Young and rambunctious Belle insists on going out to play in the forbidden woods, but her adventurous streak abruptly ends when her mother is spirited away by a beast known to kidnap beautiful women. Twisted by the loss of his wife, Belle's father keeps his daughter, who has unusual, violet hair, locked away in an effort to "protect" her from prying eyes. Finally emerging after years of solitude, Belle ventures back into the woods where she lost her mother and encounters the beast once more...
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute ace striker. The Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, so Blue Lock-a rigorous training ground for 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players-is created. To survive this battle royale, the last striker standing will have to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in his way!
Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It's an effortless performance, and, ultimately...a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed, he dives in headfirst - and he's about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be!
When Hasumi has a chance meeting with her old high school crush, Yamato Kujo, she figures she might as well spend one night in bliss before she deals with the debt collectors that hound her steps. But when Yamato reveals he's become a yakuza member, Hasumi panics and runs away-only to have Yamato pop up again, but this time with a proposition: He'll buy her debt if she becomes his bride. But can she take the pressure and drama of becoming a yakuza wife?
In this new spinoff of the hit manga, a newbie Red Blood Cell is one of 37 trillion working to keep this body running. But something's wrong! Stress hormones keep yelling at him to go faster. The blood vessels are crusted over with cholesterol. Ulcers, fatty liver, trouble (ahem) downstairs... It's hard for a cell to keep working when every day is a CODE BLACK! THE CONTENT OF ADULTS There are trillions of cells in the human body, and they all have to work hard to keep that body alive. But what if that body isn't taking great care of itself? What if that body smokes too much? Or drinks too much? What if that body forgets to use protection? Why, it might find itself with all manner of dysfunction, and who's going to have to pick up the pieces? It turns out the same immune cells that fight off the common cold also have to deal with troubles of a distinctly more adult nature...
The platelets may be the littlest members of the Cells at Work team, but they won't let that stop them! They've got the important job of closing wounds, which they do with pride...and a few hijinks along the way!
The smash-hit anthropomorphic cell fantasy's latest spinoff features a fearsome Killer T Cell as its protagonist! Killer T Cells are the assassins who destroy virus-infected cells and other foreign contaminants to keep things peaceful inside the body. The Squad Leader of the Killer T Cells is feared by all ... but he wants to change his public persona! He wants friends! But he can't just say so! Solo karaoke, hot pot parties, and smartphones ... Cells using modern gadgets in their daily lives unexpectedly result in one hilarious situation after another!
It's no easy feat to keep a body happy and healthy, so even the newest cells have their tiny-winey, chubby-wubby hands full! Join these cute baby cells as they work hard within their newborn baby body, in this newest (literally!) spinoff of Cells at Work!
Here comes a new Cells at Work! spinoff series-with laughs galore! Erythroblasts are cells raised by a Macrophage in order to become promising Red Blood Cells, but that doesn't seem to be really the case here with these erythroblasts, who are on an indefinite moratorium-with no reason to work!
Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game. Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game. Don't miss the first volume in this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways.
"When I have sex, I get inspired by my partner." Gento, a student at an idol academy, has an inferiority complex about his plain appearance. When his ability to sing is discovered by Aoe, a former model driven from the showbiz world due to scandals, Gento joins his band. However, Aoe possesses the "worst" of talents that allows him to create songs inspired by his sexual partners...!?
"I can't help my body being like this..." Inspector Anjo makes deals with his informant behind closed doors. The price for his information isn't money, but Anjo's body! When Anjo's colleague finds out the truth, prepare for all hell to break loose!
When fierce-looking guy gets some sexy training, their talent as an idol bloom...!? Shun Sahohime has been rejected in auditions many times for his vicious smile. One day, a man reaches out to Shun for his potential and the man is no other than the guy he looks up to, famous idol Kaishi Sakuragasane...!?
