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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Sara's Rating: 10/10 Suitability Level: Grades 7-12 Publisher: Yen Press Publication Date: October 22, 2024 ISBN: 9781975399689 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 10/10, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Romance, LGBTQ+, Friendship, Music, Mental Health, School Life, Yen Press 
All of the pieces of Laios' plan are coming to a head as the Winged Lion is about to break through the dungeon and unleash the magic of the dungeon on the surface. If Laios understands the ultimate monster correctly, he and his friends may actually come out of this, but that also means that the Canary Elves and Kabru must trust in Laios' knowledge and a plan they weren't privy to.
Illustrated by Yumika Kanade
When his parents get divorced, Yuuta decides he won’t get close to another woman so he can’t be disappointed by them again. Then, his father remarries, and he becomes brother to a stepsister his same age. Yuuta's new stepsister is also closed off and mysterious, and the two strike up an uneasy truce in order to cohabitate. They end up deciding that living together is not all that bad, but both have some definite trust issues to overcome. 
The gang talks Marcille down from the ledge metaphorically and physically, and Laios shares his plan for for defeating the Winged Lion. He gives everyone in the party a task in case things go sideways. Then, it's go time, before the monsters, who are all dangerously close to breaking through the dungeon's surface, escape into the outside world and begin wreaking havoc on the island. The Winged Lion shows Laios his origins as a being and the beginnings of the dungeon, then the Lion begins to delve into Laios' deepest desires to discover what he wants the most.
The new lord of the dungeon rearranged all the floors into one, so now dangerous monsters are headed towards the surface, and an all out assault is taking place between all the inhabitants! The Canaries are trying to keep things under control while the Adventurers appeal to the new Lord to wrest the power of the dungeon and settle things down. If the monsters get outside the dungeon, the magic will escape and could potentially destroy not just the island, but bring all of the world's inhabitants under the Winged Lion's control!
Sissel’s unleashed horde of dragons on the party mostly works against them, but Laios’ advanced knowledge of monsters keeps him alive long enough to get close to Sissel and overtake him. The two have a healing meal where Laios tells Sissel about how his desires have actually harmed the people of the Golden Kingdom. Laios feels like he’s getting through to Sissel, but it’s all trickery in the end. Kabru and the Canaries eventually find their way to Sissel’s home, and they try to reason with the party to voluntarily give up the books where Sissel has sealed away the Winged Lion, but lots of mistrust on all sides leads to skirmishes and a new Lord of the Dungeon being born.
Orphan Kotarou has just moved back into his grandparents’ home outside the Takao region as he has inherited it, and he’s reliving some of his fuzzy childhood memories. One day, he is asked to tour guide to some friends to a local shrine, and some of his memories start to trickle back. He remembers a day on a trip to that same shrine where he met a tengu girl. That night, he comes back to the temple again and finds himself in an arranged marriage situation with Hime, the tengu from his memories! But she dreams of seeing the outside world and experiencing lots of different food. Kotarou agrees she should, which Hime interprets as an offer to live in his house.
In this leg of the journey, the adventurers find themselves at the home of Sissel, the Lunatic Magician and Lord of the Dungeon, and find a disorganized mess of dirty dishes, broken mirrors, a library in disarray, and the bodies of Delgal’s family around a table. The party decides to clean the house while they scour for signs of the imprisoned Winged Lion. Sissel catches on to their activities, so they lay a trap for Falin and plan to take on the Lunatic Magician. As Sissel bemoans his now clean house, we learn how he became the Lord of the Dungeon in his attempt to protect the people of the Golden Kingdom.
Adapted by INA
In seeking to become her father’s heir, Tia assumes duties with the knights, and she begins squiring and taking on the title Dame Monique when she’s on duty. Later, one of Tia’s memories of a fateful day return to her, and she realizes a catastrophe is about to occur in the king’s private gardens. Averting it may bring her back under the gaze of the royals she is hoping to escape, but letting disaster strike again may mean lose a piece of her own family legacy as well. And there’s still so much about her mother she doesn’t know, but even Prince Ruve seems to have more answers than Tia! |
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