Zoshigaya. Gotanda. Kinshicho. Komazawa Daigaku. Nakano. These were your "No.1 most desirable places to live"?! The Shigeta Twins run a real estate agency in Kichijoji and keep complaining about the changes the area is going through. However, their office is highly sought after by young ladies who believe the hype that Kichijoji is the coolest place to live! That's why, today, they will introduce you to some great under-the-radar neighborhoods other than Kichijoji. This is the first volume of this love-stroll apartment-hunt manga by a great new comedic talent, Hirochi Maki!
Serina arrives at school one day to discover her desk has been vandalized-someone's scratched the lyrics to a love song in it...and that someone turns out to be Mizukawa-sempai, a boy who's one year her senior. She wants to get to know him better, but if his frosty demeanor is any indication, she doesn't have a chance! But it seems he might be awkward-not simply mean-and before she knows it, she's asking him out...! With each passing day, her heart races a little faster! Don't miss out on volume 1 of this school romance story!
At her high school, she's Eriko Ichimura, the girl so boring no one remembers she exists. But online, she's "Lovesick Ellie," a brash and lusty alternate persona with quite a viral following! Ellie's favorite pastime? Spying on her handsome and perfect classmate Ohmi and spinning wild fantasies in the form of very thirsty tweets. But one day, quite by accident, Eriko learns that Ohmi isn't as perfect as she thought...and he discovers her secret to boot! What's ahead for this two-faced boy and pervy girl?
Akira Sasagawa is a typical high school girl: cute, bubbly ... and completely obsessed with BL. One day, she spots her fellow classmate, Mabuchi-kun, at her favorite bookstore, in her favorite aisle, and her fervor is ignited: Could a rough-and-tumble, mean-eyed guy like him possibly love BL too? Her quest to find out leads her to a conclusion even she can't believe, and their otaku romantic comedy of errors begins!
Mizutani is a selfabsorbed overachiever, concerned only with maintaining the highest grades in school. Haru is an impulsive short tempered brute, who scares everyone with his explosive bursts of violence. Haru gets suspended on the first day of school when he encounters some bullies harassing a student and dispatches the bullies with great bloody violence. Mizutani is tasked with delivering school materials to Haru who interprets this as an act of friendship and latches on to Mizutani, much to her dismay. And so begins a strange and potentially combustible relationship!
The Ultimate Mystery: A Girlfriend! -- Mikoto Urabe is a new transfer student in Akira Tsubaki's high school class. One day, Akira happens to find Mikoto passed out asleep on her desk after classes have ended. He wakes her and tells her it's time to go home, and discovers that she has drooled on her desk. He spontaneously reaches out to touch and taste it... and then things start getting really strange. In this surprising and sweet twist on a high school romance story, boy meets girl and they learn about each other's inner life through their highly unusual bond, and Akira learns to respect Mikoto as she sets a careful pace in the development of their relationship.
Yasuke, 15 years old, is about to build up the courage to confess his love to his childhood friend Akari, who's fallen for him, too. There's just one problem: Yasuke's family lives in a Japanese shrine, and when he breaks the shrine's sacred mirror, it triggers a curse, releasing the cute and wellendowed goddess of misfortune, Orihime, into the real world! Now Yasuke can't ever be out of Orihime's sight-if he gets too far away, he dies, and can only be brought back to life with a quick kiss from Orihime!
"I encountered her...a cute, but 'weird' sempai!" This magic-loving but stage fright-addled sempai with a failure rate of 100% is sometimes cute and sometimes erotic, so you can't take your eyes off her. The short, magical gag comic that has caused an uproar all over with its sheer humor is now in collected form! The ultimate non-athletic heroine is born!!
Niko Nanase has a secret: Although she's a first-year student at a VIP private high school, she herself works part-time jobs whenever she can to make ends meet for herself and her two younger sisters. However, when high-school hottie and tv-drama star Leon finds out about her double-life, she thinks she's ruined...until he proposes a solution to her money problems: Be his maid!
"I'd rather be dead." Rune Balot was a lost girl with nothing to live for, when a man named Shell took her in and cared for her... until he tried to murder her. Standing at the precipice of death, Rune is saved by Dr. Easter, a private investigator, who uses an experimental procedure known as "Mardock Scramble 09." The procedure grants Balot extraordinary abilities and now Rune must decide whether to use her new powers to help Dr. Easter bring Shell to justice, or if she has the will to keep living a life that's been broken so badly. Includes special extras after the story!
Mio loves radio, where she can be herself in private while still sharing her interests with the world-totally unlike her twin brother, Yuuta, the popular extrovert on the volleyball team. But when the love of Yuuta's life decides to study abroad in Australia, he asks Mio to do the unthinkable-go to school in his place! Suddenly Mio is thrust not only into the world of volleyball, but of men's dorms...and must do whatever she can to keep her secret!
