Ascension. Fifty years ago, the night sky turned bronze and seven circles across the earth rose from the ground as if to meet it, gifting a select few that inhabit them the magic of Aether. Tokyo is one of the circles that ascended—the only metropolis in the world to do so. This gave Japan the...

Twenty year old Kira Ishikawa is having a rough go. She can't use a computer, her parents can't live together, money woes might make her gap year from school the rest of her life, and anything she touches experiences her feelings tenfold, whether starvation, abdominal pain, or her crippling self-...

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...

What would you do to taste the magic again? Betrayed by his childhood, Mond is left alone in reality, gripping to his made-up name alone. But others claim to have a way, a twisted abuse of ones self to regain fantasy, if for even just a moment. But is it worth taking advantage of the weakness o...

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 ...

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...

Sixteen-year-old Nancy has always been fascinated by the legend of the wendigo—a creature said to haunt forests, born from hunger and madness. When rumors spread during her school trip to an old village that a real wendigo has been sighted near the town, she and her easily frightened best friend,...

After the death of her partner and mentor at the hands of a shadowy organization, 19-year old detective, Yuni Futagawa is struggling to get back on her feet. While attempting an escape room, she meets a silver haired girl that claims to be a master escape artist. Things take a turn for the worst...

There once was a simple, average town that one day found itself transported to another world. With all it's stockpiled technology and agriculture at it's disposal, not to mention nearly 500,000 residents, it'd be fair to assume it would do well in another world. But even in the peaceful plains, m...

Was Nakata Keisuke really betrayed and left to die by his dungeon party in another life? Or was it just a recurring nightmare, fed by his late-night computer games? And did the new transfer student step out of his computer game, his dreams… …or his nightmare? And most importantly: why is sh...