Buddy Waters *now on bluesky*

Cover debut! 📗 Witches Can't Be Collared, Vol. 1 (manga): buff.ly/7LTC5NX The Las Lilte Empire, with boundless magic power at their command, has grown to great prosperity...but in the wrong hands, that power can pose a grave threat. To counteract the rampant abuse of magic, the Empire established the Magic Crimes Bureau. In the imperial capital, Elayl, hardened detective Rogue has to make a deal with the most despicable criminal of them all—because only Miseria, the witch who unleashed hell on the world, has the kind of power that can help him solve the case surrounding the Lifetaker. But when you’re dealing with convicted witches, standard investigation protocol just won’t cut it...

Cover debut! 📗 After-School Duty, Vol. 1: buff.ly/DWlWzMj The day started out pretty normally. Kei Nimori was just going to elementary school as usual and although he thought it was weird that his name and some other random person’s were written on the chalkboard, he didn’t pay too much attention to it—until night fell. After being sucked into an alternate dimension of his school, surrounded by horrific monsters and a pile of corpses, he has to fight just to survive! The only question is, can he keep it up until flight becomes an option again...?!

NEW LIGHT NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT: Kino’s Journey A young traveler named Kino and a talking motorcycle named Hermes are on the journey of a lifetime! They visit different countries one after another, experiencing human nature and society in its many forms. Kino wants to learn everything there is to know about how other people live. Join their introspective adventure and uncover what it is that makes the world beautiful.

NEW LIGHT NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Girls Adrift Among the Stars AN INTERGALACTIC VOYAGE FOR A PLANET TO CALL HOME A horse-drawn carriage races across the cosmos. Or rather, a spaceship made to look like one. At the helm are a pair of refugees who fled Earth after pollution rendered it uninhabitable: Ridley, a scientist and the designer of this peculiar spacecraft, and Watari, an accomplished martial artist with debilitating shyness. This eccentric duo has but one goal—to find a stable planet where they can settle down on! However, every world the two visit is a little off… A planet with a god that can revive the dead, a planet where lucky people reign supreme, a planet lined with endless libraries… Can the girls navigate the unique challenges posed by each bizarre world and live to reach the next leg of their journey? And is there really a replacement for Earth waiting to be found among the stars?

Satou and the party are back in the Shiga Kingdom's capital to collect their hard-earned honors for defeating the demon lord, but the peace doesn't last long. When new red-rope monsters crash the reunion with Zena and Sara, Prince Sharonik steps in piloting a legendary Imperial relic: the Holy Husk Mobile Armor! 📗 Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, Vol. 25 (light novel) Pre-Order now: buff.ly/zzFlBnk

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