World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman

World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman

First light novel volume cover
聖剣使いの禁呪詠唱
(Seiken Tsukai no Wārudo Bureiku)
Light novel
Written by Akamitsu Awamura
Illustrated by Refeia
Published by SB Creative
Demographic Male
Imprint GA Bunko
Original run November 15, 2012 – present
Volumes 14
Manga
Published by Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Comp Ace
Original run June 2014 – present
Volumes 2
Anime television series
Directed by Inagaki Takayuki
Produced by Atsunori Yoshida
Written by Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Music by Go Sakabe
Studio Diomedéa
Licensed by
Network TV Tokyo, TVO, TVA, AT-X
English network
Original run January 11, 2015 – March 29, 2015
Episodes 12

World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman (聖剣使いの禁呪詠唱（ワールドブレイク） Seiken Tsukai no Wārudo Bureiku, lit. Holy Swordsman's World Break) is a Japanese light novel series written by Akamitsu Awamura and illustrated by Refeia. SB Creative has published twelve volumes since November 2012 under their GA Bunko imprint. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Diomedéa aired between January 11 and March 29, 2015. A manga adaptation began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace from June 2014.

Plot

World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman takes place at a high school named the Akane Academy, where students known as Saviors attend. Saviors, divided into Shirogane and Kuroma, are reincarnations of individuals who lived in the past and now possess awakened memories of their past lives. Shirogane manifest weapons and techniques while Kuroma manifest magic for defense purposes; the students are trained to defend against monsters called Metaphysicals, which brutally and indiscriminately attack humans. The story follows main protagonist, Moroha Haimura, who possess both past lives as Flaga, swordmaster and prince of a small country, and Shu Saura, King of the Netherworld. Reincarnated as a 15-year-old boy uniquely with both the abilities of Shirogane and Kuroma, he was chosen to enroll in the academy. He meets Satsuki, a boisterous girl who is very boastful and brash and whose past life was Sarasha, sister of Flaga; and Shizuno, a calm and levelheaded girl, whose past life was Shu Saura's queen.

One day, while attending class on how to manifest Light Skills, he attains and begins to realize his abilities and because of that, he joins the Striker Unit, the elite team of the Akane Academy. At the same time, his past and present lives with Satsuki and Shizuno begin to intertwine. But the school life for a schoolboy like Moroha is not all that. It starts to turn topsy-turvy when the Metaphysicals start to appear in the midst of the community and attack people.

