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A bouncy series about a girl transported to a fantasy world like her favorite video game with her magical bearsuit equipped-and don't miss the original light novels, also published by Seven Seas!Fifteen-year-old video game addict Yuna is set for life: she funds her shut-in lifestyle by playing the stock market and then spends every other free moment playing her favourite virtual reality MMO. After a game update, Yuna receives a way-too-cute bear outfit that's super overpowered! There's no way Yuna would ever wear something that embarrassing, but after being sucked into a fantasy world, she might not have a choice!

Now that Yuna’s done with her quest guarding the academy students, she’s off to a seaside vacation in Mileela with Fina and Shuri in tow. But even when on vacation, Yuna is still thinking about business as she goes about setting up a new seafood restaurant! Will Yuna finally get to have that taste of home she’s been longing for?

Come one, come all, to taste Yuna the bear girl’s delicious shortcakes! Everyone in Crimonia flocks to her taste test, but will Yuna get the reaction she’s hoping for? Then, after getting an invitation to Misa’s birthday party, Yuna visits another town…but there’s something fishy going on and Misa could be in danger! Baked goods crumble into intrigue in the latest bear girl bonanza!

Fifteen-year-old video game addict Yuna is set for life: she funds her shut-in lifestyle by playing the stock market and then spends every other free moment playing her favourite virtual reality MMO. After a game update, Yuna receives a way-too-cute bear outfit that’s super overpowered! There’s no way Yuna would ever wear something that embarrassing, but after being sucked into a fantasy world, she might not have a choice!

In search of new ingredients, Yuna heads to a port town under the thumb of a shady guild and menaced by a giant kraken. Though both things are daunting, Yuna is more concerned with getting her hands on the ingredients for her favourite Japanese dishes! She’ll do whatever it takes to get a taste of home, even if it means cleaning up this corrupt town!

Ever since she got transported to another world, Yuna has been on an epic quest...for culinary delights! Her latest goal is to find the “bee tree”, the source of honey in this world. But when Yuna finally finds it, she also discovers a couple of wild bears under attack by orcs! Never one to back down from a fight when a rare ingredient is on the line, Yuna soon jumps into the fray!

Fifteen-year-old Yuna prefers staying home and obsessively playing her favourite VRMMO game to doing anything else, including going to school. When a strange new update gives her a one-of-a-kind bear outfit that comes with overpowered abilities, Yuna is torn: the outfit is unbearably cute, but too embarrassing to wear in-game. But then she suddenly finds herself transported into the world of the game, facing down monsters and magic for real, and the bear suit becomes the best weapon she has!

BEAR GIRL VS. MONSTER HORDE!Yuna and her friends have just arrived in the capital where the King’s birthday celebrations are being held. While the girls are enjoying the festivities, an evil sorcerer summons an army of ten thousand monsters, placing the capital in imminent danger. Even worse, it seems Noir’s father is on his way to the capital and might be caught in the chaos! Yuna is accustomed to fighting seemingly unstoppable enemies, but she’s only one girl. Can she save Noir’s father and the capital at the same time?

ALL BARK, WORSE BITEYuna makes it to the elven village, where a new crisis awaits—something is wrong with the elves’ sacred tree, causing the protective barrier around the village to weaken. A little investigation proves the tree is possessed by a monster! Fighting beasts is one thing. Fighting a plant? That’s new. Time for the Bloody Bear to get her gardening shears!

A BEAR AT THE FESTIVALOne elven village, saved. One…business rival, found? It seems a restaurant named the Bear’s Lounge (complete with bear-themed décor) has opened in the capital, muscling in on Yuna’s brand! Yuna heads straight to the capital to investigate this copybear—and promptly gets pulled into a school festival with Fina, Shuri, and Noa. Can the Bloody Bear never know a moment’s peace?

Fifteen-year-old Yuna prefers staying home and obsessively playing her favorite VRMMO to doing anything else, including going to school. When a strange new update gives her a one-of-a-kind bear outfit that comes with overpowered abilities, Yuna is torn: the outfit is unbearably cute, but too embarrassing to wear in-game. But then she suddenly finds herself transported to a world like the game, facing down monsters and magic for real, and the bear suit becomes the best weapon she has!

Fifteen-year-old video game addict Yuna is set for life: she funds her shut-in lifestyle by playing the stock market and then spends every other free moment playing her favourite virtual reality MMO. After a game update, Yuna receives a way-too-cute bear outfit that’s super overpowered! There’s no way Yuna would ever wear something that embarrassing, but after being sucked into a fantasy world, she might not have a choice!

Fifteen-year-old Yuna prefers staying home and obsessively playing her favorite VRMMO to doing anything else, including going to school. When a strange new update gives her a one-of-a-kind bear outfit that comes with overpowered abilities, Yuna is torn: the outfit is unbearably cute, but too embarrassing to wear in-game. But then she suddenly finds herself transported to a world like the game, facing down monsters and magic for real, and the bear suit becomes the best weapon she has!

UNBEARABLE HEATA quest from the king sends Yuna to a new area: a desert! She heads to the town of Dezelt with the kraken's mana stone in tow. The desert is terribly hot and vast, but it's nothing she can't handle with the help of Kumayuru, Kumakyu, and her OP bear gear! Once she gets there, the town's citizens have another task for her... Yuna has no time to just kick back her paws in this volume!

A SEASIDE RETREATAfter saving the town of Dezelt, Yuna returns home to Crimonia and it’s time to plan that beach trip! This bear’s got her paws full between making ice cream, designing swimsuits, and getting all those people to the shore! As it turns out, more people want to go for a swim than originally expected. Can Yuna figure out how to get everyone there so the crew can have a beary good time in the sun?

