Seven Seas Launches Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero's Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes Audiobook for Siren Imprint

(January 21, 2026) — Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce, through its Siren imprint for audiobooks, the launch of the audiobook for Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero's Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes by Yuki Suzuki and Sanshouuo, with narration by Eric O'Keeffe. In this isekai fantasy, a modern man is reincarnated into a game world as a doomed background character…who can help save the world as the hero's shadow. And don't miss the manga adaptation, also from Seven Seas!

Someday, the hero Mazel will battle the Demon Lord with the fate of the realm at stake. But until that day...he better be carrying plenty of potions! While the hero is off saving the kingdom, it's up to Lord Werner—a Japanese office worker reincarnated into the world of a classic RPG—to keep the rest of the world from becoming collateral damage. There's no hero, luminary, or warrior of light who doesn't need a friend like Werner! But can he truly defy the flames of fate and change the bittersweet ending of the game?

Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero's Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes (Audiobook) Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language on February 5, 2026. Pre-orders available now at sevenseasaudiobooks.com.

About Seven Seas Entertainment
Established in 2004, Seven Seas Entertainment is an award-winning publisher that specializes in bringing the best of Japanese manga and light novels to English-language audiences alongside the hottest danmei, webtoons, and other books from around the globe, as well as producing audiobooks, original comics, and youth literature. All of Seven Seas' print book imprints are distributed throughout the world by Penguin Random House Publisher Services. For more information, visit sevenseasentertainment.com