(W) Kennoji (A) KWKM Roland's attempt at an ordinary life as an Adventurers Guild employee after being the greatest assassin is upended when a royal request calls for him specifically. Princess Almelia, one of Roland's former comrades, is getting married, and she wants him to protect her!

(W) Kennoji (A) KWKM In recognition of his skills and accomplishments, the guild master promotes Roland, former legendary assassin, to the position of tactical advisor. As Roland directs a large-scale quest at the behest of his superiors, however, he finds his old companion Lina in a strange cavern?and a malicious force using her magical powers for evil! (STL211315) (C: 0-1-2) RES. from Previews Vol. XXXI #11 (NOV211910)

(W) Kennoji (A) KWKM Roland is the Adventurers Guild's ace in both name and deed, and a former legendary assassin. For his next quest, he is sent to help rebuild the Hadenberg Kingdom, which has been torn apart by war with the demon lord's army. There's far more waiting for him than a normal guild assignment, however. Someone is scheming to kidnap a queen that Roland just happens to have met before...

(W) Kennoji (A) KWKM Someone is plotting to take over the Felind Kingdom, and they've hired an assassin to kill Princess Almelia. Naturally, Roland is tasked with protecting the girl; who better to protect her from an assassin than another one, right? However, Roland's foe is no ordinary killer this time. It's the very woman who taught him all he knows. Can the legendary assassin kill his master? Does he even want to?

(W) Kennoji (A) Kwkm Roland's victory over Amy came at a high price, and Rila's collar was destroyed in the process. Hoping to repair the powerful item, the former assassin searches for its creator, which takes him to an old friend. Meanwhile, tragedy strikes in the foreign nation of Reubens when the king is found dead. Only one of the greatest assassins in the world could have done this. It almost seems like Roland himself was responsible...

(W) Kennoji (A) Kwkm Now that Roland has defeated his latest enemy and gained a new right hand, he returns to living the 'normal' life he's longed for. With no immediate crisis, he can spend his days working at the guild office in peace...until Rila's identity as the Demon Lord he supposedly defeated is revealed to his former companions in the party of heroes! How is the legendary assassin going to justify living with his comrades' hated foe?

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(W/A/CA) Aya Shouoto 'Forgive me. I can no longer love you prettily...' After Kana regains her memories at Tsubakiin Manor, her feelings for Aki become colored by their shared past. Meanwhile, Aki offers Mishio a certain 'deal' in order to rescue Kana. Where will Kana and Aki's rapidly developing destiny lead them?

(W) Bliss Helena has always found her strength through stories. When her father left and didn't come home one night, and when Arthur, her only brother, got into an accident…reading and creating stories was what kept Helena going. By a stroke of luck, she attends an autograph signing of her favorite author, Mr. Big Bad Wolf, and the two grow closer, bonding over their shared love for storybooks. The cold, reserved man with a wolf head is shrouded in mystery, but perhaps he has a gentler side only Helena can see…

(W) Yoru Michio (A) Ruka Todo Seiji Tohno sometimes sees the people around him as monsters. It's a curse that has driven him to a life of despair…but all that changes one evening when he stumbles across a bewitchingly beautiful boy in a huge European mansion. The boy introduces himself as Shiroshi Saijou, and before he knows it, Seiji has agreed to become Shiroshi's part-time assistant. It turns out that Shiroshi's 'proxy service' is to consign yokai-possessed sinners to Hell, which will bring Seiji face-to-face with an unimaginable host of horrors!

(W) Yoru Michio (A) Ruka Todo A mysterious letter is delivered to Seiji and Shiroshi, inviting them to visit a remote island in the southern sea. There, what awaits them is a beautiful living doll and a cursed family living in a mansion? But they aren't the island's only inhabitants. A strange young boy appears out of nowhere, claiming himself to be Shiroshi's brother! What is his true identity??

