Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction.... more>>

As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world! <<less

In a world where witches are shunned and have been forced onto the brink of annihilation, a samurai with no memories is transported to the... more>> hideout of some of these witches. Having the name: “Dragon King” and a keen strategic mind, its up to him to help defend the witches from those that would seek to harm them. <<less

Komori Neito decides to leave his NEET lifestyle behind and tries applying for jobs. He finds a recruitment ad for the premier evil organization that... more>> is always fighting against super sentai heroes, and decides to go for the job interview. Having no skills apart from the right attitude of hating the current world, Komori starts off as a low-level minion and works his way up the corporate ladder of Metallica, the world's greatest evil organization. <<less

Rust worked in the alchemist association. He specialized in basic research, but the current president, a former government official, failed to understand the importance of the basic research department and slashed its budget. To make matters worse, he was made to transmute basic materials for alchemists of other departments.... more>>

But one day, his budget for the next term was reduced to zero, and the president announced the basic research department was disbanded.

The same day, a friend from his academy days invited him to help develop her new dominion in the borderland, and Rust, seeing no future for himself in the association, decided to quit.

Rust was actually one of the greatest alchemists on the planet. The basic materials he transmuted were of the highest quality, and could not be acquired anywhere else. These high quality materials covered a lot of gaps in the association, and Rust’s departure made a big mess.

Feeling liberated after leaving the association, Rust worked in the borderland with a newfound enthusiasm and vigor. <<less

The Land Kingdom, a small country, has been forced to go to war with the Froysel Empire, one of the greatest powers on the continent, for a very silly reason. In the face of the Empire’s steady invasion of its land, the overrun Land Kingdom’s army had no choice but to flee for the royal capital.... more>>

In the midst of all this, Lute, the sixth in line of succession to the Land Kingdom and a bastard fourth prince is entrusted with a rear force with the task of helping the main army escape.

Led by Lute are fifty-three soldiers who have willingly volunteered to fight under his command. The approaching force, however, is an imperial army of 10,000 soldiers, wrapped in equipment that utilizes overwhelming technological power. The troops led by Lute do not have a chance in hell of winning, and the order to lead those men is in fact just meant as a sacrifice. Lute’s appointment as commander is not based on the belief that he could buy more time. It is just that it didn’t matter if he died, and he has the right rank for a commander position. After all, in addition to the fact that he is a bastard, he is called ‘the incompetent prince’ for being a useless prince who only does the bare mininum of work for the royal family due to his brazen and lazy personality!

However, even such an incompetent and lazy prince is not without a human heart. Lute can’t help but act for the sake of his subordinates, who have chosen to remain on the site of their death on their own fanciful whims.

── The ‘incompetent’ Lute, has two horrible secrets.

This is the story of a prince of a small country who regards laziness as supreme and struggles to obtain the life he wants in an era of turmoil. It’s the story of the ‘cool-headed, lazy’ Lute, who is counted as one of the ‘conquerors’ of history in later generations! <<less

Although Sarasa had no illness, she got tired easily and tended to get rest. Even so, she managed to get a job and worked hard. But in the end, she passed out, and ended up in Goddess’s room from a different world.「You have a body that requires magical power, but you were born on earth that doesn’t have any」. She was shocked by the Goddess’s words.「It’s a world where many people like you came from earth. You just have to be there and absorb the magical power there」. And she was forcibly sent into a world overflowed with magical power. But actually Sarasa, who was supposed to act as an air purifier, was dropped in... more>> a world full of strong monsters, so she couldn’t step outside.「She said I just have to be here, but what is this..…..!?」.

Her slow life in a different world began with her efforts to step outside. <<less

Tetsuya Takahashi was suddenly summoned to another world. However, his invocation was a mistake and after participating in the level review… He had the weakest max level, Level 1.... more>>

The king, seeing his limit called him “defective” and condemned him to death! Despite being summoned against his will. Tetsuya was thrown into the valley of the monsters. There he was attacked and brought to the brink of death, and when he used his unique skill [Corpse Absorption], he gained the skills that the corpse possessed!

“…Let’s do it! Survive in this world, become strong and take revenge on those who were summoned. The “level 1” man who was called “defective” and “weak”… Now begins the ascent to be the strongest! <<less

This is a collection of official The Rising of the Shield Hero side stories bundled together with special releases.