Characters

Main characters

Moroha Haimura (灰村 諸葉 Haimura Moroha)
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (Japanese); Clifford Chapin[1] (English)
He is very dependable, although he gets embarrassed easily when teased. He has two past lives, the first being a Shirogane named Flaga, whom was in love with Satsuki's previous incarnation Sarasha despite being her brother, and the second being a Kuroma named Shu Saura, whom was in a relationship with Shizuno's previous incarnation. Due to having memories of both lives, he is known as an Ancient Dragon and is both a Shirogane and a Kuroma. His sword is "Salatiga" which is a straight katana while as a Kuroma his dark art is the "Black Gehenna" that he infuses into his sword to maximize its destructive capability called the "Yin Yang Kurikara". His other abilities includes his dark art is the "Ouroboros" which is a water spell that allows him to flood vast areas with water, it also allows him to walk on water as well and the "Gorikitsu" which allows him to maximize his plana. It was later revealed that the "Ancient Dragon" is actually a Metaphysical that is cursed to follow him throughout his existence from the time of the first encounter, through his first reincarnation as Flaga up to the present where it has once targeted and killed both Satsuki and Shizuno in their past lives.
Satsuki Ranjō (嵐城 サツキ Ranjō Satsuki)
Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu (Japanese); Felecia Angelle[1] (English)
She is a boisterous girl who is very boastful and brash. She is classmates with Moroha and Shizuno. In her past life she was a princess named Sarasha. Also in her past life she was in an incestuous relationship with her older brother Flaga, who is Moroha in his past life, which is taboo; in their present time they aren't related by blood where she can now make him fall in love with her over again. She and her family often move from place to place in order to avoid attacks from Metaphysicals, which makes it hard for her to make friends, which is made worse by her condescending attitude towards everyone excluding Moroha. Despite her attitude she doesn't hesitate to help others, even when she is in a disadvantage, she is good in cooking and she always prepares Moroha's meals. As a Savior, she is a Shirogane who uses light skills that materializes into a short sword called "Acieal" that she uses for fighting. She is also capable of detecting any incoming Metaphysicals, she later on was able to utilize her Kongoutsu, an armor of light that protects one from any strikes and she also becomes much faster. It was later on revealed during her past life she was burned to death by the ancient dragon while fleeing from it.
Shizuno Urushibara (漆原 静乃 Urushibara Shizuno)
Voiced by: Aoi Yūki (Japanese); Jād Saxton[1] (English)
She is calm and levelheaded, unlike Satsuki, she is classmates with Moroha and Satsuki. She is a Kuroma whose previous incarnation was the Witch of the Netherworld, and she uses dark arts by chanting spells or incantations through writing and channeling it through her staff when fighting Metaphysicals. Her dark art mostly composes of various freezing and ice spells, one of it is the "Dreadful Blizzard". In her past life, she was in a relationship with Shu Saura, Moroha's other past life. She is brazen with her feelings towards Moroha to the point that she doesn't mind kissing him in public, especially in front of Satsuki. Her elder brother is the president of the school, and was the one who nominated her to be a member of the Strikers, a group of high-ranking students that fight Metaphysicals, where she serves as a reserve. She was born into an affluent family of utmost influence; however belonging to such a family proves to be burdensome for her, where the expectations are high which makes her feel shackled, her only way of escape is by sleeping and dreaming about her past life with Shu Saura. Like Satsuki, she too has feelings for Moroha, and because of it, they despise each other, almost rivaling for his affection, though occasionally the two would have a truce, and do get along.
In the manga she is called the "Witch of the Netherworld". It was later on revealed that during her past life, she also encountered the ancient dragon, where just like Satsuki she too met her demise when the ancient dragon turned her to ice after it used her own spell against her, then shattering her into pieces.
Maya Shimon (四門 摩耶 Shimon Maya)
Voiced by: Yui Ogura (Japanese); Tia Ballard[1] (English)
Mari's younger sister, Maya is a young girl prodigy whose powers as a Savior have awakened at a very early age. Though she serves as her sister's assistant, she is mostly in charge of safety around campus, and aside from her knowledge, she can also drive her sister's car.
Her powers allows her to heal anybody who is injured, she can also cast a "Field of Dreams", a temporal field covering a wide area that allows dueling Saviors to fight without getting seriously injured; she can also use it as a protective barrier against any incoming attacks. Her sister has assigned her to watch over Moroha, and she starts to live with him and even sleeps besides him, often referring to herself as his pillow, much to the chagrin of Moroha, Satsuki, and Shizuno.
Elena Arshavina (エレーナ・アルシャヴィナ Erēna Arushavina)
Voiced by: Reina Ueda (Japanese), Jenya Davidyuk (Russian dialect) (Japanese); Mikaela Krantz (English)
She is a transfer student from Russia and a trained assassin who has an infamous reputation of being called the "Maneater", apparently because it refers to her demon sword "Replazan" that can consume both plana (light skills) and mana. She came to Japan to assassinate Moroha believing that her brother would be killed if she failed. That turned out to be a lie as she is an only child who was orphaned at an early age and her memories were manipulated by Vasilisa's subordinate Cordat. After being freed of her demon sword by Moroha, she falls in love with him and starts to call him onii-chan, much to Satsuki's dismay. She is often called by her nickname "Lesya".

