Kenja no Mago

## Kenja no Mago SP

***Kenja no Mago*** (賢者の孫, *Wise Man's Grandchild*) is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsuyoshi Yoshioka and illustrated by Seiji Kikuchi. It began serialization online in January 2015 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. At the beginning of episode 311, in November of 2022, it was announced that the episode would be the last posted on Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was acquired by Enterbrain, who have published sixteen volumes since July 2015 under their Famitsu Bunko imprint.

A manga adaptation with illustration by Shunsuke Ogata began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's *Young Ace Up* website in March 2016. It has been collected in nineteen *tankōbon* volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired from April to June 2019.

## Synopsis

 ***Kenja no Mago: Extra Story**** The story is set 35 years ago, before Merlin met Shin. The problem child Merlin, the talented girl Melinda, and the prodigy Kyle are all spending their high school life at Earlshide Academy. Merlin and Melinda have long been in conflict with each other, but a certain event causes them to become closer...?

## List of Publications Books

### *Novel*

Tsuyoshi Yoshioka originally started the series as a web novel. The series was acquired for print publication by Enterbrain, who published the first light novel on July 30, 2015.

* *Honden* (17 volumes in total)

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* *Kenja no Mago: Extra Story* (3 volumes)

 *Extra Story II* | July 30, 2018
 *SP* | March 30, 2019

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### *Manga*

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Shunsuke Ogata began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's *Young Ace Up* website since March 2016. Nineteen *tankōbon* volumes have been released as of September 9, 2022.

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An official spin-off of "***Kenja no Mago Extra Story** (賢者の孫 Extra Story)*" it depict the story of Merlin and Melinda in their journey being adventurer and they legend. A manga illustrated by Keisuke Shimizu, began serialization on *Young Ace Up* website as of March 10, 2022.

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A spin-off manga illustrated by Shūji Nishizawa, titled *Wise Man's Grandchild SP*, began serialization in the *Young Ace Up* website in July 2019. The spin-off is centered around May von Earlshide.

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A spin of illustrated by Takuma Ishii (Illustrator), titled "*Kenja no Mago SS* (賢者の孫SS, Kenja no Mago Side Stories)" began serialization in the *Young Ace Up* website in Sep 19, 2019 to Sep 30, 2021.

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## Shin Wolford

"It's okay. No matter what happens, I'll protect you."

### Aliases:

* God's Messenger
* Magic King

### Nickname:

* Magi's Grandson
* New Hero

### Affiliation:

* Advanced Magic Academy
* Earlshide Kingdom
* House of Wolford
* House of Claude
* Ultimate Magic Research Society

### Allied:

* Siegfried Marquez
* Christina Hayden
* Michel Collins
* August von Earlshide *(Cousin)*
* Maria von Messina
* Alice Corner
* Thor von Flegel
* Lynn Hughes
* Yuri Carlton
* Tony Freed
* Julius von Littenheim
* Mark Bean
* Olivia Stone

## 「Biographical Information」

### Age:

15 *(Volume 1 - 11)* / 16 *(Present)* / 24+ *(Web novel Chap 305+)*

### Relatives:

* Unnamed parents †
* Merlin Wolford *(Adoptive Grandfather)*
* Melinda Bowen *(Adoptive Grandmother)*
* Sicily von Claude *(Wife)*
* Cecil von Claude *(Father-in-law)*
* Irene von Claude *(Mother-in-law)*
* Cecilia von Claude *(Elder Sister-in-law)*
* Sylvia von Claude *(Elder Sister-in-law)*
* Royce von Claude *(Elder Brother-in-law)*
* Charlotte Wolford *(Daughter)*
* Silver *(Adopted Son)*

### Occupation:

* Student → Ultimate Magician
* Chairman of the Board
* Chief Development Officer

## 「Voice Actor」

### English VA:

* Daman Mills (Adult)
* Alison Viktorin (Young Shin)

The main character of this work. In his previous life, he was an office worker in his 20s living in modern Japan. As a result of crossing a red light crosswalk while thinking, he is killed in a traffic accident caused by being hit by a car. When he was a baby, he was attacked by a monster, and all the family-like people who were with him died. At this time, the shock of being attacked by a monster returned his memories of his previous life, and at the age of one, his mental age was over 20, and his ego was established. By the time he reaches the age of 15, his mental age is (by simple math) over 35. He has a vague memory of his previous life, and although he remembers knowledge, he forgets his background and cause of death.

