"I'll get you the dress you deserve!" Kanade was born into a banking family, but is treated like a servant by her sister due to her being the daughter of their father's previous wife. Just as she wishes to be free, she is forced to marry Yukito, the president of a company that is rumored to be a cold-hearted man... instead of her sister! Without anyone to support her at her wedding, Kanade is the target of ridicule when her sister stains her wedding dress. However, could the man she's marrying be hiding a different side behind his icy exterior? Yukito helps Kanade transform into a beautiful new woman and the scene at the ceremony completely changes...! After a lifetime of being unloved, Kanade's journey is now starting to blossom.
He was an ordinary working guy in Japan...but accidentally reincarnated as Asuka, the villainess of a popular otome game "Love Revolution Kingdom." In order to avoid being executed, he must not let the villain prince fall in love with Asuka. However, when Asuka started to act like she(he) didn't care about any of the boys, the characters including the prince became attracted to her. Either love or friendship would lead him to a dead end...but all he wishes is to live his own life!!
Suimei and two of his best friends find themselves mysteriously summoned to another world. There's a cute princess, magic galore, a Demon Lord that needs to be defeated, and a world that needs to be saved-the works! Too bad Suimei isn't interested. His friends are all too ready to play the parts of heroes, but Suimei just wants to get home. He has an advantage as a magician... but he's in for a rude awakening when he finds out what actually passes for magic in these parts.
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!
After quitting his job at a toxic company, Shiro Amata moves into the house his grandmother left him in her will. There, he soon makes two life-changing discoveries: one, his grandmother was really a witch from another world, and two, said other world is just on the other side of her closet door! Thanks to a book she left for Shiro, he also manages to obtain an all-powerful skill called "Equivalent Exchange," which allows him to turn money from his world into otherworldly currency and vice versa.
With this, Shiro decides to set up shop and sell convenient items like matches to the colorful inhabitants of the other world. His plan: make a massive profit on the goods he brings from home to become so rich that he never needs another job ever again!
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!
"I think I want to break up..." - The night she had that thought, he appeared as a ghost.She thought it was a bad joke, but the next day, he was at university, acting like nothing had happened. From that moment on, her peaceful life began to quietly unravel. This is the beginning of a strange and beautiful everyday life, caught between the him who is alive and the him who is dead.
"I look forward to our future together, my bride." When a poor peasant gets accepted into the most prestigious school in the country, there has to be a catch?! Leon thought he got in on a special scholarship, but that scholarship comes with strings attached... such as a new fiance!
In the residential area of the royal capital, a socially anxious apprentice witch, Miranda, manages the storefront of an enchanted medicines and sundries shop. Her quiet life is interrupted when an invitation to a royal tea party arrives.
At the palace's greenhouse, she encounters Prince Heinrich--but...as a cat?! Cursed to take the form of a fluffy feline, he then shockingly requests her to become his keeper! Thus begins the slightly suggestive tale of a witch with a handsome prince as a familiar! (C)Oto Nagatsuki (C)Himako Neko/SQUARE ENIX
Harol, grandson of the Hero who defeated the Demon King, lived as a handyman in a small village. He followed his grandfather's words and lived as a hero...a compassionate, perfect person who selflessly serves others. However, when the Divine Book was discovered and it told that the world is close to destruction, he was called by the King. As the book told that in order to avoid the tragedy, Harol must marry Yonayona, the Demon King's daughter and complete the "Newlywed Quest"! They need to experience things that a normal couple would do after marriage. After he started to live with Yonayona, he became more and more attracted to her. She is sweet, gentle, and sexy. But she had other side of her...that loves to do dirty things!
Jihun Min is a diligent and honest medical sales representative who is trying to make a name for himself in a company that is rampant with nepotism. Hence, he is constantly being outshined by his general manager's nephew, Junseong Choi, who monopolizes sales performance through lobbying and shady tactics. One day, Jihun is blessed with a special ability that could propel him forward in his career. Things are finally going his way and he's feeling more optimistic than ever, but will Jihun be able to maintain his strong moral compass and not lose sight of what truly matters?
