Kaede Takamura's teenage life swerves to the brink of insanity when she comes face to face with her twin...or does she? Suzu is practically the mirror-image of Kaede - except for having cat ears and a tail and being far more well-endowed than Kaede thinks any teenager ought to be. But the Takamuras have no qualms about bringing this strange, happy-go-lucky catgirl into their home. With Suzu completely ignorant of the ways of modern society, it's going to be a very long year for poor Kaede.
From the illustrator of the Sword Art Online light novel series comes a collection of artwork featuring illustrations from the first nine volumes, magazines, posters, character designs for the anime, and more!
This second collection of gorgeously illustrated artworks highlights events from volumes 10 through 15 of the main story. The definitive edition also includes illustrations from volumes 1 through 3 of Sword Art Online: Progressive, as well as art from animated productions, games, and conventions. A must-have for SAO fans and abec fans alike!
Kirito, having explored the latest beta test, has a pretty good idea of what to expect from the newest SAO launch. With Asuna along, the pair hope to experience the official playthrough together, but there's something about the release that's a little different from before...Certain unexpected tweaks from the previous version have Kirito and Asuna tackling a flood of puzzles anew!
Asuna and Kirito have made it to Aincrad's sixth floor, where in the town of Stachion they find something very odd-puzzles everywhere they look. New mysteries and complex riddles await, many of which can't be solved with a sword...Fighting against the odds, the two will have to put their heads together if they want to make it out alive. But as they focus their attention on confronting the challenges ahead, will they be ready for the sinister forces that lie in wait?
Nearly two months have passed since Kirito and Asuna found themselves trapped in the world of Aincrad. Kirito's experience with the beta version of the game has put him far ahead of the curve, but it has also attracted the attention of some dangerous players...For Asuna, his competence has been a god send in this harsh world, yet she can't help but feel like her overreliance on Kirito's skills is becoming an obstacleto their growing relationship. Even so, they'll have towork together to make it through the ancient ruins ofthe fifth floor, where all sorts of undead monsters-and player-killers-lurk in the shadows!
"This might be a game, but it's not something you play." - Akihiko Kayaba, Sword Art Online programmer With no memory of how he got there, Kirito wakes up in a mysterious virtual world, and it's up to him to find a way back home. But with no way to log out and no idea what kind of land he's found himself in, he's going to need allies! As a new tale unfolds, Kirito's journey through the Underworld begins!
By all accounts, middle schooler Seigi is pretty unremarkable except for his martial arts prowess and a desire to protect the weak. But when his good intentions are put to the test by saving an old homeless man from some street thugs, the mysterious man shows his gratitude by...burning a tattoo onto Seigi's palm?! It turns out, the tattoo is a powerful secret weapon that everyone--including a formidable girl with a tattoo of her own--is after. With his life on the line and his martial arts skills alone no match against super-powered foes, will Seigi be able to unlock the latent potential of his tattoo and live to fight another day?!
Based on the short story by Hugo Award-winning author Cixin Liu!
One mysterious day, over twenty thousand otherworldly spaceships settle into stable orbit around Earth. Six months later, in a certain Asian village, a young girl named Zhihan discovers an old man who fell from the sky...but the strangeness doesn't end there. Soon, many more elderly drifters in peculiar outfits begin descending all over the world, claiming they created human civilization. Now it's humanity's turn to take care of their Progenitors-but as Zhihan will soon learn, accepting God into your home isn't such a simple matter...
After surviving a terrorist incident as a child, Shingo Shimazaki was forced to join the League for Economic Liberations' revolutionary army. Now, thirty years later, he's back in Japan and trying to assimilate to a normal life. His Japanese may be awkward, and his grasp of ordinary tasks a little weak, but he has all the combat and surveillance training of a green beret. There are many kindhearted souls who want to help him-and a few not so kind ones who will do anything to stop him.
Full Color Comic, with an Anime in the making! Takemura, an antisocial former office worker, has his life changed in an instant when the world suddenly becomes infested with zombies. Somehow, he's the only one that doesn't get attacked by them. "Helping others? Forget it. I'm going to live in this world freely." In this apocalyptic world, Takemura has gained immense power. Living while hiding the fact that zombies won't attack him, is he a hero or something else entirely...?
