Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero's Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes
First light novel volume cover
魔王と勇者の戦いの裏で ～ゲーム世界に転生したけど友人の勇者が魔王討伐に旅立ったあとの国内お留守番 (Maō to Yūsha no Tatakai no Ura de: Gēmu Sekai ni Tensei Shitakedo Yūjin no Yūsha ga Maō Tōbatsu ni Tabidatta Ato no Kokunai Orushuban)
Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero's Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes (魔王と勇者の戦いの裏で ～ゲーム世界に転生したけど友人の勇者が魔王討伐に旅立ったあとの国内お留守番, Maō to Yūsha no Tatakai no Ura de: Gēmu Sekai ni Tensei Shitakedo Yūjin no Yūsha ga Maō Tōbatsu ni Tabidatta Ato no Kokunai Orushuban) is a Japanese light novel series written by Yuki Suzuki and illustrated by Sanshouuo. It began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in March 2021. It was later acquired by Overlap who began publishing it under their Overlap Bunko light novel imprint in March 2022. A manga adaptation illustrated by Rampei Ashio began serialization on Overlap's Comic Gardo manga website in July 2022.
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Light novel
Written by Yuki Suzuki, Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero's Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on March 2, 2021.[1] It was later acquired by Overlap who began publishing it with illustrations by Sanshouuo under their Overlap Bunko light novel imprint on March 25, 2022. Six volumes have been released as of December 2024.[2] The series is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.[3]
A manga adaptation illustrated by Rampei Ashio began serialization on Overlap's Comic Gardo website on July 15, 2022.[13] The manga's chapters have been collected into four tankōbon volumes as of July 2024.[14] The manga adaptation is also licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.[3]
The series was ranked second in the bunkobon category at the 2023 Next Light Novel Awards.[22] The manga adaptation was ranked seventeenth in the 2024 Da Vinci Book of the Year Ranking.[23]
