Reign of the Seven Spellblades
Reign of the Seven Spellblades is a Japanese light novel series written by Bokuto Uno and illustrated by Ruria Miyuki. ASCII Media Works have published the series since September 2018 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Sakae Esuno was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace from May 2019 to November 2023. Both the light novel and manga are licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired from July to October 2023.
Premise
Springtime at Kimberly Magic Academy, when new students begin their first year. One boy, clad in black robes with a white cane and sword strapped to his hip, approaches the prestigious school. This young man, Oliver Horn, must form a bond with a katana-wielding girl named Nanao Hibiya and four other students if he's to survive the dangers he's to face at this school — a seven-year institution where, on average, twenty percent of students who enroll are "consumed by the spell" before they graduate.Characters
Sword Roses
;Oliver Horn;Nanao Hibiya
;Katie Aalto
;Michela McFarlane
;Pete Reston
;Guy Greenwood
Classmates
;Richard Andrews;Tullio Rossi
;Stacy Cornwallis
;Fay Willock
;Joseph Albright
Upperclassmen
;Ophelia Salvadori;Carlos Whitrow
;Alvin Godfrey
;Vera Miligan
;Cyrus Rivermoore
Faculty
;Esmeralda;Theodore McFarlane Lord McFarlane
;Luther Garland
;Darius Grenville
Media
Light novels
The light novel series is written by Bokuto Uno and illustrated by Ruria Miyuki. ASCII Media Works published the first volume under their Dengeki Bunko imprint on September 7, 2018. As of August 2025, 15 serial volumes have been released, plus one prequel volume titled Side of Fire: Chronicle of Purgatory. The light novel series is licensed in North America by Yen Press.Manga
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Sakae Esuno, was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine from May 25, 2019, to November 25, 2023, and compiled into eight tankōbon volumes. The manga series is also licensed in North America by Yen Press.Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced during the live-streamed "Dengeki Bunko Winter Festival 2021" event on December 11, 2021. It is produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Masato Matsune, with scripts supervised by Shōgo Yasukawa, character designs handled by Sōta Suwa, and music composed by Kujira Yumemi. The series aired from July 8 to October 14, 2023, on Tokyo MX and BS11. The opening theme song is "Kenka" by Kujira Yumemi featuring Mimizuku and Fukurō, while the ending theme song is "Aimu" by Kujira Yumemi featuring Shachi Tsumugi. Crunchyroll streamed the series.The first six episodes adapt Volume 1 of the novel series, the following five adapt Volume 2, and the last four adapt Volume 3.