Spy Classroom

Spy Classroom (Japanese: スパイ教室, Hepburn: Supai Kyōshitsu), also known as Spy Room, is a Japanese light novel series written by Takemachi and illustrated by Tomari. Fujimi Shobo published the first volume under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint in January 2020. As of January 2023, nine main series volumes and four short story volumes in March have been released.

Spy Classroom
Cover of the first light novel volume
スパイ教室
(Supai Kyōshitsu)
GenreAdventure[1]
Light novel
Written byTakemachi
Illustrated byTomari
Published byFujimi Shobo
English publisher
ImprintFujimi Fantasia Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runJanuary 18, 2020 – present
Volumes9 + 4 short stories
Manga
Part 1
Written byTakemachi
Illustrated byKaname Seu
Published byMedia Factory
English publisher
Yen Press
MagazineMonthly Comic Alive
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 27, 2020 – April 27, 2022
Volumes3
Manga
Part 2
Written byTakemachi
Illustrated byBenishake
Published byMedia Factory
MagazineMonthly Comic Alive
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 27, 2022 – present
Volumes1
Manga
Part 3
Written byTakemachi
Illustrated byKaname Seu
Published byMedia Factory
MagazineMonthly Comic Alive
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 27, 2022 – present
Volumes1
Anime television series
Directed byKeiichiro Kawaguchi
Produced by
  • Aya Iizuka
  • Hajime Maruyama
  • Satoshi Motonaga
  • Akihiro Sotokawa
  • Kayoko Ninomiya
Written byShinichi Inotsume
Music byYoshiaki Fujisawa
StudioFeel
Licensed bySentai Filmworks
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, BS NTV, KBS Kyoto, SUN, TVA
Original run January 5, 2023 – present
Episodes12

A manga adaptation with illustrations by Kaname Seu was serialized in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive magazine between May 2020 and April 2022. As of July 2022, its chapters have been collected into three tankōbon volumes. A second part of the manga by Benishake and a third part by Seu both began serializiation in the same magazine in June 2022.

An anime television series adaptation by Feel aired from January to March 2023. A second season is set to premiere in July 2023.

Plot

After a devastating war, there has been a realization that weapons are now too powerful and destructive. Thus ends the era of war fought in the "light" and begins the era of war fought within "darkness", a war fought with information and trickery, a war of spies. After the destruction of the spy team Inferno, their only surviving member, Klaus, sets off to create a team who specializes in "Impossible Missions". Impossible missions are missions that a spy team has already failed thus leading to higher security resulting in a chance of failure to be 90 percent.

The problem? The seven girls that Klaus has recruited are all washouts and bottom of the barrel for the spy schools they hailed from. Klaus only has a month to teach them everything he knows and in turn the girls will have to employ every possible trick to have a chance of surviving.

Characters
The assembled Lamplight agents (from left to right: Sybilla, Thea, Erna, Lily, Monika, Annette, Grete and Sara) as seen from the anime adaptation.

