Light Novels/Volume 1

Wait, where did all these spiders come from?
...And why do I have eight legs?!

*Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?* Volume 1 was released on December 10, 2015 in Japan and its English release was on November 21, 2017. It retells the story from the first chapter of the Web novel up to its 62nd chapter, it also contains the side stories including the Schlain focused ones up to its 12th chapter.

The Light Novel also included slight differences from the Web novel, the most notable is the introduction of Feirune

## Chapters

**1)** **Starting With a Bang**

Characters: Kumoko

Monsters: Small Lesser Taratect • Queen Taratect • Unknown Taratect Species

**S1)** **The End of Normal Life**

Characters: Shun  •  Kyouya  •  Kanata  •  Hasebe  •  Shinohara  •  Kengo  •  Oka  •  Rihoko

**2)** **A Rent Free Home**

Characters: Kumoko

Monsters: Elroe Frog

**S2)** **Reincarnation**

Characters: Schlain  •  Sue  •  Anna  •  Meiges  •  Karnatia  •  Duke Anabald

**3)** **The Egg**

Characters: Fei • Kumoko • Adventurer

Monsters: Elroe Frog

**4)** **Leaving the Nest**

Characters: Kumoko • Adventurers

Monsters: Elroe Frog • Elroe Peckatot • Finjicote • Elroe Basilisk

**S3)** **The Hatchling**

Characters: Schlain  •  Sue  •  Anna  •  Fei

**5)** **My First Monster Battle**

Characters: Kumoko

Monsters: Elroe Frog • Elroe Basilisk

**S4)** **Skills**

Characters: Katia  •  Shun  •  Fei

**6)** **Bonus Stage?**

Characters: Kumoko

Monsters: Elroe Ferect

**S5)** **Second Classmate**

Characters: Shun  •  Fei

**7)** **I'm Evolving!**

Characters: Kumoko

Monsters: Elroe Baladorado • Elroe Randanel

**Interlude)** **An Adventurer's Soliloquy**

Characters: Adventurers

**8)** **The Fall**

Characters: Adventurers • Kumoko • Araba

Monsters: Finjicote • Elroe Baladorado • Elroe Randanel • Elroe Greym

**Interlude)** **An Adventurer's Withdrawal**

Characters: Adventurers

**9)** **Spider vs Bee**

Characters: Kumoko • Araba

Monsters: Finjicote • High Finjicote

**S6)** **Training**

Characters: Katia  •  Shun  •  Fei

**10)** **Clearing the Lower Stratum**

Characters: Kumoko

Monsters: Elroe Greshigard • Greater Taratect • Elroe Gastruch

**S7)** **Second Prince**

Characters: Shun  •  Sue  •  Klevea  •  Julius

**interlude)** **The Hero and the King**

Characters: Julius  •  Meiges  •  Cylis

**11)** **Still Clearing the Lower Stratum**

Characters: Kumoko

Monsters: Anogratch • Elroe Kohokoro • Bagragratch • Elroe Daznatch

**S8)** **The Elf Maiden**

Characters: Shun  •  Katia  •  Fei  •  Potimas  •  Oka

**12)** **Battling Three Hundred Feet Up**

Characters: Kumoko

Monsters: Anogratch • Bagragratch

**13)** **The End**

Characters: Julius • Goyef

Illustrations

Cover - cleanKumoko is driven out by adventurersAraba passes byThe first sight - MotherShun undergoes the appraisal ceremony, watched by Sue and KatiaKumoko falls to the Lower Stratum after being chased by an Elroe BaladoradoDespair as Araba returns.Suicidal attacks by a hoard of angry Anogratches

Monster Encylopedia

Small Lesser TaratectElroe FrogElroe FerectFinjicoteBagragratch

Volume 6  •  Volume 7  •  Volume 8  •  Volume 9  •  Volume 10
Volume 11  •  Volume 12  •  Volume 13  •  Volume 14  •  Volume 15
Volume 16
Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? EX
 Manga | Volume 1  •  Volume 2  •  Volume 3  •  Volume 4  •  Volume 5
Volume 6  •  Volume 7  •  Volume 8  •  Volume 9  •  Volume 10