Sword Oratoria

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Sword Oratoria
Cover of the first light novel volume
ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか外伝 ソード・オラトリア (Danjon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka Gaiden: Sōdo Oratoria)
Genre	Fantasy, Action, Romance
Light novel
Written by	Fujino Ōmori
Illustrated by	Kiyotaka Haimura
Published by	SB Creative
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Imprint	GA Bunko
Demographic	Male
Original run	January 15, 2014 – present
Volumes	8
Manga
Written by	Fujino Ōmori
Illustrated by	Takashi Yagi
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Magazine	Gangan Joker
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	May 22, 2014 – present
Volumes	7
Anime television series
Directed by	Yōhei Suzuki
Produced by	Yuichi Shiji Seiji Miyazaki Ryutaro Kawakami Hiroto Yonemori
Written by	Hideki Shirane
Music by	Keiji Inai
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: Sentai Filmworks UK: MVM Entertainment
Original network	Tokyo MX, KBS, SUN, BS11
Original run	April 14, 2017 – June 30, 2017
Episodes	12

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Sword Oratoria (ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか外伝 ソード・オラトリア, Danjon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka Gaiden: Sōdo Oratoria), is a Japanese light novel side story series, written by Fujino Ōmori and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. The story focuses on the character Aiz Wallenstein from the parent Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? series.

Overview

Setting

The story and time-frame, just like Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, takes place in the fictional country of Orario whose main feature place is the Dungeon (ダンジョン, Danjon) which contains an assortment of monsters from goblins to dragons. Adventurers visit the dungeon to defeat monsters and take their crystal shards, which are used to craft magic items, among other treasures; however, they can also be exchanged for the world's currency. The people of Orario join groups called Familia (ファミリア, Famiria), who serve a range of functions from dungeon crawling to crafting items. Each Familia is named after and serves a resident deity. In a fashion similar to role playing games, the adventurers are grouped into levels, increasing their levels and abilities according to their achievements.

Plot

See also: List of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? characters

The story follows the same time-frame as Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, but this time centers on the Loki Familia. It highlights events of the Loki Familia that were only mentioned in the main story, overlapping with events from it.

Media

Light novel

A side story light novel series titled Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Sword Oratoria (ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか外伝 ソード・オラトリア, Danjon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka Gaiden: Sōdo Oratoria), written by Fujino Ōmori with illustrations by Kiyotaka Haimura (based on the designs by Suzuhito Yasuda), was first published on January 15, 2014. Eight volumes have been published as of April 14, 2017. This series focuses on Aiz Wallenstein as the main character.

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	January 15, 2014	978-4-7973-7553-4	October 25, 2016	978-0-316-31533-3
2	June 13, 2014	978-4-7973-7716-3	February 21, 2017	978-0-316-31816-7
3	December 15, 2014	978-4-7973-8203-7	June 20, 2017	978-0-316-31818-1
4	May 15, 2015	978-4-7973-8312-6	October 31, 2017	978-0-316-31822-8
5	October 14, 2015	978-4-7973-8508-3	—	—
6	June 15, 2016	978-4-7973-8846-6	—	—
7	December 14, 2016	978-4-7973-8934-0	—	—
8	April 14, 2017	978-4-7973-9234-0	—	—

Manga

A manga adaptation of the side story light novel series, titled Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Sword Oratoria with art by Takashi Yagi, began serialization in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Gangan Joker from May 22, 2014. As of March 25, 2017, it has been collected in seven tankōbon volumes.

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	November 13, 2014	978-4-7575-4465-9	October 31, 2017	978-0-316-55286-8
2	March 25, 2015	978-4-7575-4593-9	January 23, 2018	978-0-316-55864-8
3	May 15, 2015	978-4-7575-4638-7	—	—
4	October 14, 2015	978-4-7575-4767-4	—	—
5	March 25, 2016	978-4-7575-4926-5	—	—
6	October 13, 2016	978-4-7575-5121-3	—	—
7	March 25, 2017	978-4-7575-5289-0	—	—

Anime

An anime television series adaptation of the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Sword Oratoria light novels aired on April 14, 2017 and ended on June 30, 2017. The series is directed by Yōhei Suzuki and written by Hideki Shirane, with animation by J.C.Staff, character designs by Shigeki Kimoto and music by Keiji Inai. The series ran for 12 episodes. Sentai Filmworks have licensed the series and simulcasted the series on Amazon Anime Strike. MVM Films will release the series in the United Kingdom.

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Reception

The anime adaptation of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Sword Oratoria has received mixed reviews. In a review of the first episode, Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network gave it a B+ grade. Silverman stated that while the first episode was a good way of getting into the story's world, it did not focus on the protagonist Aiz Wallenstein as much as expected.