**Can two very different women put aside their differences to save the bookstore they love?The exciting Japanese bestseller is now available in America for the first time.**Riko Nishioka is assistant manager of the flagship Pegasus bookstore in Kichijoji. After working her way up from a part-time position, she is now, aged forty, a respected figure in the Japanese publishing industry. But she has a nemesis.Aki Kitamura, twenty-seven, has waltzed in as a full-time em...

Makoto Misumi was an average, everyday high schooler, who found himself shipped off to another world at his parents’ whims. Upon arrival, however, he’s insulted by the Goddess for being too ugly and thrown into a desolate wasteland. He frantically searches for human warmth and connection, but can find nothing but monsters and inhuman settlers. When he finally meets companions he can trust, they turn out to be a pair of powerful perverts in a former dragon and a former giant spider! His hig...

The Kuzunoha Company accepts a request from one of Limia Kingdom's great noble houses to investigate Night Frontal, a barren marshland where the spirits have mysteriously vanished.No sooner do they begin their survey than they are caught in a series of inexplicable phenomena. Before they can react, their entire base camp is transported deep into the heart of the swamp.As panic spreads among the investigators, Makoto remains calm. Summoning powerful earth and fire spirits, h...

Rudo lives in the slums of a floating town, where the poor scrape by under the shadow of the rich who live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. Then one day, he's falsely accused of murder, and his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment-exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and if Rudo wants to have any hope of discovering the truth and seeking v...

They tried to silence her, but she doesn’t need a voice to twist the odds in her favor.When Liliana wakes up in the body of an otome game villainess, she knows it’s do or die. As the daughter of a duke and a candidate to marry the crown prince, she faces constant threats from assassins and her father’s political enemies. Worse still, a fever has left her mute, unable to call for help or use magic to defend herself.Or so they all think!One quick attempt is all it takes ...

The long-awaited second volume of the fantasy saga follows the journey of Makoto Misumi, an unfortunate young man carving his path in another world. After braving the perilous "End of the World," teeming with monsters, Makoto seeks to establish himself as a merchant. His first step? Making contact with Rembrandt, a leading merchant who holds sway over the town. Yet, Makoto discovers a dark shadow looming over Rembrandt's family—a severe curse. The trials facing the compelling, yet unfortun...

From the creator of the surprise-hit romantic comedy Domestic Girlfriend! High school student Seiji is in love with Aki, the head of the tennis team, but he is unable to ask her out. Another student, Yuki, discovers his obsession with Shou, and promises to help him get closer to her … but Yuki’s help comes at a cost, and soon, the analytical, strategic Seiji finds himself deep in the messy turmoil of emotion…

Kuzunoha Company arrives in the Limia Kingdom to visit the hero Hibiki—expecting a warm welcome, they get anything but.The moment the shrine maiden lays eyes on their true forms, she collapses on the spot, and the palace erupts into chaos. They say she possesses the power to see through a person’s very essence… so what exactly did she see within Makoto and the others?Even stranger, Mio—normally ruthless toward anyone who disrespects her master—doesn’t reprimand the shrine m...

The Second Season of the TV Anime Begins January 2024 with a 2-Cour Broadcast!In a world where he was suddenly summoned, ordinary high school student Makoto continues his journey with his non-human companions, a former dragon and a former spider. The beginning of his trials started when he encountered a "Forest Ogre"—a demi-human species with an elf-like appearance that dwells in forests—near the city of Tsige, where they were staying during their travels. The unfo...

Early 140,000 Copies Sold! The Highly Anticipated Fourth Volume of the Misfortunate Boy's Isekai Rise to Power Fantasy! Makoto Misumi, an ordinary high school student, finds himself suddenly transported to another world. Having resolved a series of conflicts in Tsige, he now sets his sights on the Academy City of Rotsgard. However, his journey takes an unexpected turn when he loses consciousness and is kidnapped by unknown forces.He awakens in the midst of a battlefield, where a my...

After completing his diplomatic tour of the world's nations as the representative of the Kuzunoha Company, Makoto returns to the Demiplane with an unsettling realization:As a merchant, he has been far too naive.Determined to face the realities of human greed and malice head-on, he seeks out Rembrandt, one of Tsige's most influential merchants and a man who understands both the public face of business and the shadows that lurk behind it.Yet instead of receiving guida...

As every country slowly began to recover from the chaos sparked by the mutant incident, Makoto found himself constantly summoned by the Empire’s nobles and the Kingdom’s lords, running himself ragged through endless rounds of formal greetings.Amid this whirlwind of obligations, he finally gave his answer to a long-standing proposal: a face-to-face meeting with none other than the Demon King. Invited to the demon capital—a land no hyuman had ever set foot in—Makoto was received with...