Fukushū o Koinegau Saikyō Yūsha wa

Fukushū o Koinegau Saikyō Yūsha wa, Yami no Chikara de Senmetsu Musō Suru (復讐を希う最強勇者は、闇の力で殲滅無双する) is a Japanese light novel series written by Manimani Ononata and illustrated by Kōya.

Fukushū o Koinegau Saikyō Yūsha wa, Yami no Chikara de Senmetsu Musō Suru
Cover art of the first light novel
復讐を希う最強勇者は、闇の力で殲滅無双する
Novel series
Written by	Manimani Ononata
Published by	Shōsetsuka ni Narō
Published	October 12, 2018
Light novel
Written by	Manimani Ononata
Illustrated by	Kōya
Published by	Shueisha
Imprint	D Novels
Demographic	Male
Original run	February 8, 2019 – present
Volumes	4
Manga
Written by	Manimani Ononata
Illustrated by	Akira Sakamoto
Published by	Shueisha
Imprint	Young Jump Comics
Magazine	Dash X Comic
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	February 4, 2019 – present
Volumes	11

The novel was first published online by Ononata on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in October 2018, but was taken down shortly after due to the depiction of heavy violence. Japanese publisher Shūeisha acquired the rights and began publishing the series in print in February 2019 and has four volumes released as of March 2024. A manga adaptation by Akira Sakamoto started in February 2019, with eleven volumes published as of December 2023.

The story follows the hero Raoul Evans who defeated the demon lord but was sentenced to death for being falsely accused of a crime he did not commit. In his last moments, he swore to take revenge on everyone who did him wrong.

Premise

The hero Raoul Evans and his group were able to defeat the demon lord. But instead of being praised as a hero, Raoul was imprisoned for a heinous crime. He was accused of destroying his hometown village and slaughtering the people who lived there. Victoria, the princess of kingdom Kurtz offered to spare his life if he is willing to marry her. When he refuses this offer, Raoul was sentenced to death by being burned alive. Short before his execution, Wendel Blackwood who faught alongside Raoul revealed to him, that he slaughtered Raouls hometown and pretended to be his friend to gain profit for his own. Wendel also revealed to the former hero that Cristiana, the holy priest who was part of his group was also involved in the plan getting rid of him. In his last moments, Raoul swore that he will come back and take revenge on everyone who did him wrong before dying on pyre.

The goddess of love who took a liking on Raoul and grants his wish to be reincarnated on earth. But being reincarned comes with a price as reviving a dead person is against the law of the gods. So she has to sacrifice parts of her body in order to revive Raoul on earth. She also unleashes Raoul's dark powers.

One year after the incidents which led to Raoul's death, princess Victoria is going to be married to a prince of a neighboring country against her will. During the wedding ceremony Raoul who has disguised as a priest appeared and began slaughtering people around him. In the process, Victoria has been wounded. Sandra, the royal knight reveals that she and her knights were ordered to kill the people of Raoul's hometown. Instead of killing Victoria, Raoul announces to come back to the castle once her wounds have healed.

Meanwhile, Raouls starts his revenge against Victoria's underlings. He kills general Brown, who had killed and eaten other people, alongside his wife and children, on professor Beneke and her research team who tests drugs on humans as well as on his former comrades Wendel and Cristiana. The latter has been declared a witch and was burned to death. Once Cristiana was killed, Raoul takes her cross and places it next to Victorias. While doing so, he was hit by a magical arrow and killed by Theodorá, the younger sister of the demon lord. Theodorá and Raoul worked together in the past to take revenge on Wendel and a slave trader who was torturing people from the demon kin.

