Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Chapter 5: The City of Water and the Hero’s Poem

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

Subaru Natsuki is abruptly transported to a fantasy world while returning from a convenience store. Expecting to become a powerful hero, he quickly discovers he possesses no special abilities at all. His only power is "Return by Death," a mysterious curse that rewinds time to a previous point whenever he dies. After being saved from thugs by a silver-haired half-elf named Satella, Subaru tries to help her recover a stolen insignia. Their search leads them to a loot shop, where they are brutally murdered by an assassin. Subaru then wakes up earlier in the day, alive and with the memory of his death. Determined to protect Satella and prevent their tragic fate, Subaru must navigate a world of

My 990 Thousand Past Lives Help Me

Kang Hyeonjun is an F-Rank hunter barely scraping by in a world where dungeons and monsters are part of everyday life. Unable to pull his weight in raids, he is constantly berated by his party members and his self-esteem sinks lower with every failure. On the anniversary of his relationship, his girlfriend, who has climbed the ranks while he stayed behind, breaks up with him. That night, drunk and defeated, Hyeonjun returns home only to step into a strange dreamscape instead of his small studio. There, a man who claims to be one of his past lives offers him a chance to become stronger. The path forward is painful, and Hyeonjun must decide whether he can endure the trials waiting for him.

Pandora Hearts

Oz Vessalius, the fifteen-year-old heir of a noble family, is celebrating his coming-of-age ceremony when the mysterious Baskerville Clan interrupts the festivities. Accused of a sin he knows nothing about, he is cast into the Abyss, an inescapable prison realm said to be home to monstrous creatures called Chains. There he meets Alice, a strange girl who is not what she seems. To escape, Oz forms a contract with her and returns to his world, only to find that time has passed and everything has changed. Now Oz must unravel the truth behind his sin, the nature of the Abyss, and a tragedy from a hundred years ago. Pursued by the Baskervilles and haunted by ghosts of the past, he and his compa

Banana Fish

Ash Lynx is a seventeen-year-old gang leader in New York City. Raised by the mafia boss Dino Golzine, he grew up as both an adopted heir and a tool for Golzine's pleasure. Now estranged from his former guardian, Ash runs his own gang with an iron fist, his beauty masking a cold, ruthless killer. Eiji Okamura is a young Japanese photographer who travels to New York as an assistant to work on a report about kids living in the streets. There, he meets Ash and is drawn to him, while Ash becomes curious about Eiji's different lifestyle. Their meeting is complicated by a series of murders connected only by the words "Banana Fish." The secret behind those words drove Ash's older brother mad in Vi

Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest

Hajime Nagumo is an ordinary student with no particular ambitions, and his classmates dismiss him as incompetent. When his entire class is summoned to the fantasy world of Tortus to become its saviors, everyone receives powerful classes and impressive abilities—except Hajime. His assigned role is Synergist, a non-combat artisan class with mediocre stats, leaving him the weakest among the heroes. During a dungeon expedition, a sudden attack forces the class into a desperate situation. In an attempt to protect his classmates, Hajime ends up falling into the abyss below. Miraculously surviving the fall, he is left alone in the depths, surrounded by monsters and cut off from any help. Now Haji

How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom

Kazuya Souma is summoned to another world with the usual heroic expectations, but his adventure takes an unexpected turn. Instead of fighting monsters, he presents a detailed plan to strengthen the kingdom's economy and military. Impressed, the king abdicates the throne and names Souma the new ruler, even betrothing him to his daughter. Now in charge of a struggling nation, Souma must put his realist outlook into practice. He gathers talented and gifted individuals to help rebuild the country from the ground up, facing the challenges of administration, diplomacy, and leadership in a world that expected a hero.