The pure and upstanding Momo Inuwashi absolutely adores her brothers, even to a fault! She's created a castle to protect them and would die to defend it. But...Tamaki Yugenji found a crack in the walls! Can he throw these siblings' lives into chaos and expose the terrible secret Momo is hiding even from her brothers? Find out how this 4-way romantic mess pans out in the new series, Momo's Iron Will!
In the Monster Soul world, a war was waged between humans and monsters, with the monsters falling on the losing end of a treaty. The peace between the monsters and humans is tenuous and monsters are frequently persecuted by humans. As a result, monsters tend to stay away from humans and keep a low profile. One group of monsters, known as the Black Airs, lives boldly with a purpose: to have fun and take care of each other. They get in to all kinds of trouble with reckless abandon, but as long as they stick together, they'll be all right...probably. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Superstar creator Mitsurou Kubo (original concept and character designs for Yuri!!! on Ice) reveals how you never know when fortune will strike. Yukiyo Fujimoto's life has been in a rut. He is about to turn thirty and has never held a steady job or had a girlfriend. And at a time when the prospects for hope seem at their lowest, suddenly his phone blows up! Out of the blue he is contacted by several women from his past! His moteki has finally come!! Love has struck and cupid's arrow has hit him repeatedly and, coincidentally, all at the same time! Yukiyo may seem to have many options now, but is he ready for love? And are any of these women? The stage for love might be set, but the time might only be right for him to finally grow up!
Punishment: Dog Food-. Punishment: Know your mother's pain-. Punishment: one split evenly-. Punishment: Forever beautiful-. The frog man from hell executes his "punishments".
Every family has its share of problems, be they big or small. Shino Tadokoro has the perfect high school life, full of romance and friendship. Her biggest problem is her shut-in brother Tamotsu. She stubbornly keeps his existence a secret, telling even her closest friends that she is an only child. Completely oblivious to Shino's concerns, Tamotsu suddenly declares that he is giving up the shut-in lifestyle. Is there still time? The curtain rises on a tale of family reconstruction!
"There's no mistaking it. You're suffering from a case of L.O.V.E.!" The man I fell in love with is some weirdo who has no idea what love is -- Sachi is in love with love. She is determined to meet her soulmate -- after all, her own mother and father married for love and always seemed so happy. Sachi falls for someone new every day in the hopes that she'll find Mr. Right. She gets her heart broken over and over again -- but she doesn't let herself feel that pain, instead she just races to her next crush! After falling for countless different men, Sachi meets Jogasaki. According to Jogasaki, love is an illness. He's a total weirdo who has been trying to find the drug to cure "L.O.V.E.". Sachi and Jogasaki, neither of whom know anything about real love, set out to develop this miracle drug together. But will the two of them be able to face up to their own feelings?!
I ran into Natsume again at our junior high class reunion and, long story short, a group of us have been going out for drinks together lately. My friend claims Natsume is into me (Wow!), but if that's true then he doesn't show it. If anything, he's always giving me attitude...! (Grr...) How does he really feel about me? I need to know, so I can decide on my next move...! In this romantic comedy of self-sabotage, will Hanako keep digging herself into a deeper hole, or will she finally be upfront about her own feelings?
What do you do when nothing's going right in your life?
Minori (29), who has been struggling from day to day, has become pessimistic about life as a whole. This year has been especially dreadful. Work has become a hellish experience because of her new boss. Her childhood friend and longtime crush, Asai, just told her he only sees her as a friend. When all seems hopeless, Minori is suddenly visited by a "Toshiotoko", a fairy whose job is to bring luck and happiness to their charge. With his gentle and encouraging support, she slowly learns to take control of her life by the reins. What will Minori discover as she continues her search for what happiness really means to her?
How reliable would you say your memory is? As humans, our minds can omit memories. Memories can become idealized. Sometimes, they can even be entirely fabricated. There are various ways by which one's recollection of past events can become distorted. One could even say that it is a type of mental defense mechanism meant to protect us. But what if you had the chance to see your memories in their original state, unblemished and untouched...? Would you take it?
Meet Hakucho, the hippocampus and their assistant, Rohen, two mysterious individuals that live and work at an old-fashioned cafe that's more than meets the eye. Their shop comes to those plagued by their past, offering a chance to see the truth behind their memories. When restoring a client's memories, Hakucho summons a mystical creature from their ancient pipe. The creature enters the client's mind, scouring its depths to reveal that which has become obscured. However... sometimes, the truth is perhaps best left forgotten.
