Spring 2009

Kyon has accepted that the SOS Brigade's alien, time traveler, and esper are real, even though Haruhi remains unaware that her desires can reshape reality. New incidents connect the group's past and present, including a meeting on Tanabata that explains more than Kyon expected.A summer holiday becomes trapped in a repeating loop, and Haruhi's determination to make a student film turns the school festival into another supernatural crisis. Kyon and the others must satisfy her restless imagination without allowing the world around them to lose its ordinary form.

Ordinary conversations become painfully funny when people say too much, misunderstand one another, or simply refuse to admit how awkward a situation has become. Couples bicker over tiny problems, coworkers stumble through social gatherings, strangers get trapped in pointless exchanges, and everyday etiquette collapses under the weight of human insecurity.Nothing here needs a grand adventure. A vending machine, a date, a workplace chat, or a casual outing is enough to expose the small absurdities hidden inside modern Japanese life, with naturalistic dialogue making every uncomfortable pause feel almost too familiar.

In November 2010, missiles strike Japan in a bizarre incident that kills no one and becomes known as “Careless Monday.” Three months later, college student Saki Morimi is on a graduation trip in Washington when a completely naked young man saves her from trouble with the police. His name is Akira Takizawa, but he remembers nothing about himself and carries a phone loaded with 8.2 billion yen.Akira returns to Japan with Saki and begins recovering clues to his identity, discovering that he is one of several people selected to spend enormous fortunes in a mysterious game whose stated goal is to “save Japan.” Each participant has a special phone and failure carries a deadly cost. As Saki searches for the truth about the stranger she met by chance, Akira must learn whether he once saved the country, or helped place it in danger.

Long before Green Gables, Anne Shirley is a bright, fiercely imaginative orphan growing up in Nova Scotia. After losing her parents as an infant, she passes through households where affection is scarce and responsibility comes far too early, often caring for younger children while dreaming of a kinder life.Anne's circumstances repeatedly change, but her curiosity, love of words, and ability to find beauty in difficult places keep her moving forward. The friendships and losses of these early years shape the girl who will one day arrive on Prince Edward Island still determined to belong somewhere.

Gingka Hagane travels from town to town with Storm Pegasus, searching for strong Bladers and carrying the lessons of his missing father. His talent soon makes him the main obstacle facing Dark Nebula, a ruthless organization that uses the forbidden Lightning L-Drago to gather power and dominate the world of Beyblade.Joined by Kenta, Madoka, Benkei, and the proud rival Kyoya, Gingka enters battles where loyalty can shift as quickly as the spinning tops. To stop Ryuga and L-Drago, he must unite his friends and prove that a Blader's true strength comes from the bond with their Bey.

During preparations for a magical ceremony, the Jewelpets are accidentally scattered from Jewel Land to the human world and sealed inside tiny jewel charms. Ruby, a lively white rabbit, is sent after them and soon meets Rinko Kougyoku, a shy middle school girl who wants to become braver.Rinko, Ruby, and their friends begin searching for the missing charms before they fall into dangerous hands. Every Jewelpet they awaken brings a new magical problem, but also helps Rinko discover confidence, friendship, and strengths she never knew she possessed.

Raditz's arrival reveals Goku's Saiyan origin and pulls his friends into battles far beyond Earth. The conflict with the Saiyans leads to Namek, where Frieza rules through overwhelming power, while later years bring the artificial humans and Cell. Each crisis shifts the balance within the group: Gohan steps forward when his hidden strength is needed, Vegeta becomes an indispensable ally without ever losing his pride, and Goku repeatedly returns to training in search of another level. As the enemies grow more dangerous, protecting Earth depends less on one fighter standing above the rest and more on a generation learning how to turn old rivalries, sacrifices, and hard-earned trust into a single force.

The discovery of Photon Power promises to solve humanity's energy problems, but Dr. Hell sees in it the means to conquer the world. From the ancient ruins of Bardos Island, he unleashes Mechanical Beasts and sends Baron Ashura and his other commanders to seize the Photon Power Laboratory.Standing against them is hot-blooded Kouji Kabuto, who inherits the super robot Mazinger Z from his grandfather. As Kouji learns to control a machine capable of becoming either a god or a devil, his battle with Dr. Hell exposes secrets tied to the ancient Mycenaean civilization, the Kabuto family, and the true power sleeping inside Mazinger.

Baron carries a curse in his left arm, a mark of Kazan that threatens to turn its victims into monsters. Searching for answers on the continent of Arad, he finds a sword inhabited by the spirit Roxie and sets out to uncover the truth behind the curse rather than surrender to it.His journey brings him together with fighters who have their own reasons for traveling, including the gunner Cabensis, the mage Ixia, and the priest Jeda. Their mismatched party moves from one dangerous encounter to another while forces tied to demons and ancient disasters close around them, turning Baron's personal search for a cure into a much larger fight for Arad.

Yui Hirasawa enters high school with no idea which club to join, and when she sees a poster for the Light Music Club, she imagines something simple enough for a girl who cannot play an instrument. She learns too late that the club needs actual musicians and that Ritsu, Mio, and Tsumugi require a fourth member to avoid being disbanded. After hearing them perform, Yui decides to stay and begins learning guitar from the very beginning.Practice certainly happens, but tea, cake, conversation, and trips consume just as much time. As school performances approach, four girls who originally gathered simply to keep a club alive gradually become a band and friends far more important than anything Yui had planned for her high school years.

Oz Vessalius, heir to a ducal house, has always treated the Abyss as a frightening story for children. During his coming-of-age ceremony at 15, however, members of the Baskerville clan appear and condemn him for a baffling crime: the very fact that he exists. They cast him into the Abyss, a dark realm inhabited by monstrous beings known as Chains.There Oz forms a contract with Alice, the Chain called the Bloodstained Black Rabbit, and finds a way back. Yet time and reality are no longer as he left them. With Alice and members of the secretive Pandora organization, Oz begins searching for the reason behind his sentence, uncovering secrets tied to his family, the Abyss, and the true meaning of his own existence.

Japan is fractured by war as ambitious lords fight to seize control of the country. Among them, Nobunaga Oda has become the most feared, crushing enemies and allies alike as he expands his rule through overwhelming force. His advance leaves rival clans with a choice between resisting together or being destroyed separately.Masamune Date, the fierce "One-Eyed Dragon," and Yukimura Sanada, a passionate warrior serving the Takeda clan, are powerful rivals who would rather test their strength against each other than cooperate. But as Oda's armies threaten everything around them, their rivalry becomes part of a much larger struggle, forcing the warriors of the age to form uneasy alliances against the Demon King of Owari.

Every four years, the nation chooses its queen through the Queen’s Blade tournament, where any qualified female warrior may compete and lethal weapons are permitted. Leina, daughter of a noble family, has talent but little of the experience needed to survive such a world.An early defeat exposes her weakness, but she is saved by the mysterious warrior Risty. Their meeting gives Leina the courage to reject the life her family planned for her and set out to grow stronger on her own. On the road toward the tournament, she meets fighters with wildly different motives and abilities, learning that reaching the throne requires more than strength alone.

Chi's secret can no longer be safely hidden in the Yamada family's apartment, where pets are forbidden. Faced with the possibility of giving the kitten away, Youhei cannot bear to lose his little companion. A chance discovery finally offers another solution: a nearby apartment building where animals are welcome.The Yamadas move with Chi into their new home, opening a fresh world for the curious kitten. New rooms, neighbors, animals, and unfamiliar corners give Chi plenty to explore, while the family continues learning how much joyful trouble one small cat can bring into everyday life.