Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen 3rd Season

Winter is approaching, and Myne—now an apprentice priestess—must prepare for her stay at the church and the upcoming Dedication Ceremony. However, due to her immense knowledge and extraordinary amount of mana, she has garnered the attention of many dangerous people, who are willing to do anything to get their hands on Myne.

To keep her safe, the Head Priest assigns Myne a bodyguard and advises her to be adopted by a noble, a decision that will force her to leave her family behind. As Myne is opposed to the idea, the Head Priest gives her an ultimatum: she can be with her family until she turns 10, but if she is deemed too unstable, she will immediately be dealt with.

Placed in a tough position, Myne is uncertain about her future. Despite the twists that may lie ahead, she will do whatever she can to protect those that she loves—even if it means giving up on her dream.

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Myne Main

Iguchi, Yuka Japanese

Ferdinand Main

Hayami, Show Japanese

Benno Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Lutz Supporting

Tamura, Mutsumi Japanese

Sylvester Supporting

Inoue, Kazuhiko Japanese

Tuuli Supporting

Nakajima, Megumi Japanese

Gunther Supporting

Koyama, Tsuyoshi Japanese

Frida Supporting

Uchida, Aya Japanese

Otto Supporting

Hino, Satoshi Japanese

Fran Supporting

Karino, Shou Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Ozawa, Fumihiro Producer

Yaoita, Katsuyuki Producer

Ozawa, Shinichirou Producer

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Aug 1, 2022

TheRockzSG

Recommended

If you are reading a review for an anime's 3rd season, I am sure you already know what is Ascendance of Bookworm is about. So I will leave out the introductory part of the review. Let's jump straight into this review.

Let's start with the positive part of the review.

As expected, the story is fantastic. Miya Kazuki did a fantastic job writing the story. The characters are the same lovable characters we love from Season 2. Myne still has a crippling addiction to reading. Ferdinand and Benno have a Myne-induced headache every single episode. Lutz desperately tries to keep Myne not working herself to ... death. The OP and ED are a banger, as always. The VAs does an amazing to make these characters alive.

So now, the negative part of the review.

This season's adaptation isn't as good as the previous season. It is still decently good, but not good enough for a series like Ascendance of a Bookworm. The Light Novel is infamous to be insanely well written and extremely detailed. With this season leaving a lot of details and content out, watching this season after reading its LN leaves me unsatisfied. I do not want to be that reviewer who demands this adaption to have the same standard as Mushoku Tensei, but I want it to have a similar standard as the previous season. In short, I feel the quality of the adaptation does not do the Light Novel justice.

With the negative part out of the way...

The Ascendance of a Bookworm is one of my favorite isekai out there, It is not your typical copy and pastes isekai. It uses the isekai genre well, whereas Myne often references technology and advances from our world to aid her in achieving her ultimate goal.

Even though I strongly criticize this season's adaptation, I still love this series. I still enjoy every single minute of this season. As a bookworm fan, I am happy that these series get a season 3.

I will ultimately give this season a 9. It is not as strong of a 9 as Season 2 or a 10 for season 1, but this is still the bookworm that I love so much. The identity and the soul of the series are still there. This is why I decided to give it a 9, despite my strongly criticizing the quality of the adaptation.

In summary, I am happy that we get a 3rd season. However, I am disappointed with the standard of this adaptation. I am giving this season a weak 9.

If you can't get enough of Myne and her crippling addiction to books. I will strongly recommend you to check out its Light Novel. I will also recommend you to start reading from the very beginning instead of where the anime stops. Light Novel is written in Myne's POV instead of the anime's 3rd person POV. Extra stories from other characters' POVs will help you further understand Myne and her surrounding. If you want to experience the full The Ascendance of a Bookworm experience, read its Light Novel. You will not regret it, I promise you.

Will I recommend this anime? It depends.