Lamplight
Klaus (クラウス, Kurausu)
Voiced by: Yūichirō Umehara[2]
The boss of Lamplight and former member of Inferno, 20 years old, code name Bonfire (篝火, Kagaribi), who re-established Lamplight after Inferno was wiped out. Self proclaimed "the Greatest Spy in the World".[3][4] Despite being "the Greatest Spy in the World" but he is terrible at teaching as he does things intuitively.
Lily (リリィ, Rirī)
Voiced by: Sora Amamiya[2]
She has silver hair, 17 years old, code name Flower Garden (花園, Hanazono).[5] The team leader of Lamplight. Her specialty is using poison to disable her enemies while she has a special immunity to poison herself. She wants to become a spy due to her life being saved by one after she survived a poison gas attack during the Great War. Due to her concern for the Lamplight team and her own skills, she is designated by Klaus to be the team leader for Lamplight.
Grete (グレーテ, Gurēte)
Voiced by: Miku Itō[6]
She has red hair, 18 years old, code name Daughter Dearest (愛娘, Manamusume).[7] She is good with disguises. She was a daughter of politician but for some reason she was forced out of her birthplace, and she seems to have decided to become a spy. Although she has an excellent brain, she has a deep-rooted distaste for men
Sybilla (ジビア, Jibia)
Voiced by: Nao Tōyama[6]
She has white hair, 17 years old, code name Pandemonium (百鬼, Hyakki).[8] She is good at stealing and the most athletic member of the team. She was born into a gangster family, which she and her younger siblings were forced to help in gang activities. She has a strong sense of justice and wanted to be a spy to protect her younger siblings.
Monika (モニカ)
Voiced by: Aoi Yūki[6]
She has cerulean hair, 16 years old, code name Glint (氷刃, Hyojin).[9] The most talented as a spy amongst the members of Lamplight. She is the daughter of an artist, but she ran away from home and aspired to be a spy.
Thea (ティア, Tia)
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka[6]
She has black hair, 18 years old, code name Dreamspeaker (夢語, Yumegatari).[10] The oldest and most attractive member of Lamplight, she is good with negotiations. She was the daughter of a newspaper company president and abducted when she was 11 as a hostage. She was saved by spy who she admired and became her inspiration to becoming a spy.
Sara (サラ)
Voiced by: Ayane Sakura[6]
She has brown hair, 15 years old, code name Meadow (草原, Sōgen).[11] She is good with rearing animals. She is a timid but kind-hearted girl who tends to add "ssu" at the end of her words. She is the daughter of chef and restaurant owner in a rural town.
Annette (アネット, Anetto)
Voiced by: Tomori Kusunoki[6]
She has ash pink hair, 14 years old, code name Forgetter (忘我, Bōga).[12] She is good with engineering. She has no memories from her past before she join training school, and she became a spy because of her special skills, without even knowing who she was.
Erna (エルナ, Eruna)
Voiced by: Inori Minase[13]
She has blonde hair, 14 years old, code name Fool (愚人, Gujin).[14] The eighth and youngest member of Lamplight who arrived at Heat Haze Palace and joined Lamplight a day later than other members, due to running into a series of accidents. She is good at predicting misfortune before it occurs. She was born into an aristocratic family and lost her parents in a tragic mansion fire. Since the loss, she's been plagued with misfortune at an alarming rate. After so many close brushes with misfortune, she developed a sense for bad luck which she states holds a certain smell.

Media

Light novels

The light novel is written by Takemachi and illustrated by Tomari; Fujimi Shobo published the first volume under its Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint on January 18, 2020.[15] As of January 2023, nine volumes of the main series have been released.[16] Four short story volumes have also been released.[17] Asaura is listed as "assistance with firearm research" of the series.

Before the first volume was published, a promotional video was released, where Yūichirō Umehara, Sora Amamiya, Miku Itō, Nao Tōyama, Aoi Yūki, Sumire Uesaka, Ayane Sakura and Tomori Kusunoki played the roles of the members in Lamplight. It was the first time for a promotional video of a light novel series to feature as many as eight voice actors.[18]

In January 2021, Yen Press announced they licensed the series for English publication.[19]

During their New York Comic-Con 2022 panel, Yen Press announced that they had also licensed the short story collections.[20]

Main series
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 January 18, 2020[15]978-4-04-073480-4August 24, 2021[1]978-1-97-532240-3
2 April 17, 2020[21]978-4-04-073636-5January 25, 2022[22]978-1-97-532242-7
3 August 20, 2020[23]978-4-04-073740-9May 17, 2022[24]978-1-97-533882-4
4 December 19, 2020[25]978-4-04-073741-6October 18, 2022[26]978-1-97-533884-8
5 May 20, 2021[27]978-4-04-073742-3May 23, 2023[28]978-1-97-534312-5
6 September 18, 2021[29]978-4-04-074253-3August 22, 2023[30]978-1-97-535028-4
7 March 18, 2022[31]978-4-04-074254-0——
8 July 20, 2022[32]978-4-04-074607-4——
9 January 20, 2023[16]978-4-04-074766-8——
Short stories
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 March 19, 2021[33]978-4-04-074066-9April 18, 2023[34]978-1-97-536496-0
2 December 18, 2021[35]978-4-04-074358-5——
3 October 20, 2022[36]978-4-04-074728-6——
4 March 17, 2023[17]978-4-04-074919-8——

Manga

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Kaname Seu, was serialized in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive magazine from May 27, 2020 to April 27, 2022.[37] As of July 2022, the individual chapters have been collected into three tankōbon volumes.[38] A second part of the manga illustrated by Benishake and a third part illustrated by Seu both began serializiation in the same magazine on June 27, 2022.[39]

Yen Press is also publishing the first part of the manga adaptation in English.[40]

