Ascendance Of A Bookworm

Director(s)Mitsuru Hongo

Production year2019

Genre(s)Animation

Approx. running minutes24m

CastYuka Iguchi, Show Hayami, Mutsumi Tamura, Takehito Koyasu, Megumi Nakajima, Tsuyoshi Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Tomoaki Maeno, Sho Karino, Mitsuru Hongô, Miya Kazuki, Mariko Kunisawa, Michiru

Ascendance Of A Bookworm

ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Myne is torn between joining the Church for the ...

ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Myne is torn between joining the Church for the benefit of her health and staying with her family.

mild threat

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15/11/2023

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threat and horror

A girl becomes distressed when she sees a chicken being slaughtered at a food market. Although the chicken's death is not seen on screen, we do see it being held down and a man lift a knife ready to kill it.

moderate bloody images

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15/11/2023

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injury detail

There is sight of blood spatter when a pig is stabbed with a spear off-screen, followed by the forming of a pool of blood on the floor. A girl has a nosebleed in a simplistically drawn animated sequence.

mild bad language, sex references

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15/11/2023

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language

Infrequent use of mild bad language occurs ('crap').

sex

A father implies that his young daughter has a crush on a man who, he reminds her, is married.

infrequent mild bad language

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15/11/2023

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language

There is infrequent use of mild bad language (‘crap’).

mild threat

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15/11/2023

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threat and horror

There is a scene of mild threat in which a girl is suddenly overcome with a fever, which causes her to glow fantastically and collapse. She eventually recovers from her fever.

mild upsetting scenes

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15/11/2023

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theme

Upon learning of a young character's illness a man looks concerned and says that it may be condition that will cause her to die.

mild bad language, threat, injury detail

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15/11/2023

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threat and horror

A girl has a nightmare in which she finds herself surrounded by hands reaching out towards her. There are verbal references to a character potentially dying unless she treats her illness with special items.

language

There is use of mild bad language ('crap').

injury detail

Characters press their cut thumbs onto a magical contract, leaving their bloody thumbprint as a signature. This takes place within a fantastical context.

mild threat

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15/11/2023

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threat and horror

A character discovers a mysterious fruit which suddenly sprouts tentacle-like branches. Other characters quickly intervene to destroy the rapidly growing plant. During a flashback scene, a girl is overcome with a fever, which causes her to glow fantastically and clutch her chest.

upsetting scenes

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15/11/2023

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theme

Infrequent upsetting references are made to a fantastical illness being incurable. However, these are accompanied by reassuring references to controlling the symptoms.

mild bad language, threat

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15/11/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

There is mild threat when a girl is hit with a fantastical fever which gives her a yellow aura and causes her to collapse.

language

The episode features mild bad language ('crap') and very mild bad language ('damn').

mild threat, sex references

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15/11/2023

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threat and horror

There are scenes of mild threat in which a girl falls sick with a mysterious fever and is told that the illness will eventually prove fatal. Another girl with the same illness confesses that in return for magical medicine she has agreed to become a noble’s concubine when she comes of age. However, the overall tone of the episode is not frightening or distressing.

sex

There are infrequent and undetailed references to ‘concubines’ and ‘mistresses’.

very mild upsetting scenes, injury detail, rude humour

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15/11/2023

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rude humour

One person refers to another as an 'old fart'.

injury detail

During a fantastical ceremony, children sign a register by having their fingers painlessly pricked with a needle and printing a small mark with their blood. The children are not scared or distressed, and the visual detail is limited to aftermath sight of a tiny red dot on the register.

theme

There are very mild scenes of emotional upset related to a character's terminal illness. However, the character in question accepts her situation while maintaining a positive attitude, and the overall tone is uplifting.

very mild bad language, threat

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15/11/2023

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threat and horror

Undetailed verbal references to a historical coup are illustrated by a brief image of a sword and two reaching hands against a backdrop of flames. There are also scenes of very mild threat related to a character’s illness. The overall tone of the episode is uplifting, however.

language

There is use of very mild bad language (‘moron’, ‘hell’).

moderate violence, threat

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15/11/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A man repels attackers with kicks, punches and a headbutt that causes a blood spurt.

threat and horror

When her parents are threatened with execution, a young girl’s emotions cause her to lose control of a magical force within her and she acts in a sinister way. The force causes a man to struggle with his breathing and another character to be paralysed, with blood dripping from his mouth. There is a reassuring outcome.

