Fiction: special features: ranobe (‘light novels’)
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter (Light Novel)
Book SynopsisHidden dungeons - legendary places that no one knows how to enter - are full of extremely rare items, incredibly dangerous beasts, and strange beings that can grant power beyond measure. Noir, the third son of a penniless baronet, just lost his job. He was contemplating becoming an adventurer when fortune struck only a mile from home, and he opened the entrance to just such a dungeon!
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Light Novel) Vol. 5
Book SynopsisFifteen-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!
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Skeleton Knight in Another World (Light Novel)
Book SynopsisMERCENARY TACTICSArc and his companions chase the one lead they have on the Cardinals—a teleportation stone that spirits them to a small town off in a distant corner of the mysterious Great Revlon Empire. With the Empire on lockdown due to impending war, the Skeleton Knight and his crew must find a way to blend in. The solution? Register themselves as a band of mercenaries and start taking on jobs, of course!
£11.69
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Adachi and Shimamura (Light Novel) Vol. 8
Book SynopsisHITTING THE ROADOctober has rolled around, and with it, the school trip! As usual, Adachi is only interested in being with Shimamura—and those antisocial tendencies are starting to backfire on her. Not to mention the little stowaway in Shimamura’s backpack!
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Light Novel) Vol. 8
Book SynopsisLORDING IT OVERYuna receives a birthday invite from Misa, the young aristocrat she met on her way to the royal capital. Unenthused about attending a rich kid’s party, Yuna sets out nonetheless. On her way, she walks straight into a face full of drama: a town with not one, but two warring feudal lords! Can the Bloody Bear calm these troubled waters? Or must she pick a side to support?
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter (Light Novel)
Book SynopsisBREAK THE CURSE!Noir and his friends spent the last days of summer vacation saving the town of Honest from a monster siege. Now they get to meet a king! From there, it's back home, back to school, and back to exploring the infinite labyrinth of the hidden dungeon. Noir has a new mission, after all: free his master Olivia from her curse, no matter the cost.
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the
Book SynopsisThe Crimson Vow takes on a job escorting Dr. Clairia back to the elven village to reunite with her family. From there, the girls dig deeper into the secrets shrouding the world’s origin as they venture into a neighbouring country and run into a fresh batch of abnormal monsters. What sinister force moves these strange beasts? And are the Crimson Vow ready to find out? Series Overview: When she turns ten years old, Adele von Ascham is hit with a horrible headache--and memories of her previous life as an eighteen-year-old Japanese girl named Kurihara Misato. That life changed abruptly, however, when Misato died trying to aid a little girl and met god. During that meeting, she made an odd request and asked for average abilities in her next life. But few things--especially wishes--ever go quite as planned.
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC I Swear I Won't Bother You Again! (Light Novel)
Book SynopsisViolette, the duke’s daughter, was imprisoned for an unforgivable crime — but she gains a miraculous second chance when she awakens in her own past, a year before her sentencing! This time, she swears not to make a single misstep: she’ll live quietly and unobtrusively so no one gets hurt. Although the restrictive bonds of House Vahan keep Violette tethered, her childhood friend Yulan and her maid Marin are there to support her…as well as an unlikely ally who crosses her path. Series Overview: Succumbing to long-simmering jealousy over her younger sister, noblewoman Violette snaps and does something terrible. As she languishes in prison, something unexpected happens: time is rewound, sending her back to the day she first met her sister! Armed with the memories of her disastrous first go-round, Violette is determined to take the script in a different direction this time.
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom (Light
Book SynopsisBATTLE AT SEARisking her life to save her homeland, Shabon, a princess from the Nine-Headed Dragon Archipelago, joins Souma’s side in hopes of stopping an impending war. But with a fleet already en route to the hostile archipelago under his orders, Souma sets out on an infiltration mission before it arrives, and he discovers that the real threat is a massive creature in their waters that defies all common sense!
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Light Novel) Vol. 9
Book SynopsisMESS 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!
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Adachi and Shimamura (Light Novel) Vol. 7
Book SynopsisSUMMER LOVIN'Summer break is coming to an end, and Adachi and Shimamura are headed back to school—as a newly minted couple! It’s taken them a while to come this far, but the road ahead is still bumpy as they try to figure out this whole dating business. What will the new semester bring?
