9.0/102 votesLoading...#1 - Blessing
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 6/14/2022
To protect her family, Main agrees to be adopted by Sylvester. It is he who enters the cathedral with Sir Karstedt just at the moment when Ferdinand and Sir Bindewald are involved in a fight, but this entire affair will not only have consequences for Main because now Count Bindewald, the bishop, and Delia have to answer for their actions.
Director: Mitsuru Hongo
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.6/1067 votesLoading...#2 - Conclusions
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/26/2019
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?
Director: Yoshiki Kawasaki
Writer: Yuuko Ishiyama
8.5/103 votesLoading...#3 - Dreamlike World
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 6/21/2020
Tasked with healing the land ravaged by the trombe, Main has to put on a show. How that will affect the way the onlookers see her is anybody's guess... and so is how the head priest will react.
Director: Yoshiki Kawasaki
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.5/101 votesLoading...#4 - The Beginning of Winter
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/12/2022
Autumn has come to a close. Main starts selling the scripture picture books, gets asked by the apprentice blacksmith Johann to be his patron, and starts taking the next step in her bookmaking endeavors. While this is going on, Main finds out that the guild master of the Ink Guild, Wolf, is trying to get information on her. Benno then proposes an idea to Main and...
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.3/103 votesLoading...#5 - Trombe and Battles
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 6/14/2020
Main and the head priest set out to join the knights on a mission to take down a rampage trombe. With this being her first exposure to proper noble society, who knows what perils lie in Main's path?
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.0/1057 votesLoading...#6 - Life-or-Death Choices and Family Meetings
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2019
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.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.0/1053 votesLoading...#7 - Baptism and Divine Paradises
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/2019
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.
Director: Takahide Ogata
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.0/103 votesLoading...#8 - Needs
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/19/2020
With Fran now fully on her team, Main must then get to work on winning Gil and Delia over.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.0/103 votesLoading...#9 - The Path Ahead of Lutz
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/10/2020
The friction in Lutz's family caused by his choice of profession comes to a head, and he runs away from home to get away from it all.
Director: Yoshiki Kawasaki
Writer: Yuuko Ishiyama
8.0/103 votesLoading...#10 - Harvest Festivals and Staying Home
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/31/2020
The Harvest Festival is here, and Main finds the library ransacked. She is outraged at first, but this may be a welcome opportunity for her...
Director: Atsuko Kase
Writer: Yuuko Ishiyama
8.0/102 votesLoading...#11 - The Dedication Ceremony and Spring Arrives
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/26/2022
The knight Damuel has become Main's bodyguard. Now that she's able to go places, Main is excited about going to the library. They hold the Dedication Ceremony where she offers her mana into small holy grails. That was quite tiring for her, but she still goes back into town to see how Johann is doing with her order. Her passion for books just doesn't top. Spring is drawing closer, and Main can't wait to go back to her family, but then she receives some devastating news.
Director: Shinpei Matsuo
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.9/1056 votesLoading...#12 - The Events of Winter
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2019
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.
Director: Takahide Ogata
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.8/1054 votesLoading...#13 - Meeting
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2019
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.
Director: Takahide Ogata
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.8/1056 votesLoading...#14 - Lutz's Main
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2019
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.
Director: Yoshiki Kawasaki
Writer: Yuuko Ishiyama
7.8/1052 votesLoading...#15 - To the Second Winter
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2019
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...
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/1055 votesLoading...#16 - Forests and Clay Tablets
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2019
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.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/1053 votesLoading...#17 - The Guild Master's Granddaughter
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2019
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.
Director: Takahide Ogata
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/1051 votesLoading...#18 - The Choice To Be an Apprentice Priestess
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/26/2019
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.
Director: Chikayo Nakamura
Writer: Yuuko Ishiyama
7.7/103 votesLoading...#19 - Apprentice Priestess
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/5/2020
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?
Director: Takahide Ogata
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/103 votesLoading...#20 - Blue Robes and Uncommon Sense
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/12/2020
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.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/103 votesLoading...#21 - Orphanage Reforms
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/26/2020
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?
Director: Takahide Ogata
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/103 votesLoading...#22 - Cleanups and Star Festivals
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/3/2020
As newly appointed orphanage director, Main's first task is to lead a major cleanup of the orphanage and its inhabitants. And as summer comes around, she also has some festivities in mind.
Director: Chikayo Nakamura
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/103 votesLoading...#23 - Wilma and Holy Scriptures for Kids
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/24/2020
With the picture-book production in full sway, Main must navigate several hurdles regarding the process and, more pressingly, Wilma's condition.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/103 votesLoading...#24 - Knight Orders and Requests
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 6/7/2020
Main has to break the news to her family that she has to stay in the cathedral over winter. Meanwhile, the request from the knight order looms large over the horizon.
Director: Takahide Ogata
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.6/1058 votesLoading...#25 - Life Improvements and Slates
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2019
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
Director: Yoshiki Kawasaki
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
The Best Episodes of Ascendance of a Bookworm
Every episode of Ascendance of a Bookworm ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Ascendance of a Bookworm!
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Best Episodes Summary
"Blessing" is the best rated episode of "Ascendance of a Bookworm". It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Mitsuru Hongo and written by Mariko Kunisawa, it aired on 6/14/2022. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Conclusions".