The Long Summer of August 31st

Dandadan

Momo Ayase is a high school girl who believes in ghosts but thinks aliens are nonsense. By chance, she befriends a boy at school who is obsessed with the occult and UFOs, but rejects the existence of spirits. She nicknames him "Okarun." To settle their argument, they make a bet: Momo visits a spot known for UFO sightings while Okarun heads to a haunted tunnel. Their separate excursions prove both of them wrong, as they discover that aliens and ghosts are very real. The encounter leaves them marked by bizarre powers and throws them into a chaotic world of yokairaqs and extraterrestrial threats. Together, they must deal with the surreal dangers now disrupting their everyday lives while navig

Spirit Circle

Fuuta Okeya is a second-year middle school student who can see ghosts. He hides a strange birthmark on his left cheek under a bandage. When Kouko Ishigami transfers into his class, he is immediately drawn to her, but she wants nothing to do with him. After Kouko sees his birthmark, she declares Fuuta her mortal enemy. She claims the mark is a curse she placed on him in a past life and attacks him with a flaming object called the spirit circle. As Fuuta falls, he is thrown into visions of his previous lives. He begins to travel back and forth through his reincarnations, trying to understand the long history of hatred that binds him to Kouko.

Air Gear

Minami "Ikki" Itsuki is the toughest kid at Higashi Junior High School and the leader of the East Side Gunz. Known as the "Unbeatable Babyface," he lives with the mysterious Noyamano sisters, who secretly belong to a Storm Rider team called Sleeping Forest. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Skull Saders, a rival street gang, Ikki discovers the sisters' hidden world of Air Treks—motorized inline skates that allow their riders to perform incredible, gravity-defying feats. Determined to regain his pride and experience the sensation of flight, he throws himself into the dangerous and thrilling world of Air Trek.

To Love Ru

Yuuki Rito is a shy high school student who cannot bring himself to confess his feelings to Haruna Sairenji, the girl of his dreams. His life takes an unexpected turn when, while sulking in the bathtub at home, a mysterious girl appears out of nowhere. Her name is Lala, and she is a princess from the planet Deviluke. After a misunderstanding, Rito finds himself engaged to Lala and caught up in the chaos of extraterrestrial politics. As rival alien suitors arrive and Lala's presence turns his daily life upside down, Rito must navigate a world of unwanted attention and growing complications while still hoping to win Haruna's heart.

Chobits

Hideki Motosuwa is a poor college student who has just moved to Tokyo. He dreams of having a job, a girlfriend, and his own persocom, the latest in humanoid computer technology. One night, his luck changes when he finds Chi, an adorable but seemingly broken persocom, abandoned in a pile of trash. After taking her home, Hideki discovers that Chi is more responsibility than he expected. She can only say "Chii" and gets him into embarrassing situations. But Chi is no ordinary persocom: she can think and learn on her own, and there is much more to her than meets the eye. As Hideki teaches Chi how to live an ordinary life, he begins to uncover the truth behind her origins and the mysterious cho

Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 17-21

A collection of four early one-shots by Tatsuki Fujimoto, written between the ages of 17 and 21. The stories range from a surreal world where aliens have conquered Earth and the last two humans disguise themselves as chickens, to a student named Sasaki who decides to protect his teacher from her troubled past by following her own advice to strive for the impossible. Other tales include a boy so consumed by love that he is blind to everything else as he tries to confess to his crush, and a notorious hitman whose latest target harbors a supernatural secret. Across these varied settings, the collection showcases the early imagination and storytelling range of the creator behind Chainsaw Man.