Qatora was once a valiant knight of the Razanate Empire who gave her life to protect a young imperial noble. The tragedy cast her into the primordial Light of Origin, which not only revealed to her a dangerous secret... but also reincarnated her! She now lives as Lyse Winslette, the humble daughter of a poor baron in a neighboring country, who is doing everything in her power to keep her distance from the empire because of the forbidden knowledge she possesses.

Lyse thus works her days away at the royal palace of Olwen as a lady-in-waiting. And she’s rightfully mortified when she’s chosen to attend the visiting Razanate emperor. Little does she know that she’s about to learn another state secret that’s going to land her... an engagement to an imperial knight?! She’ll have to use all her skills—from this life and her last—to get out of this mess. Yet what is this strange feeling when she touches her fiancé’s hand? Just who is Sidis, and what secrets is HE keeping?

After being reincarnated with forbidden knowledge about the Razanate Empire, Lyse swore to keep her distance from all things imperial. Little does she know, however, a surprise engagement with a Razanate knight is about to change her life yet again.

The Emperor's Lady-in-Waiting Is Wanted as a Bride

Astrid von Oldenburg is no ordinary four-year-old. She’s a child prodigy with a passion for military technology who now finds herself reincarnated in the world of an otome game she played during her past life. But not as the heroine! As the game’s villainess, she's born with wealth, power, and a fearsome talent for magic. The only problem is that every route leads to her inevitable destruction. Or does it? What if averting her destruction was a simple matter of amassing enough firepower to annihilate anyone who dared even attempt to bring her down?! In a bid to resist fate, the young villainess embarks on the reproduction of all of her favorite weaponry. Whatever it takes, Astrid’s determined to blow away her bad ends with superior firepower!

Astrid von Oldenburg has been reborn as an otome game villainess, and all routes lead to her destruction. But what if she can create modern weapons using magic and her passion for military technology? She’ll crush her fate with superior firepower!

Villainess: Reloaded! Blowing Away Bad Ends with Modern Weapons

Amid crises in politics, climate change, terrorism, and more, humanity’s limited remaining hope lies in science and an increasingly decrepit space program. When a key moon base goes dark, it’s up to chief astronaut Perry Rhodan and his crew to mount a rescue operation - or so the story goes in the press. The truth about Rhodan’s mission, however, is a deeper, greater secret than the public can imagine, and the aftermath of what Rhodan finds will change Earth - if not the entire  universe - forever... if there's still an Earth for him to come home to.

When a key moon base goes dark, it’s up to astronaut Perry Rhodan and his crew to mount a rescue - or so they say in the press. The truth of Rhodan’s mission, though, is top secret, and what he discovers will change the universe forever.

Perry Rhodan NEO

If I’m going to find a girlfriend, she has to be an otaku. She’ll be beautiful, innocent, with long black hair, and she’ll like all the stuff that I like!

Kokoro Nishina, the girl I’m living with, is the exact opposite of that. So why did I promise that I’d turn that flashy, extroverted gyaru into the ideal otaku girlfriend?!

Sadly, I know just how it feels to need a little self-improvement to find the perfect date... and there’s no way a girl like that will tell her friends that she’s actually a closet fujoshi. But I’ll teach her—then maybe she can teach me too! With my expertise, she’ll definitely become an otaku’s dream girl!

If I find a girlfriend, she has to be an otaku. Not some flashy, extroverted gyaru! How am I supposed to turn Kokoro Nishina into the ideal otaku girlfriend?! She’s not my type at all, but maybe she can help me—if I can survive her living with me!

Guide to the Perfect Otaku Girlfriend: Roomies and Romance

Then: Kunugi Kou waged bloody warfare as a hero in another world. Now: He’s a perfectly average high-schooler with a perfectly exceptional best friend: Ayase Kaito. The living incarnation of every cheesy romcom protagonist ever written, Kaito’s charming personality and looks that could kill have earned himself the harem of quirky beauties that every protagonist deserves—and Kou is dead-set on supporting him from the shadows as the ultimate wingman extra! And it’s all going great—that is, until a wrench is thrown into the works in the form of another romcom staple: the protagonist’s little sister, Ayase Hikari, who meets Kou under the most outlandish of circumstances possible. Even worse, it kinda sorta just maybe seems like she might have a thing for him? Now it’s up to the world’s most “extra” extra to crawl his way back into the obscurity he longs for!

Kunugi Kou was once a hero in another world, but now he’s just an extra in his best friend’s romantic comedy—that is, until a chance encounter with the protagonist’s sister propels Kou into a limelight he never wanted!

The Sidekick Never Gets the Girl, Let Alone the Protag’s Sister!

When Jessica gets a job writing for the London City Observer, she expects a demanding editor to be the biggest threat to her career. Instead, she finds herself caught up with ghosts, curses, and premonitions lurking behind every corner. Can Jessica, along with her trusty cameraman Jim, find the truth behind the story - and do it before her deadline?

When Jessica gets a job at the London City Observer, she expects a demanding editor to be her biggest threat. Instead, she finds herself caught up with ghosts and premonitions lurking behind every corner. Can she find the truth before her deadline?

Jessica Bannister

From his deathbed, Hero-King Inglis, the divine knight and master of all he surveys, gazes down on the empire he built with his mighty hand. Having devoted his life to statecraft and his subjects’ well-being, his one unfulfilled wish is to live again, for himself this time: a warrior’s life he’d devoted himself to before his rise to power.

His patron goddess, Alistia, hears his plea and smiles upon him, flinging his soul into the far future. Goddesses work in mysterious ways—not only is Inglis now the daughter of a minor noble family, but at her first coming-of-age ceremony at 6, she’s found ineligible to begin her knighthood!

However, for a lady of Inglis’s ambition, this is less a setback and more the challenge she was (re)born to overcome. “It’s not the blood that runs through your veins that makes a knight; it’s the blood you shed on the battlefield!” The curtain rises on the legend of an extraordinary lady squire reborn to master the blade!

Hero-King Inglis's last wish is to live again as a warrior. Though when he awakens, he realizes he's been reborn as a girl to a noble family! Even when rejected from the knighthood, she sets out to be the most extraordinary squire there ever was.

Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire ♀

1977 is a strange year. Things beyond human understanding have begun to surface, threatening the peace and leaving behind an endless trail of blood. When such incidents arise, it is down to Scotland Yard’s Special Division and their Demon Hunter in residence, John Sinclair, to set things right. But Sinclair is haunted by demons of his own, ones which rival the dark forces attacking innocents around him. Can he conquer one to vanquish the other?

Strange things are afoot. When things beyond human understanding surface, threatening the peace and leaving behind an endless trail of blood. When such incidents arise, Scotland Yard’s Demon Hunter in residence, John Sinclair, is on the case.

John Sinclair: Demon Hunter

In the popular anime Shuya Marionette, there is a character whom everyone looks upon with scorn: the so-called “Piggy Duke,” third son of Duke Denning and a student of Kirsch Mage Institute. This can only spell doom for the current Slowe Denning, who knows he’s been reincarnated into the world of that anime as said villain!

