Manga

Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru

Eita enters high school with a single goal: passing the exam for the National University School of Medicine. The divorce of his parents, along with that ambition, has led him to shun anything to do with romance or love; he keeps his distance from the entanglements his classmates chase after. That resolve is tested when Masuzu, the silver-haired school beauty who has just returned to the country, enters his life in a most unexpected way and draws him into a situation he never asked for. It does not help that Chiwa, his childhood friend since elementary school, refuses to let any of it go without a fight, turning his quiet days of study into an ongoing battle.

Alice in Murderland

Stella is the fourth daughter of the Kuonji clan, an elite and immensely wealthy family whose name carries weight across the world. Every month, the family gathers for the Tea Party, a mandatory tradition that brings all nine siblings together. At one of these reunions, their mother Olga has news for the nine siblings: only one of them can become the next head of the family, and to earn that right they must fight each other to the death. Chaos erupts, Stella loses control of herself, and a different Stella comes out to play, blonde-haired and dressed in blue. Stella must now survive a contest in which her brothers and sisters are her enemies, while the other Stella remains close at hand.

Tales of the Tendo Family

Masato, a son of the Tendo family, is set to marry Hojo Ran, the daughter of a baron. The woman who arrives for the match, however, is not Ran. The real Ran fled after hearing how few people make it out of the Tendo family alive. In her place is a young woman who pulled the baron's daughter from the water before she could drown herself and then took her name. She says she is willing to die if it means saving someone else's life, and she enters the Tendo house carrying a lie she cannot afford to drop. Her deception does not hold as neatly as she intends, and she finds herself bound to a family whose dangers she knows only from whispers, playing a role that was never hers. Masato, in turn, i

Bone Collection

Kazami is the youngest son of the Jinnai clan, a family of renowned exorcists, yet he can barely cast a spell or fight a youkai. His one gift is the Youkai Spell, which briefly borrows a youkai's power, and the exorcist society has forbidden him to use it, since contact between the two races is strictly prohibited. One night Kazami meets Paira, a strange and cute girl from the youkai realm. To protect her from another youkai he has no choice but to use the forbidden spell and borrow her strength, easily defeating it. He then learns that Paira is an SSS-class youkai known as Gashadokuro. Tired of the youkai world, Paira has long wished to become human, and she offers Kazami a deal: if he us

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days

In New-Tokyo 3, high school student Shinji Ikari enjoys a peaceful life alongside a close-knit group of friends. Among them are his pushy childhood friend Asuka Langley Souryuu, slackers Touji Suzuhara and Kensuke Aida, student council president Hikari Horaki and the eloquent oddity Kaworu Nagisa. Misato is their teacher, and the world has never known a second impact. The arrival of bubbly transfer student Rei Ayanami shakes up the group's status quo, and a web of crushes, confessions and love triangles comes bursting forth. Choosing the right girl soon seems to matter more than anything else in their lives. Yet those tangled relationships become the least of their worries when the United

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Sumio Haiba is a student at a Tokyo high school with an unusual ability. Every so often he falls asleep and wakes up to find the future written out in his "Dream Diary," a record of things that have not yet happened. He uses those premonitions to help people in trouble, reaching them before anything bad can happen. The diary's warnings guide him to the right place at the right moment, and his days pass in that quiet routine. Then one day his peaceful life changes completely. The balance he has built around the diary's warnings comes to an end, and Sumio finds himself facing a conflict that his glimpses of the future cannot settle on their own.

