The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows Showcases Zenos, Umin & Carmilla in New Story Visual & Voice Drama Episode

Posted by By japannihon June 2, 2025No Comments

©Sakaku Hishikawa – SB Creative Corp. /Yamihealer Partners

A new story visual and voice drama episode have come out for the ongoing The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows, showcasing Zenos, Umin, and Carmilla. The anime premiered in Japan on April 3, 2025, and will consist of 12 episodes. The visual and voice drama episode is called “Late-Night Tales of Heroism” and includes the characters Zenos and Umin, along with the playful wraith Carmilla hanging from above.

• • Shogo Sakata as Zenos
• • Miharu Hanai as Lily
• • Yoko Hikasa as Carmilla
• • Anna Nagase as Zophia
• • Mashiro Hitaka as Lynga
• • Sayaka Kikuchi as Loewe
• • Hikaru Tono as Umin

The series started as a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro on November 30, 2020, created by Sakaku Hishikawa. It was later published as a light novel by SB Creative on October 14, 2021, featuring new illustrations by Daburyu. Eight volumes have been issued as of March 2025. J-Novel Club has licensed the light novels and manga adaptation for digital release in English, with a print version scheduled for this August.
A manga adaptation by Junoichi debuted in GA Comic on January 22, 2022. Four tankobon volumes have been published as of November 2024, with a fifth volume anticipated for release on June 15, 2025. A print version from J-Novel Club is also planned for release next July.

©Sakaku Hishikawa – SB Creative Corp. /Yamihealer Partners

Crunchyroll is streaming The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows globally, excluding Japan, and outlines the central synopsis as:
Banished as “useless,” Zenos, a self-taught healer from the slums, transforms despair into defiance and establishes a secret clinic in the city’s shadows. With unlicensed, unparalleled magic, he heals, comforts, and rights wrongs, gradually becoming a legend. But as his power increases, even the royal palace begins to take notice. Can he overcome the odds and mend a world that has cast him aside?

Source: The Brilliant Healer’s New Life Official Twitter, Crunchyroll News