Line #10 Literature/MyDaughterLeftTheNestAndReturnedAnSRankAdventurer


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The story of a [[GoodParents loving man]] and the daughter [[DaddysGirl who admires him]][[note]] On the left Belgrieve and on the right Ange[[/note]]]]
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4	''My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned a S-Rank Adventurer'' (Original Japanese: ''Bōkensha ni Naritai to Miyako ni Deteitta Musume ga Esu Ranku ni Natteta'') is a novel series by Mojikakiya that was first released as a WebSerialNovel from September 2017 to January 2020 on Platform/ShousetsukaNiNarou. It was later published as a series of LightNovels by Earth Star Entertainment with illustrations by {{Creator/toi8}} from 2018 to 2021 for 11 volumes. The series has a manga adaptation by Kyū Urushibara which began serialization in ''Comic Earth Star'' in 2018 and an anime adaptation which was produced by Creator/TyphoonGraphics and first started airing in October 2023. Both the novels and the manga adaptation are licensed in English by Creator/JNovelClub.
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6	Belgrieve, like many young men, dreamed of fame and fortune as an Adventurer but had his career tragically cut short when he lost his leg on an early mission. Retiring to the country, Belgrieve meeks out a living protecting the village from monsters and collecting herbs content with his peaceful, but solitary, existence. Then one day he hears the cries of a baby, finding an abandoned child deep in the woods.
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8	[[TimeSkip Fast forward 17 years]] and Angeline, or Ange, lives in the city of Orphen as a S-ranked adventurer and is celebrated as the "Black Haired War Maiden" and the city's "guardian deity". But she doesn't care much for any of that, as the only thing she wants after five years is a little time off to return home and see her father. Fate, however, seems determined to prevent that as circumstances again and again conspire to throw problems only Ange can handle.
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10	!!This series shows examples of:
11	* TheAce: Ange is S-rank and considered effectively a hero by societal standards, alongside her two fellow party members. As goofy as she looks, the moment she [[LetsGetDangerous gets serious]], ''nothing'' stands in her way shortly after. [[spoiler:This is because she herself is a Demon Lord with extraordinary latent power, but is completely unaware of it because Belgrieve found and adopted her shortly after she was born, effectively humanizing a walking facet of power incarnate.]]
12	* AdventureGuild: There are multiple adventurers guilds that offers work such as extermination or escort missions in exchange for payment, the amount depending on the difficulty of the task. Ange and her friends are members of the Orphen guild.
13	* BadassNormal: Belgrieve is more of a BadassOnPaper than he is the true top-tier adventuring hero that Ange childishly believes him to be, but even despite having a wooden leg, he is competent enough with his veteran skills and age to be able to hold his own in some extreme circumstances.
14	* CorruptChurch: [[spoiler:A supposedly-independent sect of the regional church is attempting to "revive" the Demon Lords, akin to being a satanic cult, and even use ChildSoldiers as a front for gathering donations and recruits -- while being willing to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness eliminate them]] if problems ensue. Ange's DefusingTheTykeBomb of two children involved sends the politics of the region into absolute chaos, and it's ambiguous how far the sect's influence in the church goes.]]
15	* DaddysGirl: Ange '''adores''' her father to the point she buffs up his abilities and reputation in her mind which she in turns tells anyone in earshot, becoming moody and throwing a tantrum when her vacation plans to visit him are interrupted.
16	* EldritchAbomination: Later in the story, entities known as "Demon Lords" appear that can seemingly drive all the local fauna to mad survival as wild monsters and become a WalkingWasteland due to being [[PowerIncontinence unable to control their powers]], and short of them being born from darkness and magic, no one [[spoiler:but the CorruptChurch sect working to "revive" them]] actually knows what their deal is beyond being considered so dangerous that they must be killed to maintain world order. [[spoiler:Belgrieve ends up pitying a small child Demon Lord and adopting him to Orphen, only for circumstances to gradually reveal that [[HistoryRepeats this is exactly what he did with Ange seventeen years ago]], effectively ''[[HumanityIsInfectious taming Demon Lords]]'' by the kindness of his heart.]]
