Takaya Kagami's Dai Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu Sequel Light Novel Ends

Kadokawa is listing that the 18th and final volume of Takaya Kagami and illustrator Saori Toyota's Dai Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu sequel light novel series will launch in Japan on May 20.Kadokawa published the novel series' most-recent 17th volume in October 2017, where it was announced that the series would end with its 18th volume.The novel had resumed serialization in Kadokawa's Dragon Magazine May issue in March 2024 following an unannounced hiatus. Its return also signaled the start of the novel series' final arc.Dai Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu is the sequel to Kagami's original Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu (The Legend of the Legendary Heroes) light novel series. The original series ran for 11 volumes from 2002 to 2006, and Kagami released the first volume of Dai Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu in 2007. Kagami also wrote the 11-volume short story collection series Toriaezu Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu from 2002 to 2007, and the eight-volume Shin Denyūden: Kakumei-hen - Ochita Kuroi Yūsha no Densetsu novel spinoffs from 2007 to 2013. Saori Toyota illustrates the novels.The novels inspired a television anime adaptation covering the original novel series in 2010. Funimation licensed the series and streamed the series as it aired in Japan. The company also released the anime on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in 2012. Funimation describes the anime: The novels also inspired the Nantonaku Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu manga series by series illustrator Saori Toyota that was compiled into one book volume. Hiroko Nagakura drew a nine-volume manga adaptation from 2008 to 2012. Takaya Kagami drew a four-volume adaptation of Shin Denyūden: Kakumei-hen - Ochita Kuroi Yūsha no Densetsu from 2010 to 2012, as well as the two-volume Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu Revision manga from 2010 to 2011. Source: Kadokawa