Wistoria: Wand and Sword

Wistoria: Wand and Sword
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Will Serfort
杖と剣のウィストリア (Tsue to Tsurugi no Wisutoria)
Genre	Adventure Fantasy
Manga
Written by	Fujino Ōmori
Illustrated by	Toshi Aoi
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA
Imprint	Shōnen Magazine Comics
Magazine	Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	December 9, 2020 – present
Volumes	11
Anime television series
Directed by	Tatsuya Yoshihara
Written by	Tatsuya Yoshihara
Music by	Yuki Hayashi Luke Standridge Asa Taylor
Studio	Actas Bandai Namco Pictures
Licensed by	Crunchyroll (streaming) SEA: Muse Communication
Original network	JNN (TBS), AT-X, BS NTV
Original run	July 7, 2024 – present
Episodes	12

Wistoria: Wand and Sword (Japanese: 杖と剣のウィストリア, Hepburn: Tsue to Tsurugi no Uisutoria) is a Japanese manga series written by Fujino Ōmori and illustrated by Toshi Aoi. It began serialization on Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in December 2020, with its chapters collected in 11 tankōbon volumes as of November 2024. The series follows a boy who seemingly has no talent for magic, working his way up in a magical institution in a country where magic skill is regarded as absolute power with only his swordsmanship skills in order to reunite with his magical prodigy childhood friend. An anime television series adaptation produced by Actas and Bandai Namco Pictures aired from July to September 2024. A second season has been announced.

Plot

Hundreds of years ago, invaders from the sky ravaged the land and almost destroyed the world. To repel the invaders, five mages joined together and cast a powerful barrier to ward the invaders away, atop a huge tower, the "Mercedes Caulis", becoming known as the first "Magia Vander". The Rigarden Magical Academy is focused on training magicians, including those strong enough to become Magia Vander themselves and continue the legacy of maintaining the barrier that protects the kingdom.

Will Serfort is a Rigarden student who swore to become a magician strong enough to be accepted into the Mercedes Caulis and reunite with his childhood friend, Elfaria Albis Serfort, the youngest magician ever to become a Magia Vander. However, Will has no magic aptitude at all, having managed to progress on his studies so far with the perfect scores on written tests and the extra credits obtained from hunting monsters in the school's dungeon, but only a few people know his true power, as what he lacks in magic, he makes up with his swordsmanship, capable of defeating powerful monsters that even the strongest magicians have difficulties against. As Will keeps pushing toward his dream, he makes friends and enemies along the way while showing his true powers which shake the very foundations of the world.

Characters

Main characters

Will Serfort (ウィル・セルフォルト, Wiru Seruforuto)

Voiced by: Kōhei Amasaki (Japanese); Corey Wilder, Amanda Gael (young) (English)

The main protagonist. He is a sixth-year student at Rigarden Magical Academy, shunned by his peers due to his lack of magical aptitude. He is also a childhood friend of Magia Vander member Elfaria until their differing stations separated them. Having vowed to reunite with her one day, he strives to earn enough academy points to graduate and join her in the Ice Faction. After finally graduating, however, he is instead recruited by the Thunder Faction.

Although unable to use magic, he is highly knowledgeable and an incredibly skilled swordsman, capable of countering his opponents after just witnessing their attacks once. He later discovers that he has an ability called "Wis", which lets him absorb others' magic and infuse it into his sword.

Elfaria Albis Serfort (エルファリア・アルヴィス・セルフォルト, Erufaria Aruvisu Seruforuto)

Voiced by: Akira Sekine (Japanese); Kelsey Cruz (English)

Will's childhood friend. She is a prodigious magician who quickly rose through the ranks and became the youngest ever to become a Magia Vander, commanding the ice faction. However, privately, she is a slacker who pushes her responsibilities onto her subordinates, spending her days waiting for Will to fulfill their promise to reunite with her.

Specializing in ice magic, she created twelve original spells, an unprecedented feat.

Supporting characters

Colette Loire (コレット・ロワール, Koretto Rowāru)

Voiced by: Satomi Amano (Japanese); Corey Pettit (English)

Will's classmate and one of his few friends. She has a crush on him, which is obvious to everyone except him, but is too shy to confess. She also constantly worries about him risking his life in the dungeon and interferes whenever their classmates bully him. After graduating, she joins the Earth Faction and is later made their mascot, much to her displeasure.

