The April issue of Kadokawa’s Young Ace magazine announced on Tuesday that Kazuhiko Morita’s Oibore Yūsha no Isekaigo (The Aged Hero’s Fantasy World Retirement Home) manga is set to conclude in the magazine’s upcoming issue on April 4.
The story takes place in a fantasy world that achieved peace 60 years ago after defeating its evil lord. The hero who once led the group that saved the world is now facing difficult times in his old age
. Though still immensely powerful, he has lost many of his memories. The nation’s leaders struggle with how to handle the aging hero, but a particular incident leads him and a maid on a journey across the world.
Oibore Yūsha no Isekaigo
Morita began serializing the manga in Young Ace in October 2023. Kadokawa released the series’ second compiled volume on November 1.
In addition, Morita previously worked on the manga adaptation of Hirukuma’s light novel series The NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real! (Murazukuri Game no NPC ga Shōjin no Ningen toshika Omoenai), illustrated by Namako.
The adaptation debuted on Kadokawa’s Young Ace Up! manga website in November 2019, and Kadokawa published the sixth and final volume in April 2023. Seven Seas Entertainment handles the English release for both the manga and the original light novel series, with the sixth manga volume scheduled for publication in May 2024.
