Yes, I know that's not what the cover says
Itten Seiji is a murderer. When he was seventeen years old he witnessed his mother physically abusing his younger sister, and in an impulsive rage he stabbed his mother in the back with a knife, killing her instantly.
Ten years later, after being released from prison, Seiji's past crime comes back to haunt him as he is constantly rejected at job interviews because of his history. And then, in a final moment of irony or karmic justice, he is hunted down by a masked vigilante and stabbed to death.
But things take a turn for the literal bright side when Seiji wakes up after death in a white void. In this strange, in between realm he meets an angel who offers him a second chance at life. After only a brief moment of hesitation, Seiji accepts her offer and is sent to a new, reincarnated body in a world of swords and sorcery. Seiji is determined to make the most of this miraculous do-over, but will it really be that easy for him to escape his past once and for all?
Cover art by Genevieve Atwater
All HSBA series art by Genevieve Atwater
Higasaki Haruto is a normal Japanese high school student, which makes him pretty abnormal at his new school in New York City, where his family just moved for work reasons. And his first day of school is not going well. Not only did he show up an hour early on accident, he also ran into a gorgeous girl who seems to hate his guts for some reason? Not a great start to the school year.
On top of that, the girl in question invited him to talk privately after school. What's that about? She seems to be keeping some sort of secret. And Haruto is too curious to not try to figure out what it is.
This isn't going to be good for his anxiety.
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