After devoted mountain climber Kumakichi Kumada falls into a ravine, he wakes up in the middle of a forest in another world...as a polar bear! Now this tough Ursus maritimus is looking after six werewolf sisters on the run from the humans tyrannizing their clan. Keeping his wits about him and using his knowledge from his past life, the next "mountain" for him to climb will be making a comfortable life in the forest for everyone!
By all appearances, Western Restaurant Nekoya is a normal restaurant serving normal people-but unbeknownst to the regulars, it also attracts an alternative clientele. Every Saturday, all manner of fantastical beings come to dine, and what is familiar fare to humans can be downright exotic for visitors from beyond. To these customers, Nekoya is known by a different name: Restaurant to Another World.
READERS BEWARE: Opening this book may lead to uncontrollable drooling and a grumbling belly!
When the world is threatened with destruction, six chosen heroes will rise to save it. One of them is Adlet Meyer--who calls himself "the strongest man in the world." But when he answers the call to assemble with the other heroes and face the darkness, there are not six heroes, but seven. Who is the traitor in their midst?
"I CAN FINALLY, FINALLY......PET THE...THE IIDATOY FLUFF!!"
Kanata Aldezia is a peerless genius, and everyone is waiting with bated breath for her to be blessed with the opportunity to be a Saint, the rarest and most honorable of professions. Little do they know that Kanata's got other plans-for her, it's Beast Tamer or bust! Illness kept her bedridden in her previous life, and she could only admire animals from the other side of a screen. This time, she's been reborn as a healthy and spry young girl...so nothing's going to stop her from petting all the fluffy critters she can!
When Sasaki brightens up his tired corporate life by buying a pet sparrow, he never imagined the bird would actually be a reincarnated sage from another world! With his new avian roommate teaching him all sorts of magic tricks, could this be Sasaki's chance to escape his droll office job?
Reincarnated in another world, Hinako declines the abilities offered to her by the Goddess, and instead takes a vow of sisterhood with the giant Eiris, becoming known herself as "the smallest giant." The two may be different species, born on different worlds, but they share one goal-searching for the precious siblings they lost. But they must be cautious, for just as their bonds and strength win them fame, they also bring attention from the knights of the church...
"MY ONLY CRIME WAS LOVING YOU..." Aristia la Monique was the child of prophecy, raised to be the companion of the future emperor-until she wasn't. When the actual child of prophecy appears on the palace grounds, Aristia is immediately cast aside by both fiance and country and forced to watch as Jieun is handed the love, future, and throne that was supposed to be hers. Her only reward for a lifetime of obedience is death...or rather, a second chance at life! When she unexpectedly wakes up in her ten-year-old body, Aristia resolves to escape the shackles of prophecy no matter the odds. This time, she'll take fate into her own hands!
In this spin-off of the popular novel series, the Devil King Maou and Emilia, the Hero, are reincarnated after their terrible battle as high school students in modern-day Japan! Add in the innocent Chiho, a fellow student with a crush on the former lord of darkness, and you've got a high school comedy devilish in its scale!
It's tough being evil when you have to pay the rent! This comical tale of a demon-lord-turned-fry-slinger follows the daily travails of (former) Devil King Sadao Maou and his general Shiro Ashiya as they navigate the complexities of life in modern-day Tokyo. Having suffered utter defeat at the hands of a plucky hero, they've been banished to earth and stripped of magical power. And if that wasn't enough, that pesky hero is still hell bent on finishing the job. Artist Akio Hiiragi brings Satoshi Wagahara's story to hilarious life in this manga adaptation of the hit light novel series. It turns out crushing your enemies beneath your feet is tricky when you haven't even made manager yet!
Cid Kagenou has a dream. Not of being some typical protagonist or the Final Boss-he has his eyes set on becoming a hidden mastermind working in the shadows! Now that he's been reborn in another world, Cid has been hard at work building the perfect stage to act out his long-desired role. The only issue? His imaginary adversaries and plot devices seem to actually exist in this new realm...and he alone is left in the dark!
The Lost Ones are strangers from another world, hailing from a place no one has ever heard of called "Japan." These wanderers have been associated with catastrophes since many years ago and the solemn duty of exterminating them without remorse falls to Menou, a young Executioner. But when her mission is complicated by a Japanese girl named Akari who refuses to die, Menou embarks on a peculiar journey to find something that can slay even an immortal who insists on traveling with her would-be-killer!
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...
Revenge. But a single word defines Kaito Ukei's second chance at life. After being mercilessly betrayed and murdered by his so-called comrades, he goes back in time to the day he met the princess who ultimately double-crossed him. But killing her isn't enough-he wants to revel in every second of her agony as he looks her in the eye and robs her of all she holds dear. Her debt is the first to be repaid, though it shall not be the last. And by the time he's finished, he will bathe in the blood of every last traitor who dared to cross him...
Princess Anisphia may not be able to use magic, but she didn't let that stop her from developing "magicology," a unique theory based on memories from her past life. While testing out her new flying broom, she happens across Euphyllia, a magical genius, having her engagement unjustly and publicly broken off. Seeing the tears in Euphyllia's eyes, Anisphia takes the obvious course of action-kidnapping the girl for herself!
