I Parry Everything: What Do You Mean I'm the Strongest? I'm Not Even an Adventurer Yet! (Japanese: 俺は全てを【パリイ】する ～逆勘違いの世界最強は冒険者になりたい～, Hepburn: Ore wa Subete o "Parry" Suru: Gyaku Kanchigai no Sekai Saikyō wa Bōken-sha ni Naritai) is a Japanese light novel series written by Nabeshiki with illustrations by Kawaguchi. It began serialization as a web novel published on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in October 2019. It was later acquired by Earth Star Entertainment who began to publish it under their Earth Star Novel imprint in September 2020. A manga adaptation illustrated by KRSG began serialization on Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star online magazine in September 2020. An anime television series adaptation produced by OLM aired from July to September 2024. A second season has been announced.
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Plot
The story is set in a fantasy world on the brink of large-scale conflict, following an attempted assassination of Princess Lynneburg of the Kingdom of Clays. While political tensions rise and neighboring nations prepare for war, Noor, an earnest but oblivious young man, arrives in the royal capital determined to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an adventurer. Having spent more than a decade training alone in the mountains, Noor believes himself unqualified because the only skill he possesses is parrying, which is regarded as useless by most.
Unbeknownst to him, Noor's relentless effort has elevated his single skill to an absurd level, allowing him to effortlessly deflect thousands of attacks in an instant. As he pursues adventuring work and repeatedly fails to understand why others react to him with shock or fear, Noor inadvertently becomes entangled in major incidents tied to the kingdom's survival.
Characters
Noor (ノール, Nōru)
Voiced by: Daiki Hamano (Japanese); Sean Patrick Judge, Brittney Karbowski (child), Nathan Wilson (young) (English)
A fledgling F-rank adventurer, doing odd jobs for the town. He lacks any talent in all of the six Schools of Adventurer Classes, only receiving the most basic of skills in all of them even after training for three months in each class, such as the swordsman skill, [Parry], which as its namesake, can only parry attacks and little more. However, due to training all of these skills for 14 years non-stop for aspirations of unlocking new skills, he has unknowingly evolved all of his existing skills to the point that they became inhumanely strong, even far surpassing his former masters.
Due to living in isolation at the mountains for 14 years, Noor is lacking in social cues and much of what is regarded as generally known information, which keeps causing misunderstandings about him by a lot of people, especially Lynne. As he never understood that his basic skills have become superhuman oddities (due to an acute inferiority complex he developed during his childhood as a result of being rejected by all of his former masters), he kept mistaking high level threats he fights for as "basic starter enemies" which leaves him constantly doubting his own skills and humbling himself despite his inhuman feats.
After saving Lynne's life, he was rewarded by King Clays with the Black Blade, a mysterious blade found by the king during his adventuring days that was said to be virtually unbreakable, which became his signature weapon. He sometimes comically used it to assist him in his odd jobs (such as using it as a shovel to dig out gutters).
Lynne (リーン, Rīn)
Voiced by: Ryōko Maekawa (Japanese); Annie Wild (English)
The princess of the Kingdom of Clays. She was saved by Noor during her coming-of-age trial, where he defeated a minotaur—a catastrophic level threat—with only his [Parry] skill. She then finds and follows Noor around, later declaring herself as his Page (a term for an apprentice for an adventurer), who reluctantly accepts.
Media
Light novel
Written by Nabeshiki, I Parry Everything: What Do You Mean I'm the Strongest? I'm Not Even an Adventurer Yet! began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on October 17, 2019. It was later acquired by Earth Star Entertainment who began publishing it with illustrations by Kawaguchi under their Earth Star Novel light novel imprint on September 15, 2020. Twelve volumes have been released as of June 14, 2026.
During their Anime NYC 2022 panel, J-Novel Club announced that they licensed the light novels.
Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by KRSG began serialization on Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star online manga magazine on September 30, 2020. Its chapters have been compiled into five tankōbon volumes as of July 2025.
In January 2023, J-Novel Club announced that they also licensed the manga adaptation.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on November 2, 2023. It is produced by OLM and directed by Dai Fukuyama, with Shigeru Murakoshi in charge of series scripts, Chikako Noma designing the characters, and Tatsuhiko Saiki composing the music. The series aired from July 5 to September 20, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks. Both the opening theme song, "Ambition", and the ending theme song, "No Gifted", are performed by members of the music group Utahime Dream. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series in North America, Australia and British Isles for streaming on Hidive. Muse Communication licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.
A second season was announced during the "Earth Star Novel 10th Anniversary Summer Festival" event on July 19, 2025.