Sugar Apple Fairy Tale

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale
First light novel volume cover
シュガーアップル・フェアリーテイル (Shugā Appuru Fearī Teiru)
Genre	Fantasy
Light novel
Written by	Miri Mikawa
Illustrated by	aki
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Imprint	Kadokawa Beans Bunko
Demographic	Female
Original run	March 31, 2010 – December 28, 2022
Volumes	18
Manga
Written by	Miri Mikawa
Illustrated by	Alto Yukimura
Published by	Hakusensha
Magazine	Hana to Yume Online
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	November 2012 – October 2014
Volumes	2
Manga
Written by	Miri Mikawa
Illustrated by	Yozora no Udon
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Magazine	Young Ace
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	November 4, 2021 – present
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Yōhei Suzuki
Written by	Seishi Minakami
Music by	Hinako Tsubakiyama
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS Asahi, SUN, KBS Kyoto
Original run	January 6, 2023 – present
Episodes	16

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (シュガーアップル・フェアリーテイル, Shugā Appuru Fearī Teiru) is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Miri Mikawa and illustrated by aki. Kadokawa Shoten have published eighteen volumes from March 2010 to December 2022 under their Kadokawa Beans Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Alto Yukimura was serialized online via Hakusensha's Hana to Yume Online website from November 2012 to October 2014. It was collected in two tankōbon volumes. A second manga adaptation with art by Yozora no Udon has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Young Ace since November 2021. Both the light novel and second manga are licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation produced by J.C.Staff premiered in January 2023.

Plot

Anne Halford is a candy crafter determined to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a Silver Sugar Master, a title bestowed only by royalty. In order to travel to the capital and realize her dream, she purchases Challe, a handsome but foul-mouthed fairy, as her bodyguard. Anne wishes to befriend her new companion, but in this kingdom where fairies are treated as property upon possession of one of their wings, Challe wants nothing to do with humans.

Characters

Anne Halford (アン・ハルフォード, An Harufōdo)

Voiced by: Yuka Nukui (Japanese); Celeste Perez (English)

Anne is the main protagonist and a Silver Sugar artisan, who is determined to follow in the footsteps of her recently deceased mother and become a Silver Sugar master. Anne leaves home to travel to the Royal Candy Fair to participate in its contest to win the Sugar Master title and purchases Challe, a warrior fairy to protect her in their travels, but promises to return his wing. Anne does not like the idea of fairies being forced into slavery and believes it is possible for fairies and humans to become friends. Anne is a hard working and gifted Sugar artisan, who continues to improve her skills as she meets more artisans and masters along her journey. Anne begins to fall in love with Challe as the story continues.

Challe Fen Challe (シャル・フェン・シャル, Sharu Fen Sharu)

Voiced by: Masaaki Mizunaka (Japanese); Ivan Jasso (English)

Challe is a warrior fairy who was purchased by Anne to serve as her bodyguard. Although very handsome and beautiful, Challe has a sharp tongue and constantly teases Anne, frequently calling her scarecrow. In the past, he was close friends with a young girl called Elizabeth, until she was killed by humans. Due to his years of enslavement and Liz's death, he distrusts humans, but gradually begins to grow close to Anne and decides to stay with her after she returns his wing. Over the course of the story, Challe becomes very protective of Anne and finds himself falling in love with her.

Mithril Lid Pod (ミスリル・リッド・ポッド, Misuriru Riddo Poddo)

Voiced by: Rie Takahashi (Japanese); Ciarán Strange (English)

Mithril is a water fairy who was saved by Anne from a ruthless fairy hunter. Although he dislikes humans, he is determined to repay the favor to Anne and becomes a friend and traveling companion on her journey. He ties his wing around his neck in the style of a scarf and prefers to be called by his full name. He is also aware of Anne's love for Challe and fully supports their relationship.

Hugh Mercury (ヒュー・マーキュリー, Hyū Mākyurī)

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno (Japanese); Ernesto Jason Liebrecht (English)

Hugh is the Silver Sugar Viscount who befriends Anne on her journey. He is impressed by Anne's skills and pushes her to be better in order to help inspire her own original work.

Kat (キャット, Kyatto) / Alph Hingley (アルフ・ヒングリー, Arufu Hingurī)

Voiced by: Takuma Terashima (Japanese); Ben Balmaceda (English)

Kat is a Silver Sugar master who resides in the town of Lewiston. When his sugar confection order is destroyed in a robbery attempt, he falsely assumes Anne is responsible and has her work for him temporarily. Despite his harsh and tough demeanor, he respects Anne's hard work and skills and is willing to admit to his own mistakes, apologizing when she proves her innocence. He does not like people of high society or tolerate those who treat others unfairly, refusing to sell to customers he dislikes or petty artisans who harass Anne. Kat’s real name is Alph Hingley and he dislikes his nickname. He is also acquainted with Hugh Mercury and Keith Powell.

