2017

Briar and Bramble return to the forest expecting another round of arguments with Logger Vick, only to discover that Vick has finally put down his chainsaw and taken a very different job as a guide. His first major client is Carly, a determined young woman searching for her missing friend Kitty, a Siberian tiger.The search carries Vick, Carly, and the two bears deep into unfamiliar wilderness, where clues to Kitty's disappearance are mixed with dangerous terrain, wildlife, and people whose intentions are not always clear. Old rivals gradually become traveling companions as protecting the forest and finding Kitty give them a reason to work together.

Sanshu Middle School's Hero Club has returned to its everyday activities, with Sonoko Nogi joining Yuuna, Karin, Fuu, and Itsuki. For a while, the girls seem to have regained an ordinary life. Then they notice an impossible absence: Mimori Tougou is gone, and nearly every trace that she ever existed has vanished with her. Only the Hero Club still remembers their friend.The girls regain their ability to transform and set out to find her, leading them to a truth beyond the boundaries of the world they knew. Bringing Tougou back does not end the crisis. Instead, their actions carry new consequences, especially for Yuuna. Determined to protect her friends' smiles, she begins bearing a burden she cannot easily share, turning her hardest battle into one fought in silence.

Na Yong-chan's ordinary life changes when he discovers a tiny dinosaur and a talking Mecard named Alkyon. He soon learns that dinosaurs did not simply disappear millions of years ago: some survived by transforming into miniature creatures known as Tinysaurs and can reveal powerful mechanical forms.Yong-chan begins searching for more Tinysaurs, but he is far from the only person interested in them. New friends, rival collectors, and dangerous opponents turn every discovery into a contest, forcing him to learn how to bond with the creatures and protect them through fast, spectacular dinosaur battles.

After the danger beneath Sinbi Apartment is defeated, Hari and Doori hope their ghost-filled days might finally calm down. Instead, a dark curse begins drawing stronger spirits into their lives, and even the Ghost Ball they depend on is no longer enough to face every threat.A new Ghost Ball X gives the siblings greater power, but the mysteries around them also deepen. Kang-lim is troubled by an unknown force within himself, while a mysterious boy named Leon appears with his own connection to the supernatural. As new ghosts emerge, the group must uncover what is feeding the darkness before it consumes more than their apartment.

After a period of peace, Franklin calls Na Chan, Isobel, and Vandyne to Triforce with an urgent problem: several powerful new Mechanimals created at the laboratory have escaped. The three are asked to track down, tame, and train Wing Knight, Wing Leo, Hytero, and Master, whose four living projectiles make it especially difficult to control.The mission grows suspicious when Vandyne fails to return with the others. When Na Chan and Isobel finally find him, he is cold and openly hostile, challenging Na Chan to a Mechanimal battle instead of explaining himself. The confrontation becomes the first step toward a secret hidden behind Vandyne's familiar face.

Rei Kiriyama enters his second year of high school while continuing to climb through the professional shogi world. He is no longer as isolated as before: the Kawamoto sisters' home has become somewhere he can return to, and connections at school and in the shogi community are slowly making him feel like a participant in other people's lives rather than an observer.Closeness also means sharing their pain. When Hinata faces cruel treatment at school, Rei becomes determined to support her in the way he once wished someone had supported him. At the shogi board, he meets professionals carrying struggles of their own. Through competition and family-like bonds, Rei learns that relying on others does not make him a burden and that strength can mean standing beside someone else.

Chise Hatori has spent most of her young life unwanted, isolated by her ability to perceive supernatural beings that others cannot see. With nowhere she believes she belongs, the fifteen-year-old allows herself to be sold at an auction, where the inhuman magus Elias Ainsworth purchases her and takes her to his home in rural England.Elias reveals that Chise is a rare Sleigh Beggy, naturally able to draw enormous amounts of magic into herself, and asks her to become both his apprentice and his future bride. Surrounded by fae, dragons, curses, and ancient customs, Chise begins learning magic while slowly discovering that being needed is not the same as being owned and that she may still be able to choose what kind of life she wants.