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references to sexually abusive behaviour

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15/11/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

sexual violence and sexual threat

A child expresses her ambition to be the concubine of a high priest, at which the protagonist states her disapproval.

mild sex references

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15/11/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

sex

People question the relationship between a teacher and his student but both quickly dismiss any idea that it might be inappropriate. There are brief references to ‘concubines’ and ‘lovers’.

mild violence, sex references

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15/11/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A boy attacks a girl prompting another character to push him off, pin him down and threaten him with violence.

sex

A female character flirts with her master but her advances are quickly rebuffed. A girl is told that she should not change into her robes in front of males as this could 'ruin her' because it is an 'immodest' thing to do.

mild upsetting scenes, language

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15/11/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

There is infrequent use of mild bad language (‘crap’).

theme

Scenes set at an orphanage show bedraggled, downcast children being kept in a dingy cellar. There are undetailed verbal references to orphans starving to death in these conditions. The main character is distressed by the orphans’ plight but initially feels powerless to help; however, she and her friends soon develop a plan of action, and the episode has a happy ending.

very mild bad language

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15/11/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

There is very mild bad language ('hell', 'heck').

infrequent mild bad language, violence

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15/11/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

We see a boy fall to the floor during an argument with his father. It is implied his father struck or pushed him, but the blow itself is kept off screen and does not result in visible injury.

language

There is infrequent use of mild bad language (‘crap’), in addition to very mild terms (‘hell’, ‘damn’).

brief child sexual abuse references

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15/11/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

sexual violence and sexual threat

There are veiled references child sexual abuse in the past of a young female character, who is afraid of men after being forced to offer 'her flower' to an older male priest in the past.

brief child sexual abuse references

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15/11/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

sexual violence and sexual threat

A woman is triggered when a child grabs at her wrist resulting in a brief flashbacks to an implied sexual assault when she was a child. References are made to her being afraid of men.

very mild bad language, threat

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15/11/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

In a short comic sequence, the main character loses her temper and imagines creating a ‘bloody carnival’ of revenge, envisioning herself with glowing red eyes and a necklace of skulls, brandishing mediaeval weapons. The image is silly rather than scary, and it is clear she does not really intend to harm anyone.

language

There is use of very mild bad language (‘jerk’, ‘jerkface’, ‘hell’).

very mild threat

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15/11/2023

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threat and horror

There are scenes of very mild threat in which fearless soldiers prepare to fight a magical tree that has flailing tentacular branches. The outcome of the battle is not revealed in this episode.

moderate threat, violence

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A soldier grabs a young girl by her hair, throws her to the ground and threatens her with a knife. As she reaches out for help the knife accidentally cuts her hand, resulting in a thin stream of blood. Another person is punched in the face. Soldiers use arrows and bladed weapons to attack magical trees in scenes of very mild fantasy violence.

threat and horror

A villain brandishes a knife at a scared child and threatens to ‘gouge [her] eyes out’. A magical plant attacks a girl and wraps her in vines, but she is rescued soon afterwards.

brief moderate violence

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15/11/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

The recap of the previous episode shows a villain cutting the back of a child’s hand with a knife, resulting in brief bloody detail.

