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Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None is a Japanese light novel series written by Itsuki Togami and illustrated by Yuri Kisaragi. It originally began as a web novel series on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in February 2021. Kodansha later began publishing it in print under its Kodansha Ranobe Books imprint in September 2021; nine volumes have been released as of October 2025. A manga adaptation illustrated by Yonezou began serialization on Kodansha’s Nico Nico Seiga-based Suiyōbi no Sirius website in October 2021, and has been compiled into seventeen volumes as of December 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by animation studio42 premiered in January 2026.

Premise

Orun Dula, a former swordsman who became an enchanter, is hired by a party due to his ability to learn multiple skills. However, as he is average in all of them, the party sees him as useless and decides to expel him, branding him a “jack-of-all-trades, master of none”. Without a party, Orun returns to being a swordsman, traveling solo. However, he discovers that he can use this ability as an advantage, learning that while he could never be a master of any skill, his ability to learn multiple skills quickly could prove to be an advantage as an adventurer.

Characters

Orun Dula (オルン・ドゥーラ, Orun Doūra): Voiced by: Takeo Ōtsuka (Japanese); Tom Aglio (English); An adventurer with swordsman and enchanter skills. After his party saw Selma enchant during a dungeon mission, he was kicked out of the Hero’s Party for being too weak and a jack-of-all-trades. In reality, he’s quite skilled at enchanting as he can enchant several spells extremely quickly, even faster than Selma, while also being fairly skilled at swordsmanship. Combined with his experience and intelligence, he’s extremely powerful. He tends to get flustered when cute girls get close or touch him.
Sophia Clodel (ソフィア・クローデル, Sofia Kurōderu): Voiced by: Hina Tachibana (Japanese); Monica Flatley (English); A rookie adventurer and sister to Selma. A member of the Night Sky Silver Rabbits. Orun saved her after she was abandoned by her party due to running into high level monsters. She seems to have a crush on him due to this.
Selma Clodel (セルマ・クローデル, Seruma Kurōderu): Voiced by: Saori Ōnishi (Japanese); Corinne Sudberg (English); The most powerful enchanter and sister to Sophia. A member of the Night Sky Silver Rabbits. She thinks very highly of Orun and his skills, genuinely surprised on why the Hero’s Party kicked him out or why he prefers the sword over enchanting. She’s very protective of Sophia.
Logan Hayward (ローガン・ヘイワード, Rōgan Heiwādo): Voiced by: Yō Taichi; A rookie adventurer and leader of Sophia’s party. He is an arrogant enchanter, but he lacks experience as a leader.
Caroline Inglaud (キャロライン・イングロット, Kyarorain Ingurotto): Voiced by: Manaka Iwami; A rookie adventurer and Sophia’s party member. She is a dodge-type defender with a cheerful and reckless personality.
Oliver Cardiff (オリヴァー・カーディフ, Orivuā Kādifu): Voiced by: Yoshiki Nakajima (Japanese); Ben Stegmair (English); Leader of the Hero Party and childhood friend of Orun. After seeing Selma enchant during a joint-mission, he thought Orun was extremely weak, and couldn’t keep up with the party.
Luna Flockhart (ルーナ・フロックハート, Rūna Furokkuhāto): Voiced by: Masumi Tazawa; A member of the Hero Party. She treated Orun with kindness, unlike the rest of the party.
Anneli Wiles (アネリ・ワイルズ, Aneri Wairuzu): Voiced by: Sayumi Watabe (Japanese); Elise Baughman (English); A member of the Hero Party. She is the first to call him a “jack of all trades.”
Derrick Mosely (デリック・モーズレイ, Derikku Mozurei): Voiced by: Kō Bonkobara (Japanese); Tom Henry (English); A member of the Hero Party. He’s cocky and looked down on Orun for being “weak”.
Filly Carpenter (フィリー・カーペンター, Firī Kāpentā): Voiced by: Rumi Okubo
Rain Hagwell (レイン・ハグウェル, Rein Hagūeru): Voiced by: Seria Fukagawa
Lucrecia Otis (ルクレーシャ・オーティス, Rukurēsha Ōtisu): Voiced by: Tsumugi Okura
Wilkes Severley (ウィルクス・セヴァリー, Uirukusu Sevuarī): Voiced by: Kento Hama
Shion Nasturtium (シオン・ナスタチウム, Shion Nasutachiumu): Voiced by: Akane Fujita

Media

Light novel

Written by Itsuki Togami, Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None began serialization on the user-generated web novel publishing site Shōsetsuka ni Narō on February 5, 2021. The series was later acquired by Kodansha who began releasing the series with illustrations by Yuri Kisaragi under its Kodansha Ranobe Books light novel imprint on September 2, 2021. Nine volumes have been released as of October 2025.