Jonas Anders (ジョナス・アンダー, Jonasu Andā)

Voiced by: Reiji Kawashima (Japanese); Matt Shipman (English)

Jonas is Anne's former friend turned rival and nephew of the Radcliffe Workshop headmaster Marcus Radcliffe. He attends the Radcliffe Workshop as a sugar artisan, but lacks skill and ingenuity. Originally, he appears kind and helpful. Jonas is also determined to marry Anne, until he later drops his façade and reveals his true colors as a selfish manipulator after accomplishing his real plan: to steal Anne's sugar confection and present it as his own work at the Royal Candy fair. However, his plan fails after he is exposed as a cheater, which is proven when he is unable to replicate the piece. Jonas and Anne continue to hold a rivalry and dislike of each other. Despite his arrogance, Jonas is bullied by his uncle’s apprentice, Sammy Jones, and tries to stay out of trouble whilst preparing for the next Royal exhibition until he is later kicked out in the aftermath of Sammy's assault against Anne and flees for his life, refusing to get involved with Anne further. Keith later reveals to Anne that Jonas has not returned to his hometown, leaving his whereabouts unknown.

Keith Powell (キース・パウエル, Kīsu Paueru)

Voiced by: Yūto Uemura (Japanese); Ryan Negron (English)

Keith is the son of the previous Silver Sugar Viscount. Since childhood, Keith has spent most of his life surrounded by sugar confections and has met many artisans, including Kat and Anne's late mother. He is well respected among his peers and aspires to become a silver sugar master himself, but due to his father's position, never entered the Royal Fair to prevent rumors of favoritism or unfairness. Following the death of his father, Keith decides to participate in the competition and currently attends the Radcliffe Workshop. He is a sincere young man who offers to help Anne due to their similar upbringings and circumstances and sees her as a worthy rival unlike Jonas and Sammy.

Elliot Collins (エリオット・コリンズ, Eriotto Korinzu)

Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu (Japanese); Jordan Dash Cruz (English)

Elliot is a silver sugar master who attends the Paige Workshop and serves as its representative due to the headmaster's poor health. He is flirtatious and easy-going and is engaged to Bridget Paige.

Bridget Paige (ブリジット・ペイジ, Burijitto Peiji)

Voiced by: Ayumi Mano (Japanese); Marisa Duran (English)

Bridget is the daughter of the head of the Paige Workshop. She is arranged to marry Elliot Collins, but has no romantic interest in him. She instantly falls in love Challe after meeting him and is determined to have him for herself, despite him rejecting her affections and pointing out that she loves him because he is a fairy which is no different than getting a pet or a slave. Bridget dislikes Anne, resentful of her position as a sugar artisan and jealous of those who support her. Bridget later secretly witnesses another of Sammy Jones' sabotage attempts against Anne, but refuses to expose him until Challe surrenders his wing in exchange for her cooperation. Despite being spoiled, she desire to become a silver sugar master but cannot due to being the daughter of the Workshop's head. She shows that she doesn't really love Challe, using him to hurt his wing and treats him nothing more than a property, revealing her deranged and deluded personality who acts selfish to get what she wants. Challe's wing is later in possession of her father and says her ways are intolerable due to her treatment of Challe as an obsession. After Elliott got attacked, Bridget shows real concern for and wanted to tend him.

Cathy (キャシー, Kyashī)

Voiced by: Aya Yamane (Japanese); Naya Moreno (English)

Cathy is a labor fairy belonging to Jonas and is secretly in love with him.

Benjamin (ベンジャミン)

Voiced by: Minori Suzuki (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)

Benjamin is a labor fairy and belongs to Kat. He is easily tired and very sleeping, but always happily obeys Kat's orders and gets the job done. He is revealed to have possession of his wing, but willingly chooses to stay with Kat.

William Alburn (ウィリアム・アルバーン, Uiriamu Arubān)

Voiced by: Koki Uchiyama (Japanese); Chris Guerrero (English)

William is the Duke of Philax, who commissions Anne to craft a sugar confection for him. He fell in love with the water fairy Christina, but her death caused him to neglect his duties as the duke, which leads to his subjugation by the Earl of Downing.

