Purple-eyed Adarte, blue-eyed Adolte. One enveloped in light-the graceful son-and one shrouded in darkness-the prisoner. Even as their souls are drawn together, destiny would tear them apart. Elsewhere in the kingdom, a heroic king is served by an enigmatic aide from a faraway land. His path has torn him from his dearest kin and placed him in the halls of power-to what end...?
The first of Asumiko Nakamura's beautifully wrought tales set in a fantastic kingdom of intrigue and heartache...
Middle schooler Nishikata has had it with his classmate Takagi--the chronic teaser who sits nearby. Day in and day out, she comes after him with every sort of trick or prank. Even when he tries to get her back, she's always one step ahead. But rest assured, it's only the beginning. He's not about to give up that easily in this battle of cunning and youth!
With all its innovations, the kingdom of Tempest—founded by the demon lord Rimuru—is a veritable paradise for travelers such as Framea, the rabbitfolk chief's daughter. Framea has always had a nose for adventure, an inquisitive mind, and a knack for discovering and identifying the latest and greatest the world has to offer! Her notepad is open at all times, ready for any three-star delights she may encounter, so when Rimuru himself gives Framea a mission to catalog the area's attractions, she'll have her work cut out for her—and tons of stars to hand out!
The blossoming relationship between these boys is too cute to handle...! The aggressive Ren and serious Tadaomi have been inseparable since elementary school. And even though Ren is kinda scary, he instantly melts when he's with Tadaomi. Everyone around them knows how they feel about each other... except for the two of them! Don't miss this BL comedy!
As a cat-that noblest of animals-the Count has high expectations for his human servants. Unfortunately for him, the Fujiwara sisters are about as dysfunctional as it gets! Shizuka is an extreme shut-in whose only contact with the outside world is her livestream. Yumeko, meanwhile, has a rather...extreme love-hate relationship with her big sis. Can Count Fujiwara handle these perplexing creatures, or will his meows fall on deaf ears?
Demon prince Koujirou Sakura comes to Earth, enrolling in high school, on a mission to find the human who will threaten the future of the demon realm...and steal their souls! But with no clue as to this human's identity, Koujirou is at a loss. To make matters worse, the boys' dorm at his new school is full, and he's forced to live off campus with a girl! Oh, the humanity...!
If you like Pandora Hearts, then you'll love Crimson-Shell, Jun Mochizuki-sensei's debut! Rescued from the darkness by Xeno, a mysterious swordsman, Claudia the Rose Witch is the foundation of the Crimson-Shell, a special division of the Red Rose-an organization aiming to capture the results of one mad scientist's experiments, the deadly Black Roses. But when Xeno's loyalties are called into question, will Claudia be strong enough to believe in her dearest friend? And what is the color of the rose blooming in Xeno's heart-a deep, passionate crimson...or a traitorous jet-black?
Da-Il has a new job working for a famous comic creator. It would be a great opportunity...if Da-Il had any artistic ability. Da-Il fears he'll never be able to create art, until he meets Mu-Huk, a ghost who takes form based on Da-Il's creativity. The budding artist soon learns he has the skills of a "Croquer," someone who has the ability to shape the stories vengeful ghosts by entering the "Dead Zone." It's a lot for a young man to absorb, especially when Da-Il learns he'll be the main character in his boss's new book - Croquis Pop!
Murry Summerfield, relentlessly decent son of the farmstead, meets Jacob Durris, charming but troubled new neighbor. When he discovers why Jacob has moved out to the countryside, Murry has his hands full keeping his friend happy and dealing with his own blossoming feelings.
When his parents are murdered by an intergalactic criminal, Daniel X vows to take on his father's role as Earth's sole Alien Hunter. Life isn't easy, though, when you're a young boy on your own, tracking down the galaxy's deadliest outlaws. Luckily, Daniel has a gift: the ability to create anything he can imagine - including his parents, his sister, and his best friends, who are there to help him along the way. But when Daniel decides to go up against the sixth-deadliest criminal on his hit list, he may find that even his awesome abilities just aren't up to the task!
Ariadna Lerg Illestri Pre Agrigent is no ordinary baby. She's the princess of an empire, she doesn't cry at all, and...she was born with memories of her previous life?! Not to mention her father's trying to kill her! Blessed with a chance to start over but cursed with a crazed tyrant as her father, Ria must navigate the chaos of growing up in the palace-conceited concubines, grand birthday celebrations, assassins in the night-while also avoiding being killed... But just how is she meant to escape death when she can't even walk?!
Kanade Sora has never been to a music festival before. But when her friend Otoha lures her along with the promise that her favorite band will be playing, she finds herself having more fun than she ever imagined. And if one small show is enough to hook her, what might a huge overnight event at a major venue be like? As Kanade dives into a whole new world of rocking out, will her life ever be the same?!
Ever since she was little, Mashiro has been able to see ghosts-of people, of animals, and of some strange creatures that don't seem to be either. For years, she's pretended not to see the eerie sights around her, but then a chance encounter plunges Mashiro into the world of the inhuman Nomans. An accidental kiss leaves Mashiro partnered with Bazu, a human-hating crow lady, as she joins the Boundary Preservation Society to help the dead that walk the earth move on...
