![]() ![]() ![]() I liked seeing her make full use of her mind and find ways to improve her situation in little ways. Because she had devoured any book she came across in her past life and had a mother who was very into crafting and do-it-yourself trends, Myne has a wide array of potentially useful knowledge to draw upon. We follow Myne as she learns more about her new world bit by bit and begins to formulate a plan to make some books, starting with the basics: making paper. If she can’t buy or borrow any books, then she’ll just have to find a way to make them herself!Īscendance of a Bookworm is a slice-of-life style manga, so the pacing is pretty leisurely. Since she’s been reborn into a poor family that’s barely managing to scrape by, books are a luxury completely out of Myne’s reach, but, no matter how hopeless the situation seems, she’s not about to give up. This gift soon begins to feel like a curse, however, as Myne discovers that her new home is a world with medieval-level technology, low literacy rates, a huge disparity of wealth and, worst of all, that books are rare and expensive items that are only accessible to the very rich. Miraculously, her wish to be reborn is granted and her consciousness awakens in the body of Myne, a sickly, five-year-old peasant-girl living in a fantastical alternate world. She died in an earthquake, crushed under a mountain of books, and in her final moments she wished to be reincarnated into a new life where she’d be able to read to her hearts content. Urano Motosu was a young Japanese woman who loved books above all else and would read everything and anything she could get her hands on. I had heard quite a bit about the series from reading reviews of the anime, so I was somewhat familiar with the story going in, but this manga adaptation by Suzuka marks my official introduction to the Ascendance of a Bookworm franchise and I’ll be coming at this review with, hopefully, fresh eyes. This manga is based on a light novel series by Miya Kazuki, which I haven’t read, that was recently adapted into an anime, which I haven’t watched. Going forward, I’ll just be referring to it as simply: Ascendance of a Bookworm. Whew! Even amongst all of the crazy-long titles that are popular nowadays, this one feels excessive. ![]() The full title of this manga series is Ascendance of a Bookworm: I’ll Do Anything to Become a Librarian Part 1 If there aren’t any books, I’ll just have to make some! ![]()
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