Scum of the Brave

Scum of the Brave
First light novel volume cover (original edition)
勇者のクズ
(Yūsha no Kuzu)
GenreUrban fantasy[1]
Novel series
Written byRocket Shokai
Published byKakuyomu
Original runFebruary 12, 2016March 22, 2016
Light novel
Written byRocket Shokai
Illustrated by
  • Yūya Kusaka (original)
  • toi8 (new edition)
Published by
Imprint
  • Kadokawa Books (December 24, 2016)
  • Dash X Bunko (January 23, 2026–present)
Original runDecember 24, 2016 – present
Volumes
  • 1 (original)
  • 2 (new edition)
Manga
Written byRocket Shokai
Illustrated byNakashima723
Published byLeed Publishing (2022–present)
English publisher
  • NA: Manga Planet
ImprintBorder Comics
MagazineComic Border (February 18, 2022–present)
Original runJune 22, 2018 – present
Volumes
  • 3 (digital)
  • 8 (print)
Anime television series
Directed byShinji Ushiro
Written byYōichi Katō
Music byKenichiro Suehiro
StudioOLM Team Hikita
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkNNS (Nippon TV)
Original run January 11, 2026 – present
Episodes7

Scum of the Brave (Japanese: 勇者のクズ, Hepburn: Yūsha no Kuzu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Rocket Shokai and illustrated by Yūya Kusaka. It was initially serialized as a web novel published on Kadokawa Corporation's Kakuyomu website between February and March 2016. A single volume was published under Fujimi Shobo's Kadokawa Books imprint in December 2016. A manga adaptation illustrated by Nakashima723 initially began serialization as an independent comic in June 2018, before beginning serialization on Leed Publishing's Comic Border manga website in February 2022. A new edition of the light novel series illustrated by toi8 began publication by Shueisha under their Dash X Bunko imprint in January 2026. An anime television series adaptation produced by OLM premiered in January 2026.

Plot

Set in mid-21st-century Tokyo, the criminal underworld is dominated by Demon Lords, gang leaders who have gained overwhelming powers through ether enhancement and Demon King Transformation Surgery. To counter them, the government sanctions "Heroes", bounty hunters who amplify their own ether abilities using the drug E3 and are legally permitted to kill.

The story follows Yashiro, a lone wolf Hero known as the Reaper, who lives a dissolute life and prefers to work alone. His routine is disrupted when Jōgamine, a determined high school girl who declares herself his apprentice inserts herself into his work. Soon after, Yashiro is approached by additional aspiring high school heroes and agrees to train them for money. As Yashiro becomes entangled with his would-be students, he is drawn into escalating confrontations with Demon Lords, rival Heroes, and criminal organizations, placing him at the center of increasingly dangerous and chaotic conflicts within Tokyo's underworld.

Characters

"Shinigami" Yashiro (《死神》ヤシロ)
Voiced by: Ryōta Suzuki[2]
Aki Jōgamine (城ヶ峰 亜希, Jōgamine Aki)
Voiced by: Akari Kitō[3]
Yukine Indō (印堂 雪音, Indō Yukine)
Voiced by: Momo Harumi[4]
Sara Kashiwagi Pendragon (セーラ・カシワギ・ペンドラゴン, Sēra Kashiwagi Pendoragon)
Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori[5]
"Salt" Joe (《ソルト》ジョー, "Soruto" Jō)
Voiced by: Hinata Tadokoro[6]
"Ongakuya" Ishinō (《音楽屋》イシノオ)
Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa[6]
"Moguri" no Maruta (《もぐり》のマルタ)
Voiced by: Yasuhiro Takato[6]
Lord "Amber Thorn" (《琥珀の茨》卿, "Kohaku no Ibara" Kyō)
Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda[7]
Kiyoto Takamiya (鷹宮清人, Takamiya Kiyoto)
Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki[7]
Lord "Wedge of Both Hands" (《諸手の楔》卿, "Morote no Kusabi" Kyō)
Voiced by: Yūichirō Umehara[8]
Arthur Pendragon (アーサー・ペンドラゴン, Āsā Pendoragon)
Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi[8]

