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ARIFURETA FROM COMMONPLACE LIGHT NOVEL #9

(W) Ryo Shirakome (A) Takaya-ki (CA) Takaya-ki

The bestselling fantasy light novel continues! Seventeen-year-old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world! But what should have been any otaku's paradise quickly turns into Hajime's nightmare. While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime's job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill. Ridiculed by his classmates, he soon finds himself in despair. Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith's level of strength?

BUCK NAKED IN ANOTHER WORLD NOVEL SC #1

(W) Madoka Kotani (A) Mochiusa (CA) Mochiusa

In this new light novel series, enjoy a screwball action romcom in another world! When an ordinary Japanese man is catapulted headfirst into a fantasy world, he's especially disappointed that he was sent stark naked! Adapting to life in a land of monsters and magic is hard enough without having to do it in your birthday suit, but Yoshida Shuta is going to grin and bear it - or bare it - as best he can.

CLASSROOM OF ELITE LIGHT NOVEL SC #5

(W) Syougo Kinugasa (A) Shunsaku Tomose (CA) Shunsaku Tomose

Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom: if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokoji Kiyotaka has landed at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who's determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Can they beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game?

COSMO FAMILIA GN #2

(W) Hanokage (A) Hanokage (CA) Hanokage

It's a battle against adorable alien invaders in this all-new Magical Girl series by the manga artist of Puella Magi Madoka Magica! It's been six years since Amakawa Alice's family disappeared, and the cute but destructive creatures called Cosmofs invaded her world. Alice has been holding down the fort, fighting wild Cosmofs and protecting the few humans who have survived, in the hopes that her family will someday return. She refuses to give up on them... even when everyone believes her mother, Laika, caused the Cosmof invasion.

D FRAG GN #14

(W) Tomoya Haruno (A) Tomoya Haruno (CA) Tomoya Haruno

Kazama Kenji thinks he's a delinquent. He's got the look, the style and the attitude to match-he even has a second-rate entourage of sorts. Deep down, however, Kazama is a goodhearted kid who finds himself and his loyal gang in over their heads when they stumble upon the Game Creation Club. The club's formidable members, Chitose, Sakura, Minami, and Roka, are four girls whom he might actually be attracted to if they weren't so freaking weird. Can Kazama resist the girls' bizarre charms and return to some semblance of a normal, everyday life... or is it "game over" for our hapless hero?

DIDNT I SAY MAKE ABILITIES AVERAGE NOVEL SC #9

(W) FUNA (A) Itsuki Akata (CA) Itsuki Akata

When she turns ten years old, Adele von Ascham is hit with a horrible headache - and memories of her previous life as an eighteen-year-old Japanese girl named Kurihara Misato. That life changed abruptly, however, when Misato died trying to aid a little girl and met god. During that meeting, she made an odd request and asked for average abilities in her next life. But few things, especially wishes, ever go quite as planned.

DUNGEON OF BLACK COMPANY GN #5

(W) Youhei Yasumura (A) Youhei Yasumura (CA) Youhei Yasumura

A corporate dungeon fantasy where our hero is a slave to his work, literally! Kinji, who lacks any kind of work ethic, is a layabout in his modern life. One day, he finds himself transported to another world--but not in a grand fantasy of a hero welcomed with open arms. He's immediately shoved into a terrible job! Now enslaved by the corporate evil of a fantasy mining company, Kinji's about to really learn the meaning of hard work!

GOODBYE MY ROSE GARDEN GN #2

(W) Dr.Pepperco (A) Dr.Pepperco (CA) Dr.Pepperco

In this beautiful new yuri manga, a young British noblewoman asks her maid to kill her... but the two fall in love instead! England, the early 1900s. Alice, a young noblewoman, has a Japanese maid named Hanako working in her household. The two have a fairly typical relationship, until the day Alice begs Hanako to kill her. As Hanako tries to figure out why her mistress would make such a terrible request, she and Alice grow closer until an entirely new feeling begins to blossom between them. Don't miss this poignant tale about women falling in love in historical Britain.

HIGH RISE INVASION GN #7

(COLLECTS VOL 13 & 14)

(W) Tsuina Miura (A) Takahiro Oba (CA) Takahiro Oba

From the creator of Ajin, a supernatural suspense story set high above the streets! On the roof of a high-rise building, a young girl named Yuri witnesses a masked figure split a man's head open with an axe! It's not exactly an everyday occurrence for a high schooler, but things only get weirder from there. Yuri soon finds herself in a strange world of skyscrapers with only two options for escape: fight past the mysterious masked figures or leap to her death! Collects volumes 13 and 14.

HIMOUTO UMARI CHAN GN #10

(W) Sankaku Head (A) Sankaku Head (CA) Sankaku Head

In public, Umaru Doma appears to be the perfect high school student: hard-working, refined, and totally responsible. But the minute she gets home to her older brother Taihei and dons her famous hamster hoodie she devolves into the ultimate bratty little sister! She's happy to roll around all day in an otaku cloud of games and junk food while her exhausted older brother takes care of everything in the house. In this hilarious comedy about family, friendship, and the nonsense we put up with (from the people we love), Umaru and Taihei will find a way to make it work!

