High school student Takahara Yachiho has just moved into a notoriously haunted house on the outskirts of town. With only her cat Fuku-chan for company, Yachiho is disturbed by strange sounds and happenings…until the day she comes across a small passage leading to a hidden lower floor. There she discovers spirits of all shapes and sizes, guided by the tiny supernatural “manager” Moro. If Yachiho is to call this place home, she’ll have to deal with its ghostly denizens–and find a mysterious book that may be the key to locating her missing mother. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Ayumi is a world-class shogi (Japanese chess) player who can't be beaten—that is, until she loses to a powerful computer called the Shooting Star. Ayumi vows to find out everything she can about her new nemesis. Lucky for her, Yuu Kano, the genius programmer behind the Shooting Star, is willing to teach her all about the inner workings of the microprocessor—the "brain" inside all computers, phones, and gadgets. Follow along with Ayumi in *The Manga Guide to Microprocessors* and you'll learn about: - How the CPU processes information and makes decision \- How computers perform arithmetic operations and store information \- Logic gates and how they're used in integrated circuits \- Key components of modern computers, including registers, GPUs, and RAM \- Assembly language and how it differs from high-level programming languages Whether you're a computer science student or just want to understand the power of microprocessors, you'll find what you need to know in *The Manga Guide to Microprocessors.* (Source: No Starch Press)

The Gokumon clan - a bloodline from hell. Living in their mysterious stronghold in the ancient capital of Kyoto, they command fear not only from those who wield magic, but also monsters and demons. Nadeshiko Gokumon is the monster-devouring heiress of this wicked family. She is the most beautiful, and the most abominable, girl who comes straight from the flames of hell. However...... "Nadeshiko, I see you are as lovely as your name." The encounter with the most strange, disturbing, and beautiful woman, Amana Ichijiku, who laughs in her face without fear, changes Nadeshiko. Something lurks in the flower ceiling. A human sacrifice packed in a box. A curse that threaten the school. A deceitful beast. A shapeless monster. As the two confront one supernatural challenge after another, they eventually come face to face with the very thing they have been turning away from. "If it weren't for you, I would still be an ogre." A woman with a human soul in an ogre's body and a girl with a monstrous soul in a human body. The connection between the two is a story that will be sealed with blood. (Source: Gagaga Bunko, translated) *Note: Winner of the Grand Prize in the 17th Shogakukan Light Novel Award.*

**Story 1 -** Oni x Yamagami - Demon and Mountain Goddess (Yukiko) **Story 2 -** Welcome to the Zoo Bar (Mintarou) **Story 3 -** The Sacrificial Bride (Nekotarou) **Story 4 -** Room "2" (Tsugumi Nanamiya) **Story 5 -** "I wish I could fly" (Yuzu Mizutani & Tooru Kaede) **Story 6 -** A Candle for the Grim Reaper (Shin Takekawa) **Story 7 -** Kisses in Wonderland (Subaru Homura) **Story 8 -** Daughters of The Demon Queen (Mochi Au Lait) **Story 9 -** Alice please, I'm worried about you (Hachi Itou)

The protagonist Leah, a girl who participated in the closed beta test of "Boot Hour, Shoot Curse", a new VRMMORPG that has no concept of levels or professions. Instead, players must farm experience points to gain new skills and increase their status. Leah has acquired the hidden skill "Subordinate", which allows her to turn NPCs and monsters into her subordinates. The skill also transfers the experience points gained by the subordinates to herself. Continuously strengthening herself and her subordinates with accumulating experience points, she inadvertently received the classification of a Demon Lord...!? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

The story of a middle school girl trying to find herself in the confusion of adolescence. Skateboard-loving Ichiri Sanjou, nicknamed "Icchi," may look like a normal energetic kid, but whenever she sees the full moon, she is hit with a wave of emotion she cannot comprehend. The series revolves around her learning the Afro-Brazilian martial art of Capoeira.

Baku Madarame, who is now the leader of the Kakerou Club, calls his referees for an interview. The first person he meets is the referee Hikoichi Yakou. And he tells him about the first time he ever witnessed a gamble...!

Hatori is an ordinary teacher leading an ordinary life at an ordinary high school. One day, he notices that one of his students, Spica Tsumugi, is being bullied. On his way home from school, he ends up alone with Tsumugi in the rain. Hatori calls out to her, “Sensei will help you!" But Tsumugi gently takes his hand and says with a smile, “Hatori-sensei is such a liar." Teacher and student… two people who should not get too close. The seductive girl that will turn Hatori's ordinary life upside down… (Source: Kodansha, translated)

An anthology of Kagerou Daze winter themed stories by various authors. #Cover illustration: Ocha (お茶) #Illustrations: Shidu, Yuuno (ユウノ), Osora, roma 1. Valentine no Hanashi (バレンタインの話) \[Tanaka Strike\] 2. Igen aru Danchou-sama (威厳ある団長様) \[U-temo\] 3. Kanari Shiren no Fuyu deshita (かなり試練の冬でした) \[Shimakage Rua\] (島陰涙亜) 4. Fuyu da! Juken da!! Benkyou da!!! (冬だ! 受験だ!! 勉強だ!!!) \[Sada Uoji\] 5. Shintarou☆Fever!! (シンタロー☆フィーバー!!) \[Komesuke\] (こめ助) 6. Nobinobi Muffler∞ (のびのびマフラー∞) \[Itokichi\] 7. Mekakushidan: Fuyu no Jin (メカクシ団†冬の陣†) \[Satou Toshio\] (佐藤トシオ) 8. Kotatsu Obake (こたつお化け) \[Osora\] 9. Kiken na Nouryokusha (危険な能力者) \[Aki Arata\] 10. Marry no Amimono Kyoushitsu (マリーの編み物教室) \[Ooshima Renmei\] (大島連盟) 11. Haru wo Matsu (春を待つ) \[Peco\] (ペコ) 12. Inai yo! Tsubomi-chan: Fuyu (いないよ! つぼみちゃん －冬－) \[Ryuuseee\] (りゅうせー) 13. Christmas no Onegai (クリスマスのお願い) \[Wannyanpuu\]