| The Insipid Prince's Furtive Grab for The Throne | |
| Ja Kanji: | 最強出涸らし皇子の暗躍帝位争い 無能を演じるSSランク皇子は皇位継承戦を影から支配する |
| Ja Romaji: | Saikyō Degarashi Ōji no Anyaku Teii Arasoi: Munō wo Enjiru SS Rank Ōji wa Kōi Keishōsen wo Kage kara Shihai suru |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Type: | novel series |
| Author: | Tanba |
| Publisher: | Shōsetsuka ni Narō |
| First: | February 3, 2019 |
| Last: | February 4, 2024 |
| Type: | light novel |
| Author: | Tanba |
| Illustrator: | Yuunagi |
| Publisher: | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Imprint: | Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko |
| Demographic: | Male |
| First: | September 1, 2019 |
| Volumes: | 13 |
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| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Tanba |
| Illustrator: | Yukino Amagai |
| Publisher: | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Magazine: | Young Ace Up |
| First: | December 25, 2019 |
| Volumes: | 7 |
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| Type: | anime |
is a Japanese light novel series written by Tanba and illustrated by Yuunagi. It was serialized online from February 2019 to February 2024 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Kadokawa Shoten, who have published thirteen volumes since September 2019 under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Yukino Amagai has been serialized online via Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace Up website since December 2019 and has been collected in seven tankōbon volumes. Both the light novel and manga have been licensed in North America by Kadokawa. An anime adaptation has been announced.
Written by Tanba, The Insipid Prince's Furtive Grab for The Throne began serialization as a web novel published on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on February 3, 2019, and ended on February 4, 2024.[1] It was later acquired by Kadokawa Shoten who began to publish it as a light novel with illustrations by Yuunagi under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint since September 1, 2019. Thirteen volumes have been released as of March 2024. The light novel is published digitally in English on Kadokawa's BookWalker website.[2]
A manga adaptation illustrated by Yukino Amagai began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace Up manga website on December 25, 2019.[3] Seven tankōbon volumes have been released as of March 2024. The manga adaptation is also published digitally in English on Kadokawa's BookWalker website.[2]
An anime adaptation was announced during Kadokawa's "Sneaker Bunko 35th Anniversary Festa!" livestream on September 24, 2023.[4]
By September 2023, the series has over 1 million copies in circulation.[5]