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After seeing him again at a party, Athena's heart stops. Nikos! The man she said goodbye to...the man she loved. After leaving Argyros, a kingdom on a beautiful island in the middle of the Mediterranean, Athena worked hard to build up her career in New York. However, with the death of the king, as the next in line she is now being pursued by Nikos to take the throne. “I understand that he wants to help save the kingdom, but I'm just not cut out to rule over a nation.” On top of holding deep secrets that she dare not tell anyone, seeing him again after ten years makes her heart ache all the more.

Any love story aficionado will say that the key to a successful couple is intense desire for one another—but what if the characters in question are an asexual woman with a passion for Boys Love stories and a gay man whose heart forever belongs to his oblivious childhood friend? Although romance will never be in the cards for newlyweds Yuriko and Gakurouta, the bond blossoming between them promises to be a wonderful relationship—the likes of which neither has ever experienced before…

In this collection of short stories and four-panel comics, Blood Lad creator Yuki Kodama teams up with artist Kanata Yoshino to take us through the black curtain to explore the lives of Demon World Boss Staz and his crew. In this hilarious behind-the-scenes trip, readers will discover the full extent of Staz's anime/manga obsession, join Bell on her treasure-hunting travels, and much more!

Two miles up in the unforgiving heights of Mt. Owari, hikers and friends Asai and Ishikura are hit by a blizzard and lose their way. Injured and sure of his imminent death, Ishikura confesses to killing a member of their university hiking club five years ago. However, Asai then stumbles upon shelter and carries them both to safety, only to realize that the confession has forever changed their relationship—and that the brutal elements may no longer be the most deadly threat around.

Lodi Cassidy is the sharp, good-looking, and charismatic young CEO of a large company. In a terrible accident he is hospitalized with serious injuries, what will he do now!? Then, unable to adapt to hospital life, he becomes violent, selfish, and accusatory. Only Norah, the sole nurse charged with his care, has the power to make him behave. She comes to have more than just sympathetic feelings for Lodie, who acts out violently, crying as he endures his pain. She is caught unawares, finding herself caring for him beyond what her position requires… For those obstinate people out there, this story shows you the happiness in true, affectionate love.

One day, Kyutaro Horikita, the tall, dark and handsome cleaning expert of Kurokado High, comes across a sleeping maiden named Fumi Nishioka at school… Unfortunately, their meeting is anything but a fairy-tale encounter! It turns out Kyutaro is a “Sweeper” who cleans away negative energy from people’s hearts—and Fumi is about to become his apprentice!

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Bielka ("Squirrel"), a beautiful young woman in a wheelchair, and her taciturn companion Shchenok ("Puppy") must keep their true identities secret as they navigate the fraught political climate and harsh landscape of the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Intrigue abounds in this richly historical and erotic political drama that weaves historical figures including the Romanovs and Rasputin into Hiroaki Samura's brilliant fiction.

Every day is a little bit strange. Every day is wonderful. Here in Shiratama-cho, strange things come to life like fireflies. --- This is a cute, short manga that will touch your heart deeply. It portrays the "poetic days" of an office worker, Awako, who lives in the town.

"You look so sweet, I could eat you up."When Chiko returns to her classroom to pick up the notebook she left behind, she notices a sweet smell. Following the scent to a seemingly empty room, she comes across the handsome, but aloof Mikoto Yukino, asleep. When he wakes up and catches her staring, Chiko finds herself on the receiving end of some very affectionate advances, and becomes completely overwhelmed, yielding to his rhythm. As Chiko and the chocolatey-sweet Mikoto continue meeting at this new secret spot of theirs, a cavity-inducing story of high school love slowly begins to unwrap!

What links together two bands of worshippers, one deep in the Arctic snows, one hidden in the bayous of Louisiana, is more than their shared practice of blood sacrifice. It is the inhuman phrase they both chant: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'yeh wgah'nagl fhtagn—"In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming." Now these nightmares will disturb the sanity of Francis Thurston, a young man pursuing an investigation into the cult of Cthulhu that leads to the most forsaken spot in the vast Pacific...and to Earths supreme terror, the risen corpse-city of Rlyeh.

