FROM WORST TO BEST IN LESS THAN A DAYOn the massive island called the Academy, students compete in star-hunting Games to advance their ranks. And among the many competitors, none is better than Sarasa Saionji, the Seven Star Empress. At least, not until unranked newcomer Hiroto Shinohara beats her by accident. To protect himself and the status quo, Hiroto must fool everyone into thinking he’s the new top student despite almost failing his entrance exam. Will he be able to keep this lie goi...

Everything you need to learn Japanese quickly!Learning Japanese is a complete language learning package designed for people who want to learn to communicate in Japanese quickly and easily—whether on your own or with a teacher. The book introduces all the basics of the language including pronunciation, vocabulary and sentence patterns—so you can engage in simple conversations right from the start!Useful explanations of the Japanese script, ...

There is a rumor going around that a twelve-year-old boy is going to enter the sixteen-year-old and under tennis group. How can someone so young ever hope to compete with kids much older and more experienced than him? This is no ordinary kid: he is none other than Ryoma Echizen, the Prince of Tennis! Ryoma's father was destined for greatness until he injured himself during a match, ending his career forever. His talent was passed on to his son, who is determined to be the best tennis playe...

The duel to determine the ranks amongst students is underway at the Academy. Shortly after transferring schools, Hiroto Shinohara unseats the previous year’s undisputed champion Sarasa Saionji and soon becomes the fastest student in Academy history to rise to Seven Star status—but all of this is a lie?! 

Having passed “ordinary high school girl” Shion Hagoromo’s almost impossible test, Hiroto is finally ready to relax and enjoy his school trip—but he’s suddenly interrupted when Shinji sends an urgent request calling him back to the Academy! Hiroto arrives to find the top third-year Eimei players staring down the barrel of defeat in their own game, the Refrain, thanks to a mastermind working behind the scenes to manipulate the other school wards into targeting them. With too many enemies to...

The 14th International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions, DAPI 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada, during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted contributions to HCII 2026. Following peer review, 1463 papers and 360 posters (as short rese...

The Fourth Ward Challenge, one of the many traditional events in Eimei School’s calendar, is kicking off! Individual stars aren’t at stake in this Eimei-exclusive contest, but Hiroto is still gunning for victory, all for the grand prize—one of the unique colored stars that can grant special skills. For Hiroto, this is an opportunity he can’t pass up. After all, this will get him one step closer to becoming a true Seven Star. The only problem is…someone’s stolen the prize before the competi...

Ryoma Echizen, the Prince of Tennis, has just enrolled at Seishun Academy after spending several years in America winning 4 consecutive US Junior Tournaments. His cool confidence raises the hackles of a few older students on the tennis team, and they challenge him to a game--but none of them even comes close to his skill and level of play. Now intramural matches to determine the starting members of the team for the upcoming city tournament are about to begin, and even though the rules don'...

THE DEVIL WEARS A SCHOOL UNIFORMA month has passed since Hiroto first arrived on the Academy, the island where social standing is determined by success in Games. So far, he’s managed to defend his fake title as the strongest around, but that may soon change. His school is hosting its annual weeklong survival contest of nonstop competition, the Fourth Ward Challenge, and everyone’s going to be gunning for the top student. Worse yet, a powerful, if adorable, opponent known as the Little Devi...

Shusuke battles Rikkai's Nio, the tricky “Con Artist of the Court.” Just when it lookslike Shusuke will be able to thwart Nio's devious ploy, Nio pulls a punch that goesstraight for Shusuke's weakness. Meanwhile, Momo is doing everything he can to help Ryoma overcome his amnesia in time to face the dreaded Seiichi Yukimura, aka the “Child of the Gods.” Will Ryoma recover in time?

Final Volume!The Seishun boys are just one match away from the national title! Ryoma brings out every shot he knows against Seiichi “Child of the Gods” Yukimura. But Yukimura's strange powers cause Ryoma to lose his sense of touch, then his sight. Swinging blindly, his hearing even begins to fail. Can Ryoma come back to win the Nationals for Seishun, or does he “still have a long ways to go”?!

This user-friendly Japanese language book is a complete course, pocket dictionary and Japanese phrasebook in one.Easy Japanese is designed for Japanese language beginners who are planning a visit to Japan or are already living there and wish to learn spoken Japanese quickly and easily—on their own or with a teacher. This book introduces all the basics of the spoken language with an emphasis on practical daily conversations and vocabulary. It enables you to...