Recommendations based on "Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story, Vol. 1"

Linked up and logged into the deadly VMMORPG "Sword Art Online" in both the real and virtual worlds, Kirito is stuck in a hell of one man's making, and like everyone else, unable to escape until the game is beaten. But while some players are crippled by fear and others throw themselves into completing the game, still others relax into everyday life in the face of their cruel predicament and live to the best of their ability...laughing, crying, but always enjoying the game. Among them are four women who make a mark upon the solo adventurer that Kirito has become: Silica, the beast-tamer; Lisbeth, the blacksmith; Yui, the mysterious orphan; and the tragic Sachi, never to be forgotten by the black swordsman...

"There's no way to beat this game. The only difference is when and where you die..." One month has passed since Akihiko Kayaba's deadly game began, and the body count continues to rise. Two thousand players are already dead. Kirito and Asuna are two very different people, but they both desire to fight alone. Nonetheless, they find themselves drawn together to face challenges from both within and without. Given that the entire virtual world they now live in has been created as a deathtrap, the surviving players of Sword Art Online are starting to get desperate, and desperation makes them dangerous to loners like Kirito and Asuna. As it becomes clear that solitude equals suicide, will the two be able to overcome their differences to find the strength to believe in each other, and in so doing survive? Sword Art Online: Progressive is a new version of the Sword Art Online tale that starts at the beginning of Kirito and Asuna's epic adventure--on the very first level of the deadly world of Aincrad!

For Twelve Years, The Virtual World Of Yggdrasil Has Served As The Playground And Battlefield For The Skeletal Lord Momonga And His Guild Of Fellow Monsters, Ainz Ooal Gown. But The Guild's Glory Days Are Over, And The Game Is Shutting Down Permanently. When Momonga Logs In One Last Time Just To Be There When The Servers Go Dark, Something Happens--and Suddenly, Fantasy Is Reality. A Rogues' Gallery Of Fanatically Devoted Npcs Is Ready To Obey His Every Order, But The World Momonga Now Inhabits Is Not The One He Remembers. The Game May Be Over, But The Epic Tale Of Ainz Ooal Gown Is Only Beginning...

GRAY-OUTGray’s old training companion Reitei Lyon is trying to revive a calamity demon, but doing so will make their former master’s sacrifice meaningless! What’s the secret of Gray’s past, and why does he keep taking off his clothing? Gray is revealed (metaphorically speaking) in this pivotal volume!

Alle soglie dei quindici anni il nobile Oz Vessalius trova uno strano orologio da taschino e, toccandolo, viene catapultato in un sogno delirante in cui una misteriosa ragazza lo minaccia di morte. Tornato in sé, il ragazzo dimentica l’accaduto e si concentra sulla propria cerimonia di passaggio all’età adulta... Peccato che sul più bello il grande orologio del palazzo, fermo da cent’anni, si rimetta in moto, segnalando così la venuta del leggendario “prescelto”: la vita tranquilla di Oz sta per trasformarsi in un’oscura spirale di sangue! La sua stessa esistenza, a quanto pare, è un peccato che va purificato, e la salvezza è legata a un patto oscuro..

In this fantastical second series installment by New York Times best-selling author Julie Kagawa, a wish was made and a sword of rage and lightning was forged, one thousand years ago. Kamigoroshi. The Godslayer. A weapon powerful enough to seal away the formidable demon Hakaimono.Now he has broken free.Kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko has one task: take her piece of the ancient and powerful Scroll of a Thousand Prayers to the Steel Feather temple in order to prevent the summoning of the great Kami Dragon, who will grant one wish to whomever holds the scroll. But she has a new enemy now, more dangerous than any she has yet faced. The demon Hakaimono is free at last, and he has possessed the very person Yumeko trusted to protect her—Kage Tatsumi of the Shadow Clan.Hakaimono has one goal: break the curse of the sword and set himself free to rain chaos and destruction over the land forevermore. To do so, he will need the scroll. And Yumeko is the only one standing in his way.Books in the Shadow of the Fox trilogy:Shadow of the Fox Soul of the Sword Night of the Dragon

Jack Fletcher Is On The Run With No Sensei To Guide Him, He Has Just His Wits And His Swords Against Many New And Unknown Enemies, As He Journeys Along The Treacherous Road To The Port Of Nagasaki And Perhaps Home... But The Shogun's Samurai Are Hot On His Trail. Barely Escaping Their Clutches, Jack Runs Headlong Into A Trap. Kidnapped By Ninja And Led To Their Village Deep In The Mountains, Jack Has No Means Of Escape. The Only Question Is Who Will Kill Him First - The Ninja Or Samurai?

IT'S A GAME OF LIFE AND DEATH BETWEEN THE GAMER SIBLINGS AND A GOD! Subsequent to the eternal Great War, Disboard-the world where everything is decided by games and wagers rather than violence-is born. But winners still trample losers, and the victims pile up. A young Shrine Maiden laughs at how nothing has changed... Sora and Shiro agree to a dice game in which the number of dice you have is determined by your age, but in a contest where all the players are pitted against one another and death hangs in the balance, will the sibling gamers survive or lose everything-including their lives?

Travel back to the mystical Universe of the Four Gods in this prequel to hit the hit series Fushigi Yugi!When schoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father's translation of The Universe of the Four Gods, she is instead sucked into the story, becoming the Priestess of Genbu in an epic journey to find the seven Celestial Warriors!In the midst of a heated battle, Takiko is transported back to her own world. There, all the problems she escaped through her father's book are waiting for her: her mother's funeral, her father's disapproval, and her reunion with Mr. Ohsugi, her first love. But with the wisdom and strength she's found as the Priestess of Genbu, Takiko knows what she has to do. And when she discovers that the wishes of the Priestess really do have power in her world, she realizes that she must find a way to return to the Universe of the Four Gods!

Welcomed Into The Arms Of The Giou Clan And The Zweilt, Yuki Reaches Out To His Comrades Even As He Is Drawn Into Their War With The Darkness. But The Demonic Duras Continue To Spread Their Malevolence Around Yuki, And The Members Of His New Family Are Not Impervious Either, As One Of Their Own Vanishes Without A Trace And Yet Another Is Cornered By A Sudden Ambush. In The Zweilt, Yuki May Well Have Found The Long-sought-after Place He Belongs, But The Enemy Seems Intent On Stealing It Out Of His Grasp Forever. And When The Shadowy Figure Of Reiga, The Nemesis Of The Giou, Finally Steps Into The Light, Will Yuki Find Himself Utterly Alone, Crushed By The Weight Of The Truth?