# List of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? light novels

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? is a Japanese light novel series written by Fujino Ōmori and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. The story follows the exploits of Bell Cranel, a 14-year-old solo adventurer under the goddess Hestia. As the only member of the Hestia Familia, he works hard every day in the dungeon to make ends meet while seeking to improve himself. He looks up to Ais Wallenstein, a famous and powerful swordswoman who once saved his life, and with whom he fell in love. He is unaware that several other girls, deities and mortals alike, also develop affections towards him; most notably Hestia herself, as he also gains allies and improves himself with each new challenge he faces.
SB Creative has published the light novels since January 15, 2013 under their GA Bunko imprint. As of December 15, 2024, twenty volumes have been published. The series has estimated sales of over 1,500,000 copies. Yen Press has licensed the series in North America and released the first volume under the Yen On imprint in December 2014. The light novel ranked at No. 4 in 2014 in Takarajimasha's annual light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!.

## Volume list
### Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?

| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | January 15, 2013 | 978-4-7973-7280-9 | December 16, 2014 | 978-0-316-33915-5 |
| Prologue: "Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon?"Chapter 1: "World, Reality, And Desire"Chapter 2: "That's Why I Run"Chapter 3: "Night Before Awakening" Chapter 4: "That's Why I Want to Help"Chapter 5: "The Goddess's Prank"Chapter 6: "Bump of Chicken"Epilogue: "Familia Myth" |||||
| The labyrinth city Orario – a huge city that holds a huge labyrinth under the city known as the dungeon. Excitement known as the unknown, brilliant honor, and romance with cute girls. In this place that conceals the breath of people's dreams and desires, a boy meets a small Goddess. "All right, Bell-kun, follow me! We're going to do the Familia enrollment ritual!" "Yes! I'll become stronger!" A fateful encounter between a boy who wants to become an adventurer but was rejected by other Familias and a Goddess with zero Familia members. |||||
| 2 | February 15, 2013 | 978-4-7973-7307-3 | April 21, 2015 | 978-0-316-34014-4 |
| Prologue: "Weakling's Grin"Chapter 1: "Date, Then Supporter"Chapter 2: "The Supporter's Situation"Interlude: "Cry Out, Goddess" Chapter 3: "Magic, Magic That Summons A Lap"Chapter 4: "Divine Wine"Chapter 5: "Reset"Epilogue: "Backstage" |||||
| "Nice to meet you, white haired onii-san" The one who called out to Bell was a girl, Lili, who identified herself as a supporter. Somewhat suspicious of the girl that forced him into a pair, they explore the dungeon favorably. Companions for the moment. On one hand, Lili's Familia, the Soma Familia, have unceasing bad rumors about them. Beyond that, there is the existence of the Soma which is apparently able to steal the souls of people. "Kami-sama, I..." "Don't worry, Bell-kun's eye for the opposite gender is sure. Just like a God's" |||||
| 3 | May 15, 2013 | 978-4-7973-7362-2 | August 18, 2015 | 978-0-316-34015-1 |
| Prologue: "Alea Jacta Est"Chapter 1: "The Kenki Approaches"Chapter 2: "Ox and Hare Special Training"Chapter 3: "Black Raid" Chapter 4: "The Meaning of Adventure"Chapter 5: "A Hero's Desire"Epilogue: "Page 0 → Page 1" |||||
| "...you're a coward" "!?" "Being a coward is important when adventuring. However, there's something other than that that you're afraid of" Bell suddenly reunited with the Sword Princess Ais, the woman that he yearned for. The truth that he was confronted with. The greatest destiny that gouges himself. The red red heinous Minotaur. The boy felt miserable about himself. And so the boy thought for the first time. I want to become a hero. "I'll accomplish a great task, one that people and Gods would praise" |||||
