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The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious, Vol. 1 (manga)
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Can a neurotically overprepared hero and an underachieving goddess save a parallel world together?!
When the inexperienced goddess Ristarte is tasked with the daunting mission of saving the S-ranked world Gaeabrande, she thinks that summoning Seiya Ryuuguuin, a Japanese teenager who has utterly broken stats as a Hero, will finally turn her luck around. Seiya's abilities (and good looks) are all she has ever dreamed of, but she soon wishes she had read the fine print about his overly cautious personality...
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781975332860
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 February 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: Yen Press
Audience: General / adult, Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 188.0mm
Weight: 160g
Pages: 166
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