Season 1 poster

Season 1

(2019)

Cast

Yuka Iguchi as Main (voice)
Yuka Iguchi

as Main (voice)

Show Hayami as Ferdinand (voice)
Show Hayami

as Ferdinand (voice)

Mutsumi Tamura as Lutz (voice)
Mutsumi Tamura

as Lutz (voice)

Takehito Koyasu as Benno (voice)
Takehito Koyasu

as Benno (voice)

Megumi Nakajima as Tuuli (voice)
Megumi Nakajima

as Tuuli (voice)

Tsuyoshi Koyama as Gunther (voice)
Tsuyoshi Koyama

as Gunther (voice)

Fumiko Orikasa as Effa (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa

as Effa (voice)

Satoshi Hino as Otto (voice)
Satoshi Hino

as Otto (voice)

Tomoaki Maeno as Mark (voice)
Tomoaki Maeno

as Mark (voice)

Aya Uchida as Frida (voice)
Aya Uchida

as Frida (voice)

Hiroshi Naka as Gustav (voice)
Hiroshi Naka

as Gustav (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue as Sylvester (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue

as Sylvester (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Karstedt (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa

as Karstedt (voice)

Yuuichirou Umehara as Damuel (voice)
Yuuichirou Umehara

as Damuel (voice)

Yuko Sanpei as Gil (voice)
Yuko Sanpei

as Gil (voice)

Sho Karino as Fran (voice)
Sho Karino

as Fran (voice)

Chiyo Tomaru as Delia (voice)
Chiyo Tomaru

as Delia (voice)

Minori Suzuki as Rosina (voice)
Minori Suzuki

as Rosina (voice)

Kiyono Yasuno as Wilma (voice)
Kiyono Yasuno

as Wilma (voice)

Haruki Ishiya as Shikikoza (voice)
Haruki Ishiya

as Shikikoza (voice)

Rika Kinugawa as Corinna (voice)
Rika Kinugawa

as Corinna (voice)

Episodes

A World Without Books poster

A World Without Books 7.4

October 3, 2019

Motosu Urano, a college student and a bookworm of the highest order, loses her life in an avalanche of books and wakes …

Life Improvements and Slates poster

Life Improvements and Slates 7.5

October 10, 2019

Having learned how expensive books are in this world, Main resolves to make books of her own. However, she soon finds o…

The Events of Winter poster

The Events of Winter 7.8

October 17, 2019

While everyone is snowed in by the harsh winter, Main has a plan: a plan to craft pseudo-papyrus as the first step towa…

Forests and Clay Tablets poster

Forests and Clay Tablets 8.0

October 24, 2019

Spring has arrived, and Main is raring to go make clay tablets in the forest. But first, she must convince her family t…

Baptisms and Strange Fevers poster

Baptisms and Strange Fevers 7.7

October 31, 2019

The season has shifted to summer, and the day of Turi's baptism has arrived. Turi attracts attention with a hair orname…

Meeting poster

Meeting 8.3

November 7, 2019

Lutz and Main prepare for the meeting with Otto. But Otto brings someone with him, turning a casual meeting into an int…

Seeds of Suspicion poster

Seeds of Suspicion 8.0

November 14, 2019

With the paper-making process about to begin, Main can't hide her excitement as she and Lutz go to meet Benno as per hi…

Lutz's Main poster

Lutz's Main 8.7

November 21, 2019

As Main and Lutz begin making their paper for real, Main's excitement gets the better of her, and Lutz's suspicions com…

The Guild Master's Granddaughter poster

The Guild Master's Granddaughter 7.7

November 28, 2019

Benno looks to have Main and Lutz registered with the Merchant Guild, but the guild master proves to be an obstacle. Th…

To the Second Winter poster

To the Second Winter 8.3

December 5, 2019

Main learns from Frieda that the illness she has is called the Devouring, and that it will flare up if she ever feels a…

Life-or-Death Choices and Family Meetings poster

Life-or-Death Choices and Family Meetings 9.0

December 12, 2019

With Main collapses, everyone she knows comes together in a bid to save her life. But soon, she is faced with a life-or…

Baptism and Divine Paradises poster

Baptism and Divine Paradises 8.3

December 19, 2019

The day of Main and Lutz's baptism has arrived. Wearing a fancy dress and a new hair ornament, Main appears a clear sta…

The Choice To Be an Apprentice Priestess poster

The Choice To Be an Apprentice Priestess 8.3

December 26, 2019

When Main brings up wanting to become an apprentice priestess to her family, she learns the truth about the role and wh…

