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七つの魔剣が支配するReign of the Seven Spellblades

15 story arcs, lined up across the anime and the light novel and manga, with English and Japanese release status.

Season 1 key visual, via AniList. Hover or tap for color.

15 arcs, 5 editions tracked

I’ve watched through

Season 1 ends after Volume 3.

Pick up the light novel at

Volume 4

  • Out in English since 7 Dec 2021.Buy in English
  • Out in Japanese since 10 Oct 2019.
  • MangaHasn't caught up yet. It stops at Arc 3.

Read first: Light novel: Volume Side of Fire (side story).

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The story, arc by arc

Editions
  • English
  • Japanese
  • Anime
  • Free online
  • Scheduled
  • No English yet
  1. 1Volume 1
  2. 2Volume 2
  3. 3Volume 3
  4. 4Volume 4
  5. 5Volume 5
  6. 6Volume 6
  7. 7Volume 7
  8. 8Volume 8
  9. 9Volume 9
  10. 10Volume 10
  11. 11Volume 11
  12. 12Volume 12
  13. 13Volume 13
  14. 14Volume 14
  15. 15Volume 15

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Anime, TV

Season 1

Aired. 2023

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 1

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 2

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 3

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 4

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 5

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 6

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 7

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 8

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 9

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 10

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 11

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 12

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 13

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 14

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, English

Vol 15

Scheduled. due 2026-10-13

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 1

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 2

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 3

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 4

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 5

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 6

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 7

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 8

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 9

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 10

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 11

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 12

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 13

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 14

Released

Story arcs

Light novel, Japanese

Vol 15

Released

Story arcs

Manga, English

Vol 1–8

Released

Volumes

  • Volume 1
  • Volume 2
  • Volume 3
  • Volume 4
  • Volume 5
  • Volume 6
  • Volume 7
  • Volume 8

Story arcs

Manga, Japanese

Vol 1–8

Released

Volumes

  • Volume 1
  • Volume 2
  • Volume 3
  • Volume 4
  • Volume 5
  • Volume 6
  • Volume 7
  • Volume 8

Story arcs

The chart as a table
Reign of the Seven Spellblades coverage
ArcReign of the Seven SpellbladesReign of the Seven Spellblades: Side of FireMangaAnime
Volume 1Vol 01Vol 01–08Season 1, episodes 1–6
Volume 2Vol 02Vol 01–08Season 1, episodes 7–11
Volume 3Vol 03Vol 01–08Season 1, episodes 12–15
Volume 4Vol 04
Volume 5Vol 05
Volume 6Vol 06
Volume 7Vol 07
Volume 8Vol 08
Volume 9Vol 09
Volume 10Vol 10
Volume 11Vol 11
Volume 12Vol 12
Volume 13Vol 13
Volume 14Vol 14
Volume 15Vol 15

Every arc, in brief

1Volume 1*

Oliver Horn and Nanao Hibiya enter Kimberly Magic Academy as first-year students and become comrades and rivals while learning how dangerous the school really is. Their new circle of friends must navigate classes, swordplay, the labyrinth, and secrets that threaten their lives.

2Volume 2*

As Oliver and Nanao gain respect among their classmates, Kimberly's first-years test their strength in a battle-royal-style tournament. Competition gives rivals a reason to challenge them, while other students use the contest to pursue schemes of their own.

3Volume 3*

Pete is taken by Ophelia Salvadori's chimeras, throwing the academy into crisis. Oliver and his classmates descend into Kimberly's labyrinth to rescue him, accepting help from an unexpected ally while confronting the danger of a student consumed by the spell.

Season 1 ends here

4Volume 4*

Now second-years, Oliver and his classmates face harder studies and the colder realities of life as mages. A short trip to Galatea brings a clash with students from a rival school, new questions for Nanao, and a threat that puts Oliver's hidden purpose in tension with his friendships.

5Volume 5*

The Sword Roses continue growing as mages while Katie struggles with magical biology and Guy faces a harsh labyrinth apprenticeship. Oliver pursues Enrico Forghieri, and the chase with Pete and Nanao exposes the long conflict between mages and Gnostics.

