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My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's
First light novel volume cover
暗殺者である俺のステータスが勇者よりも明らかに強いのだが
(Ansatsusha de Aru ore no Sutētasu ga Yūsha Yori mo Akiraka ni Tsuyoi Nodaga)
GenreFantasy, isekai[1]
Novel series
Written byMatsuri Akai
Published byShōsetsuka ni Narō
Original runJanuary 26, 2017 – present
Light novel
Written byMatsuri Akai
Illustrated byTōzai
Published byOverlap
English publisher
ImprintOverlap Bunko
Original runNovember 25, 2017 – present
Volumes5
Manga
Written byMatsuri Akai
Illustrated byHiroyuki Aigamo
Published byOverlap
English publisher
  • NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
ImprintGardo Comics
MagazineComic Gardo
Original runJuly 10, 2018 – present
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed byNobuyoshi Habara [ja]
Written byKunihiko Okada [ja]
Music bySatoshi Igarashi
Studio
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo, BS Fuji, Animax
Original run October 7, 2025 – premiere
Episodes4 (List of episodes)
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My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's (暗殺者である俺のステータスが勇者よりも明らかに強いのだが, Asashin de Aru no Sutētasu ga Yūsha Yori mo Akiraka ni Tsuyoi Nodaga) is a Japanese light novel series written by Matsuri Akai and illustrated by Tōzai. It began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in January 2017. It was later acquired by Overlap who began publishing the series under its Overlap Bunko imprint in November 2017. A manga adaptation illustrated by Hiroyuki Aigamo began serialization on Overlap's Comic Gardo website in July 2018. An anime television series adaptation produced by TMS Entertainment and animated by Sunrise premiered in October 2025.

Characters

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Akira Oda (織田 晶, Oda Akira)
Voiced by: Takeo Ōtsuka[2] (Japanese); Austin Tindle[3] (English)
Amelia Rosequartz (アメリア・ローズクォーツ, Ameria Rōzukwōtsu)
Voiced by: Saku Mizuno[2] (Japanese); Sarah Wiedenheft[3] (English)
Yoru (夜)
Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi[4]
Lia Lagoon (リア・ラグーン, Ria Ragūn)
Voiced by: Konomi Tamura [ja][4] (Japanese); Dani Chambers[3] (English)
Saran Mithray (サラン・ミスレイ, Saran Misurei)
Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe[4] (Japanese); James Cheek[3] (English)
Tsukasa Satō (佐藤司, Satō Tsukasa)
Voiced by: Ayato Morinaga [ja][5] (Japanese); Mark Allen Jr.[3] (English)
Kyosuke Asahina (朝比奈京介, Asahina Kyosuke)
Voiced by: Masaaki Mizunaka[5] (Japanese); Garret Storms[3] (English)

Media

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Light novel

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Written by Matsuri Akai, My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on January 26, 2017.[6] It was later acquired by Overlap who began publishing the series with illustrations by Tōzai under its Overlap Bunko light novel imprint on November 25, 2017. Five volumes have been released as of September 25, 2025.[7] The series is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.[8]

No. Original release date Original ISBN North American release date North American ISBN
1 November 25, 2017[9]978-4-86554-280-6July 8, 2021 (digital)
September 7, 2021 (print)[10]		978-1-64827-658-3
2 March 25, 2018[11]978-4-86554-327-8October 14, 2021 (digital)
November 9, 2021 (print)[12]		978-1-64827-659-0
3 January 25, 2019[13]978-4-86554-376-6December 2, 2021 (digital)
January 11, 2022 (print)[14]		978-1-64827-660-6
4 February 25, 2021[15]978-4-86554-845-7March 24, 2022 (digital)
April 12, 2022 (print)[16]		978-1-63858-195-6
5 September 25, 2025[7]978-4-8240-1336-1July 7, 2026[17]978-1-63858-633-3

Manga

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A manga adaptation illustrated by Hiroyuki Aigamo began serialization on Overlap's Comic Gardo website on July 10, 2018.[18] The manga's chapters have been collected into six tankōbon volumes as of February 25, 2025.[19] The manga adaptation is also licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.[20]

No. Original release date Original ISBN North American release date North American ISBN
1 January 25, 2019[21]978-4-86554-443-5March 10, 2020[22]978-1-64505-289-0
2 August 25, 2019[23]978-4-86554-537-1July 21, 2020[24]978-1-64505-492-4
3 March 25, 2020[25]978-4-86554-669-9December 22, 2020[26]978-1-64505-809-0
4 March 25, 2022[27]978-4-8240-0033-0April 25, 2023[28]978-1-64827-914-0
5 September 25, 2023[29]978-4-8240-0615-8May 7, 2024[30]978-1-64827-352-0
6 February 25, 2025[19]978-4-8240-1096-4November 25, 2025[31]979-8-89373-308-2

