Black Summoner (Manga)

“If you truly want to get stronger, you have to challenge and defeat those stronger than yourself.” While being transmigrated to another world, Kelvin bartered away his memories for a collection of powerful new abilities. Setting out on the ultimate adventure as the world’s strongest Summoner — with his first Follower being the very goddess who brought him over! — he soon discovers his true nature as a battle junkie. Someone wants to pick a fight? Sure, bring it on! Facing off against one formidable foe after another, Kelvin can hardly contain his delight as he revels in the absolute exhilaration of a good fight! The curtain rises on the start of an epic saga as this black-clad warrior and his allies carve their way into the annals of history! See the colorful characters and the thrilling battles come to life in this visual retelling of the light novel series by Doufu Mayoi.

“Well, that’s because we have no doubt that we can beat you!” Ever since arriving in a new world, in possession of rare and powerful abilities that he acquired by bartering away his memories, Kelvin has steadily continued building up his party by gathering powerful allies one after another. Now, the threat of a demon — a race only told of in legends and stories past — looms over Parth, the City of Peace. As the most powerful party in the area, Kelvin and his allies are tasked with the investigation and handling of this new threat — only to walk into a life-and-death fight with a Rank S opponent! Our snarky, fun-loving battle junkie faces his most formidable foe yet...but luckily, he’s got some of the most formidable allies around to combat them! The exhilarating battle fantasy journey continues as this black-clad warrior and his companions continue to leave their mark upon the world!

“Leave your idealism at home. If you wish to change the world, first get strong enough to do so!” After Kelvin’s forces are bolstered by the addition of Sera, the daughter of the late Demon Lord Gustav, the party sets out for Toraj, the Country of Water. There, who do they encounter but...the Heroes of Deramis?! With the promise of combat on the horizon, there is no way our favorite battle junkie would miss out on such a perfect opportunity. He waits in anticipation for the clash against the Heroes of Light, Wind, Water, and Darkness, and if a few pesky bandits mean to get in his way...well, he’ll just have to “play” with them too! Join this black-clad warrior and his allies as they continue to make a name for themselves and travel abroad in the third volume of an epic journey!

“We’re always looking for fights with more powerful foes. The fun’s just getting started.” After wiping out Black Wind in Toraj and fulfilling his desire to fight the Heroes of Deramis, Kelvin returns to Parth just in time to greet the goddess Melfina, who has finally finished preparing her artificial body and is ready to join the party in person. Along with her descent to the mortal plane, she bestows the Blessing of the Goddess of Reincarnation upon Kelvin, which enables him to summon a Hero of his own! As Kelvin’s party continues growing in size and in strength, the militaristic nation of Trycen stirs in the shadows. Amid the rapidly changing situation, Parth’s ultimate battle junkie receives notice of his Rank S promotion exam, which requires him to...solve a mystery?! Join this black-clad warrior and his allies as the action ramps up even more in the fourth volume of this epic journey!

“You sure are powerful—far more than anyone else I’ve ever fought!” After Kelvin’s party gains its newest member—Rion, a Hero summoned from Earth—they all head for the Forest of Crests, arriving just in time to intercept an entire Trycenian force accompanied by a Rank S monster that is closing in on the Village of Elves. To make matters worse, they then encounter the despicable and depraved Clive, who possesses power on par with Kelvin’s. The black-clad battle junkie and his friends fight with their lives on the line, but the enemy’s strength turns out to be even greater than what they could imagine! Join this adrenaline-loving warrior as he brings all his magic to bear in this stormy fifth volume of an epic journey!

“I just kept fighting powerful opponents and finally reached Rank S.” After saving the Village of Elves from the Trycenian invasion, Kelvin is approached by Leonhart Gaun, the king of Gaun, who starts off by saying that he acknowledges Kelvin as a Rank S adventurer. Soon after, Kelvin finds out that as part of the festivities held in honor of his promotion, he will have to fight a fellow Rank S adventurer, “Ice Princess” Sylvia. Despite having already reached the pinnacle of the adventuring world, this battle junkie continues to seek more power and new challenges, sharpening his claws in preparation for his upcoming encounter with true strength. Join this black-clad warrior for a stunning spectacle in this sixth volume of his epic journey!

“I’m in a pinch, all right. And that’s why I’m having such a blast!” The battle between Kelvin and “Ice Princess” Sylvia, a fellow Rank S adventurer, kicks into high gear! She displays an uncanny knack for battle and possesses a skill that completely nullifies all magic attacks! Kelvin is immediately on the ropes but soon launches his own counterattack! Hang on to your seats for this white-hot showdown between our favorite black-clad battle junkie and one of the world’s greatest fighters in this seventh volume of his epic journey!

“I hope you make this fun, Prince Azgrad Trycen!” All-out war with the Warrior Nation of Trycen finally breaks out! The Dragon Knight Order rushes towards Parth but finds Kelvin and his companions standing in their way. Hemmed in on both sides by the soaring cliffs of the Grand Scarlet Canyon, the two sides clash in a fight to the death. It isn’t long before Kelvin and General Azgrad find each other on the battlefield and launch into the ultimate showdown between two battle junkies! The ferocity of the action ramps up another notch as Kelvin’s group challenges Trycen’s most powerful military force with everything they have in the eighth volume of his epic journey!

“Give me the best you’ve got! We gotta decide who’s the stronger one between us, right?” The defense of the line at the Grand Scarlet Canyon culminates in Kelvin and Azgrad’s showdown in midair! Azgrad is mounted on an ancient dragon, one of the world’s most powerful species, while Kelvin rides a slime, said to be one of the world’s weakest. Who will prevail as this conflict between two battle junkies reaches its climax?! At the same time, General Tristan is making his moves within Trycen, the belligerent country responsible for launching the war. What exactly is his aim?! On top of it all, a massive evil in the shadows of this world begins moving in earnest in the ninth volume of this epic journey!