| 4 | December 14, 2013 | 978-4-7973-7514-5 | December 15, 2015 | 978-0-316-34016-8 |
| Prologue: "Fastest Boy in the Alleys"Chapter 1: "Denatus"Chapter 2: "Changing Environment, New Relationships"Chapter 3: "The Smith's Situation" Epilogue: "Next Stage"Short Story 1: "Quest X Quest"Short Story 2: "A Campanella to the Goddess" |||||
| Due to the battle with the Minotaur, Bell reached Level 2 and became the Record Holder. Party invitations unceasingly came to the boy that drew the attention of all of Orario. Amidst that all, he became companions with Welf who made his armor Pyonkichi. On top of that, he is apparently the only creator of the incredibly powerful Magic Sword, but...? Bell's episode with the Chienthrope Naaza and his episode with the Goddess Hestia are also included! |||||
| 5 | May 15, 2014 | 978-4-7973-7714-9 | April 19, 2016 | 978-0-316-31479-4 |
| Prologue: "The First Omen"Chapter 1: "The Middle Levels"Chapter 2: "How Many Meders to a Safe Return?"Chapter 3: "Dungeon Death March" Chapter 4: "Dungeon Resort?"Chapter 5: "The Outlaws' Party"Chapter 6: "Praise to the Heroes"Epilogue: "The One Who Targets the Rabbit" |||||
| "We've been used as a decoy!" Adding the blacksmith Welf, Bell and the others advance to the middle floors. However, due to the actions of another party, they are stranded in the dungeon. To save Bell, Hestia enters the dungeon with the Level 4 former adventurer Ryuu, the God Hermes, but... "-Monster Rex!?" The terrible enemy standing in their way sends Bell and the others further into despair. Seeking hope, desperate actions are done in the fifth volume! |||||
| 6 | November 14, 2014 | 978-4-7973-8058-3 | August 23, 2016 | 978-0-316-39416-1 |
| Prologue: "Evil in the Moonlit Night"Chapter 1: "The Furious Rabbit"Chapter 2: "Shall We Dance?"Chapter 3: "Outbreak" Chapter 4: "Those Who Gather"Chapter 5: "Our War Game"Epilogue: "Hestia Familia" |||||
| "War Game" – a proxy war fought between the Familia of two opposing Gods. The winner takes everything from the loser. And the aim of the opposing God is – "I'll take your Familia member Bell Cranel!" The time until the War Game is one week. To add insult to injury, this time Lili is captured by the Soma Familia! In the hopeless situation, several bonds that have been created through meeting and adventuring with the boy gather. Everything is for the victory! |||||
| 7 | April 14, 2015 | 978-4-7973-8311-9 | December 13, 2016 | 978-0-316-39417-8 |
| Prologue: "The Divine Are Mercilessly Erotic Royalty"Chapter 1: "Smooth Sailing?"Chapter 2: "Run, Cranell"Chapter 3: "Agony of the Fox and the Rabbit" Chapter 4: "Yoshiwara X Utakata"Chapter 5: "Killing Stone"Chapter 6: "Yearning of a Hero"Epilogue: "If Surrounded by Kindness..." |||||
| Overcoming the fierce battle known as the "War Game", Lili, Welf, and Mikoto became new members of the Hestia Familia. Bell's other family. Deepening bonds. However, the place Bell wandered into while following Mikoto was the Entertainment District, the "City of Night" that is operated by the Ishtar Familia. In that place, the boy encounters the girl from the Far East, Haruhime. The decision that Bell gave amidst the wriggling conspiracy is... |||||
| 8 | June 13, 2015 | 978-4-7973-8314-0 | April 18, 2017 | 978-0-316-39418-5 |
| Prologue: "Attack of the War God"Chapter 1: "Love Song to a God Of Martial Arts"Chapter 2: "The Prum's Proposal"Chapter 3: "Love Song to a Goddess Of The Forge" Chapter 4: "Beloved Bodyguard"Chapter 5: "The City Girl's Secret"Chapter 6: "A Certain Goddess's Love Song"Epilogue: "Birthday" |||||