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	September 2, 2021	978-4-06-524906-2
2	March 2, 2022	978-4-06-526060-9
3	September 2, 2022	978-4-06-529354-6
4	February 2, 2023	978-4-06-531131-8
5	August 2, 2023	978-4-06-532814-9
6	December 28, 2023	978-4-06-534477-4
7	May 31, 2024	978-4-06-535657-9
8	December 2, 2024^[	978-4-06-537617-1
9	October 31, 2025	978-4-06-540863-6

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Yonezou began serialization on Kodansha’s Nico Nico Seiga-based Suiyōbi no Sirius manga website on October 4, 2021. The first tankōbon volume was released on March 9, 2022. The manga’s chapters have been compiled into seventeen tankōbon volumes as of December 2025.

The manga’s chapters are published in English on Kodansha’s K Manga app.

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	March 9, 202	978-4-06-526980-0
2	May 9, 2022	978-4-06-527631-0
3	July 7, 2022	978-4-06-528257-1
4	September 8, 2022	978-4-06-529278-5
5	December 8, 2022	978-4-06-529899-2
6	March 9, 2023	978-4-06-530839-4
7	June 8, 2023	978-4-06-531797-6
8	September 8, 2023	978-4-06-532797-5
9	December 7, 2023	978-4-06-533805-6
10	March 8, 2024	978-4-06-534765-2
11	June 7, 2024	978-4-06-535682-1
12	September 9, 2024	978-4-06-536657-8
13	December 9, 2024	978-4-06-537700-0
14	March 7, 2025	978-4-06-538697-2
15	June 9, 2025	978-4-06-539684-1
16	September 9, 2025	978-4-06-540628-1
17	December 9, 2025	978-4-06-541684-6