“We get to fight the Demon Lord and the strongest fighter on this continent! HELL YEAAAAH!!!” While interrogating Prince Azgrad, Kelvin determines the true mastermind behind the Trycenian war: the Demon Lord himself. Raring to take on this new threat, he forms an unlikely alliance and comes up with a way to infiltrate Trycen’s capital city, where he encounters General Dan D’Alba, the country’s most powerful fighter. After discovering that General Dan is yet another victim of the Demon Lord’s brainwashing, Kelvin manages to enlist his aid before breaking through the barrier protecting Castle Trycen and launching a fierce onslaught. Meanwhile, the man who once pressed our favorite battle junkie into a corner, Clive, makes a reappearance within the castle walls. How does his return bode for the nobles gathered there in celebration? Join us in the tenth volume of this epic journey as Kelvin and his companions launch a counterassault and bring the fight to the Warrior Nation of Trycen!

“I’ll show you... This is my Rank S magic!” The Demon Lord Subjugation Alliance begins its assault on Trycen! While Kelvin’s side pushes their advantage, the true mastermind finally appears in the sky above Castle Trycen—and it is none other than Tristan Faaze, another Summoner! Efil and Dahak meet him in battle, but Tristan’s Summoning skill and enigmatic golem give them a very hard time. Meanwhile, Sera, who has infiltrated the castle, encounters the mindless berserker that Clive has been reduced to. Battle with him breaks out, and it turns out to be much fiercer than imagined! Join us in the eleventh volume of this epic journey as Kelvin and his companions are locked in a life-and-death battle with the Warrior Nation of Trycen!

“I can finally fight the Demon Lord!” Ever more powerful foes stand in the way of Kelvin’s party. After taking down Clive and Tristan, they find themselves facing the mysterious Merchant of Death, who turns out to be Jildora, the man who once annihilated Gerard’s home country of Alcahl! Gerard throws all he has into this fight to avenge his family and the king he once served as Kelvin reaches the top floor of Castle Trycen, barely able to wait a moment longer for his own battle. There, he witnesses a terrible secret and the ascension of the Demon Lord. At last, the curtain rises on the final fight of the tragedy in Trycen! Join us for the twelfth volume of this epic journey as Kelvin and his companions bring their battle in the Warrior Nation of Trycen to a climax!

“We can go all out here. So, let’s do it!” Kelvin’s battle with the Demon Lord reaches its climax! But his Mara Pisuna skill proves to be a wall. Among that and a host of other difficulties, how will he and his party land the killing blow on their archenemy? And once the fight concludes and all the pieces fall, will Trycen be able to recover? Will Kelvin ever be the same—if he manages to survive? With many of his problems yet to be resolved and more on the way soon, Kelvin's future is constantly changing. All the while, the mysterious Apostles creep ever closer to their goal... The conclusion to this exciting arc promises to be action packed!

“So, my next enemy is a deity, huh?” Kelvin and gang are in Gaun for the naming ceremony, and what a coincidence! There is a martial arts tournament being held at the same time—the largest on the continent, in fact, called the Beast King Tournament! Clearly, this has the gang interested. But in other news, there’s something off about the beast king, Leonhart... What is he planning? Fights and intrigue abound, and Kelvin is right in the middle of it all!

“Why don’t you all come at me at once, with all your power!!!” The Beast King Festival continues, and several schemes are afoot! Kelvin and Leonhart are duking it out, Ange is shadowing our favorite battle junkie, and Sera is on the hunt for a mysterious yet strangely familiar contestant who shares her last name. Many threads slowly weave into one final confrontation, but how will it all shake out? Kelvin is certainly powerful, yet Leonhart has got to have tricks up his sleeve as well, and may prove to be the toughest opponent he’s ever faced. But why did he put on such a sham of a fight, and how will this grudge match end?

“I’d rather put my life on the line than use Kelvin as a decoy!!!” The Beast King Festival arc continues as Kelvin and the gang join the battle in several groups—Rion, Efil, and Gerard against a mysterious old man; Kelvin against Ange; and Sera against Condemner. It seems Ange has a thing for Kelvin, but it comes out in a desire to claim his head! Too bad for her, though, as the feeling is mutual, and all this fighting is only making Kelvin fall for her harder! Will he somehow be able to calm her down and recruit her, or will she succeed in taking his head first? Or worse, will Kelvin be forced to kill her?! Who wins? Who loses? Will the trio make it in time to save their leader? Can our favorite battle junkie hold on when he’s already died once? And who is the mysterious yet oh-so-familiar girl that Sera is fighting?

“We won’t let them walk the same path. Not as long as we exist...” Kelvin’s encounter with the Apostles in Gaun is finally over, and it ended with him successfully winning over Ange. But she has some unsettling news about the rest of the organization she belonged to and their sinister goals... After a quick debriefing, it’s off to Deramis! Their mission? To meet up with the nation’s leaders and learn more about their new enemy. But the road there isn’t guaranteed to be smooth, and what will they even do with the information? Read on to find out!

“Nah, we should liven things up instead!” It’s time to assault the Catacombs of the Heroic Spirits! Members of the Elearis cult have kidnapped people from the orphanage and occupied a dungeon. Now, Kelvin and his friends have the job of rescuing the hostages while bringing down the cult—an especially tough prospect given that Reviver may be manipulating everything from the shadows! Our heroes hatch a plan and put it into action, but unfortunately, even the best laid plans rarely survive reality, and things quickly go awry once new enemies start to show up on the lower levels: major figures from the distant past and...a dragon?!