Apotheosis in Nine Acts: How I End Up Saving the World

Chainsaw Man

Denji is a young man drowning in debt, forced by the yakuza to hunt devils with his pet devil, Pochita. His only dream is to live a simple, peaceful life, but his reality is one of poverty and constant danger. When he is betrayed and murdered, Pochita merges with his body, granting him the ability to transform parts of himself into chainsaws. Revived as Chainsaw Man, Denji is recruited by the Public Safety Bureau to work as an official Devil Hunter. Now living in the city, Denji must learn to navigate his new job and his terrifying powers while facing increasingly brutal enemies. He continues to pursue his simple teenage dreams, but the world of devil hunting proves far more complicated an

Overlord

For twelve years, the virtual world of Yggdrasil has been the domain of Momonga and his guild, Ainz Ooal Gown. As the game's servers prepare to shut down permanently, Momonga logs in one last time to witness its final moments. When the clock strikes midnight, he is not logged out. Instead, he finds himself trapped within the game world, now seemingly real. His skeletal avatar has become his physical body, and the NPCs of his guild have gained sentience and unwavering loyalty. Facing an unknown world that resembles Yggdrasil yet operates by new rules, Momonga begins to explore his surroundings. With no way to log out and no other players in sight, he decides to take control of this new real

Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories

Power decides to live out her favorite anime by becoming a brilliant detective, or at least by making everyone believe she is one. Denji gets dragged along as her assistant in an investigation into a series of disappearances at a mountain hotel. Alongside this case, the volume gathers other stories about the bonds between devil hunters. Quanxi and Kishibe cross paths again nine years after their first meeting, while Himeno and Aki face their first assignment together. Denji, Power, and Aki also set out on a dream trip to Enoshima, where their chaotic daily lives follow them to the coast.

Princess Resurrection

Hiro Hiyorimi's life takes a drastic turn when he is killed in a traffic accident. He is unexpectedly resurrected by Princess Hime, a formidable warrior from a royal family of monsters. Now bound to her as a loyal servant, Hiro finds himself thrust into a hidden world of supernatural conflict. Princess Hime is a key figure in a ruthless war of succession among her monstrous siblings. She battles werewolves, demons, and vampires with a chainsaw and her unique power to resurrect the dead. Together with her undead servant Hiro and a super-cute combat robot named Flandre, she faces relentless attacks from otherworldly creatures determined to claim her throne.

ZOMBIE-LOAN

Michiru Kita is a timid girl who struggles to voice her thoughts. Her life takes a strange turn when she notices mysterious, ring-like markings on the necks of two classmates, Chika Akatsuki and Shito Tachibana. These boys are famous for miraculously surviving a catastrophic accident six months prior. Michiru possesses the rare ability to see these 'Ring of Death' markings, which signify that the wearer is fated to die soon. Believing she can intervene and save them, Michiru approaches the pair. However, she discovers the boys have already circumvented their fate through a dark bargain. They are not merely survivors but zombies, bound to work for the secret organization Zombie-Loan to pay o

World Apartment Horror

This volume gathers four short stories. The title tale centers on a bumbling yakuza member who is given a simple assignment: clear an old, rotten apartment block of its foreign occupants. The building is dilapidated, and the tenants have refused to leave, but he is confident he can intimidate them into moving out. However, the apartment block holds a secret. An evil spirit still resides within its walls, and its presence makes the yakuza's mission far more difficult than he ever anticipated. What should have been a straightforward eviction becomes a struggle against a supernatural force he does not understand. The collection also includes the stories Visitors, Waira, and Joyful Bell.