Sammy Jones (サミー・ジョーンズ, Sammi Jōnzu)

Voiced by: Taishi Murata (Japanese); William Ofoegbu (English)

Sammy is a sugar artisan and a longtime apprentice at the Radcliffe Workshop. He is rude, arrogant, selfish, sexist, and disrespectful towards those he considers inferior such as Jonas, but respects those of higher rank such as Kat and Keith. He harbors a strong dislike and animosity towards Anne for what happened with Jonas at the last Royal Candy Fair, not knowing it was Jonas that caused the incident and refusing to acknowledge her as a sugar artisan and is upset when she allowed into the workshop in preparation for the next Royal Candy Fair. Sammy is held in high regard at the Radcliffe school, favored to win the exhibition and uses his influence to bully Anne. With the aid of the other students, Sammy uses Jonas to lure Anne and attacks her, threatening to burn her hands until Challe saves her. However, he avoids punishment by reporting the incident whilst hiding his involvement, making Jonas take the blame and getting him kicked out. Sammy makes further efforts to sabotage Anne on the day of the contest until he is exposed by Bridget, causing him to be disqualified and severely punished by the headmaster for his crimes.

Orland Langston (オーランド・ラングストン, Ōrando Rangusuton)

Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese); Mauricio Ortiz-Segura (English)

King (キング, Kingu)

Voiced by: Kōji Okino

Valentine (ヴァレンタイン, Varentain)

Voiced by: Atsushi Tamaru

Nadil (ナディール, Nadīru)

Voiced by: Shōya Chiba

Gladice (グラディス, Guradisu)

Voiced by: Soma Saito

Noah (ノア, Noa)

Voiced by: Manaka Iwami

Media

Light novels

The light novel is licensed in North America by Yen Press.

Volume list

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
1	The Silver Sugar Master and The Obsidian Fairy Gin Satō-shi to Kuro no Yōsei (銀砂糖師と黒の妖精)	March 31, 2010 978-4-04-455007-3	October 4, 2022 978-1-97-535000-0
2	The Silver Sugar Master and The Blue Duke Gin Satō-shi to Ao no Kōshaku (銀砂糖師と青の公爵)	July 31, 2010 978-4-04-455016-5	January 17, 2023 978-1-97-535097-0
3	The Silver Sugar Master and The Ivory Aristocrat Gin Satō-shi to Shiro no Kikōshi (銀砂糖師と白の貴公子)	November 30, 2010 978-4-04-455023-3	April 18, 2023 978-1-97-535099-4
4	The Silver Sugar Master and The Green Workshop Gin Satō-shi to Midori no Kōbō (銀砂糖師と緑の工房)	March 31, 2011 978-4-04-455044-8	September 19, 2023 978-1-97-535101-4
5	Gin Satō-shi to Murasaki no Yakusoku (銀砂糖師と紫の約束)	July 30, 2011 978-4-04-455050-9	—
6	Gin Satō-shi to Aka no Ōkoku (銀砂糖師と赤の王国)	September 30, 2011 978-4-04-455056-1	—
7	Gin Satō-shi to Ki no Kakan (銀砂糖師と黄の花冠)	December 28, 2011 978-4-04-100091-5	—
8	Gin Satō-shi to Hai no Ōkami (銀砂糖師と灰の狼)	March 31, 2012 978-4-04-100222-3	—
9	Gin Satō-shi to Niji no Kōkei-sha (銀砂糖師と虹の後継者)	July 31, 2012 978-4-04-100402-9	—
10	Gin Satō-shi to Mizu no Ōsama (銀砂糖師と水の王様)	September 29, 2012 978-4-04-100502-6	—
11	Gin Satō-shi to Kin no Mayu (銀砂糖師と金の繭)	December 28, 2012 978-4-04-100637-5	—
12	Ōkoku no Gin Satō-shi-tachi (王国の銀砂糖師たち)	March 30, 2013 978-4-04-100769-3	—
13	Gin Satō-shi to Kon no Saishō (銀砂糖師と紺の宰相)	September 1, 2013 978-4-04-100975-8	—
14	Gin Satō-shi to Gin no Gādian (銀砂糖師と銀の守護者)	January 1, 2014 978-4-04-101159-1	—
15	Gin Satō-shi to Hi no Sōran (銀砂糖師と緋の争乱)	May 1, 2014 978-4-04-101528-5	—
16	Gin Satō-shi to Kuro no Yōsei-ō (銀砂糖師と黒の妖精王)	September 1, 2014 978-4-04-101527-8	—
17	Gin Satō-shi-tachi no Mirai-zu (銀砂糖師たちの未来図)	February 1, 2015 978-4-04-102331-0	—
18	Gin Satō-shi to Shinku no Yoake (銀砂糖師と深紅の夜明け)	December 28, 2022 978-4-04-113299-9	—

Manga

A manga adaptation with art by Alto Yukimura was serialized online via Hakusensha's Hana to Yume Online website from November 2012 to October 2014. It was collected in two tankōbon volumes. A second manga adaptation with art by Yozora no Udon has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Young Ace since November 4, 2021. The second manga is also licensed in North America by Yen Press, who are publishing new chapters simultaneously with the Japanese release.