First part
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 December 23, 2020[41]978-4-04-680002-2January 25, 2022[42]978-1-97-533888-6
2 August 23, 2021[43]978-4-04-680542-3June 21, 2022[44]978-1-97-534512-9
3 July 20, 2022[38]978-4-04-681523-1May 23, 2023[45]978-1-97-536919-4
Second part
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 February 21, 2023[46]978-4-04-682136-2
Third part
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 February 21, 2023[47]978-4-04-682137-9

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced during the "Fantasia Bunko Online Festival 2022" event on March 13, 2022. The series is produced by Feel and directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi, with scripts written by Shinichi Inotsume, character designs handled by Sumie Kinoshita, and music composed by Yoshiaki Fujisawa.[2] It aired from January 5 to March 30, 2023, on AT-X and other networks.[6][48] The opening theme song is "Tōmoshibi" (灯火, "Light") by Nonoc, while the ending theme song is "Secret Code" by Konomi Suzuki.[49][50] At Anime NYC 2022, Hidive announced that the series will be streamed in North America in 2023.[51] On February 16, 2023 it was announced that episode 8 is delayed a week from February 23 to March 2, due to COVID-19.[52]

In April 2023, it was announced that a second season of the anime would premiere in July of the same year. It is again directed by Kawaguchi, with returning staff.[53] The opening theme song is "Rakuen" (楽園, "Paradise") by Nonoc, while the ending theme song is "Nuisance" (ニューサンス) by Sajou no Hana.[54]

No.Title [55][56]Directed by [lower-alpha 1]Written by [lower-alpha 1]Storyboarded by [lower-alpha 1]Original air date [57]
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2
3		"Mission: Flower Garden"
Transcription: "Misshon "Hanazono"" (Japanese: MISSION《花園》)		Takafumi FujiiShinichi InotsumeKeiichiro KawaguchiJanuary 5, 2023 (2023-01-05)
Tatsuya SasakiTomoki KobayashiJanuary 12, 2023 (2023-01-12)
Shōta ImaiMasahiko MurataJanuary 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)

Part I: Ten years after the destructive Great War, the nations of the world decided to turn to espionage rather than open warfare to resolve their conflicts. In the Din Republic, master spy Klaus is given an "Impossible Mission" which if he manages to pull off, will cement his reputation as the "Greatest Spy in the World". As part of this mission, Klaus gathers seven young spy cadets who are struggling in training, including a girl named Lily, into a team codenamed Lamplight. He explains that he will help train them to prepare for an Impossible Mission in the Galgad Empire, but while he proves to be a master spy, he is actually a poor teacher. Thinking that Klaus intends to use them as sacrificial pawns, Lily ambushes Klaus with poison gas in an attempt to force him to disband Lamplight. However, Klaus reveals he already saw through Lily's ambush, but he is impressed how she took the initiative to try and improve her situation, which gives him inspiration on how to teach the other students. The next day, Klaus installs Lily as the team leader for Lamplight and assures them that he won't let any of them die. In order for them to learn the skills they need, Klaus challenges the students to defeat him in a game of espionage.

Part II: For the next five days, Lamplight works together to try and ambush Klaus, but with little success as he easily thwarts their plots. Eventually, the team starts to get frustrated until Lily suggest they actually try investigating Klaus' background. Meanwhile, Klaus is briefed by his superior C that the Galgad Empire stole a sample of a deadly bioweapon from the Din Republic called Abyss Doll, and the Impossible Mission is to retrieve the sample before the Galgad Empire can reverse engineer it. Klaus then returns to Lamplight and comes clean with them, revealing that he is a member of Team Inferno, the Din Republic's best spy team. However, the rest of Inferno was killed trying to retrieve Abyss Doll, and he accepted the mission in order to avenge them. Lamplight, having already learned of his connection to Inferno and inspired by his resolve, agree to follow Klaus. The team then infiltrates the Galgad Empire to collect information on the Endry Lab where Abyss Doll is stored. The night before the mission, Lamplight invite Klaus to attend a party so they call relieve their built up stress. Klaus arrives to find the girls asleep, and he remembers a lesson he was taught where a person willing to sleep in front of another is a sign of ultimate trust. Klaus once again swears to get the entire team home safely. The next night, Lamplight and Klaus prepare to infiltrate Endry to retrieve Abyss Doll.

