Two years after Lordlake was razed by her Sun Rune, Queen Arshtat dispatches her son the Prince, her sister Sialeeds, and their royal bodyguards Lyon and Georg Prime to inspect the state of the ruined town. The Prince sees the grim state of the dried-up town and report on it, but Arshtat scorns this; she declares that Lordlake's citizens deserve their desolation for stealing the Dawn Rune. Arshtat's husband Ferid pulls her back to her senses, and she dismisses the inspection party with a whisper.

The next issue of contention is the Sacred Games for Princess Lymsleia's hand in marriage, being held somewhat early for the ten-year old Lymsleia. The two main contestants, both representing themselves with a champion, hail from rival noble houses: The foppish Euram Barows, and Sialeeds' former fiance, the charismatic Gizel Godwin. The royal family, however, favors the mysterious outsider Belcoot, as a neutral option less likely to cause strife; the Prince attempts to aid Belcoot quietly with Ferid's approval. However, Gizel successfully rigs the Games to his advantage, and his champion Childerich defeats a drugged Belcoot while the Barow's champion is disqualified.

However, Lord Marscal Godwin, Gizel's father, is less than impressed with Gizel's activities, thinking that he has made an enemy of the Prince and the royal family as a whole with his plotting. Additionally, the royal family took Zegai, the Barows champion, into their own personal custody, who could perhaps help reveal the Godwins cheating and offer an excuse to annul the engagement. Thus, the Godwins launch a preemptive attack at the engagement ceremony in Sol-Falena, Falena's capital. Arshtat and Ferid had anticipated and prepared for the attack, but not the involvement of the elite Nether Gate assassins, who overwhelm the palace's defenses. The struggle culminates in Arshtat and Ferid's deaths, while Lymsleia finds herself a captive. The Prince Ardil, Lyon, Georg, and Sialeeds are forced to flee.



Volume 2 Contains 2 Side Stories/Oneshots:
The Secret by Fujuu Mizuki (can be found in Suikoden 5 Anthology as the 14th story)
The Light that Falls in the Distance

From Chibi Manga: Ikenai Kiss O Shiyou She fell in love with an extremely handsome mysterious man. He turns out to be a trainee teacher?! Kinkyori Renai ~Bangaihen A secret romance between teacher and student. The only person who can take off his glasses is me. Pink No Idenshi Hanamitsu Shounen She saw her Chemistry teacher Fugiki Sensei kissing a married teacher in the music room and the heroic battle begins! Ecchii Houkago Kiken Na Katekyou The extremely “popular” tutor is here to teach Yu but...?! Mi Da Ra Choukyou Yu-Sensei came as a tutor. I’ll do what ever it takes for him to fall for me!

Summary from ANN: It is panic at the Kuron institute : a guinea-pig escaped. And not any guinea-pig : it is Elaine, a fourteen year old girl, endowed with immense powers. Her father, the professor Reed, tried on her an operation aiming at giving her a psychic force equivalent with that of a nuclear fission. Elaine has a twin sister, Diana, resulting from the same experimentation. Both developed an incredible mental force but Diana is a handicapped person, with a body entirely robotised whereas Elaine is a wild child, with an animal's nervous system. Together, they are the key of a discovery which would disrupt the world.

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From Village Idiot: I want to paint it red. Gengenji. A beautifully portrayed story about how emotion can truly warp one's true desires, and the lengths that they're willing to take to control them.

Tamaki Otoya is the last in a line of ancient summoners tasked to battle evil forces that threaten mankind. Burdened by his duty as a summoner, Tamaki has always found strength from his childhood friend, Asahi, with whom he has a deep, emotional bond. So when Asahi's friend is found out to be possessed by a demon, he awakens--as the one destined to exorcise demons out of tortured human souls.

Saikawa is a teacher at a fine-arts prep school. His colleague, Nashimoto, is a great guy and always stays by his side for him. Looking at Saikawa so depressed after holding his wedding yet breaking up even before submitting the marriage registration, Nasimoto instinctively gives him a kiss. Nashimoto who realized his feelings for Saikawa...!?

Hasumi from From Yesterday makes a cameo appearance as Saikawa's friend.