| The royal army led by the War God Ares. The number of the army heading to Orario numbers 30,000. Against the sound of the incoming army, Orario – didn't change. While the invaders outside let out cries of despair against the too strong adventurers, Orario spent peaceful days. The Pallum's marriage proposal, the lovely bodyguard, the town girl's secret, the love songs to the Gods – and the love song that a Goddess spins. A daily life part that Gods and children give! |||||
| 9 | September 12, 2015 | 978-4-7973-8500-7 | September 19, 2017 | 978-0-316-56264-5 |
| Prologue: "Chance Meeting"Chapter 1: "An Irregular Girl"Chapter 2: "Daily Life With a Vouivre Girl"Chapter 3: "The World and Reality And Monsters" Chapter 4: "Mission"Chapter 5: "Heretics"Epilogue: "Boundless Malice" |||||
| "Monster...Vouivre?" Bell, who has reached the new area in the dungeon known as the Large Tree Labryinth, meets the dragon girl Wiene. Able to speak and hunted by both Humans and monsters, he decides to protect the lonely girl. "A dragon girl...a fine jewel in a long time" The creeping hands of the ruthless hunters, the unoverturnable friction between Humans and monsters, and the true head of the Guild makes his move. The city is thrown into turbulence over a single dragon girl. The irregular situation that shakes Humans, monsters, and the Gods – the ninth volume that closes in on the incident in the dungeon! "Bell...I love you" |||||
| 10 | May 14, 2016 | 978-4-7973-8677-6 | December 12, 2017 | 978-0-316-44245-9 |
| Interlude: "Notes of Obsession"Chapter 6: "Before the Storm"Chapter 7: "The King of Atrocity"Chapter 8: "City Panic" Chapter 9: "Dreams of Beasts"Chapter 10: "The Fool"Epilogue: "The Decision's Cost" |||||
| Soon after their chance meeting with the intelligent Monsters known as Xenos, Bell and Wiene were parted from each other As Bell spent days in torment, the creeping hand of darkness was slowly reaching out toward Wiene. And then- "A migration of armed Monsters has been confirmed! The Guild will issue a subjugation order!!" The die had been thrown by out of control Xenos. The trigger was the violent hunters, the cost a disturbance that involved all Familia in the city. The boy was forced to come to a difficult decision in the turbulent Orario. Aspirations and Monsters, reality and ideals, heroes and sinners. In the gap between humanity and Monsters, Bell- "You're really a fool..." |||||
| 11 | October 15, 2016 | 978-4-7973-8812-1 | June 12, 2018 | 978-0-316-44247-3 |
| Prologue: "The Lost Ones"Chapter 1: "The White Rabbit Brought Low"Chapter 2: "Diverging Strands, Intersecting Plans"Chapter 3: "The Night Before Battle"Chapter 4: "A Skirmish in Daedalus Street" Interlude: "Three Orphans, a Cry in the Night, and a Bloody Maze"Chapter 5: "Ultra Soul!"Chapter 6: "A Deity's Scheme"Chapter 7: "The Return of the Hero"Epilogue: "And So I Start to Run Again" |||||
| The Little Rookie's reputation has fallen- Bell lost the trust of others as a cost for saving Wiene. The boy is wounded and is distressed in the gap between ill will and disappointment. However, "Don't hesitate. You still have what you'll never lose around you" Supported by the bonds of encounters, the boy rises with his companions with newfound determination. The labyrinth city becomes a battlefield again, this time to return the Xenos to the dungeon. Standing in their way is the strongest Familia in the city, the Loki Familia. The sage's wisdom, the hero's plan, the Gods' intentions, and when the black beast roars, the boy's spirit will return. "I want...to get stronger" |||||
| 12 | May 24, 2017 | 978-4-7973-9280-7 | October 30, 2018 | 978-1-975-35478-7 |
| Prologue: "Deities and Blood and Familias and Stories"Chapter 1: "Rabbit Close-Up"Chapter 2: "Adventure Intermission"Chapter 3: "New World ~ Water Island ~" Chapter 4: "A Hunter At The Water's Edge"Chapter 5: "Bride of the Water Capital"Chapter 6: "The Hero's Sacred Flame"Epilogue: "Gale Wind's News" |||||
