The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me? — Season 1, Episode 1: The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?

Episode synopsis

A Japanese salaryman falls asleep before waking up and finding himself as a five year old boy named Wendelin von Benno Baumeister, during the wedding of his oldest brother Kurt and his wife Amalie. Despite being nobles, Wendelin discovers the Baumeisters are poor and only owns small farmlands which most of it will be inherit by Kurt while the rest of his six older brothers have either married into another family, finding work as a government official or soldier, leaving him nothing to inherit. Wendelin later discovers he has the ability to use magic. While searching for firewood for his family, Wendelin meets Alfred Rainford, who detected the boy's magic, saving him from a wild boar and vows to teach him how to use magic.

About The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?

Ichinomiya Shingo, an everyday twenty-five-year-old office worker, wakes up as Wendelin, the 8th son of an impoverished noble family out in the sticks. He soon despairs at his lack of succession rights and knowledge to navigate the political world, but finds hope in his aptitude for magic. This is the story of that young man earning his keep and his freedom through magic, with no world saving involved, and spending quite a while escaping his solitude. Ultimately, it is also the story of him being unable to escape the shackles of society.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2A Succession Dispute? Are You Kidding Me?
• E3A Loner? Are You Kidding Me?
• E4Obligations? Are You Kidding Me?!
• E5Political Marriage? Are You Kidding Me?
• E6A Bullet Tour? Are You Kidding Me?
• E7No Magic? Are You Kidding Me?
• E8Presumed Dead? Are You Kidding Me?!
• E9People Hate Me? Are You Kidding Me?!
• E10Toxic? Are You Kidding Me?!
• E11Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Are You Kidding Me?!
• E12The 8th Son? I Guess That's Not So Bad!