"Why do I have to be the one to 'put it in'?"Shun Mizuo has always got a smile on his face. He's popular amongst his coworkers and he's good at his job... but he's useless in the bedroom. One day, heartbroken after discovering his girlfriend cheating on him, he drinks himself into a stupor and reveals his "situation down there" to Amachi, his beautiful-yet-frosty coworker. What happens when, suddenly, Amachi says that she feels that this moment with Mizuo must be fate?! An office romance between two people both hopeless in the bedroom!
Cell phone novelist Yukina Himuro has decided that, in order to satisfy her fans' demand for love stories, she must experience romance firsthand. But with her icy reputation, how can she find someone willing to play the part of boyfriend? By blackmailing the most popular boy in school, of course!
Rui would do anything for her younger brother, Kyo-a sensitive boy who became a shut-in after a confession to his male classmate went awry. But she'll need money to care for him, and in a town where the highest of the high are neighborhoods separate from those who are striving just to make ends meet, that's no easy task. Due to her boyish looks, her friend helps her cross-dress to get a job at a host club (of sorts), but when her first interaction goes horribly wrong, she think's it's all over for her...until uber-rich boy Tohma saves her. Amused by her story, he makes her an offer she can't resist: Serve as his "male" butler until March of next year, and he'll give her $10,000...but only if her true gender isn't revealed!
One day, a superaverage 2ndyear high school student who wants a girlfriend, Aoshima, suddenly awakens to the ability to time slip. Ten years in the future, he is *gasp* married to the cutest girl in school, Wagatsumasan! In the present, they are only classmates, so how in the world does he end up with the unobtainable Wagatsumasan?! A timeslipping Romcom coming at you from a brand spanking new duo!
The Negima class at Mahora Preschool has a new teacher, and Asuna Kagurazaka develops a crush at first sight. But in a class full of mayhem, she must face love rivals, stalkers, comedic robots, and even dinosaurs. Will she able to overcome all these obstacles and win the heart be of the man she loves?
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?
One by one the world's deadliest death row convicts come to Tokyo to get a "taste of defeat". Finally, they meet face to face in the underground martial arts arena!! With over 60 million copies printed, the BAKI series spans 4 completed series with a 5th on the way, all following Baki Hanma on his various quest to defeat his father. A new BAKI anime focused on this part of the epic will premiere on Netflix this year!
MEWSHIDO In medieval Japan, it's a hard life for a stray cat. Every day is filled with struggles and prejudice, from oppression by fellow cats working for cruel masters to extortion by catnip druglords. But being a stray also means incredible pride and independence. The wandering samurai Norachiyo has no master, though he still wears the telltale bell of a cat who has a "person." This rogue warrior travels across Japan, protecting the weak and cutting down those who have forgotten the virtues of being a stray - all with unrivaled swordsmanship. Although Norachiyo leaves little trace but his fearsome reputation, this enigmatic warrior has made plenty of enemies who are more than willing to get their claws on his head. Will Norachiyo's past catch up with him, or can he spend his nine lives in freedom?
Parasites: shape-shifting aliens whose only purpose is to assimilate with and consume the human race... but do these monsters have a different side? A parasite becomes a prince to save his romance-obsessed female host from a dangerous stalker. Another hosts a cooking show, in which the real monsters are revealed. These and 13 more stories, from some of the greatest shojo manga artists alive today, together make up a chilling, funny, and entertaining tribute to one of manga's horror classics!
In the gritty, futuristic city of NeoSaitama, the streets run slick with acid rain and blood while an army of cyberneticsclad ninjas run amok under the menacing rule of the Soukai Syndicate. As incessant strife wrought by a ninja turf war takes the lives of all citizens who end up in the crossfire, one can only hope to end the day without getting a suriken to the skull. But in these dark, tragic times, a spirit of vengeance rises to kill all wicked ninja who terrorize NeoSaitama. This crimson avenger is Ninja Slayer, and he will not rest until all ninja have been slaughtered at his hands.
For Shion, an elite student in the technologically sophisticated city No. 6, life is carefully choreographed. School, study, and the occasional visit with his friend and classmate Safu. One fateful day, however, he takes a misstep, sheltering an injured boy his age from a typhoon. Known only as Rat, this boy is a VC a fugitive living outside the computerized tapestry of city control and helping him will throw Shion's life into chaos and start him down a path to discovering the appalling secrets behind the superficial perfection of No. 6.