A light-hearted manga about a girl transported to her favorite video game world with her magical bearsuit equipped--based on the original light novel series, also published by Seven Seas! (Anime coming soon!)Fifteen-year-old video game addict Yuna is set for life: she funds her shut-in lifestyle by playing the stock market and then spends every other free moment playing her favourite virtual reality MMO. After a game update, Yuna receives a way-too-cute bear outfit that's super overpowered! There's no way Yuna would ever wear something that embarrassing, but after being sucked into a fantasy world, she might not have a choice!

Fifteen-year-old Yuna prefers staying home and obsessively playing her favourite VRMMO game to doing anything else, including going to school. When a strange new update gives her a one-of-a-kind bear outfit that comes with overpowered abilities, Yuna is torn: the outfit is unbearably cute, but too embarrassing to wear in-game. But then she suddenly finds herself transported into the world of the game, facing down monsters and magic for real, and the bear suit becomes the best weapon she has!

Fifteen-year-old Yuna prefers staying home and obsessively playing her favourite VRMMO game to doing anything else, including going to school. When a strange new update gives her a one-of-a-kind bear outfit that comes with overpowered abilities, Yuna is torn: the outfit is unbearably cute, but too embarrassing to wear in-game. But then she suddenly finds herself transported into the world of the game, facing down monsters and magic for real, and the bear suit becomes the best weapon she has!

BABYSITTER’S CLUB At Ellelaura’s request, Yuna accepts a mission to escort the students of the royal academy on a practical training exercise in the woods. Unfortunately, these pampered children of aristocrats have no intention of doing as she says, and their recklessness takes them right into some very serious danger! Can the Bloody Bear save the day–and a bunch of snotty teenagers, to boot?

MESS WITH THE BEAR AND CATCH THESE PAWSFirst there was Misa’s party—and now Misa’s been kidnapped! Enraged, the Bloody Bear sets out to rescue her young friend and show the girl’s kidnappers exactly how she earned that nickname. Meanwhile, an exhausted young elf fetches up on Yuna’s doorstep, seeking her older sister and a way to save her imperiled village. Yuna could leave her to fend for herself…but the Bloody Bear never deserts a maiden in need. Next stop: elven country!

FUN IN THE SUN!Everyone’s favorite bear, Yuna, is living it up with her friends on a seaside getaway in Mileela, but there doesn’t seem to be enough time in the world to enjoy all the summer activities! When Yuna learns of a mysterious moving island that suddenly appeared off the coast of Mileela, she’s unable to contain her curiosity. After creating a distraction, Yuna makes way for the strange island—and a new adventure. However, the island surpasses even her wildest imagination, containing an abundance of nature and powerful monsters ready to attack. Will Yuna and company make it through their vacation unscathed?

After getting their fill of sun, fun, and an unexpected adventure on Talgwei, Yuna and company head back to Crimonia. Back to her everyday routine, Yuna has a sudden realisation, recalling the mysterious Bearyllium ore she acquired a while ago. Now, it’s off to the dwarves’ village with Fina and Luimin to discover its unique secrets. However, Yuna soon finds her way to a new adventure when she learns about an event in the dwarves’ village that’s every hardcore gamer’s dream!

While in the dwarves' village, Yuna, Fina, and Luimin explore the town to discover the secrets of the ever mysterious ore, Bearyllium. During her exploration, she meets the blacksmith Lojina, who trained Gold and Gahzal, as well as his daughter Lilyka. But she soon gets her fill of metal and materials when the Gate of Trials opens for its annual challenge, drawing blacksmiths and adventurers from all around. She decides to test her mettle out of curiosity. However, her challenge is quite unexpected! Will Yuna be capable of rising to challenge?

When Yuna stops by Talgwei, the mythical floating island that roams the world, she discovers a new, unfamiliar land across the sea. It turns out to be a dream come true and soon, Yuna arrives in the Land of Wa! There, she can finally get her fill of her beloved Japanese cuisine and take a dip in the hot springs. But not everything is peaceful in her fantasy home away from home. Soon, a mysterious ninja girl appears before her, and Yuna learns that the Land of Wa is in great peril. What new adventures will unfold in this foreign, yet familiar land?

RACE AGAINST TIMEAs the revival of a monstrous snake known as the orochi imperils the Land of Wa, the shrine maiden Sakura declares Yuna their prophesied savior. Together with Kagari, current protector of the seal that keeps the orochi imprisoned, Yuna embarks on a journey that will take them all the way from the Land of Wa to the elven village. With the clock ticking on the orochi’s revival, the fate of a nation rests on Yuna’s shoulders! Can she pull off a miracle—or is the Land of Wa doomed?

Yuna gets some well-earned downtime after her fight with the giant snake. And with her brand-new mansion in the Land of Wa ready for move-in, the obvious solution is to bring both new friends and old together in one place for some fun. With delicious barbecue, some quality time at a hot spring, and plenty of gifts for the people who’re always there for her, a good time is sure to be had by all!

Can’t get enough of a certain bear and her companions? This book features all the bonus short stories and illustrations from volumes 10-16, collected in one place for the first time - plus the promotional story published online during the first season of the anime! As if that wasn’t enough, you’ll also find some brand-new, never-before-seen adventures within its pages, and a special manga short called “Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Kindergarten” from manga artist Sergei!

A bouncy series about a girl transported to a fantasy world like her favourite video game with her magical bearsuit equipped–and don’t miss the adorable manga version, also published by Seven Seas!