Seven Seas Entertainment has announced that it will be launching an audiobook adaptation of the light novel series My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s through its Siren imprint. The audiobook adaptation will be narrated by Knox Riley, with the first volume set to be released for the first time in English on September 18, 2025.
The original isekai fantasy light novel series, written by Matsuri Akai and illustrated by Tozai. was first published by Overlap’s Overlap Bunko imprint on November 25, 2017. Four volumes have been released as of February 2021, with a fifth volume set to be published in Japan on September 25, 2025.
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The series began as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel in January 2017. It also inspired a manga adaptation by Hiroyuki Aigamo in July 2018. Seven Seas Entertainment also licensed both the light novels and manga for English release.
A TV anime adaptation from Sunrise will begin broadcasting in Japan in October 2025.
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Seven Seas describes the main synopsis of the My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s light novels as:
Oda Akira is the kind of guy who people forget is even there. His unassuming nature pays off, though, when his entire class is swept away to a fantasy world, and he slips easily into his new role as a silent assassin. Between his suspiciously high starting stats and too many details that don’t fit, Akira is sure something is wrong. But digging into royal secrets is a dangerous game, and when Akira uncovers an evil scheme, he also makes a powerful enemy—the very king who brought him to this world! With the help of the elven spirit medium Amelia, can he find the power to set things right, and get his revenge?
Pre-orders for the first audiobook volume are now available at Seven Seas Audiobooks website.
Source: press release
