Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden

The great hero, who even killed a god, hoped to meet someone strong enough to kill her, but died before she could achieve her goal. When she woke up, she found herself in the body of Nia Liston, the daughter of the Liston territory, who was consumed by illness. This possession occurred when Nia was originally sickly, and her parents, not wanting their daughter to die, hired someone to help, but when he realized there was nothing he could do, he used the "Law of Resurrection" and exchanged Nia's soul with the great hero's. The great hero then purified her diseased body by manipulating "ki" and began living a second life as Nia. ==Characters==

; : :A four year old girl, the only daughter of the fourth-order peer family Liston. She was plagued by a respiratory illness. On the verge of death a healer was brought to help her but she was too far gone so instead he pulled a soul to replace the original Nia. The nameless soul belonged to a peerless warrior who in life sought only to be defeated and aims while living as Nia to both repay the kindness of her new family and find that death in battle that eluded her in her previous life. After her revival Nia's story and health recovery jump starts her career as a budding start on the new technology known as magivision. She uses her rising fame to build to popularity of magivision sets which her family is heavily invested in. ==Media==

Light novel Written by Umikaze Minamino, Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden was serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from May 25, 2019, to January 6, 2021. It was later acquired by Hobby Japan who began publishing it with illustrations by Jishaku under their HJ Bunko light novel imprint on September 30, 2022. Later volumes from volume 3 and onwards feature illustrations by Katana Canata. Ten volumes have been released as of January 30, 2026. Manga A manga adaptation illustrated by Kabuto Kodai began serialization on Square Enix's Manga Up! manga service on November 17, 2022. The manga's chapters have been collected into eight volumes as of February 2026. Anime An anime television series adaptation was announced on January 28, 2026. The series will be produced by Konami Animation and directed by Motoki Nakanishi, with Haruta Segi serving as assistant director, Gigaemon Ichikawa handling series composition, Yūki Itō and Kana Tosaoka designing the characters, and Naoki Endō composing the music. It is set to premiere in October 2026. ==Reception==

By April 2024, the series had over 400,000 copies in circulation. ==See also==