World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman

World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman
First light novel volume cover
聖剣使いの禁呪詠唱 (Seiken Tsukai no Wārudo Bureiku)
Genre	Action, Fantasy, Harem
Light novel
Written by	Akamitsu Awamura
Illustrated by	Refeia
Published by	SB Creative
Demographic	Male
Imprint	GA Bunko
Original run	November 15, 2012 – present
Volumes	14
Manga
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Comp Ace
Original run	June 2014 – present
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Takayuki Inagaki
Produced by	Atsunori Yoshida
Written by	Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Music by	Go Sakabe
Studio	Diomedéa
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Funimation
Original network	TV Tokyo, TVO, TVA, AT-X
Original run	January 11, 2015 – March 29, 2015
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)

World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman (聖剣使いの禁呪詠唱（ワールドブレイク）, Seiken Tsukai no Wārudo Bureiku^?, lit. Holy Swordsman's World Break) is a Japanese light novel series written by Akamitsu Awamura and illustrated by Refeia. SB Creative has published twelve volumes since November 2012 under their GA Bunko imprint. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Diomedéa aired between January 11 and March 29, 2015. A manga adaptation began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace from June 2014. A game adaptation by the Japanese company ASOBIMO has also been released.

World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman takes place at a school named Akane Academy, where students with special powers and known as Saviors are trained to defend against monsters called Metaphysicals, which brutally and indiscriminately attack humans. Saviors, divided into Shirogane (White Iron) and Kuroma (Black Magic), are the reincarnations of talented individuals who possess awakened memories of their past lives. Shirogane manifest weapons and martial techniques while Kuroma manifest magic for defense purposes.

The story follows main protagonist, Moroha Haimura, who is unique in that he has awakened memories of two past lives: Flaga, a swordmaster and prince of a small country, and Shu Saura, a magician and King of the Netherworld. This gives Moroha the abilities of both a Shirogane and Kuroma. At the Academy he meets Satsuki, a boisterous girl who is very boastful and brash and who was Sarasha, Flaga's sister, in her past life; and Shizuno, a calm and levelheaded girl, who was Shu Saura's queen. With his unique abilities he joins the Striker Unit, Akane Academy's team of elite Saviors.