Nero Kizuka

The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time, Vol. 1 (light novel) by Nero Kizuka offers a gripping tale of a hero's dark descent into revenge. Kaito Ukei was destined for greatness in his new world, assuming the role of a hero and defeating an evil sorceress with a group of noble adventurers. Yet, when he's...

NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED After successfully coming back to the other world, Kaito happens upon Leticia, only to discover that she doesn’t recognise him. From there, he and his two newest accomplices, Mai and Yuuto, travel to the town of Zolkia and start climbing the ranks at the Adventurers Guild. Don’t think they’ve turned over a new leaf, however—it’s...

Kaito's quest for vengeance is no longer a solo affair. With Minnalis at his side, he can accomplish so much more. As their hatred burns bright, the two of them begin their training to fulfil their lust for revenge... The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time, Vol. 2 by Yamo Yomoya, Dayeun Kim, Sinsora Sinsora,...

The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time is a compelling isekai (another world) light novel that heads in darker directions than most...

COME HELL OR HIGH WATER Now that Kaito Ukei's been given another shot at life, he has set out on his journey to exact revenge on the party members who brutally murdered him. He walks this path of vengeance with the beastfolk girl Minnalis, inching toward the capital to carry out his plan. Their first stop along the way? The...

What goes around comes around. As Kaito plots his revenge against Eumis, he discovers that the spellcaster has bolstered her powers by selling her sister Shuria's soul to a demon. Not one to let an opportunity to humiliate his foes go to waste, Kaito saves the girl from the brink of death and invites her to join him and Minnalis...

Sights set on their next target, Kaito, Minnalis, and Shuria travel to the magical city of Karvanheim, where they find Minnalis's traitorous childhood friends leading carefree lives. But soon, the partners in crime come across an obstacle not even Kaito could have foreseen—a merchant woman named Leone, who was also summoned from Japan and remembers the world of Kaito's first...

A DEVASTATING HOMECOMING Metelia ambushes Kaito just after he completes his latest feat of vengeance, forcing him through a portal to his home of present-day Japan. Stripped of his memories, Kaito comes to terms with his tragic new reality—a world where almost everyone he knows is dead, having been sacrificed when he was summoned as a hero the first time,...