She specializes in earth magic and is known as the "Earth Princess" for her skill; a nickname she despises.

Sion Ulster (シオン・アルスター, Shion Arusutā)

Voiced by: Masaaki Mizunaka (Japanese); Brandon Acosta (English)

One of Will's classmates who used to bully him for his lack of magic aptitude. However, after being saved from a monster by him and witnessing his true strength, he develops a one-sided rivalry with him. He also has unreciprocated feelings for Colette, further driving his rivalry with Will. After graduating, he joins the Fire Faction.

He specializes in fire magic and his skills have only grown since starting his rivalry with Will.

Julius Reinberg (ユリウス・レインバーグ, Yuriusu Reinbāgu)

Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara (Japanese); Aaron Michael (English)

One of the three top students in Will's class. Being a noble, he initially had a very arrogant demeanor, humiliating those of weaker power and status. After Will publicly defeated him, however, he mellowed out and even agreed to team up with him for the sake of graduating from the academy. After graduating, he joined the Ice Faction but was later killed by a mysterious serial killer.

He specialized in ice magic, being the only person capable of replicating one of Elfaria's original spells.

Wignall Lindor (イグノール・リンドール, Igunōru Rindōru)

Voiced by: Kengo Kawanishi (Japanese); Blake McNamara (English)

One of the three top students in Will's class. He is an elf shunned by his peers since his magic is weak by their standards. Initially presenting an arrogant facade, he comes to respect Will after he helps him overcome his self-esteem issues. He is also the childhood friend of one of the Magia Vander, Ellenor, mirroring Will's relationship with Elfaria. After graduating from the academy, he joins the all-elf Fantasy Faction.

He specializes in wind and illusion magic and later becomes capable of using his race's unique ability to turn illusions into reality.

Lihanna Owenzaus (リアーナ・オーウェンザウス, Riāna Ōuenzausu)

Voiced by: Lynn (Japanese); Erin Kelly Noble (English)

One of the three top students in Will's class who aims to become a Magia Vander to save her noble family from ruin. She is rather aloof and, unlike her peers, has never bullied Will, having instead mostly ignored him. After learning of his true strength, however, she allies herself with him, Sion, Julius, and Wignall to graduate from the academy. After graduating, she joins the Thunder Faction along with Will.

She is a close combat mage known as a "magic knight" specializing in lightning magic, which she uses to enhance her physical abilities.

Rosti Nauman (ロスティ・ナウマン, Rosutii Nauman)

Voiced by: Unknown

A student at Rigarden and Will's roommate who professed to have been in love with him and had a slightly androgynous appearance. He was killed in a terrorist attack during Christmas, after which his body shattered like ice, implying he was a gender-bend clone of Elfaria that she created and remote-controlled using her magic.

He was a talented magic artificer who made magical items for Will to use.

Kiki (キキ)

Voiced by: Aoi Inase (Japanese); Lynsey Hale (English)

Will's pet familiar, a carbuncle capable of casting reflective magic.

Teachers

Workner Norgram (ワークナー・ノーグラム, Wākunā Nōguramu)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese); Jim Foronda (English)

A teacher at Rigarden Magic Academy. He believes in Will's potential and oversees his progress in the dungeon.

He specializes in handling magical familiars.

Edward Serfence (エドワルド・セルフェンス, Edowarudo Serufensu)

Voiced by: Kōji Yusa (Japanese); Phil Parsons (English)

A teacher at Rigarden Magic Academy who is infamous for his strictness. Having failed to become a Magia Vander in the past, he wants Will to give up on his goal, not wanting the boy to suffer the same failure as himself, even if it means having to sabotage him.

He is the strongest teacher at the academy, specializing in dark magic.

Caldron Anouve (コルドロン・アヌーブ, Korudoron Anūbu)

Voiced by: Reiko Suzuki

The headmaster of Rigarden Magic Academy. She is 64 years old but can use magic to appear much younger than she is in order to live a double life. She helps Will train and learn Wis in order to impress scouts and join a faction.

