It has been confirmed that the Sekai Saikyou no Kouei: Meikyuukoku no Shinjin Tansakusha (The World’s Strongest Rearguard – Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker/ 世界最強の後衛 ～迷宮国の新人探索者～) light novel series by Touwa will be adapted into a TV anime.
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A website for the anime has opened, and a teaser visual has been released along with illustrations by Kazabana Huuka, the novel’s illustrator, and Rikizo, the manga artist behind the manga adaptation.
Author Touwa started the story in April 2017 on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website, and Kadokawa published the first novel with illustrations by Kazabana in November 2017. The ninth novel in the series will be released on September 10th, 2025.
The novel series was adapted into a manga by Rikizo in March 2018 on Kadokawa’s Comic Walker manga website, and Kadokawa published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in September 2018. The manga’s ninth volume was released in February 2025.
Yen Press releases both the novel series and manga adaptation in English under the name The World’s Strongest Rearguard – Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker. It published the eighth novel in June 2023 and the manga’s eighth volume in July 2025.
Yes Press describes the novel’s story below:
“Corporate slave Arihito Atobe’s death in a freak bus accident marks the beginning of his new life as a kind of adventurer called a Seeker. Reborn into a fantasy world, he settles into a previously unknown job class called “rearguard,” capable of providing his (all-female) party with critical attack, defence, and recovery support. And it comes with an added bonus: Simply being at the back of the party line increases his companions’ fondness for him! Freed from the shackles of corporate life, Arihito is eager to start fresh as a newly minted Seeker!”
