Books Bought With Taxes

Ao Haru Ride

Futaba Yoshioka enters high school determined to reinvent herself. In middle school, her popularity with boys made her female classmates jealous and left her isolated, so now she acts deliberately unfeminine and distant to avoid standing out. Her plan seems to work until she runs into Kou Mabuchi, the boy she secretly loved back then. Kou disappeared suddenly during middle school, and his return stirs up feelings Futaba thought she had buried. But the gentle, kind boy she remembers is gone. In his place is a cold and pessimistic young man who admits he once felt the same way about her, yet insists they can never go back to how things were. As they navigate an awkward new dynamic, Futaba tr

ReLIFE

Arata Kaizaki is 27 years old and stuck. After leaving his first company, he has failed every job interview and survives on a part-time job. One night, Ryou Yoake from the ReLife Research Institute makes him an unusual offer: a pill that will make him look 17 again and a place in a one-year experiment. As part of the experiment, Arata must return to high school as a third-year student. If he completes the year, the institute will help him re-enter the workforce. With few options left, he accepts. Now he has to navigate classes, friendships, and teenage social life while keeping his real age a secret. His adult perspective helps him understand others, but it also makes fitting in more compl

Mob Psycho 100

Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama is an eighth-grade student with extraordinary psychic powers. Fearing their destructive and conspicuous nature, he suppresses his abilities in public, keeping a tight lock on his emotions. To keep his powers honed, he works as an assistant to Arataka Reigen, a self-proclaimed psychic who runs a cheap exorcism business. Reigen is a fraud who exploits Mob's real abilities, paying him less than minimum wage while posing as his mentor. Despite this, Mob spends his days exorcising evil spirits at Reigen's behest, all while harboring a simple wish: to impress his childhood friend Tsubomi Takane. As troubles keep bombarding his daily life, Mob's repressed emotions slowly beg

Bakuman。

Moritaka Mashiro is a middle school student with a talent for drawing, but he has no clear ambition beyond leading an ordinary life. His classmate Akito Takagi, an aspiring writer, notices Mashiro's artistic skill and insists they team up to create manga together. Mashiro is reluctant at first, haunted by the memory of his uncle, a mangaka who died from overwork. Everything changes when Mashiro learns that his crush, Miho Azuki, dreams of becoming a voice actress. Determined to have her star in an anime adaptation of their work, he agrees to pursue manga with Takagi. Miho, who shares his feelings, promises to marry him once both of them achieve their dreams. Together, Mashiro and Takagi en

Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction

For three years, an enormous alien mothership has hovered over Tokyo, a constant presence that has reshaped daily life. Conventional weapons have proven useless against it, and the Japan Self-Defense Forces continue to search for a way to fight back while the government's choices divide the country. Amid this surreal reality, high schoolers Kadode Koyama and her best friend Ouran Nakagawa try to live as normally as they can. They go to class, hang out with friends, and scroll through social media for updates on the invaders, all while the looming threat of destruction quietly shapes their coming of age. As the days pass, the line between the ordinary and the apocalyptic blurs. The girls be

Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You

Sawako Kuronuma is a shy, soft-spoken high school student whose long black hair and quiet demeanor make her classmates uneasy. They call her Sadako, after the ghost from a famous horror movie, and keep their distance, assuming she is gloomy or frightening. In reality, Sawako is kind, diligent, and longs to connect with others. Her life begins to change when Shouta Kazehaya, the most popular boy in class, starts talking to her. His friendly and open personality draws her out of her shell, and she slowly starts to experience the friendships she always wanted. As Sawako grows closer to Kazehaya, she discovers that navigating new relationships is not simple. Her growing bond with him attracts