Once he arrived in the realm of goddess of love he asks her to bring him in front of the doors of hell. The goddess who had sacrificed one arm when reviving Raoul grants his wish. He meets up with Cristiana who is in belief to ascent to heaven for her duties done on earth. Raoul can unwit her and take her to hell to show her that the people she had "save" have not ascended to heaven. At the beginning, she was able to withstand his words but it changed when she witnessed her parents who committed suicide in front of her when she told them to do so, suffering in front of her. Thinking of them being a delusion she realizes that the undead people are her real parents who have developed hatred towards her daughter. Cristiana loses her temper and tries to attack Raoul with her magic only for her to realize that she can't use her powers in hell. When Raoul shows Cristiana the real goddess of love who had lost her arm and one eye she denies her being the god she prayed to which causes her to lose her divine protection.

As Raoul is unable to escape from hell, he decides to fight the god of hell as plans to kill the gods as well due for them to have forsaken him. He orders the goddess of love to steal a magical weapon which is able to kill a god from the realm of the gods. Raouls withstands the trials from the god of hell and force him to give up. He reveals to the god of hell to kill him as he was the first one to had lost faith in the hero.

Characters

Raoul Evans (ラウル・エヴァンス)

The former hero who defeated the demon lord. Instead of being praised, he was imprisoned after being falsely accused for a crime he did not commit. He was tortured, raped and drugged during imprisonment.

When princess Victoria offered to spare his life if he is willing to marry her, he refuses, he was sentenced to death by being burned alive. In his last moments, he swears to take revenge on all those who did him wrong once he comes back to life.

Wendel Blackwood

Wendel is a mage and was a member of Raoul's group. Both, Raoul and Wendel grew up together in the same village. He befriended Raoul once he learnt of him being the hero. In reality, Wendel only wanted to take profit from Raoul.

Once Raoul was imprisoned, he revealed that his acts were all made up and that he was the one who massacred their hometown.

When being revived, Raoul takes revenge on him by mind-breaking before killing him off.

Cristiana Alcott (クリスティアナ・オルコット)

The holy saintess and former member of Raoul's group. She uses her power to manipulate people doing the most heinous crimes in order to be "saved" and ascent to heaven.

She was the cause why people around Raoul begann to change drastically as well as general Brown's desire to eat humans or Wendel betraying the hero and killing his loved ones.

For misusing her powers, she was declared a witch and sentenced to death.

Victoria (ビクトリア)

Victoria is the selfish princess of the kingdom Kurtz. She tries to mindbreak Raoul into marrying her. Once her plan fails she sentenced Raoul to death. After Raoul came back to life, he took revenge on her by showing the people of the kingdom her true nature which causes her to be stripped of the title of the princess.

Raoul crucifies her alive and let her body being eaten by various monsters while still being conscious.

Theodorá

The younger sister of the demon lord who was killed by Raouls. She holds a grudge against the former hero. Even though, both worked together temporarily to save her kin from a slave trader who was torturing and killing them for fun.

She is able to kill Raoul once when he placed Cristiana's corpse next to Victoria's.

Media

Light novel

Manimani Ononata published the first chapters of the novel on the online publishing platform Shōsetsuka ni Narō on October 12, 2018, but was taken down shortly after due to the drastic depiction of violence could violate against the guidelines of the platform. In October 2018, the work ranked first on the page intern ranking.

In February 2019, Japanese publisher Shueisha released the first volume of the novel under its D Novels imprint. As of March 2024, four volumes have been published. The novels were published in South Korea by publisher S Novel Plus.

Manga

On February 4, 2019, Ononata started publishing a manga adaptation on Shueisha's Dash X Comic section on the Nico Nico Seiga platform. The illustrations were done by Akira Sakamoto based on the original character designs by Kōya, who illustrated the light novel.

The first volume was published in print by Shueisha on September 19, 2019. As of December 2023, eleven volumes have been published in Japan. French publisher Delcourt announced on March 25, 2022 to publish the manga in French language under the name The Brave Wish Revenging. Somy Media publishes the manga in South Korea starting in September 2022.

External links

• Official manga website (in Japanese)
• Fukushū o Koinegau Saikyō Yūsha wa (light novel) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia