Overview
Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 , or simply Sentenced to Be a Hero, is a Japanese light novel series written by Rocket Shōkai and illustrated by Mephisto. The story follows Xylo Forbartz, a former knight who becomes the leader of a penal unit after being wrongly accused and sentenced, later joining forces with the goddess Teoritta to battle the hordes of demonic beings that threaten humanity. It began serialization as a web novel published on Kakuyomu in October 2020. It began publication as a light novel under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki no Shin Bungei light novel imprint in September 2021. A manga adaptation began serialization in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Comic Regulus web magazine in March 2022.