Seven Seas Licenses A Serious Error in Chihaya-chan's Reputation Light Novel Series (Airship Imprint)

(May 6, 2026) — Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the digital license acquisition of the light novel series A Serious Error in Chihaya-chan's Reputation by Hisumi and DOYOU. Chihaya-chan doesn't dream of labor; she only dreams of retiring. An action-packed light novel about a gloomy girl with poor communication skills and the remote job that changes her life and how people see her!

Chihaya is a gloomy, lonely girl who dreams of early retirement. Well, she's gotta get a job to retire from first, which is not gonna be easy with her severe communication disorder. So when the chance for a fully remote job comes her way, Chihaya jumps on it and becomes an operator for a humanoid machine—an Actanoid—and joins the race to explore and develop the New World! Unable to ask others for help, Chihaya has to rely on her own resourcefulness to get through the workday…but turns out she's actually supergood at it?! With her genius piloting skills and explosive endings to foil countless schemes, she unwittingly earns herself the title of warmonger! Now everyone's got the wrong idea about Chihaya, who was just trying to do her job! Just what kind of mess has she gotten herself into?

A Serious Error in Chihaya-chan's Reputation (Light Novel) Vol. 1 will be available for the first time in the English language in January 2027 on digital platforms as part of Seven Seas' Airship imprint.

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