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Quality Assurance in Another World
Cover of the first volume
この世界は不完全すぎる
(Kono Sekai wa Fukanzen Sugiru)
Manga
Written byMasamichi Sato
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineComic Days
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 30, 2020 – present
Volumes11
Anime television series
Directed byKei Umabiki
Written byShogo Yasukawa
Music by
  • Yuta Kasai
  • Seima Iwahashi
  • Daisuke Horikawa
Studio
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkJNN (MBS, TBS), BS-TBS, AT-X
Original run July 6, 2024 – present
Episodes6
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Quality Assurance in Another World (Japanese: この世界は不完全すぎる, Hepburn: Kono Sekai wa Fukanzen Sugiru, lit. "This World is Too Defective") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masamichi Sato. It began serialization on Kodansha's Comic Days website in May 2020. As of April 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into eleven volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by 100Studio and Studio Palette premiered in July 2024.

Plot

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Clayborne Island, a landscape fragmented into five small, contentious nations, is perpetually marred by conflict. Amidst this turbulent setting lies the Kingdom of Bayle, the smallest and most tranquil of these nations. On the outskirts of Bayle, in a modest village, resides a young girl named Nikola. Her life, characterized by the simplicity of daily chores, takes a dramatic turn when she encounters a giant dragon while collecting firewood. As the village braces for an attack, a mysterious man named Haga intervenes, identifying himself as a member of the "King’s Seeker," an enigmatic investigative squad.

Nikola, who has long found solace in the uneventful rhythm of her peaceful existence, is suddenly gripped by a desire for adventure. Compelled by Haga's presence and the allure of the unknown, she resolves to venture beyond the familiar confines of her village. Thus begins Nikola's quest to uncover the deeper truths of her world, embarking on a journey that promises to transform her understanding of the reality that lies beyond her sheltered life.

Characters

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Haga (ハガ)
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa[1] (Japanese); Blake McNamara[2] (English)
Nikola (ニコラ, Nikora)
Voiced by: Hinaki Yano[1] (Japanese); Monica Flatley[2] (English)
Amano (アマノ)
Voiced by: Reiji Kawashima[3]
Akira (アキラ)
Voiced by: Rie Takahashi[3]
Jin (ジン)
Voiced by: Daisuke Ono[4]
Sakai (サカイ)
Voiced by: Kishō Taniyama[4]
Suzuki (スズキ)
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto[5] (Japanese); Ryan Negron[2] (English)
Namiko (ナミコ)
Voiced by: Natsumi Murakami[5] (Japanese); Macy Anne Johnson[2] (English)
Kuro-chan (クロちゃん)
Voiced by: Kentarō Kumagai[5]
Shachō (社長)
Voiced by: Kentarō Itō[5]
Sumida (スミダ)
Voiced by: Kenichirou Matsuda[5]
Kana (カナ)
Voiced by: Chiemi Tanaka[5]

Media

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Manga

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Written and illustrated by Masamichi Sato, the series began serialization on Kodansha's Comic Days manga website on May 30, 2020.[6] As of April 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes.[7]

In May 2021, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for digital English publication.[8] In July 2022, during their panel at Anime Expo, Kodansha USA announced the print release of the series.[9]

Volumes

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 October 9, 2020[10]978-4-06-520873-1June 29, 2021 (digital)[11]
April 4, 2023 (print)		978-1-63-699167-2 (digital)
978-1-64-651777-0 (print)
2 January 8, 2021[12]978-4-06-521992-8July 27, 2021 (digital)[13]
June 6, 2023 (print)		978-1-63-699244-0 (digital)
978-1-64-651778-7 (print)
3 April 8, 2021[14]978-4-06-523041-1August 24, 2021 (digital)[15]
August 8, 2023 (print)		978-1-63-699311-9 (digital)
978-1-64-651779-4 (print)
4 July 8, 2021[16]978-4-06-523956-8November 16, 2021 (digital)[17]
October 31, 2023 (print)		978-1-63-699471-0 (digital)
978-1-64-651780-0 (print)
5 November 10, 2021[18]978-4-06-526012-8May 31, 2022 (digital)[19]
December 19, 2023 (print)		978-1-68-491194-3 (digital)
978-1-64-651781-7 (print)
6 March 9, 2022[20]978-4-06-527333-3October 11, 2022 (digital)[21]
February 20, 2024 (print)		978-1-68-491478-4 (digital)
978-1-64-651782-4 (print)
7 August 29, 2022[22]978-4-06-528311-0March 14, 2023 (digital)[23]
April 2, 2024 (print)		978-1-68-491848-5 (digital)
978-1-64-651877-7 (print)
8 October 28, 2022[24]978-4-06-529377-5June 6, 2023 (digital)[25]
June 4, 2024 (print)		978-1-68-491962-8 (digital)
978-1-64-651947-7 (print)
9 April 12, 2023[26]978-4-06-530845-5September 12, 2023 (digital)[27]
August 13, 2024 (print)		979-8-88-933143-8 (digital)
979-8-88-877062-7 (print)
10 October 11, 2023[28]978-4-06-532212-3March 12, 2024 (digital)[29]979-8-88-933411-8
11 April 10, 2024[7]978-4-06-535125-3——
12 July 10, 2024[30]978-4-06-536214-3——