Yozora no Sumikko de

Hoshino is a timid elementary school teacher whose routine is interrupted when a man he has not seen in eleven years appears at his school: Sudou, the upperclassman who led the astronomy club Hoshino joined in high school, when the two were its only members. Before Hoshino can make sense of the encounter, Sudou collapses, and Hoshino carries him to the infirmary. There he learns that Sudou's son, Shouta, is a pupil in his homeroom class, a precocious boy who nurses a crush of his own on his teacher. Sudou, meanwhile, is startled to discover that Hoshino has kept a pen he gave him years ago. The reunion forces both men to revisit what they once meant to each other and why they lost touch wh

Rise of the Mountain Chief

A young man arrives in a chaotic world and inherits a dilapidated mountain fortress, along with a humble village that looks to him for leadership. Two companions stand at his side: a strategist and a groom, each with their own talents to offer. His ambition is to turn the settlement into the strongest mountain stronghold in the land. But the times are violent and deadly, and survival demands hard choices. He can raid for money, food and women and live as a carefree king of the mountain, or he can throw himself into the struggle against the world's heroes and fight for a name that echoes across the universe. Whether anyone is truly born to be a king, a duke, a general or a minister is the q

Renjoh Desperado

Monko is a solitary traveler who roams the rough roads west of Tokyo, a land of bloodthirsty bandits and handsome men, some of whom are one and the same. Sword in one hand and a revolver in the other, she has not taken up the warrior's path for glory, nor does she seek wisdom. Her journey has a single purpose: to find the perfect husband. Town after town, that search keeps landing her in trouble. Monko steps in to rescue people from their predicaments, only to find that the man she has set her heart on is neither as faithful nor as noble as he first appeared. All the while, figures from her past are on her trail, some hoping to capture her and others to kill her.

Bambi to Dhole

Yukimi is the girl everyone at school calls Bambi. She sits on the discipline committee and locks the gates on any student who arrives a minute late, then slips up to the roof for a cigarette when nobody is looking. Tetsu Nagasawa, the lone wolf who has just transferred in, climbs over the fence she has just locked and finds her there. He breaks her cigarette in half, and then, on the train, she sees him being unexpectedly gentle with a mother and her baby. Bambi already has a boyfriend, and she has no intention of letting a troublemaker like Tetsu get close to her. He keeps turning up wherever she goes, though, and the thought that he might take her heart starts to seem less ridiculous th

Gambling Emperor Legend Zero

Ukai Zero is a brilliant boy who pulls three troubled teenagers back from the edge of a suicide website. Together, they decide to become modern-day Robin Hoods, turning their skills against the swindlers behind bank transfer scams and the gangs who profit from them. Their raids do not go unnoticed. When a heist the group has foiled draws the attention of an underworld organization, one of Zero's friends is taken captive. To win them back, Zero has no choice but to enter a gambling competition run by a wealthy, corrupt old man who is searching for a gifted gambler to represent him. The prize is enormous, but the contest is far more dangerous than it looks, and Zero will have to rely on his

Naruto Secret Chronicles Book Series

The Secret Chronicles novels turn, one volume at a time, to a different figure from the world of the shinobi. Kakashi Hatake takes up his post as Sixth Hokage and cannot shake a lingering melancholy. Shikamaru steps into a battle against the strongest genjutsu user. Sakura's feelings come to a head, and Gaara, the Kazekage, faces something he has never understood well: love. Elsewhere among the ninja of Konoha, the others live out what comes next for them, and one volume turns to the Akatsuki to reveal the truth behind the organization. Each story stands alone, but they share a question: what becomes of an ally, a rival or an enemy once the fighting is over. The answers arrive through pers

I Hear the Sunspot: Four Seasons

Spring has come, and Kohei Sugihara is nearing graduation. With graduation approaching, he begins the search for a job, while his partner Taichi Sagawa, once his classmate and now a working adult, suddenly finds himself in charge of someone new at work. Their days are busier than ever, yet the two of them seem to be settling into a life that is finally looking up. Kohei and Taichi met by chance and, in spite of the distance between their worlds, grew close enough for their feelings to turn into love. Now the ordinary routines of work and study leave them less time for each other than either of them would like. Then Ena appears: one of Kohei's old flames, suddenly back in his life and unset

Eureka Seven: Psalms of Planets

Renton Thurston is a fourteen-year-old boy who spends his days helping out in his grandfather's garage, repairing machines and dreaming of flying around the world. The routine wears on him, and so does living in the shadow of a father remembered as a legendary hero. What lifts his spirits is lifting, an extreme form of aerial hoverboarding that takes him above the rooftops. One day a large LFO craft called Nirvash falls from the sky. A girl named Eureka emerges from it and asks for repairs. Renton, instantly smitten, throws himself into helping her, and the two set out on a journey that will change both of their destinies.

