Narumi Momose has had it rough: Every boyfriend she's had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she's gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: Why doesn't she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points.
After getting turned down by the guy she had a crush on for ages, Sakura thought things couldn't get much worse...until she realized that she had been seen! Embarassed, defeated, and exhausted, the only thing keeping her going was that she was about to meet her cute little step-brother...until it turns out that her "cute little brother" was not only a tall, handsome guy in her class, but he was the one who'd seen her get rejected! Now Sakura has to pretend everything is cool, but with an over-protective "little brother" who sees the best in Sakura, and an aloof crush who starts to take an interest, Sakura's high-school life will be anything but easy!
Sanagi loves nothing more than money-not even love. After all, it's what keeps her small family going. But when a chance encounter with a stranger leads her to push away his offer of riches, she wonders if she's gone crazy...and starts to believe she really has when he reveals that he's a Sheikh, and proposes to her! She rejects him, but soon finds out that a marriage with him might be the only way to keep her family safe...!
Join 11-year-old Yuzu at her animal hospital and meet her new fluffy friends! In an engaging and cutely-drawn comic, watch Yuzu navigate issues like bullying, animal care, and understanding illness and deaths of pets and family. For an 11-year-old, Yuzu has a lot on her plate. When her mom gets sick and has to be hospitalized, Yuzu goes to live with her uncle who runs the local animal hospital. Yuzu's always been scared of animals, but she tries to help out. The resident Chihuahua is tiny and adorable, but acts up whenever Yuzu comes near. The fluffy cats that see her a hiss. Yuzu just wants some peace and quiet, but what can she do?! Then an encounter with a boy and his dog turns fear into a desire to learn ... And as Yuzu works hard to understand her fuzzy friends, they begin to feel comfortable around each other. Through all the tough moments in her life, from her mother's illness to bullying at school, Yuzu realizes that she can help make things all right with a little help from her animal pals, peers, and kind grown-ups. Every new patient is a furry friend in the making! Perfect for aspiring pet vets of all ages!
"You're clenching on me... do you like it here?" Her stepbrother inserts his finger into her secret spot, spreading it wide open... he rubs all around inside of her. It's so hot and feels so warm, she's about to lose control! ?Yuika has been suffering from insomnia due to stress from work. After she hears that sleeping with a cuddle buddy might help her, she frets over whether or not she should get one. Just then, her stepbrother Ryo offers to sleep in the same bed. However, once he's under the covers, his hands slide down her panties...! He shouldn't be putting his hand there...! "You like it, don't you? You're so turned on." Naughty sounds come from under the sheets while he plays with her... he's about to make her climax!!
It's their final year of high school. Gaku's one-sided feelings for Haru, which he'd kept hidden all these years, have begun to stir. They'd been friends ever since high school began, and they thought that their relationship would never change. They would hang out with girls from another school, focus on studying for college entrance exams, and take a breather at the school festival... "I love you Haru." With the confession, their world would change. This is a year of a normal student life in which best friends who were always by each other's side become lovers.
"We're now in a world... where it's acceptable for dudes to fool around together, right?" A certain occurrence brings a college student Tatsuya to wander into a parallel universe along with his rival and inseparable (want it or not) friend Wataru. What a place! It was a world mirroring an academy-setting of a BL game! In order to return to his home world, the protagonist, Tatsuya, needs to land a happy ending with one of the main characters(sex!?). But to top it all off, Wataru is also thrown into the mix! Hearing moaning from the adjacent room at the dorm, Wataru catches Tatsuya in quite the arousing predicament. "They say it feels good if you rub them together," Wataru says, reaching out a hand. Stroking in unison, Tatsuya is faced with immense pleasure for the first time! Furthermore, other main characters approach Wataru one after another. Who will join him in his happy ending...? And, will he ever find his way back home!?
An ordinary high school boy that you could find anywhere, Rio, had his ordinary life suddenly turned upside down one day. As he was skipping class like usual to take a nap at the infirmary, the tight-laced math teacher, Mr. Shiramine, came in together with Shusei, a plain but beautiful male student. They then started having wild sex on the bed right next to him. The incredibly unusual, indecent scene unfolding right before his eyes made Rio both confused and aroused at the same time. Unable to get rid of the adult toy they had left behind, he ends up taking it home, wondering what to do with it. While the experience was something crazy enough to happen in a porn video, the whole thing left him feeling very flustered, when Shusei then called out to him, "Give that back!"
A love battle set in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force between an officer and an enlisted soldier!
