Hana Kisugi is a somewhat apathetic 28-year-old office worker with no luck at work or with men. One day, she missed a step on a staircase and...When she woke up, she was in the body of a 17-year-old high school student named Hana Yamada. At a loss, she ends up living the life of a high school girl at the boarding house Hana Yamada lived at, Ikuta House. She's surrounded by the responsible adult Haruki, and the high school boy Haruchika. She's having trouble not falling for all the guys around her, but she can't fall in love in someone else's body, can she? While she's worried about that, someone tells her HE'S in love with HER!Will this Hana be able to return to her former body?!
Sota Kitaoka, 20 years old, working at Ginza's fmaous "Tomikyu" under a strict but passionare boss, struggling and aiming to be a chef. One day he will make food that reaches peoples hearts...
Chisato and Riku have been neighbors since they were kids. Even in college, they still live in adjacent rooms. When Chisato says she'd like to have a boyfriend, Riku begs her to be with him. Can he become more than the boy next-door to her?
Upon graduating from an all-boys high school, Tobishima Ichita (18) enrolls in the manga course at an art school. Ichita's genre of choice is Boy's Love (BL) and he has always wanted to connect with girls who love BL just as much as he does. As such, Ichita heads to his first day of class with a dream in his heart! When he arrives, though, his nerves get the best of him -- he can't seem to have a normal conversation with a girl. What's more, his class is nothing but girls...! What will become of Ichita?!
This town is unsettling, and yet somehow comforting.... When "Cee" awoke, humans had vanished from the world, leaving only the remains of their civilization behind. Desperate to evade the mysterious "Cone Heads," Cee encounters a one-eyed Golem, "Bulb." Golems are humanoid automatons, made to serve their human masters, but what befell their erstwhile creators? This is the story of a bond between girl and golem that could change the world!
Mizuno Sawa, high school first-year, is a quiet and reserved girl living under the social radar. Her school is also home to the band "Blue-Burst", made up of four boys from the pop music club and hugely popular among the students. Of course, Sawa and the band members pass their time at school without ever crossing paths - except, Kouichi from the band is secretly her twin brother! Kouichi is an amateur model on top of singing in the band, and basically the school's superstar; but despite his superstar smile on the surface, his true face is a sneering demon. When he double books a modeling gig with make-up lessons at school, the idea strikes him to make Sawa take his place at the lessons. Poor Sawa has a complex about defying her brother, so in the end she puts on his boys' uniform and heads to school. From that day her plain, quiet high school life changes completely! It's a melody of love and thrills in this coming-of-age story!
Ruriko Aoyama, a second-year in high school, was born with a large, blue birthmark on her face. She has lived her life trying not to make a big deal of it, trying to avoid overly conscientious treatment by those around her. One day, Ruriko gets her hands on a notebook belonging to her new homeroom teacher, Kanda. He had written all of her classmates' names in the book, and next to their names: distinguishing physical features. However, Ruriko notices that the space next to her own name is inexplicably blank. When she confronts her homeroom teacher, Ruriko finds that Kanda lives with prosopagnosia -- a disorder which prevents him from being able to make sense of and distinguish the human face...
Ikki Minami looked up to the skies since he was a kid, dreaming of a freedom that defied definition...until he caught a glimpse of a mysterious and beautiful Air Trek rider, whose aerial acrobatics ignited his ephemeral dream into a blazing inferno of ambition. Now he is determined to use Air Treks to fly, uninhibited by the laws of gravity, and make his dream a reality. But the world of Air Treks is fraught with danger and deception. Will Ikki fly freely, or will his wings get cut before he can take flight?
The Iga clan and the Kouga clan have been sworn enemies for more than four hundred years. Only the Hanzo Hattori truce has kept the two families from all-out war. Now, under the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, the truce has finally been dissolved. Ten ninja from each clan must fight to the death in order to determine who will be the next Tokugawa Shogun. The surviving clan will rule for the next thousand years. But not all the clan members are in agreement. Oboro of the Iga clan and Gennosuke of the Kouga clan have fallen deeply in love. Now these star-crossed lovers have been pitted against each other. Can their romance conquer a centuries old rivalry? Or is their love destined to end in death?
The 16-year-old girl with a complex about her aggressive nature, Taiga, gives a drink to a boy she finds passed out from starvation, but he ends up stealing a kiss under the pretense of feeding mouth-to-mouth. When the new school term begins, that boy, Anri Iseya, is at the new school she transfers to and declares, "I'll be yer pet"...?! This sensual, dangerous mission between a black beast and a strong-willed 16-year-old begins now!
Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special-operations task-force made up of former military officers and police detectives. The manga presents individual cases that Section 9 investigates, along with an ongoing, more serious investigation into the serial killer and hacker known only as "The Laughing Man." When a high-ranking government official is kidnapped, the Prime Minister must call in his top crime fighting force known as Section 9. Lead by the beautiful (and deadly) Major Kusanagi, the cybernetically enhanced squad must use all their skill to take down the kidnappers and rescue the hostages. But that's only half of the mission; can Kusanagi and company find out who's behind the kidnapping, and, more importantly, just what they're after? Find out in this thrilling first volume of The Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex!
