Fujino Ōmori is a Japanese author, popularly known for writing the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (Danmachi) light novel series.[1] His age is unknown, but he mentions in the afterword of the 14th volume of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?[2] from 2018 that he is under 30 years old.

Fujino Ōmori
Native name
大森藤ノ
Pen nameFujino
Occupationmangaka
NationalityJapanese
Notable worksIs It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
Notable awards4th GA Bunko's Award

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In early 2013, Fujino Ōmori published his first novel in the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? light novel series.[3] It was submitted with the title Familia Myth to the 4th GA Bunko Award, where it won and received an offer to have it published by Bunko.[4] The series is on going with 19 volumes till the date. Several spin-off series have been made.[5][unreliable source?] Ōmori's light novel series have been adapted into manga, going up to 89 chapters in its adaptation of the first 5 books, and currently 13 chapters for its 7th book adaptation, skipping the 6th. It also got a television anime series, which began airing in 2015, and is currently in its 4th season which goes up to the 14th book.[6] A mobile video game, Danmachi: Memoria Freese, was released in 2017.[7]

In December 2020, Ōmori launched a manga series, titled Wistoria: Wand and Sword, with illustrations by Toshi Aoi in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine.[8]

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  1. ^ "Fujino ŌMORI – Anime News Network". animenewsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ Omori, F.; Yasuda, S. (2019). Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 14 (light novel). Yen Press. p. 464. ISBN 978-1-9753-8501-9.
  3. ^ "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|SBクリエイティブ". SBクリエイティブ. 13 December 2012. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. ^ "GA文庫: INDEX". Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon%3 | LibraryThing". librarything.com.
  6. ^ "Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (TV Series 2015– ) – IMDb". IMDb. [unreliable source?]
  7. ^ "5pb. announces Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? dungeon action RPG". 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  8. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (8 November 2020). "Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon's Fujino Ōmori Writes Story for New Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 25 July 2022.