Beatrice had been living as the daughter of a duke, engaged to the prince of the kingdom... but all that changed after she witnessed him in bed with another woman. However, this was exactly what Lady Beatrice needed. She had wanted to break off this engagement for the longest time. She could use this to seek an audience with the king to do exactly that... except the prince seems to have beaten her to it and set things up to appear as though she is the one who has committed adultery. With her honor amongst the nobility stripped from her, no man seeks to marry her... except for one from a less than luxurious territory on the outskirts of the kingdom. Baron Ricardo Garcia welcomes her into his home, although he does not live quite like nobility normally do...
Twenty-nine-year-old Satoru Fujinuma is floundering through life. Amid his daily drudgery, he finds himself in the grip of an incredible, inexplicable, and uncontrollable phenomenon that rewinds time, a condition that seems to only make his drab life worse. But then, one day, everything changes. A terrible incident forever changes Satoru's life as he knows it...and with it, comes a "Revival" that sends Satoru eighteen years into the past!
In the body of his boyhood self, Satoru encounters sights he never imagined he would see again--the smile of his mother, alive and well, his old friends, and Kayo Hinazuki, the girl who was kidnapped and murdered when he was a boy the first time around. To return to the present and prevent the tragedy that brought him back to his childhood in the first place, Satoru begins plotting a way to change Hinazuki's fate...But up against the clock and a faceless evil, does eleven-year-old Satoru even stand a chance?
Meet the next generation of bounty hunters who are nothing likeanything you've seen before! Tublerun, who can take away your powers bysimply putting his hand on your head, Verna, who can hacka into almostanything, and Lorel, the hypnotist and leader of this group called the"Nonblonds". There's nothing they won't do, and nothing they can't do!
Alchemy: the mystical power to alter the natural world; something between magic, art, and science. When two brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric, dabbled in this power to grant their dearest wish, one of them lost an arm and a leg...and the other became nothing but a soul locked into a body of living steel. Now Edward is a agent of the government, a slave of the military-alchemical complex, using his unique powers to obey orders...even to kill. Except his powers aren't unique. The world has been ravaged by the ab*se of alchemy. And in the pursuit of the ultimate alchemical treasure, the Philosopher's Stone, their enemies are even more ruthless than they are...
When a struggling manga artist finds a buxom girl who's the spitting image of his own series' heroine nude on his doorstep, it seems like a dream come true! But sadly, his drawings didn't suddenly spring to life-the girl's a gahi, a tentacled yokai who eats artwork and turns it into suits of skin, which she then wears like a glove. "Ruki" is hooked on the taste of his pen, and will do anythingto get more! Is this girl(?) a worthless freeloader, or could a formless entity actually be the perfect model?
The impregnable Dungeon of the Dead lies in the farthest north, spewing the Death from its gaping maw, a plague of devastation and undeath that has spread throughout the Four-Cornered World. Nothing but certain doom has awaited those who descend to its deepest level in hopes of finding the source of this pestilence-at least, not until that challenge is met by a certain party of adventurers, six men and women who would one day be called heroes...With this volume, the ashen tale of the legends of Goblin Slayer's world begins!
Saitou is a thoroughly unremarkable handyman who can't help but feel unsatisfied with his lot in life. Sure, doing odd jobs pays the bills-barely-but it comes at the cost of dealing with his ungrateful customers and boss. Dejected and dispirited, he's starting to wonder what the point of it all is...when he finds himself in another world. There, he meets Raelza, a strong and beautiful female warrior with a prickly attitude; Morlock, a dirty old man and a powerful wizard (when he can remember his spells); and Lafanpan, a cute but greedy fairy. Together with his companions, Saitou goes dungeon crawling in search of riches and feels what it's like to be needed for the first time. After all, who would you trust to open locked treasure chests or repair your equipment more than your local handyman?
Lies. Crime.Theft.Murder.Anything goes.To be with her. This must be what love is.That is what she thought.In order to protect this feeling......she would do anything.
