Yuru is a young hunter in a remote village town who is busy helping gather enough meat and supplies to help feed his people through winter. His twin sister, Asa, is also busy performing her duty, but she must do so from the safety of a cage locked away deep underground. On a seemingly ordinary day, “dragons” descend from the sky and mysterious hunters ambush them from the trees, and Yuru’s entire world is turned on its head. Outside forces from “down the mountain” attack the village in their attempt to take Yuru and snatch the power that slumbers inside him, but ancient protectors are awoken and centuries-old plans to keep Yuru safe spring up around him.
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Vol 8: Inferno, illustrated by Sana Takeda
Maika is in a coma following the events of volume 7, and we enter a potential dream-state with consequences. As Maika deals with the reality of her mother’s death, she and her friends become sucked into the prison world of the Old Gods. Zinn and Maika’s rolls are reversed on this planet and Zinn is confronted with many of the beings he helped the Shaman-Empress banish. Maika’s spiritual self is lured by some of the beings here, particularly one called The Smith, who is harboring a coveted shard of the Shaman-Empress’ mask. 
Hina hardly goes outside or has any friends, but she is a huge fan of an anime called Vampire Cross. So much so that she decides to put aside some of her fears and move to Japan! But being an Otaku and going to cafes for meet ups to get exclusives is going to be especially hard for Hina because she's a vampire herself. She can't eat the foods that come with the exclusives! She sort of makes friends with her neighbor who looks exactly like the character she's obsessed with, but he definitely doesn't act like him. Hina convinces Kyuta to come with her to a couple of events, and they sort of become friends, especially when Hina has to step in to protect him.
Illustrated by Ryosuke Fuji
High school student Rakuro Hizutome spends most of his free time playing kusogi, terrible immersive video games that have horrible flaws and plot holes. One day, his favorite video game clerk suggests he try out a well-made game, so he jumps into Shangri-La Frontier, a huge open-world game with tons of players. Rakuro initially sacrifices gear in his character creation in order to get better weapons, so he opts for a ridiculous bird mask and no armor. As he grinds through the first few new player areas, he takes a chance on a night time encounter, and his decision fundamentally impacts the future of his gameplay in SLF. 
Vol 2: The Sharing Society
Klaus has been kidnapped by the outlaws known as the Demon Bandits and taken back to his kingdom of Alter. Cast and Mrs. Clock have decided to rescue him, even though that means coming face to face with the deadly and powerful forces from Mrs. Clock’s past as a participant in the war that ravaged the country. Cast and her mentor find themselves in a castle town full of infuriating villagers who bend to the will of a tyrannical ruler, but some of these confusing people might be the only hope they have for saving Klaus. 
Illustrated by Nekokurage
Sir Jinshi asks Maomao to complete the investigation of the poisoning from the garden party by going undercover in the Garnet Palace, home of Lady Aduo, the longest reigning consort of the current emperor. Maomao doesn’t appreciate being a spy, but when a maid from the Garnet Palace is found dead, she is intrigued enough to succumb to Jinshi’s plans. What Maomao discovers is a plot that stretches back decades, involves other consorts, the emperor himself, and could end her employment at the palace. 
Suzume and the other keepers get the dinos ready for winter by preparing special bedding and changing the enclosures to be heated. Then, a velociraptor escapes from some smugglers and is on the loose in a populated area. Suzume and Kaidou are called upon to help capture the poor creature. They head into the city to search for clues, and Suzume uses much of what she’s learned as a new keeper, including its wintering habits, to help track the velociraptor.
An overworked apothecary contemplates death one day and jumps into a well, but discovers one of her old nursery rhyme to be true - that wells are connected to other worlds. She finds herself in the underworld where Lord Hades is in need of medical attention. After being in the underworld for so long, he’s developed an allergy to the sun, which has caused a rash and fever. As any good healer would do, Colette takes Hades into her care and begins visiting the underworld often on house calls.
Frieren and Denken square off against their respective opponents: Frieren against Solitär and Denken against Macht, as Frieren finishes analyzing the diagoldze curse that Macht put on Weise. There is a fierce battle between the four opponents, but mostly Solitär annoys Frieren by talking too much and showing stalling as her main battle tactic. Denken uses Frieren's logic that Zoltraak is a fairly new spell in Macht's lifetime, and it seems to be working, to a degree. After the fights, it's back on the road to the North, and Frieren continues to pick up odd jobs for different small villages along the way in exchange for interesting grimoires.
After standing up to bullies and becoming a target herself, Sori Lee decides to transfer schools to escape the harassment. Within her new desk, she discovers a helpful letter from the previous student describing everything she’ll need to know about her classmates and school, but also setting her on a treasure hunt for a series of successive letters. Along the way, Sori tentatively befriends Dongsoon and discovers the letter writer is Hoyeon, Dongsoon’s best friend who left school without a goodbye.
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