Japan's favorite child celebrity, Ena Fujie is busy with her entertainment gig! Except for Tashiro, Ena's clumsy manager, the adults around her have not realized that behind her cute and captivating performance, she is a very ambitious kid that calculate every move to win everyone's heart! What kind of shenanigans will she pull out today? Let's play with Ena in "Who wants to play?"!
As players of Monster Hunter and Dungeons & Dragons know, the slime is not exactly the king of the fantasy monsters. So when a 37-year-old Tokyo salaryman dies and wakes up in a world of dragons and magic, he's a little disappointed to find he's become a blind, boneless slime monster. Mikami's middle age hasn't gone as he planned: He never found a girlfriend, he got stuck in a dead-end job, and he was abruptly stabbed to death in the street at 37. So when he wakes up in a new world straight out of a fantasy RPG, he's disappointed but not exactly surprised to find that he's not a knight or a wizard but a blind slime demon. But there are chances for even a slime to become a hero...
Tsuguto Sumihara is way too nice...or rather, was too nice. He lost his life in a bus accident after being bullied into giving up his seat, and somehow was reincarnated into a mining camp! Not only that, the mine is at the base of an impossibly tall tower. It's there he meets the ram--horned Loulier, his first friend in this bizarre land. But when she's bullied, Tsuguto finds that maybe he wasn't reincarnated without powers after all...and that, if he's to have a future in this strange new land, Loulier's just the partner he needs.
"Dear diary... I got reincarnated as a slime." Even in another world, lives aren't always on the line. There's plenty of work to be done, from feeding the community and forging the items the community needs; as well as plenty of play...and hijinks throughout! Join Rimuru and friends as they kick back and enjoy their daily lives.
General of the Three Kingdoms, Kongming had struggled his whole life, facing countless battles that made him into the accomplished strategist he was. So on his deathbed, he wished only to be reborn into a peaceful world...and was sent straight to modern-day party-central, Tokyo! Can even a brilliant strategist like Kongming adapt to the wild beats and even wilder party people?!
A story about a poor boy swept away by a kind library mage and the (literal) magic of reading, Magus of the Library is a beautifully-drawn, spirited fantasy adventure, like a Fullmetal Alchemist for all ages! The Magic of the Written Word In the small village of Amun lives a poor boy named Theo. Theo adores books, but because of his pointed ears and impoverished life, he isn't allowed to use the village library. As he endures the prejudice and hatred of the village, he dreams of going where such things don't exist: Aftzaak, City of Books. But one day, Theo chances to meet a Kafna-a librarian who works for the great library of Aftzaak-and his life changes forever...
Aesthete, Epicure, Adonis, Orator, Artiste- Who's your pretty boy? A mysterious group known as the Pretty Boy Detective Club is rumored to solve (and perhaps cause) most of the trouble at Yubiwa Academy-in a strictly unofficial, undercover, uncommercial capacity, of course. In order to find a star she glimpsed ten years ago, second-year Mayumi Dojima enlists the Pretty Boy's aid, and gets much more than she bargained for! When they run up against a shadowy organization called the Twenties, stargazing is suddenly the least of their worries. Mayumi's entire future is in jeopardy, and the Pretty Boy Detective Club must race to solve the Mystery of the Dark Star before time runs out!
Honoka Takamiya is an average student. Ayaka Kagari, his classmate who sits next to him in class, on the other hand is the class "Princess". Ayaka is tall, strikingly gorgeous and has a regalness to her that almost exudes a royal attitude. Despite their promixity in school, over the school year the two have never shared much conversation...until today. So today as class ended, Takamiya was suddenly attacked by a cateared witch and her band of bunnycostumed thugs! And if that were not enough of a shock, this average joe would then be saved, like a Princess by none other than Ayaka Kagari... a witch herself!
Chafed by the "sivilized" restrictions of his foster home, and weary of his drunkard father's brutality, 14 year-old Huck Finn fakes his own death and sets off on a raft down the Mississippi River. He is soon joined by Jim, an escaped slave. Together, they experience a series of rollicking adventures that have amused readers, young and old, for over a century. The fugitives become close friends as they weather storms together aboard the raft and spend idyllic days swimming, frying catfish suppers, and enjoying their independence.
Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, an English orphan who rises to wealth, deserts his true friends, and becomes humbled by his own arrogance. It also introduces one of the more colorful characters in literature: Miss Havisham. Dickens set Great Expectations during the time that England was becoming a wealthy world power. Machines were making factories more productive, yet people lived in awful conditions. Naive Pip, creepy Miss Haversham, beautifully cold Estella, terrifying Abel Magwitch and the rest of Dicken's fantastic cast are perfectly envisioned in Crystal Chan's new adaptation featuring artwork by artist Nokman Poon.
