The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash

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**The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash** (最弱テイマーはゴミ拾いの旅を始めました。, *Saijaku Teimā wa Gomihiroi no Tabi o Hajimemashita*) is a Japanese light novel series written by Honobonoru500 and illustrated by Nama. A manga adaptation illustrated by Tou Fukino began serialization in TO Books' *Comic Corona* website in February 2020. An anime television series adaptation by Studio Massket is set to premiere in 2024.

It began serialization as a web novel on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in August 2018. It was later acquired by TO Books, who began publishing a light novel in November 2019. It has been collected in nine volumes as of June 2023. The manga has been collected in five volumes as of June 2023. Both the light novel and manga are licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.

## Premise

A world where skills and stars (strength of skills) given by God are considered important. When Ivy, a daughter of the village of Latomi, was five years old, she was given only tamer skills without stars. Ivy is abandoned by her family and goes to live in the forest. Only the old woman, a fortune teller, treats her without prejudice and visits her in the forest to offer help and advice. When Ivy was eight years old, the fortune teller died, and Ivy was almost killed by the village chief and her family as an unlucky and abominable child, so she sets out on a journey to the town of Otorwa, which the fortune teller had told her before her death.

Along the way, she sells the field mice she catches in her traps and scavenges the garbage at the dump, and in the forest she tames the weakest kind of demon, a crumbling slime, and names it Sora.

## Characters

* **Ivy** (アイビー, Aibī, Voiced by Aina Suzuki in Anime and Drama CD)
* **Sora** (ソラ, Voiced by Mutsumi Tamura in Anime and Drama CD)

## Media

### Light novels

Written by Honobonoru500, the series began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on August 9, 2018. It was later acquired by TO Books who began publishing it as a light novel with illustrations by Nama under their TO Bunko light novel imprint on November 9, 2019. The light novel is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.

* **Volume 1** | Release Date: November 9, 2019 (ISBN: 978-4-86-472876-8)
	+ Licensed Release Date: October 6, 2022 (digital), October 25, 2022 (print)
* **Volume 2** | Release Date: April 10, 2020
	+ Licensed Release Date: December 15, 2022 (digital), January 3, 2023 (print)
* **Volume 3** | Release Date: October 10, 2020
	+ Licensed Release Date: March 16, 2023 (digital), April 4, 2023 (print)
* **Volume 4** | Release Date: April 20, 2021
	+ Licensed Release Date: September 5, 2023 (print)
* **Volume 5** | Release Date: August 20, 2021
	+ Licensed Release Date: December 12, 2023 (print)
* **Volume 6** | Release Date: February 19, 2022
	+ Licensed Release Date: —
* **Volume 7** | Release Date: June 20, 2022
	+ Licensed Release Date: —
* **Volume 8** | Release Date: November 19, 2022
	+ Licensed Release Date: —
* **Volume 9** | Release Date: June 10, 2023
	+ Licensed Release Date: —

### Manga

*Main page: Project:Manga*
A manga adaptation illustrated by Tou Fukino began serialization in TO Books' *Comic Corona* website on February 10, 2020. It has been collected in five *tankōbon* volumes as of June 2023. The manga is also licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.

* **Manga Volume 1** | Release Date: July 15, 2020. (ISBN: 978-4-86-699019-4)
	+ Licensed Release Date: June 14, 2022 (ISBN: 978-1-63858-412-4)
* **Manga Volume 2** | Release Date: April 15, 2021. (ISBN: 978-4-86-699197-9)
	+ Licensed Release Date: November 15, 2022 (ISBN: 978-1-63858-732-3)
* '**Manga Volume 3** | Release Date: February 15, 2022. (ISBN: 978-4-86-699450-5)
	+ Licensed Release Date: May 16, 2023 (ISBN: 978-1-68579-542-9)
* **Manga Volume 4** | Release Date: November 15, 2022. (ISBN: 978-4-86-699635-6)
	+ Licensed Release Date: November 14, 2023 (ISBN: 979-8-88843-047-7)
* **Manga Volume 5** | Release Date: June 15, 2023. (ISBN: 978-4-86-699862-6)

### Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on November 11, 2022. It is produced by Studio Massket and directed by Naoki Horiuchi, with Shigeyasu Yamauchi serving as chief director, Katsuhiko Takayama writing the scripts, Feng Cheng Hu and Yuki Ikeda designing the characters, and Kujira Yumemi composing the music. The series is set to premiere in 2024. Aina Suzuki will perform the opening theme song Template:Nihongo.

## External links

* website at Shōsetsuka ni Narō
* light novel website
* manga website
* anime website

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