Media

Light novel

Written by Rocket Shokai, Scum of the Brave was initially serialized on Kadokawa Corporation's Kakuyomu website from February 12 to March 22, 2016.[9] A single volume with illustrations by Yūya Kusaka was released under Fujimi Shobo's Kadokawa Books light novel imprint on December 24, 2016.[10]

A new edition illustrated by toi8 began publication under Shueisha's Dash X Bunko light novel imprint on January 23, 2026.[11][12][13] Two volumes have been released as of February 20, 2026.[14]

Original edition

No. Release date ISBN
1December 24, 2016[10]978-4-04-072154-5

New edition

No. Release date ISBN
1January 23, 2026[13]978-4-08-631634-7
2February 20, 2026[14]978-4-08-631639-2

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Nakashima723 initially began serialization as an independent comic on June 22, 2018.[1] It later began serialization on Leed Publishing's Comic Border manga website on February 18, 2022.[15] The manga's chapters have been collected into eight tankōbon volumes as of December 2025.[16] The manga is published in English by Manga Planet.[17]

No. Release date ISBN
1March 3, 2019 (ebook)[18]
April 22, 2022 (print)[19]
978-4-8458-6119-4
2June 10, 2020 (ebook)[20]
May 20, 2022 (print)[21]
978-4-8458-6123-1
3September 17, 2021 (ebook)[22]
June 24, 2022 (print)[23]
978-4-8458-6128-6
4January 27, 2023[24]978-4-8458-6151-4
5September 22, 2023[25]978-4-8458-6166-8
6May 31, 2024[26]978-4-8458-6623-6
7March 21, 2025[27]978-4-8458-6783-7
8December 18, 2025[16]978-4-8458-6990-9

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 15, 2025.[11] It is produced by OLM and directed by Shinji Ushiro, with series composition and screenplays handled by Yōichi Katō, characters designed by Rika Murakami, and music composed by Kenichiro Suehiro. The series premiered on January 11, 2026, on Nippon TV and its affiliates, and will run for two consecutive cours.[28] For the first cours, the opening theme song is "Gun Powder", performed by Tooboe, and the ending theme song is "Mental Rental" (メンタルレンタル), performed by Murasaki Ima.[6] Crunchyroll is streaming the series.[29] Muse Communication licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia.[30][31]