As an orphaned child, Jane Eyre is first cruelly treated by her aunt, then cast out and sent to a charity school. Though she meets with further hardship, she receives an education, and eventually takes a job as a governess at the estate of Edward Rochester. Jane and Mr. Rochester begin to bond, but his dark moods trouble her. When Jane uncovers the terrible secret Rochester has been hiding, she flees and finds temporary refuge at the home of St. John Rivers. Charlotte Bronte's classic tale of morality and social criticism takes on an entirely new life in this Manga Classic adaptation of Jane Eyre.
On the very day of his wedding to the beautiful Mercedes, a young merchant sailor named Edmond Dantes is falsely imprisoned for life, laying to waste his plans of marriage and hard-earned fortune. Following several long years in prison he has managed to escape and reinvent himself as the mysterious Count of Monte Christo. It is the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Count has been plotting his revenge on the three men who had him falsely imprisoned. With a new identity, an incredible education abroad and a vast fortune, has returned completely unrecognizable to those who had committed their crimes against him.
Manga Classics brings to life Rudyard Kipling's original collection of short stories in this fantastic collection. Heavily influenced by his childhood in British-ruled India, Kipling created some of the most well-read children's stories in Western Culture. Book One of The Jungle Book(s) includes Mowgli's Brothers, the story of Mowgli, the abandoned man-cub who was raised by animals in the Indian jungle, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the heroic mongoose, and Toomai of the Elephants, the tale of a young elephant-handler, and in The White Seal, we meet Kotick, a rare white-furred northern fur seal as he searches for a home where his family will not be hunted by humans. Originally published as a series of short stories for magazines in the late 1800s, the Nobel Prize-winning Rudyard Kipling would eventually publish the classic The Jungle Book in 1894.
The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe is a brilliant collection of some of his best-known stories: The Tell Tale Heart (a murder's haunting guilt), The Cask of Amontillado (a story of brilliant revenge), and The Fall of the House of Usher (an ancient house full of very dark secretes). Also included in this collection are The Mask of the Red Death (horrors of 'the Plague'), and the most famous of all his poems: The Raven (a lover's decline into madness). Best read in a dimly-lit room with the curtains drawn, Poe's brilliant works come to life in darkly thrilling ways in this Manga Classic adaptation.
Midsummer Night's Dream portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals), who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
The King and the Queen of the Fairies are quarrelling - and everyone around them must pay the price! The Duke of Athens and his bride-to-be, a company of hapless amateur actors, two pairs of star-crossed lovers... no one is safe from the wicked eye and cunning spells of the King's impish servant, Puck. Not even the Queen herself! Manga Classics brings you an easy to read version of A Midsummer Night's Dream with FULL ADAPTED MODERN ENGLISH text of Shakespeare's charming play, coupled with lush visuals and fast-paced comedy.
An ancient evil lurks in the dark heart of Transylvania - but it won't lurk there forever. Now Count Dracula's immortal eyes look towards London, a new land full of opportunity and unsuspecting victims. A ragged band of survivors must stop him before it is too late... but how?
Manga Classics? proudly presents a beautiful, faithful recreation of Bram Stoker's famous vampire story Dracula.
Macbeth, the Thane of Cawdor, is a loyal subject of Duncan, the King of Scotland. At least, he used to be. With tempting words and treacherous images, three witches and his own wife inspire Macbeth to a terrible act of treason and murder. As one murder follows another, Macbeth begins to lose his grip upon both his sanity and his hard-won kingdom - but what could possibly unseat him from his bloody throne? Manga Classics presents a NEW EDITION of Shakespeare's brutal Scottish tragedy, featuring lush visuals and the FULL, ADAPTED MODERN ENGLISH text of the classic play!
A brilliant general in the service of Venice, Othello is also the new husband of the adoring - and young - Desdemona, whose innocent hero worship has blossomed into love. But can a beautiful girl, so much younger than her husband, truly be faithful? Othello's trusted ensign Iago seems to think not. Can Othello trust him? Can Othello trust anyone? Manga Classics presents Shakespeare's classic story of love, hate, vengeance, and betrayal, in its full, original glory! (This volume features the complete, unabridged text from the Shakespeare Play.)
A brilliant general in the service of Venice, Othello is also the new husband of the adoring - and young - Desdemona, whose innocent hero-worship has blossomed into love. But can a beautiful girl, so much younger than her husband, truly be faithful? Othello's trusted ensign Iago seems to think not. Can Othello trust him? Can Othello trust anyone? Manga Classics presents Shakespeare's classic story of love, hate, vengeance, and betrayal, with FULL ADAPTED MODERN ENGLISH text for easy reading.