There is a ray of hope, however. If he uses his in-depth knowledge of the anime and his unparalleled power as a master of all the elements, surely Slowe can gain popularity with his peers and change his fate! Perhaps this time, he can make the one small wish that never came to fruition in the anime come true: to become a man worthy of Charlotte, his retainer, and to confess his love to her!

One day, Slowe wakes up and realizes he is the Piggy Duke, the antagonist of his favorite anime. Now he has to use memories from his past and his knowledge of the future to avoid the worst-case scenario...and confess his love this time around!

Reincarnated as the Piggy Duke: This Time I'm Gonna Tell Her How I Feel!

Taro’s an avid light novel collector living in Tokyo with his fellow fans. Ichi’s out to become the top Shinigami in all Japan. When Taro has a run-in with the murderous Truck-kun, their paths collide and Taro’s life (or is that death) is changed forever!

I got hit by a truck but wasn’t sent to another world. What the heck?! No really, what the heck?!

I Got Hit By a Truck But I Wasn’t Sent to Another World! What the Heck?!

Warning: These fanbooks are meant to be read after certain volumes of the main series! Check the individual volume descriptions for details.

The official Ascendance of a Bookworm fanbooks add a slew of additional content to the main series, including color and cover artwork, short stories, pages of regular and four-panel manga, design sheets, and Q&A sessions with author Miya Kazuki containing lesser-known details about the plot as well as information on how she planned out and developed the series.

The official Ascendance of a Bookworm fanbooks contain a slew of additional content, from full-color artwork, to bonus short stories, to Q&As with author Miya Kazuki!

Ascendance of a Bookworm: Fanbook

Rimi has spent most of her life making food for the protector god of the land. She is suddenly sent as a tribute to the great empire of Konkoku, becoming one of the emperor’s concubines. She comes close to losing the taste of her home country, but she is saved by the cuisinologist Shusei. As she dreams of a reunion with the kind scholar, she does her best to survive in the envy-filled rear palace with the help of her natural cheerfulness and her skill as a cook. Then out of nowhere, she is arrested and sentenced to be executed on the charge of disrespecting the emperor! How will Rimi get out of this mess? Find out in this China-inspired fantasy story about a princess and her love for food surrounded by gorgeous men.

Rimi, a young princess with a passion for cooking, becomes one of the emperor’s many concubines. The envy-filled empire is full of danger, and Rimi must rely on her love of cooking, her natural cheerfulness, and the help of a kind scholar to survive.

Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower

First-year high school student Momota Kaoru just saved a beautiful high school girl, Orihara Hime, from a train molester. One thing leads to another, and they end up going on a date! They have a lot in common: they both love video games, they both jam to their favorite songs on mixtapes, they were even both born in the Year of the Snake. Except... Orihara’s first game console used cartridges... and her old mixtapes are all on MiniDisc... and, oh, her birthday is actually 12 years before Momota’s! When her secret comes out, she thinks it must all be over... but will Momota really let something like a little age gap get in the way of his love for Orihara? Find out if love really can transcend generations in this sugar-sweet romantic comedy!

15-year-old Momota Kaoru falls in love at first sight when he meets a girl in a high school uniform on the train. They start dating, but it turns out she’s actually 27! Can Momota navigate the 12-year age gap and date the girl who captured his heart?

Are You Okay With a Slightly Older Girlfriend?

If a girl teases you, that means she likes you!

Unfortunately, Akiteru knows from experience that isn’t the case. Because every girl he interacts with shows him nothing but scorn, and he’s not scored a single date from it! Luckily, he’s more concerned with securing a spot for him and his game-development buddies at his uncle’s business.

But when his uncle throws him a condition that involves playing the part of his daughter’s boyfriend, Akiteru has no choice but to take it. What will his best friend’s sister Iroha, who bullies him relentlessly, think of the news?

Teasing equals love!

If you ask Akiteru, that's all nonsense. Doesn't it make more sense to be nice? Unfortunately for Akiteru, if he's right, it just means every girl he interacts with absolutely hates him. And if he's wrong...?

My Friend's Little Sister Has It In for Me!

Kai Nakamura has the average range of otaku hobbies for a high school boy, but the buddy he shares them with is far from ordinary... Kai’s best friend in the whole world is Jun Miyakawa, his classmate known as a super hottie. Though Kai and Jun just met when they enrolled in high school, they hit it off with passion for all the same hobbies! When they’re together, the pair never have enough hours in the day. Kai and Jun can’t get enough of each other’s company as they chat about video games and manga or sing anime songs at karaoke. Love is fleeting, but friendship is forever in this "just friends" rom-com filled with flirty fun!

High schooler Kai Nakamura gives his all to otaku hobbies, and his best friend in the whole world is his super-hot classmate, Jun Miyakawa. Love is fleeting, but friendship is forever in this "just friends" rom-com filled with flirty fun!

She's the Cutest... But We're Just Friends!

The reborn werewolf known as Veight now leads the Demon Lord's third regiment under the title of Vice-Commander. Having conquered the trading hub known as Ryunheit, he soon learns the struggles of governing a city of mixed human/demon population. Armed with an understanding of inter-species relations and a desire for peace, he spends his days quelling violent demons and pacifying disruptive humans in his pursuit to bring balance and tranquility

The reborn werewolf known as Veight serves as the Vice-Commander of Demon Lord's third regiment. Having conquered the trading hub known as Ryunheit, he soon learns the struggles of governing a city of mixed human/demon population.

Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight -Origins-

Kazuhiro Kitase's main hobby is sleeping. Ever since he was young, he would enter a world within his dreams and go on exciting adventures. As he grew older, he became acquainted with a female Elf and the two have now been united through a Dragon's brand! As he wakes up one day, he notices a familiar figure sleeping next to him...the Elf girl from his dreams?! Join Kazuhiro on his new adventures through Japan with the lovely Ms. Elf!

Kazuhiro Kitase goes on many adventures...in his dreams. When the Elf girl he always explores with suddenly appears in the real world, Kazuhiro is thrust upon new adventures throughout Japan with the lovely Ms. Elf!

Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!

In the East is a land ruled by an emperor, whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the hougong, the rear palace. Maomao, an unassuming girl raised in an unassuming town by her apothecary father, never imagined the rear palace would have anything to do with her—until she was kidnapped and sold into service there.

Though she looks ordinary, Maomao has a quick wit, a sharp mind, and an extensive knowledge of medicine. That’s her secret, until she encounters a resident of the palace at least as perceptive as she is: the head eunuch, Jinshi. He sees through Maomao’s façade and makes her a lady-in-waiting to none other than the Emperor’s favorite consort… so she can taste the lady’s food for poison!

At her lady’s side, Maomao starts to learn about everything that goes on in the rear palace—not all of it seemly. Can she ever lead a quiet life, or will her powers of deduction and insatiable curiosity bring her ever more adventures, and ever more dangers?

Maomao lives happily with her apothecary father—until she’s kidnapped and sold into service in the palace. Can she find a quiet life, or will her powers of deduction and insatiable curiosity bring her ever more adventures, and ever more dangers?

