Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen

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Japanese: 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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Type: Light Novel

Volumes: 33

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Finished

Published: Jan 25, 2015 to Dec 9, 2023

Genre: Fantasy

Themes: Isekai, Reincarnation

Serialization: None

Authors: Shiina, You (Art), Kazuki, Miya (Story)

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Urano Motosu's lifelong dream to become a librarian comes true. Luck is not on her side, however, as a plethora of books falls on her during an earthquake. On the verge of death, she begs God to be reborn surrounded by nothing but books.

Her wish is fulfilled, albeit not how she expected: Urano is reincarnated as Myne—a sickly five-year-old child with an ardent desire to read—in another world where the upper class controls knowledge, and only the privileged have access to written works. As a commoner, Myne is distraught that she will never be able to find what she is yearning for.

To obtain books, Myne decides she should make them herself. Currently, she is but a kid thrust into an unknown place—but nothing will not stop Myne from achieving her goal.

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Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen began as a web novel on Shousetsuka ni Narou on September 23, 2013. TO Books has released a revised and illustrated version of the series since January 25, 2015 under its TO Books Ranobe label. On Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!'s ranking in the best book category, the series placed fifth in 2017; first in 2018 and 2019; second in 2020 and 2021; and third in 2022.

The series has been published digitally in English as Ascendance of a Bookworm: I'll do Anything to Become a Librarian! by J-Novel Club since May 20, 2019, and in print since September 3, 2019.

The light novel has been adapted into drama CDs by TO Books since September 9, 2017.

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Alternative version:	Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Dai 1-bu - Hon ga Nai nara Tsukureba Ii!, Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Dai 2-bu - Hon no Tame nara Miko ni Naru!, Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Dai 3-bu - Ryouchi ni Hon wo Hirogeyou!, Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Dai 4-bu - Kizokuin no Toshokan wo Sukuitai!
Other:	Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen - Koushiki Comic Anthology
Adaptation:	Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen, Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen OVA, Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen 2nd Season, Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen 3rd Season, Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen - Ryoushu no Youjo
Side story:	Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen - Tanpenshuu, Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen - Kizokuin Gaiden

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Sep 28, 2023

Pokyqu

Recommended

Preliminary (677/? eps)

**This review is only based on the web novel not the light novel**
**contains some spoilers**

Welcome to another episode of manga reviews, I am your host Pokyqu!

I very much enjoyed ascendance of a bookworm. By far the best thing about this novel is the world building and the chapters with character perspectives other than the mc!

Structure

Part 1 was wholesome, a bit of a slow read at times but satisfying exploring the mc relationship with her family as a commoner in the medieval like world she was reincarnated into with a little bit of an educational kind of thing going on dr stone type vibes. Part ... 2 introduced a set of new characters in the setting of a temple. Parts 3-5 focused on the life as a noble and the house of lords (magic school) and politics of the world. I like the way it is structured, the plot developing with each part but some parts are better than others. imo part 2 + 3 were the most fun as it contained world building but still included new characters and some of the older characters.

Characters

Ascendance of the bookworm had a very pleasant cast of characters from her time as a commoner till the end as a noble. Most were quite interesting and likable especially when given the treat of a chapter with another characters perspective. An issue that I believe that the novel had was that in the later parts mostly parts 4 + 5 there were too many characters being introduced in quick succession. Most of the names of the characters are "noble names" which are intentionally long and hard to pronounce/remember not to mention the "Gods" in the story so it took me quite some time to distinguish the large cast of characters which weren't eased in to the story like characters from the earlier parts. Another concern I have is a lack of focus or priority for certain characters most notably the antagonists. Georgine who was set up to be a major villain mastermind type since part 3 who was defeated off screen, Gervasio a major villain who seemingly out of nowhere showed up in late part 5 and was displayed as a significant antagonist in terms of power and influence was also beaten chapters after his introduction off screen, same thing with the prince of Island and Detlinde very disappointing antagonists even tho most of them had a lot going on with them in the narrative. Other characters just got too much or too little focus that didn't make sense. For example Kartlsted/Elvira and their family, Florenzia and the fuedal lord family not being involved more in part 3. As well as characters like Hildebrand who had a great amount of screen time but only was really a plot device like Letzia but with double the appearances. I would have liked to see more perspective type chapters but I believe there will be much more for the light novel.

Lore

As a result of the long confusing names and lore as well as reading the web novel via google translate a lot of details were missed in the translation. However the lore and world building are very interesting with good fantasy elements and I'm sure will be a much smoother experience when reading with the light novel. Part 5, specifically in the final arc saw a large amount of lore dump and felt very rushed towards the end.

Conclusion
Rating : 8 /10

Overall Ascendance of a bookworm is a well written novel although sometimes the author gets excessively descriptive. Details are sometimes difficult to follow with long names and lore dumps at part 5 but due to being read from poorly translated web novel a lot of the details would go underappreciated. Its an engaging story with great plot, world building, and a likable cast of characters. Although I have my criticisms with some characters mostly the antagonists, rushed final arc of part 5, most of these will likely be fixed in the light novel with even more perspective chapters which are extremely enjoyable. I'm sure if I read the light novel version I would've enjoyed it even more! Highly recommend :)

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Feb 22, 2021

snadu

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (5/? eps)

(very mild spoilers; no plot reveals)

I wasn't a fan of how messy the MC's 'age-conscience' is. In the beginning, she explicitly leaves her older self (around 18 or so) and has the mind of a younger girl (cant remember the age, around 5?).

She remembers some concepts (like books) from when she was older, which makes sense.

BUT then the author continues to go back and forth on if her 'consciousness' is truly 18 or 5. This makes it a little creepy...the way an 18 year old is interacting with children and describing children. She refers to herself as older, younger, older, younger... which would ...

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Apr 7, 2020

Makka-Pakka

Not Recommended

Preliminary (50/? eps)

I have no idea why this has as of this review, a high score. the pros are few and the cons are many.
Pros:
It's like a less boring documentary about paper, I guess.
and that's the pros, let's move on to the con.
Cons:
The protagonist behaves like a child despite being 20 years old. i think child is way to nice because even the other children in the story behave better than her. She doesn't really give a shit about her family despite them taking care of her and being extremely poor. the only thing you'll hear is moaning and complaining. She throws temper tantrums and is ...

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Poll: Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Chapter 31 Discussion NiQ1 - Apr 16	4 replies	by TheMidnightWolf »» Apr 25, 10:05 AM
Volume 30 (Part 5 Volume 9) Discussion abystoma2 - Mar 26	1 replies	by hayato_bun »» Mar 26, 10:59 AM
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