Ryouta Arata is an otaku who's just lost his job after the dissolution of his company. Unwilling to return to his old NEET ways, he applies online to a private military security company, thinking the benefits to be promising. After what appears to be a baffling test, he's assigned to be an "operator of operators" and begins his training in a foreign country. Little does he know, the life of a private mercenary is far more grueling than he could have ever imagined!

Thanks to Lunaeyes’s deft negotiating, the war between Vermillion and Cradleland has gone back to being a battle between teams of Blazer representatives. But after seeing how powerful Desperados are, Stella knows she needs to get much stronger in a short amount of time to stand a chance against them. Her only hope is to ask the world’s strongest swordsman, Edelweiss, to train her. But little does she know that the trials that await her will be far harsher than she can possibly imagine.

After a tumultuous welcome, Ikki’s finally earned the respect of Vermillion’s people and is busy preparing for the upcoming “war” with Cradleland. He, Stella, and Lunaeyes visit Cradleland as part of those preparations, but little do they know that Puppet King Or Gol is scheming behind the scenes to transform the friendly competition between two allied nations into a genuine war! Ikki and Stella will have to work together to keep Vermillion from being engulfed in a sea of flames!

Seventeen-year-old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world! They're treated like heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction. But what should have been any otaku's wet dream quickly turns into Hajime's nightmare. While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, H...

This is the story of what happened long before Hajime was summoned to Tortus. Oscar Orcus is considered a third-rate Synergist by most people. He spends his days peacefully, working so he can send money back to an orphanage. All that changes when the whirlwind that is Miledi Reisen storms into his life. Miledi sees the hidden potential in Oscar, and invites him on her journey to defeat the gods. Oscar wants no part of any journey, and he refuses. But Miledi is persistent, and the situation...

The battle to determine the fate of Tortus has finally begun. With Hajime and his companions deep inside the Sanctuary, the majority of those left defending the world from the army of apostles are just regular people. Despite their best efforts, the combined forces of the world continue to be pushed back—but just when it looks as though all hope is lost, Hajime’s final trump card kicks in. Meanwhile, Hajime himself faces off against Ehitruje, the self-styled god of this world. And in order...

After being summoned to a new world and thrown down into the depths of hell, Hajime Nagumo met Yue and together they conquered the Great Orcus Labyrinth. The pair was planning on taking it easy on the surface for a little bit, but a meeting with the bunny girl Shea Haulia throws a wrench into those plans. She has the peculiar power to see the future, and according to her, Hajime's the one saving her family in her visions! Hajime was planning on refusing, but it appears she might be able to...

Ikki’s one big bundle of nerves as he steps out of the Vermillion Airport, not sure what it might take to get Stella’s family, and her people, to accept him as her boyfriend. But to his surprise, the citizens come out in droves to greet him! ...Or so he thinks. In reality, they all challenge him to a duel! It seems Ikki will have to battle the entire nation if he wants Stella’s hand in marriage. All the while, the evil lurking in the kingdom’s shadows starts to make its move!

With Shizuku crucified in Amane’s waiting room, the final match of the quarterfinals ends before it can even begin. Then, while Ikki grapples with how to deal with Amane’s Nameless Glory, the Crimson Princess and the Gale Emperor duke it out in the duel of the century. But when Ikki’s semifinal match finally starts, Amane claims that he’s willing to forfeit! How will Ikki respond?! And will he be able to keep his promise to Stella to fight her in the finals?!

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...

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...

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!