17	** The closest thing to an origin story most people would have for them is an old legend about a great sorcerer named Solomon, who made 72 homunculi (the Demon Lords) and used them to conquer the continent, until he one day went mad and vanished, the homunculi also losing their minds in his absence.
18	* FantasticRacism: Due to being a beastperson, Miri has faced her fair share of prejudice and derogatory comments over it, to the point that she always wears a hat to cover her ears.
19	* {{Foil}}: There are shades of this between Ange and the various Demon Lords she fights, especially the first one. At first glance there's virtually nothing in common between the warrior heroine and the EldritchAbomination... until the latter starts talking about how it just wants to go home, a sentiment that Ange notices and is stunned by (given how much she wants to do the same herself), enough to leave her vulnerable to the monster's attacks until she snaps out of it. [[spoiler:This similarity makes even more sense when it's revealed that ''Ange herself is technically a Demon Lord'', with the only difference between her and the rest is that she was found and raised by Belgrieve, who raised her well and instilled some humanity in her, almost by accident.]]
20	* HumbleHero: Belgrieve is definitely this, mostly in his embarrassment over people gushing over his (supposed) abilities and is never tempted to use the misconception for his own advantages. This also works the other way as Belgrieve ''is'' more skilled than he believes due to his age and handicap, just not nearly to the level his daughter makes him out to be.
21	* KnightInSourArmor: Ange has shades of this in the first arc, as she wants nothing more than to visit her father, a goal that is being constantly stymied due to a combination of a recent uptick in dangerous monsters and the resignation of multiple other adventurers due to increasing demands of the guild in response to said monsters. Despite her constant grumbling about the situation (including complaining to the guild master himself about how poorly they seem to be handling the situation), it apparently never occurs to her to just quit and move to another guild herself. When asked by other adventurers (including the guild master) about this, she simply responds that she was taught by her father that it was [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility natural for strong adventurers to help those weaker than themselves]], and that he wouldn't approve of her abandoning those who needed her for the sake of her own desires. Upon hearing this, the adventurers present praise Belgraive as a great man (the guild master being ''especially'' thankful, considering the dire straits Orphen would have been in without Ange).
22	* MemeticBadass: InUniverse. Ange loves to gush about her father and how she was never able to beat him in a fight and gives him the moniker "[[RedBaron Red Ogre]]", her enthusiasm and earnest attitude makes it easy for people to believe Ange's claims. It doesn't help that people who do meet him end up misinterpreting his abilities due to lucky circumstances and his attempts to correct them makes Belgrieve appear as a HumbleHero.
23	* RotatingProtagonist: The story rotates between Belgrieve's life in his hometown and Ange's adventures.
24	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Ange herself is an adopted Demon Lord that Belgrieve stumbled upon and raised without any context for what was going on-- functionally turning her from a baby that was a potential WeaponOfMassDestruction into a heroic adventurer that can help save the world in the present.]]
25	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The Bordeaux family of nobles. Despite being higher on the societal ladder, they treat their citizens as equals and aren't reserved in joining them in both work and celebration. The three daughters are also noteworthy, as each have studied in their own fields to help the country rather than rest on their family name (the eldest in governance, the second eldest in martial prowess, and the youngest in having a wide knowledge base). This attitude annoyed a nearby noble (who thought nobles should strive to be above the "common rabble" regardless of the circumstances) enough to [[spoiler:plot against them to have all of them assassinated by horrific monsters and undead]].
26	* ShipperOnDeck: Ange eventually grows to realize that A.) moms are cool, and that B.) she doesn't have a mom because Belgrieve never actually settled down and got married. Her response is to ''bride hunt'' for her father without his permission, pestering women and obsessing over the idea of trying to find someone that's a good fit for him. [[spoiler:She has no idea that he ''did'' pine for someone in his youth that was an UnrequitedLove.]]
27	* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Generationally {{inverted}} and {{Downplayed}}. After leaving the village and not being home for 5 years, Ange and Belgrieve miss each other, though Ange is much more vocal (i.e. childish) than her father about it, and look forward to one day seeing each other. The first arc is basically Ange working to get the time off to go home for a visit only for circumstances to conspire to prevent this from happening.

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