Overall score 8.6
Rank #1
Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden
Kyouran Reijou Nia Liston
凶乱令嬢ニア・リストン
Other names 1
- Chinese
- 乱世千金倪亚‧利斯顿转生为娇弱千金的弑神武人华丽无双录
Anticipation 72/100
Upcoming#9Number 9 of 29 upcoming titlesAnticipationNot a quality score
#9 of 29 upcoming titles
Not aired yet, so no overall score
- Fantasy
- #Seinen
- #Gender Bending
Not yet aired
Premiered Oct 6KONAMI animationLight novel adaptationOverview
Spoiler-free synopsis
「既然人难免一死，我宁可死在战斗中。」 过去曾有个达成弑神伟业的大英雄。强大过头的她在临死之际，仍梦想着能遇见杀得了自己的强大对手── 想不到在死亡的另一端等待着她的，竟是转生成为娇弱贵族千金的崭新人生！？ 她在未来的世界成为有着美丽容貌，身体却过于孱弱的千金小姐倪亚‧利斯顿，获得第二人生后，仍追求与强者的邂逅，愉悦地投身于接连不断的战场之中！
Chinese synopsis from Bangumi (opens in a new window)
A great hero lies undefeated on her deathbed, regretting that she never found a foe who could take her down. She never intended to meet her fate anywhere other than on the battlefield, and her peaceful demise has her wishing desperately that things could have been different... But when she suddenly comes to in the body of the young, frail Nia Liston, she’s got an all-new fight ahead of her. Nia is a sickly child, meaning she has a long way to go before she’s in fighting form. Now that she’s been given a second shot at life, however, she’s determined to get what she wants. She’s going to live—and die—for battle this time! Make way for the Merciless Maiden!
Genres & tags
- Fantasy
- #Female ProtagonistRelevance 80%
- #SeinenRelevance 20%
- #Gender BendingRelevance 10%
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Ranking positions
Fall 2026 ranking →Not aired yet, so no overall score
Details
- Format
- TV
- Status
- Not yet aired
- Aired
- Oct 6, 2026 – TBA
- Studio
- KONAMI animation
- Source
- Light novel adaptation
- Season
- Fall 2026
- Categories
- Fantasy
- Official site
- kyoranreijo-pr.com (opens in a new window)
Before it airs
Anticipation · not a quality scoreAnticipation (0–100) is how much a not-yet-aired title is looked forward to compared with the rest of its season, from how many people follow it on AniList, MyAnimeList and Bangumi, plus a small share from the sentiment of pre-air comments when there are enough. It is not a quality score: before the premiere the title has no overall score and isn't ranked. Scores form as episodes air.
- Premiere
Premiered Oct 6
- Anticipation
- 72/100#9 of 29 upcoming titlesSee the upcoming ranking
- Interest
- MAL plan to watch 17.7KsourceMAL plan to watch 17.7K (opens the source in a new window)
- AniList list adds 9,644sourceAniList list adds 9,644 (opens the source in a new window)
- AniList favourites 74sourceAniList favourites 74 (opens the source in a new window)
- MAL members 17.8KsourceMAL members 17.8K (opens the source in a new window)
- Bangumi want to watch 594sourceBangumi want to watch 594 (opens the source in a new window)
- Bangumi watching 1,289sourceBangumi watching 1,289 (opens the source in a new window)
- Pre-air comments
- Not enough comments yet to summarize
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Other regions & licensing details
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- United States
- Japan
- ABEMAPlatform homepage (platform homepage, opens in a new window)
- dアニメストアPlatform homepage (platform homepage, opens in a new window)
- Niconico (title page, opens in a new window)
- U-NEXT (title page, opens in a new window)
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LicensorsA company that holds the rights to this title, from the English Wikipedia infobox and Anime News Network (ANN) licensing news. A licensor is not a streaming platform (without a stated region it usually means the English-language release). The “→” after a distributor is its own streaming service.
Official, licensed options only; the platform's page is what counts. Every row cites its source · checked Oct 8, 2026
What people sayExpectations before it airs, not opinions of the episodes
AI sentiment analysisAn AI model (claude-sonnet-5-5) rates each public comment as very positive / positive / mixed / negative / very negative (scored 9.5 / 8 / 6 / 4 / 2), averages them weighted by confidence, site, length, “helpful” votes and date, then shrinks the result toward a neutral 6 (so a few comments can't inflate it).Calibrated to the site-score scale it is 8.06, and it counts toward the overall score by the number of comments (at most 35%).Only the latest ~40 comments per site are read (plus ~50 posts from each forum's episode threads, which weigh less): a sample, not everything. Excerpts are at most 140 characters and belong to their authors; comments that may contain spoilers are not shown. Comments from Chinese sites appear in an AI translation, with the original one click away. Sentiment labels can be wrong. Updated Oct 7, 2026, 06:36.See the score breakdownThis title hasn't aired yet. These are comments from before the premiere, mostly expectations from the trailer, the source and the staff, not opinions of the episodes.
Positive76%
84 comments analyzed: Bangumi 41 · MyAnimeList Forum 38 · AniList Forum 5
English audience score 7.4 · 43 samples
Very positive3 found this helpful
I thought this was gonna be pure fighting anime but we're actors on magical tv?:D this is even better, i was mildly interested before but…
Negative
Ho hum. A rather insipid episode. Probably going to dump it after another episode or two.
Very positive2 found this helpful
Alright, this is already peak, and is Nia a distant relative of Scarlet per chance?
Very positive
Waiting all these months for this was worth it. Can't believe how good it is already Something tells me the parents have zero clue what…
Mood & content
Source: Derived from community tagsConfidence: medium (50%)Updated Oct 6, 2026
0 = barely any, 10 = very pronounced. Values measure how much, not how good, and different viewers feel the same show differently. “No data yet” means the item hasn't been assessed yet, not that it's absent.
Mood
- Light
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- Heavy
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Light
- RelaxingNo data yet. Easy to watch, low effort
- HealingNo data yet. Gentle and comforting
- FunnyNo data yet. Density of laughs
- HeartwarmingNo data yet. Warmth from relationships
Exciting
- HypeNo data yet. Adrenaline and excitement
- TenseNo data yet. Suspense and tension
Heavy
- OppressiveNo data yet. Heavy, stifling atmosphere
- DarkNo data yet. Darkness of setting and themes
- SadNo data yet. Share of sad moments
- BleakNo data yet. Likelihood of a lingering low mood
Emotional intensityNo data yet. How strongly it moves you, either way
Emotional intensity measures how strong the ups and downs are, happy or sad.
Content
Higher = more of itThemes
Action
No data yet. Share of fights and action
Romance
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Slice of life
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Harem
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Sensitive content· may be upsetting; judge by your own comfort level
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ComplexityNo data yet
(0 = Easy to follow, 10 = Mind-bending). Plot complexity and densityPacingNo data yet
(0 = Slow burn, 10 = Fast-paced). 0 = slow burn, 10 = fast-pacedWorld-building6.0
(0 = Simple, 10 = Vast and deep). Depth of the setting
Viewing notes
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