Full Metal Panic! Short Stories: Collector's Edition 3

Full Metal Panic! Short Stories #7-9

by Shouji Gatou, Shikidouji (Illustrator), Elizabeth Elizabeth Ellis (translator)

Contains the Complete Volumes 7-9!Untenable Seventh Heaven Feeling?Sagara Sousuke is finally getting comfortable with his life in Tokyo, but he never fails to find a little slice of hell! This time around, he has to rescue a delinquent double agent and interrupt a late-night hot pot party to foil robbers!Unflappable Eight Ball Angle?Nothing has tested Sousuke’s mind like school. His latest challenges include diving head-first into a fantasy MMORPG, impersonating a celebrity, and attempting to lead his class to victory against a wily culture festival rival. Unavoidable Nine-Day Wonder?One day, Sousuke’s mastering airsoft guns to battle the school’s survival game club. The next, he’s defending a convention of adorable mascots from a horde of angry hooligans! Will Sousuke’s “normal life” add up to nothing more than a flash in the pan?

442 pages, Hardcover

Published August 7, 2025

About the author

Shoji Gatoh ( 賀東招二), born on July 11, 1971, is a Japanese author from Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He is best known for the creation of the Full Metal Panic! series that included light novels, manga and anime. He is not only an author but also an anime scenarist, for example "The Day of Sagittarius" of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and three episodes of Lucky Star.

Reviews

[WinterBat · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars

Of the 3 omnibuses, probably this one is weakest, and of the 3 light novels combined in this omnibus, probably liked volume 7 the least (and probably of the whole series).