Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!

Main characters

• Lloyd (ロイド)
• Lloyd is the main character of the series, he is an extraordinary white mage that can buff his allies and give them the strength of an S-Rank adventurer or higher. However, Lloyd views himself as inadequate due to his lack of confidence, leaving most of his friends and allies dumbfounded. It is revealed later on that his master was the legendary mage Merlin.
• Yui (ユイ)
• Yui is the leader of her S-Rank party, she is shown to be an extremely capable and talented swordswoman. In the past, Yui’s hometown was destroyed by a demon and she’s held a grudge against them ever since. She is usually baffled by Lloyd’s air-headed personality.
• Silica (シリカ)
• Silica is the mage of her S-Rank party, she is extremely talented as mentioned by Lloyd. Like the others, she is usually baffled by Lloyd’s air-headed personality.
• Cross (クロス)
• Cross is the archer of his S-Rank party, he is extremely talented as pointed out by Lloyd. Like the others in his party, he is baffled by Lloyd’s air-headed personality.
• Daggas (ダッガス)
• Daggas is the tank of his S-Rank party, he is extremely capable and often protects his other party members. Like the others in his party, he is baffled by Lloyd’s air-headed personality.

Hero's Party

• Allen (アレン)
• Allen is the leader of one of the top four hero parties in the entire world, however he is weak and incompetent. He thought that he had gotten stronger not realizing that Lloyd was the reason he had been so successful. After banishing Lloyd, Allen and his party started repeatedly failing one quest after another. After refusing to defend the country, Lloyd was named the hero and Allen was ignored and stripped of his title as hero, as a result he decided to prove himself by retrieving his holy sword, only to leave behind a path of destruction while he did.
• Lina (リナ)
• Lina was the Tank of the hero’s party, initially she like the others were arrogant and insulted Lloyd for being useless and agreed to kick him out of their party. But after seeing how weak they were without Lloyd, she came to realize how wrong she was about him. Even more so after permanently losing one of her arms during one of their disastrous quests that ended in failure. Lina left the hero’s party to search for Lloyd and reconciled with him. Lina decided to not return to the hero’s party and became an adventurer, eventually managing to reach B-Rank.
• Miiya (ミイヤ)
• Miiya was the mage of the hero’s party, she was initially arrogant like the others and happily agreed to kick Lloyd of their party. But after failing several of their quests she started to understand just how weak she really was. Miiya was deeply in love with Allen, but after seeing how weak and careless he was, she was heartbroken and left the hero’s party in tears.
• Lulu (ルル)
• Lulu was the archer of hero’s party and like the others was extremely arrogant and happily agreed to kick Lloyd out of their party. However, they started to fail one quest after another, despite this she, Sheena, and Allen thought that they just had an off day. But after Lloyd successfully helped defend their city and was called a hero, she along with Sheena and Allen decided to leave to prove that Allen was the true hero. However, their actions were doing more harm than good, but Allen convinced them that this was necessary to prove himself and assumed that everything would be fine. However, it is hinted that Lulu was starting to doubt Allen and his intentions.
• Sheena (シーナ)
• Sheena was the saint and healer of the hero’s party, she like the others was arrogant and happily agreed to kick Lloyd out of their party. But after they started failing one quest after another, things started looking grim for them, Sheena was baffled by how weak her magic was compared to when Lloyd was still in their party. Sheena still naively had confidence in Allen, despite Lloyd being called the hero instead. Sheena and Lulu continued to accompany Allen to show the world that he was the true hero. Unfortunately, his actions were doing more harm than good, Allen convinced her that this was necessary to prove himself and assumed that everything would be fine. However, it was hinted that Sheena was slowly losing trust in Allen and is unsure about his intentions.

Others

• Will (ウィル)
• Ryouen (リョウエン)
• Merlin (マーリン)
• Claire (クレア)

Light novel

Written by Sora Suigetsu, Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on March 12, 2020.[4] It was later acquired by Futabasha who began publishing the series with illustrations by DeeCHA under their M Novels light novel imprint on November 30, 2020. Eight volumes (including three volumes published digital-only) have been released as of June 2025.

During their panel at New York Comic Con 2025, J-Novel Club announced that they had also licensed the light novel series for English publication.[5]

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Wasabi Mukuno began serialization on Futabasha's Gaugau Monster website on January 22, 2021.[16] The manga's chapters have been collected into ten volumes as of November 2025.

During their panel at Anime Expo 2025, J-Novel Club announced that they had licensed the manga adaptation for English publication.[17]

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced on July 29, 2024,[31] which was later confirmed to be a television series produced by Felix Film and directed by Hiroshi Tamada, with series composition handled by Akihiko Inari, characters designed by Yuta Ito, and music composed by Hiroaki Tsutsumi and Tsubasa Handa. The series aired from July 11 to September 26, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[32][33] The opening theme song is "Junjō de Are" (純情であれ.), performed by Gakuto Kajiwara, while the ending theme song is "Hikaru Sasu Tobira" (光射す扉), performed by ChouCho.[34][35] Crunchyroll is streaming the series.[36] Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand) for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.[37]

Episodes