The Apothecary Diaries

Yamai Zenjirou is your everyday office worker in modern Japan. One morning, he suddenly finds himself summoned to a tropical world where dinosaurs roam the land. He is told that this is the kingdom of Capua and the person who summoned him - its monarch, Queen Aura - wants him to marry her and leave his old life behind for a life of carefree extravagance as her prince consort. The reasons for her offer are many and varied, but she needs an heir, and she wants him to be the one to provide it!

If he accepts, he’ll never have to work again, lazing around in luxury with no worries other than securing the kingdom its next monarch. Certainly, sleeping with the buxom beauty is far from a hardship, but is everything really as it seems? He’ll also need to give up everything he knows on Earth. Is he ready to drop it all at a moment’s notice for her sake? And how well will he be able to navigate the politics, people and culture of this new world if he does?

When an office worker finds himself in a tropical world where dinosaurs roam, the last thing he expects is a marriage proposal from a beautiful queen. Her offer? A life of carefree luxury in exchange for an heir. But is everything really as it seems?

The Ideal Sponger Life

The Raythefts are an old, minor noble house defined by magical talent and martial service. When six-year-old Arcus Raytheft, firstborn son to the family, proves disappointingly inept at magic, he is stripped of his inheritance and written off by his parents. His adoptive sister Lecia still adores him, but as the new heir, she is forbidden to interact with anyone who might drag her down.

But when one inheritance is lost, fate arranges another: Arcus remembers another life, in a world where science prevails and magic belongs to the realm of fiction. Suddenly endowed with the life experience of a grown man and pressed to find a purpose as his family turns against him, Arcus resolves to find a way to break the laws of magic and Raytheft tradition over his knee!

Disowned at the age of six for his limited magic, Arcus Raytheft comes into a peculiar inheritance: memories of another life and another world altogether. Driven by a dead man's memories, Arcus resolves to surpass those who cast him aside...

The Magician Who Rose From Failure

One moment, a certain salaryman is on cloud nine, that promotion finally within his grasp, and the next, he’s keeled over pain, and that was all she wrote. Luckily for him, fate had a bit more to say. A world of magic, monsters, and other such life-shortening entities await his newly reincarnated self for a second shot at life. With nothing but his past-life experiences and sharp business skills to guide him in the foreign lands of Galdardia, he takes up the name Luciel and vows that his (next) demise will be from naught but old age. And what better way to avoid a(nother) gruesome death, than by taking up a nice, cushy job as a healer? But getting by in another world doesn’t come easy, or cheap. It’ll take a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to hone the skills he needs to make his way. But make it he will...or die (again) trying!

When a businessman’s life is cut short, he finds himself thrust into a wild fantasy world, reborn as a 15-year-old boy. He resolves to live out a quiet, carefree life as a young healer...but does fate have other plans for him?

The Great Cleric

Clear all the dungeons! There are 666 of them and 10 years to do it. If not, the only thing that awaits...is total annihilation.

Ezoe Kazuhiko suddenly finds a mysterious underground space in his yard. When he steps into what turns out to be the very first dungeon in this world, he ends up activating the Dungeon System and learns from the mysterious beauty who appears to him, Akane, that the world is doomed to destruction if the 666 total dungeons that will be appearing in this world are not all cleared within 10 years.

As countries begin taking measures in response to the dungeons appearing all over the world, Ezoe seeks out companions together with whom he establishes Dungeon Busters Inc., a company dedicated to clearing all the dungeons in the world!

The curtains rise on this dungeon-delving epic with overwhelming realism!

The world suddenly finds itself faced with 666 dungeons and 10 years to clear them all...or face total annihilation. How will each country react? What can Ezoe Kazuhiko and his newfound companions do in the face of overwhelming despair?

Dungeon Busters

All Misaki wanted was a free education. Instead, she accidentally lands an exclusive contract with the most prestigious girl in school... to serve as her personal maid! Misaki soon discovers that Amanotsuka Academy for Girls is no ordinary school—her classes are all about how to be a maid, too! Students who impress the school’s elite young ladies with their domestic service skills might be lucky enough to become a “Seraph,” guaranteeing them a job with an upper-class household after they graduate.

But Misaki doesn’t want to be a maid; she just wants to study hard, go to college, and work for a good company. So why did Himeko make her into her Seraph out of nowhere? What kind of rich girl hires a maid who wants nothing to do with the job?! If she wants to get through high school, Misaki has a lot to get used to!

Misaki, who has found herself at a school for maids, has no interest in domestic service at all. So how did she end up with an exclusive contract to serve an elite young lady?!

Girls Kingdom

Past trauma leads Shiraseki Kai to abandon the world of social game development, so he transfers to Maikun High School to start a new life. But on his first day he meets Aoi Nanaka, the president of a low-tier social game club, and finds out that the club is on the brink of disbanding—and is also populated by total weirdos! The programmer, Oushima Aya, is a crazed gacha addict, and the illustrator, Kuroba Eru, faints from the cuteness of her own drawings?!

Kai joins the club, which gives them enough members to continue... or so they thought. The student council hands down an ultimatum: “Win a competition against another school or disband!” Now their management talents will really be put to the test. With the skills that he’s nurtured and his new set of friends, can Kai face his fears to create the ultimate social game?!

Past trauma leads Shiraseki Kai to abandon the world of social game development. But as he runs away to start a new life, he meets Aoi Nanaka, who pulls him back in! Can Kai face his fears to create the ultimate social game?!

Our Crappy Social Game Club Is Gonna Make the Most Epic Game

After the fall of civilization, a hierarchical society was born where blood determines everything. The rich steal both the blood and lifespans of the poor, rejoicing in their eternal lives.

Nagi is a commoner doomed to an early death, while Saya is a royal gifted with eternal youth. When their unlikely paths cross in a twist of fate, their innocent love sets the gears in motion to tear down the walls of a society built upon tremendous inequality and discrimination.

In a post-apocalyptic world where the rich live forever by consuming the lives and blood of the poor, a village boy and a royal girl fall in love and seek to dismantle the structure of society.

The Bloodline

Ash is a young boy with apparent past-life memories who lives in a remote, deserted village. As he remembers leading a bountiful life, he can’t bear living in a world akin to the Dark Ages, where not even the internal combustion engine exists. Ash envisions the rebirth of a civilization where housing with proper sanitation is the norm and the world is connected via a means of transportation faster than horses. For that reason, he is eager to consult books containing knowledge from a highly-developed ancient culture that is rumored to have existed far in the past.

Ash makes use of the church’s resources, learning how to read and obtaining the knowledge that he seeks. In addition, he enlists the help of the people around him, including Maika, the village chief’s daughter. Together, they aim to develop their own village.

This is only the beginning of the story about a young boy who sets out to revolutionize the world in order to rebuild civilization and create his ideal life!

Ash, a young boy with apparent past-life memories, sets out to revolutionize the world in order to rebuild civilization and create his ideal life! Together with his friend Maika, they aim to develop their new world starting with a village!

