I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 1 (light novel)


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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!




I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 3 (light novel)


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A ROYAL HEADACHE! When Lia’s overprotective father, the king of Vesteria, catches wind of the fact that his daughter and Allen have been rooming together, he abruptly summons the pair back to his domain. There, the king demands that Allen prove himself worthy of Lia by defeating Vesteria’s top swordfighters in a series of public duels. After the dust settles, however, Allen finds himself at risk of losing Lia again when a formidable duo from the Black Organization abducts her! Can our hero summon the confidence and power he needs to save his friend?




I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 1 (manga)


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Allen gets such poor grades at Grand Swordcraft Academy that his fellow students have dubbed him the “Reject Swordsman.” But one day, he is granted a mysterious button that, when pressed, will give him one hundred million years to train in an alternate reality. With an ungodly amount of practice under his belt, the world is about to see what this underachiever can really do!




I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 2 (light novel)


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Time off? Hardly! During their month-long suspension from Thousand Blade Academy, Allen, Lia, and Rose volunteer for some freelance monster extermination to keep their swordcraft sharp. But as the three make names for themselves in the outside world, they remain unaware that an old enemy from Allen’s past is hot on their heels and out for blood… Things don’t let up when they finally go back to class, either. From duels with the Student Council to a chance reunion with his Ice King Academy rivals, the Reject Swordsman certainly has his work cut out for him!




I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 8 (light novel)


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WELCOME TO CHERIN—THE LAND OF SAKURA AND SWORD FIGHTS!After saving Shii from a political marriage and surviving a turbulent Valentine’s Day, Allen and his friends are off to Cherin, the Land of Sakura, for their spring training camp! There, with his head full of romance and cherry blossoms, he’s almost cut down by an incredibly powerful drunkard...who turns out to be Rose’s grandfather, Bacchus Valencia! Once touted as the world’s strongest swordsman, Bacchus knows all about Transcendents and the Time Hermit, and decides to take Allen’s group under his wing. Their days pass in a blur of intense training and relaxing in hot springs, but an ominous shadow approaches...




The New Gate Volume 1


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THE NEW GATE—an online game transformed into a life-and-death struggle for its players. Thanks to the valiant efforts of Shin, the most powerful of them all, an end to the game and freedom for everyone seemed within reach. But just moments after Shin defeats the game’s final boss, he finds himself bathed in an unknown light and transported some 500 years into the future of the in-game world. Thrown from a simple game gone wrong into a strange new land, one young swordsman of unrivalled strength is about to embark on a legendary journey!




I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 7 (light novel)


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CRASH THE WEDDING, SAVE THE DAY! When Allen learns that Shii Arkstoria has been sent to the Holy Ronelian Empire to enter a political marriage with an abusive nobleman, he and his friends immediately infiltrate enemy territory and stage a rescue operation. But to return with Shii safe and sound, they’ll have to face a powerful new member of the Thirteen Oracle Knights. Later, Allen proctors a Thousand Blade Academy entrance exam with a catch: Anyone who can land a hit on him in a sparring match will be admitted on the spot! After that, the arrival of Valentine’s Day sends Allen’s female friends scrambling to win his affection!




I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 4 (light novel)


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After managing to rescue Lia from the Black Organization, Allen is selected to represent Thousand Blade Academy in the Royal Sword Festival. As our hero uses his newfound power to score victory after victory against competitors from rival schools, however, a sinister conspiracy begins to unfold. Meanwhile, Allen and his friends finally get a moment to catch their breath when their school’s cultural festival comes around...only for his longtime rival Dodriel and a powerful new foe to launch a surprise attack on the event!




I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 5 (light novel)


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RAIN VERSUS SUNSHINE! Though Allen managed to protect his friends from harm when the Black Organization attacked, the same can’t be said for Thousand Blade Academy, which now lies in ruins. While their campus undergoes repairs, the students of Thousand Blade are transferred elsewhere to continue their education...and Allen ends up at an all girls school! After that, he and his friends are sent abroad to liberate Daglio, the Land of Sunshine, from the Black Organization’s tyranny. But this will be no easy task, with one of the overwhelmingly powerful Thirteen Oracle Knights facing off against them. Can the former Reject Swordsman awaken his true power and set things right?




I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 6 (light novel)


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Now that Allen has put a stop to Raine Grad and freed Daglio from Black Organization rule, he finally has an opportunity to catch his breath. But with Claude transferring into Thousand Blade Academy, things won’t be calm for long! Later, the entire student body scrambles for Allen’s attention during Thousand Blade’s annual Christmas Party.