Haru no Houtai Shoujo

Haru is an easygoing, fun-loving young man who wants nothing more than an ordinary life. He has one problem he cannot hide from himself: the flames that spring from his hands answer to no one, least of all to him. A serial arsonist has been plaguing the city where he lives, and when suspicion falls on Haru, his power flares out of control. Natsu, his girlfriend, tries to comfort him and is nearly burned to death. She survives, and rather than turn away from him, she promises to protect Haru and help him live with the ability that terrifies him. Yet the arsonist is still at large, and rumours of strange incidents from years before suggest that Haru may not be the only person hiding a power

My ID is Gangnam Beauty!

Since childhood, Kang Mirae has been told she is ugly. Rejected and mocked for her appearance, she finally decides to go under the knife, and after extensive plastic surgery she enters university hoping for a completely new life: new friends, new experiences and, for once, the chance to be judged for who she is rather than how she looks. That hope does not last long. Her new face earns her the nickname of a Gangnam beauty, and the admiration it brings is mixed with contempt: people around her see an artificial woman, a plastic monster who took the easy way out. Struggling with her self-esteem, Mirae is forced to ask what being beautiful really means, and whether the face she chose can give

Itou-kun Doesn't Know About Love

A new transfer student arrives at school: Itou Kazuki, who keeps a secret hidden behind the bandage he wears. Outgoing and hard to read, he settles into class without explaining what lies underneath, and nobody presses him for answers. Then he meets Yoshiuchi Aika, a girl who daydreams about romance but gets flustered whenever it comes near her. She has no experience with love, and neither does he: Itou genuinely does not understand what it means to fall for someone. Somehow the two keep crossing paths, and an awkward, tentative connection begins to form between them. As their classmates watch the pair stumble through misunderstandings and small embarrassments, Itou and Aika have to work o

Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill: Sui’s Great Adventure

Sui is a newborn slime that comes into the world in the middle of a great forest, where its master, a timid traveler, is trying to make his way through to the other side. The man jumps at every sound in the undergrowth, while Sui takes in the woodland at its own pace, curious about everything it meets. The journey unfolds from the slime's point of view, so the forest looks quite different: meals shared along the road, griffons overhead, potions and the many creatures that live among the trees. The trouble is that Sui is very small and still learning what is safe to touch, and a dense, confusing woodland is an easy place for a child to lose its way.

Tsubame Tip-off!

Tsubame Haruno has always stood out for a reason she would rather ignore: she is overwhelmingly tall. Starting high school, all she wants is to blend in with the crowd, so she looks for a cultural club where her height will not matter. It does not help that, despite her size, she is unathletic and clumsy, and carries herself like a small, shy girl. Sports clubs, however, keep approaching her with high expectations, and every time her natural abilities prove to end at her height, the disappointment is mutual. Then her upperclassman Ibis Akikaze, the ace of the girls basketball team and a small girl with a big presence, invites her to join the club. What begins as a simple favor for Ibis star

Today's Menu for the Emiya Family

Shiro Emiya shares a home with Saber, Rin, Taiga and the rest of a household that never seems to sit still for long. Between school, chores and the usual chaos, the kitchen becomes the one place where everyone ends up together, drawn in by the smell of whatever is simmering on the stove. Each day brings the same question: what to cook? Seasonal ingredients, something warm for a cold evening, a dish that suits whoever is at the table. Shiro cooks while his guests argue, tease and wait impatiently, and every meal turns into a small occasion shared by the whole group. Days pass through spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the table stays full.