Episodes

No.Title [32][33]Directed by [a]Storyboarded by [a]Chief animation directed by [a]Original release date [34]
1"Meeting of the Braves"
Transliteration: "Yūsha no Deai" (Japanese: 勇者の出会い)
Kim Won-Hoe &
Lee Jong-Kyung
Shinji UshiroHiroko KūrubeJanuary 11, 2026 (2026-01-11)
In the near future a revolutionary surgery known as Ether Enhancement proves capable of granting humans overwhelming powers. Among the criminal underworld this leads to the rise of empowered gang leaders known as Demon Lords. To oppose them the Japanese government sanctions bounty hunters who temporarily gain ether abilities via the drug E3, becoming known as Braves. One such Brave is "Reaper" Yashiro, who one day sees trainee Brave Jogamine thrown from a roof by ether empowered thugs belonging to Demon Lord Thorn. Yashiro kills the thugs and advises Jogamine to find another career, as only scum become Braves. Yashiro heads to Ed's bar to meet "Salt" Joe and "Ongaku" Ishino. Yogino and her teammate Indo follow and request his help, as they must slay Thorn to rescue their kidnapped friend. Yashiro refuses as all three girls are from Shibuya Brave Academy, which claims to be a school but turns naïve teenagers into assassins. Indo leaves, revealing her power lets her teleport. Jogamine stays with Yashiro and he eventually agrees to help for ¥20million. He borrows a sword from Ed while Yogino explains Thorn's power causes pain and paralysis, but Yashino is confident Thorn will be easily defeated.
2"A Brave's Magic"
Transliteration: "Yūsha no Mahō" (Japanese: 勇者の魔法)
Yūki KakuharaKazuya MitsuhashiIppei IchiiJanuary 18, 2026 (2026-01-18)
Jogamine objects to Yashiro killing guards when their target is Thorn, even though Indo has already killed dozens of men. Yashiro reveals his ether ability lets him experience time in slow motion, so he can dodge bullets and attack lightning fast, but abusing the ability can cause hyper-aggression. They find Indo with a broken leg, having been defeated by Thorn already. Yashiro recalls Thorn is a low-level Demon Lord with a bounty of only ¥3million. His ability lets him manipulate invisible vines to restrain and tear flesh, but Yashiro simply deploys a smoke bomb, exposing the vines as they move through the smoke. He severs Thorn's arm, but the arm regenerates with Thorn unable to control it as it lashes out wildly and kills one of his guards. Indo tries to rescue their friend, Sara. Yashiro considers letting them both die but remembers a lesson from his master that if he does not want to be scum then he has to act like a hero. He rescues them by jumping on them so Thorn hits him instead. Jogamine suddenly jump in and childishly hits Thorn over the head until he surrenders. Yashiro is dumbfounded it worked, and Jogamine reveals her ether ability lets her read minds.
3"A Teacher for Braves"
Transliteration: "Yūsha no Kyōkan" (Japanese: 勇者の教官)
UnknownTBATBAJanuary 25, 2026 (2026-01-25)[b]
Yashiro is surprised Thorn grew back a severed limb and wonders if it is some newly developed E3, since whole limb regeneration was considered impossible. Yashiro is furious Jogamine confesses she doesn’t have the ¥20million fee she promised. Sara confesses they are close to failing out of the academy. Yashiro is contacted by Sara’s father, Arthur Pendragon, President of the Round Table Foundation and Academy Director. Arthur admits all three girls have personalities unsuited to learning in an academy, so he offers Yashiro a regular salary to provide more unorthodox training to help them graduate, completely ignoring Yashiro’s protests that he will never teach apprentices. Aided by Ishino, who finds the situation hilarious, Indo begins following Yashiro asking for lessons. Yashiro refuses, claiming it is unsafe since Demon Lords are always sending assassins after him. Sure enough, the assassin Twin Pincers approaches with his team, intending to kidnap him for a Demon Lord who wants Yashiro to work for him. After a short fight Twin Pincers is wounded in the neck and flees with his remaining men. Yashiro leaves the injured for the police, but robs them of their cash and E3 first. Indo thanks him for the combat lesson but he still insists he is not teaching her.
4"A Brave's Errands"
Transliteration: "Yūsha no Otsukai" (Japanese: 勇者のおつかい)
UnknownTBATBAFebruary 1, 2026 (2026-02-01)
Ishino hires Jogamine to investigate Thorn's activities and coerces Yashiro into helping in exchange for clearing his gambling debts. Ishino sends them to Club Hex3 where dealer Matsugi will give them E3 and Jogamine will ask him a certain question. At the club Matsugi approaches them and Jogamine abruptly asks if he has any E4. Matsugi claims ignorance but from reading his thoughts Jogamine can tell the question made him suspicious. After he leaves Jogamine insists on confronting three drug dealers trying to get teenagers addicted to E3. The boss turns out to have the E3 ability to sense emotion, so he can identify lies. Yashiro admits he is the Reaper, surprising them that Yashiro is the Brave being hunted by Demon Lord Coffin Count. Jogamine reads his mind and learns his drugs come from Verdigris Quarter, a woman employed by Coffin Count. The boss offers Yashiro a duel with one of his men for the girls. Despite his opponents ability being an invisible sword Yashiro breaks his arm and escorts the girls to safety. He asks why Jogamine insists on being a Brave. Jogamine explains her father was a Brave who died when she was young. Later, Ishino almost tells Yashiro who her father was, but Yashiro claims not to care and hangs up the phone.
