Black Summoner


Black Summoner 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. A manga adaptation with illustrations by Gin Ammo began serialization in Overlap's Comic Gardo website in January 2018. An anime television series adaptation produced by Satelight aired from July to September 2022.

Plot

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 foe after another.

Characters

; Kelvin
; Efil
; Melfina
; Clotho
; Gerard
; Sera
; Ange
; Rion
Claire
The owner of a tavern Kelvin stayed at until buying his house. She is like a mother to him, and like Gerard, teases him on his collection of cute girls. She taught Efil how to cook.
Tsubaki Fujiwara
The queen of Toraj, a very beautiful and bold woman. She is descended by other-worlders like Kelvin from Japan, which is why the nation resembles Japan heavily. Kelvin came to Toraj to secure rice, which she happily gave them after they caught a band of thieves and defeated a local boss. She is fond of Kelvin as well as Efil's cooking, so much so that she tried to seduce him to stay, but to no avail.

Media

Light novels

Written by Doufu Mayoi, the series was published online on Shōsetsuka ni Narō from October 6, 2014, to July 1, 2024. 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 December 2025, twenty-two volumes have been released. In July 2020, J-Novel Club announced they licensed the series for English publication. In August 2023, Yen Press announced that they would release print versions of the light novel.

Manga

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Gin Ammo, began serialization in Comic Gardo on January 11, 2018. As of October 2025, the individual chapters have been collected into twenty-three tankōbon volumes. J-Novel Club is also publishing the manga in English. During their panel at New York Comic Con 2023, Yen Press announced that they would start publishing the volumes in print in March 2024.

Anime

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 "Atamannaka Dead End" by RetBear, while the ending theme song is "Wherever" by Minori Suzuki. Crunchyroll has licensed the series, and has begun streaming an English dub starting on July 23, 2022. It also released the series on Blu-ray in August 2023. Medialink has licensed the series in Asian region and streaming on their YouTube channel Ani-One Asia.

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Reception

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