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The Oblivious Saint Can’t Contain Her Power: Forget My Sister! Turns Out I Was the Real Saint All Along! (Japanese: 無自覚聖女は今日も無意識に力を垂れ流す今代の聖女は姉ではなく、妹の私だったみたいです, Hepburn: Mujikaku Seijo wa Kyō mo Muishiki ni Chikara wo Tare Nagasu: Imadai no Seijo wa Ane dewa Naku, Imōto no Watashi Datta Mitai desu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Almond and illustrated by Yoshiro Ambe. It was initially serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from 2020 to 2023. It was later acquired by Earth Star Entertainment who published four volumes under their Earth Star Luna imprint from June 2021 to June 2023. A manga adaptation illustrated by Yona Etō began serialization on Earth Star Entertainment’s Comic Earth Star manga website in April 2022. An anime television series adaptation has been announced.

Characters

Carolina (カロリーナ, Karorīna): Voiced by: Rie Takahashi
Edward (エドワード, Edowādo): Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa
Flora (フローラ, Furōra): Voiced by: Haruka Shiraishi

Media

Light novel

Written by Almond, The Oblivious Saint Can’t Contain Her Power: Forget My Sister! Turns Out I Was the Real Saint All Along! was initially serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from 2020 to 2023. It was later acquired by Earth Star Entertainment who published four volumes with illustrations by Yoshiro Ambe under their Earth Star Luna light novel imprint from June 16, 2021, to June 1, 2023.

During their panel at Anime NYC 2023, J-Novel Club announced that they had licensed the series for English publication.

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	North American release date	North American ISBN
1	June 16, 2021	978-4-8030-1530-0	February 12, 2024	978-1-7183-3042-9
2	December 15, 2021	978-4-8030-1592-8	May 3, 2024	978-1-7183-3044-3
3	July 1, 2022	978-4-8030-1664-2	July 26, 2024	978-1-7183-3046-7
4	June 1, 2023	978-4-8030-1798-4	October 31, 2024	978-1-7183-3048-1

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Yona Etō began serialization on Earth Star Entertainment’s Comic Earth Star manga website on April 28, 2022. The manga’s chapters have been collected into seven tankōbon volumes as of October 2025. The manga adaptation is also licensed in English by J-Novel Club.

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	North American release date	North American ISBN
1	October 12, 2022	978-4-8030-1697-0	November 22, 2023	978-1-7183-8476-7
2	March 10, 2023	978-4-8030-1751-9	February 5, 2025	978-1-7183-8477-4
3	September 13, 2023	978-4-8030-1832-5	April 30, 2025	978-1-7183-8478-1
4	March 13, 2024	978-4-8030-1916-2	July 9, 2025	978-1-7183-8479-8
5	September 12, 2024	978-4-8030-2004-5	October 1, 2025	978-1-7183-8480-4
6	March 12, 2025	978-4-8030-2087-8 978-4-8030-2088-5 (SE)	—	—
7	October 10, 2025	978-4-8030-2193-6	—	—

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced during the “Earth Star Novel 10th Anniversary Summer Festival” event on July 19, 2025.

Reception

The series won the encouragement award at the 2nd Earth Star Novel Award in 2020.

無自覚聖女は今日も無意識に力を垂れ流す今代の聖女は姉ではなく、妹の私だったみたいです *(Mujikaku Seijo wa Kyō mo Muishiki ni Chikara wo Tare Nagasu: Imadai no Seijo wa Ane dewa Naku, Imōto no Watashi Datta Mitai desu)*
The Oblivious Saint Can’t Contain Her Power: Forget My Sister! Turns Out I Was the Real Saint All Along!
First light novel volume cover
Genre	Romantic fantasy
Novel series
Written by	Almond
Published by	Shōsetsuka ni Narō
Original run	2020 – 2023
Light novel
Written by	Almond
Illustrated by	Yoshiro Ambe
Published by	Earth Star Entertainment
English publisher	NA: J-Novel Club
Imprint	Earth Star Luna
Original run	June 16, 2021 – June 1, 2023
Volumes	4
Manga
Written by	Almond
Illustrated by	Yona Etō
Published by	Earth Star Entertainment
English publisher	NA: J-Novel Club
Imprint	Earth Star Comics
Magazine	*Comic Earth Star*
Original run	April 28, 2022 – present
Volumes	7
Anime television series