Let This Grieving Soul Retire: Volume 5 (Light Novel)


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Krai’s vacation continues! He may have initially failed to meet up with the rest of his childhood friends, but that doesn’t mean he can go home quite yet. He still has to avoid a certain conference in the imperial capital, which means at least two more weeks on the run (that is to say, vacationing). By avoiding Earl Gladis and his named quest, shaking off Arnold and his companions, and finding lodgings in the idyllic mountain town of Suls, Krai just might be home free. But what starts off as a nice stay at a high-end hot spring (with Sitri footing most of the bill) is soon interrupted by the appearance of a dragon. The chaos is amplified by vicious bandits and the revelation that more than just hot water is circulating beneath Suls. With the fate of an entire town at risk, it’s up to the Thousand Tricks to save it by means only he and the rest of Grieving Souls could possibly pull off.




Let This Grieving Soul Retire, Vol. 5 (manga)


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As Krai and the First Steps prepare to raid the White Wolf’s Den, Sitri Smart, creator of the monster slime on the loose, shows up just in time! If anyone knows how to deal with the missing slime fiasco, it’s her—except she also has no ideas about its whereabouts or what form it may have taken. Instead, she has more bad news: The threat in the vault is something entirely different and way more dangerous...Just what kind of trouble did Krai send his clan into?




Let This Grieving Soul Retire: Volume 4 (Light Novel)


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The Zebrudia Auction has come and gone, meaning Krai can now return to his peaceful life—but only briefly. His respite is interrupted all too soon by an invitation to the Gathering of White Blades, an exclusive annual party for the most elite hunters. Wanting to avoid such an affair at all costs, Krai decides that now would be an excellent time for a vacation. He makes plans to visit a hot spring, meet up with the other members of Grieving Souls, and—most importantly—not come back until after the Gathering of White Blades is over. Unfortunately for him, a request from Earl Gladis, pursuit from Falling Fog, and a mysterious monster lurking in the mountains will all ensure that Krai’s vacation is anything but relaxing.




Let This Grieving Soul Retire, Vol. 1 (manga)


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“All we need is one goal—to be the strongest heroes in the world!” ​In a land where treasure hunters scour vaults appearing from the past, Krai Andrey and his friends swore a childhood oath to become the mightiest heroes of all. There’s just one problem: While his old companions have become living legends, Krai is the poster child for mediocrity…and he knows it! But despite his best efforts to leave the treasure-hunting life, he has gained quite the reputation by association—and with it, enormous expectations. Can Krai pursue his dream of retirement, or is he destined to fail forever upwards?




Let This Grieving Soul Retire, Vol. 2 (manga)


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“I knew the Master was right. The Master is God.” Krai Andrey, still the untalented head of the renowned First Steps clan, has accidentally sent the ever-capable Tino Shade (and a bunch of new recruits) on a challenging and deadly mission. To Krai, it’s a major screw-up of his own making. To Tino, however, it’s the latest example of Krai’s sheer genius and a true test of their mettle! Armed with such optimistic thinking, can the group overcome the phantoms of the White Wolf’s Den...?




Let This Grieving Soul Retire, Vol. 8 (manga)


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All their blood, sweat, and tears...They’ve spilled a bit more than the rest of you.The capital is in a clamor as word spreads about the arrival of a band of high-level hunters—including Arnold Hail, the infamous Dragon Slayer known as the Crashing Lightning! Krai, of course, couldn’t care less about anything other than the upcoming Zebrudian auction, but he’ll be in trouble soon if he doesn’t get his relics charged fast. Thankfully, Sitri has devised a “top-secret training method” that can both charge the relics and boost the whole party’s mana reserves...just in time for a pair of superhuman Noble Spirits who have a bone to pick with the Grievers!




Let This Grieving Soul Retire, Vol. 7 (manga)


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The survey team Krai sent to the White Wolf's Den is forced into a tough battle thanks to the Akashic Tower’s evil experiments. Even Liz, with her godlike speed, is struggling. Will Krai's appearance be enough to turn things around?




Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 Volume 1


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Rozemyne awakens from her two-year sleep to a world that isn’t as she remembers it. The strange sensation fills her with unease, but she has no time to rest—she is soon to be enrolled in the Royal Academy as an archduke candidate, where she will be taught how to control her mana, make magic tools, and perform the magic needed to rule as an archduke. She begins dormitory life with colorful teachers and students from other duchies, aiming to be the best big sister possible... but there is little chance things will go according to plan when there is a massive library on the premises. She charges there at once, the other archduke candidates and even the royal family disappearing from her mind entirely. She truly will do anything for books! Now begins a new chapter of this biblio-fantasy, with a school as its setting! This volume includes two original short stories, a four-panel manga drawn by You Shiina, and the results of the second popularity poll.




Awakening from Grief


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In this remarkable book, John Welshons weaves together his own personal awakening with those of others he’s counseled to create a deeply felt and beautifully expressed primer on dealing with grief. Grieving, says Welshons, offers a unique opportunity to develop deeper and fuller life experiences, to embrace pain in order to open the heart to joy. Written for those who have experienced any kind of loss — death, divorce, or disappointment — this book offers reasonable, reassuring thinking on dealing with the death of loved ones and ourselves, finding the inner gifts that promote healing, and much more. Awakening from Grief takes a rare and compelling positive look at a subject needlessly viewed as one of the most negative in life. This is a persuasive primer on drawing the joy out of grief.




The Place Promised in Our Early Days


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In the Cold War era of an alternate history, the Soviet Union has taken control of the northern island of Japan and cut it off from the rest of the country. Just south across the strait, a boy named Hiroki is fascinated by the mysterious tower the Soviets have constructed on the unreachable island, and he and his friend Takuya decide to build a plane that will take them over to see it. As they work, a girl named Sayuri becomes a part of their lives and the promise to one day fly to the tower. But when she disappears without a trace, their promise I left unfulfilled-possibly forever.