College freshman Akira is absolutely obsessed with the latest hit video game. After spending two months maxing out his character he finally beats the final boss... and wakes up inside the video game as Adele, the main character! Meanwhile, Karina Russel, a student at the Tweede Academy of Magical Arts, is struggling to find an apprenticeship willing to take her in since she is helpless when it comes to magic. When she finds a sorcerer wandering the streets, she desperately asks to be his apprentice and he accepts. This man turns out to be Adele, the greatest sorcerer in the world! But since he is actually just a normal college student, can he really teach Karina magic?
Ikuo Fukami, is a 12th grader who can see the color of people's emotions. One day he is summoned to another world to be a hero, but he finds he has no combat abilities! He can however use healing magic and his special empathy skill allows him to talk to magical beasts. He befriends a giant wolf and together with the girl that summoned him he sets out to help those in need wherever he can find them!
Cho Seyan wakes up to see people with signs on their heads saying their relationship to her. She's happy to see her crush's sign saying "Boyfriend?" but her childhood friend has the same sign. With two guys who will potentially become her lover, which one will Cho Seyan choose?
An ordinary woman with a freelancing career named Mina encountered a troublesome customer online. It turns out that her troublesome customer is Jinho, her timid and shy next door neighbor. With Mina and Jinho going through personal troubles, will they be able to find solace together?
When the civilizations of yesteryear fade from memory and become fanciful fantasy, the only evidence of their existence...are books.
Ash, a young boy living in a remote farming village, holds a secret-he possesses memories of a distant and more bountiful past life. Days of toiling in the fields have given rise to a burning desire: to bring more enjoyment to the everyday doldrum of his dreary present day!
And while books may be the answer, Ash...can't actually read! But where there is a will, there is a way. Join Ash as he battles illiteracy and sets his sights on a better life!
Lufas Maphaahl rules the land of Mizgarz with an iron fist. Mankind stands no chance of prevailing against the most powerful being in the world and her army of loyal minions-until a band of heroes bests her in an epic battle, sealing her soul away for all eternity.
But this is just another day in Exgate Online. Lufas is a player's avatar and a legend among fans. She even outshines the official last boss, the Devil King.
So it's no big deal to the boy behind Lufas when he logs off after his epic defeat-thankfully, it won't really be eternity until he can play again. But he's met by a strange offer, and when he accepts, he's sucked into the game world and awakens...in Lufas's body!
Two hundred years have passed since Lufas's defeat, and Mizgarz now lives under the shadow of the Devil King. How will our hero fix his mess? And can he save the world from the one being he never subordinated: the last boss?
After a life seemingly devoid of meaning, a man reincarnates in a new world as Yuri Ho. Immersed in novel experiences and embraced by parents who shower him with unprecedented affection, his will to live grows like never before. The future that lies before him is a peaceful existence on his father's ranch, breeding and raising birds to be ridden by warriors fighting distant wars. His new home, the Shiyalta Kingdom, has enjoyed peace and prosperity for centuries, shielded by friendly nations that, like Shiyalta itself, were established following the collapse of a once-great empire. It seems no threat can compromise this idyllic lifestyle. However, when the effects of a neighboring kingdom's war throw Yuri's family into crisis, he finds himself unable to stand by and watch.
Makoto Takatsuki is a normal high school student and a hardcore RPG player. However, "normal" goes out the window when his whole class is involved in a bus crash and whisked away to another world! Powerful gods rule this strange new land of magic and monsters, and every newcomer is blessed with strong stats and unique skills. Well, not quite. Makoto's stats turn out to be pathetic, and his skills are super weak compared to his classmates'...he's even stuck as an apprentice mage. Worse still, he's given only ten years to live! Luckily, Makoto soon meets a minor goddess named Noah, who appears in Makoto's dreams and asks him to become her first believer. With the help of Noah's blessings and a divine weapon, Makoto seeks to become strong enough to rescue his goddess from the dungeon where she's been trapped. By training hard and using his weak skills in unorthodox ways, Makoto proves that, even when playing on hardcore difficulty, an RPG player always makes it to the end!
Meet Rio: a callous orphaned boy living in the slums. At only 7-years-old, he realizes he's actually the reincarnation of Haruto Amakawa, a Japanese university student with a tragic past. While still reeling from this shocking epiphany, Rio also comes to learn that he possesses extremely potent magical abilities and uses his new powers to solve the kidnapping case of a little girl. His good deed is acknowledged, and he's rewarded by being enrolled into... a prestigious academy for noble children...?