Anime

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An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 18, 2025. It is produced by TMS Entertainment,[a] animated by Sunrise (the studio division of Bandai Namco Filmworks) and directed by Nobuyoshi Habara [ja], with Kunihiko Okada [ja] handling series composition and scripts, Hirona Okada and Kaori Saito designing the characters, Masahiro Yamane designing the monsters, and Satoshi Igarashi composing the music.[2] The series premiered on October 7, 2025, on TV Tokyo and other networks.[b] The opening theme song is "Issen" (一閃; 'Flash of Light'), performed by Vesperbell,[4] while the ending theme song is "Like Gravity", performed by Bonnie Pink.[32] Crunchyroll is streaming the series.[33] Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia.[34][35]

Episodes

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No.Title [36][37]Directed by [36]Storyboarded by [36]Original release date [38][b]
1"The Assassin Eats Bread"
Transliteration: "Asashin wa Pan o Kū" (Japanese: 暗殺者はパンを食う)		Nobuyoshi Habara [ja]
& Akira Yamada		Nobuyoshi Habara [ja]
& Mitsuru Ishihara		October 7, 2025 (2025-10-07)
An entire class of high school students are summoned to Retice Kingdom in the world of Morrigan. As the human continent is under attack by demons they have been summoned by the King in hopes one of them is the Hero. Class loner Akira Oda discovers he holds the title Assassin and his stats far exceed his classmates, even President Tsukasa, the Hero. Akira uses a concealment skill to avoid being assessed and learns the King is untrustworthy. Knight Commander Saran and his subordinate Gilles begin training them for a dungeon raid. Saran sees through his concealment and offers to train Akira secretly as an assassin. Saran and Giles are surprised Akira was summoned with an already max level Concealment as the only other person with the same skill was the first Hero. Akira discovers Saran is plotting to overthrow the corrupt King. As the class prepare to raid the dungeon Akira spots a woman watching them and tells him to find her again after he learns what the King sacrificed to summon them. In the dungeon a tool given to Tsukasa to deter monsters seemingly summons a Minotaur that breaks his arms. Akira is forced to take over; making Tsukasa jealous. It is discovered a curse is affecting Tsukasa's mind.
2"The Assassin Takes Care of the Wounded"
Transliteration: "Asashin wa Kanbyō Suru" (Japanese: 暗殺者は看病する)		Tomo ŌkuboSusumu NishizawaOctober 14, 2025 (2025-10-14)
Akira uses Shadow Magic to sever the minotaur's head, but it exhausts him. Saran gives him the black katana "Yato-no-Kami", forged by the first hero. Akira infiltrates the Princess's bedroom and destroys the crystal she used to curse Tsukasa, but it is shown the Princess has further crystals for his classmates. Saran is murdered and his cursed classmates accuses Akira. The King demands his execution but Akira escapes and contacts Gilles who is certained Saran was murdered by the King's Night Raven Assassins. Akira flees so the King sends the Night Ravens after him while preparing to use the cursed students to declare war on the Eastern kingdoms. Akira hides in the Kantinen dungeon and begins hunting monsters to increase his assassination level. Meanwhile, Gilles uses a secret mind manipulation skill to free six others from the Princess's curse and together with Tsukasa they leave the castle, claiming they are journeying to defeat the demon lord for the King. One of them, Kyosuke, feels guilty for not helping Akira. He is also unsure why he suddenly possesses a white katana. On floor 75 Akira rescues a beautiful elf princess named Amelia Rosequartz from a dark slime and helps her recover. Teaming up they reach floor 80 and take down a dragon.
3"The Assassin Plays With A Cat"
Transliteration: "Asashin wa Neko to Fureau" (Japanese: 暗殺者は猫と触れ合う)		Akie IshiiAkie IshiiOctober 21, 2025 (2025-10-21)
The dragon transforms into a Black Cat. Having been defeated it passes them a message from the Demon Lord to visit Volcano, land of the demons, and fight the Demon King. Akira decides to make Black Cat his familiar and names him Night for his dark fur. Elsewhere, Tsukasa leads his party to the Yamato Kingdom resembling feudal Japan, having been founded by the first hero. Tsukasa decides they need to defeat the Demon Lord, after which they can ask the King to send them home. Kyosuke points out if they want victory they need Akira. Tsukasa doubts Akira would join them unless they were already strong enough, so the decision is made to stay in Yamato and train while earning a living as adventurers. Amelia tolds Akira about her being driven out from the village by her younger sister Kilika, and while escaping she was swallowed by the dark slime and didn't regain consciousness until Akira rescued her. Akira advises her to reconciling with Kilika if they ever meet again, since he misses his own sister Yui. They leave the dungeon via teleportation circle but Amelia's strong feelings warp their destination and they appear in the forest continent of the elves. They are immediately surrounded by archers led by Kilika, who refers to Amelia as Child of Blight.
4"The Assassin Calls Her Name"
