Kadokawa’s Monthly Shounen Ace magazine published the final chapter of Ikeno Masahiro’s Shin no Nakama janai to Yuusha no Party o Oidasareta node, Henkyou de Slow Life Suru Koto ni Shimashita (Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside) manga. The final chapter was released in the magazine’s September 2024 issue on July 26th, 2024, and the manga’s final tankoubon volume, number 14, will be released on August 26th, 2024.
The manga is an adaptation of the light novel series by Zappon and Yasumo (Isekai Nonbiri Nouka). Zappon started the story in October 2017 on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website, and Kadokawa published the first novel with illustrations by Yasumo in June 2018. The 14th novel was released in May 2024, and Kadokawa announced that the novel series would end with the release of the 15th novel.
Ikeno (Malicious Code, Red Dragon, and Sugar Dog) started the manga adaptation of the light novels in May 2018 in Kadokawa’s Monthly Shounen Ace magazine. In December 2018, Kadokawa published the manga’s first tankoubon volume, and the 13th volume was released in February 2024.
After finding himself unable to keep up with the hellish fighting on the front lines of the war against the demon lord’s army, Red is finally kicked out of the Hero’s party. Ashamed of his inadequacy, he moves to a distant frontier region where nobody would know his face or past. However, once he gets over the funk of having to leave his adventuring days behind, he’s actually excited to begin a quiet life as an apothecary…which becomes a whole lot more lively when a former party member and actual princess, Rit, pays him an unexpected visit!
