Hero Without a Class
{{Short description|Japanese light novel series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?!
| image = Mushoku no Eiyū light novel volume 1 cover.jpg
| caption = First light novel volume cover
| ja_kanji = 無職の英雄 別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが
| ja_romaji = Mushoku no Eiyū: Betsu ni Sukiru Nanka Iranakattan da ga
| genre = Fantasy
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = novel series
| author = Shichio Kuzu
| publisher = Shōsetsuka ni Narō
| first = November 15, 2017
| last = May 15, 2020
| volumes =
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = light novel
| author = Shichio Kuzu
| illustrator = Yumehito Ueda
| publisher = Earth Star Entertainment
| publisher_en =
| imprint = Earth Star Novel
| demographic = Male
| first = July 16, 2018
| last = June 15, 2019
| volumes = 4
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Shichio Kuzu
| illustrator = Akio Nanae
| publisher = Earth Star Entertainment
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=One Peace Books}}
| imprint = Earth Star Comics
| demographic = Shōnen
| magazine = Comic Earth Star
| first = November 12, 2018
| last =
| volumes = 9
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = TV series
| director = Kaoru Yabana
| producer =
| writer = Chabo Higurashi
| music = Kento Asahina
| licensee =
| studio = Studio A-Cat
| network =
| first = October 2025
| last = scheduled
| episodes =
| episode_list =
}}
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{{Nihongo|Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?!|無職の英雄 別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが|Mushoku no Eiyū: Betsu ni Sukiru Nanka Iranakattan da ga|"The Unemployed Hero Does Not Need Something Like Skills"}} is a Japanese light novel 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. 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 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 volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio A-Cat is set to premiere in October 2025.
Characters
;{{nihongo|Allele|アレル|Areru}}
:{{voiced by|Kensho Ono}}
;{{nihongo|Laina|ライナ|Raina}}
:{{voiced by|Saori Hayami}}{{cite web|title=Hero Without a Class Anime Casts Saori Hayami, Sumire Uesaka|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-04-25/hero-without-a-class-anime-casts-saori-hayami-sumire-uesaka/.223906|website=Anime News Network|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=April 25, 2025|access-date=April 25, 2025}}
;{{nihongo|Lilia|リリア|Riria}}
:{{voiced by|Sumire Uesaka}}
Media
=Light novels=
Written by Shichio Kuzu, Hero Without a Class was initially serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from November 15, 2017, to May 15, 2020.{{cite web|script-title=ja:無職の英雄 ～別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが～|url=https://ncode.syosetu.com/n6683ej/|publisher=Shōsetsuka ni Narō|access-date=October 6, 2023|language=ja}} 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.
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{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 1
| RelDate = July 16, 2018{{cite web|script-title=ja:無職の英雄 ～別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが～ １|url=https://www.earthstar.co.jp/service/detail/item-6891/|publisher=Earth Star Entertainment|access-date=October 6, 2023|language=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-8030-1204-0
}}
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| VolumeNumber = 2
| RelDate = November 15, 2018{{cite web|script-title=ja:無職の英雄 ～別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが～ ２|url=https://www.earthstar.co.jp/service/detail/item-6939/|publisher=Earth Star Entertainment|access-date=October 6, 2023|language=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-8030-1248-4
}}
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| VolumeNumber = 3
| RelDate = March 15, 2019{{cite web|script-title=ja:無職の英雄 ～別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが～ ３|url=https://www.earthstar.co.jp/service/detail/item-6969/|publisher=Earth Star Entertainment|access-date=October 6, 2023|language=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-8030-1274-3
}}
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| VolumeNumber = 4
| RelDate = June 15, 2019{{cite web|script-title=ja:無職の英雄 ～別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが～ ４|url=https://www.earthstar.co.jp/service/detail/item-6993/|publisher=Earth Star Entertainment|access-date=October 6, 2023|language=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-8030-1303-0
}}
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=Manga=
A manga adaptation illustrated by Akio Nanae began serialization in Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star online magazine on November 12, 2018.{{cite web|script-title=ja:『無職の英雄 別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが』のコミカライズ連載が開始 無職でも悲観しない少年のヒーロー物語|url=https://ln-news.com/articles/83573|website=ln-news.com|date=November 11, 2018|access-date=October 6, 2023|language=ja}} Its chapters have been compiled into nine tankōbon volumes as of March 2025. The manga adaptation is licensed in North America by One Peace Books.{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|title=One Peace Books Licenses Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-25/one-peace-books-licenses-hero-without-a-class-who-even-needs-skills-manga/.214709|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 25, 2024|date=August 25, 2024}}
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| Width = 72%
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| VolumeNumber = 1
| RelDate = June 12, 2019{{cite web|script-title=ja:無職の英雄 別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが -才能ゼロの成り上がり- １|url=https://www.earthstar.co.jp/service/detail/item-5869/|publisher=Earth Star Entertainment|access-date=October 6, 2023|language=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-8030-1298-9
| LicensedRelDate = September 17, 2024{{cite web|title=Hero Without a Class Volume 1: Who Even Needs Skills?!|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hero-without-a-class-volume-1-akio-nanae/1145030152|publisher=One Peace Books|website=Barnes and Noble|access-date=May 17, 2024}}
