Natsuaki-kun is aloof, handsome, and popular with the ladies...except to his friends, who know his aloofness is because he's shy and always in his own thoughts. Thoughts always occupied by his oddball classmate, Nashida-san...but try as he might, Natsuaki-kun can't ever seem to get up the courage to confess. Can he find a way to tell her how he feels?!
Honatsu just started her second year of high school, and already rumors are floating around that she's dating her childhood friend, Toma. While Honatsu isn't totally opposed to the idea, she's not sure what she feels for Toma can really be called love. But when aloof transfer student Shun Tachibana appears, the waters get even muddier... How does Shun connect to the past she can't remember? And can Honatsu decide what she truly wants, when her head and her heart are pulling her two different ways?
The year is 2016, and glitches found in humanity's past threaten the sustainability of its future. The Chaldea Security Organization-tasked with preserving human history for as long and as strongly as possible-has developed a new method of time travel to repair these events, stabilizing humanity's future. But when an unknown threat pushes mankind to the brink of extinction, young recruits Mash Kyrielight and Ritsuka Fujimaru find themselves at the helm of the rescue mission: Obtain the Holy Grail in a face off against fate itself... The official adaptation of the TYPE-MOON phenomenon that has become one of the most popular mobile games in the world!
The manga based on the acclaimed RPG, from the designers of gaming classics Final Fantasy V/VI/IX. Don't wait for Granblue Fantasy: Relink to return to the world of Granblue! Ever since his father left home, Gran has longed to search for Estalucia, the mystical island in the sky. Gran's adventure begins when he runs into Lyria, a mysterious girl being chased by the Imperial Army. Even though Gran perishes trying to save her, she uses her powers to resurrect him, and this incredible act binds their fates together! Now, Gran and his pal, Vyrn, must fight to protect Lyria...and to find their way to the end of the sky!
After guiding the infamous Tokyo Kissho Academy through a crash-course of his unique brand of life-lessons, a battered and bruised Eikichi Onizuka takes a well-deserved trip to his hometown of sorts, a typically quiet surfers paradise called Shonan. Unfortunately, with child neglect and ab*se becoming a global phenomenon the self-proclaimed GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) quickly finds himself back in the saddle for what he hopes is a painless two-week long field trip with some teens in need. And while Onizuka's curriculum may not rely on the reading, writing and arithmetic that is common in most classrooms, he has more than a few good lessons in personal development, fisticuffs and fun to teach a new generation of trouble teens.
Meet Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old virgin and ex-biker. He's crude, foul-mouthed, and has a split-second temper. His goal: to be the Greatest High School Teacher in the world! Onizuka may think he's the toughest guy on campus, but when he meets his class full of bullies, blackmailers and scheming sadists, he'll have to prove it. This content is from a former localization of this work and may contain phrases or scenes which were and are still offensive. Rather than omit this content, we have decided to present it in its original form to harbor conversation and growth among the community. Kodansha remains committed to the distribution of compelling stories worldwide, which serve as a lens through which we may view various communities.
After the funeral, Natsumi reluctantly agrees to date her sister's fiance Togo. But as their relationship develops with the passing seasons, Haru's memory lingers over them like a curse. Asuka Konishi's English-language debut is a nuanced and affecting portrait of the conflict between romantic and familial love, and of the hard choices that face us all in making our lives our own.
Not everyone wishes for a peaceful afterlife... least of all Bonzo Scalobania, whose dearest wish is to find a case for a skeleton detective like him to solve! Along with his unreliable assistant, Vampy Vinegret, and zombie frenemy/bounty hunter Nero Lichman, Bonzo swears to solve the problems of Limbo City! But does it still count if the problems he's solving are ones of his and his friends' own making?? A wacky, weird, heartwarming tale for the undead in us all.
After the death of her best friend, Mika is determined to follow her into the grave. But her suicide attempt introduces her to a world unlike any she's ever seen...full of gods and spirits and entities of which she could never have dreamed. But even with this world of wonder, can she find a way out of her sorrow? Warning: This volume contains depictions of suicide attempts and suicidal ideation. If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts or feelings, you are not alone, and there is help. Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or go to suicidepreventionlifeline.org. For international help visit findahelpline.com.