Included Oneshot "And the Rose Coloured Days"

From Nagareboshi Manga:
Himeno lives in Moonlight Tokyo City, a world different from ours; one in which there are illusionists, those who can conjure up things. One day, Himeno accidentally conjures up a human from our world!! How will they react to meeting someone so different from their own kind?

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Everything begins with an odd looking amulet lost by a stranger and picked up by ordinary high school girl Fujimi. Wrong. Actually, it begins with a new, haunting song, and goes on with a monster chase into the night.
What is the secret behind all this?

Kyotaro is just an ordinary guy trying to lead an ordinary high school life, despite the fact that he is the son of a yakuza boss. Then comes Kumiko, his half-sister he's never met before, who's looking for a man with a centipede tattoo who killed her loved ones in the past. Will Kumiko and Kyotaro be able to manage their family business? Will Kumiko ever find and take revenge on the man with the centipede tattoo? And will they be able to control their sexual urges for each other?

On that night, Yuki, teacher of the tuition class, fell in love at first sight with Nanagi, a bishounen with a unique air about him. Nanagi's sweet cuteness somehow also seems to hide an aura of danger...

Kei is a high-school student who is bullied on a daily basis...and his classmates, teachers and parents don't seem to care. Pushed to his limits by the endless pain and humiliation, he accepts a strange proposal put to him by his childhood friend Akira; committing suicide together in order to end this nightmare.
The attempt fails -- Kei surviving and Akira disappearing without a trace.

Months later, Kei stumbles upon "Over Bleed" - a website on street fighting. Several videos on this site feature a barely recognizable Akira, now going by the nickname "Bunen", easily flooring scores of skilled opponents. Depressed and sickened by his own helplessness, Kei comes up with a reckless plan to discover the truth about his friend -- making his way from fight to fight until Bunen grants him a one-on-one battle...

From MangaHelpers:

Gekibuno is a 4koma comedy centered around Kuramoto Souya, a new transfer student to the high school. Souya is the kid in the class that no one pays attention to. He has no personality, is always depressed, has no hobbies or is not involved in any extracurricular activities and is just plain boring. He wants to be different at this new school and start on a fresh plate but unfortunately life isn’t that easy and he goes back to his old self. Souya is coerced into joining the drama club, where the most colorful characters of the school reside. Will this drama club be able to transform Souya into a different person? [vyc]

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Kuramoto has just transferred to a new school, which has a Drama Club with a touch of mystery around it.

Kuramoto has a retiring personality, and he feels like his existence is barely noticed by others. He wants to change all this, so he joins the Drama Club.

But soon... he regrets! Commencement of a stupid comedy!

After 10 years of acting in after school muscials, Miwa Haruya finally gets his big break playing Akiyama Kei's younger brother in the newest Fuji TV drama. Haruya soon realizes that his admiration for Kei is evolving into something deeper. Will their relationship bear fruit or will an interfering older brother and a jealous co-star destroy their love before it even has a chance to start.

In order to take care of his younger brother, Nozomi runs the Gattendou (sort of a jack of all trades) convenient store. For his most recent job he'll be acting as the body double for a yakuza's son, therefore he'll be protected closely by a bodyguard. But the bodyguard, Kusaka Yamato, fervently pursues him all while claiming he loves Nozomi. Nozomi has always earned a living himself for his and his brothers sake, but perhaps it wouldnt be so bad to rely on others every so often.

From AnimeNewsNetwork: After having been attacked by an alien, saved by a girl, and having discovered that he has extraordinary powers, Shun Ukiya has had a hell of a first day of school. Realizing what this new power is all about is not his greatest concern, though, as there are more important things that threaten Earth.

"Garden" is a collection of Furuya Usamaru's “indie” shorts that were published in Comic Cue, Manga Erotics and GARO respectively. The title is obviously a reference to Hieronymus Bosch’s famous triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights, with the first story being a homage to said painting. The other stories range from absurd comedies to fantasy to horror. It’s a very eclectic mixture, but make no mistake: artistically, Garden might just be Furuya’s most accomplished work after The Music of Marie.

The pudding empire's home planet only has a lifespan left of one year. Thus, they aim to invade Earth and make it their own... but first they've got to wipe out those annoying humans who are currently inhabiting the planet. Planning an invasion turns out to be much easier said than done, especially when your human-killing monsters start having problems with morale, sickness, family issues, and so forth...