Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!

Premise

One day, Lloyd, a white mage, is banished from the hero's party. Lloyd, who has lost his job, happens to accompany an S-rank party on a quest by chance. At that time, no one knew that the hero's party would collapse and Lloyd would gain fame... yet. He is an extraordinary support magic user who thinks he is normal and becomes an adventurer, while he is unaware of how he eventually becomes peerless.

Characters

Main characters

Lloyd (ロイド, Roido)

Voiced by: Gakuto Kajiwara (Japanese); Aiden Call, Madeleine Morris (young) (English)

Lloyd is the main character of the series, he is an extraordinary white mage that can buff his allies and give them the strength of an S-Rank adventurer or higher. However, Lloyd views himself as inadequate due to his lack of confidence, leaving most of his friends and allies dumbfounded. It is revealed later on that his master was the legendary mage Merlin.

Yui (ユイ)

Voiced by: Rina Hidaka (Japanese); Lisette Monique Diaz (English)

Yui is the leader of her S-Rank party, she is shown to be an extremely capable and talented swordswoman. In the past, Yui’s hometown was destroyed by a demon and she’s held a grudge against them ever since. She is usually baffled by Lloyd’s air-headed personality.

Silica (シリカ, Shirika)

Voiced by: Haruka Shiraishi (Japanese); Jennifer AuBuchon (English)

Silica is the mage of her S-Rank party, she is extremely talented as mentioned by Lloyd. Like the others, she is usually baffled by Lloyd’s air-headed personality.

Cross (クロス, Kurosu)

Voiced by: Daisuke Hirose (Japanese); Jessie James Grelle (English)

Cross is the archer of his S-Rank party, he is extremely talented as pointed out by Lloyd. Like the others in his party, he is baffled by Lloyd’s air-headed personality.

Daggas (ダッガス, Daggasu)

Voiced by: Yūichirō Umehara (Japanese); Reagan Murdock (English)

Hero's Party

Allen (アレン, Aren)

Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura (Japanese); Kyle Igneczi (English)

Allen is the leader of one of the top four hero parties in the entire world, however he is weak and incompetent. He thought that he had gotten stronger not realizing that Lloyd was the reason he had been so successful. After banishing Lloyd, Allen and his party started repeatedly failing one quest after another. After refusing to defend the country, Lloyd was named the hero and Allen was ignored and stripped of his title as hero, as a result he decided to prove himself by retrieving his holy sword, only to leave behind a path of destruction while he did.

Lina (リナ, Rina)

Voiced by: Yui Ishikawa (Japanese); Celeste Perez (English)

Lina was the Tank of the hero’s party, initially she like the others were arrogant and insulted Lloyd for being useless and agreed to kick him out of their party. But after seeing how weak they were without Lloyd, she came to realize how wrong she was about him. Even more so after permanently losing one of her arms during one of their disastrous quests that ended in failure. Lina left the hero’s party to search for Lloyd and reconciled with him. Lina decided to not return to the hero’s party and became an adventurer, eventually managing to reach B-Rank.

Miiya (ミイヤ, Mīya)

Voiced by: Mizuki Mano (Japanese); Izzi Raine (English)

Miiya was the mage of the hero’s party, she was initially arrogant like the others and happily agreed to kick Lloyd of their party. But after failing several of their quests she started to understand just how weak she really was. Miiya was deeply in love with Allen, but after seeing how weak and careless he was, she was heartbroken and left the hero’s party in tears.

Lulu (ルル, Ruru)

Voiced by: Ayaka Nanase (Japanese); Kelsey Cruz (English)

Others

Will (ウィル, Uiru)

Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda (Japanese); Nic Hamill (English)

Ryouen (リョウエン)

Voiced by: Nichika Ōmori (Japanese); Kelly Greenshield (English)

Merlin (マーリン, Mārin)

Voiced by: Marina Inoue (Japanese); Katie Wetch (English)

Claire (クレア, Kurea)

Voiced by: M.A.O (Japanese); Abigail Blythe (English)

Media

Light novel

Written by Sora Suigetsu, Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on March 12, 2020. It was later acquired by Futabasha who began publishing the series with illustrations by DeeCHA under their M Novels light novel imprint on November 30, 2020. Eight volumes (including three volumes published digital-only) have been released as of June 2025.

During their panel at New York Comic Con 2025, J-Novel Club announced that they had also licensed the light novel series for English publication.

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Wasabi Mukuno began serialization on Futabasha's Gaugau Monster website on January 22, 2021. The manga's chapters have been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes as of June 2026.

During their panel at Anime Expo 2025, J-Novel Club announced that they had licensed the manga adaptation for English publication.

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced on July 29, 2024, which was later confirmed to be a television series produced by Felix Film and directed by Hiroshi Tamada, with series composition handled by Akihiko Inari, characters designed by Yuta Ito, and music composed by Hiroaki Tsutsumi and Tsubasa Handa. The series aired from July 11 to September 26, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Junjō de Are" (純情であれ。; Be of Pure Heart), performed by Gakuto Kajiwara, while the ending theme song is "Hikaru Sasu Tobira" (光射す扉; The Door that Lets Light In), performed by ChouCho. Crunchyroll is streaming the series. Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand) for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.