Magia Vander

Aaron Masterias Oldking (アロン・マステリアス・オールドキング, Aron Masuteriasu Ōrudokingu)

Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka

The leader of the Magia Vander and its oldest member, leading the Light Faction. He often goes on long expeditions, leaving Cariott in charge in his absence.

He specializes in light magic and is noted to be the strongest of the Magia Vander.

Cariott Incindia Wiseman (キャリオット・インスティア・ワイズマン, Kyrariott Insutia Waizuman)

Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama

One of the Magia Vander, leading the Fire Faction. He is often left in charge of the group whenever Aaron goes on one of his lengthy expeditions.

He specializes in fire magic.

Ellenor Ljos Alf (エルノール・リヨス・アールヴ, Erunōru Riyosu Āruvu)

Voiced by: Sora Amamiya

An elf and one of the Magia Vander, leading the all-elf Fantasy Faction. She is also a former childhood friend of Wignall until they were separated after her magical talent was discovered, mirroring Elfaria's relationship with Will.

She specializes in her race's unique fantasy magic, which can turn illusions into reality.

Zeo Thorzeus Reinbolt (ゼオ・トルゼウス・ラインボルト, Zeo Toruzeusu Rainboruto)

Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa

One of the Magia Vander, leading the Thunder Faction. Following Will's graduation from the academy, he recruits him into his faction after beating Elfaria in a game of rock-paper-scissor for him, having sensed the boy's potential.

He uses lightning magic and specializes in a technique called "wrathbolt", which enhances his physical abilities using pure magic manipulation.

Others

Iris X. Stellamaris (アイリス・X・ステラマリス, Airisu X Sutera Marisu)

Voiced by: Rumi Okubo (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)

One of the students in Rigarden. Though she presents a sociable and clumsy facade to her peers, she is actually a serious girl and a Watcher, talented young magicians who serve as scouts to recruit new members for the Magia Vanders' factions, a position regarded as an urban legend among the student body. She is also a member of the Ice Faction and told by Elfaria to assess Will's progress. When scouting for talented students in the dungeon, she meets Will and witnesses him defeat a powerful dungeon boss single-handedly. During a meeting with the Magia Vander, she deems him the only student of note and recommends he be immediately scouted for a position in the Tower. She has a crush on Will due to his capability.

Gordon Baret (ゴードン・バレー, Gōdon Barē)

Voiced by: Kazuki Ura (Japanese); Michael Stimac (English)

Lyril Marze (リリール・マース, Rirīru Māsu)

Voiced by: Tomohiro Ōno (Japanese); Tristan Bonner (English)

Renaisse Arette (ルナイス・アレート, Runaisu Arēto)

Voiced by: Shinya Takahashi

Jorua Moraine (ジョルア・モレーン, Jorua Morēn)

Voiced by: Atsushi Tamaru

Logwell (ログウェル, Roguweru)

Voiced by: Akio Ōtsuka

Aaron's assistant.

Media

Manga

Written by Fujino Ōmori and illustrated by Toshi Aoi, Wistoria: Wand and Sword began serialization in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on December 9, 2020. The series ended its first part on May 8, 2023. Its chapters have been collected in 11 tankōbon volumes as of November 2024.

During their panel at Anime NYC, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the manga for English publication, with the first volume releasing in Q4 2022.