Minoa Asagaya cannot forget a striking scene from something she watched as a child, but she has no idea what it was called. Her search for the answer brings her together with Arisu Kamiigusa, a wealthy classmate whose enthusiasm for anime is matched only by the depth of her knowledge. When even Arisu cannot identify Minoa's memory, the two decide to revive their school's dormant Anime Research Club.The club soon attracts fans with wildly different tastes, from idols and light novels to mecha and critical analysis. Their noisy discussions, screenings, and arguments repeatedly put them at odds with the student council, but an even stranger problem gradually emerges: the conventions and logic of the stories they love begin leaking into their own reality.

Umaru Doma still maintains two completely different lives: the admired, graceful honor student everyone sees outside, and the tiny hoodie-clad homebody who spends her evenings gaming, reading manga, and demanding snacks from her older brother Taihei. Her secret routine remains as chaotic as ever, but the world around her is beginning to feel less divided.As Umaru spends more time with Nana Ebina, Kirie Motoba, and Sylphynford Tachibana, their friendships deepen beyond the personas and misunderstandings that first brought them together. New encounters also connect pieces of Taihei's past to people in Umaru's present, gradually pushing her to value the ordinary moments she once took for granted.

After the U20 Championship, Chrono Shindou and his friends are drawn into a crisis that reaches far beyond ordinary Cardfights. Six Apostles appear with the power of the Zeroth Dragons, seeking to gather enough force to revive the Dragon Deity of Destruction, Gyze.As the Apostles target fighters whose bonds and abilities stand in their way, Chrono, Shion, Tokoha, and their allies are pushed into battles where defeat carries consequences for both Earth and Cray. To stop Gyze's return, the young fighters must trust the connections they have built and confront opponents willing to sacrifice everything for a world reduced to nothing.

Itsuki Hashima is a talented young novelist with one obsession dominating nearly everything he writes: little sisters. His life away from fiction is hardly less peculiar. Nayuta Kani is a genius author who loves him and has almost no sense of embarrassment, Haruto Fuwa is a successful fellow writer who shares the pressures of the profession, Miyako Shirakawa sometimes tries to be the only normal person in the room, and Itsuki’s perfect younger stepbrother Chihiro manages the household while hiding a major secret.Deadlines, strange games, trips, taxes, and professional jealousy make their days comfortably chaotic, but each of them carries fears and ambitions that do not surface during the jokes. The writing that brings them together can make friendship, rivalry, and love more complicated all at once.

Hellsalem's Lot never runs out of ways to turn an ordinary afternoon into a supernatural emergency. Three years after New York was fused with the Beyond, humans and otherworldly residents share a city where monsters, magic, crime, and impossible accidents are routine. Libra continues trying to keep that chaos from spilling beyond the city's barrier, with Leonardo Watch and his All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods caught in the middle.Leonardo still hopes to learn why his sister lost her sight when he received those eyes, but Libra's work rarely leaves him a straight path toward answers. New cases pull the group into bizarre restaurants, dangerous criminals, family problems, and threats large enough to shake the city. Behind the spectacle, each crisis reveals more about the people who choose to call this impossible place home.

Bimajo, Tsubuyakky, and Suzukky are back at work for the History Paradise Company, but their mysterious superior has a new objective for the Akudama trio. Scattered throughout history are precious Dynamonds connected to famous people, and the villains are ordered to collect them.The assignment sends the trio leaping from one era to another, where their shortcuts and schemes repeatedly collide with JKK officers Tokio and Calen. Historical celebrities become the center of increasingly ridiculous battles as both sides race to reach each Dynamond first.

315 Production builds its idol roster in an unusual way: instead of scouting only teenagers, it welcomes men who have already lived very different professional lives. A lawyer, a doctor, a pilot, former athletes, teachers, and performers leave familiar careers behind to stand beneath stage lights for reasons that are deeply personal to each of them.Learning choreography and singing is only part of the challenge. As units such as Jupiter and DRAMATIC STARS work toward larger stages, the newcomers must discover how their previous experiences can become strengths rather than baggage. Their second careers begin with one shared goal: become idols capable of giving someone else a reason to smile.