Mamoru Yaotome discovered that the upperclassman in high school that he had always had a crush on, Shingo Akutagawa, had become an elite pilot after graduating from a military academy. Yaotome decided to follow in his footsteps by joining the Japan Air Self-Defense Force as a cadet and trained to be a mechanic. Even when they appeared on a matchmaking show on TV that was meant to promote the JASDF, he only had eyes for Akutagawa and paid no notice to the women around them. Despite the passionate gazes of love that Yaotome was constantly looking at him with, Akutagawa declared that he would never be able to return his feelings. Yaotome still wasn't discouraged, but he noticed a change in Akutagawa's behavior! However, there was a reason that Akutagawa could never accept his own feelings. This is a battle of love set in the Japan Air Self-Defence Force between a hot-and-cold officer and a puppy-like soldier!
One night, Kaito Hazama, the leader of the Yashiro Group, encounters a mysterious young man at a familiar bar. The young man, who immediately heads to the restroom without taking even a sip of bourbon, exhibits suspicious behavior and holds a small knife in his hand, its blade pointed at Kaito. He is a hitman sent by a rival gang to eliminate him. After leading him outside as if to care for him, Kaito starts questioning him in the neon-lit alley. "I like that you won't betray your boss," says Kaito. Kaito then confines the young man and subjects him to sweet yet cruel acts of pleasure...
A passionate and intense love story intertwines with the world of yakuza, where lives are at stake. This beloved and devoted yakuza tale is finally being adapted into a manga!
Division Head × Employee The closeted division head has a one-sided crush on his straight subordinate.
Haruto Momoyama, 28 years old, arrived at the insurance company's public relations department after being transferred to its magazine division run by Jouji Sakura, 35 years old. Having recently broken up with his boyfriend, Sakura is hesitant about love, but he finds himself drawn to Haruto's smile and honesty. However, it's clear that Haruto is straight. Sakura begins to give up on his unrequited love, but Haruto starts getting oddly close, leaving him confused. He leans in closer, helps with overtime work when they're alone, and even comes to visit Sakura's house saying he wants to see the cat. These innocent actions are simply Haruto's lack of understanding of personal boundaries. Will the hearts of these middle-aged salarymen find their way in this tale of love?
"Reacting like that just makes me want to do more, you know?" - Lilly, a servant, became the look-alike substitute for the princess she serves and is married off to the seventh prince of the neighboring country, The Kingdom of Platanus. The prince, Gray, is feared as "The Ice Reaper" for having killed his own brothers. However, Gray, who saved Lilly from the hands of the eighth prince during a welcoming party, looks at her with gentle eyes. When they are alone, Gray softly kisses Lilly, saying, 'I've been waiting for this.' His fingers crawl over her body, and he tells her, 'You're quite sensitive,' as a hot sensation surges through her...
In the midst of a swirling court filled with conspiracies, Lilly's love goes down an uncertain path.
She has hidden her identity and dedicates her body and soul to the emperor as a princess...
"Don't hide. Move your hands away, Princess Alesha." Alesha exposes her naked body to the cold-hearted emperor... At the behest of the queen of her home country, Cadrela, Alesha is forced to marry Valhram, emperor of R?cksen, in the crown princess's place to make him sign a peace treaty. She believes that it is all to bring peace to both countries, but... "Overstimulation breaks the mind, not the body." The emperor corrupts Alesha's innocent body even as he rejects her, saying, "I don't need a sacrificial bride." However, as she spends time with him, Alesha becomes attracted to the kindness that hides behind his coldness...
Welcome to BAR California, a place for you to reveal your true self People of different genders, propensities, and sexual orientations gather at a certain chic bar that's hidden from the public eye. While some come in search of themselves, others step into the establishment looking for sex and love. There are as many sexualities as there are people, and the patrons' stories intertwine as they struggle to find happiness. A bisexual trans woman who's been hurt by the voices of others wishes she had a "normal" relationship; a married, middle-aged salaryman secretly expresses his female side; and a pansexual cis guy is on the lookout for true love.
When the charming young boy who moves next door turns out to be a psychopath who murders her little sister, Itsuki vows to fight the injustice that allowed him a second chance at life while her sister lies dead. Blaming herself for what happened, she becomes a stone-cold cop who fears nothing to prevent others from living through a similar tragedy. But six years later, on the very same day the killer is finally set free, she finds a chilling letter in her mailbox threatening to once again steal what's most important to her. And though she wants nothing more than to make him pay for her sister's life that he stole, she'll have to watch her back now that there's a killer on the loose. Warning: This volume contains depictions of suicide, suicide attempts and/or suicidal ideation. If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts or feelings, you are not alone, and there is help. In the United States, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 or go to 988lifeline.org. Otherwise, visit findahelpline.com to find support.
There are two sides to every coin...light vs. dark, good vs. evil, love vs. hate. Sometimes the line between the two grows thin...and it's so, so easy to cross. So it's no surprise that Fudo Aikawa, A.K.A. Red Gelato of the Gelato Five and hero to all people, just may have happened to fall for the villainess and member of the shadow organization Gekko, Desumi Magahara! But when opposites like these attract, there's more than a few obstacles to their love...! What's a pair like this to do?
