Bofuri

Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense[a]
First light novel volume cover, featuring Kaede Honjō as Maple
痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います。
(Itai no wa Iya nano de Bōgyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu)
GenreComedy[1]
Novel series
Written byYuumikan
Published byShōsetsuka ni Narō
Original run2016 – present
Light novel
Written byYuumikan
Illustrated byKoin
Published byFujimi Shobo
English publisher
ImprintKadokawa Books
DemographicMale
Original runSeptember 8, 2017 – present
Volumes18
Manga
Written byYuumikan
Illustrated byJirō Oimoto
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
  • NA: Yen Press
MagazineComp Ace
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 26, 2018 – present
Volumes8
Anime television series
Directed by
Produced by
  • Kentarou Inoue
  • Satoru Shimosato
  • Kenichi Tokumura
  • Kazusa Umeda
  • Soujirou Arimizu (S1)
  • Kousuke Arai (S1)
  • Noritomo Isogai (S1)
  • Kousei Kawamoto (S1)
  • Takumi Morii (S1)
  • Masao Oohashi (S1)
  • Naruki Fukuya (S2)
  • Takayoshi Ishiguro (S2)
  • Hayato Kaneko (S2)
  • Sora Kimura (S2)
  • Chiho Shibayama (S2)
Written byFumihiko Shimo
Music byTaro Masuda
StudioSilver Link
Licensed by
Original networkAT-X, ABC, Tokyo MX, TVA, BS11
English network
Original run January 8, 2020 April 19, 2023
Episodes24 (List of episodes)
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Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense[a] (Japanese: 痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います。, Hepburn: Itai no wa Iya nano de Bōgyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu, "I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'd Like to Maximize My Defensive Power") is a Japanese light novel series written by Yuumikan and illustrated by Koin. It began serialization online in 2016 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was acquired by Fujimi Shobo, which published the first light novel volume in September 2017 under their Kadokawa Books imprint. Eighteen volumes have been released as of August 2024.

A manga adaptation with art by Jirō Oimoto has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace since May 2018, and collected into eight tankōbon volumes. Both the light novel and manga have been licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation produced by Silver Link aired from January to March 2020. A second season aired from January to April 2023.


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  1. ^ Farris, Christopher (April 23, 2021). "How BOFURI Defies Gamer Expectations". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2021.