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	North American release date	North American ISBN
1	April 9, 2021	978-4-06-522519-6	November 29, 2022	978-1-64-651560-8
1. Let Me Be Your Sword 2. Undaunted 3. The Order & The Watcher, Part 1 4. The Order & The Watcher, Part 2
Will Serfort is a boy who is in his last year in Regarden Magical Academy despite having no talent for magic at all, having managed to progress on his studies so far with the perfect scores on written tests and the extra credits obtained from hunting monsters in the school's dungeon. When Edward Serfence, one of the teachers discover that he makes up for his lack of magic with his swordsmanship and his outstanding physical abilities, he forces Will to participate in a test where he shall be expelled from the academy should he fails to land a hit on him. Despite all odds against him, Will succeeds. In the occasion, it is revealed that Will's objective is to reunite with his childhood friend, Elfaria Albis Serfort who is one of the Magia Vander, the top magicians in the world, and lives atop Mercedes Caulus, the magic tower that overlooks the academy, but to do so, he must graduate. He later is approached by another student called Iris X. Stellamaris, unaware that she is a graduated magician sent by Elfaria to watch over him.
2	August 6, 2021	978-4-06-524474-6	February 7, 2023	978-1-64-651624-7
5. Festival Eve 6. On Your Marks... 7. Fury's Flame 8. Between Pride and Passion
3	December 9, 2021	978-4-06-526275-7	March 28, 2023	978-1-64-651742-8
9. El Glace Frosse 10. Festival Finale 11. Shall We Date? 12. Dungeon Dive!
4	April 8, 2022	978-4-06-527520-7	May 23, 2023	978-1-64-651743-5
13. Let the Praxis Begin 14. A Flood of Nightmares 15. Our Dream 16. Defying the Darkness
5	September 9, 2022	978-4-06-529143-6	July 18, 2023	978-1-64-651744-2
17. Rise Above Despair 18. The True Shape of Cowardice 19. Wand and Sword 20. Final Exams
6	January 6, 2023	978-4-06-530335-1	October 3, 2023	978-1-64-651918-7
21. The Terminalia 22. The Party from Hell Begins 23. Ballet of Sorrow 24. Farewell
7	June 8, 2023	978-4-06-531874-4	March 12, 2024	978-1-64-651919-4
25. A Sea of Shards 26. One Spell 27. The World's Ode 28. Thus Begins the Tale
8	October 6, 2023	978-4-06-533145-3	August 13, 2024	979-8-88-877108-2
29. Day of Departure 30. Colorless Beginnings 31. First Bloom 32. With Head Held High
9	February 8, 2024	978-4-06-534548-1	—	—
33. The Limits of Kindness 34. The Witch's Teachings 35. The Page Turns 36. Memories Blossom, Memories Thunder
10	June 7, 2024	978-4-06-535800-9	—	—
37. A Clash of Ice and Thunder 38. Ice and Thunder Erupt 39. Battle for the Sword 40. Spy, Boys & Girls
11	November 8, 2024	978-4-06-537045-2	—	—
41. "From Knight to Thunderbolt" 42. "For Whom the Bird Flies" 43. "The Puppeteer" 44. "Abyssal Origin"

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.

• 45. "Figures of the Tower"

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced in February 2024. The series is produced by Actas and Bandai Namco Pictures and directed and written by Tatsuya Yoshihara, with Sayaka Ono designing the characters and Yuki Hayashi composing the music. It aired from July 7 to September 29, 2024, on TBS and its affiliates. The opening theme is "Fire and Fear" performed by Penguin Research, while the ending theme is "Frozen" performed by True. Crunchyroll streamed the series. Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia.

