The Sacred Blacksmith
One day, she fights a mad veteran of the war causing trouble in the market, and, inexperienced and outmatched, faces defeat.The manga was announced simultaneously with the anime adaptation, on the wraparound jacket of the fourth light novel volume.Artist Kōtarō Yamada launched the series in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive magazine on March 27, 2009.[44] Chris Schmitt wrote "Sacred Blacksmith has a very odd take on the fantasy genre, mixing moe character designs similar to K-On!"[45] Theron Martin of Anime News Network gave the anime series a B concluding, "Although The Sacred Blacksmith stumbles in places and fails to fully develop its setting or carry through on the plot threads it establishes, it nonetheless achieves an occasional and undeniable level of sincerity in its characters' convictions and interactions and at least partly delivers on its potential.