At just nine years old, Kiri leaves his sleepy village in the countryside and sets out to make a living for himself. With the help of a traveling merchant, Kiri reaches a bustling seaside town—where he’s betrayed and almost sold into slavery. He manages to escape, but now he’s all alone in the strange town with neither a roof over his head nor a coin in his pocket. The streets lead him to the Raging Kelpie’s Tail, a guild of adventurers. Its colorful characters take Kiri under their wing and watch over the earnest boy as he overcomes challenges and grows both in height and spirit. (Source: J-Novel Club)
With all its innovations, the kingdom of Tempest—founded by the demon lord Rimuru—is a veritable paradise for travelers such as Framea, the rabbitfolk chief’s daughter. Framea has always had a nose for adventure, an inquisitive mind, and a knack for discovering and identifying the latest and greatest the world has to offer! Her notepad is open at all times, ready for any three-star delights she may encounter, so when Rimuru himself gives Framea a mission to catalog the area’s attractions, she’ll have her work cut out for her—and tons of stars to hand out! (Source: Yen Press) **Note:** The series was cancelled due to the poor health of the mangaka.
Nobody asked to be a cat! After dying in a fight against the forces of evil, a knight is shocked to discover that instead of being reborn as a hero of humanity, he starts his new life as a behemoth-one of the most powerful monsters in the world! The only problem is that a baby behemoth looks an awful lot like…an adorable house cat?! Things grow even more confusing when a beautiful elf adventurer rescues him from the brink of death rather than finishing him off. This house-cat-slash-knight’s baffling journey is just getting started… *Source: Yen Press, Vol. 1*
**Once hailed as a Sage, he sought peace-not glory.** At the end of a long life filled with power and prestige, a man once known as the Sage activated a reincarnation spell, hoping for nothing more than a quiet life in a new era. But when he awakens in a time where magic is no longer valued, he’s cast aside as worthless and abandoned in the Forest of Monsters… as a newborn. Left to die, he’s miraculously saved by a kind-hearted goblin who raises him as her own. Given the name Beramus, the former Sage grows up in a monster village, far from the human world that rejected him. Determined to repay the goblin who took him in, Beramus uses the wisdom of his past life to help the village thrive. Now begins the tale of a once-great Sage rebuilding a nation-for monsters. **The strongest kingdom rises not for mankind, but for those they fear.** *Source: Hanashi Media, Vol. 1*
This is the story of the friendship of two youths and "Magic Treasures" that contain the power of the gods. In Dread Kingdom a group called the Cobalt Church, who transform people into monsters, is causing chaos... In the midst of this Kazutoki, a boy from another world who has lost his memory, runs into Red, the young king of Dread Kingdom.
Moe anthropomorphs of various wines get drunk, grow grapes, ferment wine, and bring the yuri subtext as they teach the reader about winemaking, wine culture, and history.
Living alone and never having had a girlfriend, 37-year-old Satoru Mikami is dissatisfied with how his life has turned out. But after dying at the hands of a robber, he awakens to a fresh start in a new world...as a slime monster. (Source: Yen Press) *Note: Includes 61 extra chapters.*
Kirishima Tooru is the right-hand man of the Sakuragi crime family. For him, the job is a perfect excuse to let his violent instincts run wild, earning him the nickname “the Demon of Sakuragi”. It seems like nothing will stand in the way of his vicious nature. But then one day, he receives an assignment like never before from the boss—babysitting his daughter! This is the heartwarming (or is it bloodcurdling?) story of a little girl and her yakuza caretaker! (Source: Kaiten Books)
An immensely powerful and ancient dragon, once worshipped as a god by humans but now only a myth in their eyes, wakes up one day to find a human girl poking around his lair. The infant is barely old enough to say her own name, but is quite confident in calling the dragon “Daddy”! Bewildered by the unexpected visitor, the dragon soon learns that returning her to human civilization isn’t going to be an option...not yet, anyway. He quickly decides to raise the girl himself, determined to give her a happy life that will lead her back to human society when she is older—surely a simple task for a legendary being such as himself. All he needs to do now is find a place for her to sleep. And figure out where he is going to get clothes for her. And...wait, what do humans eat again? (Source: J-Novel Club)
One moment, a certain salaryman is on cloud nine, that promotion finally within his grasp, and the next, he’s keeled over pain, and that was all she wrote. Luckily for him, fate had a bit more to say. A world of magic, monsters, and other such life-shortening entities await his newly reincarnated self for a second shot at life. With nothing but his past-life experiences and sharp business skills to guide him in the foreign lands of Galdardia, he takes up the name Luciel and vows that his (next) demise will be from naught but old age. And what better way to avoid a(nother) gruesome death, than by taking up a nice, cushy job as a healer? But getting by in another world doesn’t come easy, or cheap. It’ll take a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to hone the skills he needs to make his way. But make it he will...or die (again) trying! (Source: J-Novel Club)
Reincarnated as a sentient weapon with all memories of his past life except for his name, a magical sword saved a young beast girl from a life of slavery. As his wielder, Fran the cat-eared girl only wants to grow stronger, while the sword wants to know why he is here. Follow their new adventures in this spin-off manga series! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) *Note: Chapter count includes the epilogue chapter.*
**A strikingly illustrated dark fantasy, in which a frail young man’s terrible magic could lead him to ultimate power.** Fate Graphite has never tasted true power. Born into a world with two kinds of people—those with superior skills and those without—he’s been shunned his entire life. Fate’s skill is Gluttony, a curse that leaves him constantly hungry…until he awakens its terrible potential. When he kills someone, he can devour their skills and feed his insatiable appetite. How many lives will it take for Fate’s Gluttony to finally be satisfied? *Source: Seven Seas Entertainment, Vol. 1*

