Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter (Japanese: 公女殿下の家庭教師, Hepburn: Kōjo Denka no Kateikyōshi) is a Japanese light novel series written by Riku Nanano. The series originated on the Kakuyomu website in October 2017 before being published in print by Fujimi Shobo with illustrations by Cura, beginning in December 2018. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Tamura Mutō, began serialization on the Shōnen Ace Plus website in September 2019. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Blanc is set to premiere in July 2025.
Written by Riku Nanano, the series began publication on the novel posting website Kakuyomu on October 6, 2017.[9] The series was later acquired by Fujimi Shobo, who began publishing the series in print with illustrations by Cura on December 20, 2018.[10] As of April 2025, 19 volumes have been released.[11]
In September 2021, J-Novel Club announced that they licensed the series for English publication.[12]
Volumes
No.
Title
Original release date
English release date
1
Starting Magic Lessons with a Few Modest Tricks 謙虚チートな魔法授業をはじめます
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Tamura Mutō, began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace Plus website on September 13, 2019.[33] As of February 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into four tankōbon volumes.[34]
At Anime Expo 2024, J-Novel Club announced that they also licensed the manga adaptation for English publication.[35]
On October 14, 2023, during the "Fantasia Bunko Daikanshasai Online 2023" livestream event, an anime adaptation was announced.[40] It was later confirmed to be a television series that is produced by Studio Blanc and directed by Nobuyoshi Nagayama, with assistant direction by Kazuya Ishiguri, scripts written by Megumi Shimizu, characters designed by Akiko Toyoda, and music composed by Kei Haneoka.[3] It is set to premiere on July 6, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[41][42][a] The opening theme song is "Wish for You", performed by Ami Maeshima, while the ending theme song is "Shōjo no Susume" (少女のすゝめ; "A Girl's Advice"), performed by Miho Okasaki.[5][6]Crunchyroll is streaming the series.[44]Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia.[45]
"The Duke's Magically Impaired Daughter" Transliteration: "Mahō ga Tsukae nai Kōjo Denka" (Japanese: 魔法が使えない公女殿下)
Kazuya Ishiguri
Megumi Shimizu
Nobuyoshi Nagayama
July 6, 2025 (2025-07-06)
Having failed his court sorcerer exam Allen accepts a job from Duke Walter Howard to tutor his daughter Tina before she enrols at Royal Academy. Allen meets head butler Graham and maid Ellie, though he quickly deduces Ellie is Tina in disguise, embarrassing her. The real Ellie is also overwhelmed to meet Allen. Walter secretly tells Allen it will actually be his job to prevent Tina attending the Academy. He explains the Howards may soon lose their position as his eldest daughter Stella, already an Academy student, is too weak in magic to master their families Supreme Spell, and Tina cannot cast spells at all. As such, he wants Tina to continue her valuable botanical research instead. Allen asks Walter to let Tina apply to the Academy if he can raise her magical ability. Walter agrees as long as Allen also tutors Ellie, Graham's granddaughter. Allen introduces everyone to his familiar, the black cat Anko. Tina reveals it is her dream to master a Great Spell, which no sorcerer has successfully cast in years. Watching Tina try to light a candle Allen deduces she has an adequate supply of magic but something stops her spells activating. He decides to discover the cause and demonstrates he is capable of lighting eight candles at once with each of the eight elements.
Reception
Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network praised the characters and aspects of the plot, while criticizing the "near-loli scenes". Silverman concluded her review stating "[the series is] not bad, it's [just] not all that good either".[48] Sean Gaffney of A Case Suitable for Treatment praised the story, though Gaffney also felt its harem elements were "awkward".[1]
In BookWalker's Next Big Light Novels poll, the series ranked fifth on the bunkobon list in 2019.[49] The series has 200,000 copies in circulation.[50]
Notes
^ abTokyo MX and BS11 lists the series premiere on July 5, 2025, at 25:30, which is effectively July 6 at 1:30 a.m. JST.[43]
^ abcProduction staff information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
