Buckle up. Sunday is Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival, so there might be some news concerning popular light novels from the publisher of Sword Art Online.

In the meantime, Dengeki has continued their three-month 2016 Super Thank You Fair. Now, while it's going to be difficult for international fans to participate in give-aways of magazine subscriptions, clearfiles and postcards, or see the book store displays, or take part in the ebook book club, they can appreciate the special Dengeki Heroine Celebration.

Through October, each month, four of the publisher's leading ladies feature in the Dengeki Water Gun.

Here, semi-interactive art shifts based on time of day, and is accompanied by a character introduction and artist's comment.

September's include

The Irregular at Magic High School - by light novel artist Kana Ishida

The Devil Is a Part-Timer! by light novel artist 029 (Oniku)

Seishun Buta Yarou by light novel artist Keiji Mizoguchi

Alderamin on the Sky

Last month's....

Sword Art Online's Asuna Dengeki says: Knights of the Blood Oat debuty lead. Kirito's lover. She's a virtuoso with the rapier, but also has a feminine side, seen with her MAXed out cooking skill. Illustrator abec says, Asuna is usually seen with a red and white Knights clan colors swimsuit, but here, she's in black (or indigo) so that the sheen of the water can be more easily spotted.

A Certain Magical Index

Dengeki says Index Librorum Prohibitorum , a young nun from Necessarius - Church of Necessary Evil, capable of storing 103,000 magical texts in her brain

Artist Kiyotaka Haimura likes the subtle charms and gets a chuckle out of the t-shirt

Eromanga Sensei's Sagiri Izumi

The sister and illustrator for light novel writer Masamune Izumi, known as Eromanga Sensei for her naughty work. A severe hikkikomori who never leaves her room.

Artist Hiro Kanzaki says, really? Sagiri is so withdrawn she would never go outside to get into water fight. It would have to be in some sort of virtual world.

Zero Kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho's Zero

The witch Zero doesn't like to sweat and prefers indoor endeavors, but is always up for trying out an invention like her gattling water gun. She's accompanied by her beast-man mercenary companion as a strap.

Kakeru Kobashiri says Zero is looking lively and competitive in her summer fun attire, then laughs at the strap.



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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.