Suzuki is a programmer in the midst of a death march-crunch time, when coders live on caffeine and pull twenty-hour days. He just needs a little nap...but then he has a dream. A dream where he's in another world, with RPG powers right out of his game. A dream where he calls down a great disaster. A dream that, suspiciously, just won't end...
Calling upon his former governess, William Jones, gentleman, is startled when his knock is answered by an uncommonly beautiful servant, the soft-spoken Emma. Throughout his visit, William's eyes drift to the maid whenever she enters the room, and he contrives to meet Emma socially as she goes about her errands. But London society is a web of strict codes and divisions. For the son of a wealthy merchant, seeking out a working-class girl is simply not done! William's father plans for his son to marry into the peerage and elevate the Jones family to greater heights, but although William says and does what is expected of him, he longs only for Emma's company...
Angels and demons aren't known for getting along, but their shared enthusiasm for designer labels and luxury items has drawn angel Eniale and demon Dewiela into a tempestuous friendship...which has a tendency to dissolve into conflict. With the powers of Heaven and Hell behind them, even a minor fashion disaster can have near-apocalyptic consequences for the people of Earth!
Yuugo Chayama is an unemployed high-school dropout renting a dirt-cheap apartment in a building nicknamed the "Loser Lodge." Everything is communal in this rickety seventy-year-old abode, from the bathrooms to the kitchen, but at least the rent is a mere five thousand yen! But then, one day, an angel named Hamuel descends with the heavens, having been given the hopeless mission of turning Yuugo's life around...! From the author of Heaven's Lost Property and Plunderer comes an all-new cohabitation comedy with a no-good cast!
Nio Nakatani, known for her delicate and heartwarming portrayal of girls' love, presents a marvelous collection of short stories that span her whole career. With works including her striking debut title Farewell to My Alter, enthralling tales from the Éclair anthologies, and a hauntingly captivating piece penned exclusively for this volume, Nakatani explores the deeper nuances of loss, identity, and matters of the heart.
The cadets of Akademeia's Class Zero are legends, with strength and magic unrivaled, and crimson capes symbolizing the great Vermilion Bird of the Dominion. But will their elite training be enough to keep them alive when a war breaks out and the Class Zero cadets find themselves at the front and center of a bloody political battlefield?!
Before commanding Class Zero of the elite magic academy Akademeia, before a bloody tragedy unfolded before his eyes, Kurasame was simply an Agito cadet of Class Three. Thus begins the tale of a legend, of a boy who would become one of the Four Champions of Rubrum, of the man who would become feared as the Ice Reaper...
Where else would a girl with the power to translate any tome she sets in her lap reside except a library? Sure, some books may be more dangerous than others, but that's far from discouragement for a true bibliophile like Kosuzu Motoori!
Tamaki, a woman who's grown tired with her life, is one day asked by the famous painter Shunsui Ishihara to become his model. Not just any model, that is-a nude model. But when she accepts without hesitation, Ishihara is taken by her peculiar response and somehow falls for her...!? The misaligned love life between an oblivious girl and a handsome but extremely self-conscious artist begins here!
Sawa Mitoma, a nervous, skittish girl who prefers minimal human contact, has just started high school, and it's already not going well...until she meets the "it" boys-the "prince-like" Mutsuki and the sharp-tongued Hajime. But little does she know, they're Sohmas!? It's Fruits Basket...again!
After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, plucky high schooler Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out...into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Sohma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Sohmas have a secret of their own--when touched by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac! A perennial favorite of fans and librarians alike, Natsuki Takaya's beloved bestselling Fruits Basket series returns to print in gorgeous deluxe English-language omnibus editions with beautiful full-color illustrations that are not to be missed!
In a world where a person's Post is decided for them from birth, Torza holds the most powerful, the most punishing, and the most heroic of Posts--he is a Slayer. He sets off on a journey to gather strong companions for the sole purpose of defeating the twenty-third incarnation of the all-powerful Demon. However, there's a dark truth lurking behind the stories of the so-called heroic Slayers...
Siblings Minato and Akira Lee have moved to a new town, and they're expecting things to be different- but not this different! Ghostly figures tower over and pass through buildings, drawing no reaction from the locals, some of whom appear far from normal themselves. When Akira spots a strange creature outside her window, she and her new friends organize a search. If no one else can explain the uncanny appearances, the investigation club will get to the bottom of it!
In a remote town dwells a man single-mindedly devoted to the slaughter of goblins-a man known as Goblin Slayer. However, this grim crusader isn't the only one living an adventure-filled life! There are many who cross his path, like the rookie warrior and apprentice cleric who (though a bit put off by him) seek out Goblin Slayer's advice. Or the waitress on a mission to get him to eat her tavern's food...Not to mention the goblins themselves, lying in wait in their nest. They all have their own stories to tell!
