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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!

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Haruto Momoyama, 28 years old, arrived at the insurance company's public relations department after being transferred to its magazine division run by Jouji Sakura, 35 years old. Having recently broken up with his boyfriend, Sakura is hesitant about love, but he finds himself drawn to Haruto's smile and honesty. However, it's clear that Haruto is straight. Sakura begins to give up on his unrequited love, but Haruto starts getting oddly close, leaving him confused. He leans in closer, helps with overtime work when they're alone, and even comes to visit Sakura's house saying he wants to see the cat. These innocent actions are simply Haruto's lack of understanding of personal boundaries. Will the hearts of these middle-aged salarymen find their way in this tale of love?

With low self-confidence and terrible luck in love, Haru wishes to meet someone special. One night, she falls asleep clutching a stone she bought from a fortune teller—only to awaken in another world! There, she encounters the beautiful Prince Eld, while mysterious marks begin to spread across her body, the result of a witch’s curse that foretells her impending death. Though confused and afraid, Haru discovers that she possesses a unique “healing soul”—the only power capable of purifying Eld’s curse. Touched by her gentle heart, Eld finds himself increasingly drawn to her...

Mahiru is a negative girl, who always feels that any stroke of fortune will create a corresponding misfortune. She only wished to live her high school life in peace, but instead she catches the eye of a handsome prince. Laughter, tears, and shortcuts?! An ultra-miracle love story begins!<br /><br />(Source: Anime News Network) Mahiru Yanase’s twin sister, Mayo, has it all—she’s cute, sweet, and popular. Mahiru, on the other hand … has always been the other Yanase. All her life, Mahiru’s reminded herself that every time something good happens to her, something bad comes along to balance it out. She never gets her hopes up … but no sooner does she arrive for her first day of high school than Aoi Satomi, her handsome, mysterious classmate, takes an interest in her—and by the end of the day, he’s already asked her out! If things don’t balance out for Mahiru soon, the world’s going to come to an end!

Mio Sakurai, an 18-year-old aspiring actress. A few days ago, Mio was involved in an on-set accident and lost her memory. Even though her memory is gone, she’s determined to start fresh. Mio switches to a new talent agency. She works hard to fulfill her dream of becoming a great actress, confronting her past and the challenge of amnesia to reach stardom.

Sakaki is transferred to a paranormal investigation agency and is partnered with Kunugi, an old high school classmate. Unfortunately, Sakaki has a strong sensitivity to the supernatural and is afraid of ghosts, and together, the unlikely duo investigate cursed and haunted locations.

Ten Serizawa has a two-hour commute through the mountains to high school every day, so she can't spend much time hanging out with her friends in the afternoon. She decides to move into the local boardinghouse, where one of her friends and three other boys are living. Ten's friends consider her to be as oblivious as a rock when it comes to noticing boys and falling in love, but will she be able to keep her calm and steady heart in her new living situation?

Office Romance: Women's Division is about a group of women who all work in the same office.

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Welcome to the very popular cafe where cute penguins and laid-back hotties work!! One day, a college boy brings in a new part-timer… which turn out to be 3 penguins?!?! This is “Cafe Michikake”, a popular cafe where penguins full of personality work. They will heal you with cuteness and laughter. They work, get depressed, and get angry because they eat too much… The penguins are extremely busy today too! This is a heartwarming, slice of life comic that is sure to make you laugh and heal you with hotties who are pushed around by adorable penguins.

Mimori Kosaka's dream comes true when she's accepted to the Meidai Attached High School and gets to wear their super-fashionable uniform! She's excited about having a fun freshman year of high school, but things don't turn out as effortlessly as she had hoped. The school year starts off well when Mimori befriends the beautiful Nana, but things quickly turn sour for her when she is chosen to be the class representative. Through a series of unfortunate events, she finds herself the focus of attention by three boys and her teachers for all the wrong reasons! Mimori is reunited with Atsushi, a boy she knew in elementary school--and it turns out he despises her for allegedly bullying him in their grade school days. In fact, he plans to exact a little revenge! Includes the following side stories: Volume 1: Basically Pure-Hearted Volume 2: Kiss the Mike!

Suddenly caught up in the power struggle of the gods, the chosen Hwiyoung attempts to escape from the heavens in order to return to her younger brother, who is left behind in the mortal world. Amidst the chaotic celestial realm, where some gods seek to protect her, others wish to destroy her, and some wish to use her, Hwiyoung ultimately decides to confront her fate head-on.

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Valmillo, a drug trafficker who reigned as the head of the Mexican cartel, loses his organization and everything he owns in a cartel war. Swearing revenge, Valmillo has a fateful encounter with the illegal doctor Suenaga in Jakarta, where he has escaped.

It's been 10 years since he opened his eyes to love.... Yona wants to date "Kang Gong." With painstaking training and patience, he hides his gangster nature and wanders around looking for a man, but because of his gangster nature, he fails to lead to a relationship every time and ends up failing. All his attempts, such as getting a blind date by pestering his friends' families or street hunting, end in failure, and he ends up breaking up with his crush again today...... Today, he stops by her friend's store to complain about his life, and there is her ideal type, Kang Gong, who is the Strike Zone itself? he finally found him, Rohyeon, the real Kang Gong. Yona believes so, but "real Kang Gong" Rohyeon has a flaw... Yona falls for Rohyeon's face, who is only a Kang Gong in appearance, and begins hia sweaty days of trying to make Rohyeon a real Kang Gong.+

One day out of boredom, Tanaka decided to give her classmates nicknames based on their quirks. Her friend Sakuchi became “Ota” for her nerdy interests, and her other friend Saginomiya became “Robo” because of her expressionless personality. In retaliation, her friends decided to name Tanaka “Baka”. These are the ridiculous days of three high school friends claiming (or not) the height of their youth.

"In order to get up on stage, you need to be special." Hikaru Ogino spends her days singing oldies in her family's bath house, but when her best friend Ran—a former idol—invites her to try out for an "idol survival camp" together, it'll put her talents to the test. Can Hikaru outshine the competition and make her stage debut, or will she fall flat? Witness the birth of a new star in this exciting story about chasing your dreams!

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.

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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?

I’m Taishi Aoba, a fifth-grader who's popular and good at everything. As a kind hero figure, I need a tragic heroine by my side. That tragic heroine’s name is Ema Akatsuki. I thought everything would go well if I asked the poor girl out, but things didn't turn out as planned...

In this day and age, there is a dungeon named Tengoku - a huge tower far beyond even the Karman Line. In Japan, the sword that contains the power of the devil, the Demon Sword, is in one's hands, and one's own strength is all that is needed to stand on one's own feet. While many young people are yearning to become a demon swordsman, Jinya Butterfly, who is not particularly interested in such things and is working part-time for a shady employer, happens to acquire a demon sword one day and becomes one of the demon swordsmen. One day, he happens to acquire a magic sword and becomes a demon swordsman.