Welcome to the Impregnable Demon King Castle

FacelessOne

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Alternative Names
Nankoufuraku no Maou-jou e Youkoso ~ Debuff wa Fuyou to Yuusha Party wo Oidasareta Kuro Madoushi, Maou-gun no Saikou Kanbu ni Mukaerareru ~
難攻不落の魔王城へようこそ～デバフは不要と勇者パーティーを追い出された黒魔導士、魔王軍の最高幹部に迎えられる～

Genre
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Slice of Life

Author
Hozumi Mitaka

Artist
Yuuhi

Japanese Publisher
Softbank Creative/GA Bunko

Year
2019

Number of Volumes
2

Manga
Yes

Website
https://ga.sbcr.jp/product/9784815605131/

Synopsis
“The Hero defeated the Demon King in the war of men against demons…” Those kinds of stories are a thing of the past. Nowadays, adventurers, demons, Heroes, Demon Kings, and so on are all occupations that no longer involve putting one’s life on the line. Peace has returned to the world, and dungeon exploration has now become a form of entertainment. Adventurers and monsters now all fight using clones they’ve created with magic in an extremely popular form of dungeon clearing where nobody dies. The footage of the dungeon getting cleared gets broadcasted all across the continent, and I’m a member of a Hero’s party that was ranked the 4th most popular in the world… but not anymore. Parties had a limitation of 5 members, and I was told that an unpopular job like Black Sorcerer would only get in the way of getting to 3rd place or beyond.

Now that I became unemployed, I was forced to find another party but I just couldn’t find one. One day, I encountered a beautiful blonde red-eyed woman who told me she had a job for me. After being so touched from having someone recognise my abilities far more than my past comrades, I ended up agreeing to take an interview without asking for the details. When I arrived at my destination, I was at the world’s hardest dungeon where no party has ever reached the final area, the Demon King Castle, where the Big Four and the Demon King were waiting for me. This is the story of a Black Sorcerer that was kicked out of a Hero’s party and joined the side of the Demon King Army to repel the Heroes.

My Thoughts
The manga for this series was fantastic with a cast of very likeable characters. A rather unique setting and an interesting dynamic between the leader of the hero party and our walking status effect creator makes for a great read. I'd love to see this licensed and I'd recommend anyone to read the manga, it's great.

FacelessOne

@facelessone Illustration for volume 2

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grobinson2k1

@facelessone

I have to admit, this one is an interesting concept of dungeons being entertainment and it being some what modern... tv and social media networks.

paulnamida

I love the manga for this one.

FacelessOne

Volume 3 has been announced for September. Here's the cover illustration:

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Geezer Weasalopes

Yes!
A thousand times yes!

I was involved for a time with the ongoing fan translation of the WN.
This is a wondrous work.
Peace and prosperity via conflict converted into Reality TV.
Kinda sorta.

It's very well written.
In some ways it's funny, in others serious.
There are RomCom elements.

I would love to see this licensed.

There is the problem that the manga has English distribution via Comikey and MangaUP!, so grabbing both would seem unlikely.

Neither MAL nor ANN have entries for the LN, only the manga.

qka_bee

Oh I would love to see this translated! The manga is fun, and definitely a unique take on dungeons and adventuring. I'm really looking forward to seeing more of Remme and Fenix's relationship. Manga where the protagonist is kicked out of the hero's party seem to be a trend, but the way this series handles it is interesting.