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Classified date15/18/2023

LanguageEnglish

violence

A man repels attackers with kicks, punches and a headbutt that causes a blood spurt.

threat and horror

additional issues

There is emotional upset centred on a young girl’s fantastical, potentially fatal illness. There is mild bad language (‘crap’), as well as very mild terms (‘hell’).

moderate bloody images

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

injury detail

mild threat

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15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

mild bad language, sex references

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

Infrequent use of mild bad language occurs ('crap').

sex

A father implies that his young daughter has a crush on a man who, he reminds her, is married.

infrequent mild bad language

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

There is infrequent use of mild bad language (‘crap’).

mild threat

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

There is a scene of mild threat in which a girl is suddenly overcome with a fever, which causes her to glow fantastically and collapse. She eventually recovers from her fever.

mild upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

theme

Upon learning of a young character's illness a man looks concerned and says that it may be condition that will cause her to die.

mild bad language, threat, injury detail

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

language

There is use of mild bad language ('crap').

injury detail

Characters press their cut thumbs onto a magical contract, leaving their bloody thumbprint as a signature. This takes place within a fantastical context.

mild threat

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

theme

Infrequent upsetting references are made to a fantastical illness being incurable. However, these are accompanied by reassuring references to controlling the symptoms.

mild bad language, threat

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

There is mild threat when a girl is hit with a fantastical fever which gives her a yellow aura and causes her to collapse.

language

The episode features mild bad language ('crap') and very mild bad language ('damn').

mild threat, sex references

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

sex

There are infrequent and undetailed references to ‘concubines’ and ‘mistresses’.

very mild upsetting scenes, injury detail, rude humour

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

rude humour

One person refers to another as an 'old fart'.

injury detail

theme

very mild bad language, threat

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

language

There is use of very mild bad language (‘moron’, ‘hell’).

moderate violence, threat

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A man repels attackers with kicks, punches and a headbutt that causes a blood spurt.

threat and horror

references to sexually abusive behaviour

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

sexual violence and sexual threat

A child expresses her ambition to be the concubine of a high priest, at which the protagonist states her disapproval.

mild sex references

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

sex

People question the relationship between a teacher and his student but both quickly dismiss any idea that it might be inappropriate. There are brief references to ‘concubines’ and ‘lovers’.

mild violence, sex references

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A boy attacks a girl prompting another character to push him off, pin him down and threaten him with violence.

sex

mild upsetting scenes, language

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

There is infrequent use of mild bad language (‘crap’).

theme

very mild bad language

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

There is very mild bad language ('hell', 'heck').

infrequent mild bad language, violence

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

We see a boy fall to the floor during an argument with his father. It is implied his father struck or pushed him, but the blow itself is kept off screen and does not result in visible injury.

language

There is infrequent use of mild bad language (‘crap’), in addition to very mild terms (‘hell’, ‘damn’).

brief child sexual abuse references

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

sexual violence and sexual threat

There are veiled references child sexual abuse in the past of a young female character, who is afraid of men after being forced to offer 'her flower' to an older male priest in the past.

brief child sexual abuse references

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

sexual violence and sexual threat

A woman is triggered when a child grabs at her wrist resulting in a brief flashbacks to an implied sexual assault when she was a child. References are made to her being afraid of men.

very mild bad language, threat

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

language

There is use of very mild bad language (‘jerk’, ‘jerkface’, ‘hell’).

very mild threat

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

There are scenes of very mild threat in which fearless soldiers prepare to fight a magical tree that has flailing tentacular branches. The outcome of the battle is not revealed in this episode.

moderate threat, violence

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

threat and horror

A villain brandishes a knife at a scared child and threatens to ‘gouge [her] eyes out’. A magical plant attacks a girl and wraps her in vines, but she is rescued soon afterwards.

brief moderate violence

Classified Date:

15/11/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

The recap of the previous episode shows a villain cutting the back of a child’s hand with a knife, resulting in brief bloody detail.

Director(s)Mitsuru Hongo

Production year2019

Genre(s)Animation

Approx. running minutes24m

Classified date15/18/2023

LanguageEnglish