I'll Win You Over, Sempai!

Koharu has never been turned down. Raised on the motto that a good woman never gets rejected, she has spent her school days confessing only to boys who were guaranteed to say yes, and her friends have grown tired of the charade. To call her bluff, they challenge her to confess to Kanzaki, a second-year heartthrob known as the smiling guillotine for the gentle way he turns down every girl who approaches him. Koharu accepts, and Kanzaki rejects her before she can even finish her sentence. Refusing to back down, she decides to keep confessing until he agrees to go out with her. An unlikely friendship forms between the two, and Kanzaki offers a condition of his own: he will say yes only when h

My Wife is an Oni

Tomoyuki is an ordinary man married to Mitsuki, an oni from the countryside. She is a demon in the most literal sense, and her blunt manners and short temper are enough to make most people keep their distance. What almost nobody sees is the side she shows once the two of them are alone at home. There the harsh oni turns quiet and gentle, because Mitsuki loves her husband deeply and has no idea how to say it. Every attempt comes out crooked, as a scolding, a shrug or a change of subject. So the couple settles into a daily life of small misunderstandings and smaller kindnesses, while a stubborn demon wife and her perfectly normal husband learn to share a house, a routine and a marriage.

My Uncle Is a Superstar

Woojin once dreamed of becoming a singer, but he gave up on that dream to look after his mother and his niece. These days he works as a carpenter, and his life has settled into a slump he cannot seem to climb out of. Then one day an AI robot arrives, claiming it will help him realize his dreams. The promise is strange and hard to believe, but it gives Woojin a reason to look again at the road he gave up. Turning a struggling carpenter into a worldwide superstar is another matter entirely. The gap between the man he is now and the stage he once wanted is wide, and Woojin has to decide how much he is willing to risk to close it.

The Ruler of the Land

Bi-Kwang is a handsome young warrior who becomes a drooling fool around pretty girls. He meets a nameless swordfighter searching for a legendary master warrior and agrees to help if he can meet the swordfighter's beautiful sister. The swordfighter is actually the sister, Hwa-Rin Dahm, who hides her identity. Bi-Kwang is smitten, creating a love triangle with only two people. The story takes place in a Murim world where rival factions are trying to unify the martial arts world. Bi-Kwang is extremely talented at learning martial arts but has no desire to practice it. He agrees to take Hwa-Rin to see her grandfather, the last person to have seen the legendary warrior before he disappeared. As

The Ravenous Hunter

After beasts appeared across the world, billions died, and the survivors split into two groups: metahumans, able to fight the creatures, and ordinary humans who were left behind. Kim Sunwoo belongs to the second group and survives by working as a guide for metahuman beast subjugation squads. On the edge of death during one of those hunts, a voice echoes inside his head: kill them, kill them and take their power. That discovery opens a path he was never meant to have, in a war where the few remaining safe cities depend on the people who can fight. Sunwoo must now decide what to do with an ability that could change the course of the war against the beasts, while the line between metahumans a

Betrothed to a Fox Demon

For a thousand years, the exorcists of the Kyougane clan have hunted the demons that haunt Japan. Kuro Kyougane, the clan's sharp-tongued and unyielding head, has no interest in marriage or in producing an heir, but when his family arranges a match with Fuyu, a brave and optimistic young woman, he agrees to fulfill his obligations. Fuyu arrives as a beautiful bride, yet a dangerous secret lies hidden beneath her beauty, and the wedding ceremony itself conceals something darker still. Once she is declared Kuro's wife, the danger that surrounds her only grows. Bound to her by duty and then by something more, Kuro resolves to stand at Fuyu's side and defy the fate laid out for them, whatever

Trinity of the Royal Palace

In the Kingdom of Wardell Ceram, a realm rich in flowers and trees, two charming young men live outside the law. Luca and Sylvain are the Wolf Claws, a pair of chivalrous thieves who target nobles that use their position to commit evil deeds. Their exploits soon reach the ears of the Kingdom's Princess, who wants to recruit the duo for a very special task. Agreeing to serve her pulls them into a world of courtly intrigue that has little in common with the streets they come from. What begins as an unusual job develops into a romantic comedy about a love that crosses the barriers of class.

