(W) Yuumikan, Koin (A) Jirou Oimoto Word is the next event is going to focus on guild-vs-guild PVP, and Maple Tree is worried that six people may not be enough. Maple goes to scout out potential new members, but it seems as if extreme builds are drawn to one another!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Jirou Oimoto, Koin The PvP event begins with guilds falling one by one...and then turns into an all-out assault on Maple Tree! It's a trial by fire for new and inexperienced guild members Mai and Yui, as Maple and her partner Sally take the field by storm, launching an offensive of their own! Will they be able to overcome the odds and seize victory?

(W) Yuumikan (A/CA) Koin A bunch of talented new guilds are ready to give Maple Tree a run for their money. But Maple's not too worried. The thought of chances for more PvP has her fired up! Between scouting out other guilds for info on their rivals and looking for new skills to make themselves even deadlier, Maple Tree has plenty of work to do as the Ninth Event kicks off!

(W) Jirou Oimoto (A/CA) Koin When it comes to the VRMMO NewWorld Online, Kaede Honjou isn't your run-of-the-mill greenhorn gamer. Forgoing a typical stat allocation for her Great Shielder, Maple, she pumps all her points into defense from the get-go! Her reasoning? 'I don't want to get hurt.' With no magic, agility, or strength to speak of, this walking fortress will have to get creative to beat the baddies early on. But little does she know that her pure-stat build will propel her to chaotic new heights that even the game admins couldn't account for!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin Maple and Sally finished the treasure hunt event with stunning results, coming in first and second place, respectively. Now they???re off to their next adventure???establishing a new guild! Together with their friends, they???ll be pushing themselves to ever greater heights in Maple Tree! However?Kthis will also birth the most terrifying guild in the game, the one players call the Demon World. It???s time for the invincible, stalwart, no-damage adventurer Maple to cast off her humanity and ascend to godhood!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin Maple and Sally finished the treasure hunt event with stunning results, coming in first and second place, respectively. Now they???re off to their next adventure???establishing a new guild! Together with their friends, they???ll be pushing themselves to ever greater heights in Maple Tree! However?Kthis will also birth the most terrifying guild in the game, the one players call the Demon World. It???s time for the invincible, stalwart, no-damage adventurer Maple to cast off her humanity and ascend to godhood!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin After forming a guild with her friends, Maple and company set their sights on winning the upcoming Guild War. Although her new allies have plenty of tricks up their sleeves, the server overwhelmingly expects the Flame Empire and the Order of the Holy Sword to crush the competition. To prove them all wrong, Maple concocts a secret plan to topple the game's leading guilds that not even the administrators will see coming!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin After crushing the top two guilds in the game, Maple Tree places third in a massive upset during the latest event. Looking to strengthen her ties with the game???s three top Guild Masters, Maple decides to team up with the Order of the Holy Sword and the Flame Empire to take on a newly implemented dungeon. The strongest player is ready for a brand new challenge!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin Maple is a beast and her victories over the secret boss on the fifth floor and several tough players prove it. Still, she's going to need more than strength in the next area that opens up because it's a house of horrors filled to the brim with scary critters that absolutely terrify Sally. Looking for a way to repay her partner's kindness, Maple starts exploring this haunted stratum, but things won't be going as planned...

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin Still feeling a bit sad for Sally, who missed out on the sixth layer, Maple proposes they try something fun for the seventh event. It'll be just the two of them, aiming to complete a no damage run with the odds against them and the difficulty set to max. What could possibly go wrong?

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin Maple's made it to the seventh stratum. Finally, monster taming's available on a grand scale, and the other Maple Tree members have begun the search for their own pets! As usual, Maple's gone off on her own to find a new skill. She's eaten another monster?and this time she's got tentacles?!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin All members of Maple Tree made it through the prelims and are joining forces in the eighth event's main round-a brutal three day survival mission. But they've all tamed monsters that perfectly fit their builds and they are unmatched in combat. They rampage across the perilous fields, annihilating bosses that slew countless other players and are well on their way to becoming a gauntlet that no force on earth can hope to survive!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin It's been a while since Maple and Sally enjoyed some adventures with just the two of them. The girls head out to search for a secret dungeon in the sky. They discover some amazing scenery and even take commemorative photos, but then Maple comes across a girl with lightning-based skills. Apparently, she's the guild master of an up-andcoming new guild and intends to knock Maple Tree off their pedestal!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Jirou Oimoto, Koin Maple Tree are duking it out against the Flame Empire, but even after pulling out every secret technique they have, their opponents refuse to go down without a fight! And even if Maple and her guildmates manage to come through, what awaits them is the top-ranked guild in the game-the Order of the Holy Sword. Just how will the fourth event shake out?!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin Sunken ships, lost treasure, and underwater adventure! Maple Tree arrives on the eighth stratum to find a whole new world under the sea. They'll have to dive deep to explore and master fighting in the water. Maple's defense build isn't designed for the speed and agility required to swim, but she'll find a way! Thankfully Sally's already a skilled swimmer. With her help, the rest of the guild heads out to find what awaits on the ocean floor-and what lurks in the dark depths...