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!
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 c*ptivity 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!
After losing his father in a tragic accident, Shinobu Iijima and his younger sister Megumi are taken in by their father's old friend, Ayumu. Shinobu works hard in the hopes of starting a new life for himself. Megumi, and a mobile game called La Vita Online, are the only things keeping him afloat. One day, Ayumu reveals his true intentions of tearing Shinobu down and getting his hands on Megumi. But just after Shinobu learns that Ayumu deleted all of his game data in La Vita, their high-rise apartment catches on fire and Shinobu falls to his death, Megumi in tow. He wakes up in a strange new world... and realizes he's been reincarnated into the world of La Vita Online. An announcement from the devs tells him that Ayumu is already there, and a countdown to Megumi's arrival is ticking. Shinobu vows to protect Megumi after she arrives at any cost, even if it means he has to crawl his way up from level 1 to fend off all the other reincarnated players.
Cursed with a naturally low supply of aether, Arcus Raytheft is disinherited and shunned by his family. Things start to change when he experiences another man's life through a dream-a dream that shows him marvelous technological wonders that don't exist in his world. Armed with this new knowledge, Arcus sets about showing his parents that they were wrong about him. Surely an arsenal of mind-blowing spells will be enough to convince them you don't need aether to succeed?
What do you get when you put a down-to-earth college student in a supposedly vacant apartment that's actually full of some quirky, otherworldly creatures? A whole lot of trouble, a whole lot of cuteness, and a whole lot of fun. Sometimes cheap rent is enough to make you put up with the strangest of neighbors and roommates, but forget about sugar, spice, and everything nice; and get ready for potato chips, pranks, and everything messy!
Archdemon Zagan hires his unsavory friend, the sorcerer known as Purgatory Barbatos, to guard Archangel Chastille Lillqvist from the shadows. Barbatos takes to watching over the girl-which really means watching her constantly screw things up, trust people she shouldn't, and inevitably bawl her eyes out. But something about Chastille and her waterworks may just have a special effect on the sourpuss sorcerer...
The tale of this odd couple begins after the seventh volume of An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride!
This is a story about Remille, an adventurer who died. Specifically, he's died a lot-seven times now, always at the hands of vicious monsters. Every time, though, he's returned to the same day, three years prior. He's tried everything at this point, from sword fighting to magical arts to beast taming, but it always ends the same way. Is there any hope for him in this 8th loop of his life? Perhaps a chance encounter with Princess Ciel might change things? Her magical eye can see all possible futures-and with Remille's vast stores of XP from seven lives of adventuring, just about anything is possible! Add in the fact that his erstwhile feline friend Catra isn't exactly what she seems (and how the princess herself wants to party up with him) and this 8th loop might just be the charm!
Due to her tall stature and red hair, Layla Shormet has been called "Candle Girl" ever since she can remember. It's no wonder she's insecure about her looks. After finding her fiance being intimate with another woman at a party and then being ridiculed by him in front of everybody there, she calls their engagement off. In fact, she decides she's done with marriage once and for all and that she'll just be a knight for the rest of her life! So, when she hears about an assignment where she must accompany the princess to another country where the king is looking for his queen, she accepts it. But, little does she know what's in store for her there...!
Sheeta and Nala live happily inside a hollowed-out log with their fellow "littlefolk," who stand no taller than a blade of grass. When Nala runs off one day to investigate a mysterious smoke signal, Sheeta must summon all his courage and wits as he sets off in pursuit. Rats, ants, weasels, giants... The wide world is full of dangers, but the plucky Sheeta will stop at nothing to find his friend.
Monsters did not always exist in the island country of Hexaldoria, once known as Japan. But, once monsters appeared, their numbers grew in an instant. Eighty percent of the world is now too dangerous for people to live in. With the monsters' arrival, the world bestowed "Classes" upon its people. Classes are assigned at birth, and most people live according to them. There are eight COMPETENT classes: FIGHTER, HUNTER, CLERIC, WARRIOR, MAGE, MERCHANT, THEIF. And three special ORACLE classes: KING, SAGE, HERO. The weakest Class of all is VILLAGER. However, Kouji Kagami became "LEVEL 999"--the highest level that no one had reached before. When he met the daughter of the Demon King, the world started to change!
