#Kodansha USA Licenses Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For! Manga for March 2024 Digital Release

Kodansha USA has announced that it has licensed the fantasy romantic comedy manga Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For! for digital release on March 13, 2024. 

The manga series is written by original light novel author Shikiso Utsuzawa and illustrated by Mokuba Matsu, with Pukyunosuke credited as the original character designer. It was first released in Kodansha’s Palcy app on April 19, 2021. Seven tankoubon volumes have been released as of January 2024. K MANGA is also publishing the manga in English digitally. 

The series began as a web novel on Shousetsuka ni Narou on June 16, 2020. Kodansha then published the series as revised light novels with illustrations by Pukyunosuke in January 2021 under the K Ranobe Books label. Five volumes were released in Japan as of April 2023.

Kodansha USA describes the synopsis of Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For! as: 

Ever since she was a child, Eliane has been the saint and protector of the Kingdom of Belkheim, warding off monsters and ensuring bountiful harvests with her prayers. But when a pretender saint beguiles the foolish prince—to whom she is engaged—into believing she is nothing but a fraud, he calls off the marriage and banishes her from the kingdom. Homeless and penniless but free to chart her own course for the first time in her life, Eliane decides to make for the neighboring kingdom, where she hopes to blend in as a commoner and lead a quiet life…but a chance encounter on the road will totally upend her modest plans.

Source: press release