Illustrated by Ren Sakuma
Luciana’s brother Saphir continues to advocate for a cure to Luciana’s enchantment. The eldest Wisteria brother, Joshua, who heads the Royal mages, is called in to uncover the depth of Luciana’s enchantment. Saphir helps Joshua save face and engineers a social situation where the second Wisteria son, Aubin, who heads the Royal Library, will be able to come and also lend his expertise to the nature of Luciana’s enchantment. They all attend a dinner party at the Wisteria estate and discuss Luciana's enchantment at length.
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Rita is the latest in sacrificial offerings chosen to be sent from his mountain village to become the dragon's bride to appease the beast after the village killed his mate many years ago. In truth, Rita is an outcast; he struggled to find his place within the village society after a terrible sickness killed his parents and left him permanently scarred. With this noble cause, Rita hopes to find his life's purpose as the dragon's bride, but instead, he meets a creature with a guarded heart and trauma of his own from being the last of his kind.
Illustrated by Tsukasa Abe
Frieren, Fern, and Stark make it to a remote village via a very unused road where they run afoul of a shadow assassin who has been waiting to mark off his last target for decades. Then, Fern and several of the other First Class Mages, include Übel and Land, are given a very important assignment. Mistress Sense is attending a function at the Imperial Castle, and there have been reports of an assassination plot against her. Since mages are susceptible to physical assaults, the First Class Mages are to infiltrate and stop this plot. Übel and Land are teamed up to go under cover while Fern is to investigate, leaving Frieren and Stark to tag along in the Imperial Capital. 
Konosuke, Bokutake, and Aki have caught up to Dosuke and his sister Katsu, the two fierce sorcerers who have Tsuki in their clutches. Konosuke squares off against Dosuke and uses some of the new skills he has learned in controlling metallic swords and summoning powerful swords made of magic to cut through the spells of his opponents. All the while, he must try to keep Dosuke away from sources of water as that will lead to certain defeat. Bokutake meanwhile reveals much about himself and engages in the fray, though he isn’t a particularly honorable fighter.
Adapted by Manta Comics
Camellius/a begins life at the Academy with an entrance exam and a tour of the city, including a near-miss of the slums where Lady Bale confronted Laura all those years ago and stole child Camellia away. As the investigation into a criminal unfolds, the royal guard believes that Camellius is the only one who can help them. They are looking for a noble man who can go under cover into the slums and pose as a noble lady to be a fake target to weed out the assailants. 
Adapted by Mo9Rang
The little mermaid fairy tale has become completely intertwined in Abigail's story, but not how she expected it. She swears to help Princess Nadia break her curse. In doing so, Abigail discovers that the solution is not exactly what she assumed it would be from what she knows of the original fairy Hans Christian Anderson version of the tale. All of the mix ups lead to more misunderstandings between Abigail and Sabrian in terms of their feelings for one another, leaving Blanche scared and ready to take matters into her own hands to keep her family together. 
Adapted by HereLee, illustrated by SUMPUL
Heinrey and Navier must deal with the fall out from the rumors of having Queen Krista still in the capital. The wife of Heinrey’s late brother presents political challenges because of her influence in the court, but also emotional challenges because of her fondness for Heinrey. In the Western Kingdom, Rashta continues her missteps and pushes the boundaries of her power as empress, including putting together an all male tea party and hiring maids with parents in jail so that she can manipulate them. 
Illustrated by Hiroyuki Aigamo
On the continent of Brute, home of the Beast People, Night has a terrible nickname and reputation for being known as the Nightmare of Adorea based on his actions under the Demon King. Even though he’s now a familiar of Akira, his presence doesn’t help earn any favors among the beast people. While Akira's sword is being repaired, Amelia stays with the legendary blacksmith, Crow, who is repairing the blade and tries to convince him to teach her swordsmanship. Meanwhile, Akira takes on odd jobs and quests from the local guild in order to train in physical combat. 
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Sara's Rating: 9/10 Suitability Level: Grades 7-12 This review was made possible with a digital reader copy from the publisher. Publisher: Square Enix Publication Date: May 19, 2026 ISBN: 9781646094714 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Fantasy, Isekai, Animals, Square Enix 
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Sara's Rating: 9/10 Suitability Level: Grades 9-12 This review was made possible with a digital reader copy from the publisher through Net Galley. Publisher: Kodansha Publication Date: May 19, 2026 ISBN: 9798888777541 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Magical Girl, School Life, Friendship, Kodansha |
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