Part III: Klaus and Lamplight infiltrate the complex, but Lamplight is intercepted by Klaus' mentor, Guido, who reveals that he had betrayed Inferno and switched sides. In addition, he had arranged for their headquarters to be bugged, so the Empire already knows all of their plans. Regardless, Lamplight decides to fight back but are quickly neutralized by Guido. However, as Guido gloats over his victory, Lily reveals that they had already suspected there was a traitor within Inferno and acted accordingly, hiding the existence of an eighth member named Erna who stabs Guido. Klaus then arrives, having recovered Abyss Doll and orders Lamplight to escape with it while he deals with Guido. Slowed down by his wound, Guido is no match for Klaus, and after being defeated he saves Klaus from a sniper, taking the hit himself and dying before he could reveal why he betrayed Inferno. Klaus and Lamplight return to the Din Republic, but instead of disbanding and returning to their respective academies, the team decides to stay together and continue to learn under Klaus' tutelage.
4"File: Fool Erna"
Transcription: "Fairu "Gujin" no Eruna" (Japanese: File《愚人》のエルナ)		Shin'ichi TatsutaKeiichiro KawaguchiKō MatsuoJanuary 26, 2023 (2023-01-26)
Twenty days prior to the Impossible Mission, Erna takes it upon herself to try and defeat Klaus. She is apparently cursed with bad luck, which causes accidents to happen to people around her and makes her the perfect assassin, though it means she cannot get close to anybody. She meets Klaus in town and attempts to lead him into accidents, but Klaus' skill means he is able to avoid all of them. He then tells Erna that he already knows how her ability works. Erna doesn't actually cause or attract misfortune, but her survivor's guilt over the fire that killed her family has caused her to subconsciously seek out misfortune as a way of punishing herself. Klaus instead praises Erna, pointing out that all the accidents that happened to him would have hurt other people. Klaus and Erna are then captured by kidnappers, though Klaus figures out they were tricked by Lamplight into attacking him. With the ruse exposed, Lamplight takes down the kidnappers and assure Erna that they can handle any misfortune she brings their way. Encouraged, Erna begins to feel more at home with Lamplight.
5"File: Lamplight Days"
Transcription: "Fairu "Tomoshibi" no Jikan" (Japanese: File《灯》の時間)		Yasunori GotōShinichi InotsumeKeiichiro Kawaguchi, Shin'ichi Tatsuta & Yasunori GotōFebruary 2, 2023 (2023-02-02)
Prior to the Impossible Mission, after another failed attempt at defeating Klaus, the members of Lamplight decide to try their own solo plans rather than work as a team. Thea tries to convince Lily to seduce Klaus, but the attempt fails spectacularly. Meanwhile, Erna ends up being exasperated at Annette because her bad luck keeps triggering Annette's traps. Lily then learns from Grete that Klaus always cooks his own meals and she recalls he never eats with the team. After Sibylla and Monika's own plots fail, Lily suggests another team plan. They secretly tail Klaus and surmise that he actually allergic to beef, shrimp, and dairy, which is why he is careful of what he eats. The team then cooks a full meal using those three ingredients, and pressure Klaus to eat it. Klaus eats the meal and thanks the girls, and they realize that Klaus had already known about their plot and tricked them into cooking what he wanted to eat. However, upon learning from Erna that Klaus is only 20 years old, the girls move on to their next plot. Klaus is pleased that Lamplight are beginning to bond together like a true family, but is despondent this his own family, Inferno, is gone.
6"File: Pandemonium Sybilla"
Transcription: "Fairu "Hyakki" no Jibia" (Japanese: File《百鬼》のジビア)		Takafumi FujiiKazuho HyōdōMinoru ŌharaFebruary 9, 2023 (2023-02-09)
After another failed attack where Lamplight attempted to use Lily as an unwitting chili bomb carrier, Sybilla decides to handle the next attack on Klaus alone, planning to steal a classified document he is supposed to pick up tomorrow. That night, Lily finds out that Sybilla wants to become a spy to help support her two younger siblings who are still living in an orphanage. The next day, Sybilla tails Klaus, but can't find an opening to steal his bag. However, she does catch a young girl named Finé attempting to pickpocket Klaus. Reminded of her own rough childhood, Sybilla takes pity on Finé who takes advantage of her kindness to steal her bag. Klaus then reveals that he has been investigating a criminal who has been forcing orphans to steal valuables for him. Sybilla confronts and takes down the criminal, while Klaus apprehends him, leaving Finé and the other children to be taken in by the police. Sybilla remarks that she wants to be a spy to create a world where children won't be exploited, and Klaus praises her on how a spy's strength is in their motivation. He then reveals that Lamplight had planted a chili bomb on Sybilla and avoids the blast as it explodes. Sybilla later confronts Lily about the bomb, but Lily turns the tables when she intimates that Sybilla has a crush on Klaus. Klaus observes and is glad that Lamplight are capable of deceiving each other.
7"File: Meadow Sara"
Transcription: "Fairu "Sōgen" no Sara" (Japanese: File《草原》のサラ)		Taichi YoshizawaNoboru KimuraTetsuo HirakawaFebruary 16, 2023 (2023-02-16)
Sara recalls her motivations for becoming a spy, which is mainly to earn enough money to support her family and not out any sense of patriotism. However, she has so far struggled in training, which has led her to have self doubts about her skills. During their training with Klaus, Lamplight realize that their repeated attacks on him have been steadily damaging the mansion they are living in. However, they decide to continue focus on attacking Klaus rather than try to fix the damage. Late at night, Sara stumbles across Klaus washing dishes, and he correctly surmises that Sara has been secretly repairing parts of the mansion alone during the night. Sara explains she doesn't want to trouble her teammates and she feels repairing the mansion is all she is good for. The next day, Klaus challenges Lamplight to a series of contests to repair parts of the mansion. On the final challenge, which involves washing windows on the second floor, Sara employs the use of her trained animals to help ferry water to the rest of the team. Even though Lamplight loses all the contests, Sara finally gains the courage to convince the rest of the rest of the team to take maintenance of the mansion more seriously. Sara then thanks Klaus, realizing he set up the contests to show Sara that she possesses strengths the other girls don't. In the present, after the completion of the Impossible Mission, Klaus meets C, who tells him that the sniper who killed Guido is likely part of the Empire's top spy team, Serpent.
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10
11		"Mission: Daughter Dearest"
Transcription: "Misshon "Manamusume"" (Japanese: MISSION《愛娘》)		Jun TakadaKeiichiro KawaguchiKeiichiro KawaguchiMarch 2, 2023 (2023-03-02)
Tatsuya SasakiShinichi InotsumeMinoru ŌharaMarch 9, 2023 (2023-03-09)
Shin'ichi TatsutaNoboru KimuraTomoki KobayashiMarch 16, 2023 (2023-03-16)
Takashi IkehataKazuho HyōdōTetsuo Hirakawa & Keiichiro KawaguchiMarch 23, 2023 (2023-03-23)

