Ascendance of a Bookworm
Anime • 2019 • Animation
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Avid bookworm and college student Motosu Urano ends up dying in an unforeseen accident. This came right after the news that she would finally be able to work as a librarian as she had always dreamed of. When she regained consciousness, she was reborn as Myne, the daughter of a poor soldier. She was in the town of Ehrenfest, which had a harsh class system. But as long as she had books, she didn't really need anything else. However, books were scarce and belonged only to the nobles. But that doesn't stop her, so she makes a decision... "If there aren't any books, I'll just create some."
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Is there a dead animal?
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There is a dead pig in one episode, blood is shown and the sound of it's death cry as it is killed can be heard, it causes a character on screen to have a panic attack
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No but a character offers to leave the body she is possessing but warns a boy that there will be nothing left after because the first host of the body is dead. It's only a conversation but a visual of the character's body laying on the floor dead is shown quickly
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Abuse
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There's pedophilia, one child is a concubine.
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Chicken gets decapitated by a butcher. Pig slaughtered via spear.
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One character is implied to have been assaulted off screen. Further there is the implication that child characters may be forced to become "concubines" but the specifics of this are unclear.
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Is someone restrained?
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Maïn is kind of jailed for a short time. Orphans are not allowed to leave the temple.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Slight cut at the end of season 2.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Not technically buried, and even then not "alive" as she seemingly died on the spot or it is not talked about, but the main characted died crushed by books.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Characters have to p***k their fingers to get blood to sign important contracts, this is done in a simple manor and is not overly graphic or over the top
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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A chracter "crushes" several characters, making them unable to breath, to the point where one even loses consciousness.
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Does someone break a bone?
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But we are told, that Main died in her former life by beeing crushed by books
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Is there excessive gore?
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The most graphic episode shows them killing a pig for winter food, other then that there are minor cuts, pin pricks for blood, and children with high fevers
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It's pretty clear, that the original Main dies and the new one took over her body
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Is a minor sexualized?
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One child must agree to become the concubine of a lord in order to save herself, there is talk about this but the children are not dressed in small outfits, just normal clothes
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Is someone kidnapped?
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A character is kidnapped at the end of season 3.
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Does a parent die?
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No parents die but the main character is not able to contact her mother from her past life and morns the loss so if you get triggered by parent loss or death that episode may be difficult. It's the episode when the man in blue puts the crown on Mine's head and checks her memories, she gets excited to show him her home world and just after that deals with missing her mother. Part of the series is also about the main character needing to live away from her parents and how much she misses them
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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Well, not in the classical Sense, but the original Main's body was taken over by the new Main after she dies (probably)
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Is there a shower scene?
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There are short, non-sexualized shots of Main and Tuuli bathing.
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In side story one, one of the nobles vomits after stepping in horse poop. They don't show it, just him up against a wall, but there is audio
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Is there audio gore?
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You can hear them killing a pig at one point and the sound of swords being drawn, nothing is over the top though
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Is there a hospital scene?
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No but a character is very sick and is often seen in bed with a fever, it's a large part of the show
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Does someone have cancer?
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But Main has an still unexplaind and usually termal illness
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Needles are used to p***k character's fingers to get blood to sign contracts
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Mental Health
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Some characters p***k their fingers with pins for blood to sign contracts
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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No but a character offers to leave the body she is possessing, warning that once she leaves all that will be left is a corps
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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A character has a fear of men and shakes when they're near, another character fears blood and faints when she sees it
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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At one point a character is locked up in a small room and passes out due to fever (not claustrophobia), the family lives in a very small house with a single bedroom for four people but the small space it not addressed as a bad thing
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When the main character has a fever they often show flashing lights and when the character is sent back into her memories there is a lot of heavy flashing lights
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Paranoia
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No direct references, but strong usage of super-deformed style that explain things directly to the viewer, plus narration at the beginning of the series that is done by Maïn and addressed to the watcher.
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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Not visual, but one occur in S3.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Mother ends up having another child in a later season
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No but at one point it is implied that a husband can't wait to be left alone with his wife because he loves the way her hair looks, nothing is shown
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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The main character and another minor character do, it's a huge part of the series so if this triggers you I wouldn't watch it
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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S1/S2 do not have sad endings, but S3 is bittersweet at best.
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Violence
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Only slight blood, and for scenaristic reasons.
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