A completely new work by Sakaku Hishikawa, author of the novels Chainsaw Man and The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows, to be released by DRE NOVELS!

Drecom Media, the publishing and video brand of Drecom Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo), is pleased to announce that The Guild Handyman Was behind It All: Unrivaled Manipulator with Hidden Talents, a completely new novel by Sakaku Hishikawa, author of Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories and The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows, will be published on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 by DRE NOVELS and is now available for pre-order starting February 1 (Thursday).

Sakaku Hishikawa, author of Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories, announces a new title to be written for DRE NOVELS!

A new novel by Sakaku Hishikawa, author of popular works such as Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories and The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows, will be published by DRE NOVELS.
Also, the cover illustration by illustrator Yu-nit will be unveiled for the first time.

The Guild Handyman Was behind It All: Unrivaled Manipulator with Hidden Talents

Overthrowing the world discreetly, stealthily.
Gather the strongest allies and let the cabal's work begin!

◆Synopsis

"Well, I'll be going then. The day is done!"

Having been expelled from the home of his aristocratic family, Tenes, formerly a shut-in as a boy, idles his days away as a handyman at an adventurer's guild out in the countryside. But that is only a pretense. In reality, he is the mastermind who resides in a secret hideout, and together with his strongest and most dependable friends, is set upon bringing down the twisted rules that subjugate the world, using the skills of a Recluse and his own natural resourcefulness!

"Well, shall we begin pulling strings? That doesn't sound much like a recluse."

They change the world from behind the scenes. This is a story of those forsaken by the gods in turn defying those gods!

Author: Sakaku Hishikawa (Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories, Jigokuraku: Utakata no Yume, and The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows)
Artist: Yu-nit (Isekai Walking)
Price: 1,430JPY (1,300JPY + tax)
Format: Shirokuban Size
Label: DRE NOVELS
Publisher: Drecom

Pre-orders are now being accepted at bookstores!

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A completely new title by Knight's & Magic author Hisago Amazake-no, as well as a lineup of other noteworthy titles to be published!

In May 2024 DRE NOVELS plans to publish Retired Old Man Becomes the Queen's Sword - For the Sake of His Daughter, the Former Knight Returns as First Knight, a new novel written by Hisago Amazake-no, author of the popular robot fantasy Knights & Magic, which has been adapted into an animated TV series. We will continue to publish more titles in the future, so please stay tuned.

Retired Old Man Becomes the Queen's Sword - For the Sake of His Daughter, the Former Knight Returns as First Knight

For the sake of his daughter, the old knight comes back in full force!
Hisago Amazake-no and Akemi Mikoto bring you the return of a retired knight in this isekai robot fantasy!

◆Synopsis

"No matter what comes, I'm going to wreck you!"
"Now that's my teacher! Shutting the fight down!"

After retiring as First Knight of the kingdom, Watt Sears spends his days working as a cargo handler in a remote town, piloting a giant humanoid machine called Machine Steel. He was going to live out his days as a good-natured but dependable old man who sometimes served as the town's mediator, sometimes mounted up on Machine Steel...

"My father's name is Watt Sears. It is you I'm here to see."

His story as a knight begins again when he meets Anna, a girl who claims to be his daughter.

"The Succession has begun..."

Watt learns that Anna, who is in line to be the next sovereign, is being targeted by her brother, another candidate for succession, and decides to help her. This event, which later engulfs the kingdom, leads to the return of the kingdom's most powerful knight as his daughter's (the queen's) sword... For the sake of his daughter, the old the retired old man comes back stronger than ever. Hisago Amazake-no and Akemi Mikoto bring you this isekai robot fantasy!

Writer: Hisago Amazake-no (Knight's & Magic)
Artist: Akemi Mikoto (Eirun Last Code - From the Fictional World to the Battlefield)
Price: 1,430JPY (1,300JPY + tax)
Format: Shirokuban Size
Label: DRE NOVELS
Publisher: Drecom

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Last Journey of the Elderly Hero Party: The Best of the Aged Go Into the Future without Fading

The strongest "geriatric warriors."
Thus, begins life's final fantasy adventure for the party of 90-year-old former hero!

◆Synopsis

It has been about 70 years since the defeat of Demon King. At 90 years of age, the former hero Fehad was looking back on his life and thinking about how little time he had left until the end.

"I'd like to see everyone's face again before I die."

He and his wife, Elrica, a former holy woman, set out on a journey to visit old acquaintances all across the land. Living in the hinterlands, so many things were new to them, and they were enjoying their first trip in a long time, but, perhaps in response to this, a dark, newly born conspiracy assails the former hero...

"Hahaha. So, this is what active duty's like after 70 years?"

So begins the great veteran fantasy, rousing the old retiree!

Writer: fukurou (Munou no Naka no Munou Ouji: Skill "Munou" wo Sazukari Mashita ga, Mawari no Josei wa "Keikoku" "Keisei" "Kanpu" "Dokufu" "Akufu" "Youfu")
Artist: johndee (The Diary of a Middle-Aged Sage's Carefree Life in Another World)
Price: 1,430JPY (1,300JPY + tax)
Format: Shirokuban Size
Label: DRE NOVELS

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A Pale Moon Reverie 3

A third tale of marriage between two worlds, of human will and resolve!

Writer: Kuji Furumiya (Unnamed Memory)
Artist: Teruko Arai (Tsukumo-san-chi no Ayakashi Jijo)
Price: 1,430JPY (1,300JPY + tax)
Format: Shirokuban Size
Label: DRE NOVELS

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About DRE Novels

DRE Novels is a light novel label by Drecom Media, a publishing and video brand with an all-encompassing media mix development strategy. It has released a wide range of genre-bending works, including the hit full-on dark fantasy, Blade & Bastard (written by Kumo Kagyu, illustrated by so-bin), and A Royal Rebound: Forget My Ex-Fiancé, I'm Being Pampered by the Prince!

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About Drecom Media

Drecom Media is a publishing and video brand launched by Drecom Co., Ltd. to become a comprehensive entertainment company on the world stage. Drecom Media produces maximized product value by creating original works and development across media through four labels: DRE NOVELS (light novels), DRE COMICS (comics), DRE STUDIOS (webtoons), and DRE PICTURES (cross-media).

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