A Beginner with the Mightiest Account

A sudden crisis drags Earth into the OL era. Overnight, humanity falls under the sway of mysterious forces, and everyone alive is reset to a level-one account. In this new world, strength is the only law, and the weak are treated as playthings. Ye Hao, a high school student, can climb no higher than level three. Cornered and on the verge of death, he accidentally triggers a system bound to a king's account, an upgrade the rules of this era should not allow. What the system can make of him is another question. Around him, others keep growing stronger, and the nature of the forces that reshaped the planet is still unknown.

Bear and Bunny Cannot Be Friends (Pre-Serialization)

Kiyoka Tozawa is a second-year university student known around campus for her wholesome, innocent air. Kumasaka Takeru is the flashy classmate trailed everywhere by rumors of cuckolding, and when he suddenly approaches her, everyone around them assumes the worst: they pity Kiyoka and warn her that he must be after her body. What Kumasaka actually wants is something far simpler and far more awkward: a friend. Yet as the two of them start spending time together, the assumptions people make about the pair begin to look less and less reliable, and the so-called innocent one may turn out to be the one with something else on her mind.

Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen

The long war between the Northern and the Southern Kingdoms has gone on for so long that neither side can bear it any longer. Looking for a way out, the northern Prince Johane and the southern Princess Euda declare to their courts and their people that they are in love, because a marriage between them would be enough to end the fighting. The problem is that the two of them do not get along at all. The announcement forces them to spend their days together, keep up the appearance of a devoted couple and face the expectations of two kingdoms that want the peace to hold, while neither of them can stand the other. Between court obligations, family pressure and their own stubbornness, Johane and

Vampire Knight: Memories

After a fierce battle between humans and vampires ends in an uneasy peace, Kaname Kuran sleeps on inside a coffin of ice. Yuki gave him her heart so that he might be revived as a human being, and for a thousand years he does not wake. When two unfamiliar vampires, Ai and Ren, finally rouse him, Kaname discovers that he has returned to life as a human and that he remembers nothing of who he was. The pair begin to tell him the stories of everything he missed during the millennium of his slumber, revealing the fates of those once dear to him, such as Yuki, and of others he knew, like Zero Kiryuu. Told in non-linear fashion, the story moves between those lost years and the beginning of Kaname'

Me & Roboco

The year is 20XX, an age when every household owns a cute maid robot known as an OrderMaid. Ten-year-old Bondo Taira dreams of having one of his own, especially after learning that both of his closest friends, Motsuo and Gachi Gorilla, already have theirs. Motsuo's robot, Meico, gives massages and serves drinks with a smile, and Bondo can't help but feel jealous. He convinces his mother to order a maid for him, expecting something similar. What arrives at his door, however, is Roboco: a muscular, astonishingly clumsy machine capable of wrecking a house while doing the simplest chore. She is the exact opposite of everything Bondo hoped for. Even so, as Bondo and his friends spend their days

Death Sweeper

Cleaning up after a death is a job few people are willing to do. The death sweepers handle the scenes left behind, whether the end came through murder, suicide, illness or peacefully at the end of a long life. Every case brings them into contact with the family and friends of the deceased, and with the questions those people cannot answer. Through those encounters, the sweepers come to understand what death means, and what it leaves in its wake. No one can predict when death will come or hold it back, and the sweepers see the proof of it in every room they enter. That is why, they say, the living have to try their best to live on.