(W) Yoru Michio (A) Ruka Todo Seiji Tohno sometimes sees the people around him as monsters. It's a curse that has driven him to a life of despair, living out of net caf?s with nowhere to call home...but all that changes one twilit evening when he stumbles across a huge European mansion. There, Seiji meets a bewitchingly beautiful boy dressed in a kimono with a white peony motif on the shoulder who introduces himself as Shiroshi Saijou. This mysterious young man seems to know more about Seiji that he does himself, and before he knows it Seiji has agreed to become Shiroshi's assistant in exchange for room and board. Little does he know however, that this 'proxy service,' as Shiroshi puts it, is none other than outsourced death-sending monster-possessed sinners to Hell, that will bring Seiji face-to-face with terrifying new monsters each and every day!

(W/A) Yoru Michio A letter hinting at an impending murder and dismemberment is delivered to Shiroshi's door, and he and Seiji set out to investigate. They find themselves venturing to a remote island dominated by a towering Baroque mansion, where all manner of surprises await them - including a beautiful living doll and a young boy who calls himself Shiroshi's brother!

(W) Hamuo (A) Mo A new adventure awaits Allen as he enters the service of a noble! After climbing up the social ladder from serf to manservant, Allen now finds himself dragged around by the whims of the willful young lady of the house, Cecil Granvelle. Despite this, he is free to leave the city-and immerse himself in hunting monsters! As Allen meticulously grinds on goblins and orcs, both he and his Summons grow stronger by the day. At the same time, he begins to earn the trust of the members of House Granvelle with his diligent work ethic. Just as everything seems to be going well, however, the viscount overseeing the next fiefdom over seems to be up to something. As danger creeps toward Cecil, Allen declares, 'I promised to protect you, Lady Cecil. And I keep my promises.' Going all out with his skills and Summons, Allen must resist evil and impending doom!

(W) Hamuo (A) Mo A new adventure awaits Allen as he enters the service of a noble! After climbing up the social ladder from serf to manservant, Allen now finds himself dragged around by the whims of the willful young lady of the house, Cecil Granvelle. Despite this, he is free to leave the city-and immerse himself in hunting monsters! As Allen meticulously grinds on goblins and orcs, both he and his Summons grow stronger by the day. At the same time, he begins to earn the trust of the members of House Granvelle with his diligent work ethic. Just as everything seems to be going well, however, the viscount overseeing the next fiefdom over seems to be up to something. As danger creeps toward Cecil, Allen declares, 'I promised to protect you, Lady Cecil. And I keep my promises.' Going all out with his skills and Summons, Allen must resist evil and impending doom!

(W/A) Fumiya Hayashi Childhood friends Koutarou Fujiki, Kajiwara, and Fuyuko thought they would always be together. They spent their youth in a strange love triangle, the two boys fighting over who would date Fuyuko. But suddenly one day, that life ends. Kajiwara goes missing, and Koutarou takes his sweetheart's hand in marriage. Now middle-aged, Koutarou is left to wonder-would his wife have chosen differently if Kajiwara was still around? On a visit to his hometown, the memories come rushing back...

(W) Kizaki Kaya (A/CA) Shiso After a pizza delivery bike slammed into me, I was sent to another world, leaving me to?save the world with pizza?!? I never asked to be a high calorie hero!!

(W) Kizuka Nero (A) Yamo Yomoya Kaito has been summoned into another world as a hero, and though all goes well for a time, one day his entire party betrays and mercilessly kills him. So when he suddenly gets a chance to redo his life, starting from the point he was first summoned to this world, he swears to exact vengeance on everyone who stabbed him in the back...

(W) Kizuka Nero (A) Yamo Yomoya, Sinsora Kaito's quest for vengeance is no longer a solo affair-with Minnalis at his side, he can accomplish so much more. As their hatred burns bright, the two of them begin their training to fulfill their lust for revenge...

(W/A) Kizuka Nero Summoned to a fantasy world as a hero, Kaito Utage defeats the Demon Lord alongside a band of noble adventurers?only to be double crossed and brutally murdered by his former allies! But when a twist of fate gives him a second chance at life with his all his memories intact, he sets off on a quest to slaughter his traitorous party members one by one. 'Come...let vengeance commence!'

