Black Summoner

### Producer

flying DOG, Bushiroad, Docomo Anime Store, bilibili, Overlap, Bushiroad Move, Bushiroad Creative

## Fandom

***Black Summoner*** (黒の召喚士, *Kuro no Shōkanshi*) is a Japanese light novel series written by Doufu Mayoi. It began publication online on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō novel posting website in October 2014. Overlap began publishing the series with illustrations by Kurogin under their Overlap Bunko imprint in June 2016. As of August 2021, fifteen volumes have been released. A manga adaptation with illustrations by Gin Ammo began serialization in Overlap's *Comic Gardo* website in January 2018. As of October 2021, its chapters have been collected into eleven *tankōbon* volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Satelight will premiere in 2022.

This work was serialized on the novel posting site "Shōsetsuka ni Narō" from October 6, 2014, and the paperback edition has been published by Overlap Bunko (*Overlap*) from June 25, 2016. The cumulative circulation of the series has reached more than 1.4 million as of February 2022. As a media mix, a comicalized version by Gin Amou is being serialized on the overlapping web comic site "Comic Gardo" from 2018. In 2022, it was announced that it would be made into a TV animation.

## Synopsis

Waking up in a strange new place with no memory of his past life, Kelvin learns that he's bartered away those very memories in exchange for powerful new abilities during his recent transmigration. Heading out into a whole new world as a Summoner—with his first Follower being the very goddess who brought him over!—Kelvin begins his new life as an adventurer, and it isn't long before he discovers his hidden disposition as a battle junkie.

From the Black Knight of the Ancient Castle of Evil Spirits to the demon within the Hidden Cave of the Sage, he revels in the fight against one formidable foe after another. Join this OP adventurer in an exhilarating and epic saga as he and his allies carve their way into the annals of history!

## Media

### *Light novels*

Written by Doufu Mayoi, the series began publication online on Shōsetsuka ni Narō on October 6, 2014. The series was later acquired by Overlap, who began publishing the series with illustrations by Kurogin under their Overlap Bunko imprint on June 25, 2016. As of August 2021, fifteen volumes have been released. In July 2020, J-Novel Club announced they licensed the series for English publication.

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### *Manga*

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Gin Ammo, began serialization in *Comic Gardo* on January 11, 2018. As of October 2021, the individual chapters have been collected into eleven *tankōbon* volumes. J-Novel Club is also publishing the manga in English.

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## Kelvin Celsius

### Title:

* Demon-Killing Champion
* Mentor of the Heroes

### Aliases:

* Death God
* Grim reaper

### Nickname:

* Honey *(by Melfina)*
* My king *(by Gerard)*
* Master *(by Efil)*
* Teacher *(by Heroes)*
* Kel-nii *(by Rion)*
* Brother *(by Dahak)*

### Affiliation:

* Parth's Adventurer's Guild
* County of water Toraj
* Beast kingdom of Gaun
* Holy Kingdom of Deramis

### Party:

Efil, Clotho, Sera, Melfina, Gerard, Rion, Alex, Dahak, Boga, Mdofarak

## 「Biographical Information」

### Traits:

Reincarnated, Battle-freak, Apostle, Strategist

### Relatives:

* Melfina *(1st Wife)*
* Efil *(Slave/1st Girlfriend)*
* Sera *(2nd Girlfriend)*
* Ange *(2nd love interest)*
* Rion *(adopted sister)*

## 「Voice Actor」

### English VA:

Van Barr

> "*I'm just your average adventurer, who kind of enjoys fighting!*"
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When he died in an accident and was reincarnated, he paid for his own memories to increase his skill points. Due to the erasure of her memories and knowledge, the knowledge of the skills she acquired prior to her reincarnation has also disappeared. As her reincarnation bonus, she is given modern knowledge after her reincarnation and some money by Goddess Melfina. Even with the same episodic memory, he forgets "*his own upbringing*", "*having used his memory as a price*", and "*falling in love with a goddess*", whereas he forgets "the image of a certain famous game", and "a life without a bath is hard for Japanese people". There is a contradiction about the point that there is something I remember.

Regarding this contradiction, the goddess Melfina verbally communicated that she was reincarnated and paid for her memories, and since the TV anime version also pays for her memories, it is possible that she intentionally planted false memories. highly sexual. His home base as an adventurer is Parth, as he has purchased a mansion.

***Personality***

* Kelvin has a somewhat laid-back personality. When he's not jacked up on adrenaline from being in a fight (or looking forward to a battle), he likes going out with the girls in his party, gets dragged around by Gerard's hijinks, and dotes on his stepsister, Rion. He also tends to play the tsukkomi role quite often, though sometimes his lack of knowledge in the relevant subject matter makes him the target of the joke.
* He tends to play down his tendencies as a battle junkie, sometimes even denying it outright, albeit in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek manner that may or may not indicate self-awareness.
* His love and hunger for rice prompted him to take a trip to Toraj, thus setting off the events of Vol 2 of the LN and Vol 3 of the manga.

### Abilities

The main protagonist (Kelvin) is a reincarnated Summoner, the only S-rank summoner in the world. He bartered away his memories of his previous life to gain useful abilities. His current contracted servants are Clotho, Gerard, Melfina, and Sera. Kelvin is a man who loves battle so much that half of the time, he looks more like a villain than the protagonist. He transmigrated to the world with no recollection of his previous life and is therefore looking to enjoy this world to the utmost (*get into tons of battles*).

