In the Katvarna Empire, the lazy, woman-admiring Ikuta hates war, but due to certain circumstances, he grudgingly takes the High Grade Military Officer Exam.

Bokuto Uno began publishing the light novels with illustrations by Sanbasō under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint in June 2012.

[1][4] After Sanbasō began suffering from poor health, Ryūtetsu took over illustrating the series, starting with the sixth novel.

[1] The adaptation was later revealed to be a television series in the December issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine on October 26, 2015.

Kunio Katsuki provided the character designs for the anime, while Yoshikazu Iwanami served as the series' sound director.