| And so, the boy begins to run again. Bell grew after the fight to the death with his rival. Rank ups, the Denatus, and aliases. While he gathers the attention of people, Gods, and others in Orario, a single letter is brought to him. "A mission...an expedition?" Bell Cranel has "qualified", now go face your next adventure- The order from the Guild leads Bell to a new stage. A faction union is formed to conquer the labyrinth. Along with the companions he's fought alongside until now, he challenges a new floor, new monsters, and a new "unknown". |||||
| 13 | February 14, 2018 | 978-4-7973-9356-9 | March 19, 2019 | 978-1-975-32819-1 |
| Prologue: "You'll Be Back"Chapter 1: "Young Cranell's Case File"Chapter 2: "The Prophetess of Tragedy"Chapter 3: "The True Intentions of Gale Wind" Chapter 4: "Countdown"Chapter 5: "Calamity Arrives"Chapter 6: "And So They Spin Their Cruel Fate" |||||
| "The Bringer of Destruction"..."The Promised Elf"...Elf? Is this about the Gale? The bad news of the murder is brought to the city on the 18th Floor. The culprit is the blacklisted Gale. Unable to believe their ears, Bell and the others begin looking for Ryuu to clear her name, and at the same time Cassandra sees her worst prophetic dream. A 17 passage prophecy is given. The fulfillment of the prophecy is the death of their beloved companions. Stricken with despair, the tragic prophet begins her lonely battle against destruction. And when the boy searching for the truth encounters the Elf burning with the black flames of revenge, a calamity cries out! |||||
| 14 | December 15, 2018 | 978-4-7973-9620-1 | December 31, 2019 | 978-1-975-38501-9 |
| Intermission: "They Begin to Stir"Chapter 7: "Poem of Despair, Poem of Triumph"Chapter 8: "The Voice of the Hammer"Chapter 9: "Hello, Deep Levels"Chapter 10: "The White Magic Palace"Special Chapter: "Recollection of Justice" Chapter 11: "Where the Will to Kill Leads"Special Chapter: "Reminiscence of Justice"Chapter 12: "Forlorn Hope in the Dungeon"Chapter 13: "Beyond a Thousand Darknesses"Epilogue: "You’ll Be Back II" |||||
| "Monster Rex – Amphisbaena!" The prophecy of despair doesn't stop. A new irregular begins on the 27th Floor where the catastrophic party occurred. Not having anywhere to go, Lilly and the others are forced to go on an adventure without Bell. "The Deep Floors..." On the other hand, the harshness that awaits Bell and Ryuu is known as the 37th Floor. Loneliness, isolation, and separation, the worst begins in the most atrocious stage. And finally, the impending shadow of calamity. Toyed with by harshness she'd never experienced before, Ryuu, between life and death, sees scenes from the past. "I don't...have justice anymore" |||||
| 15 | June 14, 2019 | 978-4-7973-9622-5 | December 1, 2020 | 978-1-975-31610-5 |
| Prologue: "Adventurers’ Rest"Interlude: "Growth, the Present, and Rye Bread"Chapter 1: "A Day of Departure, a Day of Beginning"Interlude: "My Home, My Familia"Chapter 2: "Hey, World"Interlude: "Does Cinderella Dream of Happiness?"Chapter 3: "The Cinder Girl"Interlude: "I, His Adviser" Chapter 4: "Guild Alone"Interlude: "That Never-Cooling Iron"Chapter 5: "Blue Flame"Interlude: "Elven Unrest"Chapter 6: "Meetings and Oaths"Interlude: "The Striving Princess and the Watchful Shinobi"Chapter 7: "Tales of Times Past: The Black Bird and the Golden Fox"Epilogue: "Hero’s Elegy" |||||
| Having overcome the worst in the deep floors, Bell and the others manage to return to the surface. The results of each of their adventures is proof of their "growth". While rejoicing at their certain advancement, each of them reflect on the path they've taken so far. The boy returns to the day everything began. The Goddess narrows her eyes at the hearth's light displaying memories of the past. The small girl overcomes her ashen past. The blacksmith looks up at the sky that's seen past days. The adviser recalls a past wound. The fairy her vow of justice. The black bird thinks about the present and the past with a gold fox. A daily life volume woven by the present and the past. Momentary respite in the land where heroes are born. |||||