The son of a famous pianist, music student Shinichi Chiaki dreams of studying abroad and becoming a conductor like his mentor. Unfortunately, his fear of flying grounds his lofty plans! As he watches other classmates achieve what he has always wanted, Shinichi wonders if he should quit music altogether. Then one day he meets fellow student Megumi Noda, also known as Nodame. This oddball girl cannot cook, clean, or even read a music score, but she can play the piano in incomparable Cantabile style. And she teaches Chiaki something that he has forgotten: to enjoy his music, no matter where he is.
TACHIKAWA, TOKYO. AKIRA TAKASHIRO IS A NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO IS DEVOTED TO PLAYING BASKETBALL. IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON A DAY THAT SHOULD HAVE GONE LIKE ANY OTHER, A GIGANTIC EARTHQUAKE SUDDENLY STRIKES THE CITY. THERE IN THE SCHOOL RUBBLE, AKIRA WITNESSES A MOUNTAIN OF DEAD BODIES...AND AN UNKNOWN CREATURE THAT EATS THEM. THE TALE THAT UNRAVELS IS ONE THAT WILL OVERPOWER AND SHOCK YOU!! GET READY FOR AN EXCELLENT URBAN MONSTER ATTACK!
Nima Momosato is jinxed. Whenever she has a crush on someone, they end up finding love elsewhere right in front of her eyes. She ends up joining a slightly weird club that observes and studies other people's love lives and relationships. Really, that's what they do! Enjoy this new type of romance comedy in which love never works out!
This manga has been made into a movie and a TV drama in japan."I wish we could just spend all our high school days sittin' and chattin' by this river." This seven chapter volume is a collection of the funky, off-the-wall, and sometimes cynical after-school conversations between Seto and Utsumi, two high-schoolers from the Kansai region of Japan.
Mutsumi Oribe is a high school student who drifts ashore to an island after her plane crashes on its way to a field trip. However, the island has become a nest for giant, carnivorous insects. Can these high school students, who have now become prey to these monsters, escape the hell that is this island?!
Saku Tsukimiya is a high school boy who much to his dismay looks like a girl. On the night of his seventeenth birthday, he hears a mysterious voice in his dreams calling him a princess. When he wakes up, his body has undergone an unbelievable transformation... Saku, a man is the reincarnation of the legendary princess Kaguya?! Join us for this gender-switch love comedy!
Akari Shimotsuki is a normal high school girl. One day, At the moment she was about to confess her feelings to her long time love Mamiya, she loses consciousness and finds herself in an entirely unfamiliar world. Additionally, for some reason she is now in someone else's body and people are addressing her as "my lady"... Mysteria Romantica is a love fantasy that crosses time and space!
This is a tale of my heart warming and strange calamity... At a certain rural junior high school... Itsuya Tsuruta, who came as a substitute art teacher has a secret mysterious power. The junior high school student, Toki, triggered by experiencing her power, becomes obsessed with Ms. Itsuya day by day...
Hisui, who works as a drag-king artiste in the Kinkei travelling Troupe, is very popular with women. She catches the eye of the Emperor, and gets invited to the Harem. She joins the Harem because the Emperor reminds her of her missing older brother, but the jobs she is given are...? Popular since it was published in "Monthly Princess", Volume 1 of a Chinese fantasy!
Toru, who just became a high school student, ends up going to school and living with Sugako, who is his aunt and is also same age as him. The super-beauty Sugako stirs up all kinds of trouble. What will Toru do...?!
Even if the world was ending, I'll still fall in love... Today, a meteorite will hit Earth. And it's on such a fateful day that Minori runs into her unrequited love, Naoki...
Because you're a bad child, it's come to this." My mom didn't think of me as her daughter... It's the terror of a toxic parent that could happen to anyone...!
The legendary "Tsundere" couple, Sanshiro Sakamoto and Sentaro Katsura. But Sanshiro is too selfish and arrogant. His best friend, Yoichiro Takasugi warned him that it's only a matter of time before Sentaro leaves him! Sentaro swore to Sanshiro to make him happy! Can it be...?!
The only one who knows the secret about my boss, an overly talented sadist by the name of Saeki-san...is me. But why is this successful, hardworking boss of mine so preverted?! The new sensational work love story!!
A fantastic ninja comedy!! Beni doesn't care whether she lives or dies until one day a hero appears before her very eyes. And this hero, who swears his undying loyalty to her turns out to be none other than...a ninja from the past?! This series has been published in Japan since 2006 which Japanese title name is "Shinobi Life"
In a tale as epic as Noragami, sometimes details get overlooked, like how do shinki normally find employment? Is Yato ever useful? What happens when a god is targeted by a serial killer? Find the answers to these questions and more in this collection of short stories from Noragami creator Adachitoka!