SEAN: As May starts to dwindle... oh, wait, it's Yen week. No dwindling allowed. But first, Airship. In print, we see Modern Dungeon Capture Starting with Broken Skills 2 and Reincarnated as a Sword 14. And early digital gives us Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! 9. Denpa Books
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