Video Games

Endou and Kobayashi begin playing MagiKoi, and Kobayashi insists on one crucial point: Lieselotte is not the cruel villainess she appears to be, but a tsundere hiding affection behind sharp words. Then Crown Prince Siegwald somehow hears their commentary from inside his world and assumes the voices belong to divine beings explaining his fiancée to him. As he learns to understand what lies beneath Lieselotte's behavior, their relationship begins to change. Endou and Kobayashi know something far more urgent, however: most paths they know end with her death. Their voices become a bridge between two worlds and perhaps the only chance to save a girl nobody around her has learned to read correctly.

Professor Willow discovers a strange Pokémon unlike anything in his records and contacts Professor Oak for help identifying it. Their investigation leads to the name Meltan, an ancient Mythical Pokémon with a body of liquid metal and an unusual attraction to metal objects.As more Meltan begin appearing, the two professors exchange observations and a mysterious box that seems connected to the phenomenon. The mystery deepens when many Meltan gather together and reveal that their tiny individual forms are only part of a much larger secret: the colossal Pokémon Melmetal.

A group of girls enter the world of competitive gaming with different personalities and play styles, united by the desire to turn their love of games into something they can pursue together. Between practice, streaming, and matches, performing in front of others becomes a test of confidence as much as mechanical skill.Every victory opens the door to tougher competition, while every defeat exposes something that has to change within the team or within the player herself. As expectations rise, the girls try to hold on to the fun that made them pick up a controller in the first place while learning what it means to chase a dream in an arena that never waits.

In 2026, the Augma becomes the newest gaming phenomenon, using augmented reality to let players fight and move through the real world instead of entering a full-dive environment. Its flagship game, Ordinal Scale, quickly attracts Kirito's friends even though he remains skeptical of the technology.Former SAO players then notice something frightening: memories of Aincrad begin disappearing after certain encounters, while bosses and monsters from the old death game appear inside augmented reality. When Asuna is affected, Kirito takes the competition seriously and searches for the connection between Ordinal Scale and SAO. This time, strength inside a virtual world is not enough, because the threat is attacking the memories that shaped the life he has now.

A train conductor begins the first day on the job expecting an ordinary shift, only to discover that the route has no intention of giving them time to settle in. An unexpected encounter overturns the day almost immediately, turning a routine assignment into a situation that feels like “GAME OVER” before the work has properly begun. With plans collapsing around them, the new conductor learns that life aboard this train will not follow any manual they were given.

Ye Xiu has begun rebuilding his path to professional Glory through the character Lord Grim and the newly formed Guild Happy. His unspecialized playstyle dominates the tenth server, attracting talented players and provoking the major guilds, whose leaders increasingly suspect that the mysterious expert is the legendary former captain they once knew as Ye Qiu.Attempts to suppress Happy only sharpen Ye Xiu's plans. He pushes Lord Grim toward the Heavenly Domain while gathering the players who may become his future team, turning online battles over bosses, records, and guild territory into preparation for a much larger goal: entering the Challenger League and fighting his way back onto the professional stage.

A boy searches Gun Gale Online for a girl he once met inside the virtual battlefield. He believes the connection between them was real, while she sees it as something that belonged only to a fantasy world. Their next encounter will force both of them to decide whether a bond born behind avatars and gunfire can exist beyond the game.

At FOX ONE, Shun, Nozomi, and Akito find themselves wondering about something they normally take for granted: the café's unusual name. Their casual conversation turns toward owner Souta and the story behind the words he chose, giving the friends a small glimpse into the identity of the place that has become so important to their team.

A year after surviving Sword Art Online, Kazuto Kirigaya is trying to rebuild an ordinary life when mysterious deaths become linked to the game Gun Gale Online. A player calling himself Death Gun shoots people inside the game, and shortly afterward the people behind those avatars die in the real world.Kirito enters GGO to investigate and meets Sinon, an expert sniper who uses the game to confront an old trauma involving guns. The two enter the Bullet of Bullets tournament, where Death Gun is hiding among the competitors. Unmasking him forces Kirito back toward memories of SAO he would rather bury, while Sinon must face the fear that made the virtual battlefield feel safer than reality.

Life revolves around Tamagotchi and the people caring for them, where simple responsibilities such as feeding, playing, and paying attention become small adventures of their own. With every creature having a different personality and set of needs, their caretakers learn that looking after a digital companion can be both sweeter and far more chaotic than expected.

Kaede Honjou tries the VR game New World Online at her friend's invitation and creates a character named Maple. Because she hates pain, she puts every stat point into defense without understanding the consequences. The choice should make her slow and weak, yet the game keeps rewarding her strange playstyle with skills that make her increasingly difficult to defeat.Maple has no interest in optimal builds or established strategies. She simply tries whatever looks fun, sometimes eats monsters, and discovers abilities the developers never expected anyone to combine. With Sally joining her and a guild forming around them, a beginner's wish to avoid getting hurt turns into a phenomenon that leaves both players and administrators wondering what impossible power Maple will accidentally acquire next.

Six months after players became trapped in Elder Tale, Akiba has stabilized under Shiroe's Round Table Alliance. Its success hides a growing crisis: the city lacks the funds needed to govern itself, spies from Minami have entered its streets, and rival powers are shaping the world's politics.Shiroe leaves Akiba with Naotsugu and Regan to seek answers and resources through a dangerous raid, while the younger adventurers face trials of their own. Questions about death, memory, and the People of the Land reveal that this world is changing faster than anyone's understanding of it.

A private demonstration of the virtual-reality game Cocoon gathers fifty children, including Conan, Ran, and the Detective Boys. The celebration turns into a murder investigation when a company employee dies after leaving a clue pointing toward the game's recreation of 19th-century London.Once the children enter Cocoon, the artificial intelligence Noah's Ark seizes control and declares that failure inside the simulation will kill every player. Conan must follow the trail of Jack the Ripper through Victorian London while solving the real-world murder at the same time, knowing that the lives of all fifty children depend on reaching the truth before the game ends.

After Maple and the Maple Tree guild make a name for themselves in NewWorld Online, new floors open with fresh monsters, skills, and surprises to discover. Maple still has little interest in conventional strategies, so she keeps stumbling into bizarre abilities and combining them in ways nobody planned, while the rest of her guild works to broaden its own options for the battles ahead.As rival guilds grow stronger, Maple Tree also forms closer ties with major groups such as the Flame Emperors and the Holy Sword guild, turning competition into cooperation when the situation demands it. The game's developers, meanwhile, remain trapped in the same exhausting problem: trying to predict Maple before she finds yet another unexpected way to overturn the rules of their carefully balanced world.