Transliteration: "Asashin wa Namae o Yobu" (Japanese: 暗殺者は名前を呼ぶ)		Kōji SasakiAkinori Kageyama
& Mizuki Aoba		October 28, 2025 (2025-10-28)[c]
Akira knocks out several elves, including Liam, Amelia's former fiancé. Kilika uses Mesmerise to hypnotise Akira. However, Akira is unaffected and accuses Kilika of using Mesmerise to turn the elves against Amelia. The King arrives and welcomes Amelia home but Amelia insists on leaving with Akira, so the King challenges Akira to duel Kilika. Akira wins the duel and Kilika claims Amelia ruined her life. She reveals as children Amelia was revealed as a Spirit Medium. Afterwards, Kilika was overlooked constantly until she grew to hate Amelia. Amelia removes Mesmerise from all the elves. The King takes the blame and reveals he had sealed away some of Kilika's memories. He returns them and Kilika remembers as a child an evil mage tricked her into summoning monsters that murdered Liam. As a Spirit Medium Amelia resurrected him but Kilika's guilt was so great the King erased her memories. As the only one who didn't know the truth a distance regrettably developed between Kilika and the other elves, which she blamed on Amelia. Liam admits in his love for Kilika he helped exile Amelia hoping Kilika's heart would recover if Amelia was gone. Kilika reconciles with Amelia and is able to reconnect with her people. The King decides Amelia can continue travelling with Akira. Akira decides to visit the Beast-folk continent. By coincidence, Tsukasa and his party also decide to visit the beast-folk continent.
5"The Assassin Sleeps in a Bed"
TBATBANovember 4, 2025 (2025-11-04)
Night admits the Demon Lord knows Akira used Shadow Magic. Bandits employed by Lord Gram attack them but are captured by Akira. The guards explain Gram is a beastfolk royal behind numerous kidnappings. They board a ship to the port city Ur where Akira finds humans are treated as second class citizens by the beastfolk. They also have a cultural phobia of black cats. Amelia plans to seduce Akira, but he pretends to be asleep. The next morning Night invites Crow, a blacksmith and former member of the Hero party, to meet Akira. He offers to repair Yato-no-Kami if Akira finds the materials. He also makes it clear Akira lacks experience with swords. Akira decides to raid Ur's dungeon for materials. Amelia asks Crow to teach her to fight so she can be useful to Akira. Crow reveals the beastfolk's black cat phobia was caused by Night 100 years ago when he destroyed the beastfolk city, Adlea. Crow never blamed Night as he was merely a servant of the demon lord. Instead, he blames Gram, who murdered dozens of beastfolk in his desperation to escape Adlea, including Crow's sister. The evil mage who tricked Kilika suddenly attacks the city and introduces himself as Aurum Tres, a servant of the demon lord under orders to wipe out the city and leave only Amelia alive. Akira uses Shadow Magic to kill Aurum's monsters, though the strain makes him pass out.
6"The Assassin Fights a Demon"
TBATBANovember 11, 2025 (2025-11-11)
Night is confused Akira's Shadow Magic activates on its own to prevent his death. Crow presents him with Yato-no-kami he has turned into two short swords. He also gives him a ring made by a previous hero that can guide its wearer to what they seek. The ring proves Amelia is in the labyrinth. Meanwhile, Aurum explains he can't teleport, so he needs to wait for his master to collect them. The woman Akira met back in Retice reveals herself as Lia Lagoon, Princess of Uruk, who reveals the Demon Lord wants Amelia's Resurrection magic. Aurum is confused by this since demons have almost infinite lifespans. Lia explains she was adopted into the royal family after a Dark Slime consumed everyone in her village. Using her royal authority she discovered Dark Slimes are tools used by Retice's King and Princess to kidnap people as sacrifices for the spell that summons heroes. Night helps Akira and Lia pass through the dungeon to reach Amelia. Night reveals the first Demon Lord did wage wars against the other races for banishing him to Volcano Continent, but demons haven't waged war in over 100 years and it is possible the current Demon Lord desires peace. They reach Amelia and Akira uses Shadow Magic to wound Aurum and defeat his monsters with help from Lia's Barrier Magic. Aurum's master Mahiro suddenly arrives, with Akira unsure how they will survive.

Web game

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A web game titled My Status as the Assasin's Obvioussly Exceeds the Hero: Shadow Break (暗殺者である俺のステータスが勇者よりも明らかに強いのだが シャドウブレイク, Asashin de Aru no Sutētasu ga Yūsha Yori mo Akiraka ni Tsuyoi Nodaga Shadow Break), developed and published by CTW, was announced on February 18, 2025, concurrent with the anime's announcement.[40]

Reception

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By February 2025, the series had over 1.5 million copies in circulation.[19]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Under the "Unlimited Produce by TMS" label
  2. ^ a b TV Tokyo listed the series premiere on October 6 at 25:30, which is effectively October 7 at 1:30 a.m. JST.
  3. ^ This episode aired at 2:00 a.m. JST, 30 minutes after the regular air time on TV Tokyo.[39]

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