Fushi no Kami: Rebuilding Civilization Starts With a Village

Despite being the eldest daughter of a Baron, Chelsea has spent her life enduring endless torment at the hands of her mother and younger twin sister Margaret. But that all changed on her twelfth birthday, when she is discovered to have the never-before-seen skill — [Seed Creation]!

Brought to the Royal Research Institute by her appraiser, Glen, for further study of her ability, she is greeted with open arms, a big room with personal maids, a soft warm bed, and all the delicious food she could want. Her life couldn't have done more of a complete 180! 

But of course, Margaret won’t sit by quietly as Chelsea is now pampered like a princess...

12-year-old Chelsea’s awakening to the brand new skill [Seed Creation] changes her life from days of neverending abuse to the Cinderella treatment!

I'll Never Set Foot in That House Again!

Beautiful and brilliant sorcerer girls just can't have nice things, huh? All I wanted to do was swipe a little bit of bandit treasure. Now suddenly I'm being chased around by icky trolls, nasty demons, mean mummies, and brooding golem bad boys. And for what? A tiny little artifact that can bring about the end of the world? Hah! I'll show them there's a reason you don't cross Lina Inverse...

A little innocent theft of some bandit treasure gets the sorcerer Lina Inverse caught up in a caper that might bring about the end of the world. Just a little bit, though!

Slayers

Half a year after moving to Kyoto, high school girl Aoi Mashiro brings her late grandfather’s old scrolls to Kura, an antique store nestled in Kyoto’s Teramachi-Sanjo shopping arcade, for an appraisal. One thing leads to another, and she winds up working there part-time. The manager’s son, Kiyotaka Yagashira—nicknamed the “Holmes of Kyoto”—is uncannily perceptive, and together, they solve strange cases relating to the antiques brought to them by clients.

Nestled in Kyoto’s Teramachi-Sanjo shopping arcade is the antique shop Kura, where high school girl Aoi has a part-time job. With the manager’s son, Kiyotaka—the “Holmes of Kyoto”—she helps solve various strange cases brought to them by clients.

Holmes of Kyoto

Waking up in a strange new place with no memory of his past life, Kelvin learns that he’s bartered away those very memories in exchange for powerful new abilities during his recent transmigration. Heading out into a whole new world as a Summoner — with his first Follower being the very goddess who brought him over! — Kelvin begins his new life as an adventurer, and it isn’t long before he discovers his hidden disposition as a battle junkie. From the Black Knight of the Ancient Castle of Evil Spirits to the demon within the Hidden Cave of the Sage, he revels in the fight against one formidable foe after another. Join this OP adventurer in an exhilarating and epic saga as he and his allies carve their way into the annals of history!

After waking up with no memory of his past life, Kelvin sets off on an epic adventure in a whole new world. Facing one formidable foe after another, he soon discovers his true battle junkie nature as the curtains rise on an exhilarating fantasy saga!

Black Summoner

In a world of everyday magic, Nanalie has always dreamed of becoming a receptionist at the prestigious Sorcerer's Guild. To achieve her goal, she needs to attend a magic school full of princes and the daughters of nobles. Determined to prove that a commoner can be the number one student, she must compete with Rockmann, the son of a duke. When she graduates, she lands her dream job and they go their separate ways. Nanalie enjoys spending each day alongside her familiar Lala and her kind co-workers, but it seems that fate won’t let her escape her entanglement with Rockmann that easily...

Nanalie competes with Rockmann to be the number one student at the Kingdom’s top magic school. They go their separate ways upon graduating, but even after she starts her dream job as a Sorcerer’s Guild Receptionist, fate brings them back together.

The Sorcerer's Receptionist

Note Athlon was really looking forward to becoming an adventurer with his best friend (and crush) Miya. That is, until he drew Mapping—a rare skill with practically no purpose. In other words, it’s trash. This kicks off a vicious spiral for Note, who plummets further and further into the depths of self-loathing despair when Miya leaves him. He now spends his days drinking away his earnings, wondering how things might have been different if only he’d pulled a better skill...

But little does he know his trash-tier skill is about to score him an invite to a top-tier adventuring party! Note’s now determined to find his way through life—and a dungeon!—in order to make something of himself.

Note’s dreams of becoming a big-name adventurer are crushed when he’s presented with a notoriously worthless ability called “Mapping.” But when an unexpected invitation comes his way, it’s time to turn that trash-tier skill into top-tier class!

Mapping: The Trash-Tier Skill That Got Me Into a Top-Tier Party

Miyako Florence isn’t sad when her fiancé breaks off their engagement after two years. It’s all according to plan! Whisked to the world of her favorite otome game, Miyako frees herself from a dull noble to pursue her true soulmate: the game’s villainess Fuuka Hamilton. Proud Fuuka only has eyes for their mutual ex-fiancé! Miyako confesses her love to Fuuka and proposes that they run away together. Fuuka agrees on one condition: Miyako must make her say “I’m happy” in 14 days. With conniving nobles, strange diseases, and magical rituals pulling them apart, can Miyako win the villainess’s heart? A tentative bud blossoms in this twisting romance from the author of Sexiled!

After ending up in an otome game, Miyako is thrilled when her engagement with a nobleman breaks off. Now she can take the villainess Fuuka’s hand and run away! Magic and drama feeding their roots, can two lovelorn girls bloom together in 14 days?

A Lily Blooms in Another World

It's a wonderful day for Wataru Ito, high school student, master martial artist, honorable and humble teenager, and all-around awesome guy. During his daily run to school he happened to get hit by a large truck barreling around a corner.

Not that this is the kind of event that would be the end of the likes of Wataru, of course, but when a truck runs into you, you get sent to another world. That's just the way things are sometimes. Still, Wataru's not about to take this kind of thing lying down! The first thing he sets out to do is find who's the toughest hombre in this land and go up against the greatest challenges this new world has to offer!

Oh, and the greatest fighter in this place also happens to be the Demon Lord who is kidnapping people all across the kingdom in an attempt to wipe out humanity? Even better! Wataru's main interest is in facing a tough battle; saving the world in the process is just icing on the cake!

Wataru Ito, master martial artist and hot-blooded hero, happened to get hit by a truck on his way to school. This didn’t kill him, of course, but now that he’s in a new world he dedicates himself to fighting the baddest dudes this world has to offer!

WATARU!!! The Hot-Blooded Fighting Teen & His Epic Adventures After Stopping a Truck with His Bare Hands!!

Awaking to absolute chaos and carnage while on a school trip, Yogiri Takatou discovers that everyone in his class has been transported to another world! He had somehow managed to sleep through the entire ordeal himself, missing out on the Gift — powers bestowed upon the others by a mysterious Sage who appeared to transport them. Even worse, he and another classmate were ruthlessly abandoned by their friends, left as bait to distract a nearby dragon. Although not terribly bothered by the thought of dying, he reluctantly decides to protect his lone companion. After all, a lowly Level 1000 monster doesn't stand a chance against his secret power to invoke Instant Death with a single thought! If he can stay awake long enough to bother using it, that is...