Anime

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An anime television series adaptation was announced in March 2023. The series is produced by 100Studio and Studio Palette and directed by Kei Umabiki, with series composition by Shogo Yasukawa, character designs by Shigeo Akahori, and music composed by Yuta Kasai, Seima Iwahashi and Daisuke Horikawa of Elements Garden.[31] It was originally scheduled for Spring of 2024,[1] but was delayed to July.[32] It premiered on July 6, 2024, on the Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS, and BS-TBS.[a] The opening theme song is "No Complete" performed by Liyuu, while the ending theme song is "Loop" performed by Nacherry (a voice unit composed of Chiemi Tanaka and Natsumi Murakami).[5] Crunchyroll licensed the series.[33] Medialink licensed the series in East and Southeast Asia[b] for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.[34]

Episodes

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No.Title [35][36]Directed by [35]Written by [35]Storyboarded by [35]Original air date [37][a]
1"Nikola the Servant Girl"
Transliteration: "Shitabataraki no Nikora" (Japanese: 下働きのニコラ)		Kei UmabikiShogo YasukawaKei UmabikiJuly 6, 2024 (2024-07-06)
Nikola lives in a small village that rarely sees trouble. That is until it gets attacked by Demidragons. However, Nikola is saved by a strange man named Haga. Nikola observes him doing strange things most notably writing things down before using a stone to send a beam of light to the sky. She deduces that he’s a Seeker. A special unit of the King sent to observe strange phenomena. Just then the village comes under attack by a massive DemiDragon. Haga attacks it with a massive stockpile of arrows and explosives. With the villagers help he defeats the monster. However, out of nowhere Nikola and the other villagers burst into flames. Haga reveals that Seekers are just another word for debuggers and that the world is a video game called King Seeker’s Online. That no matter what he did the village and the villagers still die. A flashback shows that Haga was part of a team sent to look for bugs in the game but were unable to logout and have been stuck for a year. That night Haga is about to send another message to the developers using his debugger stone when Nikola shows up at his tent.
2"Haga Makato"
Transliteration: "Haga Makoto" (Japanese: 羽賀マコト)		Ippei IchiiShogo YasukawaDaisuke ShimamuraJuly 13, 2024 (2024-07-13)
Haga is still confused as to how Nikola came back. Now Nikola says that she wants to join him on his journey and be a Seeker. The two travel to a small town where they repeatedly test the wall by running along it and jumping into it to see if they glitch into it or not. They camp outside the walls when they run into two other debuggers, Sakai and Sumida. Sakai explains that they’re part of a group of debuggers who have been using Debug Mode to do whatever they want and they want Haga to join them. This angers Haga and he refuses. So Sumida repeatedly attacks them with his charge skill and using Debug Mode to move through the walls. However, Haga tricks him into falling outside the map as Haga steals his debug stone. Sakai runs away. Haga decides he needs to take Nikola to meet the rest of his team at the Advent Altar.
3"Tesla"
Transliteration: "Tesura" (Japanese: テスラ)		Studio PaletteShogo YasukawaTatsushi YamazakiJuly 20, 2024 (2024-07-20)
Haga and Nikola make it to the Advent Altar. Haga uses his experience of repeatedly going to this place to quickly move through it. However Nikola gets distracted by coins on the ground which triggers a trap set by monsters. Haga quickly defeats the monsters. As Nikola sits down she asks where Haga’s allies are. He reveals that she’s actually sitting on one of them. Flashbacks show that Haga’s team started abusing Debug Mode after they couldn’t log out. One got permanently glitched into the floor, another is stuck in an endless death cycle and one flew into the sky never to be seen again. The leader of Haga’s team left to finish the game hoping it would allow them to log out while Haga stayed behind to keep debugging and hopefully free the two stuck. Haga says he’s now decided to move on as he has never been able to save the other two. As they’re about to leave, Nikola steals both Haga’s and Sumida’s debug stones. She has been possessed by the games Meta AI program named Tesla. Tesla tells Haga he must find the other crooked Debuggers and steal their stones so she can destroy them. Thus revoking their debugger status. Otherwise their constant destruction will make it so the game is never finished. As the two continue their journey they come across an unknown village where the NPCs are stuck in T-pose.