The Sage, Eto, who belongs to a hero party, was being treated discriminately because his party couldn't recognize the value of support magic, which he... more>> is only good at.
Even so, Eto still tried hard to be useful for his party. However, when he was being misunderstood and shunned by his childhood friend, who was also the master swordsman in that party, he began to think it was the time for him to leave the party.
Then, following the words of the hero asking him to leave the party, Eto finally decided to leave the hero party.
Thus, Eto begins his adventure, freely using support magic that was forbidden because of how useless it was.
"Eto! Where did you get this much power!"
"Haven't I said it was from support magic? It's the power that I already had from the start, just like the 'hero' title you have."
When they met again, Eto's power had grown beyond his own imagination and beyond the power of the hero.
※This is not a story about revenge. I just hope you enjoy watching the characters that appear in the story grow as the main character begins his adventure. <<less

One day Shinobu wakes up just to find a naked blonde girl sleeping besides him. He has no memory whatsoever of her. Who is she?... more>> Why is she in his bed? Why is she naked? To make matters worse, his sister comes in and sees them. What will happen now? <<less

Chris was a boy who was cursed with the Brand of the Beast that devoured the fates of the surrounding people. His life changed when... more>> he met a girl when he was wandering a corpse-laden battlefield as a young mercenary. She, Minerva, appeared before his eyes waving a huge sword in clothes of pure white. With the power of foresight and overwhelming swordsmanship, she was a legendary swordswoman feared as a grim reaper. Smiling in slaughter and weeping in sleep, that was the heavy burden shouldered by the girl. That fateful night, Minerva's fate of being killed by Chris was distorted by the brand. The two souls destined to be in the company of death met in the depths of despair. In the symphony of blades and blood, the boy and girl's beautiful legend of sorrowful magnificence is born! <<less

There is a town called Karin in a faraway land from the capital city of the kingdom of Clarith. There lived a military man named Yui Istats. ­Being solely known for his laziness, he lacks any motivation, completely not making any progress in the tasks assigned to him. Nevertheless there was a particular mission for him. Disguising himself as an inconspicuous person, he was advancing daily internal inspections in order to correct the decaying deeds of nobles. And before that kind of him appeared the princess Elise. From the strong sense of justice she tried to resolve the present state of affairs with her own hands, and was kidnapped by a sect that didn’t approve... more>> her actions. And Yui, who was called ‘good-for-nothing’ by Elise, came up with a plan in order to rescue the princess?!

Lackadaisical hero(?) is sent, the tale of a hidden hero! Unique military history fantasy, part one! <<less

In an age where everything is determined by the realization of abilities called "factors," a young man of Argus City named Kiryuu Masato is concerned... more>> about whether his factors will ever awaken, when one day after school, he's attacked by two female assassins. In the midst of the danger awakens one of the most powerful abilities—known as a "King Factor," and regarded as one of the most dangerous, the "Vanquish Factor." This newly awakened "Vanquish" ability transforms the female assassins Airi and Lizette into his s*aves via the "Aggressor's Chains," and he manages to evade danger for the time being. However, now that one wielding the "King Factor" has appeared and can offset the balance of world power, it's safe to assume that other "Kings" will continue to send assassins... But together with these two strange girls, Masato has been unwittingly drawn into a "War of Kings" to determine who reigns supreme. Chained to their fate, they continue on in this militaristic survival action series!
As the Vanquisher, what battles will unfold for our protagonist Masato!? <<less

Once upon a time in the small town of Hiraya, Nagano Prefecture, lived a normal high schooler named Rin Ichirou.... more>>

One stormy night, he found a Princess named Pau and the Female Knight (Valkyrie) who served her, Clauzela Lou Kotovic, collapsed in the middle of paddy field.

Both of them had escaped from their country which fell to an Orc army attack using Gate magic.

And now they established government in exile at Rin Ichirou’s house.

Between a jealous stalker childhood friend, Princess Pau and Clau’s fascination at Japanese modern technology and culture, and super dense Rin Ichirou, a slapstick comedy choked with otaku culture reference in a rural Nagano countryside will begin!

Also, the people from this world and from that world began to visit one after another. <<less

This is the side story of Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari... more>>

This story has the Spear Hero Motoyasu as the main character. <<less

Kōdo Ikusei Senior High School, a leading prestigious school with state-of-the-art facilities where nearly 100% of students go on to university or find employment. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Kōdo Ikusei is a paradise-like school, but the truth is that only the most superior of students receive favorable treatment.... more>>

The protagonist Kiyotaka Ayanokōji is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its “inferior” students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyō Kushida, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka’s situation begins to change.

Note:- Even though Volume 0 is the prequel of this series, it is advised to read till Year 2 Volume 8 beforehand to avoid getting spoiled (which is precisely the reason why it was released after Y2 V8).

Anime:-
Season 1: Volume 1 to 3 + Volume 4.5
Season 2: Volume 4 to 7 + Volume 7.5 <<less

The story of a [cute] soba delivery girl.

At the Tristain Magic Academy, her classmates call bumbling witch-in-training Louise Francoise le Blanc de la Valliere “Louise the Zero.” During an important coming-of-age ritual,... more>> when each student must summon their own witch’s familiar, Louise confirms her classmates’ opinion by accidentally conjuring up a normal teenage boy from Japan. Whether the two of them like it or not, the laws of magic bind them as master and servant forever! A hilarious novel with romance interwined. <<less