The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 9


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Zenjiro and Princess Freya travel across the kingdom to a very important wedding. With General Pujol set to marry the daughter of an influential lord, it ought to be a day of celebration. Instead, the affair is riven with tension when a foreign dignitary arrives: the notorious Martin Nadal. This matchless commander is the old wartime rival of Pujol himself. Can the old soldiers put aside their differences, or is Martin's appearance only the first step in a broader political game?




The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 9


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Now that he can finally teleport on his own, Zenjirou is off to the Twin Kingdoms of Sharou Gilbelle. His goal there is to secure a healer for Aura and their child when the baby is born, but King Bruno makes a shocking announcement upon Zenjirou’s arrival. The king will soon be abdicating, and Zenjirou’s presence plays a part! With many members of the Sharou royal family and the nobility opposed to the king’s sudden decision, Zenjirou swiftly finds himself dragged into a domestic power struggle that will require the utmost care to navigate.




The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 3


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This is the third volume in the saga of our beloved “sponging protagonist,” and at this point, “sponging” is the last thing he’s doing. A year has passed since his marriage to Queen Aura of Capua, and the capital has welcomed their new child and heir to the throne, Carlos Zenkichi. The kingdom is busy with festivities to celebrate the happy news, but something more ominous has reached Aura’s ears. Margrave Gaziel tells her that his territory has had no salt for a year, and with his lands lacking both sea and rock salt, it could spell the region’s end. While the queen immediately orders an investigation, Zenjirou’s free time is becoming more than he can handle in the inner palace, and he starts to investigate what advancements might be made to move their nation forward.




The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 8


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Zenjirou safely returns from the Gaziel march to good news—his wife may be pregnant! With the rainy season setting in, he practices teleportation with more vigor than ever, knowing this new spell will enable him to bring a healer from the Gilbelle family when the child arrives. Margrave Gaziel also returns to the capital, this time accompanied by Nilda. Her addition to the register of names reminds the margrave just how much he owes the prince consort for his actions during the wedding festivities. But is his gratitude a sign that Zenjirou is going too far beyond the bounds of his position as a mere figurehead? Meanwhile, the inner palace is taking applications for new maids, but the Uppasalans have other issues caused by their unfamiliarity with the local climate. Zenjirou’s insight might just offer a unique new perspective for both Freya…and Aura!




The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 3


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When he chose to leave Earth and marry Queen Aura, Zenjiro learned that his blood carried an otherworldly ancestry...but it turns out his family tree had more secrets than anyone imagined. The children he and Aura hope to have together could upend the world's peaceful order, bearing powers no one expected. It'll take all of Aura's cunning to navigate intrigue between kingdoms, even while Zenjiro prepares for the possibility of a new addition to their royal family.




The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 4


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Two years have passed since Zenjiro was summoned to a kigdom in another world and married its beautiful queen. Now, Zenjiro and Queen Aura celebrate the birth of their child--the young First Prince of Capua---and the realm celebrates with them. Yet while Zenjiro is busy adjusting to his new life as a father, a bloody massacre breaks out along the vital Salt Road. A company of knights and warriors rides to do battle with all manner of wyverns, even as a delegation arrives from the Twin Kingdoms with an agenda all its own!




The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 1


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Yamai Zenjirou is your everyday office worker in modern Japan. One morning, he suddenly finds himself summoned to a tropical world where dinosaurs roam the land. He is told that this is the kingdom of Capua and the person who summoned him - its monarch, Queen Aura - wants him to marry her and leave his old life behind for a life of carefree extravagance as her prince consort. The reasons for her offer are many and varied, but she needs an heir, and she wants him to be the one to provide it! If he accepts, he’ll never have to work again, lazing around in luxury with no worries other than securing the kingdom its next monarch. Certainly, sleeping with the buxom beauty is far from a hardship, but is everything really as it seems? He’ll also need to give up everything he knows on Earth. Is he ready to drop it all at a moment’s notice for her sake? And how well will he be able to navigate the politics, people and culture of this new world if he does?




Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Kanna's Daily Life Vol. 9


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COURAGE HELPS CHILDREN GROW UP! Everything looks different when you’re walking to school on a winter morning. Kanna and her friends have all kinds of exciting adventures, from infiltrating Georgie’s high school to enjoying the first breeze of spring! An elf girl stirs up trouble in a moving two-part story.




Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Vol. 5


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'" Oboro''s always had an eye for Kogarashi, and she''s dialing up her seduction to eleven: She''ll try everything from dressing up as an idol singer to crashing his school for some hardcore flirtation! She''s not the only new student, either. A certain familiar lady ninja is about to get added to the rolls! It''s a whirlwind of new developments at the Yuragi-sou inn, involving everything from Halloween costumes to giant flying cats. It''s tough work being the only guy at a boarding house full of paranormal beauties! "'




The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 8


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The time has come for the towering, fearsome General Pujol to tie the knot. The wedding ceremony is set to take place far from the capital, and circumstance demands that Queen Aura stay close to the throne. That means Zenjiro has to go in her place, which comes with its own problems. Tradition requires he take a woman with him as his escort; whoever is chosen will be considered a candidate to become his concubine. Unexpectedly, Princess Freya declares her interest in the role. Is this foreign princess trying to ensnare Zenjiro in a second marriage?