Souya, desperate for cash to pay his little sister's medical expenses, has an offer from a shady company fall into his lap-more than enough money for only a year of work...on the other side of a portal to another dimension, where he'll have to ascend to the fifty-sixth floor of a dungeon! Worse, his gig-work stint as a fantasy world adventurer gets off on the wrong foot when the transfer process malfunctions, stranding him without supplies! Will his otherworld adventure end before it even begins...?
After reincarnating into her favorite BL novel, Maki (now Octavia) has the perfect opportunity to fangirl over her favorite fictional couple, Sil and Prince Sirius, in real life-except she's Sirius's sister?! If that isn't awkward enough, she's expected to give up her firstborn child to be their heir! But the new Octavia won't settle for a political marriage just to produce a baby. Her brother overcame many obstacles to be with the man of his dreams, and Octavia is prepared to do the same! Of course, she actually has to find a guy first...
When the average Japanese salaryman is suddenly thrown into in a world wracked with warfare and hardship by a supernatural power, they might first think to hide or run away. But not Tanya Degurechaff. A calculating and utilitarian man has been reborn as a child soldier. This young girl will do anything to rise in rank and find a way to live a life of comfort, and woe to any king, country, or god who stands in her way.
What's a girl to do when she's reincarnated into her favorite game, and as the antagonist to boot? Simple-set the stage so that the loves of her life shine, of course! To ensure that the heroes will make the right decisions to save themselves and the world, I'm determined to play my role to perfection. There's just a teensy problem-I may or may not have interfered in the life of my absolute number one fave, and he somehow ended up as my right-hand man for my schemes. How was I supposed to know that an impulsive choice from my childhood would cause such drastic changes to the story?!
Ruri just can't get away from Asahi! Her clingy, oblivious childhood friend is beloved by absolutely everyone, making Ruri the target of resentment and jealousy from Asahi's horde of groupies. When Asahi is summoned to another world to be their "Priestess Princess," of course Ruri gets dragged along for the ride-and branded a traitor who must be exiled to the woods! But now that Ruri is finally out of Asahi's shadow, she may just find that a new world is the perfect place for a new beginning...
Seeking strength and glory, the adventurer Lecan challenges monster and maze alike. Until one day, he finds a mysterious black hole...leading to another world! But even in a different world, the path of the "One-Eyed Wolf" remains unchanged. The only question is-can he survive the new world?
The most dangerous prey... When the most accomplished assassin on Earth meets his end just before retirement, he finds himself standing before a goddess. Her world is headed for disaster, and she has need of his particular set of skills. Armed with powerful new abilities and decades of deadly knowledge, he begins his second life as Lugh, young scion of the Tuatha De clan of assassins. His mission: to find and eliminate the strongest individual in this world-the hero!
Kaito Sena's life hasn't exactly been easy. Unfortunately for him, death isn't about to get any better. Summoned by none other than Elisabeth Le Fanu, the "t*rture Princess," Kaito has to choose what he wants for his second life-be her butler, or die a long, painful death by t*rture. What is he to do but become her servant...and help her eliminate the fourteen ranked demons wreaking havoc in the world! See the original light novel come to life in this gritty manga adaptation!
W E L C O M E T O T H E N E X T W O R L D Seventeen years ago, Takafumi's uncle fell into a coma, but now he's back like a man risen from his grave. Soon, Takafumi discovers two bizarre things: His uncle treasures video games above all else, and, while comatose, he was actually transported to another world as some heroic guardian! Now, not only does Takafumi have to room with an uncle who is literally magical, he also has to catch the guy up on two decades of history-smartphones, high-speed internet, modern anime tropes...and the traumatic outcome of the '90s console war!
Playing Daughter of the Duke's Super Love Project as the easy mode heroine, Ivonne, makes charming the male characters a breeze. But once you switch to hard mode and step into the shoes of Penelope, the misunderstood villain, it's nearly impossible to even stay alive! So imagine the shock of suddenly waking up in Penelope's body-you know right away that your life is on the line. With love interests who will kill you if their affection meters drop too low and the inability to speak without choosing from pre-selected dialogue, it quickly becomes clear that Penelope's chances have been rigged from the start-and this villain might just be destined to die!
"I just want an easy life, even as some rich person's dog..."
As corporate slave Routa Okami keels over in the middle of his busy office, he imagines how nice it would have been to live as the pet of some rich family instead of working himself to death. But when a goddess actually grants that wish and brings him back to life as a pampered pooch, Routa realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for...
After finding himself unable to keep up with the hellish fighting on the front lines of the war against the demon lord's army, Red is finally kicked out of the Hero's party. Ashamed of his inadequacy, he moves to a distant frontier region where nobody would know his face or past. However, once he gets over the funk of having to leave his adventuring days behind, he's actually excited to begin a quiet life as an apothecary...which becomes a whole lot more lively when a former party member and actual princess, Rit, pays him an unexpected visit!