6Volume 6*

A second faculty disappearance leaves Kimberly suspicious and unstable as the student-body election approaches. Nanao helps broom-riding star Ashbury, while a friendly but mysterious transfer student arrives and Oliver recovers from the cost of his previous battle.

7Volume 7*

In their third year, Oliver and his friends enter Kimberly's combat league, whose prizes conceal the headmistress's search for a murderer. The contest also bears on the school election, while Yuri investigates the stolen-bones case surrounding the warlock Cyrus Rivermoore.

8Volume 8*

The combat league draws the upperclassmen into its later rounds, while the Sword Roses and several seniors pursue Rivermoore into the deeper labyrinth. There they face a necromancer's kingdom of skeletal beasts and try to recover what he has taken from Godfrey.

9Volume 9*

The combat league reaches its decisive stage, with Oliver's team facing Team Valois and the Cornwallises facing Team Andrews. As the students fight for the title, Demitrio watches the competition while tracing the person responsible for the faculty murders.

10Volume 10*

The combat league's final round brings Godfrey and Leoncio into conflict and produces a new student-body president. Oliver and his allies move against Demitrio as the faculty investigation closes in, and Demitrio's revelations force the group to confront secrets buried in Oliver's past.

11Volume 11*

Before beginning their fourth year, Oliver and his friends take a long voyage around the Union. Visiting the homelands of several Sword Roses broadens their understanding of one another and offers a rare respite beyond Kimberly's walls.

12Volume 12*

The friends return to Kimberly for their fourth year, where Demitrio's disappearance brings unusual new teachers to the academy. Rod Farquois, a reversi and great sage, changes the school's balance, while Pete and Guy seek the strength to stand beside their friends.

13Volume 13*

Guy awakens as a curse wrangler and is separated from the Sword Roses just as the fourth-years choose their seminars. The change forces the friends to think about their futures, while shifting relationships and more demanding magecraft reshape their year.

14Volume 14*

The Sword Roses reach their fifth year together as Kimberly's faculty members are sent across the Union to meet an approaching threat. The mission is a trap, and the students and remaining teachers must face an unprecedented crisis on the academy's front lines.

15Volume 15*

With Esmeralda missing, Kimberly's students and remaining faculty fight an invasion by the Order of the Sacred Light. The Sword Roses hold their positions through mounting losses as the Gnostics pursue salvation and the academy itself approaches collapse.

* Arc names chosen by Arc Almanac, because the books don’t name them.

Works and editions

Release facts are entered by hand and can lag behind the publishers.

Reign of the Seven Spellblades

Light novel, the original

EditionLatestNextChecked
JapaneseASCII Media Works / Dengeki BunkoVol 158 Aug 2025None announced19 Sep 2026
EnglishYen OnVol 1414 Apr 2026Vol 1513 Oct 202619 Sep 2026

Reign of the Seven Spellblades: Side of Fire

Light novel

EditionLatestNextChecked
JapaneseASCII Media Works / Dengeki BunkoVol Side of Fire10 Mar 2023None announced19 Sep 2026
EnglishYen OnVol Side of Fire29 Oct 2024None announced19 Sep 2026

Reign of the Seven Spellblades

Manga, adapts the light novel

EditionLatestNextChecked
JapaneseKadokawa ShotenVol 826 Feb 2024None announced19 Sep 2026
EnglishYen PressVol 818 Feb 2025None announced19 Sep 2026

Reign of the Seven Spellblades

Anime, adapts the light novel

PartAired
Season 18 Jul 2023 to 14 Oct 2023

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After each season

Where to continue after each Reign of the Seven Spellblades anime part
Watched throughLight novel (Japanese)Light novel (English)Manga (Japanese)Manga (English)
Season 1Light novel vol 4 (out)Light novel vol 4 (out)Not reached: manga ends at Arc 3Not reached: manga ends at Arc 3

“Out” means released in that language by 19 Sep 2026.

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