Go back to where it all began! At long last, the one-volume story that birthed the global BL anime and manga phenomenon Hitorijime My Hero arrives in English in print! "EITHER YOU LET ME MAKE LOVE TO YOU, OR WE END OUR FRIENDSHIP AGAIN. WHAT'S IT GONNA BE?" Before Masahiro and Kousuke's whirlwind romance in Hitorijime My Hero, there was Hitorijime Boyfriend- and now, the origin of one of manga's biggest franchises is finally revealed! Back in sixth grade, Kensuke had a falling out with his best friend Hasekura that still hurts three years later. Then, one day, Hasekura's suddenly back in Kensuke's life like nothing happened. What, exactly, is going on? And what will Kensuke do when Hasekura wants to take things to a whole other level...?
Ever since Uta opened up to her during their getaway, Kaoru finds it more and more difficult to face her. Knowing full well why Kaoru's been evasive, Uta finds ways to keep busy at school, at work, and with her friends. But before Kaoru can figure out how to move forward, Uta and Reiichi's mother returns to Japan-and soon, Uta might be whisked away for good.
A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers her identity as aromantic asexual. A complete story in a single volume, from the creator of Mine-kun is Asexual. When it comes to love, high schooler Chika wonders if she might be an alien. She's never fallen for or even had a crush on anyone, and she has no desire for physical intimacy. Her friends tell her that she just "hasn't met the one yet," but Chika has doubts... It's only when Chika enters college and meets peers like herself that she realizes there's a word for what she feels inside--asexual--and she's not the only one. After years of wondering if love was the answer, Chika realizes that the answer she long sought may not exist at all--and that that's perfectly normal.
A CHILDHOOD IN THE UNDERWORLD Minato's tiny apartment might as well be on a deserted island. Despite being in elementary school, it falls on his shoulders to care for his little sister Nagisa, who never stops asking when their mother will make one of her infrequent visits home. One day when she stops by, their mother takes them to an amusement park, only to give Minato some cash and leave them on the Ferris wheel. However, as they reach the top of the ride, lightning strikes their car- but what Minato finds when he awakens is not the grim tragedy he expected...
"I bought you." Theirs is a strategic marriage, but he's stealing her heart and body!
Madoka marries Touma, the young CEO of Futafuji Trading Company, in order to save her father's company. The night after the party when they announced their engagement, Touma tells her that he plans on taking her to bed every night until she gets pregnant so that she can give birth to his heir. She tries to reject him, but he says, "Is that all your resolve is worth?" Agitated, Madoka makes up her mind.
Yet, despite theirs being a loveless strategic marriage, Touma's hands are gentle when he touches her...
Mizuha's 17th birthday is the pits. Her parents totally forgot, and the sempai she likes isn't interested in her. But when her longtime childhood friend asks her out, Mizuha has to sort out what this change in relationship could mean. And her feelings may not be the only ones changing...! A brand-new school love story from the author of I Fell in Love After School!
Life as a lady can be tough, but life IN a lady is that much tougher. From periods to pregnancies, it can be an emotional ride...especially when you're the size of a cell. Thankfully, Macrophage, Killer T, Helper T, and White Blood Cell are joined by a host of hard-working allies equipped to deal with the daily struggles of lady life in this female-focused spin-off of Cells at Work!
Bacteria are in all our bodies...good bacteria, bad bacteria, and everything in between! But this time, the bacteria are on a mission...to help their teenage host confess to her crush! Will they be able to protect her health?
Ever wonder who's keeping your body safe? The fantastic, fierce White Blood Cells, of course! Follow these feisty fellows on their journey to eliminate everything that could make you sick!
After being dumped by her boyfriend, Koyori went to her longtime friend Hijiri's house to drink away her sorrow...and ended up spending the night with him! Not only that, he tells her he loves her-and she's not sure how to reconcile the new development with someone she's known since they were kids. After all, the stakes are high-if things don't work out, she'll hurt one of her closest friends. And to make matters worse, her ex wants to patch things up...? Koyori needs to figure out what she wants, before she loses it all.
Ritsuka, a Master from Chaldea, suddenly loses consciousness and finds herself whisked away to Shimousa Province in Edo-era Japan. But it soon becomes clear she's not in her own timeline...and neither is her companion, a woman called Miyamoto Musashi. Together, they must defeat the Seven Heroic Spirit Swordmasters, a group of fearsome cursed warriors who will stop at nothing until every living thing on the planet is dead.
On a whim, Shina decides to paint his nails with his sister's nail polish. Seeing the beautiful sky-blue color on his nails makes his heart pound, but he's worried that it's weird how into his sister's stuff he is... so, he confides in his classmate, Shibuya. After talking to Shina, Shibuya developed an interest in cross-dressing videos. Confused by their feelings, the two boys find themselves painted in sky-blue confusion in a rose-colored romance.