2012 manga

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	August 20, 2013	978-4-59-219771-3
2	October 20, 2014	978-4-59-219781-2

2021 manga

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	June 3, 2022	978-4-04-112484-0	April 18, 2023	978-1-97-536732-9
2	December 28, 2022	978-4-04-113054-4	November 21, 2023	978-1-97-537660-4

Anime

On October 1, 2021, an anime adaptation was announced. It was later revealed to be a television series produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Yōhei Suzuki, with scripts written by Seishi Minakami, character designs handled by Haruko Iizuka, and music composed by Hinako Tsubakiyama. The first part aired from January 6 to March 24, 2023, on AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS Asahi, Sun Television and KBS Kyoto. The second part premiered on July 7, 2023. On August 6, 2022, during their industry panel at Crunchyroll Expo, Crunchyroll announced their license to the series outside of Asia. For the first part, the opening theme song is "Musical" (ミュージカル, Myūjikaru) by Minori Suzuki, while the ending theme song (for the episodes 2, 3 and 5 to 11) is "Kanaeru" (叶える, "To Grant") by Sumire Morohoshi. For the second part, the opening theme song is "Surprise" (サプライズ, Sapuraizu) by Rei Nakashima, while the ending theme song is "Door" by Nao Tōyama.

Episode list

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
Part 1
1	"The Scarecrow and the Fairy" Transliteration: "Kakashi to Yōsei" (Japanese: かかしと妖精)	Miyuki Ishida	Seishi Minakami	Yōhei Suzuki	January 6, 2023 (2023-01-06)
Anne Halford visits her mother Emma's grave and recalls the time she told her about fairies becoming slaves to humans and as a silver sugar master, she's obligated to treat them as equals. After returning to her village, Anne sets off for Lewiston to enter the Royal Candy Fair despite objections by her friend Jonas Anders since the journey there is dangerous. At the town of Redington along the way, Anne sees a fairy about to be killed by a fairy hunter by crushing his detached wing and saves the fairy while returning his wing allowing him to escape. Needing to find a fairy slave to be her bodyguard on the way to Lewiston, Anne purchases the warrior fairy Challe Fen Challe. Afterwards, Anne and Challe leave Redington for Lewiston traveling on the path nicknamed the Bloody Highway. On the first night, Anne and Challe camp out at a fortshelter with Anne informing Challe after the journey to Lewiston she intends to set him free. The next day, Anne and Challe are attacked by bandits, who are also attacking another wagon, and Challe defeats them.
2	"The Bloody Highway" Transliteration: "Buradi Kaidō" (Japanese: ブラディ街道)	Yūki Morita	Seishi Minakami	Iku Suzuki	January 13, 2023 (2023-01-13)
Anne meets up with Jonas again after Challe saved him from the bandits, and despite Anne's objection he accompanies her to Lewiston. At night, Anne meets Cathy, a fairy serving Jonas, and makes a meal for everybody. With Challe absorbing the food rather than eating it like a human does, she learns about what fairies eat as they can only taste silver sugar. Anne noticed somebody had snuck into her wagon. She goes in and finds the fairy she saved in Redington, Mithril Lid Pod, hiding in it. Mithril insists on returning the favor, but Anne is disinterested. Anne and Jonas continue their journey and on the next night, Anne formally introduces Challe to Jonas. The next day, Anne and Jonas are attacked by a pack of hungry crows and Challe defeats them. However, the attack delayed their travels and being unable to make it to the next fortshelter before nightfall, they stay at a nearby doctor's inn instead.
3	"The Sugar Apple Is the Tree of Betrayal" Transliteration: "Satō Ringo wa Uragiri no Ki" (Japanese: 砂糖林檎は裏切りの木)	Kōzō Kaihō	Akiko Waba	Shinji Itadaki	January 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)
At the doctor's inn, fellow guest and sugar artisan Hugh tasks Anne and Jonas with making confections in exchange for him paying for their stay. Despite producing good confections, Hugh criticizes Jonas for lacking ingenuity and Anne for lacking creativity. He smashes their confections but agrees to pay for their stay. At night, Challe recalls the time when he befriended a human girl named Elizabeth 15 years ago, but she was killed by humans leading to his distrust of humans. The next day, Anne prepares to make her entry confection, but discovers her supply of silver sugar has mysteriously vanished. With help from Jonas, she finds some sugar apples just in time to replenish her supply of silver sugar and make her entry piece. However, Jonas betrays Anne by having Cathy splatter Anne with blood from raw meat to attract a pack of wolves, forcing Challe to protect her. Jonas uses the distraction to steal Anne's wagon with her confection in it and make his getaway.
4	"The Fate of the Royal Medal" Transliteration: "Ōke Kunshō no Yukue" (Japanese: 王家勲章の行方)	Akira Tanaka	Seishi Minakami	Yōhei Suzuki	January 27, 2023 (2023-01-27)
