: Ang lic ised ▁Scottish ▁G ael ic - language ▁s urn ames ▁ ▁A aron ▁Mc Int osh . ▁Total ▁bad ass <0x0A> </s> ▁is ▁a ▁Japanese ▁rom antic ▁comedy ▁light ▁novel ▁series ▁written ▁by ▁Sh imes aba ▁and ▁illustrated ▁by ▁bo oot a . ▁It ▁began ▁serial ization ▁online ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁on ▁K ad ok awa ' s ▁user - generated ▁novel ▁publishing ▁website ▁K ak uy om u . ▁It ▁was ▁later ▁published ▁by ▁K ad ok awa ▁Sh oten ▁with ▁three ▁volumes ▁since ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁under ▁their ▁K ad ok awa ▁S ne aker ▁Bun ko ▁im print . ▁A ▁m anga ▁adaptation ▁with ▁art ▁by ▁Im aru ▁Ad achi ▁has ▁been ▁serial ized ▁in ▁K ad ok awa ▁Sh oten ' s ▁sh ō nen ▁m anga ▁magazine ▁Month ly ▁Sh ō nen ▁A ce ▁since ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁collected ▁in ▁two ▁tank ō bon ▁volumes . ▁An ▁an ime ▁adaptation ▁has ▁been ▁announced . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁The ▁light ▁novel ▁series ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁in ▁circul ation , ▁including ▁digital ▁copies . ▁The ▁series ▁appeared ▁at ▁ 4 th ▁in ▁the ▁b unk ob on ▁edition ▁of ▁Tak ar aj im asha ' s ▁annual ▁light ▁novel ▁guide ▁book ▁K ono ▁Light ▁Nov el ▁ga ▁Sug oi ! ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External