For the light novel series by Kennoji, see Hazure Skill.
Bogus Skill "Fruitmaster": About that Time I Became Able to Eat Unlimited Numbers of Skill Fruits (That Kill You)
First light novel volume cover
外れスキル《木の実マスター》 〜スキルの実(食べたら死ぬ)を無限に食べられるようになった件について〜 (Hazure Sukiru "Kinomi Masutā": Sukiru no Mi (Tabetara Shinu) o Mugen ni Taberareru Yō ni Natta Ken ni Tsuite)
Bogus Skill "Fruitmaster": About that Time I Became Able to Eat Unlimited Numbers of Skill Fruits (That Kill You) (Japanese: 外れスキル《木の実マスター》 〜スキルの実(食べたら死ぬ)を無限に食べられるようになった件について〜, Hepburn: Hazure Sukiru "Kinomi Master": Sukiru no Mi (Tabetara Shinu) o Mugen ni Taberareru Yō ni Natta Ken ni Tsuite) is a Japanese web novel series written by Hanyuu. It began serialization online in May 2020 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. A manga adaptation with art by Air Matsukoto has been serialized online via Kodansha's Niconico-based Suiyōbi no Sirius manga service since July 2021 and has been collected in six tankōbon volumes. A light novel version with illustrations by Yasutaka Isekawa began publication under Kodansha's Kodansha Ranobe Books imprint in May 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Asahi Production premiered in January 2025.
A young man who dreams of becoming an adventurer. His Skill, "Fruitmaster", lets him grow fruits, dooming him to life as a farmer, until he discovers that it also makes him the only person in the world who can eat multiple Skill Fruits without dying, allowing him to get as many Skills as he wants.
Written by Hanyuu, Bogus Skill "Fruitmaster" began serialization as a web novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website on May 23, 2020.[4]
Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Air Matsukoto began serialization on Kodansha's Nico Nico Seiga-based Suiyōbi no Sirius manga website on July 6, 2021.[5] The first tankōbon volume was released on November 9, 2021.[1] The manga's chapters have been compiled into six tankōbon volumes as of June 2024.[6] The series is published in English on Kodansha's "K Manga" app.[7]
A light novel version with illustrations by Yasutaka Isekawa began publication under Kodansha's Kodansha Ranobe Books light novel imprint. A single volume has been released as of May 2022.[13]
An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 7, 2024.[14] It is produced by Asahi Production and directed by Ryuichi Kimura, with Gigaemon Ichikawa writing series scripts, Risa Miyadani and Yasuka Ōtaki designing the characters, and Selin composing the music. The series is set to premiere on January 7, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[2] The opening theme song is "Bravely Dance" (ブレイブリーダンス, Bureiburī Dansu), performed by VTubersYukihana Lamy and Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino (a.k.a. Pepechi),[3] while the ending theme song is "Sonna Bokura no Bōkentan!" (そんな僕らの冒険譚!, Such Is Our Adventure Saga!), performed by TrySail.[15]Crunchyroll streams the series.[16]
"The Only Ingredient" Transliteration: "Yuītsu no Sozai" (Japanese: 唯一の素材)
Ryuichi Kimura
Gigaemon Ichikawa
Ryuichi Kimura
January 7, 2025 (2025-01-07)
Light lives in a world where skills are acquired by consuming Skill Fruits, however people can only consume one as eating a second is fatal. Light hopes to gain a combat skill but whilst his childhood friend Lena receives the skill Sword Saint Light only receives the skill Fruitmaster, allowing him to grow fruits more efficiently. Lena decides they will start a farm together, but as her skill is so rare the priestess Saint forces her to become an adventurer. Lena rapidly rises to S Rank whilst Light unwillingly starts a farm growing Skill Fruits for the church. Ayla, an orphan who lives with Light, unknowingly uses the fruit in a stew. Light is astonished when he survives and gains a second skill, Sword God. This causes Saint to receive a divine revelation of the appearance of a great evil. Ayla gains the skill Appraisal which tells her Fruitmaster makes Light immune to poisonous fruits. Thrilled, Light registers as an adventurer. Gene, another adventurer, tries to bully him and is outraged when Light expertly defends himself. Gene and his party later encounter an ogre and, spotting Light nearby, try to use him as bait. However, Light kills the ogre. Lena appears at the guild and Light rushes to see her, only for her to claim she isn’t Lena.
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"Incomplete Light" Transliteration: "Mikan no Kagayaki" (Japanese: 未完の輝き)
Tokio Yamauchi
Tomoko Shinozuka
Ryuichi Kimura
January 14, 2025 (2025-01-14)
Lena visits Light in disguise so her party leader Grouse doesn’t see them. Light manages to explain about his second skill. Lena reveals Saint forced her to join the Sacred party; Grouse is a thug, and the church overlooks his behaviour. Light demands Grouse let Lena quit. Lena also demands her freedom but Grouse beats her until she obeys. Light publicly challenges Grouse to duel. Ayla appraises Grouse and learns his skill is God Speed, allowing him to move from one place to another instantly. Grouse destroys Light’s sword but becomes enraged when Light decides to fight with a broom. Light realises he is losing because he is trying to match Grouse’ speed, so instead he decides to rely solely on his Sword God skill. Grouse tries to cut his head off but Light simply places the broom in the right position so Grouse’ face smashes into it and he is thrown unconscious into a wall. Lena joins Light’s party so Saint retaliates by ensuring they only receive extremely low paying jobs helping commoners. Lena accepts every job, making their party popular with most of the citizens. Light names their party Luxeria. Saint retaliates further by assigning Luxeria an S Rank quest certain to result in their deaths.
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"The Magic Castle of Spirits"
TBA
TBA
TBA
January 21, 2025 (2025-01-21)
Light, Lena and Ayla are sent to investigate the castle of the deceased adventurer Count Montes where 18 adventurers have recently disappeared. Lena senses the job might be more dangerous than they can handle. Arriving, they find hundreds of adventurers dead and turned into zombies. Light hesitates to attack but Lena helps him understand it will end their suffering. Light is impressed by Lena, who has mastered her Sword Saint skill, whereas he is still learning to use Sword God. Wondering why undead seem drawn to the area they head deeper into the castle. Inside, a mysterious woman looks forward to killing "the Fruitmaster." Ayla appraises that the undead are tamed servants belonging to a powerful necromancer. Following the threads of magic they enter the ballroom and meet Dratena, whose skill lets her control corpses and spirits. She reveals her employers want Light assassinated. Lena is distracted by several of her undead friends, leaving Light to protect Ayla alone. Lena exorcises her friends, who thank her before passing on. Struggling to protect Ayla Light has her climb on his back. Elsewhere, Saint has a vision of a shadow covering the moon, which she interprets as good news for her future plans.
Notes
^Episodes are released on ABEMA and Crunchyroll a week before their televised airings.
