Hint: Please give it your all, as if you are prepared to throw your life away. Once you see this dream, you will never wake up—the curtain rises on a "Nightmare" game that never ends. "The participants for the Nightmare Game have all assembled." Haruto, an ordinary high school student, wakes up to find himself trapped inside a nightmare. An eerie announcement echoes through the building: if he cannot escape this unfamiliar shopping mall by dawn, he will experience a physical agony more terrifying than death. While Haruto is still half-doubting the reality of the situation, a blood-stained pursuer appears before him. To survive this irrational nightmare alongside the eight other participants present, he must find the only loophole hidden within the rules—but will he succeed? You have been chosen as a participant in the nightmare. Now, please give it your all... as if you truly intend to throw your life away. (Source: SB Creative, translated) *Note: Winner of the Silver Prize at the 17th GA Bunko Award.*

*"They say the second button of a school uniform is meant for the person closest to your heart..."* Those were the words Hozumi used to suddenly confess his feelings to Shuutarou, the five-years-younger boy he fell in love with at first sight, on his high school graduation day. Though it remains a bittersweet memory, Hozumi spends his days struggling to let go of his feelings for Shuutarou, someone he believed he would never see again. Then one day, Shuutarou appears at the high school where Hozumi works, this time as a student teacher...!? (Source: Kodansha, translated) *Note: Includes two extra chapters.*

In a corner of a continent, a kingdom was divided into seven major cities, each led by a princess who was supposedly the illegitimate children of the previous king. One of them, a nine-year old orphan, was chosen as the princess of Nanamiya Kasen. She was supported by the warrior General Ten Huo and his military strategist Toel Tau. She realizes that both of them are liars in varying magnitudes and their true intentions are unknown, but she went along with their plans as they cheerfully told her that the three of them will take over the entire kingdom. However, when she turned twelve, the neighboring city of Tsudumi began its invasion of Kasen....... This is a story about a girl who is tossed about by the currents of fate, but who faces her own destiny with sincerity. (Source: Dengeki Bunko, translated) *Note: Winner of the Gold Award in the 9th Dengeki Game Novel Prize.*

When you’re reborn in another world, is it unusual to get cheat abilities? I was supposed to have died in Japan, but… when I opened my eyes I had become the heir of a marquis family, in other words, I had been born into a noble family! What’s more, I can’t believe I got cheat abilities… “I was born into a new life, so let’s enjoy this otherworldly life freely and gracefully…” is what I thought, but… Everyone likes me, men and women alike. On top of that, I’m being targeted by a talented assassin. I’m also being targeted by a handsome vampire and even a demon messenger is following me around…!! I just want to live freely…! If only I could enjoy the rest of my life freely and gracefully! I’m not sure how my life as an aristocrat in another world will turn out. The aristocratic and elegant otherworldly fantasy of Meiline, who was reborn into a marquis’ family, has begun!

Kieta Hatsukoi spin-off series is here! A compilation of short stories situated in the Kieta Hatsukoi universe. *Note: Included in volume 7 of Kieta Hatsukoi.*

An anthology comic of Yowamushi Pedal by various mangaka.