Despite having knowledge of modern Japan from his previous life, he seems to lack common sense such as manners, but he draws the line that he only wants a friendly attitude as a relative only in private (the person himself is that) intended). On the other hand despite his good personality, he is often scolded by Merida because he has a lack of sense of urgency for his own power and does not care about what others see In the comicalized version, the line "*Did I do something again?*" became famous and has been made into goods.

Because he had no interest in anything other than magic and didn't want to be taught, on the day he became an adult at the age of 15, he said, "I haven't been taught anything about common sense in this world... Fascinated by the magic that was a product of fantasy in his previous life, he learns about magic from Merlin and about magic tools from Merinda. Also, due to her training since childhood, she is good not only in magic but also in physical arts such as swordsmanship. On the other hand, since she lived in the depths of the forest until she became an adult, she was ignorant of the world.

With his background as "Magi's Grandson" and exceptional grades, he entered the school at the top of his S-class. Based on the recollection of his previous world, Shin's knowledge of science and astronomy revolutionize the world's magic tools. Over the summer break, Shin and his grandparents did intensive training with the Ultimate Magic Research Society to prepare for massive demon outbreaks while deployed in a special unit called the Ultimate Magicians, hopefully, to prevent other academy students from getting conscripted into war. Soon afterward, Shin's (Earth-modern) appliances prompted him to open his own shopping mall. His title is Demon Lord, which he does not like.

* As he is unaware of how potentially groundbreaking his creations are, Shin shows a somewhat ignorant and reckless attitude, causing others to worry about what he might do next. This causes people close to him to worry about him doing something catastrophic, should anyone bring harm to his loved ones.
* It's not that Shin doesn't have common sense, it's just that he applies the common sense of 21st century Earth to everything; because of such his values and morals are naturally out of place to those of people who were born in a world akin to the Medieval Era. Most notably would von Claudes making him and Sicily get engaged due to noble traditions right after they become a couple; Shin later made a proper proposal by Earth's standards, noting he was doing it out of order (but did so because it didn't feel right to him unless he did).
* Shin tends to approach his new world of magic through a lens of his old world of science. He applies scientific principles to how he pictures his spells and the effects they have on the world around him. By increasing or decreasing physical aspects of chemical makeup, Shin is able to get magic to do things others aren't; even Merlin was able to *just* grasp this concept.
* On top of this, Shin tends to lose himself in rage when someone close to him is put in significant danger, especially being the case for Sicily when a large number of demons were deliberately targeting her.

### Abilities

In addition to continuing to receive the scientific knowledge of his previous life and the guidance of Merlin, who is called a sage, since he was only 3 years old, he applied the knowledge of his previous life to the techniques he was taught. At the age of 20, he single-handedly subjugated disaster-class monsters, and if he got serious, he had the magical ability to easily defeat a demon.

Furthermore, since he received instruction in swordsmanship from Merlin and Merida's acquaintance, "*Sword Saint*" Michel Collins, he has acquired more ability than an active soldier even in hand-to-hand combat. In addition to attack magic, he inherited the knowledge of human anatomy and diseases from his previous life, so he has impeccable powers such as being able to treat serious injuries and intractable diseases accurately. As a result, the second name attached is "Magic King", that is, "*Demon King*".

In terms of his combat power, he is undoubtedly the strongest in the series, and he was injured in battle only twice during the series. However, contrary to this, the person himself is *ignorant of common sense in every sense*. Based on the knowledge derived from modern Japan and his own magic theory (imparting multiple properties using kanji), he creates only items that are clearly over-spec, so the evaluation from those around him, including his relatives, is "*If you leave it alone. I'll do something.*"

* Magic that gathers magical power and strengthens one's own body. It's common magic, but like healing magic, it uses the knowledge of the human body based on the memories of the previous life to efficiently strengthen the physical ability many times.
* Magic in this world is activated by collecting magical power and imagining it, so you can use lightning magic and other magic depending on your imagination. In addition, since he practiced mana control every day from the age of 3, he can collect an abnormal amount of mana.
* He has been out hunting in the forest near his house since he was a child to gather food, so he can perform extremely precise attacks such as hunting monsters without hurting them at all.
* Also, special magic is used depending on the image.

