Reign of the Seven Spellblades, Vol. 1 (manga) (Reign of the Seven Spellblades (Manga))

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In the novel (and manga), Luther Garland and Richard Andrews didn't appear until the first day of class after orientation. The anime adaptation gives them both Early Bird Cameos in the pilot episode (Garland briefly introduces Headmistress Esmeralda during orientation, while Andrews appears in a couple of scenes but has no lines), which rolls credits early in the morning before class (the first scene of the novel's second chapter).

Curly blond hair is a Hereditary Hairstyle of the McFarlane family: Theodore McFarlane and his daughters Michela McFarlane and Stacy Cornwallis all have it. Chela jokes at the entrance ceremony dinner that it's considered polite to faint at the beauty of it. Downplayed between Cyrus Rivermoore and Ophelia Salvadori. They've fought many bloody battles in the labyrinth and he's prone to Slut-Shaming her, but it's implied that he just does it to provoke her to fight him. If you look more closely, the series actually implies they're more competitors than enemies: they're shown critiquing each other's newest creations during the fight that that the Sword Roses witness in volume 1, and Cyrus mentions he plans to give condolences to her family after she's consumed by the spell in volume 3. Doesn't make their fights any less dangerous to be around. a b c d e f "Reign of the Seven Spellblades Anime Reveals 6 New Cast Members". Anime News Network. April 27, 2023 . Retrieved April 27, 2023. Set Swords to "Stun": Students are able to cast anti-lethality enchantments on their weapons which make them unable to deal lethal damage. Naturally, these enchantments are required for training duels between students. Unfortunately, it's possible to break these enchantments, as happened in Oliver's duel with Nanao. The instructor immediately called a halt to the match. Oliver was understandably deeply horrified to learn the enchantments had been broken and he and Nanao nearly killed each other.Content Warnings: Yen Press's manga translation is justifiably marked "L N V", meaning content warnings for language, nudity, and violence. Mage Born of Muggles: Pete and Nanao were both born into non-magic families, which in The Magocracy means a significant bump in socioeconomic status (at least for Pete; for Nanao, it just beats being plain dead). It's unclear if there is any specific mechanism that causes this, but it is known that you have to be born a mage: according to the protagonists, no spell exists that can turn Muggles into one. Michela McFarlane: Oliver and Michela are close friends who often act as the more mature members of the sword roses to ensure everyone is ok and behaving well, both of them act like coaches to help their fellow friends with improving their skills be it with magic or sword arts. Oliver and Michela sometimes get into debates about which swordsman style is more effective, though its just a friendly debate and nothing more. Myth Arc: The long-term throughline of the series is Oliver's quest for revenge against his mother's murderers. However, the meat of most books is focused much more on the relationships between the characters and intramural conflicts between various students.

During the first sword arts lesson, Richard Andrews volunteers to cross swords with Nanao, but Oliver jumps in instead, saying that he met her first and they even fought the troll together. Richard gets very angry at this, and Oliver realizes Richard was one of the students who ran for it while he and the other Sword Roses were holding the troll off, and that he's made an enemy of Richard by accidentally calling attention to it. As they spend more time together, Oliver and Nanao's friendship deepens. Their connection is further strengthened when they engage in their first duel. Nanao, captivated by Oliver's proficiency honed through training, experience, and emotions, finds herself drawn to him. The duel allows her to witness firsthand the essence of Oliver's unique style, causing her heart to flutter with excitement. The light novel series ranked first in 2020 in Takarajimasha's annual light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, in the bunkobon category. [47] [54] See also [ edit ] On the way to the opening ceremony at Kimberly Magic Academy, Oliver Horn passes by the mysterious samurai girl Nanao Hibiya, while becoming friends with fellow students Guy Greenwood and Katie Aalto. Outside the school, a student casts a spell that forces Katie to run towards a giant troll that has gone berserk, but she is saved by Nanao. At the ceremony, academy headmistress Esmeralda delivers a speech warning students that 20% of students do not survive to graduation, but are "consumed by the spell". The students attend a mixer afterwards where Oliver, Nanao, Guy, Katie, Michela McFarlane, and Pete Reston introduce each other and become friends. Nanao explains that she was saved from a certain death by one of Michaela's relatives and was recruited to enroll at Kimberly. At night, Oliver walks out of the dorm to investigate the school and meets up with Teresa Carste, who provides him with intel. At daybreak, Oliver meets a mysterious girl named Teresa Carste, sent by his siblings to watch over him. He then sees Nanao bathing her scar-covered body at the fountain nearby the boys dormitory, which Nanao claims is a purification ritual to cleanse herself for all the enemies she killed in war and is told that what she is doing is unacceptable.Flamma: A basic combat that creates and launches a fireball. The potency of fire depends upon the amount of mana used in the spell. Magic capabilities: Oliver has great knowledge about different spells. He has a good amount of magic capacity and is also adapt at using spatial magic. Having cut Chloe Halford's death scene from the first episode's opening, the anime adds in several scenes of Oliver meeting with a mysterious figure named Teresa Carste to clue in viewers that there's more to the story than is immediately apparent.

Mages' powers are also reliant on elemental affinities and on their "etheric body", which appears to be an extension of their souls. An injury to the etheric body can dramatically weaken a mage even if there's no sign of physical injury. In the novel and manga, Professor Garland explained the concept of a Spellblade on the first day of class. The anime moves this to the second day. Power Trio: Discussed in volume 9 by the Tournament Arc match commentators, who note how similar the finalist teams are in structure: they each have a leader/planner figure (respectively Oliver Horn and Richard Andrews), a strong physical fighter (Nanao Hibiya, Joseph Albright), and an unorthodox disruptor (Yuri Leik, Tullio Rossi). Superpowerful Genetics: While we don't know exactly what mechanism leads to the ability to use magic, it is known that magic can either be inherited or appear spontaneously in non-magic families, but either way it's something you have to be born with. Mages are even known to use selective breeding to try to produce more powerful mage children.A manga adaptation, illustrated by Sakae Esuno, was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine from May 25, 2019, [31] to November 25, 2023. [32] As of June 2023, seven tankōbon volumes have been released. [33] The manga series is also licensed in North America by Yen Press. [34] Volumes [ edit ] No. Kimberly is built atop of an ancient labyrinth that has a tendency to encroach upon the school buildings after nightfall: Oliver, Pete, and Michela return to a classroom to retrieve a forgotten textbook only to discover when they try to leave that the door now opens into the upper levels of the labyrinth. And for series protagonist Oliver Horn, talented mainly at adapting and modifying others' techniques, those bonds—especially with Nanao Hibiya, a samurai of the far east for whom magic is more instinct than thought—are as much complication as boon, for he came to Kimberly carrying secrets darker than the labyrinth that lies below it. The Fourth Spellblade, "Angustavia, the thread that crosses the abyss", which explores possible futures to find one where the wielder succeeds in striking down their opponent. Previously learned by Chloe Halford, her son Oliver is able to use it in extremis by drawing on his mother's Ghost Memory from her soul contained within him. He uses it in a one-cut duel with Darius Grenville, and as a Finishing Move against Enrico Forghieri.

Supernaturally-Validated Trans Person: In volume 2, Pete Reston turns out to have a magical trait called Reversi that causes him to switch his biological sex overnight. He still identifies as male for the moment, but alludes to having experienced possible dysphoric episodes. The Kimberly Wizarding School turns out to have a student club for mages with gender- and sex-linked magic, which non-binary upperclassman Carlos Whitrow invites Pete to join. Self-parodied in one of the anime omakes, where Katie walks in on Oliver and Chela arguing again and thinks they've restarted the sword arts argument from earlier. Nope, this time they're debating the relative merits of various breakfast breads.

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Ophelia Salvadori has a Grand Aria go wrong near the end of volume 2, causing her chimeras and Perfume to go out of control and driving her Ax-Crazy.