Following the airing of the final episode, a second season was announced.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
1	"Like a Lone Sword" Transliteration: "Ichi Furi no Tsurugi no Yōni" (Japanese: 一振りの剣（つるぎ）のように)	Tatsuya Yoshihara Masakazu Yoshimoto	Tatsuya Yoshihara	July 7, 2024 (2024-07-07)
At Rigarden Magical Academy, Will Serfort, an honors student in his sixth and final year who is very knowledgeable in magic despite being unable to use magic himself, is called out by Professor Edward Serfence to use magic and after failing to do so, Edward emphasizes that magic is absolute supremacy. After class, Will is approached by Sion Ulster, an arrogant classmate hailing from a prestigious noble family, and bullies him to remind him that he will never become a Magia Vander, a title for the most powerful wizards, before Will's friend Colette Loire comes to his defense. Will recalls his promise he made to his childhood friend, who became the youngest Magia Vander in history, that serves as his reason for attending magic school. Will sees his advisor, Professor Workner Norgam, after another dungeon raid and Workner tries to convince him to give up since graduating without any spellwork credits is practically impossible. Needing four credits in two days to avoid flunking out, he sets out to the sixth floor of the dungeon to fight a Baskerville. Sion overhears their conversation and heads to the sixth floor himself to defeat the Baskerville before Will has a chance to ensure his expulsion, but encounters a Sentinel, a ten-credit monster normally found in deeper floors. Sion is powerless against the Sentinel, but Will arrives and uses his master swordsmanship to easily defeat the monster to earn ten credits and meet the quota required to stay in school.
2	"As Though Undaunted" Transliteration: "Fukutsu no Gotoku" (Japanese: 不屈のごとく)	Takahiko Usui	Takahiko Usui Isuta	July 14, 2024 (2024-07-14)
Five years ago, Will started school not long after his childhood friend Elfaria Albis Serfort became a Magia Vander, and despite his inability to use magic, impressed the headmaster Caldron Anouve with his swordsmanship, who envisions his sword being a wand. Back in the present, Workner explains in a class lecture what ascending the tower means as the next step to becoming a Magia Vander is to advance to the Upper Institute, either by inventing a new magic or earning a large number of credits with the latter being the conventional route but the former being Will's only realistic route. After class, Will runs into Sion, who takes out his anger at Will for defeating the Sentinel. Meanwhile, Edward demands Caldron to expel Will for failing spellwork despite acing all other subjects. Caldron agrees to do so if he fails a special test administered by Edward. While studying in the library with Colette, Edward summons Will to the magic hall for the test where Will's objective is to land a hit on Edward. Without his sword, Will struggles, but after Colette delivers Will his sword that he had put in his locker earlier, he slices through Edward's magic and attacks from his blind spot from above to graze is face and pass the test.
3	"Order & Watcher"	Ayataka Tanemura	Ayataka Tanemura	July 21, 2024 (2024-07-21)
Will reveals that his goggles he wears when fighting are a parting gift from Elfaria after she graduated from the academy. Back in the present, Will finishes his morning job to deliver newspapers that reveal that Elfaria invented a new magic, and subsequently passes down an order to the academy to collect Frost Walker cores. Will asks his roommate Rosti Nauman to craft a magical item for this order. Afterwards, Will goes to the fourth floor of the dungeon where he saves the student Iris Churchill, who claims to be once saved by Elfaria. Will and Iris go looking for Frost Walkers on the fourth floor and encounter an unusually strong one called the Frost Rex. With Will's swordsmanship and knowledge about the Frost Rex, he ties up the monster and uses explosives Rosti made to defeat it. Iris is revealed to be the watcher Iris X. Stellamaris who was sent by Elfaria to pose as a student and keep watch on Will. Iris reports to the Magia Vander and puts in a recommendation for Will to take a tower position with the Fated Day just around the corner, but the Magia Vanders object. With the Grand Festival coming, they decide to hold off on deciding on tower positions until after the festival.
4	"The Eve of the Grand Festival" Transliteration: "Taisai Zen'ya" (Japanese: 大祭前夜)	Takashi Kojima	Masashi Ikeda	August 4, 2024 (2024-08-04)
Lihanna Owenzaus, Wignall Lindor, and Julius Reinberg are revealed as the top students in terms of credits earned and are advancing the Upper Institute. The biennial Grand Magic Festival, a competition between the four tower factions, approaches with Will planning to skip it like last time after embarrassing himself during the event in his second year despite Colette suggesting he should enter. Will and Colette go to their lockers and they find a hidden passageway in one of their lockers that leads to an underground gambling ring for the festival. That night, Will goes to work at his night job at Gina's tavern, a tavern frequented by dwarves, with Rosti. Julius and two of his buddies drop by to insult the dwarves, and Will stands up to defend them and demand Julius to apologize. Will and Julius fight with Will taking out his buddies, but Julius freezing Will in place. Julius decides that he will finish him off at the festival and demands Will to enter it.