Awaking to chaos and carnage on a school trip, Yogiri finds that his class has been transported to another world. The fact he was left behind as dragon bait might have been disastrous...if he didn't happen to have the power of Instant Death, that is!

My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!

“If you truly want to get stronger, you have to challenge and defeat those stronger than yourself.”

While being transmigrated to another world, Kelvin bartered away his memories for a collection of powerful new abilities. Setting out on the ultimate adventure as the world’s strongest Summoner — with his first Follower being the very goddess who brought him over! — he soon discovers his true nature as a battle junkie. Someone wants to pick a fight? Sure, bring it on!

Facing off against one formidable foe after another, Kelvin can hardly contain his delight as he revels in the absolute exhilaration of a good fight! The curtain rises on the start of an epic saga as this black-clad warrior and his allies carve their way into the annals of history! See the colorful characters and the thrilling battles come to life in this visual retelling of the light novel series by Doufu Mayoi.

What’s a guy who wakes up in another world, with only a voice inside his head and an ultra rare class, to do? Dive straight into battle, of course! The stronger the opponent, the more exhilarating it gets...what more could a battle junkie ask for?

Note used to dream of becoming a top-tier adventurer, but now he spends his days drinking away his profits at the local tavern and reminiscing about the past. Funny a boy with the Mapping ability could get so lost, huh?

That’s right. Note’s dreams of becoming a big name in adventuring died the day he pulled the infamous trash-tier skill Mapping. Who wants to adventure with someone who has such a worthless ability? Wait... the renowned dungeon-diving party “Arrivers” does? WHAT?!

Get your gear packed, because Note has a whole new life to navigate now!

Note is down on his luck and down on himself after pulling the garbage “Mapping” ability. He feels like his life as an adventurer is as good as over… But you know what they say: one man’s trash skill is another party’s treasure!

High-schooler Ryoma Mikoshiba finds himself summoned to another world by the warmongering O’ltormea Empire. But Ryoma is no ordinary school boy – he has both talent and training in martial arts. Using his skills in martial arts to escape captivity and swearing revenge on the country that summoned him, Ryoma finds himself in a world where he can become stronger by absorbing the life force of whomever he slays – a world that fits his talents to a bloody T.

Pursued by the O’ltormean court for killing an important official, Ryoma attempts to flee the border while keeping his identity hidden. But as he does, he encounters two twin sisters - Sara and Laura - an encounter that will change his fate.

And so begins the epic tale of a young man and his journey of war and domination!

High-schooler Ryoma Mikoshiba finds himself summoned to another world by the warmongering O’ltormea Empire. Finding himself in a world that fits his talent and skills in martial arts to a bloody T, Ryoma sets down a path of domination and war.

Record of Wortenia War

Meet Reiji Yoshida: a yuri otaku that loves yuri more than anything else in the world. All he wants is to enjoy his hobby in peace, but trouble ensues when he crosses paths with Mitsuru Hoshina, a fujoshi who is obsessed with boys’ love. Hijinks ensue, and a vengeful ghost residing in their school’s manga club swaps their bodies! 

Polar opposites in both personalities and hobbies clash in this exciting first volume—follow the adventures of their comedic body swap experiences!

Meet Reiji Yoshida: a yuri otaku that loves yuri more than anything else in the world. All he wants is to enjoy his hobby in peace, but that dream is shattered when a vengeful ghost body swaps him with Mitsuru Hoshina, a boys' love obsessed fujoshi!

I Love Yuri and I Got Bodyswapped With a Fujoshi!

The life of Ryoko Hayakawa, a hard-core otaku, came to an abrupt end the day before her 35th birthday, before she was reincarnated as a beautiful prince in a fantasy world. However, her dream-like royal life didn’t last long, as she soon uncovered the depths of politics and corruption of her kingdom. To protect the king and his people, Ryoko, reincarnated as Prince Herscherik, resolved to conquer the darkness within his country. The problem was, the prince had no physical strength or magical powers, and even his stunning looks were surpassed by every other member of the royal family. Still, the prince persevered, using the skills he acquired during his previous life—the experience of an office worker, Ryoko’s drive for change, and her otaku brain.

The life of otaku Ryoko Hayakawa came to an end one day—but she reincarnated as a beautiful prince in a fantasy world. However, her dream-like royal life didn’t last long before she uncovered the depths of politics and corruption in her kingdom.

The Epic Tale of the Reincarnated Prince Herscherik

One thousand Japanese high school students are suddenly thrust into an unfamiliar world rife with dangerous monsters. Their survival becomes dependent on those who awaken to unexplainable powers. Majima Takahiro, a normal second-year student, does not get any such power. Instead, he joins the majority of students building the homestead. But when a group of empowered students revolt, Takahiro is left wandering the forest on the verge of death. Having lost all faith in humanity, he finds salvation from an unlikely source: monsters!

1000 Japanese students are thrust into an unfamiliar world. Survival depends on those who awaken to unexplainable powers. Majima Takahiro, however, ends up wandering the forest alone. Luckily, salvation comes from an unlikely source: monsters!

Monster Tamer

When hardcore FPS enthusiast Hiroaki Dewa pulls off his VR headset and steps outside for the first time in ages, he realizes that the whole world is in ruins! Soon after, he coincidentally runs into horror junkie Otoha Judou, and the two of them team up to endure the zombie apocalypse. One fateful night, a VR AI known as “Raven” leaves them a cryptic message: “Survive, and humanity may flourish once again.” Follow these ragtag oddballs as they cling to hope in a hopeless world!

A FPS-obsessed gamer and his horror-junkie companion attempt to save humanity from a global zombie infestation.

When the Clock Strikes Z

As a plain, unassuming noble’s daughter, Marielle doesn’t stand out in high society. Imagine her surprise when she receives a marriage proposal from the sought-after Simeon, second-in-command of the Royal Order of Knights!

Simeon, the heir to an earldom, is highly accomplished in scholarly and military arts—and he’s gorgeous. So why did he propose to such an unremarkable noblewoman?

Despite being a target of envy and scorn, Marielle is happy. After all, Simeon seems to be exactly her type: a dashingly handsome man with glasses who appears gentle on the outside, but who has a dark and scheming side!

Welcome to Marielle’s world, where people aren’t always what they seem—and a prim, proper exterior can hide the heart of a sly and devious fangirl!

Marielle, a plain young noblewoman, is proposed to by the gorgeous Simeon, heir to an earldom—but why? Simeon has his secrets, but he’s not the only one!

The Tales of Marielle Clarac

When book-loving Lady Elianna spots Prince Christopher—her betrothed in name only—consorting with another noble lady, she realizes the recent rumors must be true. The prince has someone he truly loves, which means the annulment of their engagement is both inevitable and fast-approaching. What she doesn’t realize is that this is merely a surface ripple—one of many where the truth runs deep, in a conspiracy surpassing her imagination!

When book-loving Lady Elianna spots Prince Christopher—her betrothed in name only—consorting with another noble lady, she assumes the annulment of their engagement is inevitable. But courtly life, and love, is more complicated than it seems!