My Secret Brother

Hanmi is new at school and wants to get the attention of Lee Gun, a boy she likes at first sight. In a moment of impulse, she tells a lie, hoping it will make him notice her. But her plan backfires. Instead of drawing Lee Gun's interest, the lie spreads and soon everyone believes she is dating Junhyuk, her cousin. Hanmi finds herself trapped in a fake relationship with a relative, unable to tell the truth without making things worse. As the rumor takes on a life of its own, Hanmi must navigate the ups and downs of school life, her lingering feelings for Lee Gun, and the awkward situations that arise from her secret. The story follows her daily struggles as she tries to sort out the mess sh

Papa told me

Chise is an elementary school girl who lives with her father, a novelist. Her mother died when she was very young, so the two of them have only each other, and Chise loves her father more than anyone. Because he writes for a living, he spends most of his time at home, which suits her perfectly. Together they try to build a free-spirited, creative household, and their days are bright and cheerful even when small mishaps get in the way. Neither of them is perfect at it, but they keep going. Chise, brave and determined for her age, keeps running into the grown-up world around her while her father, raising her on his own, does his best to keep up with her.

The Almighty Demon Lord, Resurrected!

Lord Shitian, the demon lord who once ruled unchallenged, stands at the brink of ascending to demon saint when his most trusted confidant turns on him. Betrayed from within and crushed by the combined strength of the Five Benevolent Sects, he falls, and the world believes the demons are finished for good. He wakes instead inside the body of Mo Fan, a young disciple, stripped of nearly all his power and trapped in a frail, unfamiliar frame. Hunted by the same sects that destroyed him, he can do nothing but endure, wait and slowly rebuild what was taken. Yet what grows in him is not only the old demonic energy: human qi mingles with it, and something stronger begins to take shape. Concealed

Love Wind

Born twelve years apart, Koshiro and Nanoka are siblings who grew up unaware of each other after their parents divorced. Ten years later, fifteen-year-old Nanoka moves to Tokyo to live with her father and the older brother who never knew her. Before she arrives, the two meet by chance on a train, and later spend an afternoon together near an amusement park, talking about their failed relationships. On the Ferris wheel Nanoka comforts Koshiro when he breaks down in tears, and he realizes how strongly he is drawn to her. Only afterwards, when they run into their father, do they learn they are siblings. Koshiro must now share a home with the girl he desires, torn between his feelings and the

The Secret Life of Empress Isana

Sana, a college student, wakes up in another world inside the body of Isana Castilla, a noblewoman of the Titan Empire who is chained in a cell and moments away from being burned at the stake for witchcraft. Refusing to die in someone else's place, she breaks free, only to run straight into Ludwig, the crown prince. Ludwig has no intention of letting a witch slip away. Drawn by the power she carries, he decides to make her his empress, and Sana is pulled into court intrigue, rivals scheming against the throne and a truth larger than she expected: she is the Witch of Pain, and the magic inside her is what makes her both invaluable and hunted. Now she has to survive as empress, keep the secr

Return of the King of Hell

Yama, the King of Hell, chooses retirement in search of happiness. His reincarnation is put on hold when his successor, Harry, abandons his post to pursue a mysterious goal on the human plane. With the aid of the undertakers, humans who can draw forth the power of the Underworld, Yama attempts to quell the chaos and return everything to its rightful place. As he faces the consequences of Harry's absence, he must also confront the echoes of his past and decide whether he can tread the cycle of rebirth without faltering. The conflict grows as the Underworld's order is disrupted, and Yama's path toward a peaceful retirement becomes entangled with the responsibilities he tried to leave behind.

Dream Diary

Madotsuki is a girl who returns every night to the same dream, the same landscape she cannot leave behind. Tired of wandering it without purpose, she decides to explore it on her own terms and search for answers to what keeps drawing her back there. Her search leads her to a room that holds twelve doors. Each one opens onto a different world, with its own scenery, its own inhabitants and its own logic, and each proves more cunning and more threatening than the last. The further Madotsuki travels, the less the dream feels like somewhere she simply passes through. She wants to understand why these worlds exist, but the answer may ask more of her than she is ready to give.