Seasons & episodes

S0 · E1Side Story One: Eustachius's Incognito Operation Downtown 2020-03-10 · 12 min＋

The head priest wants more information on Main, so he sends two of his aides, Eckhard and Eustachius, to investigate her.

S0 · E2Side Story Two: Visiting Missus Corinna 2020-03-10 · 11 min＋

Eva and Turi find themselves having to accompany Main to Corinna's residence, because she wants to take a look at the outfit Main wore for her baptism.

S0 · E3Recap 26.5: Part 1 2022-03-29 · 23 min＋

Main begins her journey to create paper, facing setbacks and revealing her true self to Lutz.

S0 · E4Recap 26.5: Part 2 2022-03-29 · 23 min＋

Main faces challenges as she takes over the orphanage, aiming to help the kids while uncovering dark secrets.

No episode summary available yet.

No episode summary available yet.

S1 · E1A World Without Books 2019-10-03 · 24 min＋

Motosu Urano, a college student and a bookworm of the highest order, loses her life in an avalanche of books and wakes up in another world as a sickly girl named Main. Nevertheless confident that she can deal with any situation as long as she has books to read, she looks all over her new home for one, but doesn't find any. To make matters worse, she couldn't see any writing in town when out with her mother Eva. She realized that she found herself in a world with a low literacy rate, one where books were prohibitively expensive.

S1 · E2Life Improvements and Slates 2019-10-10 · 24 min＋

Having learned how expensive books are in this world, Main resolves to make books of her own. However, she soon finds out just how frail her new body is when she and her elder sister, Turi, decide to go to the gate to deliver something their father forgot—she can hardly take a few steps before running out of breath. But that's when Lutz, a neighborhood kid the same age as Main, offers his help. Main is touched by this and soon makes it to the gate. There, Otto gives her his old slate, letting her experience the joy of writing once again

S1 · E3The Events of Winter 2019-10-17 · 24 min＋

While everyone is snowed in by the harsh winter, Main has a plan: a plan to craft pseudo-papyrus as the first step towards making a book. Meanwhile, Eva teaches Turi a bunch of skills in order to prepare her for her upcoming baptism in the summer. Main is told to think about where she wants to apprentice, but as always, books are the only thing on her mind. As winter rolls on, however, the family bonds and grows closer together, and Main hits upon the perfect gift to give Turi to wear on her baptism day.

S1 · E4Forests and Clay Tablets 2019-10-24 · 24 min＋

Spring has arrived, and Main is raring to go make clay tablets in the forest. But first, she must convince her family that she can handle the journey.

S1 · E5Baptisms and Strange Fevers 2019-10-31 · 24 min＋

The season has shifted to summer, and the day of Turi's baptism has arrived. Turi attracts attention with a hair ornament made by Main. Main, who has more opportunities to go to the forest, starts making wooden tablets with the help of Lutz. Meanwhile, Lutz asks Main Lutz to let him meet Otto. Lutz had a dream of becoming a traveling merchant. However, Main, shocked by her repeated failures at making paper, collapses from a high fever before the meeting with Otto.

S1 · E6Meeting 2019-11-07 · 24 min＋

Lutz and Main prepare for the meeting with Otto. But Otto brings someone with him, turning a casual meeting into an interview that will decide both Lutz and Main's futures.

S1 · E7Seeds of Suspicion 2019-11-14 · 24 min＋

With the paper-making process about to begin, Main can't hide her excitement as she and Lutz go to meet Benno as per his invitation. He reveals that he is willing to arrange for all the equipment and materials they need to make paper, but the ensuing conversation makes Lutz see Main in a very different light.

S1 · E8Lutz's Main 2019-11-21 · 24 min＋

As Main and Lutz begin making their paper for real, Main's excitement gets the better of her, and Lutz's suspicions come to a head. He resolves to talk to her about it after the paper is finished.

S1 · E9The Guild Master's Granddaughter 2019-11-28 · 24 min＋

Benno looks to have Main and Lutz registered with the Merchant Guild, but the guild master proves to be an obstacle. This results in them making plans to meet Frieda, his granddaughter.

S1 · E10To the Second Winter 2019-12-05 · 24 min＋

Main learns from Frieda that the illness she has is called the Devouring, and that it will flare up if she ever feels anxiety or loses hope. Almost on cue, her fever starts acting up...

S1 · E11Life-or-Death Choices and Family Meetings 2019-12-12 · 24 min＋

With Main collapses, everyone she knows comes together in a bid to save her life. But soon, she is faced with a life-or-death decision, one that she must discuss with her family.

S1 · E12Baptism and Divine Paradises 2019-12-19 · 24 min＋

The day of Main and Lutz's baptism has arrived. Wearing a fancy dress and a new hair ornament, Main appears a clear standout from the rest of the kids, but soon she loses her way and finds herself in what she sees as heaven on earth.

S1 · E13The Choice To Be an Apprentice Priestess 2019-12-26 · 24 min＋

When Main brings up wanting to become an apprentice priestess to her family, she learns the truth about the role and what it entails and soon comes to realize that she is in for the fight of her life.

S1 · E14Conclusions 2019-12-26 · 24 min＋

Main, Gunther, and Eva head to the cathedral for their fateful meeting, knowing that Main's life is riding on a successful negotiation. But will things really go so smoothly for them?

S1 · E15Apprentice Priestess 2020-04-05 · 24 min＋

Main is now an apprentice priestess at the cathedral. How will she adapt to a new life in new surroundings, and how will they react to her?

S1 · E16Blue Robes and Uncommon Sense 2020-04-12 · 24 min＋

The stark contrast of the values at the church compared to life downtown continues to bewilder Main, as she butts heads with her retainers and her expected duties at the church.

S1 · E17Needs 2020-04-19 · 24 min＋

With Fran now fully on her team, Main must then get to work on winning Gil and Delia over.

S1 · E18Orphanage Reforms 2020-04-26 · 24 min＋

Main is taken to the orphanage and collapses in shock when she sees the state it and its inhabitants are in. She wants to help the kids, but will she really be able to?