After suffering a devastating betrayal, the spy team Lamplight must pull themselves together and hurry toward the Fend Commonwealth. Meanwhile, one girl is forced to turn the entire world against her...
In this world war of espionage the greatest of all spies has created an organiztion dedicated to tackling impossible missions, though it remains to be seen why the seven members of this group all have no experience.
A GARDEN OF FLOWERS READY TO BLOOM In a world torn apart by war and ruled by intelligence, Lily—code name Flower Garden—is determined to become a master spy and help bring peace to the nation. So, when she’s offered to join an elite squad that takes on Impossible Missions with 90 percent mortality rates, she’s ecstatic…until she finds out that said “elite squad” is made up entirely of spy academy washouts, like her. But each and every one of them has the potential to change the world, and under the tutelage of master spy Klaus, it’s time for them to bloom!
As Donovan Desmond is about to share a rare family moment with his son Damian, Twilight cuts in to meet his target face-to-face for the first time. Can Twilight find some way to endear himself to the inscrutable Donovan? -- VIZ Media
After the mission to take down Corpse, the next thing the girls have to contend with is a woman who has lost all knowledge of her past--Annette's mother. Although the emotional reunion initially brings everyone together, a cruel twist of fate will soon send fissures through the team...
DEATH COMFORTS US ALL When a black-robed skeleton shows up at Mira’s door in the dead of night, the last thing she expects is for him to cure her fatal infection! Her nighttime visitor is Undead King Terios, who soon finds himself feeding and teaching the peasant children he saved from disease during a chance encounter. With guidance from this terrifying yet kindhearted skeleton, Mira blossoms into an apprentice magic user. But will her idyllic world shatter when the nobility sends a squad of knights to eradicate the “skeletal menace”? This is the legend of an Undead King who aims to conquer the world without taking a single human life!
Five high school classmates hold secrets close to their hearts--hidden talents, unspoken feelings, and buried pain. As they collide with each other on the path to growing up, they might jostle some of those secrets free. From Yoru Sumino, acclaimed author of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas and I Had That Same Dream Again comes a gentle, intriguing tale about love, life, and the things we leave unsaid.
BUTTON MASH TO VICTORY On the verge of flunking out of Grand Swordcraft Academy due to his total lack of talent, Allen Rodol’s life goes from bad to worse when the class prodigy challenges him to a duel where it’s win or face expulsion. However, the night before his hopeless bout, a mysterious hermit grants Allen a button that will give him one hundred million years to train in an alternate reality when pressed. Allen not only gladly accepts the offer but also goes back for seconds, thirds, tenths even! With over a billion years of straight practice under his belt, the world is about to see what the “Reject Swordsman” can really do!
TALES OF YESTERDAY This gorgeous collection of short stories provides detailed snapshots from the lives of Kaito, Elisabeth, and many other colorful characters. Kaito endures nightmares from his past, crazed fanatics pursue Elisabeth to no end, and Hina...goes missing? After avoiding yet another catastrophe, Kaito and Hina decide to throw a party to celebrate the third anniversary of Elisabeth’s appointment to captain of the Brigade. Later, Izabella shows off her natural charms, Jeanne brags, and the Butcher gets under Vlad’s skin. Within these pages, fragments of happiness coalesce, and vignettes shed light on tales untold.
When the story begins without its hero Kimihiko Kimizuka has always been a magnet for trouble and intrigue. For as long as he can remember, he’s been stumbling across murder scenes or receiving mysterious attache cases to transport. When he met Siesta, a brilliant detective fighting a secret war against an organization of pseudohumans, he couldn’t resist the call to become her assistant and join her on an epic journey across the world. ...Until a year ago, that is. Now he’s returned to a life that is normal and tepid by comparison, knowing the adventure must be over. After all, the detective is already dead.