Yashiro’s Shiro Buta Kizoku Light Novel Gets TV Anime Adaptation
The Thrilling Tale of an Aristocrat’s Eldest Son, Who Defies Fate to Raise His Half-Brother and Prevent a Tragic Future!
TO Books has announced that Yashiro’s hit light novel series, Shiro Buta Kizoku desu ga Zense no Kioku ga Haeta node Hiyoko na Otōto Sodatemasu (I’m a White Pig Aristocrat, But I Regained My Memoried from My Previous Life, So I’m Raising a Younger Brother), is getting the anime treatment!
The story follows Ageha, a 5-year-old overweight child and the eldest son of a powerful count, who is stuck in a corrupt and powerful country. With his memories of his previous life intact, Ageha meets his half-brother Regulus and discovers that he will grow up to kill him for the right to inherit the title. But Ageha refuses to accept his fate and decides to raise his younger brother instead!
Yashiro launched the light novel series on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in August 2018, and TO Books published the first volume with illustrations by keepout in January 2020. The 12th volume is set to release on Saturday!
Yokowake adapted the light novels into a manga, which was launched on TO Books‘ Comic Corona website in September 2020. The first compiled book volume was released in March 2021, and the fifth volume on February 15.
Source: TO Books‘ X/Twitter account