Striker Unit

Jin Ishurugi
Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura (Japanese); Garret Storms[1] (English)
He is a third-year student who is the Captain of the school's elite anti-Metaphysical fighters called the Swords of Salvation. He recruited Moroha to be one of his Strikers after seeing his fighting skills. Though Moroha has fought his brother, he never took it personally and was in fact fascinated as to how he was able to defeat him. He also recruited Shizuno to be one of his reservists upon her elder brother's recommendation, since her brother happens to be the school president and later on Satsuki after she displayed acts of heroism upon encountering a dreadnought-type Metaphysical despite of being at a disadvantage. Even as a senior he learns a lot from Moroha and even admires his courage.
As a Shirogane his weapon is the "Naivete" which is a long and broad heavy sword.
Tokiko Kanzaki (神崎登紀子 Kanzaki Tokiko)
Voiced by: Yu Kobayashi (Japanese); Trina Nishimura[1] (English)
She is a third-year student and the vice captain of the Swords of Salvation squad who is known to be tough and brave. However despite being a girl, she is also known for her notoriety as a brash pervert who likes checking out anyone's body assets, which is basically her pun for doing sexual advances to anyone regardless of gender. She taken an interest on Moroha, often pinching his rear end, sitting on him, and even holding his head in between her cleavage. She gets so carried away with her sexual fantasies on Moroha that Jin has to step in to restrain her.
She is a Kuroma whose dark art is the "Incinerator" which is basically a fire spell.
Sophie Mertesacker (ソフィーメルテザッカー Sofī Merutezakkā)
Voiced by: Machico (Japanese); Alexis Tipton[1] (English)
A third-year student hailing from the United States, and member of the Swords of Salvation. She has a weapon resembling a Kanabo with a head at both ends.
Haruka Momochi (百地 春鹿 Momochi Haruka)
Voiced by: Maaya Uchida (Japanese); Bryn Apprill (English)
A second year student and a member of the Swords of Salvation, though as a Shirogane she is more known for her speed than her fighting ability.

Six Heads

Sir Edward Lampard (サー・エドワード・ランパード Sā Edowādo Ranpādo)
Voiced by: Wataru Hatano (Japanese); Seth Magill[1] (English)
The United Kingdom's executive of the Six Heads. He takes a liking towards Moroha after he nearly defeats him, nicknaming him "Jack", since Moroha is full of surprises like a Jack-in-the-Box. He seems to dislike Natto.
Vasilisa Yuryevna Mostvaya (ヴァシリーサ・ユーリエヴナ・モストヴァヤ Vashirīsa Yūrievuna Mosutovaya)
Voiced by: Fumi Morisawa (Japanese); Lydia Mackay (English)
Russia's executive of the Six Heads. She is known as the Lightning Emperor who uses her powers to manipulate people into serving her, and then executing them when she deems them as being no longer useful.
Charles Saint-Germain (シャルル・サン＝ジェルマン Sharuru San Jeruma)
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese); Eric Vale (English)
France's executive of the Six Heads.
Ando Suruga (駿河 安東 Suruga Andō)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese); Joel McDonald (English)
Japan's executive of the Six Heads. He feels pain when Metaphysicals appear.
Lu Zhixin (ルー・ヂーシン Rū Djīshin)
Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa (Japanese); Christopher Bevins (English)
China's executive of the Six Heads.
Arlene Highbury (アーリン・ハイバリー Ārin Haibarī)
Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (Japanese); Leah Clark (English)
The United States's executive of the Six Heads. She speaks to the others through a laptop with a cartoonish animal on the screen.

Other characters

Mari Shimon (マリシモン Marishimon)
Voiced by: Yuko Minaguchi (Japanese); Heather Walker[1] (English)
The Principal of Akane Academy and Maya's older sister.
Angela Johnson (アンジェラ·ジョンソン Anjera Jonson)
Voiced by: Chiaki Omigawa (Japanese); Morgan Garrett[1] (English)
Nicknamed AJ, she is Edward's maid and seems to have a crush on him. She later accompanies Moroha in his war against the Russian branch.

Media

Light novels

The first light novel volume was published on November 15, 2012 by SB Creative under their GA Bunko imprint. As of autumn 2015, 14 volumes have been published.

No.Release date ISBN
1 November 15, 2012[2]ISBN 978-4-7973-7195-6
2 February 16, 2013[3]ISBN 978-4-7973-7305-9
3 April 16, 2013[4]ISBN 978-4-7973-7363-9
4 August 12, 2013[5]ISBN 978-4-7973-7472-8
5 November 15, 2013[6]ISBN 978-4-7973-7523-7
6 February 17, 2014[7]ISBN 978-4-7973-7556-5
7 May 15, 2014[8]ISBN 978-4-7973-7741-5
8 August 8, 2014[9]ISBN 978-4-7973-8016-3
9 November 14, 2014[10]ISBN 978-4-7973-8167-2
10 January 14, 2015[11]ISBN 978-4-7973-8248-8
11 February 13, 2015[12]ISBN 978-4-7973-8234-1
12 June 12, 2015[13]ISBN 978-4-7973-8332-4
13 August 08, 2015[14]ISBN 978-4-7973-8481-9
14 October 14, 2015[15]ISBN 978-4-7973-8523-6

Manga

A manga adaptation began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace from June 2014. It has been collected in three tankōbon volumes.

