The Executioner and Her Way of Life is a Japanese light novel series written by Mato Sato and illustrated by Nilitsu, which later received a manga adaptation. The series follows Akari, a girl summoned from Japan to another realm who gains the power to control time, and Menou, a young priestess tasked with killing Akari to protect the stability of her own world.
SB Creative released eleven light novel volumes from July 2019 to March 2025 under its GA Bunko imprint. The series ended with the simultaneous release of the tenth and eleventh volumes in March 2025. A manga adaptation with art by Ryo Mitsuya was serialized in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine from June 5, 2020, to April 19, 2024. Its chapters were collected in seven volumes. On September 24, 2025, Square Enix began releasing English chapters of the manga on its Manga Up! service. Both the light novels and manga are licensed in North America by Yen Press.
Light novels
Manga
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