Without a single boyfriend in sixteen years, Natsume has zero relationship experience ... and it's all thanks to her super overprotective neighbor-high school teacher, Mikami-sensei!! Whether at home or at school, Natsume is always being manipulated by his strangely overbearing affections. But while it may have seemed like sibling love at first, their relationship soon takes an unexpected turn ... !
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".
Kako gets tangled up when she lies about her age in order to attend a company-mixer party for singles and ends up totally infatuated with her young local policeman! And it looks like it's mutual with Kota... until he finds out Kako's still in high school. Read on to see if straight-arrow Kota manages to find a way to do the right thing as our story unfolds in the first volume of this upbeat new romantic comedy from Maki Miyoshi!
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!
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?
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.
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!
Nozomi Aizawa has has kept her feelings for her schoolmate Azuma-kun a secret for quite a while, but the time has come for her to finally confess. His response, though, is far from ordinary! Led in circles by his hilarious tangents, these two awkward teenagers find themselves growing ever closer while muddling through misunderstandings and off-topic rants. When the airheaded stalker Aizawa-san finally connects with the petulant know-it-all Azuma-kun, the result is a romantic comedy worth talking about!
Hatsune Takanashi is a girl of simple tastes. Curry and friends are among her favorite things, but more than anything, pudding is her true love in life. She's begun her new high school life at Kitsuka Academy, an allgirl boarding school high atop a mountain, and is looking forward to making new friends and eating some great food. Hatsune is guaranteed to have new and exciting experiences, but with a gradeschooler house mother, a mean rival who uses fermented soybeans as her weapon of choice, and a foreign exchange student who doesn't seem to understand how clothes work, her new school life is sure to be interesting...
They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade-and take control of-a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret-except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?
It's not easy being beautiful. The envy, the jealousy, the vicious rumors spread by your best friend. That's life for young Momo. While everyone thinks that Momo is a wild party girl, the reality is that she is shy and honest. Can Momo confess her love to her classmate Toji, or will her best friend Sae steal him away. It's a bittersweet drama of growing up and fitting in that will charm girls everywhere.
Yamato is ready for a fresh start. So when his aunt invites him to stay rent-free in her big-city boarding house in hustling, bustling Tokyo, Yamato jumps at the chance. There's just one teensy-weensy catch: It's an all-girl housing complex and spa! Things get even more nerve-racking when Yamato meets his neighbor Suzuka, a beautiful track-and-field star. She's not just the cutest girl Yamato's ever met, she's also the coolest, the smartest, and the most intimidating. Can an ordinary guy like Yamato ever hope to win over a girl like Suzuka?
Having lost his wife, math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He's pretty bad at cooking and doesn't have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Kotori Iida, together for homemade adventures. With those three cooks in the kitchen, it's no wonder this dinner table drama is so delicious.
Being reincarnated as a slime into a fantasy world is one thing...but being reincarnated as a slime back into corporate life?? What could be more hellish? Not to mention the rest of the Slime fantasy crew are working at the company...for better or worse, Rimuru is back in business!
After some traumatic experiences, Komugi Kusunoki transferred from the city to start a new life in rural Hokkaido. But on her first day of school, the school heartthrob Yu ogami blurts out, "You smell good!" Despite the hijinks, Komugi tries to adjust to her new school, but it's not long before she stumbles across Yu dozing off under a tree. When she attempts to wake him up, he transformed...into a wolf?! It turns out that Yu is one of many other eccentric boys in her class year-and she's the only one who knows their secret...!
"Highly recommended by Ruri Miyahara, the creator of The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior and Love Lab! Rune, an "ex"-mermaid, has come out from the ocean to be with the human she's been pining for, Riku, her first love. But as fate would have it, she finds out that she'll never be able to become one with a human...?! This is the first volume of a sexy, yet pure, romantic comedy that's a bit risque, and sure to make you laugh out loud!"
After the sudden cancellation of their school's cultural festival, Gekkoukan High School's own S.E.E.S. look to relieve some stress by beating some shadows in Tartarus. But a visit to the Velvet Room beforehand takes an unexpected turn, and they find themselves stuck in a high school that they've never seen before. To return home, they'll have to make their way through the treacherous, shadowfilled corridors of a most curious maze. Luckily, they'll have some help from two mysterious students and a few other Persona users...
Yasoinaba's very own Investigation Team are back in action in a new adventure based on the critically acclaimed Persona Q series! While enjoying Yasogami High's cultural festival, the Team suddenly hears the ringing of a mysterious bell and a bizarre, new exhibit appears at the festival. Inside this exhibit is a most curious maze-one that will take them on a wondrous and treacherous journey. And as they explore this labyrinth, they'll meet new foes and maybe even some new allies from the Persona universe...