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 Shichio Kuzu and illustrated by Yumehito Ueda. It was serialized online from November 2017 to May 2020 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 ...

. It was later acquired by Earth Star Entertainment, who published four volumes from July 2018 to June 2019 under their Earth Star Novel imprint. 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 with art by Akio Nanae has been serialized online via Earth Star Entertainment's '' Comic Earth Star'' website since November 2018 and has been collected in eight ''

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. 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 ...

television series adaptation produced by

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is set to premiere in October 2025.

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Media

Light novels

Written by Shichio Kuzu, ''Hero Without a Class'' was initially serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website

from November 15, 2017, to May 15, 2020. It was later acquired by Earth Star Entertainment who published four light novel volumes with illustrations by Yumehito Ueda from July 16, 2018, to June 15, 2019.

Manga

adaptation illustrated by Akio Nanae began serialization in Earth Star Entertainment's '' Comic Earth Star'' online magazine on November 12, 2018. Its chapters have been compiled into nine ''

'' volumes as of March 2025. The manga adaptation is licensed in North America by One Peace Books.

Anime

television series adaptation was announced on October 5, 2023. The series will be produced by

and directed by Kaoru Yabana, with Chabo Higurashi writing and supervising series scripts, and Kento Asahina composing the music. It is set to premiere in October 2025.

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