* Vol 4 (LN)
* Vol 9 (LN)

During the battle, he gives accurate instructions to his companions, while fighting himself using "green magic (general term for earth and wind magic)" and "white magic (light magic)". Its repertoire is wide-ranging, including attack, support, and recovery. In addition, he can see through his opponent's combat ability with his appraisal skill, and hides his own combat ability and trap magic with concealment skill, so there is no gap in information warfare. However, because he is a magician, he is not good at physical combat or fighting alone against multiple people.

* Mithril Dagger (Rank C)
* Sage's Black Robe (Rank B)
* Black Leather Boots (Rank D)
* Strengthened Mithril Dagger (Rank B)
* Skill Eater (Rank S)
* Astarte's Embrace (Rank S)
* Tailored Black Leather Boots (Rank C)
* Mad Holy Sword Clive (Rank S)
* Black Sword Aklama (Rank S)
* Skill Eater (Rank S)
* Astarte's Embrace (Rank S)
* Blood Pendant (Rank S)
* Goddess's Ring (Rank S)
* Black Leather Boots of the Divine Beast (Rank S)

After the battle, he creates powerful equipment using the parts of the monsters he subjugated with his blacksmithing skill. However, in his early days, he made many mistakes, and he also stockpiled a large amount of cursed equipment...

As the subtitle suggests, he is a **genuine battle junkie**, and if there is an enemy stronger than himself, he will take the initiative to start a battle, and to do so, he will use any means (but at least he knows good and evil). He himself seems to have no intention of curing even if he is pointed out as "like a disease".

The slime that Kelvin used for the first time. It can split and distribute its combat power to each individual. Clotho is a contracted Slime used by Kelvin. He is the first monster contracted by Kelvin and is immediately put to use by him to kill another slime. He has since evolved into a Slime Gluttonia, a monster almost as strong as Demon Lords. A fun-loving glutton, who shows puppy-like affection towards Kelvin, He's known to love being admired by party members who treat him like a pet. However, they understand he's a very loyal, fierce, and strong slime, and the first creature in the new world that Kelvin made a contract.
* As a gluttonous slime, it wouldn't be far-fetched to say he gained the Title: **Devourer** very early on in the series, and accurate to the title, he's been known to eat almost anything, organic or inorganic.

 【Division】

 【Blunt Damage Resistance】
 【Dismantle】
 【Division】
 【Metalicize】

## Opening Theme

### OP Title:

Atamannaka DEAD END (頭ん中DEAD END) unknown Vo: 10fu

## Ending Theme

### ED Title:

* Wherever (eps 1-8)
* Wherever remix (eps 9)

### ED Composer:

Minori Suzuki

An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 17, 2022. It is produced by Satelight and directed and scripted by Yoshimasa Hiraike, with Miwa Oshima designing the characters and Michiru and Yuria Miyazono composing the music. It aired from July 9 to September 24, 2022, on Tokyo MX. The opening theme song is "Ataman Chū Dead End" (頭ん中DEAD END) by RetBear (unknown Vo:10fu), while the ending theme song is "Wherever" by Minori Suzuki. Crunchyroll has licensed the series, and has also began streaming an English dub starting on July 23, 2022.

* ***Staff***
	+ Original Author - Mazei Tofu
	+ Original illustration - Kurogin, die-ext
	+ Comics - Amaha Gin
	+ Director/Series composition - Yoshimasa Hiraike
	+ Character Design - Miwa Oshima
	+ Sub Character Design - Sachiko Ohashi
	+ Monster Prop Design - Wataru Inada
	+ Art setting - Kenji Kato
	+ Art Director - Yoko Komiya (Episode 1-4, 6, 9, 10)
	+ Color design - Eri Suzuki
	+ Cinematographer - Natsumi Uchida
	+ Editing - Hideharu Matsumoto
	+ CGI Supervisor - Hiroyuki Goto
	+ CGI Director - Reina Nakamura
	+ Sound Director - Satoshi Motoyama
	+ Sound production - Bushiroad Move
	+ Music - Michiru, Yuria Miyazono
	+ Music Production - Flying Dog
	+ Music Producer - Madoka Fukasui, Shun Uchida
	+ Producer - Shujin Huh, Tatsuya Oshita, Kotaro Nakamura, Masao Fukuda, Yasawa Furuya, Yasushi Fukushima
	+ Animation Producer - Osami Muramoto
	+ Animation Production - Satelight
	+ Production - *Black Summoner* Production Committee

Medialink has licensed the series in Asian region and streaming on their Youtube channel Ani-One Asia.

## Reception

As of May 2021, the series has over one million copies in circulation.

## External Link

* *Black Summoner* ─ Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
* *Black Summoner* ─ Light novel official website (in Japanese)
* *Black Summoner* ─ Manga official website (in Japanese)
* *TV Anime "Black Summoner"* Official website (in Japanese)
* *Black Summoner* ─ Official (@kuronoshokanshi)- Twitter
* *Black Summoner* ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
* *Black Summoner* ─ Wikipedia (in English)