After hearing how much time Goblin Slayer has been spending with Arc Mage, Cow Girl finds herself becoming shy and awkward around him once again. Meanwhile, Spearman and Witch go on their first “date” together, thanks to Guild Girl’s introduction, only to run into a creature even deadlier than the warlock they expected to encounter! Finally, Goblin Slayer and Arc Mage make their way to a dark tower at the distant reaches of the world...that has become an enormous goblin den?!! From afar, the clacks of rolling dice resound...

With the battle in full swing, who's better prepared for the foes they face...? Read the next chapter of Goblin Slayer Side Story: Year One the same day as Japan!

Goblin Slayer and Arc Mage continue their goblin research with a dissection, which provides both useful information and tantalizing theories. Meanwhile, Rookie Warrior heads into an abandoned mine with a gaggle of inexperienced but fearless adventurers-can he protect this newly formed party from ending up like his last one when they come under attack from an unexpected and deadly threat?! And the women in Goblin Slayer's life show some concern about all the time he's spending with Arc Mage...

The Goblin Slayer reunites with a survivor from his destroyed village -- will this unexpected run-in change his motivations!? Read the next chapter of Goblin Slayer Side Story: Year One the same time as it's released in Japan!

Three days after his sister's death, he finally regained the will to move. In the aftermath of a goblin raid, a lone boy mourns the loss of his village, his family... Five years later, that same boy visits a city on the frontier and becomes an adventurer. Despite being the lowest rank and wholly inexperienced, the young adventurer immediately accepts a quest and sets out alone to raid a goblin lair. His mind already burning with a clear vision of his calling, the legend of Goblin Slayer begins!

After his sister is brutally murdered during a goblin raid, a young boy swears vengeance upon the creatures who killed her and the rest of his village. Five years later and now a novice adventurer, he is by chance reunited with his childhood friend, another survivor of the massacre. Despite his inexperience, crude battle gear, and low rank, the boy sets off alone on a mission to defeat a lair of goblins--thus begins the origin story of how he came to be known as Goblin Slayer!

For the sake of his fallen party member, Rookie Warrior puts his life on the line in the fierce battle against the Rock Eater. Meanwhile, as the rain pours down on a small village in the foothills, thunder and pale-blue light rend the evening sky to shreds, and a certain young adventurer kills goblins one by one. Who knows what perils lie in wait for him there...