Hope has been shattered. The heart will never recover.

Following the false maestro incident, the chess club decides to unwind and enjoy the beach. However, trouble won't allow them such reprieve. A trio of Desperados arrive, dragging Mimoko, Iori, and their friend, Carol, to London where Mimoko is held hostage by the infamous Fairy League, a radical ...

He is looking at me. He never blinks. I'm scared. The eyes… Something’s wrong with his eyes.

"I'm kinda just writing on a whim here" These are the first words of our protagonist as he recounts past days of heedless desires and gratuitous adventure.. Ill fitting as his words may seem, this casual temperament portrayed on display is the attitude he tries (and miserably) fails to use to ...

Following the chess club's success at the Knightlife Classic tournament in Mito, everyone returns triumphantly back to Kawaguchi, with Mimoko reaping the most rewards. Now an instant grandmaster and star of the chess world, she decides to accept Himitsudono's challenge of seeking out and defeatin...

Qin, a cheerful kindergarten teacher burdened by trauma and a fear of blood, never imagined her quiet life would change after a single act of kindness. But when her bravery lands her in the hospital, she meets Dr. Zheng Lu—a serious, reserved man who becomes her quiet comfort. As their lives i...

When a brutal massacre strikes a remote Arctic village, a supernatural hunter answers the call. The locals blame a creature from Inuit legend—the Amarok, a giant wolf said to hunt alone beneath the northern lights. But as Dexter follows the trail through the snowstorms, he discovers a truth fa...

After having a nightmare about a car accident with his grandparents, Nicolas wakes up in sweat into a new day just to find out that his grandparents have died in a car crash. He is shocked by the fact that he has dreamed about it the night before, but pays it no mind and lives on with an unfortun...

After her request to start up a chess club at her high school is shot down, 3rd-year Mimoko Inoue unexpectedly finds herself face-to-face with a member of the Desperado league, an infamous underground chess league. The Desperado attempts to kidnap her, but is stopped by Okisato Tanabe, a seemingl...

Nice to meet you. I’m a professional at taking shelter from the rain. Call me—the Rain Shelterist. …No rain’s falling, you say? Yeah, you’re right—but it rains for me. —Because I’m a pro. Since we’ve met and all… wanna hear my “Rain Shelter Ranking”?