It may be true that where there is a beginning, there is an end, but it is too shortsighted to think that because there is an end, there must have been a beginning. In fact, the opposite is true. Most events have already ended even before they began, and they are closed even if they are not opened. I, a sincere and honest person who dares not speak truth as truth, dares not speak fact as fact, and knows the virtue of silence better than anyone else, will ascend a certain staircase in September. The Thirteenth Staircase. It was Kino-Raichi, Noise, Emoto Sonoki, Mio-tsukushi Takami, and Mio-tsukushi Misora. However, what awaits me at the top of the stairs is so ridiculous and so nostalgic… in this sixth installment of the "Zaregoto" series! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

The fourth instalment of the Saikyou Series. Aikawa Jun, Humanity's Strongest Contractor. This time, she's been asked to protect the fortune teller's child, Himena Genki, from the "death" she predicted. What is the strongest way to change the future? An adventure story about falling in love with "nonsense", loving "humans", and being thrilled by "the strongest" comes to a close! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

*"Recipe Revealed. How to make Ononoki Yotsugi"* Oshino Meme and Kaiki Deishuu, members of the Sakaimiyako University Occult Research Club, are invited by their senior and leader, Gaen Izuko, to take part in a forbidden ritual. Together with the high school girl Kagenui Yozuru, they scramble to make preparations, but the project takes an unexpected turn─! These are modern-day oddities! Oddities! Oddities! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

The second instalment of the Saikyou Series. Aiming for 10,000 metres depth in the deep sea! Together with the genius psychologist Jikumoto Miyori, Aikawa Jun—a contractor—heads to the bottom of the sea in pursuit of a missing treasure ship and research team. As soon as they arrive, they are besieged by a school of man-eating fish! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

Tomo, Neon, Ii, Kyouichirou, Shito, Misachi, Kokoromi, Kasugai, Gaisuke, Jun, Kouta, Houko, Nanami Dead Blue (Tomo Kunagisa) ——is desperate! "You actually hate Tomo Kunagisa, don't you?" The genius engineer and former member of Tomo Kunagisa's Team, Gaisuke Utsurigi, is being held captive at a mysterious research facility—Kyouichirou Shadou (Mad Demon)'s Research Institute. Accompanied by her friend Ii—aka the Nonsense User, Iichan—are on their way to rescue Utsurigi, but are met with a horrifying "scene" that unfolds before their eyes. However, this "end" is only a taste of the "beginning" to come——! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

The third instalment of the Sekai Series. Byouinzaka Kuroneko and Hitsuuchi Samatoki received a strange consultation and are invited to London, the city Sherlock Holmes loved. The mystery-solving battle of the incidents that occur one after another has begun! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

The first short story compilation of Nisio Isin's Monogatari series! Thirty-eight familiar stories! “To me, people's hearts are like darkness." Nadeko Sengoku is haunted by memories of a past she wishes to forget. Shinobu Oshino is at last in despair over her seemingly endless future. And Ononoki Yotsugi, the doll who tries to console them! \_"Nadeko Past" / "Shinobu Future"\_ These are the modern oddities! Oddities! Oddities! Talking about the past and the future is what youth is all about.

The Zerozaki Clan is a family of demonic killers, ranked third among the Killing Names. A boy with eyes like that of a dead man and a serial killer with a tattoo on his face. The story of their encounter and the never-before-told truth of the Kyoto serial killer case is finally revealed! The motivation of Zerozaki Hitoshiki, and its miserable ending......?! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

The second installment of the Sekai Series. The music room in the second semester at Kazusaen Middle School, where the clock tower is not repaired. The relationship between Byouinzaka Meiro and Kushinaka Choushi began there. The school's three eccentrics, Kushinaka Kogushi, Douno Kurori, and Gakemura Rouya, maintain a distorted balance. And then a murder occurs. The search for the culprit begins, with Meiro and Choushi playing detective, and the collapsed balance is further shattered... (Source: Kodansha, translated)

"It might not be bad to commence the Zerozaki." The strongest "Sound User" appears. The Zerozaki Clan is a family of demonic killers, ranked third among the Killing Names. Zerozaki Magashiki, known as "Girly Tastes (Bolt Keep)", senses a danger creeping up on the clan and finally appears on the stage. What will happen to the unity of the clan? The battle of the "sound user", Zerozaki Magashiki, begins now! The forefront of the new youth entertainment is here! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

The third instalment of the Saikyou Series. Aikawa Jun, Humanity's Strongest Contractor. At the request of Nagatoro Toromi, she sets out for a newly-born volcanic island. What does Aikawa Jun have to compete for survival with? Plants?! A spectacle of the "strongest", sprouting from "nonsense", and growing beyond "human"! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

The tenth instalment of the Boukyaku Tantei Series. The only employee of the Okitegami Detective Agency, Oyagiri Mamoru, receives a sudden threatening phone call. "If you want Okitegami Kyouko back, you'll have to come up with one billion yen." He is the only one who can rescue the lonely forgetful detective. Although he doesn't have the powers of deduction like Kyouko-san does, he does have a "memory" of her. Mamoru begins his investigation with his own hands. Meanwhile, Kyouko-san wakes up in the presence of the murderer—? The pure white Okitegami Detective Agency vs. the jet-black kidnapper! How will this head-to-head battle end?! (Source: Kodansha, translated)