£10.79
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Loner Life in Another World (Light Novel) Vol. 2
Book SynopsisLADY OF THE LABYRINTHHaruka has reunited with his classmates in the city of Omui, but as a loner through and through, it isn’t long before their presence starts getting to him. An excursion to a dangerous underground dungeon gives him a much-needed reprieve...when he falls all the way to the bottom level, the domain of the legendary undead Emperor of the Labyrinth! But Haruka won’t be alone for long--he’ll soon be joined by a powerful skeleton knight who’s somehow also a seventeen-year-old girl!
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter (Light
Book SynopsisLIFE AND DEATH LIE IN HER HANDSIris overcame the threat of excommunication, but now she faces something far worse. The bells of war are tolling, and an enemy nation stands poised to strike. Why, then, is there talk of dismantling the kingdom’s armed forces? As Iris desperately shores up her duchy’s own defenses, she must answer a question from one of her closest companions, Dida: “If it comes to war, are you prepared to order us to kill?”
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light
Book SynopsisWHAT DARKNESS LURKS BENEATHLoren knows better than to share Lapis’s excitement when she brings him a new quest. It sounds easy enough—proctoring students from an adventuring academy on their final exam—but he knows his partner. Lapis has an ulterior motive. Sure enough, she claims that one of her missing parts is hidden within the labyrinth the students are delving into. She’ll stop at nothing to reclaim it, even if it means endangering their charges. Worse, something’s gone wrong with the labyrinth, and Loren soon realizes that he’ll be lucky if his students get a passing grade—and he’ll be lucky to survive.
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash (Light Novel) Vol. 17
Book SynopsisA LIFE OR DEATH BATTLEWith the Frontier Army newly independent and an alliance with the goblin king achieved, Haruhiro and his team are sent on a vital infiltration mission to disrupt the enemy from within and take Mount Grief. But despite working alongside members of Shinohara’s Orion, Team Renji, and the Tokkis, their goals prove to be further out of reach than they ever imagined. Forget the mission—can the team even survive?
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
Book SynopsisBefore Hajime was transported to Tortus, the Synergist Oscar Orcus was having his own adventure - but not willingly! Oscar is a simple working man, keeping his head down to earn his money and support an orphanage, until Miledi Reisen bursts into his life. She wants Oscar to join her in a quest to defeat the gods. Oscar refuses to chase after that kind of danger... until that kind of danger finds its way to him.
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the
Book SynopsisWATCH THE FUR FLY!The Crimson Vow come face-to-face with yet another group of elder dragons, leaders among their kind, who come bearing an unexpected request. Then it's off to a fluffy paradise: the village of the beastfolk! Even in this fuzzy-eared haven, villains come calling with wicked intent—but the Vow’s shining blades of justice always cut through the darkness of evil!
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Reincarnated as a Sword (Light Novel) Vol. 10
Book SynopsisTHE BLADE THAT WAS BROKENMurelia is vanquished—at a terrible cost. With both Teacher’s blade and magic left shattered, he and Fran have no choice but to trust in the godsmith Aristea, whose mansion may hold the key to repairing him—and perhaps, the key to his origins, too. Either way, the duo’s sojourn in the Beastman Nation is almost at an end. What will the climax of this adventure bring?
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Monster Girl Doctor (Light Novel) Vol. 9
Book SynopsisAlong with his lamia assistant Sapphee, Dr. Glenn runs a medical clinic in the town of Lindworm where monsters and humans coexist. His reputation for responding to the daily medical visits of monster girls is unparalleled. Whether being proposed to by a centaur injured in battle, palpating the injury of a mermaid, or suturing the delicate wounds of a flesh golem, Dr. Glenn responds to his job with grace and confidence. But, when an unsavory character seeks to steal a harpy egg, how will the unflappable Dr. Glenn respond…?
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC The Most Notorious Talker Runs the World's
Book SynopsisA cunning, ruthless boy does whatever it takes to leave his mark on the world in this swords-and-sorcery tale! (And don't miss the manga adaptation, also from Seven Seas.)Noel longs to be a Seeker like his heroic grandfather, slaying the beasts that emerge from Abysses and exploring far-off lands. Unfortunately, it turns out he’s nothing but a measly Talker–a job with no combat skills whatsoever. Undaunted, Noel sets out to establish the strongest clan in all the land, using his silver-tongued Talker skills to unite assassins and heroes under his leadership.