The familiar scents of gunpowder and kitty litter...
When hardened men with a soft spot for felines look for a haven, they come to Kitty and Me, a bar with a select clientele and one ironclad rule: When inside, do not dare harm the cats that call it home. Here, the hitman known as Undertaker finds himself in the unenviable situation of mourning the recent loss of his beloved pet, Cheriko...and discovering that his next target is a fellow cat lover. But the concrete jungle isn't always so courteous as to wait outside, and the bloody truth about Undertaker's latest job is knocking at the door.
After defeating the demon lord, assassin Roland seems destined for eternal greatness, yet he wants nothing of the sort! Determined to avoid fame and fortune in pursuit of a normal life, he applies for a job at the local Adventurers Guild, where all manner of intrepid warriors come to turn in their quests. But Roland has no idea what "normal" really is, and he's anything but your average employee! Will this world-class assassin be able to adjust to the monotony of everyday life at the guild?
You are my "thrall"--mine and mine alone... When Kana, a student at St. Agatha Academy, lays eyes on her long-lost childhood friend Aki amid the throng of the metropolis, the gears of destiny begin to turn! Meeting with an unfortunate accident not long after, Kana finds herself pulled from the arms of death by a vampire--Aki. Now Kana must give herself over to Aki, body and soul, as his "thrall," and soon she is trust into a dangerous game to obtain demonic powers known as "STIGMA," which could very well spell the end for her all over again!
Can this duo of devilish darlings really grant any wish?! The naturally clumsy Sister Asia and taciturn cutie Koneko form an unlikely pair as they head out to answer summons from humans with requests, but...can they really fulfill every desire?! These two little devil beauties get down to work in this spin-off of the megahit High School DxD!
Seven Japanese high school prodigies have taken the world by storm, exercising their mind-blowing abilities in everything from politics to entertainment. But when their plane crashes one day, these geniuses awaken to find themselves in a different realm-one that's home to magic and beast folk! While such strange new surroundings might throw an average person for a loop, these prodigies take their situation in stride...and then some! With the greatest minds and talents known to Earth, this dream team is about to turn the other world on its head!
After fleeing an army of terrible monsters, Jacob Portman and his peculiar friends find themselves lost at sea, but the only person who might be able to get them ashore safely, their illustrious headmistress Miss Peregrine, is stuck in the form of a bird! Hoping to find a way to get Miss Peregrine back to normal--or as normal as a peculiar can get--the children journey to London. But no matter where they go, trouble lurks after them... Cassandra Jean's evocative visuals once again work seamlessly with Hollow City's vintage photographs and Ransom Rigg's twisting fantasy narrative to make for a wholly immersive reading experience for fans of the original novels, fans graphic novels, and fans of reading a great story alike!
When a job offer arrives from a company she never applied to, Sakamata Chloe is naturally suspicious, but she can't say no to the generous salary. Her new workplace is the Secret Society holoX, where fellow members Takane Lui, Hakui Koyori, Kazama Iroha, and their leader La+ Darknesss strive to achieve nothing short of world domination! (If they ever manage to scrounge up the funds, that is.) Discover the origins of the self-proclaimed "rightful rulers of Eden's planet" in this story based on the mega-popular virtual YouTuber stars of Hololive. "YES MY DARK!"
En route to school one spring day, Tomoya Aki meets the girl of his dreams amid the dancing cherry blossom petals. But his bliss is soon crushed with the realization that the girl on the other end of his fateful encounter is none other than his boring, bland wallflower of a classmate! Now Tomoya, an aspiring video game developer, is on a mission: turn this dull damsel into the heroine of a dating sim...or bust!
No matter how much time we spend together, I'll never become special to you.Childhood best friends. Two halves of a whole. The cool, smart one who's good at almost everything, and his average, dorky friend who struggles to do anything right -Yamato and Kakeru. Always by the other's side, but not together in the way they truly want to be. No matter how hard they try, their hearts cannot reach each other...
