(W) Mikage Sawamura Naoya Fukamachi is a university student whose ability to infallibly detect lies has left him friendless and isolated. But when he writes a paper about a strange festival he wandered into as a child, he catches the fancy of his folklore studies professor Akira Takatsuki, a handsome and eccentric man with a passion for all things mysterious. Soon, Naoya finds himself working as Akira's assistant, helping him to interpret an array of unexplainable phenomena, from haunted objects and cursed effigies to urban legends. As this odd couple continues their investigations, however, Naoya realizes that his professor has had a few bizarre childhood experiences of his own?

(W/A) Mikage Sawamura Naoya, a university student who can infallibly detect lies, embarks on another investigation into mysterious phenomena with his eccentric professor, Akira Takatsuki. Their latest client claims that they've contacted the spirit of a missing classmate while playing the Kokkuri fortune-telling game. Afterwards, a famous actress comes to Naoya looking for advice about ghosts, and more of Takatsuki's enigmatic past comes to light!

(W) Mikage Sawamura 'The difference between damnation and celebration is paper-thin. At the same time, Takatsuki and Naoya learn of the urban legend about ''Library Marie''. Apparently if you solve a hidden cipher in the library collection, you'll be cursed. ''The unlucky letter and cursed cipher.'' Upon investigating the legend of a demon god in a village, in a grotto they find a skull with a hole in it. Soon after, Takatsuki is plagued by unexpected suffering. How will Naoya help him out of this one?!'

(W) Mikage Sawamura (A) Toji Aio Naoya Fukamachi is a university student whose ability to infallibly detect lies has left him friendless and isolated. When a paper of his piques the interest of his folklore studies professor Akira Takatsuki, a handsome and eccentric man, he soon finds himself dragged into Akira's research. Now, as the assistant in charge of common sense, he must help his professor interpret an array of unexplainable phenomena?

(W) Mikage Sawamura (A) Toji Aio One day, Fukamachi catches a cold and loses his mysterious ability to distinguish lies. While he is out of commission, Professor Takatsuki at an event where he meets an actress who claims she can see ghosts! How will Takatsuki fare in an investigation of her haunted studio without his erstwhile lie-detector...?

(W) Mikage Sawamura (A/CA) Toji Aio "Because we will return-to the world of everyday life."? Professor Akira's scary story party became a strange tale in its own right when a ghostly voice was caught on the recording equipment-now it falls to the professor and Fukumachi to resolve the mystery of "The Night of One Hundred Horrors!" And Fukumachi's summer has more in store, because Akira promised to head to Nagano with him and research the Festival of the Dead that Fukumachi saw on that muggy summer night of his youth that changed his life-and his ears-forever!

(W/A) Mikanuji Discover a variety of stories about women's love, starting with Iori: twenty-eight-year-old office worker who sets out to drown her love and job sorrows in booze. When she wakes up next to someone, she can't believe her partner was Minami, a worker at the bar who doesn't want to forget what they have!

(W/A) Mikanuji After meeting through an online game, Heke and Lala have become close enough that they can gripe to each other about work-but it turns out the boss Heke's always griping about is actually Lala...!? This is the love story of two awkward girls who have nothing but complaints for each other in the real world and can only convey their true feelings online...

(W/A) Mikanuji 'There's no real reason. It's just that talking with her makes me feel like life is worth living.' Heke and Lala met through an online game, becoming fast friends despite knowing nothing about each other...or so they thought. It turns out they actually work together-but their IRL interactions are full of friction and nothing like the breezy relationship they have online. Will the day when they're able to tell each other how they really feel ever come...?

(W/A) Mikanuji 'She couldn't care less about her teacher. But for some reason, she can't leave her alone... When Kujo, a gym teacher whose thoughts on romance have been complicated by past disappointments, finally starts looking for a girlfriend again, she ends up enlisting one of her students as her wingwoman in exchange for not revealing that the girl, Sugimoto, works at a maid caf?. But it isn't long before Kujo finds herself at the mercy of Sugimoto and her incessant advice. And yet, as the pair work towards their strangely shared goal, they find the tense distance between them giving way to feelings of affection... '

?There are things you learn by living together and spending a lot of time together. To put it simply, people have their good points and their bad points. But I learned something else too?I don?t want to lose her. I want to be with her forever?? Heke and Shinohara?s life together continues, and they relationship, like every other couples, deepens and changes.

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin, Jirou Oimoto Now known throughout NewWorld Online as 'the walking fortress,' Maple is joined by her best friend Sally, and the two travel to the second zone to prepare for the upcoming second battle royale event! Faced with the admins nerfing her skills, can Maple find new ways to break the game?