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC The NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real!
Book SynopsisTHE SHUT-IN’S JOURNEYThe game is over for Yoshio. His villagers are gone, all dead as far as he can tell. Just as he is overcome with despair, one final gift arrives from the Village of Fate—a package containing the NPC Carol, and she’s a real, live girl. With Carol in tow, Yoshio leaves the safety of his home to travel to Hokkaido, where the developers are located. He will uncover the truth of this mysterious game once and for all!FINAL VOLUME
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC A Tale of the Secret Saint (Light Novel) Vol. 2
Book SynopsisDRAGONS AND DISCOVERIESFia finally achieved her dream of becoming a knight, and was even assigned to the prestigious First Knight Brigade! But her unusual feats of strength and magic are already attracting unwanted attention. Keeping her saint powers a secret is proving harder than expected. Now, a black dragon has been sighted in Starfall Forest, and Fia is sent on a mission to find it…but does this black dragon have anything to do with her familiar, Zavilia?
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC The Haunted Bookstore - Gateway to a Parallel
Book SynopsisHEALING BROKEN BONDSFor as long as Kaori can remember, she has run the spirit realm’s only bookstore alongside Shinonome, the spirit who is her adoptive father. But Kaori begins to fear that her bond with Shinonome has frayed. He’s keeping secrets from her, and they have something to do with his mysterious friend, the story-seller Tamaki. Worse, Kaori finds herself questioning the purpose of the bookstore itself—what if the stories she and her father bring to the spirit realm are doing more harm than good?
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Survival in Another World with My Mistress!
Book SynopsisIn this story from the creator of Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship!, a man uses video game crafting powers to survive a fantasy world–with the help of his beautiful dark elf mistress! (And don’t miss the manga adaptation, also from Seven Seas.)Kousuke suddenly wakes up alone in a vast forest that clearly isn’t anywhere on Earth. Now he has to find some way to eat, drink, and survive! Luckily, Kousuke also has the power to craft using a special video game menu that allows him to harvest resources and build whatever he can imagine. However, every time he goes to sleep, he’s attacked by one of the many non-human races of this world, all of whom despise humankind. Enter Sylphy, the beautiful dark elf who lays claim to Kousuke and vows to protect him–after all, she’s taken him as her property!
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J-Novel Club Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles: Omnibus 10
Book SynopsisContains the Complete Volumes 19-20!As soon as Rio leaves the kingdom to rescue Liselotte, Reiss and the bloodthirsty Heavenly Lions take the opportunity to strike Galarc Castle. The girls left behind put up a fight—both to prove themselves and to survive. Meanwhile, Rio faces a fight of his own against Saint Erica. Can he return in time to save his friends from the imminent threats, not to mention the ones lurking just around the corner?
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J-Novel Club In Another World With My Smartphone: Volume 26
Book SynopsisOne more sun comes sliding down the skyTouya’s got a kingdom to run, so he can’t let familial fuss from eight children keep him away from his civic duties! As domestic and international issues pile up before him, will he be able to manage it all with so many mischievous mouths to feed? And what of the wicked devout, continuing their malicious machinations under the cover of night? Just how many of them are there now, and what are they plotting in the far west?Find out in this installment full of swords, sorcery, and flashback episodes!
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J-Novel Club Infinite Dendrogram: Volume 13
Book SynopsisDryfe offers an olive branch to Altar, but just what will the price of peace truly be? Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst, the Altarian government begins its preparation for the coming negotiations. Altimia needs to decide on her kingdom's terms and gather her retinue, while Ray needs to choose a new job and join a clan in case the talks go sour. Of course, the imperium isn't just resting on its laurels, either. As its leaders craft their plans, a vorpal blade flashes in the darkness, and a rabbit-shaped shadow hops out of the northern land on a top-secret mission to the southern kingdom...
