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By Andrew Osmond.<\/p>\n

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Like many fantasy protagonists, the young heroine of Ascendance of a Bookworm<\/a><\/em> is on a desperate mission. But it doesn\u2019t involve melting a ring, slaying a dragon, or facing an invading army. No, her mission is suggested by the title; it\u2019s to read a book<\/em> in a world where books are as scarce and precious as gold, where she may have to resort to making her own.<\/p>\n

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Ascendance<\/em> is one of the anime sub-genre in which a character dies in our world only to be reincarnated in a fantastical one, a genre ranging from the haunting Haibane Renmei<\/em> to the daft KonoSuba<\/em>. Bookworm<\/em> finds its own niche, as a leisurely drama that doesn\u2019t rely on fights or monsters. It often feels very gentle, in the way of those anime that fans label \u201cslice of life.\u201d But there are still high stakes involved, especially as it\u2019s uncertain how long the main character can<\/em> live.<\/p>\n

Like many reincarnation anime, we\u2019re told little about the heroine\u2019s life before her rebirth. Her name was once Urano, she was a Japanese librarian, and she absolutely adored books, on any subject. Then she died in circumstances that the anime leaves ambiguous; the source novels<\/a> clarify she was killed by the books she loved, buried by them in an earthquake. Her dying prayer was that she could continue reading books in her next life. The prayer goes unanswered.<\/p>\n

She wakes in the body of a little girl, Myne, who lives in a pre-industrial, broadly European-looking city. At first you wonder if it\u2019s the past, though later it becomes clear this is<\/em> another world, with its own form of magic \u2013 used, for example, to seal binding contracts -,and distinct life-forms, such as a plant that grows with ferocious speed. There\u2019s nothing, though, that makes living in this world easy. Myne\u2019s family \u2013 mum, dad and her slightly older sister – is poor, though they at least have a house to themselves. Worse, Myne\u2019s body is extremely frail, and she\u2019s often subject to fevers that are plainly life-threatening.<\/p>\n

But the biggest shock for Myne is that there are practically no books at all. This world has writing, but there\u2019s no printing press, and the few books that exist are massively valuable. In the first episode, Myne is ecstatic to glimpse one, but its merchant owner won\u2019t even let her open it. So Myne now has a driving obsession, to find some <\/em>way of having a book to hand, even if that means making her own book from scratch.<\/p>\n

So she starts inventing, to the bemusement of her kind but supportive family and friends. Luckily, Myne has access to the memories of the \u201creal\u201d Myne, the girl whose body she\u2019s occupying, which helps her fit into her new world. However, there are problems later on when one perceptive person starts noticing how she\u2019s changed. As even paper is too expensive, Myne sets about experimenting with other kinds of materials, taking inspiration from her reading about ancient civilisations. But her experiments often fail, and more than once her materials are destroyed by her family or peers because they don\u2019t know how important they are to her.<\/p>\n

All the while, Myne is learning more about the world, but also \u2013 unusually for an anime \u2013 about her own limits. She collapses often, and her family is always worried about her health. Eventually, she does start having successes, if not with books, then with other \u201cinventions\u201d such as shampoo and pancakes. But this raises more issues, as merchants notice Myne\u2019s talents and start treating her<\/em> as a commodity. Myne has ideas they want, but she\u2019s still a little girl; they might help her with her book projects, but can she negotiate with them with any strength?<\/p>\n

All these problems build tension into the gentle-seeming show. The designs and colours are cheery, and Bookworm<\/em> plays down most of the harsh realities of what \u201cordinary\u201d life was like in the past. A more realistic treatment of the subject could look like Grave of the Fireflies<\/em>; instead, Bookworm <\/em>often suggests Kiki\u2019s Delivery Service<\/em>, with the perky Myne battling to make her own way. Most of the characters are kind and decent; Myne\u2019s family are constantly supportive, as are her friends such as the loyal boy Lutz and the cunning girl Freida.<\/p>\n

And yet, there\u2019s a pervading sadness to the series. Myne simply has no idea how much time she\u2019s got, let alone if she\u2019ll live to complete any of her audacious plans. Even with loving people around her, and the benefits of a lifetime\u2019s reading in a different world, this <\/em>world may be too hard for a frail child. Any book-lover knows that the \u201cgentlest\u201d stories can be surrounded by the darkest shadows.<\/p>\n

The way that Myne uses her otherworld knowledge to make useful inventions recalls one of the oldest time-travel stories, Mark Twain\u2019s satirical A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur\u2019s Court <\/em>(1889). Meanwhile, Myne\u2019s love of books<\/em> makes her distinctly old-fashioned among anime characters. Like Keiichi Hara\u2019s Birthday Wonderland<\/em><\/a>, Bookworm<\/em> might be a reaction against the avalanche of fantasy anime that use all the gamified tropes of console RPGs. Then again, maybe not. Throughout the anime, there are cute little cartoon cutaways of Myne looking very like a game character battling through the levels.<\/p>\n

Bookworm<\/em> isn\u2019t the first story to present separation from books as the ultimate hell, worse than the end of the world. One of the most famous Twilight Zone<\/em> episodes, \u201cTime Enough at Last,\u201d was about a man who longs for more time for reading. He\u2019s in the vault of the bank where he works when there\u2019s a catastrophe; he emerges to find civilisation obliterated by a nuclear war, with himself as the sole survivor. But he has canned food, and books<\/em>, which have survived in the local library. Time enough, indeed! But the man has just piled up all the books he\u2019ll read when he breaks his glasses<\/em> and is left practically blind, sobbing \u201cThat\u2019s not fair!<\/em>\u201d Even Myne couldn\u2019t have invented her way out of that<\/em> one.<\/p>\n

Andrew Osmond is the author of 100 Animated Feature Films<\/a><\/em>. Ascendance of a Bookworm<\/a><\/em> is released in the UK by Anime Limited.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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