From villain to healer, Shannon wants to die! Novels, more online today
Japanese novel club It was announced on Thursday that it had acquired the rights to nine new light novels and two manga.
Light novel titles include:
title: From villain to healer (Haifushi’s hard labor order city)
author: Punican (writer), Nippon Yao (Illustrator)
Release date: Released today with Parts 1 and 2 of Volume 1
Synopsis: Charlotte Cocoriara: Duke’s daughter, prince’s fiancée, villain, and… NPC? Charlotte plays the villain in a spin-off of an MMO dating sim game when she suddenly regains memories of her past life as a player in the same MMO. With a new perspective on the world, she happily accepts the end of her engagement and accompanying exile. Who needs a cheating prince fiance when there’s an entire fantasy world to explore?
Charlotte uses knowledge from the game to become independent. Her first order of business was to change jobs, and apparently no one else in the world knew how to do that. With her new character established, she’ll make friends, attend parties, tackle dungeons, and…! Follow Charlotte on her great adventure to be free for the first time in her life!
title: Shannon wants to die! (Shannon the Grim Reaper)
Author: Gao Yueqing (writer), Farmaro (illustrator)
Release date: Released today with Parts 1 and 2 of Volume 1
Plot synopsis: Shannon is a perfectly normal mortal mage, and certainly no older than she looks – at least, that’s what she convinces her new friend Kyle. Shannon, cursed with immortality and tired of her immortal coils, wants to…well…die! Unfortunately, nothing works – not poisonous mushrooms, falling off cliffs, and certainly not old age. But that doesn’t mean Shannon has given up. Where there’s a will (and maybe a terrifying dragon, a poisonous tincture, or some deadly dungeon trap), there’s a way, and Shannon is dedicated to finding the sweet relief of death.
title: Put down the pen, pick up the sword, and throw your studies away (Ken to Mahō to Gakurekishakai: Zense wa Gariben datta Ore ga, Konse wa Kaze Makase de Jiyū ni Ikitai)
Author: Mao Nishiura (writer), many (Illustrator)
Release date: Released today with Parts 1 and 2 of Volume 1
Summary: Alan Rowan, the third son of a Viscount, has hated studying since the day he was born. No wonder, at the age of twelve, he suddenly recovered the memory of his previous life. In his previous life, he found that he had been lying on the desk, studying like a study madman! Reborn into his dream world of swords and sorcery, he is determined to make the most of his second chance, ditching his books and living a carefree, unencumbered life until he realizes the path to freedom lies within the most prestigious school Take a detour.
In order to become the magic-wielding, sword-wielding adventurer of his dreams, Eren must refocus his carefully honed study skills to achieve one goal – pass the hellish entrance exam and get into the Royal Academy!
title: Order food: How to tame your dragon with delicious food! (Misuterareta Ikenie Reijō wa Senyō Skill “Otoriyose” de Jaryū wo Ezukesuru)
Author: Yoneori (writer), LINO (illustrator)
Release date: Released today with Parts 1 and 2 of Volume 1
Plot summary: After being disowned by her noble family for being unable to use her skills, Francesca discovers that she too will become a sacrifice to this generation of dragons! At the last moment, she regains her past life memories and unlocks the secret of her skill: a power that allows her to order gourmet meals directly from the earth! Once she arrives at Dragon Island, she sets out to win his trust with delicious food. Whether she’s serving dry-aged beef or a grilled ham and cheese sandwich cooked with salamander flames, these tasty treats are sure to please a hungry dragon!
title: Hero kills bride (Ranger’s wedding)
Author: Aoikou (writer), Enji (illustrator)
Release date: Released today with Parts 1 and 2 of Volume 1
Synopsis: By day, Sister Alicia Snower is a faithful and devoted Bride of the Gods, dedicated to serving the Holy Church and its followers. In the shadows, she is one of the church’s top inquisitors, tasked with hunting down and eradicating heretics by any means necessary.
Alicia’s latest mission: to assassinate the hero Elsion and slay a powerful demon lord whose growing fame threatens the church’s political power. In order to kill the divinely protected and supposedly unkillable hero, Alicia first needs to win Elsion’s heart.
