I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 1 (light novel)

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 1 (light novel)
Author: Syuichi Tsukishima
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975322355

BUTTON MASH TO VICTORY ​On the verge of flunking out of Grand Swordcraft Academy due to his total lack of talent, Allen Rodol’s life goes from bad to worse when the class prodigy challenges him to a duel where it’s win or face expulsion. However, the night before his hopeless bout, a mysterious hermit grants Allen a button that will give him one hundred million years to train in an alternate reality when pressed. Allen not only gladly accepts the offer but also goes back for seconds, thirds, tenths even! With over a billion years of straight practice under his belt, the world is about to see what the “Reject Swordsman” can really do!

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 5 (light novel)

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 5 (light novel)
Author: Syuichi Tsukishima
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2023-05-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975343190

RAIN VERSUS SUNSHINE! Though Allen managed to protect his friends from harm when the Black Organization attacked, the same can’t be said for Thousand Blade Academy, which now lies in ruins. While their campus undergoes repairs, the students of Thousand Blade are transferred elsewhere to continue their education...and Allen ends up at an all girls school! After that, he and his friends are sent abroad to liberate Daglio, the Land of Sunshine, from the Black Organization’s tyranny. But this will be no easy task, with one of the overwhelmingly powerful Thirteen Oracle Knights facing off against them. Can the former Reject Swordsman awaken his true power and set things right?

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 1 (manga)

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 1 (manga)
Author: Syuichi Tsukishima
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2022-10-18
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1975350685

Allen gets such poor grades at Grand Swordcraft Academy that his fellow students have dubbed him the “Reject Swordsman.” But one day, he is granted a mysterious button that, when pressed, will give him one hundred million years to train in an alternate reality. With an ungodly amount of practice under his belt, the world is about to see what this underachiever can really do!

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 2 (light novel)

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 2 (light novel)
Author: Syuichi Tsukishima
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2022-04-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975322371

Time off? Hardly! During their month-long suspension from Thousand Blade Academy, Allen, Lia, and Rose volunteer for some freelance monster extermination to keep their swordcraft sharp. But as the three make names for themselves in the outside world, they remain unaware that an old enemy from Allen’s past is hot on their heels and out for blood… Things don’t let up when they finally go back to class, either. From duels with the Student Council to a chance reunion with his Ice King Academy rivals, the Reject Swordsman certainly has his work cut out for him!

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 3 (light novel)

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 3 (light novel)
Author: Syuichi Tsukishima
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2022-08-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975322398

A ROYAL HEADACHE! When Lia’s overprotective father, the king of Vesteria, catches wind of the fact that his daughter and Allen have been rooming together, he abruptly summons the pair back to his domain. There, the king demands that Allen prove himself worthy of Lia by defeating Vesteria’s top swordfighters in a series of public duels. After the dust settles, however, Allen finds himself at risk of losing Lia again when a formidable duo from the Black Organization abducts her! Can our hero summon the confidence and power he needs to save his friend?

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 5 (manga)

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 5 (manga)
Author: Syuichi Tsukishima
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2024-04-16
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1975380584

Allen and his friends have completed their stint as witchblades and settled back in at school, right on time for club-recruitment season. After an onslaught of overeager invitations, Allen decides to start his own club instead—but that’s easier said than done, as each club must battle it out for precious funding in the Club-Budget War! And when none other than the Student Council president challenges him, can Allen seize victory against all odds?!

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 7 (light novel)

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 7 (light novel)
Author: Syuichi Tsukishima
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2024-04-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975343239

CRASH THE WEDDING, SAVE THE DAY! When Allen learns that Shii Arkstoria has been sent to the Holy Ronelian Empire to enter a political marriage with an abusive nobleman, he and his friends immediately infiltrate enemy territory and stage a rescue operation. But to return with Shii safe and sound, they’ll have to face a powerful new member of the Thirteen Oracle Knights. Later, Allen proctors a Thousand Blade Academy entrance exam with a catch: Anyone who can land a hit on him in a sparring match will be admitted on the spot! After that, the arrival of Valentine’s Day sends Allen’s female friends scrambling to win his affection!

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 6 (light novel)

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 6 (light novel)
Author: Syuichi Tsukishima
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2023-10-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975343212

Now that Allen has put a stop to Raine Grad and freed Daglio from Black Organization rule, he finally has an opportunity to catch his breath. But with Claude transferring into Thousand Blade Academy, things won’t be calm for long! Later, the entire student body scrambles for Allen’s attention during Thousand Blade’s annual Christmas Party.

Reign of the Seven Spellblades, Vol. 5 (light novel)

Reign of the Seven Spellblades, Vol. 5 (light novel)
Author: Bokuto Uno
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2022-05-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975339703

VENGEANCE WILL BE HIS The Sword Roses are blossoming into proper Kimberly mages, but that growth doesn’t come without trials: Magical biology continues to bring Katie anguish, and an upperclassman is putting Guy through labyrinth boot camp. Meanwhile, Oliver has set his sights on his next target-Enrico Forghieri. When Enrico whisks Pete off to his laboratory with Nanao and Oliver hot on their heels, the three friends get a horrifying glimpse of the longstanding conflict between mages and Gnostics. This may be the perfect opportunity for Oliver to finally exact his revenge on the mad old man...!

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 4 (manga)

I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top, Vol. 4 (manga)
Author: Syuichi Tsukishima
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2023-11-21
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1975369637

Allen and the others barely settle back into school before they're faced with an onslaught of club recruitment. What’s more, each club must then fight for precious funds in the Club-Budget War! When Allen is challenged by the best swordsman in school-student council president, Shii-can he seize victory against all odds?!