5"A Brave Sensei"
Transliteration: "Yūsha no Sensei" (Japanese: 勇者の先生)
UnknownTBATBAFebruary 8, 2026 (2026-02-08)
Sara visits Yashiro with a personal request; as a second year she needs to be seen carrying out acts of public service, but due to her father not wanting her to become a Brave the academy instructors have refused to act as witnesses. As a registered Brave Yashiro can act as her witness. Her plan is to rescue Komugi, a kidnapped police dog and pay Yashiro the ¥100,000 reward. They track Komugi to an abandoned mall and discover dozens of caged animals including Komugi and a panda whose corpse had been stolen after it died at a nearby zoo, now mutated into a giant monster. With her E3 ability to sense danger Sara detects Twin-Pincers. Twin-Pincers admits he is experimenting on animals to create soldiers for his master. He activates the panda as a distraction to escape, though the panda turns out to be easily defeated. Sara returns Komugi and also takes credit for locating the stolen panda to pass her class. Yashiro claims the reward but most of it is taken straight away by Ed to pay his overdue bar tab. Ishino is approached by Kay, one of Arthur's maids, with an offer to join a team and hunt a certain Demon Lord for ¥80Million, but Ishino refuses to ever work with the Round Table.
6"A Brave's Special Training"
Transliteration: "Yūsha no Tokkun" (Japanese: 勇者の特訓)
UnknownTBATBAFebruary 15, 2026 (2026-02-15)[b]
"Mole" Malta, an unlicenced Brave, visits Yashiro with news he tried to get an honest job but assaulted his boss for stealing money from elderly people. He also stole the man's ticket to an autograph event with King Rob, whom many Braves idolise, which he offers to Yashiro for ¥30,000. Needing money, Yashiro agrees to tutor Jogamine, Indo and Sara before their upcoming sword exam, which determines if they become second years or get expelled. They pay him ¥50,000, allowing him to buy the ticket. Wanting to start immediately they break into the Academy to use their equipment. Straight away he determines Sara was trained not to start a fight unless victory is certain, causing her to either avoid fights, take stupid risks or surrender. Indo has no major weaknesses except a lack of experience. Jogamine doesn't believe in killing, so in a fight she is reluctant to hurt her opponents, making victory impossible. Security guards approach so Yashiro orders Sara and Jogamine to defeat them so they can escape. However, Yashiro recognises the symptoms of long term E3 overdose on them and guesses they aren't guards at all. Sara is injured and one of the intruders, Ido, grows a demonic arm similar to Thorn's.
7"Death of a Brave"
Transliteration: "Yūsha no Shi" (Japanese: 勇者の死)
UnknownTBATBAFebruary 22, 2026 (2026-02-22)
The other intruder, Levy, target Yashiro, but he helps Sara escape after she freezes in fear. Levy uses her E3 tracking ability to find Yashiro. Jogamine reads Levy’s mind and learns she tracks scents. Yashiro knocks Levy out by breaking her nose so she can’t smell. Ido agrees fighting further would be unwise, so he lets them leave. Jogamine admits her father used to tell her stories about Yashiro. Yashiro realises Jogamine’s father is "Nine-fingers" Kiyoto, his own master. Jogamine insists Kiyoto would brag about Yashiro and all the battles he won. Yashiro is confused as he can only remember Kiyoto as a nervous man who taught him Braves are scum. Upset by painful memories, he sends Jogamine home so he can go to Ed's and get drunk. He finds Sara there who explains her danger-sensing ability lets her sense strength as well, which is why looking at Levy made her freeze. Yashiro tells her there is nothing wrong with being afraid as long as you work hard to get over it. Joe suddenly appears with news Ishino was found dead holding a dragon-shaped badge. Yashiro remembers Levy had been wearing an identical badge.
8"A Brave's Sins"
Transliteration: "Yūsha no Tsumi" (Japanese: 勇者の罪)
TBATBATBAMarch 1, 2026 (2026-03-01)
