# The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows

The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows (Japanese: 一瞬で治療していたのに役立たずと追放された天才治癒師、闇ヒーラーとして楽しく生きる, Hepburn: Isshun de Chiryou shiteita no ni Yakudatazu to Tsuihousareta Tensai Chiyushi, Yami Healer to shite Tanoshiku Ikiru) is a Japanese light novel series written by Sakaku Hishikawa and illustrated by Daburyu. It originally began serialization online in November 2020 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by SB Creative, who began publishing it in print under their GA Novel imprint in October 2021, with seven volumes released as of November 2024. A manga adaptation illustrated by Ten Jūnoichi began serialization online on the Piccoma website and app in January 2022, with four tankōbon volumes released by SB Creative under their GA Comic imprint as of November 2024. A webtoon adaptation illustrated by Minsam and RocketStaff Inc. began serialization on the same website and app in January 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by Makaria is set to premiere in April 2025.

## Characters
### Zenos (ゼノス, Zenosu)

    Voiced by: Shogo Sakata
Our main character, a healer who learned his craft from a mysterious man, and recently kicked out of his adventurer group for being useless. Now opening up an 'underground clinic' in the slums that is inhabited by three groups of rival demi-human gangs.

### Lily (リリ, Riri)

    Voiced by: Miharu Hanai
A young elf girl rescued by Zenos from slavery, who becomes his assistant.

### Carmilla (カーミラ, Kāmira)

    Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa
A ghost who inhabits the upper floor of the abandoned mansion Zenos and Lily take over. She soon accepts them, but sometimes visits as well.

### Zophia (ゾフィア, Zofia)

    Voiced by: Anna Nagase
One of the slums 'big three' leaders, who leads one of the demi-human gangs. She is a lizardkin.

### Lynga (リンガ, Ringa)

    Voiced by: Mashiro Hitaka
One of the slums 'big three' leaders, who leads one of the demi-human gangs. She is a cat beastkin.

### Loewe (レーヴェ, Rēve)

    Voiced by: Sayaka Kikuchi
One of the slums 'big three' leaders, who leads one of the demi-human gangs. She is an ogre.

### Krishna (クリシュナ, Kurishuna)

    Voiced by: Yuki Nakashima

### Zonde (ゾンデ)

    Voiced by: Taku Yashiro

### Aston (アストン, Asuton)

    Voiced by: Masaaki Mizunaka

## Media
### Light novel

Written by Sakaku Hishikawa, The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on November 30, 2020. It was later acquired by SB Creative who began publishing it with illustrations by Daburyu under their GA Novel imprint on October 14, 2021. Seven volumes have been released as of November 15, 2024. The light novels are licensed in English by J-Novel Club. In January 2025, J-Novel Club announced that a print version would begin publication in August 2025.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North American release date | North American ISBN |
| 1 | October 14, 2021 | 978-4-8156-1020-3 | December 7, 2023 (digital) August 12, 2025 (print) | 978-1-7183-1954-7 (digital) 978-1-7183-3270-6 (print) |
| 2 | February 11, 2022 | 978-4-8156-1193-4 | February 29, 2024 | 978-1-7183-1956-1 |
| 3 | July 14, 2022 | 978-4-8156-1611-3 | May 28, 2024 | 978-1-7183-1958-5 |
| 4 | November 12, 2022 | 978-4-8156-1612-0 | September 13, 2024 | 978-1-7183-1960-8 |
| 5 | July 14, 2023 | 978-4-8156-2257-2 | December 20, 2024 | 978-1-7183-1962-2 |
| 6 | March 15, 2024 | 978-4-8156-2465-1 | June 2, 2025 | — |
| 7 | November 15, 2024 | 978-4-8156-2720-1 | — | — |
| 8 | March 15, 2025 | 978-4-8156-2721-8 | — | — |

### Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Ten Jūnoichi began serialization on the Piccoma website and app on January 22, 2022. SB Creative has collected the manga's chapters into four tankōbon volumes under their GA Comic imprint as of November 2024. The manga adaptation is also licensed in English by J-Novel Club. In January 2025, J-Novel Club announced that a print version of the manga would begin publication in July 2025.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North American release date | North American ISBN |
| 1 | August 11, 2022 | 978-4-8156-1052-4 | December 6, 2023 (digital) July 15, 2025 (print) | 978-1-7183-0766-7 (digital) 978-1-7183-3740-4 (print) |
| 2 | June 15, 2023 | 978-4-8156-1310-5 | March 20, 2024 | 978-1-7183-0767-4 |
| 3 | March 15, 2024 | 978-4-8156-1876-6 | — | — |
| 4 | November 15, 2024 | 978-4-8156-1877-3 | — | — |

### Webtoon

A webtoon adaptation illustrated by Minsam and RocketStaff Inc. was announced during the "GA Fes 2024" livestream event on March 9, 2024. It was originally set to begin serialization on the same website and app in Q3 2024, but was delayed for unknown reasons. It later began serialization on January 2, 2025.
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North American release date | North American ISBN |
| 1 | April 14, 2025 | 978-4-8156-2834-5 | — | — |

### Anime

An anime television series adaptation was also announced during the "GA Fes 2024" livestream event on March 9, 2024. The series is produced by Makaria and directed by Joe Yoshizaki, with scripts written by Taika Miyagi, characters designed by denpuougi and Yoshihiro Sawada, and music composed by Harumi Fuuki. It is set to premiere on April 3, 2025, on Tokyo MX and BS11. The opening theme song is "Light Maker" performed by bokula, while the ending theme song is "Tsuki ni Negau" (To Wish Upon the Moon) performed by sorato. Crunchyroll licensed the series.

## Reception

By March 2024, the series had 200,000 copies in circulation.