Sunday Battle 8 Episode 46 One-shot theme: Male friends A guy meets his male online game friend for a con... only he doesn't know that the friend is actually a...?

Meet Yoshida. He's cool, he's smart, and he's really, really good-looking. He's the company superstar, and has the eye of every available woman for miles around. But Yoshida only loves one woman—the manga-artist and walking-disaster Sena Shimakaze. Yoshida is the glue that holds her whole team together and helps them limp through each and every deadline...but despite his personal greatness and obvious management skills, his love is somehow totally one-sided. What's an overachiever like Yoshida to do?

Riko Kunimi is trying to lead a normal high school life when Ran Tachibana bursts into her classroom carrying a gun and tells her that her life is now his. Ran, the richest, most powerful 17-year-old in Japan wants her as his wife, and he's not taking no for an answer! If Ran can't capture her by five o'clock the next day, he'll give up on her, but he has all that money can buy at his disposal. However, Riko has one trick up her sleeve—she has superpowers!

The beloved magical-girl fantasy by the creator of Full Moon and The Gentlemen’s Alliance +. High school student Maron Kusakabe has a secret: she’s Phantom Thief Jeanne. She sneaks into private art collections to steal paintings in which demons reside. Jeanne’s task is to seal the demons before they can devour human hearts. So far she’s been able to evade the police on her midnight outings, but now another thief has come onto the scene—Phantom Thief Sinbad—and he’s trying to take the paintings before she does!

On their wedding day, the groom didn’t join his bride, Jill, at the altar. He'd told her he loved her, but was everything a lie? That was ten years ago. Now, the once-miserable bride is a successful lawyer and engaged to a politician. One evening, Jill is reunited with the missing groom, Reid, at a political party they’re both attending! Reid…the man who threw her away. But why? She can’t believe her heart still stirs at the sight of him… But then again, Jill has a secret that Reid doesn’t know?her nine-year-old son, Andy. Yes, he’s unmistakably Reid’s son!

From Manga Reborn: Jealousy, fear, and love...where does it all lead? Let Satonaka Machiko take you on a journey into the true heart of women in this sometimes dark, sometimes comedic short story collection!

Hiroshi Mori is an ordinary college student leading an unremarkable life, until one day he hears someone ringing his neighbor's doorbell over and over again. He goes out onto the landing and finds a strange woman in a trenchcoat―whose tenacious attention soon transfers to him. Stalked and harrassed by this monstrous woman, Hiroshi tries to find out the truth about her before she ruins his life completely.

A minuscule cat appears one rainy day, perched on Kanade's chair. But the moment he spots the tiny ball of fluff, it vanishes! Kanade knows fairy cats are a rare sight to behold, hiding out of reach in nooks and crannies—but now that he's seen one, he is determined to win its affection. Can Kanade coax the fairy cat out and befriend it?

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Verity is looking to make a fresh start in her hometown, leaving her company and former life behind in London. While on the road, a young girl suddenly jumps out in front of her car and Verity ends up taking the girl to the hospital. Verity is shocked to find out that the girl is actually the daughter of Silas, the man who once tossed her aside. The two were star-crossed lovers, and despite pledging their eternal love to each other, Verity left for New York, while Silas married another woman and pursued his dream of opening his own business. When he suddenly shows up at her door, he makes a cold demand: "Stay out of my life."

The latest work by Tomohiro Yagi, creator of "Iron Knight'' and "Red Sprite''! An earthling visits a planet where beastmen live. The beastmen are shaken by the sight of "humans" for the first time!? The beasts' observation of "humans" begins...!! (Oneshot translated by /a/nonymous)

Alice Seno is a seemingly shy and meek girl who always seems to be outshined by her older sister Mayura. One day, Alice has an encounter with a mysterious and magical rabbit girl, and her life is turned upside down. Alice discovers that certain words have power, and that she has the potential to be master of a set of sublimely powerful words called the Lotis Words. But power always comes with a price, and the price may turn out to be Alice's sister Mayura...

