ONE BIG FAT LIE AND A FEW TWISTED TRUTHSEven in his past life, Cid’s dream wasn’t to become a protagonist or a final boss. He’d rather lie low as a minor character until it’s prime time to reveal he’s a mastermind…or at least, do the next best thing—pretend to be one! And now that he’s been reborn into another world, he’s ready to set the perfect conditions to live out his dreams to the fullest. Armed with his overactive imagination, Cid jokingly recruits members to his organization and ma...

Cid Kagenou has a dream. Not of being some typical protagonist or the Final Boss-he has his eyes set on becoming a hidden mastermind working in the shadows! Now that he’s been reborn in another world, Cid has been hard at work building the perfect stage to act out his long-desired role. The only issue? His imaginary adversaries and plot devices seem to actually exist in this new realm…and he alone is left in the dark!

BEFORE MUCH LONGER… THE WHITE FOG WILL ENGULF THE WORLD IN SILENCEAll is well at the Midgar Academy for Dark Knights, but then something wicked suddenly draws near: The students are vanishing one by one—even Cid’s older sister, Claire! Zeta of the Seven Shadows sets off to investigate, while Cid and Alexia embark for Claire’s room where they find…an ancient script, cool magic circles, and incantations that seem important and yet don’t actually do anything whatsoever. What does it all mean,...

A mysterious cabal called the Thirteen Nightblades has been running things in the Midgar Kingdom from the shadows, and its members have concealed all manner of crimes through their connections to the Cult of Diablos. How impressi—no, how terrible. These dastardly nobles commit so many evil deeds, and yet justice always evades them. That’s when a serial killer known only as “Jack the Ripper” appears, plunging the corrupt capital into chaos! In order to eradicate evil, an even greater evil i...

NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH Cid pays a visit to the Sacred Land, where he finds himself getting roped into the Goddess’s Trial. It’s a ritual event that summons warriors from the past to engage with only the most worthy from the present. When Cid squares off against the witch who brought devastation to the world, the door to the Sanctuary creaks open, granting the Shadow Garden valuable insight into the possessed and the Cult of Diablos. That is until Cid, blissfully ignorant o...

After growing up an orphan, Mitsuha has a healthy respect for money and a desire to live well-at least, until she dies after being pushed off a cliff. Waking up in a strange fantasy world, Mitsuha narrowly survives an encounter with a pack of wolves, then realizes she has the power to move between this world and the real one. A lesser person might embark on heroic adventures-Mitsuha instead immediately recognizes the lucrative possibilities of her new situation, and heads out to buy an ars...

Joining forces with the ambitious merchant Lephilia, Mitsuha is on a roll in the New World. But now their inventory's been stolen by a jealous rival! She's not letting them get away, though. It's payback time-with the cunning use of her world-jumping ability, of course. In this volume, our heroine is cooking up even more storms: an exclusive club for young noble girls, a manmade island, and a new kind of weapon that'll knock a boy's socks off?! Sure, saving up gold coins for her retirement...

The newly opened gallery café Gold Coin is a huge hit with the locals thanks to the savvy manager and waitress running it. Meanwhile, the café's owner Mitsuha is going on an undercover mission to the New World. Disguising herself as a foreign noble/royal, a sweet innocent fan of the navy, and even as the Envoy of the Goddess, Mitsuha gathers intel and spreads disinformation, sowing her seeds for future invasion. Joining forces with a young and ambitious local merchant, Mitsuha plots to tip...

Just as business in the New World is starting to look stable, Mitsuha learns that something hostile is afoot in the Kingdom of Vanel… They're on the brink of war! All of her hard work will go to waste if she doesn't do something to stop her enemy from gaining too much power. Time to get busy! Training the Zeglusian navy, planning a maritime warfare tactic…How will Mitsuha use her world-jumping ability to solve the crisis? Meanwhile, our busy heroine has no idea of the tension running betwe...

Cid’s enjoyed this little visit to his old stomping grounds in postapocalyptic Japan, but he beat the big bad monster already, and all the dark conspiracies around here seem to be falling apart. It’s probably about time he returned to the awesome fantasy world he came from. Just one loose thread remains, though—in the end, what the heck was his old classmate Akane’s deal?

Expanding businesses in the New World, maintaining her home territory… Mitsuha's been hard at work. But now she's about to get even busier with the biggest challenge of all: Beatrice's debutante ball! All those casual promises of lavish foods and entertainment… Well, guess who remembered? (And guess who forgot?) Meanwhile, there's suspicious activity in the Aldar Empire and it's creeping toward a neighboring nation. Mitsuha must fight to protect her ally, and she's about to summon a gusty ...

THE DOOR OF DARKNESS IS CAST OPEN—THE WORLD ADVANCES TO A NEW FIELDThe specter of war hangs thick in the air of the Oriana Kingdom, where Princess Rose is expected to wed Duke Perv. This supposed marriage cannot and will not stand, though, as it would throw a major wrench in a certain shadowbroker’s plans. Not one to miss an opportunity for sleuthing, Cid makes his way to the royal capital to put a stop to the ceremony, but are there even bigger schemes at work behind this unholy matrimony...