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The origins of Kujaku, a mystical youth with extraordinary paranormal abilities, remain unknown. He was born under a foreboding prophecy and raised by holy men who instilled in him principles of virtue. However, Siegfried von Mittgard, a corrupt man intent on becoming the ruler of the earth known as the 'Regent of Darkness', covets Kujaku's powers and has commanded his ruthless followers to kill him before he uncovers his true destiny. Thus, Kujaku must unravel the mystery of his past before his immense strength consumes him.

"We asked not for a bride, but reparations for the war." She was to be married off to a general of an enemy nation... but upon her arrival, her future husband welcomed her with nothing but scorn and a cruel rejection! Bertine, daughter of the chancellor of a small kingdom, is ordered by the king to marry Cecilio, the representative of the victors, as part of war reparations. Heartbroken, she crosses the sea, only to endure humiliating treatment by the general's servants. Yet rather than yield, she steps beyond the thresholds of her new home to carve out a path for herself in a hostile land. "I cannot rely on Father or my status. I will survive and become stronger." A love story born from misunderstanding and a deal. How will the bond between a noblewoman given away as solatium and the general of an enemy nation unfold?

Crest was born as the fifth son of a duke. However, as the fifth son, he was in no position to talk. His childhood friend and also his fiancée, Ellis, treated him just like a slave. And on Crest’s coming-of-age ceremony, he received a skill called “Gacha.“ Yet, he wasn’t able to learn how to use it and was banished away from his home. Banished into the forest full of monsters, Crest began to understand the power “Gacha.“ And then, Crest made up his mind. He will definitely survive and get back on his feet.

When the sorcerer Zagan decides to participate in an auction selling the goods of the now dead Archdemon Marchosias, he expects to find items of untold power. What he finds instead is a rare white-haired slave elf named Nephilia, and he immediately spends all his money to purchase her, much to the bewilderment of those around him. However, the secret reason behind Zagan's investment was that he had actually fallen in love with her at first sight. Unfortunately, Zagan has a problem: he is socially inept and has no idea how to express his true feelings, leading to many misunderstandings between him and his new companion. But slowly, the two begin to understand each other, and love begins to bloom.

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A 21-year-old office worker, Sachi Hasumizu, who works for a black-company, is accidentally summoned to another world. She’s granted the special ability [Dismantle], but is told she can never return to her original world. “Well… no point in being depressed then! Please just help me find a job so I can live!” …Or so she says, but the job she’s introduced to is at the adventurers’ guild’s monster dismantling counter! Wait—my [Dismantle] ability means that kind of dismantling!? In a workplace that’s both warm and welcoming yet incredibly busy, a chaotic and lively fantasy about working in monster-meat dismantling begins!!

A boy named Shi Shan along with his little sister were offered as sacrifice to a demon that has been haunting their village. They were rescued by a martial artist who exorcise demons. He took the siblings in as his disciples and taught them the art of cultivation and about the demons that dwell in this world.

Count’s daughter Kiara, who has been abused by her stepmother since childhood, is ordered at age fourteen to enter a political marriage. At that moment, memories of her past life return—along with the plot of the game “Fargia Kingdom Chronicles.” Realizing that she has been reincarnated as the evil sorceress fated to be killed in the game, Kiara attempts to flee in order to avoid her predetermined death. But when she sneaks out of school and jumps onto a passing carriage, she discovers that the passengers are none other than the game’s protagonists, the very people meant to defeat her—!?

An island of gemstones and magical beasts floats in the sky… On this island lives a kind and powerful demon king, Kougyoku. Some forty years ago, Kougyoku used his magic to restore a stillborn griffin egg to life, and that griffin became his dearest companion, Topaz. In the years that followed, Topaz found that his love for Kougyoku had grown into something deeper than that of a beast’s love for his king… and unbeknownst to him, Kougyoku had begun to feel the same. Now, as Kougyoku struggles to summon the magic needed to restore his island, he is torn between his love for Topaz and his duty as king. And as his beloved finds himself faced with an impossible decision, Topaz is left with no choice but to decide their fates for him, even should it break his king’s heart…! Source: TOKYOPOP