Talentless Nana


Talentless Nana is a Japanese manga series written by Looseboy and illustrated by Iori Furuya. It has been serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Gangan Comics#Monthly [Shōnen Gangan (since 1991)|Monthly Shōnen Gangan] since May 2016 and has been collected in fourteen volumes. The manga is published digitally in North America by Square Enix. An anime television series adaptation by Bridge aired from October to December 2020.

Plot

In the near future, mysterious monsters known as the "Enemies of Humanity" begin to appear, and with it so do children with supernatural powers called the "Talented". To prepare them for the upcoming battle against these Enemies, all the Talented are sent to a school located on a deserted island, where they have all their daily needs provided for until they graduate and communication with the outside world is forbidden. One day, a new student named Nana Hiiragi arrives at the school. Her friendly and cheerful personality lets her quickly make friends with the class. In reality, however, Nana is a Talentless government assassin who has been dispatched to kill the Talented, whom the government deems to be the true Enemies of Humanity.

Characters

;Nana Hiiragi
;Nanao Nakajima
;Kyōya Onodera
;Michiru Inukai
;Yōhei Shibusawa
;Moguo Iijima
;Moguo's henchman A
;Moguo's henchman B
;Rentarō Tsurumigawa
;Seiya Kori
;Kirara Habu
;Kaori Takanashi
;Tsunekichi Hatadaira
;Yūka Sasaki
;Shinji Kazama
;Ryūji Ishii
;Fūko Sorano
;Homeroom teacher
;Jin Tachibana

Media

Manga

Talentless Nana is written by Looseboy and illustrated by Iori Furuya. The series began serialization in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan on May 12, 2016. As of December 2025, it has been collected in fourteen volumes. Crunchyroll digitally published the series in North America until December 11, 2023. It was then subsequently picked up by Square Enix's Manga Up! service.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on April 7, 2020. The series was animated by Bridge and directed by Shinji Ishihira, with Fumihiko Shimo handling series composition, Satohiko Sano designing the characters, and Yasuharu Takanashi composing the music at Nippon Columbia. The opening theme, "Broken Sky", is performed by Miyu Tomita, while the ending theme, "Bakemono to Yobarete", is performed by Chiai Fujikawa. The series aired from October 4 to December 27, 2020, on AT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, and TVA. Muse Communication licensed the anime and they streamed it in Southeast Asia and South Asia.
Funimation acquired the series and streamed it on its website in North America and the British Isles. On November 20, 2021, Funimation announced the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.

Episodes