Romeo and Juliet is a classic romantic tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is a tale of two young lovers from Verona, Italy who defy the wishes of their feuding families, get married then, and tragically end their own lives in the name of love. It is their deaths that ultimately help the rival families of the Capulets and the Montagues find reconciliation. Manga Classics brings an incredible new experience with this adaptation of Shakespeare's most popular and frequently performed plays: Romeo and Juliet.
A classic Shakespearean tragedy, Romeo and Juliet is the tale of two star-crossed young lovers who dare to defy their feuding families, put aside all obstacles, and find happiness together - but at a tremendous cost. This grimly beautiful tale, set in Renaissance Italy, follows Romeo and Juliet from their fateful first meeting to their last. Manga Classics brings you this incredible manga version of William Shakespeare's most popular play, with FULL, ADAPTED MODERN ENGLISH text for easy reading!
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a novel about a young boy growing up in the fictional small town of Hannibal, Missouri along the Mississippi River during the 1840s. Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid. Life for Tom is a series of grand adventures that include his best friend "Huck" Finn, the love of his life Becky Thatcher, buried treasures, scoundrels, thieves and body snatchers. Manga Classics brings a brilliant new light to Mark Twain's very first novel that new readers will embrace and life-long fans will enjoy.
Living in the slums, Claire must work herself to the bone to support her alcohol addicted father. One day, he decides to wager her off at a gambling house in order to pay his debts..."I bet my own daughter!" Claire's fate is now in the hands of whoever wins her in a game of dice.
Hashimoto is your average office worker-young, and prone to being pushed around by his demon boss, Shirase. His only escape is his favorite online game, and the friends he's made within. But when he plans an offline meetup for his party, he gets the surprise of his life...!
In xxxHOLiC Rei, Kimihiro Watanuki continues his relationship with the SpaceTime Witch, Yuko. In her mysterious shop where wishes are grantedfor a pricewill he discover even more secrets? And what will he have to trade this time for the answers he seeks? * The latest chapter in the critically acclaimed xxxHOLiC franchise from manga legends CLAMP, creators of Tsubasa and Chobits! * The highly anticipated return of high school medium Watanuki and the mysterious witch, Yuko, as they take on new wishes and new enemies! * Beautifully seductive artwork and uniquely Japanese depictions of the supernatural will hypnotize CLAMP fans!
Mysterious, handsome young men working as spy-pairs for a secret agency, the Church, are forbidden to love anyone but their partners. If they're to survive-not only war, but the ghosts of their tragic pasts-they must rely on one another to be there...because each other is all they have. Follow Eiri, Haku, Soma, and Shusuke as they battle their inner demons with the help of their partners in this peek into the Messiah Project universe.
Sumi Sakurasawa is shy. Even simple things, like going for a donut with someone or calling out to a stranger that they've dropped something, paralyze her with fear. Her strategy? Become a "rent-a-girlfriend" and make some cash while she practices her people skills! But raising the stakes even higher might not be the foolproof solution she thought it was... And even worse, to keep the gig, she needs five-star reviews, and that means no freezing up or freaking out on a date... How is that even possible?!
As far as the public is concerned, Rocopon-earth's only alien-hasn't done much but loaf around in the 8 years since he crash-landed in Tokyo with no memory of his past. Granted, that is what he likes to do, and he does spend a lot of time playing video games. But as an alien to whom earth laws technically do not apply, he's been hard at work in a top-secret capacity: government-sanctioned extrajudicial assassin, cleaning up the worst of society that the law is either too slow or too powerless to confront. After years of dispatching hapless crime lords and their goons, things have gotten comfortable. But Rocopon is about to meet his match in more ways than one-fed up with his sloppy ways, headquarters has assigned him a straight-laced partner, and the criminal underground has enlisted the help of those who are a little more than human...
Sick of his job and the city, Yohei "Kuma" Sakuma has a grand plan-to start anew in the countryside and live off the land. Thing is, he hasn't told his wife yet, nor does he know the first thing about growing rice. Between crooked houses, swarms of bugs, and grueling work under the sun, the city slicker Kuma and his wife Miyu get a crash course in country life. But at the end of the day, with beer in hand as they take in the sights, they begin to understand that country life can be real hard, but real good.
A sad love story between a human and a ghost in a run-down house.
Yushi, a medical student who lost his home in a fire, moved into an extremely cheap house. However, that house ended up being haunted! The ghost keeps trying to take care of Yushi, so despite being scared, Yushi also has mysterious feelings for the ghost. And then Yushi starts to have dreams about the ghost...
A mismatched romance between Kuroda, a guy with a tough appearance, and Yuichi, a nice young man!