Bibliophile Princess

The year is 2800 and Lufas Maphaahl – The Black-Winged Tyrant, Great Conqueror, and leader of the Twelve Heavenly Stars – has returned.

A man wakes up in the body of his MMO character 200 years after her defeat during an player-made event in the game, Exgate Online. Now, he's stuck in her body. But this isn’t a game, it’s real. With her reign long over, and her legacy one of fear, Lufas must journey through the world of Exgate, looking for answers, possible comrades, and all the monsters her “death” unleashed upon the world...

The terrifying black-winged angel Lufas Maphaahl was vanquished 200 years ago... until a man wakes up in her body, the character he played in Exgate Online.

A Wild Last Boss Appeared!

Kyouhei is the kind of person who cherishes every moment of his peaceful, ‘normal’ everyday life. Choose whichever synonym you like; he just wants a quiet life. However, with his dad being involved in some really shady businesses, his best friend being a wannabe rockstar, and his schoolmate Sanae... being Sanae, that’s easier said than done, but he does his best.

One day, he ends up accidentally releasing a naked girl from a coffin, who has no idea what ‘normal’ means. Unfortunately for him, Kyouhei can kiss that peace and quiet goodbye.

Now, on top of his dad’s lack of regard for anything approaching common sense or decency, his friend’s thirst for excitement, and his admirer’s... attention, Kyouhei has to deal with a (self-proclaimed) body double android of a princess from some European country?

He just wants off this fake fake princess’ wild ride!

Kyouhei is the kind of person to cherish every moment of his peaceful, ‘normal’ everyday. Enter a naked girl released from a coffin with no idea what ‘normal’ is? Now he just wants off this fake fake princess’s wild ride!

Wild Times With a Fake Fake Princess

One evening in early spring, eight-year-old Erika Aurelia realizes she’s the detestable little villainess from an otome game called Liber Monstrorum: The Winter Maiden and the Phantasmic Beasts. As if that wasn’t bad enough already, Erika’s role in the game is to pester the main character... and then die in order to kick off a mysterious series of events! These incidents are different in each love interest’s route, and seven routes means seven deaths to avoid. Not one to throw in the towel, Erika knows she must take action to destroy her death flags—and since her life is on the line, there’s no time to lose!

Her very first death flag is set to rise after she meets two noble children from a prominent magician’s house. In order to prevent the resulting incidents, the Gold Rush Murders, she arms herself with her brother's expensive(!!!) magical items and heads into the ancient Seafarer’s Ruins. But things don’t quite go according to plan...

A young woman is reincarnated as Erika Aurelia, a little villainess from an otome game who’s fated to die in all seven routes. Using her wits and her brother’s (very expensive!) magical items, she aims to destroy her death flags... and survive!

Deathbound Duke's Daughter

Mukouda Tsuyoshi was nothing special in modern Japan, so when he was summoned to a world of swordplay and sorcery, he thought he was ready for the adventure of a lifetime. Too bad the kingdom that summoned him only got him by mistake! Not only was he not one of the three summoned heroes, but his stats were laughable compared to theirs. On top of that, there's something really sketchy about this kingdom... "Ah, these people are the kind to try and use the Hero," he realized, and immediately left to make his own way in this other world.

The only thing Mukouda can rely on is his unique skill: the "Online Supermarket," a skill that allows him to buy modern goods in a fantasy world. It's useless for combat, but if he plays his cards right, he could lead a comfortable life, maybe? At least, that's what Mukouda thinks, but it turns out modern food bought with this skill has some absurd effects! What happens when Mukouda introduces ridiculously tasty modern cooking to a fantasy world like this? He gets some ridiculous repeat customers begging for more...!

Mukouda just wants to live quietly away from the sketchy kingdom that summoned him. He may have low stats, but his unique skill gives him more leeway than he thinks. Can he get by on half-baked cunning, a love of home-cooking, and a bit of luck?

Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill

Childman’s class is comprised of the most promising students at the Tower. Problem is, they’re a band of misfits that seem intent on blowing up the very institution they’re attending! But they’d best watch out; danger lurks in more than one corner here.

Childman’s class has the most promising students at the Tower. Problem is, they’re a band of misfits that seem intent on blowing up the very institution they’re attending! But they’d best watch out; danger lurks in more than one corner here.

Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: The Youthful Journey

Lucia Arca was an ordinary, unremarkable laundrymaid in the royal palace. Even her unique magical power, Soap, was boring: it simply created soap bubbles that removed stains. But when she learned one day that Soap could also calm and stop rampaging monsters, the king decreed that Lucia must join the Sacred Maiden and her companions on their quest to cleanse the land and save the world.

On a mission to save the world alongside the Sacred Maiden, the famed Dragonslayer, a prodigy magician, and other great heroes, what is an ordinary laundrymaid like Lucia to do?

But she learns that even extraordinary heroes are ordinary people, in their own way. A heart-warming romantic comedy featuring an ordinary but earnest heroine!

When ordinary laundrymaid Lucia learns that her Soap magic can stop monsters, she’s sent to join a band of extraordinary heroes on their quest to cleanse the land and save the world!

The Extraordinary, the Ordinary, and SOAP!

Traveling to another world, either by accident, magic summoning, death, cruel twist of fate, on a research assignment, or just on vacation, means dealing with a whole lot of change all at once. In this compilation, the authors of the SAKKA KEIHAN writing circle explore the ins and outs of what to expect when you’ve been transported to another plane of existence.

Six different short stories cover the authors’ ruminations on how to get by in these other worlds, whether you’re headed over voluntarily or finding yourself just trying to survive. 

You’ll probably want to bring a towel; things are going to get slimy. Don’t think it’ll save you from a fireball, however.

Six different authors take turns skewing the norms of the isekai genre in this compilation of short stories. Whether you’ve planned for your otherworld trip or got teleported by accident, it’s good to know what to expect on the other side!

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Isekai

If you thought regular marriages were insane, wait until you see the contract Viola signed! Our heroine, the daughter of an earl, signed herself away in a marriage contract to an aloof duke, Cercis, in order to save her family from a lifetime of poverty. All of a sudden, Viola’s life is turned upside down when she moves into the Fisalis family’s manor and is left to negotiate her new life as a “show wife” in a world she had only ever caught glimpses of before. How will she shake things up at the Fisalis estate?

Viola had almost resigned herself to dying not only as the daughter of a penniless earl but as a spinster too when her family received a letter from a wealthy duke asking for her hand in marriage! What will his fiendish proposal mean for her family?

Can Someone Please Explain What’s Going On?!

Nineteen-year-old Ruri Morikawa gets wrangled into a messy situation when her selfish childhood friend strands her in another world! To make matters somehow worse, a mysterious conspiracy then gets her abandoned in a perilous forest. Through an unexpected turn of events, she comes into possession of a mystical bracelet that allows her to transform into a white cat. Now that she's in the Land of the Dragon King, she has to hide the fact that she's human—which means spending her days as a little white cat, for the time being... But how will she exact her much-earned revenge against those who’ve wronged her while stuck in the form of a small, fluffy, cuddly kitty cat?!

