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Shigeo Kageyama, an eighth-grader known as Mob, discovered his immense psychic abilities early in life. Recognizing the inherent dangers of such power, he chose to suppress it, using his talents solely to woo Tsubomi, a girl he has long admired, though her interest quickly fades. Seeking guidance, Mob joins the agency of Arataka Reigen, a fraudulent psychic who manipulates Mob’s powers for small profits. This arrangement turns the exorcism of spirits into a routine part of his dull existence. Yet, the energy Mob releases is merely the surface; if his overwhelming emotions and latent potential go unchecked, they will trigger a catastrophic explosion that will transform him beyond recognition. The countdown to this explosion continues relentlessly, and halting it seems impossible.

Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama is growing up and gaining a deeper awareness of what it means to be a psychic with abilities that can deeply influence the lives of those around him. Together with his mentor Reigen Arataka, he continues to handle supernatural cases brought to them by clients—ranging from banishing malevolent spirits to investigating urban legends that frighten the townspeople. Although the nature of their work hasn't changed, Mob is no longer simply trailing behind Reigen without question. Carrying the memories of all he has endured as an extraordinarily powerful psychic, his encounters with the supernatural now carry greater significance. The atmosphere turns more grim and intense as the threats confronting Mob and Reigen become increasingly real and disturbing than any they have faced before.

Hailing from Ente Isla, the Demon Lord Satan commands vast demon armies to strike fear into mortals while conquering the land. However, his brutal quest to seize the continent is thwarted by the hero Emilia, forcing him to flee through a dimensional portal into the human world. Stranded in modern-day Tokyo alongside his loyal general Alsiel, the demon vows to return and complete his subjugation of Ente Isla, provided they can find a way back. Deprived of magic in a world where it does not exist, Satan assumes the human identity of Sadao Maou and takes a job at MgRonald's, a local fast-food restaurant, to survive. He soon discovers that conquering Ente Isla is no longer sufficient; instead, he becomes determined to climb the corporate ladder and establish himself as the ruler of Earth, one satisfied customer at a time. Through the eyes of this hapless demon lord, Hataraku Maou-sama! offers a hilarious perspective on the mundane realities of everyday life, whether dealing with part-time work, household chores, or simply managing to pay rent on time.

High school student Issei Hyoudou is a typical pervert who spends his days peeping on girls and fantasizing about having a harem. Things take a turn when a beautiful girl asks him out, only for her to reveal herself as a fallen angel and brutally murder him. But he gets a second chance when Rias Gremory, a beautiful senior and top-class devil, revives him as her servant and recruits him into the school's Occult Research club. Now adjusting to his new existence, Issei must train and fight to survive the violent world of angels and devils. Each adventure brings hilarious and risqué moments with his new comrades, all while keeping his secret life hidden from his friends and family in High School DxD.

After her recent breakup, popular high school student Momo Ayase shows kindness to socially awkward classmate Ken Takakura by defending him from his bullies. Takakura misinterprets her actions, assuming she is a new friend who shares his obsession with aliens and UFOs. In reality, Momo holds eccentric occult beliefs and firmly believes aliens are nonexistent. This discrepancy sparks a rivalry as both are determined to prove the other wrong. Despite their conflicting beliefs, Momo and Takakura forge an unexpected, intimate friendship through supernatural battles and bizarre encounters with urban legends and paranormal entities. As they develop unique superhuman abilities, they learn to cover each other's weaknesses, leading them to question whether their partnership is about more than just survival.

Issei Hyoudou, the high school pervert and future Harem King, finds his adventures continuing in High School DxD New. While the Occult Research Club goes about its usual routine, it becomes clear that something is amiss with their Knight, Yuuto Kiba, who has lost his usual composure and alertness. Issei soon uncovers the dark and bloody history of Kiba, linking it to the enigmatic Holy Swords. Once the victim of a cruel experiment, Kiba now desires vengeance against those who harmed him. With the return of a familiar foe and the arrival of two new beauties wielding Holy Swords, Issei and his Devil allies are once again dragged into a sinister scheme.

After surviving a global-scale crisis, Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama returns to face the more tiresome realities of his everyday life—starting with completing his school's anxiety-inducing career survey. At the same time, he keeps aiding his master Arataka Reigen and the office's newest member, Katsuya Serizawa, in handling their clients' paranormal troubles. While fulfilling these responsibilities, Mob strives to become more self-reliant in both his psychic abilities and personal affairs, while also attempting to strengthen his bonds with those around him. Yet fresh supernatural and everyday obstacles push Mob's emotional limits, compelling him to face the truths of his surroundings. As he pushes ahead on his journey toward growing up, Mob must work through his inner turmoil and let go of the innocence he has clung to for such a long time.

