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Homura and the girls cross the arid wastes with strict orders to bring the neighboring country of Zhorguan to its knees. If they succeed in their mission, Proto and Tsutsumi will finally be recognized as official Phalanx soldiers, so they have to see it through! The squad goes undercover, donning cursed collars to trick their foes and infiltrate the enemy town. However, unable to use magic, they soon find themselves in hot water. Proto steps up to protect those “feeble carbon lifeforms,” but disaster befalls her at every turn. A legendary earth serpent appears, beastmen invade, and her mechanical body shuts down! Will her warhammer of justice ever fall again?!

The Federation’s Offensive—Rising Dawn. The Federation has been steadily preparing itself for the decisive battle. As the moment of truth rapidly approaches, the Empire which has long been on the offensive remains unaware of the threat. In these dire circumstances, only one person has noticed where everything is heading: Tanya. Zettour also refuses to simply watch and begins his grand plan to deceive the world. In the end, the one who will pull the trigger on this operation is a monster in the guise of a young girl...

Perfect for fans of Overlord and Re:ZERO.

THIS IS MORE THAN A GAME—THIS IS REAL LIFE. Sixth-grader Yuuma Ashihara and his twin sister, Sawa, are playing Actual Magic , a brand-new virtual reality MMORPG, when it suddenly begins fusing with the real world. Amid all the chaos and confusion, it becomes clear that death is lurking around every corner, including when Yuuma runs into his classmate Sumika. Before, she was one of the cutest girls in his class, but she’s since undergone a terrible metamorphosis—into one of the game’s horrifying monsters! From the author of Sword Art Online and Accel World comes a story beyond VR and AR, where gaming and reality are one and the same…and staying alive is just the beginning!

The students of Yukihana Elementary School Class 6-1 remain trapped inside Althea, a mixed-reality hellscape. Yuuma wants everyone to work together to escape this nightmare, but unexpected treachery leaves several of his classmates turned to stone. A surprise attack with unclear motives, betrayal from a trusted ally, a disturbing new stat called a “demonization ratio”…and now, Aria has transformed into a demon, just like Sawa! In order to survive, the students must learn to coexist with their demons. But what will this mean, and what price will they have to pay?

Psycho, genius healing mage and self-proclaimed mad scientist, is uncharacteristically down in the dumps. She says she wants to become stronger, and Homura tries to cheer her up—when suddenly, Galdorssia is invaded by a neighboring country that’s joined forces with the demons!

HUMANITY IS NO MATCH FOR THE GODS Twenty years before agents Katagishi and Miyaki begin investigating abnormal incidents, the Divine Incursions Special Investigations Division looked quite different. And only one person knows how the secret organization was established... Sadahito Uyu is a conman who enjoys a mostly normal life. When he’s arrested for running scams, he falls into the hands of former homicide detective Kiruma and Ryouko, an associate professor of folklore studies. It turns out Uyu isn’t exactly normal after all, and they want to make good use of his ability to see the supernatural. Through his eyes, it will become clear how the Divine Incursions Task Force was established, fell apart, and later became the Special Investigations Division.

Titanic body parts fall from the sky onto a town. The guts and viscera of corpses are mysteriously absent. And humanity continues to dream of eternal life and eternal youth. Katakishi of the Divine Incursion Special Investigations Department is on the case to uncover the truth of these phenomena, and other secrets that hit closer to home...

Heroes bristle with the power that can protect and save everyone, and these young men and women battle monsters in their dreams, doing their glorious Goddess’s bidding. …Never realizing that the monsters they fight are actually humans. Infested by the mysterious being known simply as the Goddess and transformed into unthinking creatures of havoc and slaughter, these heroes of destruction wage an endless war of blind justice. Only Charon, an elite unit led by a young man known as Azuma, stand a chance against these terrifying enemies. So what might happen when a young scientist named Kaguya who joins their ranks wants to save the heroes rather than defeat them...?

The latest VRMMORPG, Actual Magic, has sealed an entire class of sixth graders in a terrifying game of life or death. Countless dangers await eleven-year-old Yuuma and his friends. One of their classmates has been turned into a monster, and gargantuan beasts lurk around every corner. Their only hope? The demon Valac who has possessed Yuuma’s twin sister. Following Valac’s guidance, Yuuma and his party set out to save their missing friend, Nagi. But an unexpected encounter awaits them...

Homura wants to set something, anything, on fire. She may finally get her chance when she's summoned to another world that’s desperate enough to ask her for help! Along with a group of similarly offbeat high school girls who all have their own powers, Homura sets off to incinerate evildoers and rein in the chaos caused by the Demon Lord's resurrection. What’s going to happen when she inevitably gets a little carried away? Will her flames of justice wind up burning down the whole world?

Featuring art from the illustrator of The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess, Hero Syndrome is an action fantasy novel with great world-building, an intriguing plot twist, and a dash of fan-service.

Featuring art from the illustrator of The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess, Hero Syndrome is an action fantasy novel with great world-building, an intriguing plot twist, and a dash of fan-service.

The World Bows Down Before My Flames is an entertaining fantasy comedy novel about a group of five girls who are reincarnated in a new world and train to defeat the Demon King.

Giants at the bottom of a dam, gods of retribution…strange and Incomprehensible phenomena are accelerating! Not only his boss but also his brother-in-law, Rokuhara is someone Katagishi of the Divine Incursion Special Investigations Department would rather not deal with. But he is going to have to, because he’s been assigned to investigate a certain dam with Rokuhara. What link will they find between the dark giant standing at the bottom of the dam and a monster luring in people through voice mimicry…?