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 3, 2025. It is produced by animation studio42 and directed by Hiroyuki Kanbe, with Masashi Suzuki handling series composition and Naoto Nakamura designing the characters. The series premiered on January 4, 2026, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is “Sylve”, performed by Tokoyami Towa [ja], while the ending theme song is “Sukuu”, performed by Nowlu. Crunchyroll is streaming the series.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original release date
1	“The Jack-of-All-Trades Becomes a Swordsman Once More” Transliteration: “Nandemoya ga Futatabi Kenshi ni Naru” (Japanese: 何でも屋が再び剣士になる)	TBA	TBA	TBA	January 4, 2026
Orun Dula, a swordsman and enchanter, is kicked from the Hero Party by Hero Oliver, his childhood friend, and members Anneli and Derrick, who replace him with a stronger enchanter. Anneli refers to him as Jack-of-all-trades, referencing his use of multiple weak magic skills without mastering any. Orun develops his own style combining swordsmanship with support magic. Adventuring in a dungeon he overhears another party abandoned their new party member after being attacked by orcs. Angry at their cowardice Orun rushes to save her. The girl, Sophia Claudel, is revealed to be a member of the Night Sky Silver Rabbits, the biggest clan in Nohitant Kingdom. She also happens to be the sister of Selma Claudel, the continent’s most powerful enchanter. It was because of meeting her that Oliver replaced him, believing he needed an enchanter as strong as Selma. Selma remembers Orun from a previous dungeon raid and hires him to teach new recruits on an expedition to floor 50 of the Great South Dungeon. Orun realises they are trying to shortcut recruits past the difficult boss battles by pairing them with veterans. He doubts he will be of use but agrees to go as a swordsman and not an enchanter. Orun visits his shopkeeper friend, Old Man, who urges him to do his best as long as people need him.
2	“No Going Back for the Jack-of-All-Trades” Transliteration: “Modorenai Kiyōbinbō” (Japanese: 戻れない器用貧乏)	TBA	TBA	TBA	January 11, 2026
Vince Bryers, leader of the Silver Rabbits, is surprised the Hero party let Orun go when he was clearly the secret behind their success, with Selma explaining the speed Orun casts spells is incredible and his tactical awareness is almost superhuman. Orun is suspicious of Vince’s goal of getting the recruits to floor 51 in only three days. Selma introduces Orun to the other veterans; defenders Anthem and Bernard and Cathy the healer. Orun is put in charge of the most problematic recruits which includes Sophia, an arrogant young enchanter named Logan Hayward and cheerful defender Caroline Inglot, who prefers to dodge attacks with quick movements. They enter the dungeon and Orun learns Logan is a skilled enchanter but has low stamina and no experience as a leader. Caroline is fast but she also attacks recklessly and lacks power. Sophia is strong but also shy as part of a team. They reach floor 21 and return to the surface for the day where Orun learns Oliver finally recruited an enchanter to replace him in the Hero party. Orun unexpectedly encounters Luna, another member of the Hero party who was always kind to him. Luna asks him to return to the Hero party but he angrily refuses as Oliver’s betrayal still hurts too much to want to see him again.
3	“The Jack-of-all-Trades Speaks of His Ideals”	TBA	TBA	TBA	January 18, 2026
A newspaper claims Orun was kicked from the Hero party for weakness. Selma is furious at Oliver’s lies and reminds the recruits Orun reached floor 94 and kept them safe the previous day. Sophia and Caroline have no problem believing in him, but Logan starts to have doubts, even though Orun leads them successfully to floor 35 where they defeat a Death Tarantula. On the surface Orun gets dinner with Anthem and Bernard while Logan questions Sophia and Caroline about Orun. From their answers he slowly realises Orun did everything perfectly. Realising he underestimated Orun Logan decides to learn what he can from him. Anthem and Bernard are curious about Orun’s switch from Enchanter to Swordsman, so Orun explains his grandfather was a Swordsman and inspired him. He only became an Enchanter to help Oliver reach floor 94. What he doesn’t tell Bernard and Anthem is that it was a foolish way to reach floor 94 as they did it too fast so Oliver didn’t learn anything from the experience. As a result, without Orun there is no chance the Hero party will ever surpass 94. Sophia considers asking Orun to join the Silver Rabbits so she can see him every day. The next day the Hero party enter the labyrinth too.

Reception

By December 2024, the series had over 3.7 million copies in circulation.

Notes

Japanese: 勇者パーティを追い出された器用貧乏～パーティ事情で付与術士をやっていた剣士、万能へと至る～, Hepburn: Yūsha Pātī o Oidasareta Kiyōbinbō: Pātī Jijō de Fuyojutsushi o Yatteita Kenshi, Bannō e to Itaru
Production staff information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
Episodes are released on ABEMA, dAnime Store and Crunchyroll 3 days before their televised airings.

勇者パーティを追い出された器用貧乏～パーティ事情で付与術士をやっていた剣士、万能へと至る～ *(Yūsha Pātī o Oidasareta Kiyōbinbō: Pātī Jijō de Fuyojutsushi o Yatteita Kenshi, Bannō e to Itaru)*
Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None
First light novel volume cover
Genre	Fantasy
Novel series
Written by	Itsuki Togami
Published by	Shōsetsuka ni Narō
Original run	February 5, 2021 – present
Light novel
Written by	Itsuki Togami
Illustrated by	Yuri Kisaragi
Published by	Kodansha
Imprint	Kodansha Ranobe Books
Original run	September 2, 2021 – present
Volumes	9
Manga
Written by	Itsuki Togami
Illustrated by	Yonezou
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	Kodansha
Imprint	Sirius KC
Magazine	*Suiyōbi no Sirius*
Original run	October 4, 2021 – present
Volumes	17
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroyuki Kanbe
Written by	Masashi Suzuki
Studio	animation studio42
Licensed by	Crunchyroll SEA: Tropics Entertainment
Original network	Tokyo MX, BS NTV, ytv, AT-X
Original run	January 4, 2026 – present
Episodes	3
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