A despair-ridden Anne goes into Jonas' wagon to find her missing supply of silver sugar, and learns from the blueprints he intended to enter a piece designed by her mother, and being unable to make it he resorted to stealing Anne's confection. Anne decides to return Challe's wing and set him free. But Challe refuses to leave and wanting Anne to keep her promise of making him a confection. The next morning, Anne meets a fairy named Lusul El Min, and makes another confection modeled off Lusul. Anne and Challe travel through the night and arrive in Lewiston right before the confections are judged. Anne learns the person she met at the doctor's inn is the silver sugar viscount Hugh Mercury. Anne and Jonas are ordered to present their confections to the king, and the king declares Jonas the winner. However, when Mithril appears, Anne explains the truth she made the winning confection and Jonas submitted it as his own. Hugh orders Anne and Jonas to make the confection Jonas submitted to prove Anne's accusation. Jonas struggles, and despite her best effort Anne is unable to reproduce her confection. As such, neither Anne nor Jonas could take credit for making the winning confection and the exhibition ends with no winner. Afterwards, Anne punishes Jonas by slapping him in the face. Despite having completed his task, Challe decides to stay with Anne wanting a confection from a silver sugar master, while Anne is determined to try again.
5	"Anne and the Cat's Sugar Confectionery" Transliteration: "An to Neko no Satōgashiten" (Japanese: アンと猫の砂糖菓子店)	Miyuki Ishida Shizuka Izumi	Yoriko Tomita	Kiyotaka Ōhata	February 3, 2023 (2023-02-03)
Anne goes around the different shops owned by silver sugar masters in Lewiston, and ends up working at a shop owned by the silver sugar master Kat after being accused of destroying a confection after a thief tried to steal it. Despite not being at fault, Anne decides to help Kat make a replacement, seeing this as an opportunity to watch a silver sugar master in action. At the end of the day, Kat runs out of silver sugar, but Anne works through the night to replenish it so Kat can immediately get to work. Later in the day, the viscountess Clay visits the shop offering to buy the confection he's making for a cobbler's daughter at an exorbitant price, but Kat maintains his policy of not making confections for people he dislikes like Clay. As Clay leaves, Anne notices the thief is her servant. At night, the thief returns to steal the confection, but is caught as Anne had delivered the confection earlier and replaced it with a fake. The next day, Anne learns Kat's real name is Alph Hingley, a silver sugar master she greatly admires, as she and Challe set out for Westol, a place known for its cold weather.
6	"The Castle on the Sea" Transliteration: "Umibe no Shiro" (Japanese: 海辺の城)	Miyuki Ishida Akira Tanaka	Seishi Minakami	Iku Suzuki	February 10, 2023 (2023-02-10)
Hugh presents the Earl of Downing with a confection and talks about Anne, who has returned to Lewiston in preparation for Pull Soul Day after struggling to get customers in Westol. To build her reputation and earn some money, Anne heads to Philax, a seaside town run by the Duke of Philax William Alburn, after being told William will pay a huge reward to the artisan who makes him the best confection regardless of whether or not the artisan is a silver sugar master. At the castle, Anne presents William with a confection modeled off Mithril and passes the first test. Afterwards, she is tasked with making a confection modeled off a fairy lady in a painting. As she heads off to the workshop, she runs into Jonas and two other students from the Radcliffe workshop, who accuse her of setting Jonas up at the festival. Anne spends the next few days working on the confection and just before completing it, she encounters Jonas again. Jonas already finished his confection and was chosen to be William's artisan. The next day, Anne presents her confection to William. Liking her's better than Jonas', William decides to have both Anne and Jonas stay at the castle to make him a confection.
7	"A False Farewell" Transliteration: "Itsuwari no Sayonara" (Japanese: いつわりのさよなら)	Yūki Morita	Yoriko Tomita	Kiyotaka Ōhata	February 17, 2023 (2023-02-17)
As Mithril informs Anne Jonas is having a mental breakdown, Anne produces a new version of the confection. However, William is not satisfied and vaguely instructs her to give it form. Anne produces a new confection having made several changes to it, but William deems it much worse than the last one and breaks it in anger. At night, Challe talks about Elizabeth in order to make her feel better. Anne returns to her room and sees Jonas taking hold of Mithril's detached wing. With Jonas threatening to break Mithril's wing to kill him, Anne sends Challe out of the castle by his order, while instructing her to not oppose anything Jonas says when meeting William. In the meeting with William, Anne makes a deal with William promising to stay until she makes the confection while allowing Jonas to leave after realizing the amount of abuse Jonas had endured by William. Meanwhile, outside the castle Challe runs into Hugh, who informs him that William has not been to Lewiston lately and viewing this as unfealty to the royal family, the Earl of Downing has sent soldiers to subjugate William and would likely lead to his death. Hugh arrives to convince William to go to Lewiston, but refuses. As the sun rises with Anne looking at the painting again, she notices she overlooked a critical detail of the fairy as she has both of her wings and thus, is not a slave.