Jin Kurosaki is a high school boy who spends his days in irritation and apathy. That is, until he falls down a flight of stairs one day to save a pregnant lady named Mai and...ends up swapping bodies with her?! Suddenly becoming a pregnant lady is a lot to take in, but Mai's cheeriness and positivity help him face the situation. As feelings he's never felt before begin to sprout, he also starts to learn more about Mai and the secret she holds.
Welcome to Ponpo Land, a peaceful place where humans and animals coexist in harmony!
Rookie canine cop Daifuku entered the police force with dreams of taking down baddies alongside Justice, the hero of Ponpo Land. Much to his dismay, however, he's been assigned to the quiet Missing Child Unit instead. When a missing cat girl appears one day, Daifuku hopes it will lead to a bigger case when she says she's run away from home. However, all it leads back to is the girl's father, a new cat in town who seems to need all the help he can get!
The romance between a hotshot rookie cop and a laidback single father has only just begun...
Six-graders Boco, Junichi and Joe were enjoying their summer vacation. It was strangely rainless summer, but other than that, it was just like another summer. Three boys knew it was their last summer together.
Same summer, deep inside a mine tunnel in New Guinea, an investigation team found something. No one knew they were creatures...terrifying creatures.
On his first day at his new job, Tsuki Aofuji is immediately smitten with his drop-dead gorgeous trainer, Momoko Kisaragi, and professes his love for her in front of the whole office. Shortly thereafter, Tsuki learns that Momoko is the object of everyone's affection, but is way out of their league... Even so, Tsuki refuses to give up on her.
During his training one day, Momoko leans over Tsuki, brushing her chest on him while standing behind him at his desk. She whispers in his ear, asking him if he really meant what he said. Tsuki tells her he was being serious and wants to get to know her better.
That same day, he stays late to review everything Momoko taught him. Just as he's finishing up, Momoko walks in and brings him something from his favorite coffee shop. As Tsuki is reaffirming his feelings for Momoko, she grabs him and plants a kiss on him, grabs his hands, and thrusts them onto her chest...!
On her first day at her job at the bank, Yumeha Ayase is reunited with her childhood friend and middle-school punk ex-boyfriend, Ko Ogami. Ko is still just as intimidating as ever, but Yumeha finds herself attracted to him once again as he helps keep her after getting drunk during a welcome dinner party.
When she excuses herself to go to the bathroom and freshen up, a worried Ko, thinking Yumeha's taking too long, goes in to check on her and bumps right into her. Yumeha drops her pouch, spilling out all of her naughty toys inside! Ko then invites her back to his place, where Yumeha expects things to take a steamy turn, but she just ends up getting lectured by Ko instead!
Frustrated, Yumeha mounts Ko, tells him she's always loved him, and rips her shirt off, taking Ko's hand and planting it on her chest! How will Ko react!? Don't miss this spicy love story between a sultry bank employee and her intimidating ex-bad boy boss!
In a town where volcanic ash rains from the sky, Akio Suzu, a 32-year-old man, leads a stagnant life enjoying drinking, smoking, and finding solace in the company of cats rather than people.
Nothing ever happens in his routine life, but he's not willing to change anything or himself. That is until a couple, who are Akio's regular customers, adds a new member to its household?Yutaka, their bubbly nephew from Tokyo.
As Akio tries to remain antisocial, Yutaka disrupts his everyday life and dismantles the walls he has built around himself. Together, the two grown men clumsily start to weave a warm, bittersweet, and platonic story of love.
Shina, a college student, is on the hunt for a casual hookup. He finds a temporary job for a graphic designer without basic life skills named Masaki. Shina works for Masaki as a part-time assistant and tries everything to have sex with him. Despite Shina's relentless efforts to seduce him, clueless Masaki remains uninterested. As their friends and clients get involved in their sextual steamy playground!
Sixteen years after the great hydroseism, nearly the entire world has sunken beneath the seas... but that won't stop Tatsumiya Minato from following her dream of becoming a high school student at the Enoshima Women's Ocean Academy!
