Danica Davidson
December 28, 2023 
The second season of Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside will be here on January 7. If you need something new from the series to keep you going until then, a half-minute preview of the season’s first episode has been shared. You can hear some dialogue, but there are no subtitles. Still, it can give you a feel for what to expect.
Crunchyroll will be streaming the season as it airs. The anime is being made at Studio Flad, with Makoto Hoshino and Satoshi Takado both helming the project as directors.
Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside started out as a light novel series by Zappon and Yasumo. It’s been licensed in North America by Yen Press, and the tenth volume is scheduled to come out in English on January 23, 2024. It’s rated T for Teen, and Yen Press gave this description for the first volume, which it published in 2020:
A heroic and mighty adventurer dreams of…opening a pharmacy?
Red was once a member of the Hero’s party, a powerful group destined to save the world from the evil forces of Taraxon, the Raging Demon Lord. That is, until one of his comrades kicked him out. Hoping to live the easy life on the frontier, Red’s new goal is to open an apothecary. However, keeping the secret of his former life may not be as simple as he thinks. Especially when the beautiful Rit, an adventurer from his past, shows up and asks to move in with him!
The first season of Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside consists of 13 episodes, and is available on Crunchyroll both subbed and dubbed.
Source: Crunchyroll
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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.