There’s just one problem─Elsean turns out to be a girl named Theon! Alicia is overwhelmed, but more trouble is coming as she tries to figure out how to seduce a girl. With the remnants of the demonic army still at large, Alicia and Sean face one deadly supernatural battle after another! Where will the intertwined paths of the two girls lead them?
title: Beat yourself! The goddess defeated the final boss in the tutorial, so now I’m free to do anything (Ato wa Gojiyū ni Dōzo! Tutorial on the chat node of Kami-sama’s final boss Dozo, Watashi wa Suki Hōdai Ikiteiku)
Author: Onikage Supana (writer), Ixy (illustrator)
Release date: Released today with Parts 1 and 2 of Volume 1
Summary: My name is Karina─or at least, it is now! I was once a humble, ordinary Japanese salaryman, until I was taken to a sacred land, where the goddess of time and space told me that I would live a new life in a new world – and as a girl , because apparently she prefers it that way. First she asked me to defeat some final boss she had a vendetta against, then she took control of my body and showed me how to use my new space magic in a tutorial battle…wait, isn’t this my final boss? Fight? Less than a minute after the teaching started, he died? Now she says the world is mine. Seriously?
title: They don’t know I’m too young for the Adventurers’ Guild (Bōkensha Guild ga Jūni-sai kara Shika Irenakatta node, Saba Yomimashita.)
Author: KAME (writer), ox (illustrator)
Release date: Released today with Parts 1 and 2 of Volume 1
Synopsis: At just nine years old, Kiri leaves his sleepy rural village to make a life for himself. With the help of a traveling merchant, Kiri reaches a bustling seaside town, but he is betrayed there and almost sold into slavery. He managed to escape, but now he’s alone in this strange town with no shelter and no coins in his pocket. The streets lead him to the Tail of Wrath Kelby, a guild of adventurers. The book’s colorful characters take Kiri under their wing, helping this earnest boy overcome challenges and grow in stature and spirit.
title: Mercedes and the Waning Moon: The Dungeon Quest of a Forsaken Vampire Noble (The Benshi who hangs the moon: Dungeon wo Seiha suru, the reincarnation of the nobleman)
Author: Huotou (writer), bucket (illustrator
Release date: Released today with Parts 1 and 2 of Volume 1
Plot synopsis: Reincarnated as a vampire by a noble father and his shunned concubine, Mercedes Grunewald has always known that one day her father would choose an heir who was not hers. But what will happen to her family then? Her mother had few skills, their maid was old, and Mercedes was just a little kid. How will they survive in this world alone?
Luckily, dungeon crawling is a job that anyone can do—even kids. In order to support her family, Mercedes has been training since she was in kindergarten, and since she comes from a vampire country, she luckily has the potential to become powerful. In her last life, she died a happy death, but this time, her fate would not be like that. In the dungeon, she is determined to find something that will make her full moon.
title: I came to the reincarnation of the empire, I saw it, I survived it (Reincarnated in Sheleting Pavilion)
Author: Masekinokatasa (writer), Shibano Kaito (Illustrator)
Release date: Released today with Parts 1 and 2 of Volume 1
Summary: “I command you, kneel down!” When a history buff is reincarnated as the infant Emperor Carmine, he is immediately despairing – child rulers are not known for their longevity. But as he learns the complex metaphysics of the new reality and the ins and outs of “his” corrupt and bloated state apparatus, he sets in motion a plan to clean up the corruption – and no intrigues stand between Kamien and a functioning government. Various aristocratic positions will bring disaster.
Of course, he first has to survive – not an easy task for a child emperor who dances on other people’s ropes. But hey, how hard can it be to run an empire?
Two new comics include:
title: Mercedes and the Waning Moon: The Dungeon Quest of a Forsaken Vampire Noble (The Benshi who hangs the moon: The noble reincarnated under the moon kedo Suteraresō nanode Dungeon wo Seiha suru)
author: A few Edo houses (comic), Huotou (original work)
Release date: Released today with Volume 1 Chapter 1
Synopsis: Reborn as a vampire, Mercedes Grunewald wins the lottery of life. She is strong, agile, beautiful, even aristocratic. Technically, nobility. Her mother was just a concubine, and her father had no interest in the family he had driven into the countryside. Knowing that the comforts of her life would disappear once he chose an heir, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She began a life of dungeon crawling at just ten years old.
But what will she find in the dungeon? In her last life, she died happily, but this time, she wanted to achieve a different fate. Whether it’s fame, wealth, or simply a reason to live, this time, her moon is full.
title: I came to the reincarnation of the empire, I saw it, I survived it (Reincarnated in Shileting Pavilion)
Author: The Story of Snake (comic), The Story of Snake (original work)
Release date: Released today with Volume 1 Chapter 1
Introduction: What would you do if you were reincarnated as a child emperor – living as a puppet for corrupt, greedy nobles to sharpen their knives? How would you live if you had no powerful abilities, no freedom of movement, and were always one step away from an assassin putting poison into your next meal?
How about: Survive. Learn magic. Cleanse the empire of corruption.
Sounds ambitious, you say? Well, no emperor can become famous sitting at home.
Source: press release
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