8	"If I Keep Gazing at You" Transliteration: "Anata o Mitsume Tsuzukereba" (Japanese: あなたを見つめつづければ)	Akira Tanaka	Akiko Waba	Yōhei Suzuki	February 24, 2023 (2023-02-24)
Having discovered the fairy in the painting, Lealis Cil Eril or Christina as William named her, is not a slave, Anne asks William questions about her. William reveals Christina was a water fairy he was in love with, and she died recently. Meanwhile, as Hugh explains to Challe about Christina's death and how it led to William neglecting his duties as a duke, they run into the Earl of Downing. Hugh begs the Earl to call off the subjugation while Anne is still in the castle, but he refuses. Having snuck out of the castle, Mithril informs Challe the truth about Jonas forcing Anne to dismiss him from the castle and she wants him to return. Back in the castle, Anne decides to make her confection in front of William to get feedback as it is being made. Challe arrives to take Anne out of the castle, but Anne refuses to leave until finished. As the confection nears completion, William explains he hopes to bring Christina back by gazing at a confection of her, but Challe responds saying it is impossible. Hugh and the soldiers arrive at the castle, but at Challe's request they wait until Anne is finished. After putting the silver eyes in, Anne completes the confection and William has the confection he wanted. Afterwards, Anne is paid her reward and exits the castle, permitting the soldiers to go in and take William into custody. Back in Lewiston, Anne is told thanks to her confection, William has changed for the better and received a lenient punishment as a result. The Pull Soul Day festival begins as Anne prays for her deceased mother with a confection.
9	"The Radcliffe Workshop" Transliteration: "Radokurifu Kōbō" (Japanese: ラドクリフ工房)	Kōzō Kaihō Miyuki Ishida	Akiko Waba	Kentarō Suzuki	March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03)
Nine months later, Anne returns to Lewiston to prepare for the Royal Candy Fair and runs into Kat along the way. Kat informs Anne about this year's unusually low crop yield of sugar apples, and harvesting by individuals is banned. In order to participate, Anne will need to make her own supply of silver sugar by temporarily residing at the Radcliffe workshop, and having not been informed of the edict on purpose due to her reputation, she heads to the workshop. At the workshop, she meets up with Jonas and fellow artisan Sammy Jones, and Sammy bullies Anne until Keith Powell arrives to intervene. Needing to find a place for Challe to stay since he is not a labor fairy, Keith decides to make a confection modeled off Challe to allow him to stay. The next day after spending a night at the dormitory, Keith explains he helped Anne get in because his situation is similar to her's as he is the son of the previous silver sugar viscount Edward Powell. While Edward came from the Paige school, Keith chose to join the Radcliffe school instead in order to be treated like a regular artisan. Keith did not enter the exhibit while Edward was alive because winning would draw criticism for receiving special treatment, while losing would label him a big disappointment for failing to live up to his family's expectations. Afterwards, Keith privately tells Challe he wants to compete against a worthy opponent, which he sees in Anne and not in Sammy or Jonas, and this is likely Anne's last chance to win as due to her reputation, her competitors will likely do everything to stop Anne from acquiring sugar apples.
10	"The Young Lady of the Paige Workshop" Transliteration: "Peiji Kōbō no Reijō" (Japanese: ペイジ工房の令嬢)	Yūki Morita	Yoriko Tomita	Kiyotaka Ōhata	March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)
Being the only woman in the workshop, Kat explains there are not many women artisans because of the physically demanding work involved in refining silver sugar. The workshop's headmaster and Jonas' uncle Marcus Radcliffe drops by ordering Kat and Elliott Collins, the acting headmaster of the Paige workshop, to oversee the refinement. Anne gets to work and struggles before encountering Elliott and Bridget Paige, the daughter of the Paige workshop headmaster Glen Paige and Elliott's fiancée. After working all day refining silver sugar, Anne gets food from Bridget, who expresses her skepticism about female artisans, and secures her supply of sugar apples for the exhibition. At night after Anne falls asleep, Challe goes out and runs into Bridget, and Bridget expresses her love for Challe, but Challe rejects her feelings. Six days later, Anne argues with Sammy over how to refine the sugar apples with Sammy disregarding quality before Keith takes Anne outside the workshop. Keith shows Anne his entry confection modeled off Challe as Anne figures out what her entry piece will be. As Anne looks out the window, she sees Bridget falling for Challe. Bridget explains to her the marriage with Elliott was arranged and she doesn't love him, and Challe made her heart race. Challe responds telling Bridget she must possess his wing and order him to fall in love with her.