The Ascendance of a Bookworm is known to be an extremely slow pace isekai. Which becomes its greatest strength and its greatest weakness. For viewers who enjoy SoL anime, or something that has a heavy focus on its world-building and characters. This can be considered an underrated goldmine. However, viewers who are not used to watching such a slow-paced anime may find this series extremely boring. I will recommend you to watch the first three episodes of season 1 first, and see if you enjoyed the show or not

Story: 10/10
Art: 6/10
Sound: 10/10
Character: 9/10
Enjoyment: 9/10
Total: 44/50 (8.8)

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jun 13, 2022

KANLen09

Mixed Feelings

Novelist Miya Kazuki's Isekai Bookworm is one of those hidden gems in the now oversaturated Isekai reincarnation sub-genre which has withstood the test of time, now 2 seasons (or rather parts thereof) circa. 2019 that was pretty enjoyable for a refreshing take on the whole reincarnation phase and leaning on neither demon lords nor power, but on books instead to rebirth time past with a modern twist. Now, come Season 3 a.k.a. Part 3 a.k.a Part 2's 2nd split-cour exactly 2 years later, and Isekai Bookworm has largely stayed the same...except for one thing: there's basically nothing left worth predicting out of the unexpected to ... reinvigorate life into the series.

Obviously, Season 3 is a continuation of Season 2 where both seasons cover the light novel's Part 2: Apprentice Shrine Maiden arc, equalizing with Volumes 4 and 5 (Part 2's Volumes 1 and 2) for Season 2, and Volumes 6 and 7 (Part 2's Volumes 3 and 4) for this season, albeit at a shorter 10 episodes. Focusing on Main and the gang in the pursuit of making books with the foundation of ink, the winter/spring passover, more abandoned orphans with one infant being just like Main, and the perverse "Church is bad" plotline to round things up and finish one of Main's most maligned "beginner" arcs towards the view of the world.

Main is still the same happy-go-lucky but naive girl whom has to be watched by everyone else alongside her (including the High Priest Ferdinand which constantly supervises her in the cathedral) being at a young age with a childlike mentality, which at this stage, doesn't discount that her presence is pretty much a liability towards the other nobles looking to use her as a bargain tool from the Ink Guild to the cathedral's Head Priest for both her wonderous skills and power respectively. Main is truly in danger in this section of the light novel, and it was a case of "knowledge is power" warped within the wrong hands. Given that Main is pretty much at the age where for her Devouring to be coarsely controlled, her adoption to a noble is a much-needed necessity to alleviate the insanity of OP-bound magic power that could stand in anyone's way. Everyone and everything else from the visuals to the music is just the same as they have been if you've kept up to Isekai Bookworm up until Season 2, and still loved, lived and breathed the immense beauty and dynamics that this series has to offer.

And thus says the narrative for Main's character shift that's leaning onto the remainder part of the light novel, which is great in the original source, but this part of the adaptation just somehow couldn't match the same feelings of what I felt when watching the prior seasons of the similar Disney-like magic and wonder. I'd guess the sentiment is that Season 2 a.k.a Part 2 ended in such an amicable way that there wouldn't be another season in the run coming in the future, and for a time, it sure felt that way too that anyone (including myself). But alas, at some point in the future (which is now that) it is renewed for another season, and it was such a stark comparison to see that the adaptation felt like it had to wedge into our throats instead of doing what the series used to do: trade the same exact beauty to push content at a lower episode count. As a result, Ajia-Do's visuals felt somewhat lackluster, and the OST is dare I say, probably the worst of the 3 seasons (yes, even with Nao Touyama and Maaya Sakamoto's decent OP/ED songs), to the point of being very forgettable.

Overall, Isekai Bookworm could've continued in the vast enjoyment legacy of the prior seasons it came before with the same staff team helming the anime adaptation, but there's bound to be a black sheep somewhere, and this season has to earn that title. Such a bummer to end on a somewhat notable change in the series to date. It's good, but decent at best IMO.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 29, 2023

take0kun

Not Recommended

I absolutely loved the first season of this series. I think it's one of the better Isekai animes, but this series felt very flat to me. I don't know if I was becoming delirious or if the characters seem to be getting dumber and slower by the episode. The indecision of all the characters led to a confusing plot unraveling. I felt like I wasted my time.

A lot of the characters that I loved during the beginning like Lutz and Ben-merchant and Otto became almost background characters in this season. Although I can't even tell you who became the supporting roles. I'm not even sure ... Main was the main character since she really wasn't doing anything MC-worthy. All in all, it was frustrating to watch.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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