Episode 1

A World Without Books is the first episode of the Ascendance of a Bookworm anime series. It aired on 2 October 2019.

Summary
The episode begins with the Myne being given a magic artifact from a High Priest. Once she puts it on, she goes to sleep. This allows the High Priest to investigate why Myne is so different from girls and where all of her creations and knowledge comes from.

We go back in time to whenever Urano is revived as Myne after she dies in her own world. Shortly after her mother, Eva, enters the room to check on her. Her fever is starting to come down, but she is asked to remain in bed until dinner to get her rest. Rather than doing this, Myne decides to go in search for books. Unfortunately she is unable to find any in her house, or even any written writing. This greatly upsets her.

After Myne is fully recovered, her mother offers to take her to the marketplace. Myne believes this to be her chance to finally get some books, so the excitedly goes with her. After fainting from watching a chicken be beheaded, Myne decides to wait for her mother to finish shopping inside a store. Inside this store, she finds a book at long last! However, the shopkeeper won't let her hold it because of how expensive it is.

Myne decides that if she can't get books, she'll make her own.