is a Japanese

light novel A is a type of Genre fiction, popular literature novel from Japan usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting Adolescence, teens to Young adult, twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. The abbr ...

series written by Makiburo and illustrated by Mai Murasaki. It was originally serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website

Shōsetsuka ni Narō is a Japanese novel self-publishing website created by . It was launched on April 2, 2004. Users can upload their novels free of charge and the novels are also free to read. As of December 2022, the site hosts close to 1,000,000 novels, has over ...

in May 2020. It was later acquired by

Ichijinsha is a Japanese publishing company focused on manga-related publication, including magazines and books. The company was first established in August 1992 as a limited company under the name Studio DNA whose main purpose was to edit shōnen manga ...

who began publishing it under their Ichijinsha Novels light novel imprint in February 2021. A

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

adaptation illustrated by Nazuna Shiraume was serialized on the ''Pixiv Comic'' website under Ichijinsha's ''Comic Lake'' brand from November 2021 to May 2025. An

anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

adaptation has been announced.

Media

Light novel

Written by Makiburo, ''Akuyaku Reijō no Naka no Hito: Danzai Sareta Tensei-sha no Tame Usotsuki Heroine ni Fukushū Itashimasu'' was originally serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website

from May 14 to 25, 2020. It was later acquired by

who began publishing it with illustrations by Mai Murasaki under their Ichijinsha Novels imprint on February 2, 2021. Two volumes have been released as of February 2024.

Manga

adaptation illustrated by Nazuna Shiraume was serialized on the ''Pixiv Comic'' website under Ichijinsha's ''Comic Lake'' brand from November 19, 2021 to May 30, 2025. The manga's chapters have been collected into five ''

tankōbon A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...

'' volumes as of November 2024.

Anime

adaptation was announced on May 30, 2025.

Reception

The manga adaptation was nominated for the eighth

Next Manga Award The is an annual award for manga series presented by Kadokawa Corporation's '' Da Vinci'' magazine and Niconico streaming website. It is divided into two categories: one for print manga, and one for web manga. Overview The award was originally ...

s in the digital category in 2022 and was ranked 20th. The manga was also nominated for the ninth edition in 2023 and was ranked 9th. The manga was also nominated for the Web Manga General Election 10th Anniversary Edition in 2023, and was ranked 5th. The manga was nominated for the same award the following year and was ranked 3rd. The manga was also ranked eighth in

AnimeJapan AnimeJapan is a Japanese anime consumer show held annually at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center in Tokyo since March 2014. It was created from the merger of the Tokyo International Anime Fair with the Anime Contents Expo. It is organized ...

's "Manga We Want to See Animated" poll in 2025.

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