Touko belongs to a group of students with psychic powers, called Group E. One year ago one of them died, and they try to cope together with their teacher. However, more deaths start happening. The group starts to learn the conspiracy about the incident, and how it's related to the missile attack that scarred the town 10 years past.
When Lizel mysteriously finds himself in a city that bears odd similarities to his own but clearly isn't, he quickly comes to terms with the unlikely truth: this is an entirely different world. Even so, laid-back Lizel isn't the type to panic. He immediately sets out to learn more about this strange place, and to help him do so, hires a seasoned adventurer named Gil as his tour guide and protector.
Until he's able to find a way home, Lizel figures this is a perfect opportunity to explore a new way of life adventuring as part of a guild. After all, he's sure he'll go home eventually... might as well enjoy the otherworldly vacation for now!
Nachi Hiyama plays softball, but hates how she never tans like her teammates. Feeling alone and discouraged, she struggles to fit in. That is, until she meets Utsumi, a quiet, shy boy at her school, and discovers his secret; he has a tail!
They might be different, but they can be different together.
"For modern romance manga though, there have been some titles that have been known to break the formula, and "A Tail's Tale" is one of them." - Asian Movie Pulse
Alice Kagami is an ordinary high school girl who doesn't really get her friend Tamami's obsession with idol games. There's more to life than handsome digital boys, dating sims, and mini-games, right? But then, Tamami is "chosen" as one of the top idol fangirls in the country and gets drawn into the game - and hapless Alice gets pulled in too!
Between dealing with the mismatched members of her idol group to intense pressure to spend real money on gachas, how is a total idol game newbie supposed to take them to the top?
Orphaned at a young age, Alice has lived with her aunt for most of her childhood. But her uncle is abusive and resentful, and at fifteen years old, Alice decides to return home to Kyoto and train as a maiko, eventually hoping to become a geisha.
But when she arrives back to the city where she was born, she finds that Kyoto has changed quite a bit in the eight years since she left it. Almost as if it's a completely different world...
On the planet Aqua, a world once known as Mars, Akari Mizunashi has just made her home in the town of Neo-Venezia, a futuristic imitation of the ancient city of Venice. In pursuit of her dream to become an Undine - a gondolier who leads high-end tours around the city - Akari joins as a trainee with the Aria Company, one of the three most prestigious water-guide companies in Neo-Venezia. There, she explores the beauty of the city and the world along with other trainees from Aria and rival companies, working hard for her dreams and making new friends along the way.
Experience the world of Aqua like never before with Kozue Amano's gorgeously detailed illustrations and full-color spreads in this deluxe collector's edition!
This is Volume 1 of this Masterpiece edition of the series.
From a small lake nestled in a secluded forest far from the edge of town something strange emerged one day: Three young girls. The three girls, Shem, Ham and Japheth, are sisters from another world. Equipped with their magical powers, they are charged with saving all the creatures of Earth from becoming extinct. But there is someone or something sinister trying to stop them... While saving our world from destruction, these sisters live like normal human girls: They go to school, work at a flower shop, hang around with friends and even fall in love.
Ah, yes, the glorious future! No city better exemplifies why the future is totally awesome than Neo-Tokyo, capital of business. Unfortunately, our hero, the restaurateur Goto Onishi, is flat broke and without hope for expanding the family business...that is, until he discovers the secret power hidden beneath the floorboards of his near-bankrupt restaurant. Prepare yourself for Atomic King Daidogan!
After her father's dreams of making it big in the music industry crumble beneath the strain of trying to appease both his managers and his fans, singer Yukina Minato is determined to make him proud by forming the "perfect band" of her own. But first, she'll have to find all the right members. They'll need unparalleled skill, passion and drive if they're going to succeed as a J-rock band in such a crowded scene!
Future World Fes is the biggest music event of the year, a world-famous spectacular that showcases only the best of the best. Do five high school girls have what it takes to rock their competition and secure a spot on the main stage?