11	"That Which Should Be Made" Transliteration: "Tsukuru Beki Mono" (Japanese: つくるべきもの)	Shizuka Izumi Kōzō Kaihō	Seishi Minakami	Kentarō Suzuki	March 17, 2023 (2023-03-17)
At night, Jonas tells Anne he's making something he wants, which has Anne lost in thought figuring out her entry confection. The next day, Anne and Challe visit the cathedral and Anne takes note of the painting of the battle between the founding king Cedric and the fairy king Riselva Cyril Sash. Challe explains Cedric was once the fairy king's slave, but they became friends and desired harmony between humans and fairies. However, the humans and fairies hated each other and went to war with Cedric reluctantly killing the fairy king. Cedric created a confection of the fairy king to remember him hoping Cedric's vision of the world happens, which is why the royal family favors fairies for confections. Anne stares at Challe's wing giving her the inspiration needed to make her entry confection. Afterwards, Anne works on her confection and produces one with roses wrapped around Challe's wing. At night, Sammy orders Jonas to bring Anne into the workroom to see Radcliffe. However, it is actually a trap, where he and his guys hold them both hostage. Sammy tries to burn Anne's hands in a pot of boiling water, but Jonas escapes and alerts Challe, who manages to stop Sammy in time and forces Sammy and his guys to flee. Radcliffe drops by to apologize and has Jonas kicked out, but refuses to discipline Sammy due to his longtime apprentice reporting the incident leading to a heated argument, where Mithril accuses Sammy of using Jonas to lure Anne out and he lied to cover his involvement. Radcliffe refuses to listen and threatens to shut him up, but Challe calls him out being a rotten teacher for not discipling Sammy. Insulted, Radcliffe then orders Anne to leave the workshop and never come back.
12	"I Didn't Want to Let Go" Transliteration: "Hanashitakunakatta" (Japanese: 離したくなかった)	Akira Tanaka	Seishi Minakami	Iku Suzuki	March 24, 2023 (2023-03-24)
Anne leaves the workshop. After she falls asleep, Mithril informs Challe abuot Anne's supply of silver sugar being switched out with the mass-produced stuff made at the workshop. After being kicked out due to Sammy's assault, Jonas flees in terror. Challe returns to the workshop and looking for evidence to prove Anne's silver sugar was swapped. He approaches Bridget, who saw everything, however, she refuses to cooperate, even when Challe threatens to kill her. At the Royal Candy Fair the next day, Hugh is informed about the mass-produced silver sugar and has Radcliffe inspect the barrels in Anne's wagon to confirm the suspicion. Meanwhile, Challe makes a deal with Bridget by giving her his wing in exchange for her testimony. Anne responds to the allegation, saying her confection was made with her own silver sugar. Anne reveals her confection by orders of the king, and breaks off a piece of her confection offering it up to the royal family's fairy servant Clifford, who confirms Anne's confection was not made with mass-produced silver sugar. Bridget arrives to tell the king Sammy switched out the barrels, which Clifford confirms. Radcliffe is angered at Sammy for his actions and he removes him as his apprentice and disqualifies him. With Anne acquitted, the Royal Candy Fair continues and she is awarded the Royal Medal. Afterwards, Challe bids farewell to Anne as he is now Bridget's servant, and Elliott tells Anne Challe exchanged his freedom for her dream. Anne is left in shocked and despair upon hearing this and cries in vain for Challe to come back.
Part 2
13	"The Lake and the Green Workshop" Transliteration: "Kosui to Midori no Kōbō" (Japanese: 湖水と緑の工房)	Akira Tanaka Miyuki Ishida	Akiko Waba	Kentarō Suzuki	July 7, 2023 (2023-07-07)
Elliott tells Anne that Challe and Bridget are returning to the Paige workshop in Millsfield. Taking Elliot's advice despite Keith's warning, Anne decides to go to Millsfield. At night, Hugh approaches Anne offering to use his authority as the viscount to pressure Bridget into returning Challe, but Anne declines determined to resolve this herself. The next day, Anne and Elliot travel to Millsfield together. Upon arrival, Anne meets Orland Langston, the workshop's head of artisans, and then sees the workshop's master Glen Paige to ask him to work for the Paige Workshop. Bridget expresses her frustration she cannot become a silver sugar master due to her being the daughter of a school's master as Glen hires Anne to be the workshop's head of artisans due to the workshop's decline in orders with the promise to return Challe's wing if she successfully rebuilds the workshop. Refusing to accept this, an unhinged Bridget orders Challe to never see Anne again now in control of his wing. At night, Anne sneaks into the workshop and Challe comes in to meet Anne in secret against Bridget's orders. Anne tells Challe she wants to stay together with Mithril and she is determined to do everything herself to prove her worth as a silver sugar master, which he accepts by asking her to wait for him.