Part I: Some time after the completion of the Impossible Mission, Klaus returns to the mansion from vacation, where he thwarts more attempts by Lamplight to ambush him. In addition, Grete begins serving tea to him privately in his room and openly flirts with him, leading him to wonder why she has such an interest in him. Klaus is given a second Impossible Mission to hunt down the infamous assassin Corpse, who has killed many politicians and Republic spies. Klaus is also assigned a mission to apprehend an enemy spy, and he takes Lily with him. Though he completes the mission, he is stabbed with a poison needle by Lily, who claims he instructed her to earlier. Klaus then realizes that Grete disguised herself as him and gave false orders to Lily so he wouldn't pick up any hostile intent. While he's impressed with Grete's plan, he reveals he had already caught on to her trap. However, Grete and Lamplight insist on helping him on his missions, which he so far has been handling solo which has been affecting his health. That night, when Grete serves tea to him again, Klaus correctly deduces that Grete has romantic feelings for him. Still impressed with how Grete was able to come up with such an elaborate plan to trap him in such a short amount of time, Klaus decides to have her and Lamplight's strongest members accompany him on the hunt for Corpse.

Part II: Klaus informs Lamplight about the mission to neutralize Corpse. Fearing they won't be picked, Lily and Sibylla attempt a ploy to poison Klaus to prove themselves, but Klaus tricks them into drinking their own poison. Despite this, Klaus picks Lily, Grete, Sibylla, and Sara for the mission and the infiltrate politician Uwe Appel's mansion under the guise of newly hired servants to protect him from Corpse. However, Uwe proves to be paranoid from the assassinations, and is also thrifty and difficult to please, putting strain on the girls. During a break, Grete confides in Sibylla that she is actually the daughter of a prestigious political family, and that she gets physically ill when she has to talk to any men besides Klaus. Frustrated, Sibylla sneaks into Uwe's office to try and find blackmail material on him, but finds that he is actually an ardent supporter of philanthropy and welfare. Uwe catches Sibylla and recognizes her as the orphan who helped bring down a criminal organization. He decides to overlook her trespass, but fires all of the girls. Despite this, Sibylla is still determined to protect Uwe since they have the shared goal helping the country's orphans. She manages to convince Uwe to reverse his decision, and she becomes his personal driver. One night, Corpse makes his move and attempts to shoot Uwe but misses his shot. Klaus, Lily, and Sibylla then chase him into the forest.