(W) Kizuka Nero The next target on Kaito's quest for revenge is Eumis, a twisted sorceress for whom no avenue of magical tool development was too immoral. But mere reprisal isn't enough for Kaito. To hit Eumis where it hurts, he turns the sorceress's own sister against her…

(W) Kizuka Nero The next target on Kaito's quest for vengeance is Grond the merchant, a money-hungry villain who goes as far as murder to satisfy his greed. But when Kaito finally gets Grond in his clutches, he forces the corrupt magnate to make an impossible choice: Would he rather part with his money or his life?

(W) Kizuka Nero Sights set on their next target, Kaito, Minnalis, and Shuria travel to the city of Kabanheim, where they find Minnalis's traitorous childhood friends leading carefree lives. But soon the partners in crime come across someone not even Kaito could have predicted-a woman named Leone who was also summoned from Earth. Still possessed of her morals, Leone attempts to interfere with their rampage of revenge?but there's no stopping Minnalis from exacting vengeance on the people who doomed her to slavery and caused the death of her mother.

(W/A) Nero Kizuka Metalia ambushes Kaito just after he completes his latest feat of vengeance, forcing him through a portal back to present-day Japan. Stripped of his memories, Kaito comes to terms with his tragic new reality-a world where almost everyone he knows is dead and the police surveil him around the clock on suspicion of committing a heinous crime. Even this fragile status quo is disrupted when an assassin nearly succeeds in taking his life. But the brush with death restores Kaito of his memories and powers, giving him the perfect opportunity to take revenge on his assailant and chart a course back to his partners in crime?

(W) Light Tuchihi (A/CA) Koyuki Ristarte summons a hero who excels in every area to assist her. He's everything she expected him to be except for one, tiny thing: this anxious hero can't do anything unless he's absolutely sure nothing can go wrong! The manga adaptation of the break-out hit is finally here! For readers ages 16 and up.

(W) Light Tuchihi (A/CA) Saori Toyota The continuing misadventures of Seiya, the absurdly overcautious hero who tried to buy a thousand bottles of holy water as soon as he knew he'd be fighting undead, and Rista, a goddesswho's always waving her 'literally holier than thou' attitude in his face!

(W) Light Tuchihi (A/CA) Saori Toyota The continuing misadventures of Seiya, the absurdly overcautious hero who tried to buy a thousand bottles of holy water as soon as he knew he'd be fighting undead, and Rista, a goddesswho's always waving her 'literally holier than thou' attitude in his face!

(W) Light Tuchihi (A) Saori Toyota Seiya, the Hero whose boundless strength is surpassed only by his pathological overcautiousness, is in need of a new training partner after mentally scarring Cerceus the Divine Blade into becoming a baker. Rista decides to pair him with Adenela, the near-psychotic Goddess of War, who will surely whip him into...she's not falling for him, is she?!

(W) Light Tuchihi (A) Saori Toyota, Koyuki No sooner have Seiya and his friends made it back from Dragon Village than it's time for them to face a new enemy-the Demon Lord's army's absurdly fast airborne strike force! And when they save the beautiful knight Rosalie, captain of the Roseguard Imperial Knights, from this horde of demonic flies, her hot-blooded personality is sure to put her at odds with the legendarily cautious Seiya...

(W) Light Tuchihi (A) Saori Toyota In order to learn Valkyrie's ultimate abilities, the Techniques of Destruction, Seiya has begun training with her, but the way they're going about it has Rista more than a little flustered! Whispering 'I've...never felt this way before'...while in bed...naked in each other's arms-hold on, how the hell is this supposed to be training?!?!?!?!?!?!