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J-Novel Club I Shall Survive Using Potions! Volume 8
Book SynopsisKaoru reunites with Reiko and Kyoko, and the trio known as KKR is back together for the first time since their previous lives! Kaoru’s goal is the same as ever: to save unfortunate children, teach them to support themselves, and punish evildoers as a defender of justice(?)! The three girls use their cheat powers to make the world a better place...but Kaoru’s also planning to use her potions to survive and live as she pleases!
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Little, Brown & Company High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in
Book Synopsis"Ladies and gentleman, this world's technology and culture are about to skyrocket!"With the end of the harsh winter season, comes the plan of the seven high school prodigies to overthrow an empire. Their first strategy? Make Prince Akatsuki, master magician, into a god.The people have long been under the heel of the despotic empirical rule, it's time for a revolution!
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Little, Brown & Company High School DxD, Vol. 1 (light novel)
Book SynopsisMost of Issei Hyoudou's perverted life has been filled with dreams about having a harem, so it's not a great sign when one of his dates ends with his murder! He's fortunate enough to be revived by a beautiful girl, but his luck ends after he discovers his school is filled to the brim with deadly angels and demons!
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Little, Brown & Company That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 9
Book SynopsisThe day has finally come for the Tempest Founder's Festival to kick off! From live concerts to incredible feats of monster engineering (and most of all, the massive labyrinth), revelers are sure to have their minds blown. And who should decide to participate in the battle tournament than the hero himself, Lightspeed Masayuki?!
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Little, Brown & Company Baccano!, Vol. 16 (light novel)
Book SynopsisThe year 1932. Legend tells of a murderer who sent fear throughout New York city that rainy summer-Icepick Thompson. While the rumors spread through the Daily Days, police suspicion turns on Graham Specter and his band of ne'er-do-wells. Meanwhile, Elmer is quickly swept up in the incident during a visit to New York, and the Gandors can't avoid involvement after one of their associates is killed...
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Little, Brown & Company My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected,
Book SynopsisThe calendar reads March, but the buds of new hope are far from blooming. Yukino,Yui, and Hachiman are finally trying to put their feelings into words and act onthemï¿9;but doing that means ending their relationship as it is now. As much as theywish things could stay like this forever, a new day cannot dawn until the beautifulsunset gives way to night. If they want to move forward, they must put an end to thischapter of their lives. And before they even have time to worry, the credits start toroll...
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Little, Brown & Company Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Book SynopsisOn a whim, the ravishing goddess of beauty ventures out into the inhospitable desert. Out where there should be nothing, she stumbles upon a prospering town, where something completley unexpected catches her fancy...
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Little, Brown & Company Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful
Book SynopsisThere's a new girl in town! And for some reason, she keeps calling Darkness "Mama". But there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for that...right? So while that gets sorted out, Darkness has taxes to collect! It's time for the high-income adventurers to pay their dues and Kazuma's at the top of the list. Naturally, one night after a long game of Cat and Mouse: Tax Evasion Edition, they find themselves handcuffed together, and Darkness sees it as the perfect opportunity to ask Kazuma a burning question."...Do you like Megumin?"
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Little, Brown & Company Strike the Blood, Vol. 16 (light novel)
Book SynopsisFollowing the most intense battle of his life, a young man washes up on a strange shore. He is found by a swordswoman named Shizuka Kosugaya and informed that his name is Kojou Akatsuki, and that he is the fourth vampire primogenitor. In the days spent healing his mind and body, the two encounter a third person: A beautiful girl wielding a silver spear that calls Kojou..."Senpai."
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Little, Brown & Company The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in
Book SynopsisWord has gotten out about Lugh’s ability to kill the unkillable demons, and now everymajor power in the world is trying to garner his favor. Yet, while many requests passhis ears, the first to grab his attention comes from Nevan, the talented daughter of aduke in the Alvanian Kingdom. As she tells it, the prince of the kingdom has fallen tocorruption—and she wants Lugh to assassinate him! Looks like some crooked rulers areabout to meet their maker!
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Little, Brown & Company I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and
Book SynopsisNow that Allen has put a stop to Raine Grad and freed Daglio from Black Organization rule, he finally has an opportunity to catch his breath. But with Claude transferring into Thousand Blade Academy, things won’t be calm for long! Later, the entire student body scrambles for Allen’s attention during Thousand Blade’s annual Christmas Party.