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-6427-3382-2
}}
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| VolumeNumber = 2
| RelDate = March 12, 2020{{cite web|script-title=ja:無職の英雄 別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが -才能ゼロの成り上がり- ２|url=https://www.earthstar.co.jp/service/detail/item-5929/|publisher=Earth Star Entertainment|access-date=October 6, 2023|language=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-8030-1395-5
| LicensedRelDate = October 29, 2024{{cite web|title=Hero Without a Class Volume 2: Who Even Needs Skills?!|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hero-without-a-class-volume-2-akio-nanae/1145030151|publisher=One Peace Books|website=Barnes and Noble|access-date=May 17, 2024}}
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-6427-3389-1
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| VolumeNumber = 3
| RelDate = September 12, 2020{{cite web|script-title=ja:無職の英雄 別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが -才能ゼロの成り上がり- ３|url=https://www.earthstar.co.jp/service/detail/item-5979/|publisher=Earth Star Entertainment|access-date=October 6, 2023|language=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-8030-1447-1
| LicensedRelDate = May 13, 2025{{cite web|title=Hero Without a Class Volume 2: Who Even Needs Skills?!|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hero-without-a-class-volume-2-akio-nanae/1146289451|publisher=One Peace Books|website=Barnes and Noble|access-date=December 2, 2024}}
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-6427-3444-7
}}
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| VolumeNumber = 4
| RelDate = March 12, 2021{{cite web|script-title=ja:無職の英雄 別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが -才能ゼロの成り上がり- ４|url=https://www.earthstar.co.jp/service/detail/item-6027/|publisher=Earth Star Entertainment|access-date=October 6, 2023|language=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-8030-1497-6
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| VolumeNumber = 5
| RelDate = October 12, 2021{{cite web|script-title=ja:無職の英雄 別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが -才能ゼロの成り上がり- ５|url=https://www.earthstar.co.jp/service/detail/item-6091/|publisher=Earth Star Entertainment|access-date=October 6, 2023|language=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-8030-1447-1
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| VolumeNumber = 6
| RelDate = May 12, 2022{{cite web|script-title=ja:無職の英雄 別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが -才能ゼロの成り上がり- ６|url=https://www.earthstar.co.jp/service/detail/item-6155/|publisher=Earth Star Entertainment|access-date=October 6, 2023|language=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-8030-1642-0
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| VolumeNumber = 7
| RelDate = October 12, 2023{{cite web|script-title=ja:無職の英雄 別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが -才能ゼロの成り上がり- ７|url=https://www.earthstar.co.jp/service/detail/item-6333/|publisher=Earth Star Entertainment|access-date=October 6, 2023|language=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-8030-1846-2
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| VolumeNumber = 8
| RelDate = June 12, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:無職の英雄 別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが -才能ゼロの成り上がり-8|url=https://www.earthstar.co.jp/service/detail/item-8006/|publisher=Earth Star Entertainment|access-date=June 18, 2024|language=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-8030-1959-9
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| VolumeNumber = 9
| RelDate = March 12, 2025{{cite web|script-title=ja:無職の英雄 別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが -才能ゼロの成り上がり-⑨|url=https://www.earthstar.co.jp/service/detail/item-9199/|publisher=Earth Star Entertainment|access-date=March 7, 2025|language=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-8030-2090-8
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=Anime=
An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 5, 2023.{{cite web|title=Mushoku no Eiyū Novel Series Gets TV Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-05/mushoku-no-eiyu-novel-series-gets-tv-anime/.203169|website=Anime News Network|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=October 5, 2023|access-date=October 6, 2023}} The series will be produced by Studio A-Cat and directed by Kaoru Yabana, with Chabo Higurashi writing and supervising series scripts, and Kento Asahina composing the music.{{cite web|title=Hero Without a Class Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, Visual, 2025 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-03-09/hero-without-a-class-anime-reveals-cast-staff-visual-2025-premiere/.222148|website=Anime News Network|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=March 9, 2025|access-date=March 10, 2025}} It is set to premiere in October 2025.{{cite web|title=Hero Without a Class TV Anime Debuts in October|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2025-06-06/hero-without-a-class-tv-anime-debuts-in-october/.225202|website=Anime News Network|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=June 6, 2025|access-date=June 6, 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://ncode.syosetu.com/n6683ej/|Web novel}} at Shōsetsuka ni Narō {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|https://www.es-novel.jp/booktitle/64mushokunoeiyu_r.php|Light novel official website}} at Earth Star Novel {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|https://www.comic-earthstar.jp/detail/musyoku/|Manga official website}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|https://mushoku-eiyu-anime.com/|Anime official website}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|light novel|30180}}
{{Comic Earth Star}}
{{Studio A-Cat}}
Category:Anime and manga based on light novels
Category:Earth Star Entertainment manga
Category:Fantasy anime and manga
Category:Japanese fantasy novels
Category:Light novels first published online