As a child, Mao spent all her time at Hiro's house across the street. Going to his house always made her feel cheerful. A few years later... Mao's father gets remarried and Mao finds herself with nowhere to call home. Hiro ends up letting her stay with him in the house he is protecting all by himself since the death of his parents. However...! A love story unfolds between the two childhood friends of different ages!
Ichiro Inuyashiki is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he's constantly ignored and disrespected by his family despite all that he's done to support them. On top of everything else, his doctor has revealed that he has cancer and it appears that he has little time left in this world. But just when it seems things couldn't get any worse, a blinding light in the night sky strikes the earth where Ichiro stands.
For one short year, haplessly awkward, cockatiel-toting Nino has to keep watch over class joker and nextdoor neighbor, Kira-kun. Can Kira-kun-who harbors a terrible secret-find it in himself to open up and learn something new from Nino, or will she be consumed by his world? Find out in this touching tale of two fates that intertwine to become the "closest love to Heaven."
One day, a poor high school second-year named Futaro Uesugi comes across a private tutoring gig with good pay. But his pupils are his classmates!! And they're quintuplets!! They're all gorgeous girls, but they're troublemakers who hate to study and are on the verge of flunking out! And his first task is simply gaining the sisters' trust?! Every day is a party! The curtain is rising on the Nakano quintuplets' quirky romantic comedy with five times the cute!!
Seventeenthcentury Japan: A rebellion in the Aizu territory has been brutally crushed, leaving twentyone brave warriors dead and most of the nuns of the local convent slaughtered. Now the surviving nuns have sworn to seek revenge.
When Ao was in kindergarten, she smiled ear-to-ear as she told her classmates how her father (a bestselling erotic author) chose her name: "A as in apple and O as in orgy!" That day still haunts her ten years later as she studies with a single goal in mind: get into an elite university and achieve independence from her father once and for all. She has no youth to misspend and no time to think about boys ... until her classmate, "King Normie" Kijima, approaches her with a shocking confession of love. She tries to lose Kijima, but he just can't take a hint ... and as her mind runs wild with impure thoughts, she realizes her father has totally influenced her!
Yakko has always lived in the shadow of her model/actress younger sister, Yuno. So when she's surprised on her 17th birthday by super-popular actor Araki Shigaraki, she assumes he's looking for Yuno...until he declares his love for Yakko?! Not only that, he'd declared his love for her before...but now, as then, she doesn't believe him! But he's determined, and if she won't see him as a boyfriend, maybe she'll see him as a pet...?!
While dragging himself home from the office late one night, working stiff Kunimaru comes across a mysterious arcade where he wins himself a plush toy. He's in for quite the shock when a fluke kiss transforms his new plush into a human prince...and then the prince starts calling him "Daddy"?! -- This lighthearted comedy is sure to uplift all the "plushie" lovers out there as novice plushie daddy Kunimaru and his little prince navigate their life together through misadventures and explosive bursts of admiration.
High schooler and budding Shooto mixed martial arts fighter, Meguru Takayanagi, reunites with his old friend from grade school, Takashi Segawa, in the ring for the first time in seven years. However, while the two used to be good friends, due to the difference in their upbringings, Takashi now sees Meguru as an enemy. Without a moment of joy to commemorate their reunion, the old friends' match begins... Eden's own Hiroki Endo brings you a new tale of Shooto, MMA, and youth!
strange virus is making its way around the globe, causing its victims to commit suicide-and becoming a lethal pandemic in less than a week. Now a group of Tokyo teens who have survived the outbreak are wondering why they are still alive.
Benio is the heiress of the richest family in Japan, and tradition holds that she must marry the first person to kiss her. So that she can attend high school, Benio is assigned the ninja Tamaki as a bodyguard, but he turns out to be quite the player. It's not always easy for a strong-willed rich girl and a smart-alecky ninja to get along in this romantic comedy about a pure young lady and her smoking hot knight.
Before the events of Appleseed, Deunan, a human woman and former SWAT officer, along with her combat-cyborg lover, Briareos, arrive in war-torn New York City. The city's mayor is a dapper but delusional cyborg, preparing for the UFO invasion he's convinced is right around the corner. Briareos's powerful abilities earn the pair refuge, but there are few human comforts to be found in a city catered to cyborgs...After the couple parts ways, the mayor's nightmare takes a turn for the worse. Deunan's group of outcast humans may be just the extra manpower the mayor needs-but can the two factions put aside their differences in time to save the world?
Because of a plane crash ... starting today, we're spending the springtime of our lives on a desert island!! There's nothing here, so we have to make everything!! And eat everything!! (Ugh!) Check out our high-school-girl survival story of courage and knowledge. We're actually doing pretty well! Volume 1 includes: how to eat cicadas, how to build traps, a simple allergy test, how to eat hermit crabs, etc.