The Tokyo Interstellar Bureau of Immigration: Japan's finest cosmic border patrol team, busting their butts on the daily to keep Planet Earth safe. Ride along with Lein and Ann, two high school girls who kick ass, hunt down aliens, and look dapper while doing it!
Mado Guchimoto is a rapidly-rising name in the world of science-fiction manga, with Tokyo Interstellar Immigration his debut serialization! His work is currently published in Japan's digital manga magazine Comic MeDu.
Mizuki's manga are flying off the shelves, but an artist's work is never done. With the help of her dedicated assistant, she is on a quest to create her magnum opus - the ultimate adult manga!
Coolkyousinnjya is a manga writer and artist who exploded into the manga landscape with his 4-panel comedy I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying. His most well-known series is the hit Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, which has sold over one million copies worldwide.
"I got myself fired in the fall of my 33rd year." Six years into marriage, Mai Murata is now raising two young children while both she and her husband work full-time. Her colleagues often say she's "living the dream," but in reality she's struggling to handle work on top of doing all the childcare on her own, and it feels like she's constantly apologizing: to her boss, to the daycare center, and on and on. Amidst all this, she happens to try out a virtual flea market app and finds an amazing deal that makes her day... and leaves her chasing that same high again and again until it's all she can think about. Addiction can happen to anyone, even you. This tale explores one person's struggle to escape that insatiable, unstoppable need and find genuine fulfillment.
Being reincarnated into another world with the promise of a "cheat" power is one thing, but being reborn as a baby, and then left for dead after your royal parents think you're powerless? That's another thing entirely! Now the newly born Reinhardt-Haruto to his new friends-must find his way through a dangerous world...but luckily he's got magic that's quite literally off the charts!
Maaya Kisaragi, 16 years old, finally confessed to her crush...only to be flatly rejected and ridiculed on social media after. To make matters worse, the most popular guy in her grade, Chigira-kun, overheard her despondent muttering about the whole thing. But instead of making fun of her, he comforts her...and proposes an odd solution to her heartbreak!
It's not every day that a guy tells you you're his muse and to strip down while you're just minding your own business! But that's just what happened to Michi-she caught the eye of Chihiro-kun, a fellow student and aspiring fashion designer. He's inspired by her, and wnats to use her as his model...but can Michi stand the attentions of such a devoted artiste?!
From the creator of nichijou, this surreal-slapstick series revolves around a penniless college student, Midori Nagumo, who lives in an ordinary city filled with not-quite-ordinary people. And as this reckless girl runs about, she sets the city in motion. Midori is in a bit of a bind. She is in debt, and her landlady is trying to shake her down for unpaid rent. Her best friend refuses to loan her cash since she's wised up to her tricks. Maybe some bullying would help. Or a bit of petty theft? Neither is sustainable. Maybe getting a job would settle things... But working means less time for fun adventures in the big city...
From Tsuyoshi Yasuda, the author of Over Drive and Furimuku Na Kimi Wa, comes the most exciting soccer manga in the world! During his last spring break before starting high school, Tsukushi Tsukamoto meets Jin Kazama, who invites him to a pick-up soccer game. Their chance meeting, and his first-ever experience with soccer, move kind-hearted, timid Tsukushi to enroll in his new high school's soccer club, which is among the strongest in all of Japan. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, there's something amazing hidden inside Tsukushi's heart...and through the trials and tribulations of his time in the soccer club, it's beginning to blossom!
Wergelder: In Germanic law, the money paid by a murderer or his family to the victim's family in atonement. A mysterious deal goes down on a remote island known as a red light pleasure district. An insane fight between a blonde sniper and an assassin in a Chinese dress brings up questions about who the players are in this deal.
Nagatoro is a freshman in high school who loves teasing and torturing her older male classmate (Senpai). What is her motivation and why does Senpai put up with her? Does Nagatoro just want to create misery for Senpai? Or maybe she secretly likes him?
