HIDIVE confirmed on Tuesday that it will begin streaming an English dub for the television anime of Umikaze Minamino 's Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden ( Kyōran Reijō Nia Liston: Byōjaku Reijō ni Tenseishita Kami-goroshi no Bujin no Kareinaru Musō Roku ) light novel series beginning on November 18. New dub episodes will air on Wednesdays.
The following series will also leave the platform in November:
J-Novel Club releases the novels digitally and describes the story:
A great hero lies undefeated on her deathbed, regretting that she never found a foe who could take her down. She never intended to meet her fate anywhere other than on the battlefield, and her peaceful demise has her wishing desperately that things could have been different...But when she suddenly comes to in the body of the young, frail Nia Liston, she's got an all-new fight ahead of her. Nia is a sickly child, meaning she has a long way to go before she's in fighting form. Now that she's been given a second shot at life, however, she's determined to get what she wants. She's going to live—and die—for battle this time! Make way for the Merciless Maiden!
The anime premiered on October 6 on Tokyo MX , BS NTV , and MBS channels, and will run for two consecutive cours (quarters of a year). The anime also streamd on ABEMA , d Anime Store , and U-NEXT after its broadcast. HIDIVE is streaming the anime as it airs.
Minamino launched the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in 2019, and ended its run there in 2021. Hobby Japan started publishing the novels with illustrations by Jishaku in September 2022. Katana Canata started drawing the novels' illustration from its third volume in 2023. (The anime credits both illustrators for the original character designs.) Hobby Japan published the 12th volume on October 1.
Kabuto Kodai launched the novels' manga adaptation on Square Enix 's Manga UP! service in 2022. Square Enix published the manga's first compiled book volume in May 2023, and published the ninth volume on October 7. Square Enix 's Manga UP! Global service publishes the manga in English.
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