Banished from the Hero's Party

Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside is a Japanese light novel series written by Zappon and illustrated by Yasumo. It began serialization online in October 2017 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Kadokawa Shoten, who have published the series since June 2018 under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint.
A manga adaptation with art by Masahiro Ikeno has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace since May 2018. Both the light novel and manga are licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation produced by Wolfsbane and Studio Flad aired from October to December 2021. A second season by Studio Flad aired from January to March 2024.
In a world whose inhabitants find their destinies dictated by the Divine Blessings they receive upon birth, Gideon Ragnason was a member of the Hero's Party, a powerful group led by his sister Ruti destined to save the world from evil. His Blessing gave him the common ability to survive any terrain, and he proves that additional skills can go beyond the limit. That is, until one day, Ares, the Party's second-in-command, considers him a dead weight to the party members and banishes him from the group. Gideon heeds Ares' words and leaves without telling Ruti.
Hoping to live an easy life on the frontier, Gideon moves to a borderland town and opens an apothecary, changing his name to Red. However, keeping his former status a secret may not be as simple as he thinks, especially when Rit, a beautiful young adventurer and his previous crush, shows up and asks to move in with him!
Series is written by Zappon and illustrated by Yasumo. It began serialization online in October 2017 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Kadokawa Shoten, who have published fourteen volumes since June 2018 under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint. The series is set to end with the release of its fifteenth volume. The light novel series is licensed in North America by Yen Press.
A manga adaptation with art by Masahiro Ikeno has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace since May 2018. It has been collected in twelve tankōbon volumes as of December 2023. The manga series is also licensed in North America by Yen Press.
A spin-off manga illustrated by Mutsuki Higashioji and centering around Rit, titled Rejected by the Hero's Party, a Princess Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside (真の仲間になれなかったお姫様は、辺境でスローライフすることにしました, Shin no Nakama ni Narenakatta Ohime-sama wa, Henkyou de Slow Life Suru Koto ni Shimashita), was serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace Plus website from October 20, 2021 to January 24, 2024. The spin-off is also licensed in North America by Yen Press.
An anime television series adaptation was announced on November 17, 2020. The series is animated by Wolfsbane and Studio Flad and directed by Makoto Hoshino, with Megumi Shimizu handling the series' scripts, Ruriko Watanabe designing the characters, and Yukari Hashimoto composing the music. The series marked the first time Ryōta Suzuki had been cast in a leading voice role. It was originally scheduled to premiere in July 2021, but was delayed to October 2021 due to "various circumstances", and eventually aired from October 6 to December 29, 2021, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Iki o Sū Koko de Sū Ikiteku" (息を吸う ここで吸う 生きてく, "Beautiful Day") by Yui Nishio, while the ending theme song is "Minna Onaji" (みんなおなじ, "All the Same") by Jyocho. Funimation licensed the series outside of Asia. On October 19, 2021, Funimation announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day.
A second season was announced on October 31, 2022. It was directed by Satoshi Takafuji, with Makoto Hoshino serving as chief director, and Studio Flad returning as the production studio. The second season aired from January 7 to March 24, 2024. The opening theme song is "routine life", again performed by Yui Nishio, while the ending theme song is "Michibiki, Sasagete" (導き、捧げて, "Guide and Devote"), again performed by Jyocho.
The light novel series has over 1,000,000 copies in print as of November 2020, when the anime adaptation was announced.