Awarded S-Rank for their heroics, Rei and Lydina are sent a special appraiser to make it official. Meet Eve--a sharp-eyed, blue-haired girl who wears an eye patch. She instantly identifies Rei's apostle status and signs up for the cause with religious fervor. The new trio travel to the dwarven kingdom of Melgid, only to cross paths with heroes on a mission of their own.A simple confrontation spirals into kingdom-wide conflict. Rei's got the dwarves, magi-cannons, and golem troops on his si...

Takashi Suzuki, a middle-aged mercenary and former hit man, just lost his battle with cancer. But death isn't the end for a killer of his caliber. A mysterious goddess has other plans: reincarnate him in a fantasy world--and give him a divine kill order: eliminate thirty-two heroes.These so-called heroes? Japanese high schoolers summoned en masse, granted cheat-level powers, and now plunging the world into chaos.Reborn as Rei and partnered with the beautiful and deadly elf warrior Lydina, ...

Critical Failures revisits the overlooked messiness at the heart of Japan's early experiments with modern criticism. In the Meiji era, young intellectuals posited that mastering the art of critical reading—called hihyō—was essential for Japan's advancement on the world stage. Yet, while they made concerted efforts to theorize hihyō and proposed ambitious ideals, their actual reading practice often fell short of what they set out ...

Schwarz, an FPS player lost in a fantasy world after having crossed a mysterious boundary within his favorite game, is not at a complete loss for hope. After all, the many hours of gameplay Schwarz has put in gives him a survival advantage like no other—good thing, too, as he is off on a mission to explore a massive maze that has appeared out of nowhere, and he needs all the knowledge and skills he can muster to make it to the end! Could this maze provide the answers Schwarz needs to find ...

Centuries ago, humanity ventured into the stars, reshaping their DNA to create new, enhanced species. Some sought harmony, while others pursued conquest and expansion. Among them is Kartz of the Tone Tekin tribe--spacefaring barbarians known as orcs. Though born in this time, Kartz carries the psyche of a 21st-century Earthian implanted in his mind, giving him a rare perspective as he plunders the galaxy.Kartz's exploits have already caught the attention of Princess Peeka, heir to the thro...

The Demon Lord has been defeated, and peace has returned to the world--but with no more battles to fight, adventurers are out of work and weapons shops are drowning in unsold stock. Corio, the son of a struggling merchant, faces ruin as his father collapses and his sickly sister Eni risks being sold into slavery.Just when Corio despairs that their only option is to flee, Eni unveils a miraculous business plan that could save them all. With his childhood friend Kizza, the daughter of an arm...

When his village frames him for a heinous crime, ordinary farmer Kiska is banished to the depths of the Katarph Dungeon. He has little hope of escaping this terrible place until a mysterious voice offers him the ability to return to a fixed point in time after being killed. Kiska dies over and over as he attempts to claw his way out of Katarph. Along his journey, he meets the murderously possessive hero, Ageha, and the hostile yet bewitching vampire, Judit. Both, despite their different ci...

After reluctantly embracing his unwanted fame, Luke's been itching to show off his full power at the Sword Saint Festival--but his enemies don't plan to fight fair! A band of kidnappers targets the supposed protagonist's loved ones, and the kidnappers demand Abel assassinate Luke in exchange for their release. As Luke races to dismantle these schemes, an elven terrorist group and assassins from the Divine Nation descend on the festival, threatening to disrupt the entire empire! Will Luke's...

When heartbreak drives Nao to enlist in the Space Force, he discovers a new purpose in life: stylishly sacrificing himself for the greater good. Unfortunately, standing in his way are his capable crew—and his own skills!Every hopeless battle somehow turns to triumph in his hands. His ship is surrounded? He selflessly orders his crew to abandon him, but they rally instead, wiping out the enemy. A pirate ship is escaping? He ruthlessly crashes himself into it, but its engine fails, enabling ...

When the God of Creation, Zenom, sends you on a journey to the Esfort Kingdom, you go. But running from school life to meeting the founder of the Esfort Kingdom--who reveals new information to Cain about his destiny--is no simple matter.With the help of divine beasts Haku and Gin, Cain must take on a giant flood that threatens his hometown of Gracia, deal with an incident involving a fearsome new foe, and act as Lord over Drientl--a city plagued with problems. But will Cain's reckless adve...

Ryuto has set his sights on becoming an A-rank adventurer. After stepping into the adventuring world, he happens upon Liz, a beast-eared girl collapsed on the roadside, and before long, the two are traveling together. With Lilith also by his side, Ryuto finds himself in the middle of a noisy, lively, almost family-like routine—yet his accomplishments continue to pile up one after another.At the same time, Cordelia the Hero is assigned to the Kansai Alliance, an order of knights led...

Though our training grows harsher, I’ll do whatever it takes to survive my rebirth as an assassin apprentice. Just you wait! Using my unique skills and ability to think outside the box, I will drag my superior rivals down to my level. I will be no easy kill.But my schemes to establish myself among my peers are interrupted by a competition: our cohort versus the ones preceding us—assassin candidates who have stood on the brink of death uncountable times. For the coming trials, to gain more ...