Megumin (Japanese: めぐみん) is a fictional character from the light novel, manga, and anime series KonoSuba, written by Natsume Akatsuki.

In the universe of KonoSuba, a parallel world with MMORPG elements, Megumin is a sorcerer who joins protagonist Kazuma Satou's party in an attempt to defeat the Demon King.

When Akatsuki Natsume was creating the main characters of the series, he kept in mind that their party should have the same basic structure as the Dragon Quest games but with major flaws.

For Megumin, he said that she's pretty similar to Dragon Quest mages who only want to use the skill 'Magic Burst', a powerful move in that series which drains all of a character's mana points, without any regard for others most of the time.

To fit with her chūnibyō characteristics, Kurone gave Megumin fingerless gloves, an eyepatch worn purely for aesthetics, bandages, and a red and black colour scheme.

[3] Erica Mendez provided Megumin's voice in the series's English dub, which was produced by the Los Angeles-based studio Bang Zoom!

Due to the strength and resulting fallout of her explosion spell, she struggled to find a party who would accept her prior to meeting Kazuma.LN 1.1.7 She eventually falls in love with Kazuma and confesses her feelings to him, leading them to becoming a couple.

Megumin appears in a spin-off light novel series that focuses on her life before joining Kazuma's party, titled KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World![5].

Taking place a year prior to the events of main series, it explores how Megumin learned Explosion magic, and how she eventually came to meet her companions.

[11][12] SportsKeeda listed Megumin as one of the ten anime characters "that no one hates" due to how she overshadows the unlikeable heroine Aqua from the same series while her preference for explosions is "impressive".

[19] Anime News Network (ANN) said that Megumin and Aqua are the series' best characters as their gags are hilarious in contrast to the less appealing Kazuma and Darkness.

[21][22][23] Comic Book Resources went to call Megumin one of the most valuable players detailing five events in the narrative, but also criticized her for her poor treatment of Yunyun.

[25] Jordan Ramée at GameSpot found the KonoSuba: Legend of Crimson film struggled to "capture the same tone as the anime series because it splits up the core group of characters" to focus on Kazuma and Megumin which he described as "dull" due to how it leads to repetition of the same jokes, while later gags were criticized for their controversial nature.

[30][31] Anime UK also appreciated the handling of other relationships involving Megumin, such as with her pet and her friend Yunyun, which were barely explored in the main series.