(W) Yuumikan (A) Jirou Oimoto After somehow defeating the boss with the help of Sally, what happens when Maple warms up the egg that dropped!? Even the kimono-clad swordswoman Kasumi gets mixed up as the slapstick event continues!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Jirou Oimoto, Koin Maple and Sally make smooth progress through the second event, but their antics lead to other players fearing them as living legends!! Whatever the fuss is about their being untouchable by swords or disappearing like illusions, the two will continue nonchalantly plowing through their enemies as usual!

(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) 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) Mika Akatsuki (A) Nanako Tsujimura, Utako Yukihiro When Seigi Nakata rescued a handsome young jewelry appraiser from a group of drunken assailants, he got more than he bargained for! The appraiser is Richard Ranasinghe de Vulpian, a brilliant and mysterious British jewelry expert. Seigi hires him to appraise a family heirloom… and that is just the beginning. Together, they unlock the secret messages hidden in the hearts of precious stones-and those who possess them.

(W) Mika Akatsuki (A) Nanako Tsujimura, Utako Yukihiro Back from England, Seigi must deal with the start of his third year of college-and with all his classmates starting to job hunt in earnest! Meanwhile, a familiar customer returns to Jewelry ?tranger with a pale pink cameo he once received from an unrequited love, challenging Seigi and Richard to solve the mystery attached to the gift.

(W) Mika Akatsuki (A) Nanako Tsujimura, Utako Yukihiro One month after arriving in the mountain city of Kandy to begin his studies as a jeweler, Seigi receives a strange e-mail from 'Jeffrey,' with the subject line 'Help Richard.' Within is an itinerary for a luxury cruise? that leaves in three days. What has the beautiful jeweler got himself into now? And can Seigi come to his rescue yet again?

(W) Ghost Mikawa (A) Yumika Kanade, Hiten After his father's remarriage, high school student Yuuta suddenly finds himself 'stepsiblings' with his classmate Saki. However, unlike the plain and simple Yuuta, his new younger sister has an over-the-top sense of style and is known as the hottest girl in the grade! Due to past trauma, Yuuta isn't great at talking to women, and at first is perplexed by this new family member who seems to be his complete opposite...but as the two settle into a shared lifestyle, could their relationship blossom into something more?!

(W) Ghost Mikawa (A) Yumika Kanade, Hiten A month has passed since Yuuta and Saki became siblings. They agreed to keep a respectful distance from each other, but when Yuuta's attractive coworker asks him out on a date, Saki finds a strange new emotion welling up inside her heart...

(W) Ghost Mikawa (A) Yumika Kanade, Hiten 'I can't fall in love with her. After all, the two of us are siblings.'?It's Yuuta and Saki's first summer break as stepsiblings. Now that Saki has started part-timing at the bookstore where Yuuta works, they inevitably end up spending more time with each other. After being around his little sister a lot more than usual, a forbidden emotion starts to well up inside Yuuta's heart...

(W) Ghost Mikawa (A) Yumika Kanade, Hiten Yuuta and Saki have decided to hide their feelings for each other away, choosing instead to live as brother and sister. But suppressing their emotions isn't easy, and even as Yuuta tries to turn his attention to other women, it only makes him realize how special Saki is to him. And Saki, for her part, isn't faring much better?

Ghost Mikawa Infected by the magic of Halloween night, Yuuta and Saki sought out each other's warmth. Though it might look the same to those around them, their relationship has undergone a definite change. As they pass their first winter together, including its various celebrations, they struggle to balance communication and the joy of surprise. How can they make each other happy, and where are they headed? Are marriage and children in their future, or something else entirely?

(W) Ghost Mikawa (A) Hiten Yuuta Asamura is still figuring out how to interact with his new stepsister, Saki Ayase. But after finding they have more in common than expected, the two reach a comfortable equilibrium. Things start to get out of whack, however, when Saki fails one of her exams and asks for Yuuta's help. Then Yuuta's attractive college-age coworker, Shiori, invites him out on a date, and Saki finds a strange new emotion welling up in her heart... Just what is this feeling?

(W) Ghost Mikawa (A) Hiten It's Yuuta's and Saki's first summer vacation as stepsiblings, and they'll be working at the same bookstore! As her senior coworker, Yuuta begins to see a side of Saki he hadn't noticed before. But when Shiori works a shift with her, she makes a dark observation-if Saki doesn't ease up and start relying on others, sooner or later she's going to destroy herself. If he wants to help, Yuuta will have to make a decision. Should he betray his own rules and interfere in his stepsister's life?

(W) Ghost Mikawa (A/CA) Hiten When Saki called Yuuta "Big Brother," it looked to everyone else like their relationship had taken a big step forward. In reality, it was more like a line drawn in the sand. As their hidden feelings make time spent together increasingly awkward, the two of them explore new relationships and weigh their priorities. Are some things worth holding onto despite the sacrifice, or is it time to let go and move on?