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Viz Media licensed Nao Iwamoto's manga on October 1.","whyItMatters":"A late-arriving character with an unexplained plan gives the seven-brother ambassador premise a plot turn at the point where an episodic fantasy romance usually settles into its routine.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe role is billed as a mysterious boy who has an equally mysterious plan for the seven knight brothers, and he arrives in episode seven, which airs Saturday on NHK Educational. The series follows seven brothers who are knights of the Marronnier Kingdom, each dispatched to a different kingdom as an ambassador to find a fated partner. Kiyoko Sayama directs at J.C. Staff, with Shinzo Fujita writing and overseeing scripts. 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The character debuts in the seventh episode on Saturday. 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