Conclusions poster

Conclusions 8.7

December 26, 2019

Main, Gunther, and Eva head to the cathedral for their fateful meeting, knowing that Main's life is riding on a success…

Apprentice Priestess poster

Apprentice Priestess 7.7

April 5, 2020

Main is now an apprentice priestess at the cathedral. How will she adapt to a new life in new surroundings, and how wil…

Blue Robes and Uncommon Sense poster

Blue Robes and Uncommon Sense 7.7

April 12, 2020

The stark contrast of the values at the church compared to life downtown continues to bewilder Main, as she butts heads…

Needs poster

Needs 8.0

April 19, 2020

With Fran now fully on her team, Main must then get to work on winning Gil and Delia over.

Orphanage Reforms poster

Orphanage Reforms 7.7

April 26, 2020

Main is taken to the orphanage and collapses in shock when she sees the state it and its inhabitants are in. She wants …

Cleanups and Star Festivals poster

Cleanups and Star Festivals 7.7

May 3, 2020

As newly appointed orphanage director, Main's first task is to lead a major cleanup of the orphanage and its inhabitant…

The Path Ahead of Lutz poster

The Path Ahead of Lutz 8.0

May 10, 2020

The friction in Lutz's family caused by his choice of profession comes to a head, and he runs away from home to get awa…

New Retainers poster

New Retainers 7.3

May 17, 2020

When Main hears that Eva is pregnant, she decides to make a picture book for the baby and looks to recruit Wilma to be …

Wilma and Holy Scriptures for Kids poster

Wilma and Holy Scriptures for Kids 7.7

May 24, 2020

With the picture-book production in full sway, Main must navigate several hurdles regarding the process and, more press…

Harvest Festivals and Staying Home poster

Harvest Festivals and Staying Home 8.0

May 31, 2020

The Harvest Festival is here, and Main finds the library ransacked. She is outraged at first, but this may be a welcome…

Knight Orders and Requests poster

Knight Orders and Requests 7.7

June 7, 2020

Main has to break the news to her family that she has to stay in the cathedral over winter. Meanwhile, the request from…

Trombe and Battles poster

Trombe and Battles 8.3

June 14, 2020

Main and the head priest set out to join the knights on a mission to take down a rampage trombe. With this being her fi…

Dreamlike World poster

Dreamlike World 8.5

June 21, 2020

Tasked with healing the land ravaged by the trombe, Main has to put on a show. How that will affect the way the onlooke…

The Beginning of Winter poster

The Beginning of Winter 8.5

April 12, 2022

Autumn has come to a close. Main starts selling the scripture picture books, gets asked by the apprentice blacksmith Jo…

The Story About Winter Stays and the Future poster

The Story About Winter Stays and the Future 7.0

April 19, 2022

Main ends up having to start her winter stay at the cathedral. However, she instantly becomes homesick. Also, in a meet…

The Dedication Ceremony and Spring Arrives poster

The Dedication Ceremony and Spring Arrives 8.0

April 26, 2022

The knight Damuel has become Main's bodyguard. Now that she's able to go places, Main is excited about going to the lib…

Spring Prayer poster

Spring Prayer 7.5

May 3, 2022

Main and the others get ready to head off to the Spring Prayer, when they meet a blue-robed priest named Sylvester. Mai…

Gift From the Blue-Robed Priest and Going Home poster

Gift From the Blue-Robed Priest and Going Home 7.5

May 10, 2022

With the Spring Prayer finished, Main and the others returned to the cathedral. Sylvester appoints Main as his guide to…

The Abandoned Child of the Cathedral and Making Colors poster

The Abandoned Child of the Cathedral and Making Colors 7.0

May 17, 2022

Main is finally able to go home. Her little brother Kamil is born and she becomes even more determined to create books.…

Delia and Dirk poster

Delia and Dirk 7.5

May 24, 2022

Dirk suddenly develops a high fever. Delia, who adored Dirk, and started to see him as her own family, was worried sick…

Ominous Developments poster

Ominous Developments 6.5

May 31, 2022

On the way home from Heidi's workshop, they hear the emergency bells sound through the city as well as see a red emerge…

The Black Protective Charm poster

The Black Protective Charm 7.5

June 7, 2022

Because of the lack of caution exercised by one of the gate guards, the carriage with the noble from another domain has…

Blessing poster

Blessing 9.0

June 14, 2022

To protect her family, Main agrees to be adopted by Sylvester. It is he who enters the cathedral with Sir Karstedt just…