Fiction: special features: ranobe (‘light novels’)
Little, Brown & Company The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My
Book SynopsisFinally, the screenplay is complete, and Ryo and the crew can start filming for their short movie! After borrowing equipment from Himejima’s agency, they head to a faraway beach to film one of their scenes. It’s not all fun and games, however, when an argument breaks out between Fushimi and Torigoe—and that’s before Ryo learns that Fushimi and Himejima are auditioning for the same role in a musical! He roots for both, but knows only one of them can pass…
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Little, Brown & Company Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved
Book SynopsisTo expose Eve’s plans, the Kingdom of Azami launches an investigation into the prison, Hell’s Lock, a maximum-security facility that houses the worst criminals on the continent. But through a series of mix-ups, Lloyd somehow ends up as one of the prisoners! Naturally, our clueless-yet-almighty hero gets it in his head that this is some type of mental endurance training and takes to his new situations with his usual pep, terrifying the hardened inmates of Hell’s Lock in the process! After Lloyd gets the feeling he’s needed back home, however, there’s only one thing for him to do—stage a jailbreak!
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter (Light Novel)
Book SynopsisALL HAIL KING NOIRAt long last, Noir has released his master, Olivia, from the Death Chains that kept her bound in the hidden dungeon. But before she’ll agree to train him in earnest, he’ll have to earn one hundred thousand LP! On top of that, the Hero Academy is about to kick off its annual series of competitions to determine the king and champion of the school. And then there’s the new girl in town, Mira Santage, treasure hunter extraordinaire. With all the excitement, Noir’s going to have to give his all to prove he’s worthy of his master’s tutelage.
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Modern Villainess: It's Not Easy Building a
Book SynopsisA woman is reincarnated as the villainess in a retro otome game…where she has to navigate the incoming Great Recession of 2008!When the economy collapses in September 2008, an exhausted career woman’s fate is left in flux…until she’s reincarnated! Now she’s Keikan Runa—the villainous daughter of the Keika Group—in an otome game set before the pop of Japan’s economic bubble. Keika Group’s financial situation isn’t great: they’re on the verge of ruin if left unchecked. However, Runa is determined to save both Keika Group and Japan through risky, smart investments. Thanks to an interest in cold hard cash, knowledge of future technology, and her awareness of Japan’s real-world future doom, Runa might just be able to nip the looming economic collapse in the bud. Witness the rebirth of Japan’s economy as Runa uses her knowledge to save her new present from the future!
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Drugstore in Another World: The Slow Life of a
Book SynopsisLET’S GET TOGETHERReiji teams up with the town toolmaker on a new invention, which brings everyone together for a wet ‘n’ wild battle royale! After all the excitement, he and his employees take a day off to enjoy a group hike. The crew’s new griffin companion helps them out in all sorts of ways… Wait, what’s that smell? It’s gotta be progress!
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC The Haunted Bookstore - Gateway to a Parallel
Book SynopsisDANGERS OF THE HEARTSomething wicked this way comes—and it isn’t a spirit. A strange fox-masked man has breached the boundaries of the spirit realm, and his designs are as life-threatening as they are mysterious. Worst of all, Suimei suspects that the man is an exorcist, so as a safety precaution, he asks Kaori to move in with him. Neither Suimei nor Kaori expect the spirits to kick up such a fuss over his simple suggestion, but it’s plain as day to everyone else that the two are more than friends. Will they understand their feelings for each other before this new threat tears them apart forever?
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC A Tale of the Secret Saint (Light Novel) Vol. 4
Book SynopsisThe yellow speckle fever is running rampant in Sutherland, and the townspeople are suffering. But even as the disease grips the populace, they are still too distrustful of the knights to accept their help. Maybe what they need is some good old-fashioned fairy-tale magic. Can the “Great Saint” get through to them and provide the cures they need - healing both the disease and the scars of the past?
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut (Light Novel) Vol. 1
Book SynopsisA fierce space race between two global superpowers gives rise to the Nosferatu Project, a top-secret plan to train up some unusual cosmonauts - vampires! When Lev Leps, a human soldier, is ordered to supervise vampire test subject Irina Luminesk, the unlikely pair bonds over their shared dream of reaching the stars. Together, can the human and vampire duo rise above the chaos and corruption down on Earth and blast off into the final frontier?
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Drugstore in Another World: The Slow Life of a
Book SynopsisWhen corporate drone Reiji wakes up in another world, he comes face-to-face with a fatally wounded werewolf. Thankfully, Reiji's new Medicine Maker skill enables him to brew uniquely effective potions. Alongside his new wolf-girl friend, Reiji and his amazing cures are ready to revolutionize this fantasy world. Be they an old man seeking the secret of youth or an elven archer with blurry vision, all comers are welcome to his countryside pharmacy.
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC A Tale of the Secret Saint (Light Novel) Vol. 5
Book SynopsisBorn into a long line of knights, Fia is determined to become a knight herself, just like all her siblings. But a brush with death awakens memories of her past life as a Saint–a woman who wields rare, powerful healing and protection magic–along with the ability to use that magic herself! The downside is that Fia also remembers her past life’s untimely death, and the danger she will be in if anyone finds out what she really is. She vows to stay on her knighthood path and keep her powers a secret forever! But how can she resist using her newfound powers when they’re just so useful?
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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 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 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 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 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 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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