One summer night, Natsuki Uzume meets Yuki Iwato, an art student from the same university, and falls in love. After that, they spend night after night together. But as autumn approaches, Yuki suddenly tells him to find a cute girlfriend, wishes him well, and disappears from his life. Desperate to see her again, Natsuki visits her family home, but an unimaginable secret awaits him there: Yuki suffers from a mysterious illness that forces her to sleep through the winter each year. Is Natsuki...

A compilation of all the extra short stories written for the early volumes of Arifureta, along with one brand new short story written specifically for this volume! After clearing the Sunken Ruins of Melusine, Hajime and the others encounter a massive creature, and are transported to a strange new world. Separated in transit, our heroes start searching for each other, and a way out. But though they don’t know it, a miraculous encounter is waiting for them at the end of this journey!

Meetings old and new await our hero, who has begun to walk down the path of the world's strongest. Along with some farewells...After clearing the Reisen Labyrinth, Hajime and Yue welcome Shea into their party and make for the independent city-state of Fuhren. They get roped into helping the adventurer's guild look for a certain missing person, leading to an unexpected reunion with someone Hajime thought he'd never see again. Shortly thereafter, Hajime has a run-in with one of the s...

With the addition of Kaori into their party, Hajime and his friends make for Myu's hometown, the coastal city of Erisen. While crossing the Gruen Desert, they save a young Ankajian man, Bize, from a sandworm attack. Apparently, he was searching for a cure to the mysterious disease that has struck his people. His travels led him to conclude that a mineral known as stillrock held the key to saving his country, but it can only be found inside the Grand Gruen Volcano, a labyrinth far too dange...

Hajime and his party are on their way to the Haltina Woods when they run into Heiligh's princess, Liliana. What she reveals shocks Hajime. Aiko, the teacher that Hajime owes so much, has been kidnapped. Hajime decides to alter his plans and run to her rescue. However, in order to save her, he'll need to first make it up the Divine Mountain. Awaiting him there is the toughest challenge he's faced yet: a battle with God's Apostle.

Having finally found a way home, Hajime and his party head to the final labyrinth--the Frost Caverns. There, in that frigid land, the party seeks out the last ancient magic they'll need to go back to Earth. Upon entering the caverns, a maze of ice and an ever-present sinister whispering chips away at their concentration. As they proceed through it, the party is split up. Separated from the others, Shizuku is forced to fight a copy of herself. Will she be able to overcome this trial and sur...

At long last, Ikki has made it to the Seven Stars Battle Festival. Akatsuki seems to be maneuvering in the background, and Stella still hasn’t arrived in Osaka, where the tournament is being held, but Ikki is nevertheless excited for his upcoming matches. His meeting with his first opponent, Seven Stars Sovereign Morobishi Yuudai, only strengthens his resolve to give these battles his all. Before the tournament can even start, though, he finds himself embroiled in Akatsuki’s machinations, ...

The battle for the fate of Tortus has begun, and Hajime has made his way into the Sanctuary. Apostles, traps, and strange dimensional bubbles bar his path, but this time Hajime’s ready, so he blasts through them all with ease. Eventually, the group finds itself in an abandoned city where Shizuku, Suzu, and Ryutarou cross blades, and words, with their old friends. Meanwhile, Hajime, Shea, and Tio have to deal with a powered-up Freid, as well as a new silver apostle. Will the three of them s...

Due to the sudden shift in the tournament schedule, Ikki now has to fight two matches in one day! And his next opponent is none other than Sara Bloodlily, the girl who can create copies of other Blazers! To make matters worse, she’s declared that he must serve as her nude model if she wins. This is a match Ikki can’t lose, for the sake of his promise with Stella—and his dignity! But having used Ittou Rakshasa to defeat Byakuya, he doesn’t have much mana available for the battle, putting hi...

In a world where people with supernatural powers, called Blazers, manifest their souls as weapons, Kurogane Ikki dreams of becoming a Mage-Knight. It’s too bad he has no natural talent for it. The whole school ridicules him as the worst Blazer, so color everyone surprised when he suddenly defeats Stella Vermillion, a Rank A Blazer, in a duel. And so begins his fight to the top!

With the battle at the capital settled, Hajime's next destination is the empire. Together with Lilliana and Kouki, he takes to the skies with his newly built airship. Kouki still has his misgivings, wondering why it is that Hajime doesn't use his power for the 'right' reasons. However, he doesn't have time to dwell on it long, as in the middle of their journey, Hajime discovers that the Haulia have been fighting against both the empire and the demons, and that Verbergen has been sacked. Su...

Operation Revolution Tolls has finally begun, signaling the start of the Liberators' final battle with the church. As Miledi and her comrades fight their way up to the peak of the Divine Mountain where Ehit awaits, the true nature of the world is finally revealed to them. What choices will she make when she finally confronts Ehit...and what consequences will that have for the world of Tortus? Find out in the thrilling conclusion to the Arifureta Zero series!