TO Books has confirmed that the Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival (The Otome Heroine’s Fight for Survival) light novel series by Harunohi Biyori and Hitaki Yu has been green-lit for an anime adaptation.
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Harunohi (Akuma Koujo) started the story in March 2019 on the Shousersuka ni Narou website, and TO Books published the first novel with illustrations by Hitaki (Fuguushoku [Kanteishi] ga Jitsu wa Saikyou Datta – Naraku de Kitaeta Saikyou no [Shingan] de Musou Suru) in April 2021. The series’s ninth novel will be released on January 15th, 2025.
The novels were adapted into a manga titled Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival @COMIC by Wakasa Kobato. The manga started serialization in August 2021 on TO Book’s Comic Corona, and the first tankoubon volume was published in February 2022. The sixth volume will be released on January 15th, 2025.
J-Novel Club releases the novel series and the manga in English. It released the manga’s second volume in June 2024, and it will publish the fourth novel on February 21st, 2025. The company describes the story below:
Orphaned by a monster attack on her village, young Alicia spends three horrid years in an orphanage before finally running away. When she flees, however, Alicia has a violent encounter with an older woman hell-bent on killing her. During their tussle, she comes into contact with a strange crystal that bestows upon her a wealth of knowledge, transforming her from an innocent child into a cool and calculated planner.
Now aware that she was meant to be the protagonist of an otome game and disgusted with her supposed fate, Alicia decides to take matters into her own hands and become strong—by any means necessary. Using her newfound knowledge and with some help from a stranger she meets in the woods, she learns to survive by herself in a world far too harsh and unforgiving for a girl her age. Ready or not, she’s determined to carve her own path.