Ryuu Yamada started high school hoping for a fresh start and a more productive life. He chose Suzaku High so that no one would know about his violent delinquent past. But boredom quickly set in, and by his second year, Ryuu had reverted to his old ways—lazy, failing grades, and constantly fighting. One day, after another visit to the office, he runs into Urara Shiraishi, a beautiful honors student. A moment of clumsiness sends them both tumbling down the stairs, resulting in an accidental kiss! The two discover they can swap bodies with a kiss—a power that proves both convenient and troublesome. When student council officer and sole member of the Supernatural Studies Club, Toranosuke Miyamura, learns of their ability, he recruits them for the club. Joined by Miyabi Itou, an eccentric who is fascinated by all things supernatural, the group uncovers the legend of the Seven Witches of Suzaku High—seven female students who each possess a unique power activated by a kiss. The Supernatural Studies Club sets out on its first mission: to find all the witches.

As summer break arrives for the students of Kuoh Academy, the Red Dragon Emperor Issei Hyoudou and the Occult Research Club are back in action. Their battle against Issei's sworn enemy Vali and the Chaos Brigade made it evident just how inexperienced Rias Gremory's team is. To prepare for the trials ahead, Rias and Azazel lead the club through a rigorous training program in the Underworld. While the team gradually matures together, Issei once again finds himself in intimate situations with the girls of the Occult Research Club. Meanwhile, their opponents grow stronger and more numerous as they gather their forces. And with the sudden arrival of Loki, the Evil God of Norse Mythology, the stage is set for epic battles and fearsomely powerful devils in High School DxD BorN!

Koyomi Araragi has only recently recovered from a vampire assault and encountered multiple girls plagued by supernatural afflictions. On top of everything else, he wakes up one morning to find himself abducted and bound by his girlfriend Hitagi Senjougahara. Araragi's sister Karen has gotten into trouble with Deishuu Kaiki, a con artist who once swindled Senjougahara's family. Consequently, Senjougahara has trapped Araragi to protect him from the cunning Kaiki. Yet when Araragi receives a desperate message from Karen, he leaves to save her. Beyond Karen's predicament, Tsukihi, Araragi's other sister, is dealing with her own problems. And when two enigmatic women enter their lives, not even Araragi can foresee their real intentions or the devastating secrets about his family that are soon to be uncovered.

High school student Nanami Momozono is facing a string of troubles, starting with her absent father racking up so much debt that they lose everything. Left homeless and dejected, she encounters a man being harassed by a dog. After she helps him and shares her predicament, he surprisingly offers her his home as thanks. However, when she arrives and finds the place is a rundown shrine, she tries to leave, but is stopped by two shrine spirits and a fox familiar named Tomoe. They mistake her for the man she rescued—Mikage, the land god of the shrine. Realizing Mikage must have sent her as a replacement deity, Tomoe storms off, refusing to serve a human. Rather than return to homelessness, Nanami throws herself into her divine responsibilities. But to keep things running smoothly, she needs the assistance of a certain hot-tempered fox. In a clumsy attempt to find Tomoe, she gets into trouble and ends up forming a contract with him. Now the two must navigate the path of godhood together as deity and familiar, though it won't be easy—new dangers emerge in the form of a youkai who wants to devour her, a snake who wants to marry her, and Nanami's own unexpected feelings for her new familiar.

Oddities, apparitions, and deities keep appearing around Koyomi Araragi and his tight circle of companions: Tsubasa Hanekawa, the group's modest intellectual; Shinobu Oshino, the vampire with a fondness for doughnuts; athletic troublemaker Suruga Kanbaru; the bite-prone spirit Mayoi Hachikuji; Koyomi's sweet admirer Nadeko Sengoku; and Hitagi Senjougahara, Koyomi's eclectic girlfriend. A fresh term has started, and with graduation approaching, Koyomi must urgently decide his future path, the relationships he will nurture, and which friends he will rescue. However, as strange incidents begin to occur, Koyomi is missing, and in his absence, a vicious tiger oddity appears. Hanekawa becomes its target and quickly realizes she must defend herself.

