“Former hero returns to fantasy world, forced to confront his cringe chuunibyou past as a dark overlord.”
The Return of the Corpse King
屍王の帰還 ~元勇者の俺、自分が組織した厨二秘密結社を止めるために再び異世界に召喚されてしまう~
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Former hero returns to fantasy world, forced to confront his cringe chuunibyou past as a dark overlord.
"How could my past self get so excited doing all those embarrassing things!?" When he was in the third year of middle school, Shiou Hizaki was summoned to another world to save it. After fulfilling his role as a hero, he was forcibly returned to his original world. Three years later, he finds himself summoned back to the same world, this time facing a new crisis involving a mysterious organization. To his horror, this organization shares the name of a group he had once created during his chuunibyou phase, when he pretended to be a dark overlord called the "Corpse King"—a cringe-worthy past he desperately wants to forget. Now, he must confront this shadow from his past while navigating his return to the fantasy world. As he reunites with familiar faces from his previous journey, the former hero must balance his embarrassment over his teenage delusions with the responsibilities thrust upon him once again. Together with his former companions, he sets out to understand what's truly happening in this world that once called him its savior. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
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- Published Feb 2025 – ongoing
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- Ref. BS-M81214 catalog