(W) Light Tuchihi (A) Saori Toyota, Koyuki It's time for the final battle against the Demon Lord! ...Or at least, it's supposed to be, but Seiya suddenly goes missing while the rest of the party is taking a short breather in the imperial capital before the moment of truth?!?! They'll have to track him down-and when Ishtar reveals the secret of Seiya's past, his uncharacteristic rashness starts to make a lot more sense...

(W) Light Tuchihi (A/CA) Saori Toyota The goddess Lista summons a hero who excels in every area to assist her. He's everything she expected him to be except for one, tiny thing: this anxious hero can't do anything unless he's absolutely sure nothing can go wrong! Ages 13 And Up

(W) Light Tuchihi (A/CA) Saori Toyota The controlled chaos continues as Seiya, Rista, and the Dragonkin quite literally blaze a trail through the S-ranked world Gaeabrande. But when an impossibly power Reaper makes an appearance, Seiya is forced to reveal a tactic that he had planned on saving for the fight against the Demon Lord! Ages 13 And Up, Grades 8 to 17

(W) Light Tuchihi (A/CA) Saori Toyota Well, this probably isn't the kind of homecoming anyone expected... After saving the Gaeabrande, Seiya and Rista are rewarded (or punished) with a one-way trip to Ixphoria. Due to their failure to save the B-rank world in the past, the baddies have leveled up and plunged Ixphoria into chaos, transforming it into an SS-Ranked Hellscape! And just when it seemed like things couldn't get any worse, Seiya falls victim to a class-changing curse! Now the Overly-Cautious Hero must save this impossibly difficult realm as...a playful piper...? For readers ages 13 and up.

(W) Light Tuchihi (A/CA) Saori Toyota After pushing himself well past his limits, Seiya emerged victorious from his Battle with the Beast Emperor, Grandleon! But his struggles in the revamped world of Ixphoria have only just begun? Next on the chopping block is the Machine Emperor, Oxerio. Fortunately, Seiya's got a secret weapon! ?Sort of.

(W) Light Tuchihi (A/CA) Saori Toyota Beast Emperor Grandleon, Machine Emperor Oxerio, and Vengeful Empress Celmonic have all been vanquished. Seiya and Rista venture to the sand territory to face the last of the Demon Lord's forces, but are wholly unprepared for what they find. They are greeted by an alternate Ixphoria where Seiya never lost to the demon lord, and he and Tiana are living a happy life together; the future that could have been... For readers ages 13 and up.

(W) Light Tuchihi (A/CA) Saori Toyota Seiya and Rista venture to the sand territory to face the last of the Demon Lord's forces, but are wholly unprepared for what they find. They are greeted by an alternate Ixphoria where Seiya never lost to the demon lord, and he and Tiana are living a happy life together; the future that could have been?

(W) Light Tuchihi (A) Saori Toyota Feeling ill-prepared for the looming battle against Mash the Dragon King, Seiya returns to the underworld to acquire some new skills. But every boon gained from this dark realm comes at a cost. While Seiya practices a stealth ability, Rista turns invisible! As he hones the power of darkness, disaster strikes! Will Seiya be able to master these new techniques before the drawbacks wipe out his party?!

(W) Rei Ayatsuki (A) riichu, Gekidan Inu Curry Doroinu Two months have passed since the fight against the Goddess in Akihabara. The members of Charon are in training, still attempting to recover, when a young woman named Haru Takanashi is sent to join their ranks. Haru has clearly been dispatched by the higher-ups to 'observe' Charon, but Kaguya remembers her own early days in the unit and decides to extend a friendly hand. Unfortunately, it looks like this new girl is going to be an even tougher nut to crack than Azuma was! Regardless of what Haru says, Kaguya knows that saving people is the right thing to do. More determined than ever, Kaguya sets her sights on the furthest reaches of salvation, where she finds hope, jealousy, cynicism…and betrayal.

(W/A/CA) Salt Seno After his professor is injured, rookie linguist Hakaba is entrusted with his work, a research trip to study the language of monsters. Travelling together with his guide Susuki, he dives into the complex world of interspecies communication! For readers ages 13 and up.