Joe tortures the Brave Matsugi, who confesses the dragon badges are worn by the E4 dealing gang Half Dragon, who paid him to betray Ishino for killing their Demon Lord customers. From evidence on Ishino's body Yashiro suspects Twin Pincers and his men took part in the murder. Yashiro accepts a 20Million bounty from a politician to retrieve his son Yoshi, who works for Twin Pincers. Yashiro and Malta confront Twin Pincers, who insists he did not murder Ishino. He also claims Storms is not the one selling E4, but he is an enemy of Half Dragon who sell E4 strategically to promote conflict between demon lords. Twin Pincers offers to work together against Half Dragon, but Yashiro refuses and insists on taking Yoshi. Yashiro kills Yoshi's sister, who ran away with him but was not wanted back by their father. Malta captures Yoshi, but Twin Pincers mercy kills Yoshi, having promised Yoshi he would do so if there was a risk of being returned to his abusive father. Twin Pincers escapes and the politician is enraged by Yoshi's death, but only because it reflects badly on his own reputation.
9"A Brave's Legacy"
Transliteration: "Yūsha no Isan" (Japanese: 勇者の遺産)
TBATBATBAMarch 8, 2026 (2026-03-08)
Yashiro receives a party invitation. Indo and Sara pass their sword exam, but Jogamine fought her opponent Helen to a draw and has to retake the exam. As he already promised extra training he decides to take them to the party. He asks Sara to pick dresses for herself, Jogamine and Indo. Yashiro hopes whoever sent the party invitation knows more about Half Dragon. Yashiro reveals to Joe Ishino had his recorder on while being killed and left a message for Yashiro to keep protecting the girls, suggesting they are connected to Half Dragon. The girls protest at wearing dresses but Yashiro points out they are too used to one-on-one battles, so by wearing restrictive clothing in a hostile environment it will force them to improvise and be more flexible. He also reveals the party was arranged by Coffin Count of Storms who controls West Tokyo. At the party Yashiro warns the girls to avoid the more dangerous Lords in attendance; Judging Count of Silver String who partially controls North Tokyo, the Warped Garden Count and twin sisters Counts of Mournful Pulsation and Count of Mournful Spray. The girls are surprised when Yashiro suddenly picks a fight with security, drawing attention from all the guests including the Counts.
10"A Brave's Instruction"
Transliteration: "Yūsha no Shidō" (Japanese: 勇者の指導)
TBATBATBAMarch 15, 2026 (2026-03-15)
Indo and Sara kill or incapacitate their opponents but Jogamine repeatedly misses opportunities to kill, forcing Sara to save her life. Fed up with her unwillingness to hurt opponents, Yashiro yells at her. Jogamine is deeply upset by what she sees from reading his mind. Coffin appears and is disappointed Yashiro isn't there to join her organisation, despite repeated invitations and even large cash bribes. Yashiro demands information on Half Dragon, whom Coffin is also enemies with. Desiring to see Yashiro's mastery of the sword, she offers to tell him everything if he defeats her four Stormguards. Mutated humans attack the party, so Coffin leaves disappointed. Indo recognises the mutants as Nephilim, whom she has encountered before, and attacks them in a rage. Yashiro saves her life but his left leg is seriously injured and will take several minutes to heal. He deduces the Academy taught the girls to fight as a trio, likely to keep Sara as safe as possible. Unfortunately, this is a bad way to fight and almost certainly ends in the death of all three in a real battle. On the fly he rearranges them so Jogamine attacks the knees, Sara the spines and Indo protects them from attacks.
11"A Brave's Teamwork"
Transliteration: "Yūsha no renkei" (Japanese: 勇者の連係)
TBATBATBAMarch 22, 2026 (2026-03-22)
In the middle of battle Jogamine is injured protecting Yashiro. Yashiro realises why Jogamine irritates him so much; she is trying to be the ideal brave, one who saves people and doesn’t kill, a Brave people can respect, the kind he always wished to be. Silver Strings grows bored and leaves. Yashiro considers using more E3, risking going berserk if he overdoses. Before he can Levy appears and controls the Nephilim with a whistle, disappointed they weren’t as useful as she hoped. She leaves with most of them, leaving Ido behind. Yashiro guesses it was Ishino that cut off Ido’s arm, requiring him to replace it with a mutated one. Ido admits this is true and that it was he that murdered Ishino. Jogamine attacks him first but is pushes back. With his leg still healing Yashiro telepathically tells Jogamine how to counter Ido’s moves, focusing on his mutated left hand he hasn’t mastered using yet. Frustrated he can’t even beat Jogamine, Ido goes for a large swing but Yashiro takes advantage and stabs him in the leg before cutting open his stomach, killing him.
12"A Brave's Secret"
TBATBATBAMarch 29, 2026 (2026-03-29)

Reception

The novel won the Grand Prize in the Modern Action category at the 1st Kakuyomu Web Novel Contest in 2016.[37]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Production staff information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
  2. ^ a b This episode aired at 1:05 a.m. JST, 10 minutes after the regular air time on Nippon TV.[35][36]

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