A humorous and heartfelt autobiographical comic essay of a manga artist new to the challenges of motherhood! Follow her journey as she learns the ins and outs of pregnancy and childbirth-and the impossibility of finding comfy maternity underwear!
In her final days of high school, Mei Soraike tried to confess her love to her best friend only to have her hopes crushed. A little heartbreak is fine, though-because she'll absolutely, definitely, undoubtedly get a girlfriend in college! And as soon as Mei sets her resolve, potential paramours start aggressively sidling up to her one after another...! How on earth is she supposed to settle on someone when she's falling head over heels for every cutie she meets?
Yuuya has always been a loser, and after the death of his grandpa (the only person he had in his corner), he's sure there's no point even trying anymore. But when Yuuya moves into his late gramps's home, he inherits...a two-way door to another world?! Access to this new realm might be just the cheat Yuuya needs to succeed in his everyday life!
Allen gets such poor grades at Grand Swordcraft Academy that his fellow students have dubbed him the "Reject Swordsman." But one day, he is granted a mysterious button that, when pressed, will give him one hundred million years to train in an alternate reality. With an ungodly amount of practice under his belt, the world is about to see what this underachiever can really do!
When high school shut-in Raito Sasaki hires a pro gamer coach to help him hone his FPS skills, he never expected that the one knocking on his door would be Rion Suzuki-a cute and fashionable high-school knockout! With such a charming and supportive gal cheering him on, can Raito take his game to the next level, or will the pressure of being up close and personal with a bombshell like Rion lead him to throw?
Any love story aficionado will say that the key to a successful couple is intense desire for one another-but what if the characters in question are an asexual woman with a passion for Boys Love stories and a gay man whose heart forever belongs to his oblivious childhood friend? Although romance will never be in the cards for newlyweds Yuriko and Gakurouta, the bond blossoming between them promises to be a wonderful relationship-the likes of which neither has ever experienced before...
For 1,500 years, Beelzebub has happily taken. it easy as a rank-and-file clerk. But her lazy lifestyle comes to an end when the new demon king suddenly promotes her to minister! Can she adopt the appearance and demeanor expected of the highest demon on the bureaucratic pyramid?
When I open my eyes, I find myself in an unfamiliar car, in an unfamiliar town, in front of the on-ramp to an unfamiliar highway. Before I can process any of this, I see the fiery explosions of multiple car crashes in the distance, and without thinking, I stomp on the accelerator and race toward the scene. I soon find that I've driven straight into hell at full speed with no brakes, just like everyone around me...! In the midst of this insanity, I discover the corpse of a girl, and suddenly I know-I am the brilliant detective. And I must solve the mystery of her death.
When a fantasy world has fully functioning smartphones and internet (for some reason), it's only natural for its sixteen-year-old shut-in of a Hero to declare war via text message on the Demon Lord who has abducted the kingdom's princess. But is it natural for that Demon Lord to be an innocent teenage girl who hates conflict?!! And somehow, this hopelessly weak, level one Hero ends up texting that overly pure Demon Lord, her cheerful Demon Generals (who are all smitten with her), and a kidnapped princess who is seriously falling for her captor as he sets off on a perilous journey to meet his online cru-er, mortal enemy face-to-face!
Ever since a lifesaving blood transfusion, Haruka Kuze has been indebted to Maruna Rinjou. The only problem: How do you show your gratitude to someone who barely gives you the time of day? So when he finds out she's actually a witch, Haruka swears he'll do whatever it takes to help her graduate from magic school-even if it means cross-dressing as a girl! But does Maruna really hate him, or is there another reason she gets so flustered when he's around?
Mei Haruno was born with the troublesome ability of being able to see pink arrows indicating who people were in love with. In order to escape, she chooses to enroll in an all-girls' boarding school in the hopes of never getting involved in romance again...only to discover not one, but two arrows directed right at her!
From the sands of Ancient Egypt to the streets of modern Japan, the newly resurrected Great Priest Imhotep traverses time and space on the hunt for the magai, devious beings with an appetite for destruction who impersonate the gods! When schoolgirl Hinome crosses paths with this illustrious ancient, is her loner lifestyle about to change for the better...or for the worse?!