| 16 | October 14, 2020 | 978-4-8156-0756-2 | July 27, 2021 | 978-1-9753-3351-5 |
| Prologue: "The Threshold Between Oridinary Friendship and Yearning"Prologue II: "The Girl’s Wish"Chapter 1: "A Stormy Love Letter"Monologue 1Chapter 2: "A Tearful and Painful Festival Eve"Monologue 2Chapter 3: "Harvest Festival"Monologue 3 Chapter 4: "Full Princess Panic!"Monologue 4Chapter 5: "The Proof of ( )"Monologue 5Fragment: "Syr’s Origin"Chapter 6: The Wish’s Cost"Epilogue: "Alea Iacta Est II" |||||
| What happened at the fertility banquet to be held - is it a Bell and Syr date!? At the goddess festival which, along with the Elegy festival, are called the 'two great festivals', Bell will gradually face the date with Syr. But, it is impossible that nothing happens! The Hostess of Fertility, the Sword Princess, and also the Freya Familia, a great riot that will engulf all of these will unfold! "Everything is for the good of the goddess. - die, girl" And then a bad omen will come. Hovering over a single girl, ancient dark clouds will fill the city. The boy walks and the goddess writes it, that is, -The Familia myth- |||||
| 17 | April 22, 2021 | 978-4-8156-0981-8 | September 6, 2022 | 978-1-9753-4565-5 |
| Prologue: "Super Orario RPG"Chapter 1: "The Opening of Hostilities"Chapter 2: "Alone Inside a Sandbox"Chapter 3: "The Field of Battle" Chapter 4: "Those Left Behind"Chapter 5: "The End of Her World"Double Role I |||||
| She gives up insisting how to do it and goes extreme for the target. |||||
| 18 | January 24, 2023 | 978-4-8156-1371-6 | January 23, 2024 | 978-1-9753-7391-7 |
| Double Role IIChapter 6: "Megami Tensei ~Orario Revelation~"Chapter 7: "We’re Getting Married Once This Battle Is Over"Monologue VI Chapter 8: "The Great Familia War"Chapter 9: "Flower Language for You"Epilogue: "Double Cast" |||||
| The white elf swears. To devote his loyalty to the goddess. The dark elf engraves. Only just that one thought. The small ones cry. To change four regrets into power. The chariot advances. Sacrificing everything but the goddess. And lastly, the King asks. Not for an illusion or a deception, but for proof of power. "One that cannot surpass me, is not worthy of saving the goddess." No one is wrong. This is simply, a battle unlike any seen before to break through the goddess' ego. So, the boy who was scarred more than anyone else, declared "hypocrisy" to the twilight sky. "I promised to save her." This is the boy's journey, the goddess writes. Familia Myth |||||
| 19 | September 15, 2023 | 978-4-8156-1970-1 | August 20, 2024 | 978-1-9753-9340-3 |
| Prologue: "A Story From the Sea"Chapter 1: "V-V-V for Victory Party"Chapter 2: "School Heaven and Hell"Chapter 3: "School Life in Another World" Chapter 4: "Study, Reflect, Experiment, Advance"Chapter 5: "My Dream"Epilogue: "And So I Start to Run" |||||
| "The School District is back!!" With the War Game with the Freya Familia finished, that "ship" returned to port to Orario, which was in a hurry to deal with the aftermath. The School District. A gigantic mobile educational institution supported by the Guild. By chance, Bell ends up infiltrating the School District, however, he meets a Half Elf girl who looks like a certain person. "My name is Nina Tulle. Nice to meet you, Rapi!" Various encounters, a chance meeting with a "knight" and school life. A new adventure begins in the 19th labyrinth story! The boy walks and the Goddess writes, this is -Familia Myth- |||||
| 20 | December 15, 2024 | 978-4-8156-2869-7 | — | — |
| Prologue: "Hero Afterglow"Chapter 1: "Orario Rumble"Chapter 2: "The Lion and the Sword Princess"Chapter 3: "The World, the Festival, and the Truth" Chapter 4: "Knight Afterglow"Epilogue: "Beautiful World" |||||