Kazuma, a young man who has lost all his memories, finds himself in a strange room with five other youngsters when he wakes up. In this rooms, riddles spring up one after another, demanding they be solved within a given time limit---or face certain death! In this mental game, what will be their fate?!

Nagata Kabi's newest diary comic details the complexities of her fraught relationship with food--from eating disorders and habits to food preparation--with unflinching and detailed honesty.

Nariyuki Yuiga comes from an impoverished family, so he's eager to secure a full scholarship to college before he graduates high school. His principal agrees, with one stipulation—he must tutor the two smartest girls at school and make sure they get into their target colleges! Rizu is a science genius who wants to study liberal arts. Fumino is effortlessly good at literature, but math makes her head spin. Nariyuki is stuck between a rock and a hard place, but who can complain about tutoring a couple of cute girls?

Being carried around everywhere and having handsome Megumi act like a slave may seem ideal, but Suzuka just wishes he would stop. Can anything be done about Megumi's captive state? Or is Megumi doomed to see Suzuka as his master...forever?

She ... is a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: Will the boy she likes ever really notice her? He ... is the school's most notorious juvenile delinquent and he's suddenly come to a shocking realization: He's got a huge crush, and now he must tell her how he feels. Life-changing obsessions, colossal foul-ups, grand schemes, deep-seated anxieties, and raging hormones—School Rumble portrays high school as it really is: over-the-top comedy!

Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi—creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existense, and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.

Yua Hayakawa used to love playing with Chii, a mysterious girl with a murky family life who likes collecting dead insects, but it's been years since they've spoken. Now, Chii hardly ever even comes to school. One day, Chii shows up to class in beat-up gym clothes with a handful of dead bugs and starts a commotion that gives Yua's classmate, golden boy Koudai, an idea: he's going to save Chii, and he needs Yua's help to do it. But clean-cut exteriors don't always promise good intentions, and the darkness in Chii may be more dangerous than Yuua had ever imagined.

When the Tokyo Metropolitan Government applies a new, futuristic urban infrastructure management system called J-ctOS, it appears to be an instant success. Citizens' lives are quickly improved thanks to the ease of interconnectivity and convenience. However, all is not as it seems; while everything may appear to be going well, there are secrets lurking behind Blume Japan, the creator of J-ctOS. Inspector Goda Gordon is a dedicated, honorable policeman who believes in justice above all — a mindset that is harder and harder to hold onto as his investigations continue to hit dead ends. After some off-the-books sleuthing, he comes to understand the grip that J-ctOS has on every aspect of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, including its police department. Soon, he realizes that his only option to fight the injustice and corruption in his city may lie in the hands of a group of vigilante hackers known as DEDSEC. How far is Inspector Gordon willing to go in his fight against J-ctOS? And who, exactly, is DEDSEC?

Who wouldn't love this beautiful mom? Ryo Ishizuka struggles to hold down a part-time job while also studying for the accountant's exam. He finds emotional comfort in one of his coworkers, Yuzuki Tachibana, a widow with a young child. As his attraction toward her grows, he prepares himself to confess his feelings, but what will her reply be? Is love enough to conquer all? Or will the road to a relationship not be so easy? And what about lullabies and sleepy-time hugs? Get ready to be pampered to your heart's delight by this super-pure rom com, centered around a single mom and a freelancer!

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 world is divided into two factions: humans and monsters called katawara. Despite being a katawara, Tama loves humans and vows to protect them from evil, even if it means fighting her own kind. Her brother Jinka, however, hates humans, despite mostly being one. The siblings are joined by a cowardly swordsman named Shinsuke, who wants to learn how to become strong. When the group uncovers a plot to experiment on humans and transform them into monsters, they vow to defeat whoever is behind it... Even if it means battling an entire army of warriors. The people they meet, places they see, and creatures they battle will be legendary!

Eichi, a boy in love with his adored classmate "Haida", decides one day to confess his love and just as he is about to confess to Haida, a beautiful cosmic girl appears from the sky...?

A heart-warming story about a cat with 9 lives that wants to go to heaven to find his owner.