There are quite a few things that can be taken by the world if they are diverted to military use, and Shin and his companions have fighting power that deviates greatly from the level of common sense, so they are nervous about those around them. However, Shin the best and has the least common sense (*and he has no awareness*) is a super-problem child, and it has become a standard to make something out of curiosity and curiosity and get criticized for being amazed or yelled at (mainly Aug/August).

In short, a headache for those with common sense around them. However, this was his own way of worrying about the threat of demons that became apparent after his encounter with Schtrom, and in fact, it contributed to the survival of his companions, but for this reason, "*common sense*" was lost. He didn't learn it at all, and in the end, Merida's original intention of "*learning common sense at the school* = *learning self-respect*" failed spectacularly.

For the time being, Shin himself gradually understood that he was out of common sense as the battle with the demons dragged on for a long time... Although I was able to learn common sense, I have not acquired common sense. By the way, after the Majin battle, Merida was the main one keeping an eye on him. In the comicalized version, there are scenes that are more ignorant of the world, and the common sense (related to the Pope, etc.) that was acquired to some extent in the original novel is not here. In addition, he teaches his companions the magic theory described later and distributes items in preparation for the battle with the demons, and the team formed as a result of this is the "*Ultimate Magicians*".

 ─ **Attack magic**By utilizing the enormous amount of magical power cultivated through magical power control training that has been continued since childhood, along with the knowledge of the previous life, by adding the fundamental principle to the image process, its power and accuracy are dramatically increased. has improved too (Additionally, in the anime version, there is a depiction of his previous life where he was involved in the publication of science textbooks for children.)
* The magic of flames is used to create a bluish-white flame (Blue Flame), imagining it as sending oxygen to the flames (combustion). In some cases, the shape is used as a spear or a bullet. It has the power to defeat disaster-class monsters and devils with a single blow and melts the ground. When used in a fit of anger, it burns down the enemy without a trace with flames that turn pale and turn white.
* Water magic creates a large amount of water and compresses it to increase its power.
* Ice magic creates and uses ice by controlling water molecules.
* Wind magic is often used in the shape of a blade, and this also has the power to tear demons apart. It can also compress air and use it as a bullet.
* Earth magic is often used as a counter, such as shooting a lump of soil as a bullet or sticking out a stake. Also, in Volume 10, he created walls one after another while flying around the country's capital, surprising the military forces of each country and watching to the point of escaping from reality.
 ─ ***Healing Magic**** Original healing magic is activated with an image of a strong feeling of compassion, but in Shin's case, he has knowledge of his previous life, so he can use it without feeling compassion because he treats based on the structure of the human body. can. When it heals, it collects cells from different parts of the body and temporarily transforms them into pluripotent cells for repair, so it seems that using it will make the body thinner, and in severe cases, it seems that proper rehabilitation is required.
 ─ ***Directional Explosion Magic**** Developed to prevent yourself from getting caught up in explosion magic when used at close range. Since the direction of the explosion is adjusted, not only the explosion but also the shock wave will not come out of range. Also, since the range is narrowed down, the power is higher than normal explosion magic.
 ─ ***Thermonuclear Magic***Used in the final battle against Schtrom. Using the forbidden weapon from his previous life as magic, he annihilated Schtrom. In addition, in order not to cause damage to the surroundings, the energy is escaping into space by giving it directionality similar to directional explosion magic.
* In other words, it is an overkill magic that *concentrates the power of a nuclear explosion on just one person*. Not to mention the people around him who saw the magic, Shin himself has decided not to use it again.
* It is also a double-edged sword that can wipe out the surroundings including yourself if you make a mistake in control.
* By the way, I used it 3 times in my work.
* (The first time was a test shot before the decisive battle, and the clouds in the sky were blown away, and the second and third times were used in the battle against Schtrom. The second time, Miria became a shield for Schtrom, so it ended in a misfire, but 3 The second time is stabbing Schtrom.)