5	"Raise the Starting Pistol" Transliteration: "Gōhō o Ageyo" (Japanese: 号砲を上げよ)	Morihito Abe	Morihito Abe	August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11)
The Grand Magic Festival begins and Iris is one of the scouts there focusing specifically on Will. The first event is the Crown Attack, where the objective is to navigate through the traps and battle the other students to take the crown at the goal in teams of three with Will teaming up with Colette and Sion. Will charges in equipped with magical gauntlets with Colette covering for him, and he uses his knowledge and swordsmanship to defeat the enemies. However, Julius gets ahead of him and attacks Will with his ice magic. Sion responds by casting a powerful fire spell, but then turns his attacks on Will and demands that Will faces Sion in a duel despite being teammates for the event.
6	"Between Pride and Passion" Transliteration: "Kyōji to Netsujō no Ma" (Japanese: 矜持と熱情の間)	Hideaki Nakano	Hideaki Nakano	August 18, 2024 (2024-08-18)
As Will and Sion engage in battle, Sion recalls the time he first met Will and took out his anger on him for being somebody who cannot use magic. Sion dares Will to attack, but Will refuses to attack a teammate understanding the situation. Elsewhere, Colette and Julius fight and the students watching in the stadium notice that unbeknownst to the competitors, Julius made clones of himself to attack the other teams. Wignall notices this right away and takes out the clone sent to attack his team. Will attempts to run away, but Sion cuts off his escape route by summoning his guardian deity Halcon to attack him. Having no choice but to fight back, Will easily reads Halcon's moves and defeats it. Just as Will and Sion were about to deliver the decisive blow, Colette intervenes and tells Will to go after Julius after she dispatched his clone. Will runs towards the stadium to challenge Julius to a duel.
7	"Twelve Secret Ice Magics, El Glace Frosse" Transliteration: "Eru・Gurasu・Furōsu" (Japanese: 十二の氷秘法(エル・グラス・フロース))	Takahiko Usui	Takahiko Usui	August 25, 2024 (2024-08-25)
The Ice Faction's aide-de-camp Sarissa Alfeld presents Elfaria with a recommendation for Julius to become her successor. Will and Julius have their duel to decide the winner of the Crown Attack event, and Julius uses his illusion spell, called Ars Weiss, to overwhelm Will and freeze him in place, and then brags to the crowd that he has mastered the El Glace Frosse, a series of 12 ice magic spells created by Elfaria. But Will, using his extensive knowledge of the magic having been around Elfaria his whole life, notices that Julius has not mastered Ars Weiss as his teammates are controlling the clones, and Will takes out the teammates with an attack from their blind spot. Then Will locates the real Julius using the difference in temperature and attacks him, pointing out that Elfaria created the magic at age 2. Julius summons eight clones despite being able to master control of only four to launch a desperate attack on Will. Will easily dodges the attacks and defeats Julius. However, Wignall's team wins the event having taken the crown while Will and Julius were busy fighting each other.
8	"Shall we date?"	Takahiro Enokida	Takahiro Enokida	September 1, 2024 (2024-09-01)
Will celebrates his victory over Julius at Gina's tavern with Colette, Rosti, and Workner, with Julius washing dishes for the night as punishment. Sometime later, the students are looking to form teams for the all-student praxis and Will is highly sought after due to his performance at the festival. The next day, Will spends his day off going shopping with Colette and Rosti. Colette feels uneasy, especially when Rosti keeps getting in between her and Will. While Will gets maintenance on his sword, Colette and Rosti talk about the matter in private. On the way to the blacksmith, Will encounters Lihanna, who asks Will to form a party with her, Julius, Sion, and Wignall. After hearing that Lihanna needs to become a Magia Vander to save her family from ruin, Will accepts the invitation and Colette joins him as well. A few days later, the all-student praxis begins where the lower floors of the dungeon are temporarily unlocked, giving students the opportunity to earn large amounts of credits, but due to the high danger that some students get killed.
9	"Praxis Begins" Transliteration: "Jisshū Kaishi" (Japanese: 実習開始)	Takashi Kojima	Itsuki Tsuchigami	September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
