J-Novel Club revealed seven new light novel licenses at Anime Expo 2026, along with a slate of print editions rolling out through early 2027.
The new series include Father, Have You Sinned? An Assassin in Priest’s Robes by Kennoji, about a former assassin raising orphans as a rural priest, and Sorry Darling, but You Won’t Kill Me Again! by Tsuta Sonehara, where a queen killed by her husband wakes five years in the past.
Also joining are Genius in the Library: This Bookish Rookie Will Save the Day!, God Sleeps in Seafoam, I’ll Become an Elegant Villainess! Time to Enjoy My Second Life to the Fullest, A Young Maiden’s Growing Pains: I Reincarnated and All I Got Was This 100X Stat Buff! and A Wicked Lady’s Guide to Accidentally Saving the Kingdom.
On the print side, It’s Tough Being a Necromancer is due in November. From Villainess to Healer, The Despicable Duke Settles His Affairs and Haibara’s Teenage New Game+ follow in December, and D-Genesis: Three Years After the Dungeons Appeared in February 2027.
Source: The Final Weapon