Combining the power of magic with the knowledge of her previous life, she creates many advanced things. However, as mentioned above, it's clearly over-engineered in this world, so it's standard for people around them to criticize him, saying, "What are you making?" In addition, magic tools are a headache not only for Merida and Org, but also for Thor, whose family runs a craftsman town, and he is always on the lookout, and in a sense, he is a source of trouble for those around him more than magic.

Shin himself is somewhat self-aware, and has imposed restrictions on himself, such as "do not adversely affect existing industrial forms" and "absolutely never create weapons of mass destruction." In addition, most of the things he has developed are basically things that are closely related to daily life and defense equipment, and in fact he has not developed any weapons other than the vibration sword. (A rifle for long-distance attacks was made in the early days, but since magic tools for long-distance attacks have been widely used in the work, it is treated as unacceptable. ) This is due to the fact that the idea of ​​making weapons was weak because there was nothing. Nonetheless, as I mentioned earlier, it's over-engineered during production, so if it's distributed poorly, the market value and market price will be greatly distorted, so there's no change in the fact that people around you must keep an eye on it...

* ***Vibration Sword*** - A sword with "ultrasonic vibration" applied to the blade. It can easily cut targets regardless of the sword's material, but the blade's strength does not change, so it may break. Therefore, Tony's idea was to develop the "Exchange Sword" and solve it by exchanging the blade when it breaks.

* *absolute magic defense* - A barrier with the image of "Magic Dispersal'' spreads out like it envelops the clothes, dispersing the magical power of the magic that is coming towards it, rendering it powerless. Not only does it nullify all kinds of attack magic, it is also perfect defensive magic that does not nullify healing magic for itself because it is granted to activate against harmful magic.
* *Complete physical shock absorption*- Similar to absolute magic defense, a barrier with the image of ``disappearance of kinetic energy'' is deployed to block physical attacks. Projectiles seem to ignore the laws of physics and stop.
* *Auto-healing* - Activated when a wound or defect is confirmed. The effect itself is that the healing magic of Shin and Ultimate Magicians automatically repairs wounds.
* *Anti-fouling* - It remembers the clean state of clothes and removes dirt and other contaminants. Thanks to this enchantment, this combat uniform does not require washing.
* *Comfort Temperature* - When activated, it regulates the temperature inside the cloak, reaching a comfortable temperature for the wearer. Not only does it prevent body temperature from being stolen when flying with floating magic, but it can operate at any temperature. Also known as "air conditioning"
* *Optical Camouflage* - When activated, the opponent will not be able to see you. The effect is the same as described above. Deployed to cover the entire body.
 ***Communicator**** Developed as a means of long-distance communication. At first, it was a thread telephone that connected a spider thread that had turned into a monster to a cup that had "voice transmission and reception" attached.made. After that, Shin, who learned of the existence of the magic stone, immediately created a wireless version of the communication device for 12 Ultimate Magicians because it was necessary when invading the former imperial territory.
 ***Pendant**** A self-made magic stone is embedded in it. It was thought to prevent poisoning, but as a result of concern about measures against harmful substances other than poison, the magic of "Foreign Object Rejection" was given. As a result, in a form Shin did not intendIt was equipped with a function as a contraceptive , and it ended up being misleading by those who noticed it. In addition, since it does not accept unnecessary ingredients, it does not gain weight while wearing it, but it also eliminates the influence of alcohol, so you can not get drunk. In addition, in the case of women, the fetus is also eliminated, making it impossible to conceive.
 ***Magical Toy**** Originally children were interested in magic, but normal magic and magic tools were dangerous for children, so they were developed as magic tools. A harmless toy that glows and rotates when magical power is applied.
 ***Magical Control Car**** The abbreviation is Majikon. From the above hypothesis, in order to raise the target age of magic toys, a magic tool version radio control
* was developed based on the memory of the previous life . It uses scrap magic stones (magic stone fragments) that are generated when it is imported from Quan Long for power. As soon as it went on sale, it became a tremendous success.