Twin sisters, Arisa and Tsubasa, are separated by their parents' divorce. The twins secretly exchange letters during their separation. Finally reunited after three years, Arisa asks Tsubasa to pretend to be her and spend a day in her school just for fun. At school everyone seems very nice to Tsubasa (who is pretending to be Arisa) and everything seemed normal... until she finds a strange note in her sister's shoe locker. When Tsubasa hands over the letter to Arisa, Arisa tries to kill herself. Arisa survives but remains in a coma. The letter read, "Arisa is a traitor." Determined to unravel the mystery behind the act and the letter, Tsubasa decides to investigate...
High schooler Matsuri has an unexpected encounter with her brother's friend, Asahi-sempai, who also happens to be a popular boy at her school. From then on, Asahi-sempai makes passes at her at school or even at her own house! Wherever Matsuri might be, there's just no escaping him ... Every day with the somewhat perverse Asahi-sempai is an unbelievably stimulating experience for Matsuri, and she can't help but be flustered!! This is the long-awaited first volume of an intimate love story, featuring a sweet and playful sempai!
Nishiki, who lives out in the countryside, loves studying. But due to the arranged marriage her parents have planned for her, she's finding her hometown a bit cramped. One day, she happens to meet Atsumori, a high schooler from Tokyo. Motivated by his unique sense of values, Atsumori suggests that Nishiki run away with him and get married! Having grown fond of Atsumori, Nishiki decides to chase after him by getting into a high school in Tokyo...?!A new series from Taamo, author of "House of the Sun."
One of the manga world's most intriguing artists comes the manga version of the Netflix movie, BLAME!
Steel and rust. The City structure has endlessly propagated itself for so many years that the reason for such growth has long since been forgotten. Even within such a techo-dystopia, humans still exist: The Electrofishers.Driven to the brink of extinction, they are visited by a traveller-a man named Killy. But will his presence bring the Electrofishers ruination or hope..?
Takagi Fujimaru may seem like a regular high school student, but behind the cheery facade lies a genius hacker by the name of Falcon. When his father is framed for a murder, Falcon uses his brilliant hacking skills to try and protect his sister and clear his father's name. However, he finds that his father, an agent in an elite government agency, was involved with something far more complex than a simple murder. A terrorist group is plotting against the city of Tokyo and it is up to Falcon, with the help of his friends to unravel the twisted plans set in place to kill millions of people.
Chitose is a high school girl who lives her life wearing a "mask" in order to be liked by everyone. One day, a boy named Itsuki saves her from a p*rvert. Unable to forget his eyes, she follows him to an art prep school!! Then, Chitose was led around the prep school by Itsuki, but he sees through her fake facade... This is a sweet but sadistic love story between a mask-wearing girl and a free-spirited boy!
Kinichiro isn't even that bad. It's just that on the first day of high school, his narrow eyes made him look shifty, so people assumed he was trouble. Now it's graduation, and he's looking back on three years with no friends. He never even joined a club. But after a bloody collision and an accidental fall, he wakes up a high school freshman, with the chance to try it all over... AGAIN!!
Equal parts cute, silly, and subversive, the four-panel comedy manga Ahogaru was a surprise hit in Japan. Fans of anarchic slice-of-life gag manga like Azumanga Daioh - these are the new laughs you've been waiting for! Yoshiko is a hopefully clueless high school girl. Her rock-paper-scissors strategy is "rock." She somehow gets zeroes on multiple-choice tests. And she has an often-nearly-fatal weakness for bananas. Her devoted friends have no choice but to hang around and make sure nobody takes advantage of her. (Of course, the entertainment value might have something to do with it, too.) Cute characters, weird gags, and lots and lots of bananas!
High schooler Ryo knows he's transgender, but he doesn't have anyone to confide in about the confusion he feels. He can't tell his best friend, who he's secretly got a crush on, and he can't tell his mom, who's constantly asking why Ryo "dresses like a boy." He certainly can't tell Jin, the new transfer student who looks like just another bully... The only time Ryo feels at ease is when he's wearing his favorite clothes. Then, and only then, the world melts away, and he can be his true self. One day, while out shopping, Ryo sees someone he didn't expect: Jin. The kid who looked so tough in class has the same taste in fashion as him! At last, Ryo has someone he can open up to-and the journey ahead might finally give him a way to express himself to the world.
Danger and action abound after Akira Sengoku and his classmates crashland on a deserted island while flying home from a class trip. The island doesn't exist on any maps but that's not even the strangest part: the animals they find on the island are prehistoric beasts that are supposed to have been extinct for thousands of years! Now Akira and his friends are in danger as the island's residents start eyeing the humans for their next meal. Will they ever solve the mystery of the island and find their way home?
"I want to kill you"-Taku Kamishiro's crush on Mika Hanazono had always been one sided, until one fateful day, his feelings turn into murderous impulse instead... You won't be able to predict what each new page will bring!
A prequel series to the number one bestseller in Japan. Humanity has learned to live in complacency behind its high walls, protected from the giant Titans. But when a Titanworshipping cult opens one of the gates, a Titan wreaks havoc, consuming the cultists. After the rampage is over, two young Survey Corps members are shocked to discover a pregnant woman's partially digested corpse with her baby still alive inside it! What will the fate of this "child of the Titans" be? And how will humanity learn to cope with the Titan threat?