CLAMP's masterwork Magic Knight Rayearth-now in a new translation! This update of the manga classic forms the centerpiece to any CLAMP collection and is also a fantastic introduction to girl-powered adventure manga-perfect for fans of Sailor Moon and She-Ra. While on a field trip to Tokyo Tower, three teenage girls cross a magical portal and are transported to another world called Cefiro. There they are summoned through the last remaining strength of the Princess Emeraude, who believes the trio will become the magic knights who will save her, as prophesied by legend.
The second and final arc of CLAMP's masterwork Magic Knight Rayearth, with a new translation and new design! After the tragedy of the Emeraude and Zagato, Cefiro has been plunged into chaos. Now the Magic Knights have been summoned just as time is running out to find Cefiro's pillar...but what is their role in all of this, and is there any way to change Cefiro's cruel system?
Popular Rei and shy Kira are worlds apart, until one fateful day brings them together. Rei stumbles upon Kira in the harassing hands of her sleazy art teacher and saves the quiet girl from his clutches. And when the jock plants a kiss on a statue of Mars in the studio, Kira finds herself drawn in and even summons up the nerve to ask him to model for her!
Mihane first met Sakura while she was working as his tutor in their school years...and after he declared his love for her, they shared one night of passion before parting ways. So imagine her surprise when a few years later she finds that he's become the president of the company she works for! But will he remember her? And even if he does, can they pick up where they left off...?!
Chiro-chan is a world-class idol...at least, to Sakiko Manaka, your run-of-the-mill hard-core idol fan. So when Chiro-real name Chihiro-ends up sitting next to her in school, Sakiko's world is turned upside-down, and all her brain cells vanish. After all, how can she concentrate when her absolute fav is just inches away?! But she needs to be on her A-game, because she may not be the only one who is totally gaga for Chihiro...
Kiichiro Hayase has a reputation as the wealthiest, hottest, most eligible bachelor in town. But as they say...behind every successful man is the maid who keeps him from tripping over his own two feet! Enter Miss Kishi, the most competent, professional maid around-and the only thing keeping from Kiichiro quite literally crashing and burning. He owes it all to her, but can he ever make it up to her? He's sworn to try...no matter how many things must get broken, scattered, or lost to do so!
Our protagonist awakes in a house he doesn't know-in fact, not only does he not know where he is, he doesn't know who he is. What he does know is that this unfamiliar house is empty, save for the body (and head) of a decapitated woman-a stranger, he thinks. He's rescued by a woman, Shio, who calls him "Iori"...but is that who he really is? And when she helps him hide the body without batting an eye, telling him to trust her...can he? Should he?
Shinobu Asakura has never been able to read or write-and not for lack of trying. It's made getting and holding down jobs difficult, and he's constantly berated by people who think he's simply slacking off when he's just trying to keep up. But a chance meeting with a cafe worker who introduces a new word to Shinobu's vocabulary-dyslexia-may just change the course of Shinobu's life forever.
Follow the adventures of Negi Springfield, a fresh magic academy graduate, as he starts his new job as a teacher at an all girls high school. Can he balance his teaching duties while pursuing his dream to become a great wizard like his father? Contains Negima! volumes 123!
Our heroine, whose name no one in school can remember, can't decide what's weirder-that the most popular guy in school, Koga-kun, wants to be her friend...or that he insists he's an alien. But one thing's for sure-he knows her name, and doesn't seem ready to let her go through high school anonymous!
Fantasies run wild as thirsty high school girl Ogami-san must learn to keep her thoughts, and hands, to herself, in this raunchy coming-of-age romcom manga with a bizarre, blabbermouth twist! Ogami-san has been keeping a dirty little secret from her peers at school: Puberty has emptied her mind of everything but p*rverted fantasies! For the sake of leading an ordinary school life, she pulls out all the stops to keep her mental wild side under wraps. But when she literally reaches a hand out to Yaginuma-kun, a cute but mysterious boy in her class, her innermost thoughts just come spilling out! All she wants is to get to know him (and his body) better, but she can't do that without the risk of exposing her true self. What's a girl to do?!
Tatara Tani is so average it hurts-the only thing he has going for him is that his childhood friends are ultra-popular idol Yuriko Hanazono and her fashionable twin, Ranko Hanazono! They're both his classmates, and his long-standing relationship with them makes others seethe. So he thinks he's hit the jackpot when Yuriko asks him to the amusement park with her, even though idols aren't allowed to date. She dresses up as Ranko to fool the world, but when her ruse is discovered by the school, it's up to the REAL Ranko to save her sister's reputation...by dating Tatara herself? This crazy rom-com of errors begins!
Daiki Tomita likes movies, but the real reason he's still kept up with his university's film club members after they all graduated is his unrequited love for fellow member Koharu Kobayakawa. He's been hesitant to risk their friendship by asking her out, but when Koharu breaks the news that she doesn't have long to live, Tomita must decide whether or not he's willing to let her go without ever telling her how he truly feels...
