Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden

Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden
First light novel volume cover
凶乱令嬢ニア・リストン 病弱令嬢に転生した神殺しの武人の華麗なる無双録
(Kyōran Reijō Nia Risuton: Byōjaku Reijō ni Tenseishita Kami-goroshi no Bujin no Kareinaru Musō Roku)
Genre
Novel series
Written byUmikaze Minamino
Published byShōsetsuka ni Narō
Original runMay 25, 2019 – January 6, 2021
Light novel
Written byUmikaze Minamino
Illustrated by
  • Jishaku (1–2)
  • Katana Canata (3–)
Published byHobby Japan
English publisher
ImprintHJ Bunko
Original runSeptember 30, 2022 – present
Volumes10
Manga
Written byUmikaze Minamino
Illustrated byKabuto Kodai
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
  • NA: Square Enix
ImprintGangan Comics UP!
MagazineManga Up!
Original runNovember 17, 2022 – present
Volumes8
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Motoki Nakanishi
  • Haruta Segi (assistant)
Written byGigaemon Ichikawa
Music byNaoki Endō
StudioKonami Animation
Original run October 2026 – scheduled

Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden (Japanese: 凶乱令嬢ニア・リストン 病弱令嬢に転生した神殺しの武人の華麗なる無双録, Hepburn: Kyoran Reijō Nia Risuton: Byōjaku Reijō ni Tenseishita Kami-goroshi no Bujin no Kareinaru Musō Roku) is a Japanese light novel series written by Umikaze Minamino and illustrated by Katana Canata. It was originally serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from May 2019 to January 2021. It was later acquired by Hobby Japan who began releasing it under their HJ Bunko imprint in September 2022. A manga adaptation illustrated by Kabuto Kodai began serialization on Square Enix's Manga Up! manga service in November 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Konami Animation is set to premiere in October 2026.

Plot

The great hero, who even killed a god, hoped to meet someone strong enough to kill him, but died before he could achieve his goal. When he woke up, he found himself in the body of Nia Liston, the daughter of the Liston territory, who was consumed by illness. This possession occurred when Nia was originally sickly, and her parents, not wanting their daughter to die, hired someone to help, but when he realized there was nothing he could do, he used the "Law of Resurrection" and exchanged Nia's soul with the great hero's. The great hero then purified his diseased body by manipulating "ki" and began living a second life as Nia.

Characters

Nia Liston (ニア・リストン, Nia Risuton)
Voiced by: Honoka Inoue[3]
A four year old girl, the only daughter of the fourth-order peer family Liston. She was plagued by a respiratory illness. On the verge of death a healer was brought to help her but she was too far gone so instead he pulled a soul to replace the original Nia. The nameless soul belonged to a peerless warrior who in life sought only to be defeated and aims while living as Nia to both repay the kindness of her new family and find that death in battle that eluded her in her previous life. After her revival Nia's story and health recovery jump starts her career as a budding start on the new technology known as magivision. She uses her rising fame to build to popularity of magivision sets which her family is heavily invested in.

Media

Light novel

Written by Umikaze Minamino, Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden was serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from May 25, 2019, to January 6, 2021.[4] It was later acquired by Hobby Japan who began publishing it with illustrations by Jishaku under their HJ Bunko light novel imprint on September 30, 2022. Later volumes from volume 3 and onwards feature illustrations by Katana Canata. Ten volumes have been released as of January 30, 2026.[5]

During their panel at Anime NYC 2023, J-Novel Club announced that they had licensed the series for English publication.[6]

No. Original release date Original ISBN North American release date North American ISBN
1September 30, 2022[7]978-4-7986-2970-4February 9, 2024[8]978-1-7183-1770-3
2May 1, 2023[9]978-4-7986-3148-6May 6, 2024[10]978-1-7183-1772-7
3September 29, 2023[11]978-4-7986-3310-7July 22, 2024[12]978-1-7183-1774-1
4December 1, 2023[13]978-4-7986-3360-2October 8, 2024[14]978-1-7183-1776-5
5April 1, 2024[15]978-4-7986-3504-0January 2, 2025[16]978-1-7183-1778-9
6August 1, 2024[17]978-4-7986-3597-2March 28, 2025[18]978-1-7183-1780-2
7November 29, 2024[19]978-4-7986-3694-8June 26, 2025[20]978-1-7183-1782-6
8May 1, 2025[21]978-4-7986-3823-2December 18, 2025[22]978-1-7183-1784-0
9September 1, 2025[23]978-4-7986-3956-7——
10January 30, 2026[5]978-4-7986-4080-8——

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Kabuto Kodai began serialization on Square Enix's Manga Up! manga service on November 17, 2022.[24] The manga's chapters have been collected into eight tankōbon volumes as of February 2026.[25]

The manga's chapters are published in English on Square Enix's Manga Up! Global service.[26]

No. Release date ISBN
1May 6, 2023[27]978-4-7575-8554-6
2September 7, 2023[28]978-4-7575-8782-3
3February 7, 2024[29]978-4-7575-9038-0
4July 5, 2024[30]978-4-7575-9326-8
5December 6, 2024[31]978-4-7575-9548-4
6April 7, 2025[32]978-4-7575-9784-6
7September 5, 2025[33]978-4-3010-0036-5
8February 6, 2026[25]978-4-3010-0308-3

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on January 28, 2026. The series will be produced by Konami Animation and directed by Motoki Nakanishi, with Haruta Segi serving as assistant director, Gigaemon Ichikawa handling series composition, Yūki Itō and Kana Tosaoka designing the characters, and Naoki Endō composing the music. It is set to premiere in October 2026.[3]

Reception

By April 2024, the series had over 400,000 copies in circulation.[34]

See also

References

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