A SISTER WAS ALL HE NEEDED...OR WAS IT? At long last, Itsuki and the gang are aware of the major identity crisis Chihiro has been facing. Having finally learned the truth, Itsuki seems to gladly accept it-and before long, he’s flirting with Nayuta while doting on Chihiro like a classic big brother. Between the success of All About My Little Sister’s anime adaptation and Itsuki’s fame at a convention in Taiwan, he’s enjoying the good life as an accomplished author. Meanwhile, Chihiro is about to experience a new story of her own...but is everything as rosy as it seems?

Itsuki Hashima is a novelist who's hopelessly enamored with the idea of little sisters and is constantly surrounded by colorful characters. A world class genius and love-guru who's beauty almost seems a waste on her. A girl who's constantly troubled by her friendships, love interests, and can't even find refuge in her dreams. A ridiculously talented illustrator. Each of them have as many problems and worries as the next and they never have a dull day together as they play games, travel, and work together. From the same author of the famous I Don't Have Many Friends, Yomi Hirasaka!

Nayuta Kani gets serious.Itsuki and his friends want to believe they would never let confessions of love affect their relationships with one another. But beneath the surface, confessions change everything...Matters of the heart can alter the flow of a story, sweeping other characters up in the tide. Itsuki’s anime project is also making waves, but rather than add a refreshing twist to his life, it threatens to swallow him whole. Meanwhile, on a distant shore, Puriketsu continues his search for the girl with the “ass of the millennium.” Little does he know that a new development is about to flood his well of inspiration...!

Writer versus artist!With Itsuki Hashima’s novel series All About My Little Sister being awarded both an anime and a manga adaptation, it’s full-steam ahead for his brand name! But Kaiko Mikuniyama, the artist selected by unanimous vote to handle the manga adaptation, has an unbelievable secret—one that develops into a full-fledged fracas that sucks in Puriketsu, Nayuta Kani, and even totally normal college student Miyako Shirakawa. Will Itsuki manage to rider the mixed-media wave and keep his sanity in the process? And are changes on the horizon for his relationship with Nayuta...?

Sister-obsessed author Itsuki Hashima is embroiled in a bitter struggle with his popular series Sisterly Combat. Between video games and mixed baths and cherry blossom viewing and making up excuses for his editor, he's slowly but surely making progress on his manuscript. Somehow, he and his unique collection of friends--Nayuta Kani, Puriketsu, Miyako Shirokawa, and his little brother Chihiro--manage to stumble through life together. And not only that, but his friend Haruto's series has finally gotten an anime!

The world now has its first sage in over a century! Luciel returns at last from his extended stay in the City in the Sky with wondrous powers in hand, and this displeases a very particular faction within the Church of Saint Shurule. Red carpets were never the timid S-rank’s style, but an armed platoon isn’t exactly what he had in mind for his homecoming either. To make matters worse, just about everywhere Luciel turns is yet another plot in the making. Four months can really leave a guy out of the loop. Demons, amnesia, volatile rumors, doppelgängers in the empire—it seems like the entire world is out to get the ex-healer, but why? Is it all just a coincidental twist of fate? Or is there something more sinister at play?

This issue of The Ministry contains a complete record of the eight messages given during the 2006 International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones, held March 31--April 2, 2006 in Anaheim, California. The general subject of the training was "Taking the Shepherding Way to Preach the Gospel and Revive the Church." Three important matters in the ministry will bring in a genuine revival: the high peak of the divine revelation, the God-man living, and shepherding according to God. This third matter--shepherding according to God--is the subject of this entire volume. Shepherding touches the heart, burden, and concern of the ministry. Shortly before he passed away, Brother Lee wrote down six points that were intended for the Elders' Training of April 1997. These points which all relate to shepherding include: 1) not lording it over God's allotment, 2) be willing to be a slave to the saints, 3) humble yourself under the saints, 4) elders should shepherd one another and love one another to be a model of the Body-life, 5) take care of the saints in everything and in every way for the dispensing of Christ into them, and 6) contact and visit the saints and invite them to your homes for meals. May the Lord grant us grace to take the shepherding way to preach the gospel and revive the church. We also include reports concerning the Lord's move in Poland and in the Czech Republic.

Though Elaina’s journey alongside Fran may be drawing to a close, the two still have much to see and do together. On this leg of the trip, they will encounter a lovelorn mermaid and a lateblooming nomad, a troublesome face from Fran’s youth, a narrowminded novelist, sisters in search of a new home, a magician who lives in a castle in the sky, a demon lurking within the pages of a book, and so much more. Most every tale has its highs and lows, but this time around, Elaina will find herself in the hot seat as she’s grilled by many of the friends she’s made along the way! What could she have possibly done to earn their ire?!