Kodansha's K MANGA platform
has announced that The Fledgling Demon Lord's Starter Shop (Sudachi
no Maōjō), created by Makoto Morishita, is now available in
English.
Peace is
a game-changer
The plot
takes place after the defeat of the Demon Lord, an event that brings peace to
the world... and trouble to the young Villager of the village
of Beginnerville. With no enemies to defeat, no one needs potions or magic
items anymore, leaving his shop, The Nest, empty and on the verge
of closing. Just when all seems lost, a mysterious girl appears and changes
everything.
Publication
and career of the author
Makoto
Morishita started
publishing The Fledgling Demon Lord's Starter Shop in Monthly
Shonen Magazine in October 2021. The eleventh compilation volume was
released on August 12, 2025 in Japan.
The author
is also known for I.M.: The Great Priest Imhotep, serialized
in Square Enix's Shonen Gangan magazine from
January 2015 to September 2018, with a total of 11 volumes. This work was
licensed in English by Yen Press, which published its final volume
in February 2019.