In the final battle against the demons, with Merida's permission, they were lent to soldiers from various countries on the condition that they would be strictly managed and returned after the war. In the original, they were loaned to all soldiers of each army, but perhaps because there are too many of them, in the manga version they are only loaned to elite units selected from each country. In addition, the added characters are made invisible in order to prevent copying and duplication of the added characters. By the way, Shin and Tony are regularly paid 5% each of the profit as exchange sword idea fee , and the monthly income alone reaches the general annual income. (By the way, when Tony found out about the forehead, he was so surprised that he fell down with a pale face.)

## Ending Theme

### ED Composer:

Nanami Yoshi. (吉七味。)

An anime adaptation of the series was announced in September 2017. The anime, which was later confirmed to air on television, was directed by Masafumi Tamura and written by Tatsuya Takahashi, featuring animation by Silver Link with character designs by Yuki Sawairi and music by Kow Otani. The series aired from April 10 to June 26, 2019 on AT-X, ABC, Tokyo MX and BS11. i☆Ris performed the series' opening theme song "Ultimate☆Magic", while Nanami Yoshi sang the series' ending theme song "Attoteki Vivid Days."

* ***Staff***
	+ Original Author - Tsuyoshi Yoshioka
	+ Character draft - Seiji Kikuchi, Shunsuke Ogata
	+ Director - Masafumi Tamura
	+ Series composition - Tatsuya Takahashi
	+ Character design/general drawing director - Yuki Sawairi
	+ Monster Design - Shinpei Aoki
	+ Art director - Masakazu Miyake
	+ Art setting - Saori Miyake, Yukiko Uegaki
	+ Color design - Eri Shigetomi
	+ Cinematographer - Atsushi Sato
	+ 3D Director - Tsutomu Ogasawara
	+ Editing - Santomo Santoroa
	+ Sound Director - Masanori Tsuchiya
	+ Sound Production - Glovision
	+ Music - Sachi Otani
	+ Music Production - Avex Pictures
	+ Producers - Takashi Tachizaki, Kazusa Umeda, Daisuke Iwasaki, Norio Kumamoto, Aya Iizuka, Mieko Tsuruta, Tomoyuki Owada, Kazuto Matsumura, Seiichi Kawashima
	+ Animation Producer - Yuto Shimizu
	+ Animation production - SILVER LINK.
	+ Production - *Kenson* Production Committee (KADOKAWA, ABC Animation, Docomo Anime Store, Sotsu, AT-X, SILVER LINK., Sony Music Solutions, Japan BS Broadcasting, Avex Pictures, Glovision)

Funimation licensed the series and produced an English dub. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the dub was moved to Crunchyroll.

## Game

The iOS / Android game "***Kenja no Mago: Ultimate Magic Legend*** (Legend of Ultimate Magicians)" was distributed by Kick-Ass on February 26, 2020. And thus the game was shutdown on March 31, 2022.

## External Link

* *Wise Man's Grandchild* ─ Web novel at Kakuyomu (in Japanese)
* *Wise Man's Grandchild* ─ Official Light Novel Website (in Japanese)
* Manga (***Young Ace UP***):
	+ *Wise Man's Grandchild* ─ Official Manga Website (in Japanese)
	+ *Wise Man's Grandchild* *Extra Story* ─ Official Manga Website (in Japanese)
	+ *Wise Man's Grandchild* *SP* ─ Official Manga Website (in Japanese)
	+ *Wise Man's Grandchild* *SS* ─ Official Manga Website (in Japanese)
* *TV Anime "Wise Man's Grandchild"* Official Website (in Japanese)
* *Wise Man's Grandchild* Official (@kenja\_no\_mago) - Twitter
* *Kenja no Mago: Ultimate Magic Legend* Official *(@kenmago\_game) - Twitter*
* *Wise Man's Grandchild* ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
* *Wise Man's Grandchild* ─ Wikipedia (in English)