| A shocking competition between Orario and the School District, the City Sports Festival- Orariopiad is about to start! "We will not forgive the Guild's tyranny!!" The battle with the students breaks out-! The students of the School District erupt in discontent after the hardest metal, Orichalcum, is taken from them. With all connections to Orario severed and the city in an uproar, the festival-loving Gods were not going to pass up the opportunity! "Orario vs School District Representative Competition! The City Sports Festival is about to start!!" Bell was bewildered by the largest representative battle and worried about which side he should take, but "Let's go on an 'adventure' as promised. Please cooperate with me, Bell." Now, a knight asks him to be a hero. The boy walks and the Goddess writes, this is -Familia Myth- |||||

### Familia Chronicle

The Familia Chronicle light novels are a series of side stories that go more in-depth on characters that do not get as much attention in the main storylines of Danmachi and Sword Oratoria.
| No. | Title | Original release date | English release date |
| 1 | Episode Lyu Episode Ryu (Episodeリュー) | March 15, 2017 978-4-7973-9080-3 | June 26, 2018 978-0-316-44825-3 |
| This is a chronicle of history that a God's children spin- "The person who bought Anna Claes is associated with the casino" As usual, trouble occurs at the Hostess of Fertility, the place where the skilled former adventurer Ryuu works. Upon learning that a certain couple's daughter was kidnapped, Ryuu begins investigative in the name of Astraea. In the midst of the golden city where peoples' desires swirl, the Gale's roar breaks out! "Raise your voices! This is a place where you laugh and eat food!" Also included is the story of the pub's beginning! ||||
| 2 | Episode Freya Episode Freya (episodeフレイヤ) | December 12, 2019 978-4-8156-0464-6 | October 20, 2020 978-1-975-32755-2 |
| The search for love is on! A fey mood strikes Freya, sparking a new quest to find her Odr, the one destined to stand forever by her side. Naturally, her followers are against it. They remember all too well the disaster that her last adventure turned out to be. Unfortunately for them, such a minor setback has never been enough to stop the goddess of beauty from following wherever her heart leads - which, this time, happens to be the sandy dunes of Kaios. Freya is eager to spread her wings to see what discoveries this new land has to offer, even as her familia frantically searches for her, no matter the cost...! ||||
| 3 | Episode Lyu 2 Episode Ryu 2 (Episodeリュー2) | October 14, 2023 978-4-8156-2369-2 | April 15, 2025 979-8-855-40951-2 |
| This is a piece of history spun by the dependent of the Goddess. "I have come to see you... Goddess Astraea" While the Labyrinth City was busy with preparations for the War Game between Hestia and Freya, Ryuu left the city alone. She headed east, towards the sword-creating city. To meet the Goddess who waits there, to seek power, and to advance her clock, Ryuu approached the meeting with five years of determination, but... "I will never accept you!!" She ended up in conflict with her juniors who worship the Goddess of Justice. Furthermore, Astraea does not allow her to return and orders her to stay in the sword-creating city... "Ryuu, can I hear your answer?" The third installment of the Chronicle series where justice is put to the test once again! ||||

### Minor Myths and Legends

The Minor Myths and Legends light novels are compliations of the main storylines and short stories from Danmachi and Sword Oratoria with new content.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | April 14, 2023 | 978-4-8156-1966-4 | March 18, 2025 | 979-8-855-41098-3 |
| 2 | May 15, 2023 | 978-4-8156-1967-1 | June 25, 2025 | 979-8-855-41100-3 |