Ruri is stranded in a strange world by her selfish friend. Then she gets the ability to turn into a white cat! In the perilous Land of the Dragon King, she must always hide that she's human. How can she get revenge in the form of a cute little cat?!

The White Cat's Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King's Lap

Boy meets girl... you know how it goes. But while the boy (Arato) might be a typical 17-year-old, the girl (Lacia) is a beautiful android equipped with an enormous black device that defies human understanding.

Set 100 years from now, BEATLESS depicts a familiar yet futuristic vision of Japan in which society is run by incredibly human-looking robots, known as hIE. Most people regard them as mere convenient tools. Yet some hIE–like Lacia–now appear bearing technology that far surpasses anything regular humans can produce.

Humans and ultra-advanced artificial beings: who is the master and who is the servant? Who made Lacia, and what ties her fate together with Arato? Bewildered by the turmoil of danger and mystery that Lacia brings into his life, Arato will find himself forced to make choices with profound implications not just for himself, but for all of humanity.

In a future Japan run by human-looking robots, hIE, Arato meets an android, Lacia, who defies human understanding. In learning more about her, Arato will find himself forced to make hard choices for both himself and all of humanity.

Beatless

Surrounded by the hate-filled gazes of her people, the selfish princess of the fallen Tearmoon Empire, Mia, takes one last look at the bleeding sun before the guillotine blade falls...
Only to wake back up as a twelve-year-old! With time rewound and a second chance at life dropped into her lap, she sets out to right the countless wrongs that plague the ailing Empire. Corrupt governance? Check. Border troubles? Check. Natural calamities and economic strife? Check.
My, seems like a lot of work.
Hard work and Mia don’t mix, so she seeks out the aid of others, starting with her loyal maid, Anne, and the brilliant minister, Ludwig. Together, they strive day and night to restore the Empire. Little by little, their tireless efforts begin to change the course of history, pushing the whole of the continent toward a new future.
And why did the selfish princess have a change of heart, you ask? Simple—she didn’t. She’s just terrified of the guillotine. They hurt like hell, and Mia hates pain more than work.

Mia, hated princess of the fallen Tearmoon Empire, is executed by guillotine...
And wakes up a kid again! With this second chance she resolves to fix the ailing Empire.
Can Mia change history and save her own skin? Maybe with some much-needed help!

Tearmoon Empire

Sansui Shirokuro is a young guy with an old man's name, which ends up landing him in tragic circumstances when God snuffs out his life candle after mistaking him for a geezer whose time has passed. Now reincarnated into a fantasy world, Sansui is one of the Immortals, capable of immense power... as long as he's willing to put centuries of work into achieving it. One day, after five hundred years of swinging his sword, his monotonous existence is upended entirely by the appearance of a little baby. His master sends him out into the world to raise the child, and it's there that he meets a haughty young noblewoman and her tomboyish bodyguard. His fighting style may be bland and unpretentious, but the fast-paced mortal world is about to find out just how good even the most hopeless swordsman can get with half a millennium of practice behind him!

Sansui Shirokiro is one of the Immortals. When a baby falls into his forest, he's exiled to the fast-paced mortal world. Now, everyone's about to find out how good even the worst swordsman can get with half a millennium of practice behind him!

The World's Least Interesting Master Swordsman

In the harsh region known as the borderlands, humans must fight an endless battle against demi-human creatures that come at them relentlessly, intent on taking their land and their gods.
A young boy named Kai, fighting to defend his village, sustains a life-threatening injury that causes him to regain memories from a past life.
If you’re not a guardian bearer, it’s like you’re playing life on hard mode...
Kai’s newfound knowledge gives him a new sense of the unfair “rule set” that governs the world around him. One thing is clear: For those without a god to serve as their guardian, life is a constant struggle for survival.
Thus begins the epic tale of a young boy’s ascent into a vast world filled with magic, bloodshed, and mystery.

In the harsh borderlands, humans must fight endless hordes of creatures intent on taking their land and their gods. After recovering memories of a past life, a young boy gains a new sense of the “rule set” governing this world of magic and mystery.

Teogonia

From an early age, Kiara has been plagued with dreams of another world—dreams in which a girl she doesn't recognize plays a strategy RPG called “Farzia: Kingdom at War.” Farzia is, in fact, the same kingdom where Kiara currently lives. Oh, and one other thing: there's an enemy character who's also named Kiara, though her name is Kiara Credias. Naturally, as with any other RPG villain, this enemy is slain by the heroes.

So when her adoptive father, Count Patriciél, orders her to marry Viscount Credias, Kiara comes to a horrifying realization: perhaps those “dreams” were visions of things to come! She hatches a plan to get the hell out of Dodge and create a new future for herself—one where she STAYS ALIVE, thank you very much!

When Kiara's adoptive father orders her to marry a man named Viscount Credias, she realizes her recurring dreams were visions of a future in which she dies a villain. She hatches a plan to create a new future for herself—one where she STAYS ALIVE!

I Refuse to Be Your Enemy!

Have you ever wondered what happens after peace is restored in a fantasy world? What happens beyond the final page of an Isekai light novel? Eiji, a thirty-year-old Japanese city clerk with a thoroughly average life and a fiancée, had not. He too answers a call to be transported to a fantasy world, but not as a hero. This fantasy world, having already been saved by a hero, was about to collapse for another reason entirely... thanks to that hero, who was also summoned from Japan. Eiji is tasked with restoring the fantasy world to its authentic form: how it was before it was infected with the technology, ideology, and societal concepts of modern-day Japan.

A 30-year-old city clerk with an ordinary life is transported to a fantasy world where peace had already been restored. However, this fantasy world was facing another kind of danger entirely, thanks to the Isekai hero who had just saved it.

Isekai Rebuilding Project

Our protagonist is a college student who enjoys playing as the evil-aligned faction Arachnea in her favorite real-time strategy game. One day, she finds herself in a world similar to the one in the game; additionally, her body is now that of a fourteen-year-old girl. While things are a bit different from how they were in the game, one element has remained the same: she is the leader of the Arachnea. The insects under her control, collectively known as the Swarm, praise her and implore her to lead them to victory.

In order to survive, she raises her Swarm and forms friendly relations with the elves of the neighboring forest. But after a slaver traveling through the forest murders one of her Swarm and the nearby kingdom’s knights burn down the elven village and massacre its people, she prepares to launch her counterattacks in the name of revenge.

However, revenge is merely a pretense for attacking the countries of this world. Her command is masterful and severe, as one who has played the game in real life...

After a college student finds herself in another world, she becomes the militant queen of a race of insects called the Arachnea.