After an illicit affair at work falls through, office worker Ushiro Akechi is wallowing in quiet desperation and stumbling towards ending it all. What she really needs is an older sister to talk her back from the edge... Luckily, she about to meet one-from the other side! Self-proclaimed Guardian Spiritual Older Sister Masako is ready and waiting to take Ushiro under her ghostly wing! Can they together turn a brush with the end into the start of a gloriously funny new partnership!?
In Meiji-era Japan, sixteen-year-old Maria wishes she can change her appearance. If only her eyes and hair were different, maybe she wouldn't be met with such fear, and maybe her own mother wouldn't be so ashamed of her. But when Maria encounters a handsome yet mischievous boy named Rintarou, her understanding of beauty-and herself-begins to change. To him, Maria's not just pretty; she's straight out of a fairy tale! A historical romance unfolds on the streets of Yokohama...
Monarchy ended long ago in Korea, but there are still other countries with Kings, Queens, princes and princesses. What if Korea had continued monarchism? What if all the beautiful palaces which are now only historical relics were actually filled with people?! What if the glamorous royal family still maintained the palace customs?! Welcome to a world where Korea still has the royal family living their lives! Only for one high school girl, Che-Kyung, is this a tragedy, since she has to marry the prince who apparently is a total jerk!
2-D art of death, secret technique!! Sora Nagihara, the girl of Shouta Yamakawa's dreams, is sweet, demure, and downright cute. The only problem is that she's two-dimensional...literally. But when Sora miraculously comes to life from the pages of Shouta's manga, he can't believe his luck. That is, until he realizes that "sweet" and "demure" are the last words anyone would pick to describe this brazen, brutal babe!
In a world where the seeds of plants are imbued with various powers both great and small, young Luca makes ends meet by illegally cultivating and selling rare specimens. But anyone caught engaging in this activity without the qualifications of a government-sanctioned Grainelier does so at the price of their freedom. So when the security forces come calling, Luca assumes they're onto him...but it's actually his shut-in father, Christophe, they're after! Sent running to safety by Christophe, Luca escapes with a few rare and powerful seeds pressed into his hand...but will they do anything but make Luca's path a thorny one?
Kaoru Minaguchi is a "no-lifer" who sucks at school, can't play sports, lacks any real talent, definitely doesn't have a girlfriend, or even a remote desire to change any of the above...until a certain grim reaper pays him a visit. Turns out, she's a reaper of "no-lifers" and if Kaoru can't find a way to become a true "real-lifer," he's as good as dead...! In an effort to stay alive and increase his odds of landing a girlfriend, Kaoru sends love letters to four different girls in school...only for all of them to say yes! But if anyone finds out about his four-timing, he'll be back to being a "no-lifer" and, worse yet, back to imminent death! Forget romantic comedies--this one's a thriller!!
By the time Haruhiro comes to, he finds himself in a game like world filled with terrifying monsters. This world is called Grimgar. Armed with no more strength or ability than your average boy, Haruhiro and his fellow party members struggle to survive as they cobble out a mean existence, receiving mediocre pay in return for risking their lives everyday. What kind of future does this harsh, uncaring world have in store for those who are not destined to succeed, who have no prophecy to guide them, who are not heroes...?
In a small town where the fantastic and the mundane blend together, young Hana's everyday life is one of exploration and discovery. As she encounters fragments both bitter and sweet, the shape of the world slowly comes into view...
After his professor is injured, rookie linguist Hakaba is entrusted with his work, a research trip to study the language of monsters. Travelling together with his guide Susuki, he dives into the complex world of interspecies communication!
And with that single sentence, the Good Witch of the Lake's secret crush on the dashing Sir Harij ends in heartbreak. Still, when he promises to help her gather the ingredients, Rose is thrilled at the chance to gaze upon a man she'd normally never get to interact with. She learns to brace her pounding heart for their usual stilted conversations...but what is she to do when he inexplicably shows up at her doorstep with bread and a jar of apple butter?
Intent on being an independent young woman, high schooler Himeyuka lives on her own in an unremarkable apartment complex in a corner of the city. But one day, she discovers her ordinary building has turned into something extraordinary! Her beloved "castle" is covered in childish scribbles-both inside and out! And waiting for her at the end of this rainbow-colored mess...is the perpetrator of the crime-a little boy named Rozione, who seems to know quite a bit about Himeyuka, though she has no idea who he is. Is he really just someone's lost child, or is there a greater mystery behind his appearance?
In this collection, Sumomo Yumeka presents four charming, melancholy vignettes that explore the trickling of time and the machinations of the heart.
Nanako and her two best friends, Akane and Shino, have been in the same class since elementary school. Now with the entrance exam just around the corner, the girls have big plans for spending their college years together as well. Unfortunately, those big plans hinged on all three of them passing their exams...Now Nanako and Akane are ichiroh, first-year students at the local prep school. Nanako is determined to do better next year, but it's going to be a real challenge - the bossy dorm/shrine manager puts the pair to work as miko, Akane can't kick her video game addiction, and the neighbor's pranks are getting out of hand! With all this nonsense, Nanako will be lucky to get any studying done!