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Not Lives

Also known as Not Lives.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance , Sci-Fi

Mikami Shigeru is a video game genius–he can play and conquer any game, and just as easily program his own. While planning his next project, Shigeru discovers a strange oddity among his stack of research materials–a game disc labelled NOT ALIVE. Absorbing into his body, the disc thrusts him into a strange parallel reality where he becomes the “Player” of a real life video game, one where he controls the mysterious and skilled Amamiya Kyouka as his new female avatar. With rules to learn, other players to combat, and an omniscient GM overseeing the process, will Shigeru’s gaming skills be enough to survive in this brave new digital world?



Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Death Game , Video Games , Shounen , School , Gender Bending

Sword Art Online: Re:Aincrad

Also known as Sword Art Online Re:Aincrad.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Romance , Sci-Fi

Sword Art Online Aincrad reboot manga

In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online—a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other—opens its virtual doors, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in the game world by manipulating their brain waves to create a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG—a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, "game over" means certain death-both virtual and real...



Tags: Virtual World , Isekai , Seinen , Medieval

Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica

Also known as Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Mahou Shoujo

When a new girl joins her class, Madoka Kaname thinks she recognizes the mysterious, dark-haired transfer student from one of her dreams…a dream where she is approached by a catlike creature who offers Madoka an opportunity to change destiny. Madoka had always thought magic was the stuff of fantasy…until she sees the transfer student fighting with the very cat being from her dream! And just like in Madoka’s dream, the cat gives her a choice. Will Madoka become a magical girl in exchange for her dearest desire? What will be the cost of having her wish come true?



Tags: Time Manipulation , Magic , Primarily Female Cast , Alternate Universe , Tragedy , Henshin , Seinen , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Aliens , School , Fairy , Survival , Witch , Primarily Teen Cast , Guns

Mahou Shoujo Kazumi★Magica: The Innocent Malice

Also known as Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Mystery

Kidnapped and stuffed into a trunk by an unknown assailant, teenager Kazumi bursts forth from the confines of the case to discover that she has been stripped not only of her clothes, but also of the memories of her life before the kidnapping. When she is recovered by a pair of schoolgirls, she doesn't recognize them as her best friends and roommates, Umika and Kaoru. As Kazumi tries to settle back into her normal life, she quickly realizes that her former "normal" was anything but!



Tags: Magic , Tragedy , Amnesia , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Henshin , Gore , Seinen

Sword Art Online: Calibur

Also known as Sword Art Online: Calibur.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

The goddess Urd is in danger, and only Kirito and his friends can save her! The evil frost giants have invaded her homeland of Jotunheim, bringing death and destruction in their wake. The linchpin of it all is the frost giant king's sword-the legendary weapon Excalibur! If Kirito's crew can make it to the end of the dungeon and pull the sword from the stone, peace will be brought to the land once more!

Note: Covers the Calibur Arc from a side story in Volume 8 of the light novel series.



Tags: Isekai , Virtual World

Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Kazuto Kirigaya (aka Kirito) has beaten Sword Art Online, a VRMMORPG that transformed into a literal game of death, and returned to the real world. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Asuna Yuuki (aka Asuna the Flash), the girl with whom Kirito fell in love in the virtual world of Aincrad but who has yet to awaken from her game-induced slumber. As his sister, Suguha, sadly looks on, Kazuto continues to visit Asuna in the hospital in the hope of finding answers. But when one day he meets a man claiming to be Asuna's fiancé, Kazuto fears that Asuna may be lost to him forever... That is until a fellow survivor of SAO taken form the latest VRMMORPG sensation, ALfheim Online - a screenshot that features someone being held captive who looks entirely too much like Asuna! His hope renewed, Kirito dives headlong into an all-new virtual adventure, but can true love conquer the game?!

Note: Covers the Fairy Dance Arc from Volumes 3 and 4 of the light novel series.



Tags: Shounen , Virtual World , Medieval , Isekai , Fairy

Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka

Also known as Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?.

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Bell Cranel is just trying to find his way in the world. Of course, in his case, the "world" is an enormous dungeon filled with monsters, below a city run by gods and goddesses who have way too much time on their hands. He's got big dreams but not much more when a roll on the random encounter table brings him face-to-face with the girl of his dreams--but what does a beginning adventurer have to offer a brilliant swordswoman? And what if the lonely goddess who sponsors his solo adventuring gets jealous...?!



Tags: Dungeon , Shounen , Female Harem , Mythology , Swordplay , Magic , Medieval , Gods , Elf

Hone ga Kusaru made

Also known as Until Your Bones Rot.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

The summer they were eleven, they killed a man and buried his body in a cave. Since then, every year, one summer night has marked a ritual: a ritual never to forget, and never to betray. Five years have passed. Their sixteenth summer. The body, now a skeleton. Unraveled lies. A faceless blackmailer. The phone rings and a life is torn apart. The bones, like their crime: never rotting, never fading away. Now, a living hell begins.



Tags: Gore , Love Triangle , Revenge , Shounen , Nudity , Ensemble Cast , Crime , Suicide

Mahou Shoujo Oriko★Magica

Also known as Puella Magi Oriko★Magica.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Mahou Shoujo

Oriko, a magical girl with the gift of foresight, knows the fate that awaits all who accept Kyubey's offer of supernatural powers. But when she is struck with a terrible vision of the future-of the devastation caused by a single, powerful witch-she decides to prevent the girl from becoming a magical girl in the first place. To draw Kyubey away from the girl's potential, Oriko directs him instead to Yuma, an orphan who is all too eager to gain powers that will enable her to protect herself-powers that will ultimately lead to her own destruction...



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Henshin , Female Protagonist , Magic , Seinen , Urban Fantasy , Gore

Mahou Shoujo Suzune★Magica

Also known as Puella Magi Suzune Magica.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Suzune Amano lives an extraordinarily normal life as a middle school student by day and…magical-girl assassin by night?! When a group of four magical girls begins investigating the serial murders rampant in their city, they soon find themselves the next targets of Suzune! But what is the truth behind Suzune’s motivations to hunt both witches and magical girls alike?



Tags: Tragedy , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Magic , Revenge , Memory Manipulation