(W/A) Mizuki Nomura Musubu is a boy who can hear the voices of books. One day, he meets a children's book that wants to go back to someone named Hana, and the search begins. Will he be able to fulfill the book's request...?

(W) Mizuki Nomura With the untimely death of third-generation bookseller Emon Koumoto, a small Tohoku town loses its last bookstore. On the eve of its closing sale, however, high schooler Musubu Enoki shows up out of nowhere claiming that the late owner had entrusted him with all the texts in the shop! As patrons come from far and wide to say their goodbyes to the store during its last week of operation, Musubu uses his ability to converse with books to reunite people with their most treasured tomes. But can these nostalgic, interconnected encounters lead him to the truth behind Emon's demise?

I am Tohko Amano. As you can see, I am a Book Girl.' Two years have passed since Konoha's first encounter with the mysterious girl who thus introduced herself. Guided by this Book Girl who loves books so much that she devours them, Konoha has overcome a lot. But the day of Tohko's graduation is approaching and...suddenly the Book Girl lets slip a confession of her betrayal. Stunned, Konoha is further rattled by Ryuto: 'Tohko Amano is gonna disappear.' 'You should learn who Tohko Amano is.' What is the secret Tohko has kept hidden? How will Konoha and Tohko's story conclude?

(W) Nagaru Tanigawa (A/CA) Noizi Ito This third volume in the Haruhi Suzumiya series is a collection of four exciting short stories that chronologically take place before The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya.The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya:In her latest attempt to give the S.O.S. Brigade more public exposure, Haruhi signs the group up for the city-wide baseball tournament. Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody:It's like Back To the Future! In order to prevent an impending disaster, Mikuru takes Kyon back in time, where he meets Haruhi as a seventh grader. Mysterique Sign:The computer club president at school mysteriously disappears, and it's up to the S.O.S. Brigade to get to the bottom of it!Remote Island Syndrome:It's vacation time when a relative of Itsuki's invites the S.O.S. Brigade to stay at his island villa. But then a dead body turns up, and Haruhi and the gang get mixed up in a thrilling murder mystery.

(W) Yuki Yaku (CA) Fly Fumiya Tomozaki's opinion on the game of 'real life' has been changing ever since he met Aoi Hinami and began training with her-it may not be the greatest, but at least it doesn't suck. Meanwhile, student elections are coming up, and obviously, Hinami will be running for student council president. But when Mimimi decides to run, too, Tomozaki's going to find out if he's leveled up enough to handle the crossfire! For readers ages 16 and up

(W) Yuki Yaku (A/CA) Fly After finishing the busiest summer of his life, Tomozaki is ready to get back to school. His relationship with Hinami is changing, but he hasn't given up on trying to find the best strats to get through the game of life. His first challenge of the new semester: to help motivate none other than Erika Konno, one of the scariest girls in class! For readers ages 16 and up.

(W) Yuki Yaku (A/CA) Fly Tomozaki never expected he would be mentoring Tama-chan in the ways of the normie-especially not when she turns out to have an A-tier character to begin with. How can he help her? CAN he help her...? For readers ages 16 and up.

(W) Yuki Yaku (A) Fly It's November, and preparations for the culture festival are beginning. Meetings with Hinami have begun again, and life has mostly returned to normal? until Hinami asks him who he likes. But Tomozaki has to wonder-does he really need to have an answer?

(W) Yuki Yaku (A) Fly With the school culture festival looming, Tomozaki finds himself busier than ever, his attention split between helping Kikuchi with her script, developing a comedy show with Mimimi, and tackling an assignment from Hinami. As practice for the play begins, Kikuchi and Tomozaki decide to interview Hinami about her past in order to strengthen her connection with her role. But just what feelings will she have to face before the curtain rises??

(W) Yuki Yaku (A) Fly The school festival is over, and so is winter break. Tomozaki has faced a major milestone, but now he has a new challenge to face: the career survey form. Of course, Hinami's training is still ongoing, too, and between an offline meeting with other Atafami players, a visit to Tama-chan's house, and a new relationship with Kikuchi, the new semester is looking to be as full as ever.

(W) Yuki Yaku (A) Fly The day after the school festival ends, second-year Class Two holds a Christmas party to celebrate a job well done. While the festivities are in full swing, Tomozaki happens to notice Hinami and Kikuchi having a conversation. But when the two try to play it off as nothing, Tomozaki gets awfully curious? This short story collection provides a glimpse at the characters' lives and choices through the years: the birth of NONAME, Mimimi and Kikuchi's chat in a caf?, a karaoke party, Rena's life before she met Tomozaki...and much more!