Mika is a draker on the airship Quin Zaza. He earns his livelihood hunting the whales of the sky-dragons! The beautiful beasts are flying treasure troves, providing food and materials, and the Quin Zaza is among the last draking vessels. Mika's not just a talented hunter; he's also a gourmand with a refined palette and a taste for the exotic. Between his duties aboard the ship, his ambitions as an eater, and his new job training the rookie dragon hunter Takita, Mika's days are never boring. But even with the lively crew of the Quin Zaza as his family, the nomadic life of a draker can be lonely and dangerous...
At Granbell Kingdom, an abandoned amusement park, Shiki has lived his entire life among machines. But one day, Rebecca and her cat companion Happy appear at the park's front gates. Little do these newcomers know that this is the first human contact Granbell has had in a hundred years! As Shiki stumbles his way into making new friends, his former neighbors stir at an opportunity for a robo-rebellion...And when his old homeland becomes too dangerous, Shiki must join Rebecca and Happy on their spaceship and escape into the boundless cosmos.
Yokai, ghosts, and humans living together in harmony? Yushi Inaba was taken in by his uncle's family after losing his parents in an accident three years ago. Now sixteen and eager to make it on his own, he hopes to move into dorm upon entering high school. But by a cruel twist of fate, the dorm burns to the ground! After searching high and low, Yushi finally manages to find an apartment at the too-good-to-be-true price of 25,000 yen per month! Sure enough, there's one condition: the apartment is haunted! Surrounded by a gaggle of colorful tenants, Yushi's "normal" high school life begins! Waka Miyama delivers an elegant comic based off of the popular novel series by Hinowa Kozuki.
A wizard's job is never done! Get fired up for the official sequel to Fairy Tail, with story and layouts by original creator Hiro Mashima himself. Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Erza, and the whole Fairy Tail guild are back in action! And they've decided to tackle the "100 Years Quest" - a job no one's dared take on since the founding of the guild more than a century ago. A mysterious town, a baffling spirit, a ghastly new enemy... and a brand new continent to explore. When you're with real friends, the adventures never stop!
Yurika Namba, age 27. Unable to get over her breakup with her ex-boyfriend Makochi from five years ago, she stalks him on social media, talks to him in her head ... and has generally become obsessed with him. But everything changes when it turns out a certain someone works at the real estate agency she's just been hired at ... ! This romantic-comedy roller coaster is a must-read for anyone who's ever pined for their ex and lost the thread between infatuation and romance!
The city of Tokyo is plagued by a deadly phenomenon: spontaneous human combustion! Luckily, a special team is there to quench the inferno: The Fire Force! The fire soldiers at Special Fire Cathedral 8 are about to get a unique addition. Enter Shinra, a boy who possesses the power to run at the speed of a rocket, leaving behind the famous "devil's footprints" (and destroying his shoes in the process). Can Shinra and his cooleagues discover the source of this strange epidemic before the city burns to ashes?
Makoto Kowata, a novice witch, packs up her belongings (including her black cat familiar) and moves in with her distant cousins in rural Aomori Prefecture, in the far north reaches of Japan, to complete her training and become a full-fledged witch.
A truly great coach makes a game of soccer interesting! Tatsumi Takeshi is 35 and has spent the last few years coaching in England before being brought back to Japan to coach his old team. His favorite pastime? Causing giant upsets a.k.a. Giant Killing! From the genius behind U-31.
Naoya just got a girlfriend, the gorgeous Saki-chan, and though their intensities often pit them against each other like ice and fire, they're totally, uncontrollably in love with each other. He vows never to cheat...when out of the blue he receives another confession! Nagisa's cute, sweet, and she's made him lunch to boot! He knows he can't cheat, but he can't let a cutie like this get away...so he does the logical(?) thing: Asks Saki for permission to date them both! The confidence! The arrogance! The very gall! No matter the outcome, Naoya's future will be lively!