NESTING Pen the Penguin lives with his most favorite keeper in the world: Hayakawa the Human. But Pen's no ordinary penguin... He's a neat penguin! A proper penguin! A doting penguin! Pen loves to daydream of Hayakawa's smile as he flips pancakes and folds the laundry with his teeny-tiny flippers. If only his beloved Hayakawa would notice! It's too bad Pen's human keeper is a hopelessly lazy university student, but with a little nap and some helpful friends, Pen is ready to tackle the day!
The scifi classic from the creator of Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers), Galaxy Express 999, and Captain Harlock in English for the first time! Emeraldas, known throughout the galaxy as the Pirate Queen, travels through space on her heavilyarmed ship, searching for a secret. Hiroshi Umino is a young boy who escaped the bounds of Earth only by building his own spaceship. He crashes on Mars, where he encounters Emeraldas, who sees a little of herself in the reckless young man. The first new English translation of a work by scifi legend Leiji Matsumoto since 2003!
Death Castle, the seat of power in the Demon World, is home to three demon kings...and a toddler?! The High Demon King, Death Mask, and his co-rulers Demon King Giant Rock and Demon King Dark Knight find that though they command powerful legions of evil, they aren't immune to a child's cries...and so the sweet, innocent human child Maris will grow up under their care! After all, how hard can raising a child be...?
A dramatic, funny, and painful romance manga between two women about how, sometimes, you need to run away in order to find where you truly belong. Perfect for fans of coming-out yuri like How Do We Relationship? and masters of adult drama like Akiko Higashimura (Princess Jellyfish) and Takako Shimura (Even Though We're Adults). You know that one person you just can't forget? Not the one that got away, but the one you had, until suddenly you didn't? Maki's first love was her high school classmate, a girl named Midori. But Midori broke up with Maki at graduation, saying they were now "too old to be fooling around dating girls." Ten years later, Maki still can't get Midori off her mind, and when the two women reconnect after a chance encounter, Maki realizes that, while her feelings haven't changed, Midori has long moved on- in fact, she's engaged. Yet the more Maki hears Midori talk about her soon-to-be-husband, the more red flags she notices. And Midori has another secret, one she hasn't yet shared with Maki. Will it be the last blow to Maki's hopes that their romance might be rekindled? Or will it be the push that sets them on a new path- one they'll travel together?
The boys are back, in 400-page hardcovers that are as pretty and badass as they are! This hit adventure-which blends mythology from around the world into a classic adventure story-has been out of print for years, and this collector's edition is a fitting celebration of its return! Genjo is a Buddhist priest in the city of Shangri-La, which is being ravaged by yokai spirits that have fallen out of balance with the natural order. His superiors send him on a journey far to the west to discover why this is happening and how to stop it. His companions are three yokai with human souls. But this is no day trip-the four will encounter many discoveries and horrors on the way, and on the road, Genjo will wonder ... can he really trust his supernatural companions?
Sawa just got out of a relationship with her cheating boyfriend, and is on the lookout for an honest guy. But when her classmate Sakura confesses, she rejects him, as he's not her type. But then he confesses again, and again, and again?! What's a girl to do in the face of such honest dedication?
There's nothing in the world Rize likes more than to curl up in her warm bed and doze away-just like she used to with her big brother when they were kids, before they were separated by their parents' divorce. Working late shifts at a supermarket while attending university, she dreams of someday finding and reconnecting with her lost-and now grown-up-big brother. Her penchant for being able to nap in the break room draws the attention of Kairi, a co-worker who struggles with insomnia. Something about him reminds her of her big brother, and she finds herself growing closer to him...but when she discovers his secret, her whole world will be turned helter-skelter.
Misuzu Hara is a quiet, reserved 24-year-old high school teacher whose world is turned upside down after her friend's fiance r*pes her. Her attempt to connect with one of her students, himself a victim of sexual trauma, results in an unlikely romance, and the repercussions of these events affect everyone around them in often unpredicatable ways. 18+. Warning: Includes graphic depictions of sexual violence.
The women of Shaman King are no pushovers, and the trio of Canna, Matilda, and Marion are no exception! Find about the origins of this team in SHAMAN KING & a garden!
Akari is a third-year student who has spent her high school career sticking to the straight and narrow...but her attention is caught by Yuki Sendo, the short-haired, standoffish girl in her class who seems to buck the trend. Akari can't seem to stop seeking Yuki out, and her feelings rapidly develop into something more than girlish friendship. But Yuki seems to have eyes only for her childhood friend, Rintaro Kagawa...who himself seems to have feelings for Akari. It's a mess...and one that threatens to grow even messier as Akari navigates between what she wants and what's expected of her...