14	"Embarking on a Challenge Once Again" Transliteration: "Futatabi, Idomu Toki" (Japanese: 再び、挑むとき)	Fumihiro Matsui Kazuya Mihashi	Yoriko Tomita	Kiyotaka Ōhata	July 14, 2023 (2023-07-14)
The next morning, Anne begins work as the new head of artisans at the Paige workshop, meeting her co-workers King, Nadir, Valentine, and Orland. Anne learns the artisans there have been working individually, creating what they want rather than working together with the focus on the clients. At night, Elliot shows Anne the debts the workshop owes as if the workshop cannot pay it soon, half of the workshop will be confiscated. The next day, Anne meets Challe in the workshop before opening, and Bridget comes in upset at Challe for disobeying her order and attempts to punish him by hurting his wing, but finds it missing. Elliot informs Bridget that Glen has taken possession of Challe's wing for safekeeping, much to her anguish. Sometime later, Keith and Radcliffe arrive to inform Anne about the selection process for the upcoming Holy Beginnings Festival, which is a prestigious honor that often leads to a huge boost in business for the selected workshop. Keith tells Anne that his decision to join the Radcliffe workshop likely led to the decline of the Paige workshop. After everything she heard, Anne decides to have the workshop participate in the selection, but Glen orders Anne not to.
15	"Sugar Confections in the Service of Others" Transliteration: "Dareka no Tame no Satōgashi" (Japanese: 誰かのための砂糖菓子)	Yūki Morita	Akiko Waba	Shinji Itadaki	July 21, 2023 (2023-07-21)
Glen tells Anne to not participate due to the apparent bias against the workshop after the previous monarch introduced the selection. As the workshop was never chosen, Glen's father, the workshop's previous master, stopped participating in protest. After spending a day assigning the artisans to craft a confection, Glen tells Anne that he changed his mind and will have the workshop participate on the condition that if the workshop is not selected, Anne will be dismissed and Challe's wing will not be returned to her. In preparation for the selection, Anne discusses what to make and the workshop decides to research the winning workshops from previous selections. They consult Elliot, who provides them with journals of previous masters written in a language only Bridget can read. Anne approaches Bridget hoping to get her to read the journals in exchange for a bird confection she made, but she refuses. At night, Orland tells Anne he took Challe's wing and gave it to Glen, while also explaining why Bridget became the person she is now due to the fact that she cannot become an artisan as she would inherit the workshop and Glen feels the responsibilities are too much for her. The next day, Anne decides to make something with a snow motif having settled on making something to help Glen. Before the artisans get to work, they rush out after hearing a distress call and find Elliot wounded.
16	"The First Silver Sugar" Transliteration: "Saisho no Gin Satō" (Japanese: 最初の銀砂糖)	Akira Tanaka	Yoriko Tomita	Kentarō Suzuki	July 28, 2023 (2023-07-28)
As Elliot rests in bed to recover from his minor wound, he explains who attacked him with Challe concluding the attacker to be another warrior fairy who is attracted to silver sugar. Nine days later, the workshop creates its entry confection, a shining tree made of snowflake confections. The workshop sets off for Lewiston at sunset with the confection with Challe protecting them, and along the way they encounter the attacker. Challe stays behind to fight him while Anne and the workshop continue to travel, the mysterious fairy tells Challe he wants the sugar confections and a silver sugar master, Anne and the artisans arriving at Lewiston in the morning. The Paige workshop competes against the Radcliffe and Mercury workshops at the selection, and Anne notices that the lack of shine in her workshop's confection. After requesting the judge to provide lighting, the confection shows off its shine and the Paige workshop is selected to make confections for the Holy Beginnings Festival. Afterwards, Elliot returns Challe's wing to Anne and tells her she has created the first silver sugar, which is silver sugar that never goes bitter, and she is free to leave whenever she wants. Anne decides to stay with the workshop through the end of the festival, while Challe tells Anne that the attacker got away, but swears to kill him the next time they meet.
17	"The Castle with No Crest" Transliteration: "Monshō Naki Shiro" (Japanese: 紋章なき城)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	August 4, 2023 (2023-08-04)

External links

• Light novel official website (in Japanese)
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• Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (light novel) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia