She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man (Japanese: 賢者の弟子を名乗る賢者, Hepburn: Kenja no Deshi o Nanoru Kenja) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hirotsugu Ryusen and illustrated by Fuzichoco. It began serialization as a web novel published on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in April 2012. Micro Magazine later acquired the series, which began releasing it in print in June 2014 under their GC Novels imprint. Twenty-three volumes have been published as of December 2025. A manga adaptation by Dicca Suemitsu began serialization online via Micro Magazine's Comic Ride website in July 2016, which has been compiled into fifteen tankōbon volumes as of February 2026. Both the light novel and manga have been licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by Studio A-Cat aired from January to March 2022.
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Synopsis
The series follows Sakimori Kagami, who has been playing the online video game Ark Earth Online for a long time as the character Danblf, an old male sorcerer who is one of the game's nine great sages. One day after adjusting his character, he is sucked into the game world, and finds himself inhabiting his character's body, who after his adjustments looks like a young woman; he tries to convince the people of the game world that he is Danblf's pupil while figuring out on how to turn himself back to normal and escape the game world.
Characters
Nine Wise Men
The Nine Wise Men are the most powerful sorcerers serving the Arkite Kingdom. They are devoted to the absolute mastery of each specialty of the nine branches of Magic.
Mira (ミラ, Mira) / Danblf Gandagore (ダンブルフ・ガンダロール, Danburufu Gandarōru) / Sakimori Kagami (咲森 鑑, Kagami Sakimori)
Voiced by: Nichika Ōmori (Mira), Isao Sasaki (Dunblf) (Japanese); Felecia Angelle (Mira), Mick Wingert (Danblf) (English)
A 27-year-old male Japanese VRMMO player who, after using a strange cash item called Vanity Case from the game, finds himself translocated into the setting of his role-plays, Ark Earth Online, and transformed not into his favorite character, the powerful magician Danblf Gandagore (ダンブルフ・ガンダロール; an obvious mingling of the names Gandalf and Dumbledore), but a cute, petite girl with silver hair and blue eyes, though he retains Danblf's sorcerous abilities. In order to explain her abilities, she passes herself off as a pupil of Danblf, who is considered an honored hero. As her new identity, she adopts the name Mira (after the English translation of her own name "Kagami", which means "mirror"). She later reveals her real identity to her companions.
Luminaria (ルミナリア, Ruminaria)
Voiced by: Minami Hinata (Japanese); Michelle Rojas (English)
A Wiseman - or rather, Wisewoman - of the Tower of Elementary Magic, she is a surprisingly young and beautiful red-haired woman with a happy-to-go personality. Luminaria is actually another male Ark Earth roleplayer who found himself displaced into the game's world in female form, although the anime makes no mention of this.
Soul Howl (ソウルハウル, Sōru Hauru)
Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa (Japanese); Daman Mills (English)
A Wiseman of the Tower of Necromancy Magic
Arkite Kingdom
Solomon (ソロモン, Soromon)
Voiced by: Ayumu Murase (Japanese); Brandon McInnis (English)
A Holy Knight and King of the Arkite Kingdom. He had the feeling that Mira is in fact Danblf since their first meeting. He also has an interest in militaries.
Mariana (マリアナ)
Voiced by: Yui Horie (Japanese); Xanthe Huynh (English)
Danblf's personal fairy assistant. She becomes very fond of Mira.
Cleos (クレオス, Kureosu)
Voiced by: Shouta Aoi (Japanese); Jacob Browning (English)
Amalette (アマラッテ)
Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Japanese); Kristen McGuire (English)
Adventurers
Emera (エメラ)
Voiced by: Yūko Natsuyoshi (Japanese); Dani Chambers (English)
An elf swordsman and one of Cyril's companions.
Frikka (フリッカ, Furikka)
Voiced by: Yae Sakura (Japanese); Brittany Lauda (English)
A sorceress who likes cute things and makes perverted advancements towards Mira.
Asbal (アスバル, Asubaru)
Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto (Japanese); Jeremy Inman (English)
Zef (ゼフ, Zefu)
Voiced by: Junichi Saitō (Japanese); Ricco Fajardo (English)
Tact (タクト, Takuto)
Voiced by: Kanomi Izawa (Japanese); Apphia Yu (English)
Cyril (セロ)
Voiced by: Yoshiki Nakajima (Japanese); Ryan Colt Levy (English)
Media
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on May 27, 2020. The series is animated by Studio A-Cat and directed by Keitaro Motonaga, with Takamitsu Kōno overseeing the series' scripts, Kumi Horii designing the characters, and Go Sakabe composing the series' music. It was initially scheduled to premiere in 2021, but it was later delayed. It aired from January 12 to March 30, 2022, on Tokyo MX and other networks. Funimation co-produced and streamed the series. The opening theme song is "Ready Set Go!!" by Asaka, while the ending theme song is "Ambitious" by Erabareshi. Muse Communication licensed the anime in South and Southeast Asia, and the series is available to watch on iQiyi.