Your cuteness is to blame. I'd like to show you just how much I like you. Until daybreak.
It was supposed to be a political marriage, but the king's adoration knows no bounds! A fantasy story of an adult's rebirth in a different world, ready for a fresh
"I am the only one allowed to leave you with scars."
Waking up in a Chinese-inspired alternate world?! One day, Miyuki suddenly finds herself reincarnated as the beloved heroine of a novel she adored in life. As Shinsetsu, she marries Rensei, a king from a foreign land, but she is immediately told that an heir is needed, leaving her no time to settle in! The king's love grows stronger day by day, and with sweet, straightforward words, he melts her heart. At the same time, her innocent body slowly takes on a more alluring hue...
Andrea, who works for a Greek travel agency, becomes friends with Stavros, a millionaire, after trouble arises on a tour she'd planned. She soon develops a crush, but Stavros is way out of her league. Not to mention she has her own reasons to avoid love. Andrea tries to keep her distance, but she instead ignites a fire in Stavros's heart. He asks her to travel with him for a weekend, so she can judge if he is worthy of being her lover... Andrea knows what her answer is, but she doesn't have the courage to tell him yet...
Katy receives a startling confession from her late sister's husband, Adam. He's planning to use the frozen eggs her sister left behind to have a baby, so Katy offers to be his surrogate. She doesn't want Adam to be the only one making decisions for this unborn child. Especially after her wealthy and handsome brother-in-law had separated her sister from her family in the past. Katy feels confident in her decision...until she succumbs to her brother-in-law's charms...
After the death of her father, Callie, a cleaning lady, decides to take a dream trip to Italy. When handsome Luca asks her out at a hotel in Amalfi, she is almost swayed by his charms. However, she's nearly out of money and knows her fantasy is over soon. To stay in the country longer, Callie begins working in a lemon grove, and by chance she meets Luca again. Callie succumbs to his charms this time, unaware that he is an archduke and needs a wife and child as soon as possible to fulfill his obligations...
Nicola's boss, Lang, is a stubborn, arrogant and extremely handsome playboy. Whenever he loses interest in a lover, he sends her a red rose as a sign of farewell to get rid of her. It is always his secretary, Nicola, who arranges the flowers. But even though she knows he's a player, Nicola is attracted to him because of his wild charm. Suddenly, her younger sister comes to live with her. She is a beautiful, sexy blonde, just the type Lang likes. Soon Nicola's heart is racing with jealousy...
Rosalie is offered a big opportunity to work for Kingsley Ward, whom she met at a party. He is a well-known entrepreneur and a man of radiant charm. She is flattered that he went out of his way to meet her specifically. Despite her delight at this dream job, Rosalie's heart sinks when she realizes Kingsley reminds her of her horrible ex-boyfriend. She tells herself to focus on her job, but soon she's at the mercy of this handsome and sexy man...
Holly bids twenty thousand dollars at a bachelor auction on Eric, the vice president of Alden Trust Bank. She'd never planned on it, but Eric specifically asks her to! Holly is surprised that Eric would choose her over all the upper-class women attending the event. But Holly is Eric's sister's best friend and the only one who isn't chasing him for marriage! However, a reporter catches them off guard, and soon they're committed to completing ten dates...
Lydia discovers that she was used as collateral for a loan by her missing father. In exchange for the huge debt her father incurred, she's supposed to marry Raul, the arrogant millionaire who once insulted her. He looks at Lydia with the same cool eyes as before and proposes a contractual marriage for two years, threatening to seize her beloved grandmother's house if she does not accept. When Lydia accepts his terms, Raul takes her to Madrid and kisses her passionately in front of the media, publicizing their marriage!
Gabriella starts a new job as a nurse in a hospital in rural England. After a breakup and the loss of her beloved grandmother, she's arrived in search of a new life. The staff are all excellent and pleasant, except for one person-Ethan, the director. His strong sense of responsibility makes him seem strict, but Gabriella soon notices Ethan's hidden kindness and gradually becomes attracted to him. Then one day, Gabriella hears an awful rumor that he once dumped his fiancee just before their wedding...