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Little, Brown & Company Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, Vol.
Book SynopsisSatou and his party head to Parion Province where they find the hero Hayato suffering under the effects of a demon lord’s curse. But taking down the creature who hexed him will be no easy task, especially since it can alter the interior of its domain at will. After outfitting his party members with some new gear, Satou joins forces with soldiers from both Saga and Parion to route the new demon lord once and for all!
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Little, Brown & Company The Irregular at Magic High School, Vol. 21
Book SynopsisIt's March of 2097 when Synchroliner Fusion is deployed in South America, and the worldwide upheaval that rose up in its wake has finally reached Japan. The following month, Tatsuya and Miyuki receive a message from the head of the Juumonji clan, Katsuto. They are both formally invited to a conference of the Eighteen Support Clans over rising hostilities directed at the group, ensuring yet more trouble in Tatsuya's future.?
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Little, Brown & Company High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in
Book SynopsisThe victory in Yamato has forced the empire into action. Tsukasa has a strategy to take down Blue Grandmaster Neuro, but what about his friend Masato? The prodigy businessman has allied himself with Freyjagard and even attacked Shinobu. Tsukasa has always known how to take down his opponents, but this time...he may finally be outmatched.
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Little, Brown & Company Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World, Vol.
Book SynopsisThe awakening of a true witch plunges the Empire into chaos. Alice gives chase to Grand Witch Nebulis and seeks to put a stop to the rampaging founder. She comes across her transformed older sister Elletear who has become their enemy. Now, a united front will stand against Elletear and the traitor Joheim.
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Little, Brown & Company Date A Live, Vol. 10 (light novel)
Book SynopsisFive years ago, a Spirit killed Origami Tobiichi’s parents. Spurred by the grudge that has only grown since then, Origami turns to DEM in hopes of becoming powerful enough to let her kill every last Spirit and enact her revenge. Can Shido stop her from harming Tohka and the other Spirits before it’s too late?
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Little, Brown & Company Date A Live, Vol. 11 (light novel)
Book SynopsisFive years ago, Origami’s parents were killed by a spirit the same day Kotori became a spirit. And that’s when Tobiichi Origami changed forever. To make sure the worst doesn’t come to pass, Shido has gone back in time and there’s only one thing to do: hange the world.
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Little, Brown & Company The Princess of Convenient Plot Devices, Vol. 3
Book SynopsisAfter coming face-to-face with her most haunting memories and staining her bodyguard Klifford's uniform with tears and snot, Princess Octavia barely has time to collect herself before she's dragged into an anti-royalist plot! Even worse, her brother's lover Sil, who she accompanied to the ball, has gone missing. She'll have to trust her masked potential (fake) boyfriend Rust—a notorious opponent of the crown—to guide them to where Sil is, but what will they find when they reach him?
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Little, Brown & Company The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy, Vol.
Book SynopsisLeonis and Riselia finally reunite amidst disaster in the imperial city. And although the Voids are being pushed back, they have a new problem: Leonis’s minion, Rakshasa Nightmare. Meanwhile, Prince Alexios, hoping to defeat the Voids once and for all, searches for any surviving Dark Lords and unwittingly contacts Leonis! During all this trouble, a mysterious person known as the Queen of the Realm of Shadows plots from the dark...
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Little, Brown & Company Only I Know the Ghoul Saved the World, Vol. 1
Book SynopsisWhile on her first foray into the Labyrinth, amateur adventurer Alice finds herself surrounded by ferocious beastmen. All seems lost, but she’s saved by a young man named Leon, who claims to be a monster himself. Alice believes there’s more to him than that, however. She thinks Leon might be exactly what this ruined world needs: a hero.
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Little, Brown & Company Magical Explorer, Vol. 6 (light novel)
Book SynopsisIori finds a legendary tome in the depths of a dungeon that could lead to world war if it falls into the wrong hands. But when the Three Committees launch an investigation into the document, they end up discovering that the school librarian, Rue Sakura, is actually an archangel! The Academy wastes no time in attempting to subdue her, but Rue effortlessly quashes its resistance with her powerful magic. Just as all hope seems lost, Takioto rushes in to confront Rue once again! Does he have what it takes to avert the ultimate bad ending?!
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