Seiya Kanie is a smart and highly self-centered high school student who believes that the reserved beauty Isuzu Sento has invited him on a date to an amusement park named Amagi Brilliant Park. To his disappointment, the park is a rundown facility, and the supposed date was actually a recruitment tour where Sento and Princess Latifa Fleuranza, the park's owner, ask him to become its new manager. Their reason for desperation: under a land-use contract, Amagi has less than three months to reach a target of 500,000 guests, or the park will be permanently closed and the land taken over by a greedy real-estate company for redevelopment. Seiya is persuaded when he discovers Amagi is no ordinary amusement park—many of its employees are Maple Landers, mysterious magical beings living in the human world who draw energy from the enjoyment people experience. Entrusted with the hopes and dreams of this distant enchanted realm, Seiya must now apply his many abilities to restore Amagi to its former glory, or watch it fall apart.

Keima Katsuragi, known online as the legendary "God of Conquest," can conquer any girl's heart—but only in dating sim games. In real life, he shuns reality in favor of a two-dimensional world of gaming, being an obsessively devoted otaku of galge games (a type of Japanese video game centered on interactions with attractive girls). When he arrogantly accepts an anonymous offer to prove his superiority at dating sims, Keima is tricked into helping a naive and mischievous demon from hell named Elucia "Elsie" de Lute Ima with her mission: recapturing runaway evil spirits that have escaped from hell and scattered across the human world. Keima learns that the only way to catch these spirits is to conquer what he despises most: the unpredictable hearts of three-dimensional girls! Bound to Elsie by a deadly collar, Keima must now put his "God of Conquest" title to the ultimate test as he is forced to navigate through the hearts of numerous real-life girls.

Since childhood, Chihiro Furuya has been obsessed with zombies, dreaming of having an undead partner. His fascination becomes practical when his cat, Baabu, is hit by a car, prompting Chihiro to create a resurrection elixir in hopes of reviving the pet. While experimenting, he meets Rea Sanka, a wealthy girl who releases her frustrations about her oppressive home life by shouting into an abandoned well. After bonding with her, Rea encourages Chihiro to continue his work, and he eventually succeeds using poisonous hydrangeas from her family’s garden. Unaware that the potion works, Rea drinks it hoping to end her suffering, believing it will kill her. Instead, the potion’s magic interacts with a fatal accident, causing her to rise as a zombie. With Chihiro’s help, she tries to navigate her new existence. Though this might seem perfect for a boy seeking a zombie girlfriend, life in Sankarea becomes increasingly strange as Chihiro must manage Rea’s unusual new appetites and the unexpected consequences of her transformation.

High school sophomore Ayumu Aikawa ends up dead after investigating a suspicious house, then regains consciousness next to a strange girl in armor named Eucliwood Hellscythe. She reveals she is a necromancer who revived him, making him a zombie. Now immortal, Ayumu sets out to find his killer. While scouring a cemetery, he stumbles upon Haruna, a boisterous girl in a magical girl costume who is fighting a bear with a chainsaw. After she wins, she attempts to erase Ayumu's memory, but instead he drains her magical power. Robbed of her abilities, Haruna forces Ayumu to take over her job of hunting Megalo, dangerous beings that threaten the human world. The series follows the everyday mayhem of Ayumu, now a zombie, navigating an absurd new reality where the supernatural is simply routine.

Ishiyama High is an institution filled entirely with delinquents, where constant violence and a lack of law are standard. Despite this chaos, there is one rule everyone respects: do not provoke first-year student Tatsumi Oga, known as the school’s fiercest fighter. One day, while resting by a river, Oga finds a man drifting downstream. After pulling the man from the water, he splits open to reveal an infant who crawls onto Oga’s back and instantly bonds with him. Unaware of the truth, Oga has picked up Kaiser de Emperana Beelzebub IV, or "Baby Beel," the son of the Demon Lord. On top of being tasked with raising the future ruler of the underworld, Oga must deal with Hildegard, Beel’s demonic maid. Together, they try to care for the infant, but amidst a backdrop of violent juveniles and supernatural abilities, the job proves far more difficult than they expected.

Kuroshitsuji II turns its attention to Alois Trancy, the young heir to the Trancy earldom. While he now lives a life of privilege, his childhood was marked by darkness; after being kidnapped and enslaved, he was rescued and sent back home, only to watch his beloved father die soon after. Alois’s legitimacy and history are called into question by those who believe the Trancy household conceals sinister secrets. At the heart of this deception stands Claude Faustus, Alois’s supernatural butler dressed in black. As a web of lies envelops the mansion, the true nature of Claude’s connection to Alois is uncovered, and their bond is tested to the limit when hell arrives at their door.

After successfully rescuing his master, Rias Gremory, from the Dimensional Gap, Red Dragon Emperor and aspiring Harem King Issei Hyoudou can finally return to his normal high school routine alongside Occult Research Club members Yuuto Kiba, Asia Argento, Xenovia Quarta, and Irina Shidou. The group embarks on a school trip to Kyoto, but their visit to a temple is disrupted by an assault from local youkai. Following the skirmish, the club learns that the mythical nine-tailed fox protecting the city has been abducted and that they are falsely accused of the crime. Issei and his friends must fight to clear their names, save the trip, and protect the city from impending disaster. Meanwhile, Rias, who stayed behind in Tokyo with Akeno Himejima and Koneko Toujou, grows increasingly uneasy about leaving the perverted Issei alone with the other club girls. Beneath her vague anxiety lies a deeper question: what are the true feelings Rias has been struggling with for the past few months?

With the exorcism of Jin "Jiji" Enjouji's residence in progress, the operation goes awry. Momo Ayase barely escapes an abduction attempt, while Ken "Okarun" Takakura and Jiji fall victim to an ambush by the Kitou family, the eerie owners of the haunted property. The actions of this trio jeopardize the stability of a mysterious town steeped in legend. As Momo, Okarun, and Jiji plunge further into a labyrinth of folklore and supernatural beings, they must rely on their distinct abilities to survive and uncover the hidden truths of the bizarre community.

Sakura Minamoto aspired to be an idol, but her dreams were cut short when she died in a traffic accident. A decade later, she awakens in Saga Prefecture as a zombie with no recollection of her previous life. While grappling with her undead state, she encounters Koutarou Tatsumi, who reveals he has resurrected her and six other zombie girls from various time periods. His goal is to boost Saga’s economy through the formation of an idol group. Taking on the role of a harsh manager, Koutarou organizes their schedule, and the girls eventually christen their group Franchouchou. This wildly comedic series follows Franchouchou’s heartfelt effort to revitalize Saga Prefecture while concealing their zombie nature and piecing together their forgotten histories.

Ririchiyo Shirakiin, the coddled daughter of a distinguished family, has lived her whole life as a weak and dependent girl. Wanting to escape her overprotected existence, she strives for self-reliance, but her abrasive way of talking and lack of social skills create obstacles. Following advice from a childhood friend, she takes up residence at Maison de Ayakashi, a secluded apartment complex with tight security that houses a variety of eccentric tenants. Ririchiyo soon discovers these odd residents are more than just peculiar; she and her neighbors are all half-human, half-youkai hybrids. Her difficulties intensify when she is assigned a Secret Service agent as a requirement for living there. Her partner, Soushi Miketsukami, is attractive and quiet but excessively clingy and disturbingly obedient. As she deals with high school life alongside Soushi and her strange supernatural neighbors, Ririchiyo faces a complicated path ahead.

After the hero Emilia Justinia defeated him, the former Demon Lord Satan of Ente Isla escaped to Earth and now lives quietly in Tokyo under the name Sadao Maou. He works as a top employee at a fast-food restaurant, supporting his ex-generals Alciel and Lucifer while diligently dodging run-ins with Emi Yusa, Emilia’s human alias, and the angels who keep an eye on her. That fragile balance shatters when a dimensional rift opens during an intense quarrel between Sadao and Emi, releasing a mysterious apple that holds a toddler named Alas Ramus. The child attaches herself to them, declaring them her parents. Their already precarious routine gets further rocked by the arrival of Archangel Gabriel, who brings grim news: he aims to seize both Alas Ramus and Emi’s holy sword, and warns that failure will bring about the world’s destruction. Refusing to accept that outcome, the former foes must put aside their rivalry and unite to protect those they hold dear.

Ougi Oshino, a strange new student, arrives at Naoetsu Private High School and is introduced to Koyomi Araragi by their mutual friend Kanbaru Suruga, who seeks advice about a peculiar discovery. Upon inspecting the school, Ougi spots a classroom that has materialized in a previously empty space, a location that shouldn't exist. Suspecting supernatural involvement, Araragi and Ougi investigate the mystery. After being trapped inside with Ougi, Araragi realizes the room contains the memories of an event he had long forgotten.