Jane moves with her son to a run-down old house to enjoy the country life she has always longed for. However, there is a rumor that the house is haunted... She doesn't mind at all, but one night a stranger shows up. His name is Zachary, and he says and does a lot of strange things. But even more bothersome is that he looks exactly like an old portrait hanging in her house. He claims to be the man in the portrait... But that would mean he's more than a hundred years old!
Akari couldn't think less of her school's karate champ, Abe-kun, despite him being the national champion. He's giant, uncouth, and couldn't be more different than her sweet angel and childhood friend, Takuto. But when Abe-kun injures his arm protecting her, she takes it upon herself to get him healed-after all, the school's pride is at stake-but finds the tables suddenly turned when he confesses to her! Now she's the goal he's aiming for, and she'll soon find out how driven a national champion can be!
Eijun Sawamura had his heart set on the middle-school national baseball championships. But his team is eliminated thanks to a wild pitch thrown by Eijun himself. He's planning to go to high school with his teammates and try again next year when he's scouted by the famous Seido High School Baseball team. When he goes for a campus visit, he finds himself on the receiving end of a baptism by fire! His experience forming a battery with up-and-coming catcher Miyuki rekindles his passion for baseball!!
"You're a scumbag!", said Kelsey to the Falconer, one of the world's leading real estate magnates. Falconer has Kelsey's father invest all of his money, which he says led to the latter's bankruptcy. Kelsey can never forgive him! Unable to stand by the sight of her father in his weakened state, Kelsey stormed into Falconer's Japanese office. But Falconer calmly brushes off Kelsey's accusations. "I'm sorry, I can't remember your name. I don't remember all the women in my past," he says and silences Kelsey with a kiss on her lips!
Rosemary, who is raising her late brother and sister-in-law's child, receives news from her late sister-in-law's brother, billionaire Nicholas. Why does he want to see her now while he didn't even show up at his sister's funeral? He looks at Rosemary with eyes as cold as the Dark Lord's and declares that he will take the child, his blood relative and only heir. But Rosemary doesn't want to give the child to a man who thinks only about money. Rosemary refuses, but Nicholas tells her that he will hire her as a nanny as long as she promises not to marry or fall in love with anyone until the child has grown up.
Miranda is tired of being pushed around by her family in the glamorous world of show business and being chased by the media at all hours of the day in London. Out of concern for her, Leandro, a close friend of her brothers's, asks her to help him organize the artworks in the mansion he left behind in the south of France. While thanking him for his invitation and spending an intimate time alone with him at the seaside mansion, she is upset to realize that she has developed passionate feelings for him, whom she had a crush for when she was a child. But because of a promise she made to her late boyfriend when she was sixteen, she can never fall in love again...!
A man comes to Joey's hair salon just before closing time. When Nick, a man who shows up the next day, invites her to dinner, Joey feels a crush. But she can't, she's not in the mood for that. Because she has issues concerning her daughter and her deceased father. Suddenly, the brother of her late husband comes to visit and wants to take his niece. The opponent is a American elite. There is no chance for her to win. Then Joey finds out that Nick is a sergeant and asks him to be her fiance. He gladly accepts, but...?
Helen is ostracized from social circles because of her relatives. While attending a ball in London, she is rescued by a stranger when she is almost kidnapped by thugs. The man is so tall and handsome, a lovely gentleman. A sudden change in the weather forces them to spend the night in a cabin they find by chance, but they part without revealing their true identities. But who would have thought that Martin, the next Earl of Merton whom she meets again at a dinner party, is the one who saved her? But she has to put his infatuation to rest because she believes she's not worthy of him!
Darcy's life is continually swept away by his arrogant father. Her mother isn't with her. She divorced her father and left with only Darcy's sister. Betrayed by the only lover she has ever shared love with, she experiences a cruel breakup. She thinks that no one has ever loved her. But when her father dies, everything changes. First is her reconciliation with her sister. Then, her father put his vast inheritance in trust for his former lover Curt, who is also a wealthy rancher. She is still unwilling to forgive him for his betrayal. But somewhere in her heart, Darcy, who is already exhausted in body and soul, is glad to see him again...?
"Why is he always looking at me like that?" Holly, a librarian, is puzzled by the hot glare of Craig, her new colleague. She thinks a handsome man like Craig is supposed to have no shortage of women. When Holly asks him why, Craig says that although he has lost his memory in a car accident, he has a strong sense of dej? vu with Holly. Holly is almost drawn to his lonely eyes, partly out of pity, but she keeps those feelings close to her heart. Because she, too, has a deep darkness in her heart and a reason why she should not be attracted to any men named Craig.