The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 4

The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 4
Author: Tsunehiko Watanabe
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2021-08-26
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718364083

Prince Francesco and Princess Bona of the Sharou family have finally arrived in Capua, marking the end of a century or so of the royal family’s isolation within the Twin Kingdoms. While the prince is all too likely to be seen laughing uproariously as he causes trouble, his sister bows her head diffidently, timid yet serious. Zenjirou spends his days entertaining the prince until he receives ill-tidings: his beloved son has fallen ill. The disease has a relatively low mortality rate, but a lower-risk illness means that a healing gem won’t be permitted—a fact that deeply frustrates the new prince consort. Francesco makes an offer that Zenjirou, witnessing his son suffering as he is, can’t help but accept. The prince offers to use a healing gem of his own on the child. Yet when they stand at his bedside to perform the ritual, Zenjirou realizes that the gem isn’t what’s being used to treat little Carlos...

The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 4

The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 4
Author: Tsunehiko Watanabe
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2019-12-10
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1645053539

Two years have passed since Zenjiro was summoned to a kigdom in another world and married its beautiful queen. Now, Zenjiro and Queen Aura celebrate the birth of their child--the young First Prince of Capua---and the realm celebrates with them. Yet while Zenjiro is busy adjusting to his new life as a father, a bloody massacre breaks out along the vital Salt Road. A company of knights and warriors rides to do battle with all manner of wyverns, even as a delegation arrives from the Twin Kingdoms with an agenda all its own!

The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 3

The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 3
Author: Tsunehiko Watanabe
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2021-06-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718364067

This is the third volume in the saga of our beloved “sponging protagonist,” and at this point, “sponging” is the last thing he’s doing. A year has passed since his marriage to Queen Aura of Capua, and the capital has welcomed their new child and heir to the throne, Carlos Zenkichi. The kingdom is busy with festivities to celebrate the happy news, but something more ominous has reached Aura’s ears. Margrave Gaziel tells her that his territory has had no salt for a year, and with his lands lacking both sea and rock salt, it could spell the region’s end. While the queen immediately orders an investigation, Zenjirou’s free time is becoming more than he can handle in the inner palace, and he starts to investigate what advancements might be made to move their nation forward.

The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 3

The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 3
Author: Tsunehiko Watanabe
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2019-09-17
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1645051455

When he chose to leave Earth and marry Queen Aura, Zenjiro learned that his blood carried an otherworldly ancestry...but it turns out his family tree had more secrets than anyone imagined. The children he and Aura hope to have together could upend the world's peaceful order, bearing powers no one expected. It'll take all of Aura's cunning to navigate intrigue between kingdoms, even while Zenjiro prepares for the possibility of a new addition to their royal family.

The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 6

The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 6
Author: Tsunehiko Watanabe
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1645057429

PLENTY OF FISH IN THE SEA A young girl calling herself Princess Freya arrives in the Kingdom of Capua, claiming to have sailed from across the northern sea! With Queen Aura preoccupied with matters of state, Zenjiro is sent out to the port city of Valentia to see if he can establish profitable trade between the continents. It’s Zenjiro’s first-ever journey out of the royal palace...what could possibly go wrong?

The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 1

The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 1
Author: Tsunehiko Watanabe
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2021-01-27
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718364024

Yamai Zenjirou is your everyday office worker in modern Japan. One morning, he suddenly finds himself summoned to a tropical world where dinosaurs roam the land. He is told that this is the kingdom of Capua and the person who summoned him - its monarch, Queen Aura - wants him to marry her and leave his old life behind for a life of carefree extravagance as her prince consort. The reasons for her offer are many and varied, but she needs an heir, and she wants him to be the one to provide it! If he accepts, he’ll never have to work again, lazing around in luxury with no worries other than securing the kingdom its next monarch. Certainly, sleeping with the buxom beauty is far from a hardship, but is everything really as it seems? He’ll also need to give up everything he knows on Earth. Is he ready to drop it all at a moment’s notice for her sake? And how well will he be able to navigate the politics, people and culture of this new world if he does?

The Elder Sister-Like One, Vol. 5

The Elder Sister-Like One, Vol. 5
Author: Iida Pochi.
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1975336046

Haru is a beloved mainstay of the local shopping district, a second “big sister” to Yuu, and a friendly (?) acquaintance for Chiyo. But what relation does she have to Yuu’s uncle…and why does Yuu have faint memories of knowing someone just like her? The bonds of blood and affection run deep, and the truth about everyone’s shared past reveals the tragic consequences of forbidden connections…

I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss, Vol. 5 (light novel)

I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss, Vol. 5 (light novel)
Author: Sarasa Nagase
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2023-04-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975334140

Everything that could possibly go wrong does when a man claiming to be the first demon king and Claude’s father appears without warning and promptly demands that he divorce Aileen. What’s worse is that Aileen’s alleged father-in-law, Luciel, is the one and only hero/final boss of the fourth installment of her favorite otome game series! The strange thing is that, even though the fourth game takes place several hundred years before the others, oddly similar events have begun occurring, so no one knows what could happen next!

Lust Geass, Vol. 4

Lust Geass, Vol. 4
Author: Osamu Takahashi
Publisher: Yen Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2021-11-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781975337094

Souta is summoned by Shino for "supplementary lessons" over summer break, and their relationship of domination continues. However, when Makoto discovers their relationship, she starts to seek greater thrills and makes plans for the three to go on a trip...

The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 11 (Light Novel)

The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 11 (Light Novel)
Author: Tsunehiko Watanabe
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2023-04-06
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718364229

Burdens on both Aura’s time and body mean it’s finally time for her to appoint a prime minister and marshal. While the lightening of the load couldn’t be more welcome, the risk of those appointments pushing the country away from her control is stronger than ever. With both that potential and her husband’s future in mind, she grants Zenjirou a dukedom to help maintain the balance of power. Coupled with even more guests from the Twin Kingdoms, the prince consort is in for a fair amount of personal upheaval, but now his wife wants him to head to the Northern Continent with his likely concubine-to-be as well! It’s going to take quite a bit for Zenjirou to feel comfortable with the journey, but their current guests just might have the solution...