{"rewrite":{"id":"r_602905895567994398168ac0","clusterId":"c_189642ab3cb215f5c93e1bb7","slug":"hirosaki-launches-saijaku-mao-no-shinimodori-saiseitan-manga","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Hirosaki Launches Saijaku Mao no Shinimodori Saiseitan Manga","summary":"Writer Hare Tori and manga artist Hirosaki launched the manga Saijaku Mao no Shinimodori Saiseitan on Hero's Inc.'s HERO'S Web site on October 7. The story follows Krom, a Demon Lord weaker than his own generals, who kills himself after the Seven Heroes slaughter his forces and awakens one year in the past. Hirosaki previously drew the manga adaptation of Ryu Hidari's The Heroic Tale of the Villainous Prince novels.","whyItMatters":"Hirosaki's Villainous Prince adaptation ran from July 2023 to March 2025 under Dengeki Comic Regulus with three volumes and a Yen Press English release, so the new series carries a completed track record into a fresh title on the same web platform's relaunched branding.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe new series puts Hirosaki back on HERO\u0026#39;S Web, the site formerly known as Comiplex, paired this time with writer Hare Tori. The premise builds its loop around Krom\u0026#39;s suicide: after the Seven Heroes wipe out the Demon territory and his servant Shia, he wakes one year before the massacre and treats his own death as a weapon. Hero\u0026#39;s Inc. runs the site; Hirosaki\u0026#39;s earlier credit is the Villainous Prince manga, which ran from July 2023 to March 2025 and closed at three collected volumes.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Hirosaki's Saijaku Mao no Shinimodori Saiseitan pairs the artist with a revenge loop built on a Demon Lord who kills himself, a setup that flips the power fantasy Hirosaki drew in The Heroic Tale of the Villainous Prince.","twitterPost":"Hirosaki's new Saijaku Mao no Shinimodori Saiseitan leads with a Demon Lord who kills himself after the Seven Heroes wipe out his forces, not a rise to power.","threadsPost":"Hirosaki's Saijaku Mao no Shinimodori Saiseitan opens on a Demon Lord who is weaker than his own generals and kills himself after the Seven Heroes slaughter his forces. The revenge loop starts from the bottom, which is the opposite of the power climb Hirosaki drew in The Heroic Tale of the Villainous Prince.","newsletterBlurb":"Hirosaki and writer Hare Tori launched Saijaku Mao no Shinimodori Saiseitan on Hero's Inc.'s HERO'S Web on October 7. It follows Krom, a Demon Lord weaker than the generals who serve him, who commits suicide after the Seven Heroes slaughter his forces and then wakes one year in the past. Hirosaki's previous credit is the manga adaptation of Ryu Hidari's The Heroic Tale of the Villainous Prince novels, which ran from July 2023 to March 2025 and closed at three volumes.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-13/the-heroic-tale-of-the-villainous-prince-hirosaki-launches-new-manga/.242759\",\"title\":\"The Heroic Tale of the Villainous Prince's Hirosaki Launches New Manga\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4307,"outputTokens":697,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791903140,"createdAt":"2026-10-13T14:46:19.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-13T14:51:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T14:51:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_189642ab3cb215f5c93e1bb7","canonicalTitle":"News\nThe Heroic Tale of the Villainous Prince's Hirosaki Launches New Manga","representativeArticleId":"a_cb7e3929df51ae888d3cd079","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Saijaku Maō no Shinimodori Saiseitan\"],\"work_titles\":[\"The Heroic Tale of the Villainous Prince's Hirosaki\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-13T12:42:09.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-13T12:42:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T14:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-13/the-heroic-tale-of-the-villainous-prince-hirosaki-launches-new-manga/.242759","title":"News\nThe Heroic Tale of the Villainous Prince's Hirosaki Launches New Manga"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Saijaku Maō no Shinimodori Saiseitan"],"work_titles":["The Heroic Tale of the Villainous Prince's Hirosaki"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}