4"Isora Amano"
Transliteration: "Amano Isora" (Japanese: 天野イソラ)		Tetsuaki WatanabeShinichi InozumeYutaka KōmiJuly 27, 2024 (2024-07-27)
Haga and Nikola go around gathering info on the buggy village before submitting their report. The next day the villagers are fixed but the two run into a small furry creature walking in T-pose. It uses magic to turn invisible but its footprints led them to its house. The creature is revealed as another debugger named Amano. He was part of the crooked debuggers but left them and left his debug stone behind as he was disgusted with their actions. He then stayed with an NPC named Lu who appreciates his work of writing manga. The boss of the crooked debuggers arrives at the village crushing it with a Demidragon. Lu unfortunately dies from her injuries. Amano vows revenge on the crooked debuggers.
5"Infiltration"
Transliteration: "Sennyū" (Japanese: 潜入)		Hitoshi MotoKatsuya IshidaHitoshi MotoAugust 8, 2024 (2024-08-08)[c]
The three begin their journey to the castle where the crooked debuggers have been using as a HQ. Along the way Haga gets Tesla to return to explain the situation to Amano. The three arrive at the castle only to see the bridge destroyed. The team goes to a nearby tower where Haga uses a glitch to launch them all the way to the castle. The three enter the castle through the main gate. This triggers a quest where they’re arrested by the guards. They’re are brought to the cells but find out they’re in a separated area from the crooked debuggers. They use this to travel freely through the castle. They end up in the torture chambers where Nikola uncovers chest filled with inappropriate sexual items. They’re then confronted by a monster that speaks in english and uses a lot of profanity.
6"The Mad King"
Transliteration: "Kyōran no Kentei" (Japanese: 狂乱の賢帝)		Ryosuke IzumiyoshiShogo YasukawaDaisuke ShimamuraAugust 10, 2024 (2024-08-10)[d]
Haga defeats the monster while having Nikola fill out a report on its profane language. The three move to where the final boss of their quest is but instead use a hole in the ceiling to move up to where the boss of the crooked debuggers is. While also setting a delayed pack of explosives to kill the game boss. That way when the game boss dies they will glitch back into the main game and sneak up on the crooked debuggers. Along the way they’re confronted by a huge knight who disappears in the middle of the fight. Meanwhile Sakai and the other crooked debuggers talk about how they have become tired of following their bosses orders. Haga and the others make it into the bosses room and hide in a chest just as the explosives go off. The boss talks to the others about wanting to complete the campaign in order to log out. Amano peeks outside the chest only to see Sakai and the others stabbing the boss.

Reception

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Yasushi Kobayashi from Da Vinci offered praise to the story, calling it intense.[40] Masaki Endo from Tsutaya News also offered praise, calling it unique from works in the isekai genre.[41] The reviewer from ITmedia [ja] had similar feelings, calling the story fun.[42]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b MBS and TBS listed the series premiere on July 5, 2024, at 26:23, which is effectively July 6 at 2:23 a.m. JST
  2. ^ Including Afghanistan and excluding Mainland China, North Korea, and Japan
  3. ^ Episode 5 was delayed to August 7, 2024, due to the 2024 Summer Olympics, with the earliest broadcast on MBS at 26:33, which is effectively August 8 at 1:33 a.m. JST[38]
  4. ^ This episode aired at 2:53 a.m. JST, 30 minutes after the original air time[39]

References

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  24. ^ この世界は不完全すぎる（８） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
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  26. ^ この世界は不完全すぎる（９） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  27. ^ "Quality Assurance in Another World, Volume 9". Kodansha USA. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
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  42. ^ 壁に顔をこすりつけ地面に這いつくばるファンタジー世界の男と少女『この世界は不完全すぎる』探求者ハガの奇妙な行動. ITmedia [ja] (in Japanese). October 10, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
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