugene, mocked as useless, ends up caretaker of beautiful ex-Demon King Erinyes at magic academy.
Although Eugene was blessed with an extraordinary talent for defensive magic, he had no talent for offensive magic. He is ridiculed as incompetent by those around him and enrolls in a magic academy to escape. However, his "useless" defensive magic came in handy there, and as expected, he was assigned to take care of the beautiful Demon King Erinyes, who once ruled the world...!? (Source: Overlap, translated)
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median 5.5
mode 5
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 5 “Okay so I am not familliar with the types of works where the MC is not a Regressor or Isekai, hes born from the magical world only the fire girl is possibly an Isekai trope though it looks more...”
- 6 “6.8/10 Gonna keep this review short since I spent way too long scrolling YouTube shorts that I forgot to review this on a school night. This manga is just.. okay? It aspires to be somewhat original...”
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A Manga Publication
- Published Mar 2024 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M76082 catalog