Part III: Corpse manages to escape into the forest, leaving the girls with no choice but to keep protecting Uwe until he makes his next move. Head maid Olivia later confronts Grete about refusing to mingle with male guests at a dinner party, and Grete tells a partial lie that she's in love with another man. Later that night, Corpse attacks again, but Uwe is saved thanks to Sibylla's intervention. Olivia then openly becomes suspicious of the girls, warning Uwe how they are acting uncharacteristically calm despite the attempted assassinations. However, Grete points out Olivia's odd behavior as well, and she backs off. Lily, Olivia, and Sara then secretly confront Grete, suspecting she has been hiding part of the plan from them. Grete admits that she had disguised herself as Corpse and initiated the two previous assassination attempts in order to flush out the real Corpse hiding among the mansion staff. Her cover blown, Olivia attempts to kill the girls with grenades. When Lily suggests they summon Klaus for help, Grete tells her that Klaus will not be coming, so they will have to handle Olivia on their own.

Part IV: Grete reveals that Klaus was never present, and that she had been impersonating him during their mission briefings in order to throw off Corpse. In addition, Olivia is one of Corpse's accomplices. Trusting Grete, Lily, Sibylla, and Sara to be able to handle Olivia themselves, Klaus left on a second mission with the rest of Lamplight to take down Corpse. As she flees, Olivia recalls how she first met Corpse when she stumbled onto one of his assassinations and fell in love with him, becoming his apprentice. She manages to evade Lily and Sibylla and confronts Grete directly. Grete lures Olivia into a situation where she thinks she has the advantage, until she tricks Uwe into shooting Olivia. Grete then reveals a disfiguring birthmark on her face, which she honed her disguise skills to hide. Klaus then arrives with Corpse in his custody, and reveals he was awed by Grete's dedication to hiding her birthmark before capturing Olivia. Afterwards, Lily arranges for Klaus and Grete to go out on a date, where Klaus makes it clear he holds no romantic feelings for Grete or anybody else. However, wants to consider Grete as part of his family and reiterates that he thinks she is beautiful despite her birthmark, which makes Grete happy.
12"File: Daughter Dearest Grete"
Transcription: "Fairu "Manamusume" no Gurēte" (Japanese: File 《愛娘》のグレーテ)		Taichi YoshizawaShinichi InotsumeKeiichiro Kawaguchi & Shin'ichi TatsutaMarch 30, 2023 (2023-03-30)
Several weeks before the mission to eliminate Corpse, Grete decides to buy a special meat pie for Lamplight while Klaus is away on vacation. However, they are dismayed to discover that the baker who makes the meat pies has recently been harassed by the president of the Mannheim food corporation, who is attempting to coerce him into selling his meat pie recipe. Too old to deal with the harassment, the baker considers closing down permanently which Grete cannot accept since the bakery is important to Klaus. Working together, Lamplight craft an elaborate con to sell a fake recipe to the Mannheim president. The plan is mostly successful, with Lamplight stealing the president's money, though Lily is forced to use knockout gas on him when he pulls a gun on her. After the conclusion of the mission to eliminate Corpse, Grete returns to the bakery to get a meat pie for the rest of Lamplight, and is pleasantly surprised to see that the baker has taken on an apprentice to continue his business. Grete and Klaus then return to the mansion, where Lily warns them that the second team hasn't returned yet. Elsewhere, Thea watches over a sleeping Annette and Erna while Monika holds her at gunpoint, asking whether she intends to betray Lamplight.
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14
15		"Mission: Forgetter"
Transcription: "Misshon "Bōga"" (Japanese: MISSION《忘我》)		N/AN/AN/AJuly 2023 (2023-07)[53]
N/AN/AN/AJuly 2023 (2023-07)[53]
N/AN/AN/AJuly 2023 (2023-07)[53]

Reception

Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network praised the story as fun and interesting, while criticizing what she felt were authorial stumbles trying to pull everything together.[58] Demelza from Anime UK News praised the first volume as well, as she felt it was unique compared to most other light novels available in English.[59] Satoshi Maejima from The Asahi Shimbun also praised the story, while criticizing the main female protagonist as underdeveloped.[60]

In the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! guidebook, the series ranked second in the bunkobon category in 2021.[61] As of February 23, 2023, the series has sold 1,100,000 units between the digital and print versions.[62]

See also

Notes
  1. Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.

References
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