Dungeon Sherpa: Meikyuu Michisaki Annainin

[FacelessOne]

Alternative Names
ダンジョン・シェルパ　迷宮道先案内人

Genre
Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance, Shounen

Author
Sei Kamo

Artist
Ryuta Fuse

Japanese Publisher
Kodansha/Legend Novels

Year
2018

Number of Volumes
3

Manga
Yes

Website
http://legendnovels.jp/series/?c=1000018544#9784065132586

Synopsis
Dungeon Sherpa: a specialized support class that helps carry luggage and guides adventurers to explore and conquer a dungeon. Follow Rou, a young but skilled sherpa who operates in the Tyros Dungeon. Having lost his father half a year ago, Rou works to support his younger sister whom he cares for. One day, he is hired to to take on the job of assisting the hero Yuika, the Black Princess, who has previously made a name for herself at the royal capital with her party, Twilight's Sword.

My Thoughts
From the premise and what little I could read from the manga, I'm really interested in this series. It seems like a solid dungeon adventure series with a bit a romance mixed in. I would say that there's a problem with the Legend Novels publisher as they hadn't published anything in half a year but they've started back up again so maybe there'll be a fourth volume as they seem to only publish one volume of this series a year.

[FacelessOne]

Here are the illustrations for volumes 2 and 3

spoiler

[Torka]

I saw the manga on Twitter, and wanted to check to see how the LN's doing. As of now, they've released... three volumes.

So it's another "stalled LN while the manga continues" thing

[Geezer Weasalopes]

Author: 加茂セイ | Kamo, Sei | Twitter | Narou
Artist: 布施龍太 | Fuse, Ryūta Ryuuta Ryuta (Take your pick, MAL and ANN don't agree...with each other or the OP) | Twitter | Skeb | Pixiv

On Narou the author is currently working on Volume 8...kinda.
Two posts this year.
Volumes 6 and 7 posted in 2019, with a variety of side stories, etc., posted in 2020 and 2021.
Volume 5 in 2018
Volumes 1-4 in 2014-2015...with the last section of Volume 4 posted in 2018.

This argues that it's not just Legend Novels being problematic, you can't publish what the author hasn't written.

[Torka]

@Geezer-Weasalopes

Unless JNC pulls a CIW and adds in webnovels too

[Geezer Weasalopes]

@Torka said in Dungeon Sherpa: Meikyuu Michisaki Annainin:

@Geezer-Weasalopes

Unless JNC pulls a CIW and adds in webnovels too

That does raise the question of whether anyone has suggested this work to CIW?