Four years ago, Kirika Amano's older brother became a shut-in. Since then, he's barely even left his own room, constantly working on something at his desk. When Kirika finally finds out what he's been doing all that time, she's shocked -- her brother creates boys love comics! Not only that, but it turns out that he's actually quite good at it, and he's got a dedicated fanbase. Even though Kirika doesn't understand her brother's hobbies or the fandom that surrounds him, he's still family. Maybe if she helps him sell his comics, she can convince him to step outside into the world again and greet his fans in person.

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From the outside, attending the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School seems like a dream come true. Its students are given remarkable freedom, and it boasts a placement rate of almost one hundred percent. Tokyo Metropolitan can get students their places in the elite jobs and universities of their dreams—if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokouji Kiyotaka has landed at the bottom of this cutthroat academy in the scorned Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, a girl who’s determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Can they beat the system in a school full of ruthless competition?

Lizzie arrived at the ball in high spirits—then, suddenly, King Daniel stole a kiss! Lizzie’s great-aunt was once a famous actress, and she had a deep connection with the Kingdom of Voltavia and its former king. Lizzie, a historian, decides that she wants to gather all of her great-aunt’s stories about the king into a book. She pushes the present king, Daniel, for an interview but is rebuffed. Later, however, the dejected Lizzie receives a surprise in the mail: an invitation to a ball, from King Daniel himself. Lizzie arrives at the ball in high spirits—but, in the midst of her encounter with the king, he suddenly steals a kiss!

The setting: A boys' boarding school in Germany, sometime in the latter 20th Century. Fourteen year-old Thomas Werner falls from a lonely pedestrian overpass to his death immediately after sending a single, brief letter to a schoolmate: To Juli, one last time This is my love This is the sound of my heart Surely you must understand Thus begins the legendary and enigmatic Heart of Thomas, by Moto Hagio. Inspired by Jean Delannoy's 1964 film, Les Amitiés Particulières, The Heart of Thomas was nearly cancelled early in its serialization, in 1974, until Hagio's first trade paperback, The Poe Clan, Volume 1, sold out in a single day, giving her new series a new lease on life. The result was a story more complex, less accessible, and yet so compelling it can be found near or at the top of any list of classic shojo manga. Translated by manga scholar Rachel Thorn and packaged with the same loving attention to detail as Hagio's Eisner Award nominated A Drunken Dream, The Heart of Thomas is one of the most eagerly awaited manga translations of the decade.

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Makoto Amano wants to become an actor, but his stern father has decreed that the only way Makoto can pursue his dream is to spend the last two years of high school as a girl! He quickly makes friends with popular tomboy Ito Miura, another drama enthusiast at this new high school and the only student to find out his secret—but are they more than pals?

A young boy finds himself fascinated by the long hair of the boy in class who sits in front of him.

Secretly-psychic Kyosuke has just settled into a bustling school filled with brand-new faces, but he wastes no time making waves! With both the shy and mysterious Madoka and the high-energy Hikaru spinning in and out of his life, Kyosuke’s dizzy with the first sweet rush of female attention! But will his instincts lead him into the arms (and heart) of the right girl?

A sardonic rom-com manga, Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight is perfect for fans of edgier shojo like My Little Monster and Kare Kano. At school, Hinana is an honors student, respected by all her classmates. She’s totally above things as juvenile as crushes and dating. Secretly, though, she has but one wish: to have a fairy-tale romance. One day, a super-hot celebrity named Kaede shows up at Hinana’s high school to shoot a movie, and it becomes difficult to keep up her act. By pure chance—or y’know, fate!—Kaede reveals his own ridiculous personality to Hinana, and her ordinary life turns breathtakingly romantic! Or just really, really… weird?!

The follow-up to the hit manga series Nichijou (and heavily referenced in the artwork of that series), Helvetica Standard is a full-color anthology of Keiichi Arawi’s comic art and design work. Funny and heartwarming, this two-part series is a humorous look at modern day Japanese design in comic form and a deep-dive into the artistic and creative mind of Keiichi Arawi. Part comic, part diary, part art and design book, Helvetica Standard is a deconstruction of the world of Nichijou. (Source: Vertical Inc.)