It's a showdown for the ages as the legendary hero takes on the corpse god necromancer, but when the dust settles, something isn't quite right... In the final moments of their epic confrontation, the corpse god's final gambit shot was wholly unexpected -- reincarnation magic! Across space and time, a boy named Polka Shinoyama awakens feeling...not quite himself...... Who could've expected that the climactic battle between good and evil would turn out like this??
Filimena via Adina, daughter of nobility, awakens one day with the realization that she had actually been reborn into a world of sorcery and given a second chance at life. In her new country full of heroes, she expects this means she's a chosen one, yet her lot is not as she dreamed-instead, her path crosses with the improbably powerful stepson of a wizard, and as a young noble lady, her place is at his side...as his fiancee! But perhaps a quest for love is exactly the adventure she was looking for...
Square Enix employee Shogo Sasaki has a big dream-to produce his very own Final Fantasy game with his sister, Yuko. But after the siblings are involved in a truck accident, they awaken to realize they've left their world behind...and fallen into the world of Final Fantasy! After coming to grips with the situation, they meet some new friends, join a party, and accept their fate as adventurers. But when danger approaches, Shogo will discover that his encyclopedic knowledge of the games can only take him so far...
Ever since she was little, Nunnally has always wanted to be one of the graceful, capable receptionists of the Hall. As only first-rate mages are hired for the position, she enrolls in the kingdom's magic academy to hone her skills, where she feels out of place in a classroom of nobles-including a genuine prince. She decides that despite being a commoner, she's going to be the top of her class...but for some reason, she just can't beat the one person she'd most like to-the snobbish boy seated next to her, Alweiss Rockmann...!
Contracted with a no-name spirit, Brigitte Meidell is a disappointment to her noble family and the mockery of her peers at the Otoleanna Academy of Magic-except for one. Yuri Aurealis is intelligent, handsome...and oh so arrogant. He's made enemies of the same people as Brigitte, meaning the two should get along just fine. However, his boorishness accidentally sparks a rivalry between them. It's a competition that has the potential to bring the two closer than they ever thought...!
From corporate slave to a laid-back witch-reincarnation's a pretty sweet deal! Or so Azusa believes until her maxed-out status comes to light...In this new manga adaptation of the original novel, enjoy the hilarity that ensues as Azusa attempts to evade all forms of adventure and regain her lazy life!
Challenge, victory, growth! To become the strongest dragon and surpass her older sister, Laika starts attending an elite academy for dragon - girls. However, even though it is only the first day, she has somehow managed to find all kinds of trouble...
I'm gonna survive-just watch me! I was your average, everyday high school girl, but now I've been reborn in a magical world...as a spider?! Wait-this isn't how these stories are supposed to go! Can I get a do-over? ...No? But how am I supposed to survive in this big, scary dungeon as one of the weakest monsters? It's "every spider for herself " in here! I gotta figure out the rules to this QUICK, or I'll be kissing my short second life good-bye...
Nice guys finish last-no one knows that better than office worker Akira Yagami, who loses his life after jumping into oncoming traffic to save a child. But death is not the end for our selfless hero, as he is reincarnated in another world-not as a human, but as a goblin! Normally, goblins only live for seven days, but thanks to Akira's unique skill, he's got eighty years to leave his mark on the world! Eager to make the most of his time, he starts stocking up on skills left and right, and one fateful day, he comes upon the Archfiend himself, who offers him the power to make anyone he defeats eternally loyal to him! With the world in the palm of his hand, how will he choose to use his newfound powers...?
When Satou's best friend, Hime, tells him that she's moving, he decides to follow. After crashing her wedding in another world, he ends up as the groom when she suddenly kisses him! Prophecy states that her husband is destined to be the Ring King-a hero of immense power who will save the world from the Abyssal King! Is Satou up for the challenge, or is his new marriage going to end before it even begins?
Mariela is the last alchemist alive after waking from a deep sleep that lasted two hundred years. As the sole alchemist in town, she could make a killing by brewing and selling potions...but after two hundred years of suspended animation, all she wants to do is relax, take things easy, and live at her own pace!
After being summoned to another world as the 68th hero, Setsuna Sugimoto is abandoned by that same world due to his sickly constitution. But when he meets Kyle, a millennia-old former hero like him, Setsuna is given a third chance at life-inheriting Kyle's knowledge, power, and even life force. Now able to travel the world as an adventurer, Setsuna will encounter people from all walks of life, with each meeting bound to leave a lasting mark on himself and the world.
RED FLAGS EVERYWHERE...When a college student wakes up in the body of Melissa Foddebrat, the villainess of a cliche romance novel, she is determined to cast aside her original role and live a quiet life of luxury, but...UGH! Why are all the men in this novel trash?! A sleazebag crown prince, a stalker sniper, a crazed werewolf, and an obsessive merchant-Melissa can't just stand by and watch the innocent heroine suffer at the hands of these degenerates. Scummy love interests, begone-this story is getting a rewrite!