The new girls of the Tamers Committee are coming into their own as monster caretakers, yet the monsters remain ever mysterious. As Ion and her friends explore the touching personal stories behind human-monster relations, can looking to the past pave a way for the future? Find out in this final volume of Monster Tamer Girls!

Majima Takahiro welcomes his former assailant, now given the name Gerbera, as his third servant. With Lily and Rose still recovering from their ferocious battle, Takahiro begins exploring the forest alone with Gerbera in hopes of finding more monster companions. But he has a mountain of problems weighing on his shoulders, from ensuring the safety of his group to improving the strained relationship between Rose and Gerbera. Not to mention he still hasn’t figured out his own relationship with the human Katou. On top of all that, now Takahiro has to decide whether to change course toward a potential human presence Gerbera informed him of or continue struggling through the dense and dangerous forest in this unfamiliar world.

When giant monsters roam the earth, "wildlife care" takes on a whole new meaning. That's where the Tamers come in--girls trained to soothe the savage beasts. But while co-existence is a way of life, it's still a little overwhelming for meek Ion Hidaka. Can she handle being one of the newest members of the Tatara Girls' Academy Tamers Committee? The monsters seem to think so!

After saving Lily from the Mad Beast and parting ways with the Skanda on good terms, Takahiro’s party once more aims for Shiran’s hometown in Aker, seeking a quiet place to live in peace. But first they must find a new vehicle for the more conspicuous members to hide in. They split into two groups; one group goes to find transportation while the other remains hidden. Seeing this as an opportunity, Mana strikes up a plan to get Takahiro to go on a date with Rose while they’re in town. Meanwhile, a strange mist closes in on the others waiting back at camp... As for Iino, she returns to the exploration team with news of the traitor within their ranks. She also relays what she knows about the potentially intentional misinformation the imperial nobility is spreading. With this knowledge, the strongest cheaters in the world plot their next move.

A giant army of monsters suddenly attacks Fort Tilia. Among all the chaos and death, Takahiro and Lily must decide whether to reveal their secret, and invite suspicions that they were behind the entire attack. But if they don’t act, their new friends in the fortress will be in danger! Meanwhile, the cheaters of the exploration team, Juumonji Tatsuya and Watanabe Yoshiki, prepare a counteroffensive plan to repel the invaders alongside the army. However, at the final hour, the unimaginable happens. None can peel their eyes from this development!

GACHA CAN BE A REAL PAIN IN THE NECK! Luna is the catalyst that brought Heihachi into a new world. He's a Luna lunatic, if you will. And after overcoming gacha hell itself, he finally welcomes her into his party. Initially, she refuses to go on adventures and locks herself up in the house, but somehow he manages to lure Luna out and witness her power firsthand—! How can such a little vampire have so much power... but so little energy?!

THE SEARCH FOR LOVE IS ON!A fey mood strikes Freya, sparking a new quest to find her Odr, the one destined to stand forever by her side. Naturally, her followers are against it. They remember all too well the disaster that her last adventure turned out to be. Unfortunately for them, such a minor setback has never been enough to stop the goddess of beauty from following wherever her heart leads—which, this time, happens to be the sandy dunes of Kaios. Freya is eager to spread her wings to see what discoveries this new land has to offer, even as her familia frantically searches for her, no matter the cost...!

A room bathed in crimson red blood, the air choked with the smell of iron, and a shattered skull atop a dead adventurers corpse... Thanks to Aiz and crew, the tumultuous events of Monsterphilia ended without incident, and they were finally able to relax-but only for a moment. Soon, they find themselves embroiled in a suspicious case of murder. As they begin to investigate, the ladies soon realize that they're getting involved with a killer that's more horrifying than they thought. "What, is this...?" In the midst of all this, they find a mysterious jewel that may connect to everything else. These events taking place above and below the surface will rock Orario to its core as the darkness lurking in the city bursts forth!

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