is a Japanese

light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a '' wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

series written by Shinta Fuji and illustrated by Susumu Kuroi. It began serialization online in January 2019 on the user-generated novel publishing website

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. It was later acquired by

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, who have published five volumes since September 2019 under their MF Books imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Masaki Kawakami has been serialized online via Kadokawa Shoten's ComicWalker website since October 2019. It has been collected in six ''

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'' volumes. An

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television series adaptation produced by

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aired from January to March 2023.

Characters

; : :The main protagonist. He was formerly part of the adventurer's party All Martial Arts until he was expelled following an argument caused by his former teammates embezzling funds. Afterward, he is dumped by his scammer girlfriend and goes through a downward spiral where he wastes his remaining money on idols. However, upon meeting Tiana, Curran, and Zemu and bonding over their shared betrayals, he proposes that they form a new party to fund their spendthrift lifestyles all whilst working to overcome their issues, in his case his tendency to talk down to others. ; : :A former noblewoman and the party's magic caster. ; : :A dragonkin and the party's warrior. She is the only party member who does not have a bad spending habit, causing her teammates to entrust her with storing their shared funds. ; : :A former priest and the party's healer. ; : ; :

Media

Light novels

The series written by Shinta Fuji began serialization in the user-generated novel publishing site

in January 2019. It was later acquired by

, who publishing it with illustrations by Susumu Kuroi under their MF Books imprint. The series has released five volumes as of March 24, 2023. At

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2022,

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announced that they licensed the series for English publication.

Manga

A manga adaptation with art by Masaki Kawakami began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's ComicWalker website on October 25, 2019. At

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2022,

announced that they licensed the manga for English publication.

Anime

adaptation was announced at the MF Books 8th Anniversary livestream event on August 15, 2021. It was later revealed to be a television series produced by

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, animated by

in cooperation with

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, and written and directed by Itsuki Imazaki. Hiroo Nagao is handling the character designs and serving as chief animation director, and Ryo Takahashi is composing the music. The series aired from January 10 to March 28, 2023, on

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and other networks. The opening theme song is "Glorious World" by

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, while the ending theme song is "Never Fear" by

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. Crunchyroll has licensed the series under the title, ''Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don't Believe in Humanity Will Save the World'', and is streaming it along with an English dub.

Muse Communication Muse Communication Co., Ltd. (also known simply as Muse) is a Taiwanese distributor and licensor that specializes in the distribution of anime. Based in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City, the company also distributes Asian and European films ...

also licensed the series in Asia-Pacific and streamed on Muse Asia

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channel.

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