"My life is for the hedgehogs!" boasts Tetsu, a guy who adores hedgehogs and works at a hedgehog cafe for a specific desire. Yuichi, a mysterious customer, continuously bothers Tetsu. Yuichi always brings flashy, loud people to the cafe and is constantly annoying Tetsu with overly familiar touches. However, after an unexpected incident, Tetsu ends up having to hold lessons on hedgehogs for Yuichi alone! This romance between a mysterious actor and a tough-looking part-timer starts with hedgehogs! In this same volume is a story about a slightly sexy lesson between a popular voice actor and an actor at a critical moment in his career, as well as a sad love story with a ghost in a run-down house.
An unaware, beloved NPC becomes the center of attention in an RPG world?! With his natural talents, he becomes irresistible to potential heroines! The Royal Academy of the Ezelbeit Kingdom is the largest academy in the kingdom, where princes, duchesses, sons of powerful men, and other people with prestigious titles attend. Ray, a mere viscount heir, enters this academy. At first glance, Ray appears to be a laid-back young man who cares little about success or social mobility. But in fact, he is the "strongest NPC" with the blessing of powerful spirits and charisma! He attracts the attention of the prince, the prince's fiancee, a saint, and others, and even finds himself in a harem! Unaware that this world itself is an RPG called "Real Fantasy", Ray constantly changes his destiny through meeting various people. A boy with no desire for success and no self-awareness changes the world! An unpredictable and unexpected fantasy begins!
Amongst nobles and royals, Lady Agnes, daughter of an aristocrat is the "Rose Amongst Thorns," due to her unparalleled beauty. On the other hand, Bernard is the fifth son of a Lord who rules a small rural town far from the capital. At first glance, Bernard gets stared down in disgust by Lady Agnes, most likely because of his lowly status. Five years later, Lady Agnes's father faces trial due to embezzlement, resulting in her family losing everything. After receiving the status of a "fallen aristocrat," everyone leaves Agnes to fend for herself... except for Bernard, the low-ranking knight. A misunderstanding develops into a charming love story!
I, Lesedi, have been reincarnated in the comic book world of "Diamond Hope". I'm the villainess of this world, and I was dumped by my fiance... Before I get kicked out of my mansion, I used my knowledge from my previous life to save money, and plan to enjoy this world to the fullest! Or so I thought. My father threatened to put me in a convent if I don't get married!! I tried my hardest to find a partner, but no one wants a lady who's been tossed to the side by her fiance... But one day, I heard a voice at a garden party. "Help me!!" A-a-a tanuki?!
Yuki is a college student who's into friends and fashion. She's also deaf. A chance meeting on a train leads to a serious crush... but can it grow into something more? A sweet and touching manga romance from the creator of Shortcake Cake! Yuki, who's always been deaf, is used to communicating with sign language and her phone. But she's not used to English, so when a tourist from overseas asks for directions, she nearly panics...until a handsome stranger steps in to help. His name is Itsuomi, and it turns out he's a friend of a friend. A charismatic globetrotter, Itsuomi speaks three languages, but he's never had a deaf friend. The two feel drawn to each other and plan a date on a romantic winter's night...but Yuki's friend is afraid that she might be setting herself up to get hurt. Could this be something real? Or will these feelings melt away with the snow? From the acclaimed author of Shortcake Cake, the hit shojo series with more than a million copies in print, this new work is full of real-life details about Japanese sign language and living without hearing, and it's sure to please fans of romantic stories like A Silent Voice, Kimi ni Todoke, and Love in Focus!
Lou Brandel is a magician who possesses talents that can only be found in one person every few thousand years. One day, he saves the beautiful and noble young woman, Fran. As the principal of Magical Girls Academy, she appoints him to work there with her! His "interesting" life of being a powerful magician teacher now begins!
In this world, all humans are born with a job, a set of skills, and a base status. However, our protagonist, John Leetle received the short end of the stick and was born with the Tamer job and blessed with only one skill: Fist Punch; Both are considered to be the most useless bestowments one could receive. One day, by sheer coincidence, he manages to tame a baby Fenrir he found in the woods, and names it Ferryl. Having made his first friend, things were finally looking up for him. However, it appears Misfortune still haunts him closely, as a grim fate befalls his friend...
The arena--a place where slaves are forced to fight to death. Lewis was one such slave who lost his life in a match. But when he opened his eyes again, he found himself in the garden of a luxurious mansion. Much to his surprise, Lewis reincarnated as the sixth son of a nobleman. One day, more than ten years after his reincarnation, Lewis meets a fellow slave and friend from his previous life, Sharon. But while Lewis knew Sharon as child, she now appears in front of him as a lady older than Lewis himself.
The world is on the brink of extinction due to an ever-expanding disaster called the "Eternal Storm." However, humanity has a new source of hope in this dying world: weapons which grant power beyond human understanding--the Ability Armaments. Two boys destined to inspire awe with their splendor set out on a journey. Ability Armaments in hand, they won't stop until the world is saved!