On Monday, a new teaser site launched, unveiling the TV anime adaptation of Tōwa’s light novel series, The World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker.
The light novel is being published by Yen Press, here is the official description:
“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, defense, 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!”
The World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker is a Japanese light novel series penned by Toowa, with artwork by Huuka Kazabana. Initially shared as a web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in April 2017, it was later published as a light novel by Fujimi Shobo under their Kadokawa Books label, starting in November 2017. By November 2021, eight volumes had been released. A manga adaptation, drawn by Rikizo, launched on Kadokawa Corporation’s ComicWalker platform in March 2018, with nine volumes published as of February 2025.
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