(W) Yuki Yaku (A) Fly Winter is here. Tomozaki finds himself at odds with Kikuchi-and once again, words close the distance between them. Tomozaki confronts his own deeds, and that sheds light on one aspect of Kikuchi that previously went unnoticed. There are some things a bottom-tier character just won't notice, things he can't pick up on. And then there's Aoi Hinami, a person so special to both Tomozaki and Kikuchi... Can Tomozaki clear this difficult trial with his first-ever girlfriend?

(W) Yuki Yaku (A) Fly March is here, and that means it's almost Hinami's birthday. Izumi plans a surprise party, along with a trip to Universal Studios in Osaka. As for the presents, it's a team competition-whoever makes the birthday girl the happiest wins. Together with Mizusawa and Kikuchi, Tomozaki decides to re-create one of those old-school games she loves so much. Things may have changed between him and Hinami, and he doesn't want to be the character she controls-but that doesn't mean he's ready to give up on her.

(W) Yuki Yaku (A) Fly In this short story volume, the complexities of Hinami, Kikuchi, Mimimi, and Yuzu???s feelings are front and center, bridging the gaps between volumes 6 and 7!

(W) Mamoru Hosoda (A/CA) Renji Asai Having accidentally wandered into the beast world of Jutengai, Kyuta has gotten himself a master - Kumatetsu. But it turns out Kumatetsu's not quite as good at teaching as he is at brawling. The Grandmaster sends teacher and student alike on a pilgrimage, asking all the wisest beasts in the world a simple question: What is true strength? But are the boy and the beast ready for the answer?

(W) Mamoru Hosoda (A/CA) Renji Asai Kyuta has been spending more and more time back in the human world. He's about to take an exam that will let him go to college! But does this mean saying goodbye to his master and his life in Jutengai forever? Can he be a part of both worlds, or will he have to choose?

(W) Mamoru Hosoda (A/CA) Renji Asai Kyuta has been spending more and more time back in the human world. He's about to take an exam that will let him go to college! But does this mean saying goodbye to his master and his life in Jutengai forever? Can he be a part of both worlds, or will he have to choose?

Ichirohiko has suffered, caught in the space between human and beast, and has succumbed to the darkness. Kyuta leaves Kumatetsu, on the brink of death, in the care of the others and heads to the human world in pursuit of Ichirohiko. It's the start of a life and death battle in the streets of Shibuya!

(W/A/CA) Svetlana Chmakova by Svetlana Chmakova Still on high alert about the looming threat of sunspots, Jensen of the art club reaches out to the school newspaper to spread his message. But when Jenny and Akilah discover that Berrybrook's resident bullies have set their sights on Jensen, the girls are determined to use their positions on the school paper to shine a light on the issue. When a different incident causes a rift in their friendship, though, working together for the sake of the story may be impossible...As the bullying escalates, will Jensen be left to face this fate worse than sunspots entirely on his own?? The charming world of Berrybrook Middle School gets a little bigger in this follow-up to Svetlana Chmakova's Awkward!

(W/A/CA) Wakame Konbu Popular girl Chiaki Ichihara has a dirty secret: a serious boob obsession! Luckily for her, her friend Hana Harumi is willing to help! With Hana's perfect pair and Chiaki's air-headed enthusiasm, what new high jinx will this bosom duo get into!? For readers ages 18 and up.

(W/A) Wakame Konbu The rumored handsome girl, Chiaki's favorite thing is? breasts. 'Your breasts are still the best!' 'Your greetings are still the worst.' So it goes in this wee bit silly, yuri comedy!

(W/A) Wakame Konbu The school Culture Festival is a bounty of heart-pounding moments for Hana, as she can't help but wonder if Chiaki is starting to like her for more than her bountiful chest. However, their time together is interrupted as Akira catches the two in a compromising situation!

(W) Wakame Konbu The final volume of the breast-obsessed girls' love story is here at long last! Chiaki and Hana have confessed their affections for each other, and the cute couple of chest companions grow closer by the day! Though their bond started from boobs, drawing the line at busts is no longer enough for the two lovebirds, and they branch out to broader horizons! Meanwhile, the love lives of the other bosom buffs see some development as well?! Will the girls all get their happily ever after?!

(W) Kureha Long ago, Japan was protected by five crystal pillars. Though eighteen-year-old Hana Ichise was born to one of the branch families that defend the pillars using supernatural abilities, she has lived in the shadow of her brilliant twin sister, Hazuki, from a young age. When Hana finally awakens to powers of her own one day, however, she opts to hide them out of a desire to complete her high school education in peace. That is until Saku Ichinomiya, the arrogant yet powerful head of her family's primary branch, falls for Hana and forces her into signing a marriage contract with him. But can Hana rise to her true potential under the wing of her husband-to-be?

(W) Kureha Hana agreed to marry Saku, the head of her family's main branch, when he discovered her hidden powers-but only temporarily, and for plenty of compensation. When the time comes, however, Saku is reluctant to dissolve their union, and Hana's not sure if her protests are sincere anymore. Meanwhile, several dangerous talismans go missing. Who could have taken them, and why?