As the all-student praxis begins, Will's party jumps ahead of the competition while making quick work of weaker monsters. However, Will is unable to earn any credits, since his teammates all defeat their enemies before he can act. Lihanna explains that their objective is to defeat the 10th floor's boss, worth 110 credits. However, upon reaching it, they find it is already dead and are ambushed by an even stronger monster, which destroys the ground and causes them to fall to the 11th floor, which only high mages may enter. During the fall, the party also got separated: Will with Wignall, Colette with Lihanna, and Sion with Julius. Meanwhile, a monster stampede destroys the academy's camp, with some professors being killed by two mysterious mages, causing the praxis to get canceled. Back with Will, he and Wignall venture through the floor to locate their comrades but the latter doubts the former's abilities and stubbornly refuses help. However, after Will saves him from a monster that he failed to defeat himself, Wignall breaks down, revealing that, while a powerful mage by human standards, his skills are mediocre compared to his fellow elves.
10	"Our Dreams" Transliteration: "Bokutachi no Yume" (Japanese: ボクたちのユメ)	Masakazu Yoshimoto	Tatsuya Yoshihara	September 15, 2024 (2024-09-15)
Wignall explains that his illusion magic lacks physical mass and he is thus considered inferior to other elves, especially in comparison with his childhood friend: the Magia Vander Ellenor Ljos Alf. However, Will begins bonding with him over this, as they are both "no-talents". They are then attacked by monsters immune to physical and most magical attacks known as Balkars. With Will's encouragement, Wignall manages to overcome his inferiority complex and defeat their enemies by giving his illusions form, causing him to start respecting Will. Meanwhile, the instructors evacuate the remaining students while Workner and Edward head out to look for Will's party, the only ones still missing. Back with Will, he and Wignall find Sion and Julius. Elsewhere, Colette and Lihanna are attacked by the mysterious mages who destroyed the academy camp, Marze and Headless. Fortunately, Will and the others come to their aid, reuniting the party. Headless then uses transportation magic to summon the monster that caused the party to fall to the 11th floor: an Evil Grand Duke; a 270-credit monster.
11	"The True Name of Cowards" Transliteration: "Okubyō-sha no mana" (Japanese: 臆病者の真名)	Masahiro Takata Kentarō Mizuno	Hironori Tanaka	September 22, 2024 (2024-09-22)
With the way out of the 11th floor blocked by monsters, Will's party is forced to face the Evil Grand Duke. Will formulates a plan that involves teaching Elfaria's trick to keep incantations going across Ars Weiss clones to Julius, allowing him to immobilize their enemy with his strongest spell. Lihanna then attempts to kill it, but her attack is blocked by a barrier Marze and Headless placed on it. Will saves Lihanna from the Duke's counterattack, but it breaks the goggles he got from Elfaria in the process, shattering his spirit. As Lihanna and Wignall hold off the Duke, Sion considers fleeing, but Will asks him to beat him up, which he does, helping him focus again. Colette tells Sion that Will is scared but refuses to run, causing all three to rejoin the fight. However, their efforts are not enough. Will then notices a crystal next to him, which Rosti secretly gave him, and recalls previously suppressed memories. After remembering, he has Sion fire a spell at him and absorbs it into his sword using a power called "Wis". Will then kills the Duke in a single blow.
12	"Wand and Sword" Transliteration: "Tsue to Tsurugi" (Japanese: 杖と剣)	Hideaki Nakano Takahiko Usui	Hideaki Nakano Takahiko Usui	September 29, 2024 (2024-09-29)
After defeating the Duke, the monsters arrive after the Duke's demise, but Will's party are too exhausted to fight back after the fight against the Duke. Workner and Edward arrive too late, but the party is saved by the Magia Vander Aaron Masterias Oldking, who casts a high-level annihilation spell to defeat the monsters. Afterwards, Will meets a member of the Finn Tribe, known simply as Finn. Meanwhile, Marze and Headless obtain a sword called the mage slayer and consider their mission a success. Back at the academy, the students and faculty mourn the deaths of 11 professors, while Will's party recovers in the academy's infirmary. The party discusses their ordeal in the dungeon, with Lihanna crediting Will for being the reason why everybody survived, while Julius maintains his criticism of Will. Sion asks Will about Wis, but Will cannot recall what happened. Will mentions Finn, and Colette explains that the Finn Tribe cannot use magic, but they have vast knowledge of dungeons to serve as guides. That night, Finn reports to Caldron that the dungeon expedition team led by Aaron reached the 49th floor. He presents a broken mage slayer he picked up after the expedition team defeated several mages on the 40th floor for the academy to examine, believing that the sword was the result of experimentation going on in the dungeon. The next day, Will practices and Sion challenges him to a duel, which gets interrupted after Workner and Edward spot them. Two months later, the students take the final exam to end the school year.

Reception

The series was nominated for the seventh Next Manga Awards in 2021 in the print category.

Further reading

• "Wistoria: Wand and Sword". Anime News Network. September 27, 2022.

External links

• Official manga website at Magazine Pocket (in Japanese)
• Official anime website (in Japanese)
• Wistoria: Wand and Sword (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia