Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere
| Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere |
Cover of the first light novel volume |
境界線上のホライゾン
(Kyōkai Senjō no Horaizon) |
| Genre |
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science fiction |
| Light novel |
| Written by |
Minoru Kawakami |
| Illustrated by |
Satoyasu |
| Published by |
ASCII Media Works |
| Demographic |
Male |
| Imprint |
Dengeki Bunko |
| Magazine |
Dengeki Bunko Magazine |
| Original run |
September 2008 – ongoing |
| Volumes |
10 |
| Manga |
| Written by |
Minoru Kawakami |
| Illustrated by |
Hideo Takenaka |
| Published by |
ASCII Media Works |
| Demographic |
Shōnen |
| Magazine |
Dengeki Daioh |
| Original run |
August 27, 2011 – ongoing |
| TV anime |
| Directed by |
Manabu Ono |
| Written by |
Tatsuhiko Urahata |
| Music by |
Tatsuya Katou |
| Studio |
Sunrise |
| Licensed by |
Sentai Filmworks |
| Network |
MBS, Chiba TV |
| Original run |
October 2, 2011 – December 25, 2011 |
| Episodes |
13 |
| TV anime |
| Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon 2nd Season |
| Studio |
Sunrise |
| Original run |
3rd Quarter of 2012 – scheduled |
| Anime and Manga Portal |
Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere (境界線上のホライゾン, Kyōkai Senjō no Horaizon?, lit. Horizon on the Borderline) is a Japanese light novel series written by Minoru Kawakami and illustrated by Satoyasu. The series is set in the distant future when Japan has been conquered by other countries and divided up into feudal territories. In 2011, it was adapted into an anime television series by Sunrise. A second season has been announced by Sunrise to air in 2012.
Plot
In the far future, humans abandon a devastated Earth and traveled to outer space. However, due to unknown phenomenon that prevents them from traveling into space, humanity returns to Earth only to find it inhospitable except for Japan. To accommodate the entire human population, pocket dimensions are created around Japan to house in the populace. In order to find a way to return to outer space, the humans began reenacting human history according to the Holy Book Testament. But in the year 1413 of the Testament Era, the nations of the pocket dimensions invade and conquer Japan, dividing the territory into feudal fiefdoms and forcing the original inhabitants of Japan to leave. It is now the year 1648 of the Testament Era, the refugees of Japan now live in the city ship Musashi, where it constantly travels around Japan while being watched by the Testament Union, the authority that runs the re-enactment of history. However, rumors of an apocalypse and war begins to spread when the Testament stops revealing what happens next after 1648. Taking advantage of this situation, Tori Aoi, head of Musashi Ariadust Academy's Supreme Federation and President of the student council, leads his fellow classmates to use this opportunity to regain their homeland.
Characters
Main characters
- Tori Aoi (葵・トーリ, Aoi Tōri?)
- Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama
- The main protagonist. He is the head of Musashi Ariadust Academy's Supreme Federation and President of the student council. His athletics and grades are average. However, because he doesn't know the meaning of depressed and has an incredibly cheerful attitude, he's very respected nonetheless. He knows a lot of strip jokes, and often plays the fool. The only time he ever cried was when his childhood friend Horizon Ariadust died, and despite being both publicly and self-recognized as an incompetent leader, he usually comes with unexpected solutions to the most intricate difficulties. After he is declared Viceroy of Musashi along Horizon, Tori gains access to 1/4 of the ship's energy supply. Later on he makes a contract to the Asama Shrine to gain a special power that allows him to channel that energy supply to his allies, granting them limitless power. The condition for the ability to properly work is he has to be always happy, a condition seemingly easy for the always cheerful Tori to accomplish, however, a single flick on sadness at his heart while the effects are active may provoke a backlash that can kill him. In order for Horizon to activate Olos Phthonos, Tori's ability is needed. Despite his fool play, he is skilled in debates as seen when he debates with Masazumi Honda and later P-01s.
- P-01s (ピー・ゼロワンエス, Pī Zerowan'esu?) / Horizon Ariadust (ホライゾン・アリアダスト, Horaizon Ariadasuto?)
- Voiced by: Minori Chihara
- The main female protagonist. She is an employee at the bakery/snack shop Blue Thunder, which is popular among the Musashi students. She aimlessly appeared one year ago and the owner of Blue Thunder took her in, but she has no memories prior to that. She is emotionless and unsociable, but she works very hard at Blue Thunder. She is also the reason why Tori started going back to the Blue Thunder, because she resembled Horizon, Tori's childhood friend and love interest who supposedly died 10 years earlier. Later he finds out that she's Horizon herself but also as P-01s she has the ninth Deadly Sin Armament, Olos Phthonos, with the feeling of jealousy attached to it. Her emotions are spreaded out into the 9 Deadly Sin Armaments, which Tori vows to gather and return the other 8 to Horizon, thus "conquering the world." Towards the end of anime's first season, she regains her feeling of sadness when she came into possession of Tachibana Muneshige's Deadly Sin Armament, the Lype Kataslypsi, and cried while firing its Overdrive Activation. P-01s is the short name for Phtonos-01s, the OS for the Deadly Sin Armaments. Olos Phthonos is the system that taps into Horizon's soul, allowing Horizon to use the Soul Activation of all Deadly Sin Armaments.
Class 3-Plum
- Masazumi Honda (本多・正純, Honda Mazasumi?)
- Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro
- The vice president of the student council. She's very serious, skilled in debate, and aiming to become a politician. In the past she underwent gender reassignment surgery in order to succeed the family name, but certain circumstances forced her to stop the process part way. Her lack of breasts is a result of the surgery, but Tori treats her as a girl with a flat chest. She used to wear male clothing after the partial gender reassignment, but after Innocentius' lecture she started to wear female clothings again.
- Futayo Honda (本多・二代, Honda Futayo?)
- Voiced by: Yu Kobayashi
- Masazumi's second cousin and daughter of Tadakatsu Honda, one of the four divine Mitotsudaira kings. She is clueless about the world having only been trained by Tadakatsu. Despite being a skilled fighter with the spear, she is easily embarrassed. After being defeated in battle by Kimi, she enrolls at Musashi Ariadust Academy.
- Toussaint Neshinbara (トゥーサン・ネシンバラ, Toūsan Neshinbara?)
- Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura
- The secretary for the student council. He has a dry personality and often faces the goofing off around him with a cold attitude, but he's also a romanticist who loves history and hopes to be a writer. When the nations come to war, he is in charge of drafting and commanding their strategies.
- Shirojiro Bertoni (シロジロ・ベルトーニ, Shirojiro Berutōni?)
- Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu
- The accountant for the student council. He is a merchant working at the center of Musashi's business association, and has a contract with the god of commerce, that allows him to perform powerful attacks based on how money is offered to it. He's also what one would call a miser—always using whether or not he stands to profit as the basis of his decisions in everything. His nickname given by the Testament Union is "Poker Face."
- Heidi Augesvarer (ハイディ・オーゲザヴァラー, Haidi Ogezavuarā?)
- Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka
- Shirojiro's partner. She is seen constantly smiling.
- Tenzo Crossunite (点蔵・クロスユナイト, Tenzō Kurosuyunaito?)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Ono
- First Special Duty Officer of the Supreme Federation. A ninja who specializes in close combat. Although he is a nice person, he is perverted, and has a fetish for big-breasted blonde girls. His face is always covered his eyes cast in shadow. He's most notable by wearing a ballcap which has eyes which are animated showing his hidden expressions.
- Kiyonari Ulquiaga (キヨナリ・ウルキアガ, Kiyonari Urukiaga?)
- Voiced by: Takaya Kuroda
- Second Special Duty Officer. A half dragon. He has a fetish for older-sister type girls.
- Margot Knight (マルゴット・ナイト, Marugotto Naito?)
- Voiced by: Nao Tōyama
- Third Special Duty Officer. A black mage with blond wings. She and Malga are lovers.
- Malga Naruze (マルガ・ナルゼ, Maruga Naruze?)
- Voiced by: Emi Nitta
- Fourth Special Duty Officer. A white mage with black wings. She and Margot are lovers.
- Nate Argenté Loup Mitotsudaira (ネイト・ミトツダイラ, Neito Mitotsudaira?)
- Voiced by: Marina Inoue
- Fifth Special Duty Officer. A girl who is half-wolf and has long, silver hair. She is a knight from Hexagone Francaise, and the branch successor of the Matsudaira.
- Naomasa (直政, Nao Masa?)
- Voiced by: Kei Shindo
- Sixth Special Duty Officer. She is a bored looking girl with a mechanical right arm who rides a bushin named Jizuri Suzaku. People sees her as an older sister type.
- Kimi Aoi (葵・喜美, Aoi Kimi?)
- Voiced by: Chiwa Saito
- Tori's older sister. She constantly badmouths Tori for being a foolish little brother, but cares greatly for him, as the only time she ever cried was over her brother's sadness at Horizon's death. Her speciality is by using her sensuality and dancing to avoid any attack.
- Tomo Asama (浅間・智, Asama Tomo?)
- Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu
- A Shinto priestess of the Asama Shrine and a childhood friend of Tori and Kimi. She uses the bow and arrow as her weapon and can shoot with high precision with the aid of Konoha, her artificial left eye, and Hanami, a Maus built into Konoha.
- Adéle Balfette (アデーレ・バルフェット, Adēre Barufetto?)
- Voiced by: Ayuru Ohashi
- A girl who works as a retainer for knights.
- Noriki (ノリキ, Noriki?)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa
- A student who works at several part-time jobs to support his large family.
- Kenji Ito (伊藤・健児, Itō Kenji?)
- Voiced by: Eiji Miyashita
- A naked and muscular incubus with a cheerful personality.
- Ginji Ohiroshiki (御広敷・銀二, Ohiroshiki Ginji?)
- Voiced by: Minoru Shiraishi
- A fat student who eats a lot. He is a member of the academy's cooking club. He's an otaku and a lolicon, although he constantly denies being a lolicon.
- Nenji (ネンジ, Nenji?)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa
- A slime spirit.
- Hassan Fullbush (ハッサン・フルブシ, Hassan Furubushi?)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Ono
- An Indian student who loves curry. His attacks always involve curry.
- Suzu Mukai (向井・鈴?)
- Voiced by: Aoi Yūki
- A shy girl whose bangs cover her blind eyes. She is usually seen riding on Persona's shoulder.
- Persona (ペルソナ君, Perusona-kun?)
- A giant, strong man who wears a bucket helmet.
Musashi Ariadust Academy
- Makiko Oriotorai (オリオトライ・真喜子, Oriotorai Makiko?)
- Voiced by: Ryoko Shiraishi
- The homeroom teacher for Class 3-Plum at Musashi Ariadust Academy. She has highly athletic skills, to the point where she is called a "Real Amazon".
- Mitsuki Sanyou (三要・光紀, Sanyō Mitsuki?)
- Voiced by: Ai Shimizu
- The homeroom teacher for Class 3-Bamboo at Musashi Ariadust Academy, next door to Class 3-Plum.
- Tadatsugu Sakai (酒井・忠次, Sakai Tadatsugu?)
- Voiced by: Taiten Kusunoki
- The president of Musashi Ariadust Academy.
Tres España
- Muneshige Tachibana (立花・宗茂, Tachibana Muneshige?)
- Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita
- 1st Special Duty of the academy Alcalá de Henares. He possesses the Mortal Sin Armament Lype Katathlipse. He has a serious personality, but is also amiable. He is named after the samurai Tachibana Muneshige.
- Gin Tachibana (立花・誾, Tachibana Gin?)
- Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki
- Muneshige's wife with prosthetic arms. She can summon large artillery with her power. She is clueless about the world. She is named after Muneshige's wife, Tachibana Ginchiyo.
Other characters
- Musashi (武蔵, Musashi?)
- Voiced by: Mai Nakahara
Terminology
- Testament
- A history book that records the history of the former earth.
- Harmonic Divine States
- Administrative divisions ruled by different countries in the Testament era. The Harmonic Divine States are the Far East (ruled by Japan), Tres España (Spain), K.P.A. Italia (Italy), Hexagone Française (France), England, Qing-Takeda (China), Sviet Rus (Russia), P.A. Oda (Middle East), and M.H.R.R. (Holy Roman Empire), and some more.
- Maus
- A miniature contractor god that can enhance the user's fighting capabilities.
Media
Light novels
Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere began as serial light novel series run in Dengeki Bunko Magazine in 2008. As of December 10, 2011 (2011 -12-10)[update], ten compilation volumes covering four separate arcs have been published by ASCII Media Works' imprint Dengeki Bunko.
Manga
A manga adaptation begin serializing in the 10/2011 issue (August 27, 2011) of ASCII Media Works manga magazine Dengeki Daioh.
Anime
An anime television (subtitled Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere) series based on the light novel was announced in the March 2011 issue of Dengeki Bunko Magazine. Produced by Sunrise, the anime series will debut in Japan in October 2, 2011.[1] The series has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America and will be simulcasted through the Anime Network on October 4, 2011, followed by a home video release in 2012.[2]
| No. |
Title |
Original airdate |
| 01 |
"Those Lined Up Before the Horizon"
"Kyōkai-sen Mae no Seiretsu-sha-tachi" (境界線前の整列者達) |
October 2, 2011[3] |
| Ms. Oriotorai starts her class by challenging them to hit her and if someone does she will reward them with 5 absences. Students keep chasing and attacking Ms. Oriotorai however they're unsuccessful. After their class, Ms. Oriotorai also demonstrates how to knock an Archdevil and afterwards Aoi Tori arrives. She questions Tori why he is absent and Tori tells that he waited up in line to buy a newly released erotic game. Ms. Oriotorai became furiated and Aoi Tori groped her breasts, knowing it is also counted as a hit in her challenge. He also confesses to his classmates that he will propose his love to Horizon, which marks its 10th year death anniversary. After his confession, Ms. Oriotorai kicks Tori away as a revenge for groping her breasts. The closing credits elaborates the story as humanity follows and recreates the events based on a certain manuscript known as the Testament and governed by the Testament Union. |
| 02 |
"Innocents at the Table"
"Shokujiba no Seijun-sha" (食事場の清純者) |
October 9, 2011[3] |
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| 03 |
"Commandos In Town"
"Machinaka no Yūgeki-shu" (街中の遊撃手) |
October 16, 2011[3] |
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| 04 |
"Covert Ops Under the Night Sky"
"Yaten-ka no An'yaku-sha" (夜天下の暗躍者) |
October 23, 2011[3] |
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| 05 |
"Graduates Under the Moon"
"Gekka no Sotsugyo-sha" (月下の卒業者) |
October 30, 2011 |
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| 06 |
"Advocate at the Confession Grounds"
"Kokuhaku-ba no Daiben-shu" (告白場の代弁手) |
November 6, 2011 |
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| 07 |
"Musashi`s Knight"
"Musashi no Kishi" (武蔵の騎士) |
November 13, 2011 |
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| 08 |
"Ruler of the Land"
"Zen'iki no Shiji-sha" (全域の支持者) |
November 20, 2011 |
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| 09 |
"Summit's Flower"
"Takane no Hana" (高嶺の花) |
November 28, 2011 |
| After Honda Futayo blocked Galileo's attack, she demands an answer on who really interfered their student contest in rescuing Horizon. The King and Queen of Musashi arrives on the scene and telling the Pope President of the Testament Union that he should not interfere because of student matters only. Honda Futayo now preps up on who will clash with her to end their contest, Aoi Kimi stood up and prepares to face Honda Futayo. Kimi tells Futayo that she's an erotic dancer and releases her avatar Usume who aids her in dancing. Futayo uses her speed to attack Kimi but she is unsuccessful. Kimi now performs a different dance that releases defensive measures and blocks Futayo's barrage. Kimi catches Futayo's Tonbokiri on her breasts and telling that Futayo is no match against her. After their fight, the students of Plum-3 won the contest and will now rescue Horizon which initiated by Aoi Tori. |
| 10 |
"The Trumpeter at the Start Line"
"Sutaatorain no Rappafuki" (スタートラインのラッパ吹き) |
December 4, 2011 |
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| 11 |
"Musashi's Mr. Impossible" |
December 11, 2011 |
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| 12 |
"Opposition Against Crossing Over the Parallel Lines" |
December 18, 2011 |
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| 13 |
"Those Lined Up Above the Horizon" |
December 25, 2011 |
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