One Peace Books has announced that it will release the first volume of the manga adaptation of Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! on September 17, 2024. The publisher licensed the manga for release in North America, with a second volume due out on October 29, 2024.
The manga features art by Akio Nanae and is based on the light novel series written by Shichio Kuzu, with illustrations from Yumehito Ueda. It began serialization on the Comic Earth Star online magazine on November 12, 2018. Eight tankobon volumes have been released as of June 2024.
The series (known in Japanese as Mushoku no Eiyu) was first published as a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro from November 15, 2017 to May 15, 2020. Earth Star Entertainment then published the light novels on July 14, 2018 under its Earth Star Novel label. Four volumes have been released as of June 2019.
A TV anime adaptation was announced in October 2023, and will premiere at an undetermined date. \
One Peace Books describes the synopsis of Hero Without a Class as:
In a world where everyone receives a Class and Skills at the age of ten, and where such revelations have a huge impact on one’s life, Arel, the son of Sword Princess Farah and Archmage Leon, learns that he has… no class at all!
With no class, and no skills, all that’s left for Arel is hard work. And so, he takes to training, utilizing wits and cunning to emerge as an all-new type of hero!
Source: press release
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