No.Release date ISBN
1 December 25, 2014[16]ISBN 978-4-0410-2465-2
2 January 23, 2015[17]ISBN 978-4-0410-2466-9
3 August 15, 2015[18]ISBN 978-4-0410-3339-5

Anime

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Diomedéa aired between January 11 and March 29, 2015.[19] The opening theme is "Hi no Ito Rinne no Gemini" (緋ノ糸輪廻ノGEMINI), performed by Petit Milady (Aoi Yūki and Ayana Taketatsu), and the ending theme is ""Magna Idea" (マグナ・イデア Maguna Idea), performed by Fortuna (Aoi Yūki, Ayana Taketatsu, Maaya Uchida and Yui Ogura).

The anime series has been licensed for streaming by Funimation and Crunchyroll.[20]

Episode list

No. Title Original air date
1 "The Reincarnater"
"Tensei seshi mono" (転生せし者) 		January 11, 2015
Moroha begins classes at the Akane Academy because he has inherited mystical powers from a former life. While there he meets Satsuki and Shizuno, two girls who immediately find themselves drawn to him for various reasons. 
2 "Dwell within My Sword, Magic Flame"
"Waga Ken ni Yadore ma Homura" (我が剣に宿れ魔焔) 		January 18, 2015
Moroha and Shizuno join the Strikers. Satsuki is frustrated by her lack of ability, but one weekend, she faces down a Metaphysical at the shopping mall. 
3 "The Netherworld Sorceress"
"Meifu no Majo" (冥府の魔女) 		January 25, 2015
Edward, one of the six Rank S Saviors, comes to Japan. Meanwhile, Shizuno refuses to talk about her past life, causing friction between her and Moroha. 
4 "White Knight Assault"
"Shiro kishi kyōshū" (白騎士強襲) 		February 1, 2015
When Shizuno's brother tries to bully her into studying abroad, Moroha intervenes by revealing that he defeated the Dreadnought Class Metaphysical without any assistance. This leads to a high-stakes duel between himself and Sir Edward. 
5 "We Are the Summer"
"we are the Natsu" (we are the 夏) 		February 8, 2015
The Strikers go to a small island for a summer training camp, and Satsuki takes it upon herself to become a faster, more capable Savior. Meanwhile, the Head Six are preparing to meet regarding Moroha's suggested promotion to rank S. 
6 "We Are the Swords of Salvation"
"Warera, kyūse no ken nari" (我ら, 救世の剣なり) 		February 15, 2015
A gigantic Metaphysical attacks just as the summer training camp is drawing to a close. Some members of the Head Six doubt Moroha's abilities, and they see this attack as the perfect opportunity to force him to prove himself in battle. 
7 "The Silver-haired Stranger"
"Ginpatsu no Ihōjin" (銀髪の異邦人) 		February 22, 2015
A new student arrives from Russia on exchange, immediately confessing her feelings towards Moroha. Moroha is accommodating, but Shizuno has suspicions. 
8 "The Magic Sword and the Holy Sword"
"Maken to seiken" (魔剣と聖剣) 		March 1, 2015
Lesya's true identity is revealed: she is a maneater -- an assassin. As they take swings at each other, Moroha's holy sword awakens. 
9 "Journey To Siberia"
"Shiberia-yuki" (シベリア行) 		March 8, 2015
Moroha challenges the Russia division to a fight on Lesya's behalf. With Edward's support, they arrive in Russia. 
10 "Battle at Yekaterinburg"
"Kessen· ekaterinburuku" (決戦・エカテリンブルク) 		March 15, 2015
With some help from his friends, Moroha finally faces the Russian Terror on her home turf. But when her Dark Arts turn out to be as powerful as his, it's unclear who will emerge victorious in this clash of titans. 
11 "The Nightmare from a Former Life"
"Akumu wa zense yori" (悪夢は前世より) 		March 22, 2015
The emergence of a Metaphysical delays Moroha's departure from Russia. Little does anyone realize, a dark specter from his former lives is about to reappear in Japan, forcing everyone there to face it without his aid. 
12 "Surpass Two Lives"
"Futatsu no nama o koe" (二つの生を越え) 		March 29, 2015
The Saviors fight valiantly in what appears to be a losing battle against an unusually intelligent Metaphysical. When Moroha finally enters the fray, he finds it will take more than his powers alone to emerge victorious. 

References

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