Her Majesty’s Swarm

PotatoStarch, a live streamer who's gaining popularity for his excitable attitude and witty banter, has begun streaming Dragon Demon RPG-DX, a game with a cult following known for its extreme difficulty and unreasonable systems. Only masochists would play it.
Meanwhile, in the world of the game, a fierce war between humans, elves, and vampires is reaching its bloody peak. The humans, lacking in magic, were forced into a defensive battle—until a savior appeared. Wielding a battleaxe, a young girl named Kuroi stepped forth to oppose both enemy armies. Her heroic efforts earned her the names “Dragonslayer” and “Killer of Demons.” Thanks to Kuroi, a girl “loved by God,” humans counter-attack.
PotatoStarch is just a video game player. He dives into this world hoping to forget the tiring real world. But through an unexpected series of events, he ends up almost “possessing” Kuroi. As he reaches the game’s climax, Kuroi discovers a mysterious power and PotatoStarch’s fate is changed forever.

PotatoStarch, a streamer who's gaining popularity for his excitable attitude and witty banter, has begun streaming Dragon Demon RPG-DX, an unreasonably difficult game. When he “possesses" his character, Kuroi, his fate unexpectedly changes forever.

Outer Ragna

Gaius Balderus has led a storied life. From humble beginnings, he made a name for himself as fearsome warrior, a renowned general, adviser to kings and paramour to princesses. Gaius’s very presence commands respect and fear, so much so that everyone is too afraid of him to allow him to reveal his softer side.

Gaius gives up everything and finds a chance to start again on the frontier of human civilization, where humans and monsters alike scrabble for existence in a hostile forest. When he runs into a tribe of kobolds, small furry creatures who are fleeing from human aggression, they immediately distrust him and everything about him. Can this gentle giant of a man come to peace with his past and win the friendship of the adorable kobolds?

Fearsome warrior Gaius must give up everything he knows and return to his roots on the frontier. His hometown is in ruins, but he discovers a tribe of adorable forest dwellers. Can he win their trust while coming to terms with his own past?

Kobold King

The Oracle Princess Alfina suddenly announces an ominous prophecy to the people of the Kingdom of Crownheight. However, shunned as she is for being a descendant of rebel blood, her words are heeded by no one.
On the other hand, Ricardo, the adopted heir of a peddler, who also happens to be an economics department graduate reincarnated into this world, attends the Royal Academy to study as a merchant.
During an argument with a much more affluent merchant, the one to stick up for him is none other than Alfina.
As the distance between them rapidly closes, Ricardo makes full use of his modern knowledge of science, mathematics and economics to stand against the unknown disaster of prophecy!

The Oracle Princess Alfina suddenly announces an ominous prophecy, yet none heed her words. But a fateful encounter with the merchant Ricardo may see the disaster averted with the power of science, mathematics and economics from the modern world!

The Economics of Prophecy

Under the protection of the gods, a relaxed life with slimes in another world begins!

One day, the life of middle-aged Japanese businessman Ryoma Takebayashi came to a rather sudden and disappointing end. Ryoma had never had a blessed life, but after his death, three great gods sought his cooperation and reincarnated him as a child in another world with swords and magic!

Receiving a most cordial and divine welcome from the gods, Ryoma decides to live leisurely on his own in the forest for the time being. Working diligently at magic and hunting, Ryoma’s greatest passion comes to be researching his tamed slimes?! Training a variety of slimes (some newly discovered), the curtain rises on this easygoing life fantasy celebrating a second life with kind people in another world!

Ryoma Takebayashi never had a blessed life, but after his death, three great gods reincarnated him as a child in another world with swords and magic! Ryoma decides to live leisurely on his own, and his passion turns out to be researching slimes!

By the Grace of the Gods

Long ago, there was much war and bloodshed among the eight tribes of the world. Now with each tribe confined to its own continent, the world has achieved peace and harmony. Interaction and fighting between tribes are heavily restricted, save for one exception: the ninth continent, Duel City Babel, an arena for those wishing for conflict in peace.

In the duel city, fighters from all over the world clash swords and spells, vying to be the best.

Carrying on the teachings and techniques of his master, Yuri Eniastar of the Human Tribe manages to take out a high-ranking opponent on his first day. Clearly, he’s not just any new face, but unfortunately, fate has not been kind...his lineage is universally recognized as the weakest.

Despite this, Yuri refuses to give up. He befriends the Beast Tribe’s Athena and the Spirit Tribe's Fram as he strives to become a peerless duelist. Welcome to an overwhelming battle fantasy!

Fighting between the eight tribes is restricted to Duel City Babel, the world’s only arena. Yuri Eniastar can’t wait to duel, no matter what others say about his lineage. Refusing to give up, and with the help of his friends, Yuri aims for the top!

The Underdog of the Eight Greater Tribes

Young Sain Forth has it made; as the famed Holy Knight, he has the people’s love, the respect of kings, and the blessings of a literal goddess. His aspirations lie elsewhere, though. With his assistant Melia at his side, he leaves for an academy in a foreign kingdom, where he is treated as a deviant by his peers.
It’s his own fault, mind you—his stubborn insistance on wearing a custom, all-black uniform makes him stick out. He isn’t the only outcast in his class: Alicia, born into the Clan of Light but unable to use anything but fire magic, faces similar struggles, and the two quickly become allies.
Alicia proposes that they enter the labyrinth below the school in search of a holy sword, but Sain has other plans in mind: a doom sword. And so, with his friends in tow, Sain ventures into the perilous unknown, driven by a wish to become the coolest, edgiest, most awesome thing in existence: a Dark Knight.
There’s just one problem. He can’t use dark magic. Like, at all.

As the famed Holy Knight, Sain is showered with love, respect, and the blessings of a literal goddess. However, his aspirations lie elsewhere—to become his very antithesis, the Dark Knight.

There’s just one problem: He can’t use dark magic. At all.

The Holy Knight’s Dark Road

What do you do when the MMO you’ve run for 15 years comes to an end? Akira Ono didn’t get much of a choice — he woke up trapped inside the world of his own game in the body of his in-game character: the Demon Lord. With an outcast child as his sidekick, he tries his best to survive the cruel fantasy world of his own creation, prosecution from the good guys, and of course, the final boss.

An MMO admin is trapped inside his own game as the Demon Lord. With an outcast child at his side, he tries to survive a cruel fantasy world of his own creation, prosecution from the good guys, and of course, the final boss.

Demon Lord, Retry!

Inept with a sword, unable to ride a horse, and apathetic toward the empire he serves, Regis Aurick is a hopeless soldier who spends his days buried in books. Banished to the borderlands, he encounters a stirring young woman with red hair and ruby eyes. She is Fourth Princess Marie Quatre Argentina de Belgaria, known simply to Regis as Altina. “…Do you want to become my tactician or not?” Having sought him for his rumored strategic prowess, she aspires to reform an empire led by self-seeking nobles and driven to pointless wars, the legendary blade of an emperor, the Grand Tonnerre Quatre, at her hip. Continuously underestimated by her regiment,  including her would-be tactician, the princess resolves to prove her worth beyond a shadow of a doubt—no matter the risk. Here is a tale of war, love, and politics, woven by the bookworm and the sword princess.

Banished to the borderlands, inept soldier Regis Aurick is found by the daring Princess Altina for his rumored strategic prowess. She aspires to reform a corrupt empire, but must first prove her worth—both to her soldiers and her would-be tactician.

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