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DEVIL GN #3

(W) Tonchi Kataoka (A) Tonchi Kataoka (CA) Tonchi Kataoka

In a magical world where demons threaten humankind, a young woman with a magic sword rises up to be their champion! There's just one problem: the reigning demon lord is a baby, and she can't exactly slay a baby. Even if this domineering demon baby has crass tastes and evil DNA, she believes he can be turned to the side of good with the right influence. Unfortunately, she's forced to test the theory when a contract binds her to the baby demon lord as his surrogate parent until he performs enough good deeds to prove his worth. What kind of role is that for a mighty hero? Oh, mama!

I HAD THAT SAME DREAM AGAIN MANGA COLL GN

(W) Yoru Sumino (A) Idumi Kirihara (CA) Idumi Kirihara

A layered coming-of-age story from the creative team behind I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. An unhappy girl who engages in self-harm, a high schooler ostracized by her classmates, and an old woman looking to live out her twilight years in peace-what could three such different people have in common? That's what grade schooler Nanoka Koyanagi is trying to find out. Assigned by her teacher to define what "happiness" means to her, Nanoka tries to find her place in the world by exploring her relationships with these three strangers, and through them, comes to know herself.

KING OF FIGHTERS NEW BEGINNING GN #3

(W) Kyotaro Azuma (A) Kyotaro Azuma (CA) Kyotaro Azuma

An all-new manga for the King of Fighters video game franchise! This slick SNK collaboration is a retelling of the recent King of Fighters XIV game for the PS4. Follow your favorite tournament characters in this lavishly illustrated, action-packed manga!

KINGDOM OF Z GN #1

(W) Saizo Harawata (A) Ron Watanuki (CA) Ron Watanuki

A sexy and terrifying zombie apocalypse adventure! Five days after a sudden and devastating zombie attack, Masaru is barely managing to survive by hiding out at his high school. Suddenly, he is rescued by two beautiful high school girls: Sekigahara Miki and Nagiri Karin. But what are their real motives?

LITTLE DEVILS GN #4

(W) Uuumi (A) Uuumi (CA) Uuumi

Prepare for one hell of a babysitting job in this slice-of-life comedy about a dozen little devils! After the defeat of the demon king, twelve adorable demons were born into the world. God orders Byron, a hero, to raise the little devils into paragons of virtue--for the sake of peace across the land. Now Byron must summon household powers and slay domestic chores in the life-or-death struggle of raising little kids!

MAGIKA SWORDSMAN & SUMMONER GN #13

(W) Mitsuki Mihara (A) MonRin (CA) MonRin

For fans of Dragonar Academy comes an all-new fantasy adventure! Parallel to our dimension is a world filled with magic, home to a host of mystical beings and fantastical powers. Humanity has learned to harness these forces and bring forth that world's entities to do their bidding through the power of "summoners." Kazuki Hayashizaki is chosen as the first male summoner. His attendance at an all-female summoner school, however, is met with opposition, especially from his own sister, who is the school's most skilled swordsman. Kazuki struggles against the machinations of his sister and the other students. Can he overcome adversity and learn to become a first rate summoner?

METAMORPHOSE NO ENGAWA GN #2

(W) Kaori Tsurutani (A) Kaori Tsurutani (CA) Kaori Tsurutani

Ichinoi, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a Boy's Love manga one day... and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume, the high school girl working there - Urara, a seasoned BL fan - notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction, the two dive into BL fandom together, and form an unlikely friendship along the way.

MISS KOBAYASHIS DRAGON MAID KANNA DAILY LIFE GN #7

(W) Coolkyoushinja (A) Mitsuhiro Kimura (CA) Mitsuhiro Kimura

After leaving her otherworldly home to find her fellow dragon, Tohru, young Kanna found herself unofficially adopted by Tohru and her human companion, Miss Kobayashi. From attending elementary school to making new friends, Kanna learns to adjust to the human world with the curiosity and cuteness that only a young dragon could have!

MUSHOKU TENSEI JOBLESS REINCARNATION LIGHT NOVEL SC #6

(W) Rifujin na Magonote (A) ShiroTaka (CA) ShiroTaka

An unemployed otaku has just reached the lowest point in his life. He wants nothing more than the ability to start over, but just as he thinks it may be possible he gets hit by a truck and dies! Shockingly, he finds himself reborn into an infant's body in a strange new world of swords and magic. Reborn into a new family, Rudeus makes use of his past experiences to forge ahead in this fantasy world as a true prodigy, gifted with maturity beyond his years and a natural born talent for magic. With swords instead of chopsticks, and spell books instead of the internet, can Rudeus redeem himself in this wondrous yet dangerous land?

MY MONSTER SECRET GN #21

(W) Eiji Masuda (A) Eiji Masuda (CA) Eiji Masuda

High school student Kuromine Asahi is the kind of guy who literally cannot tell a lie. Whether it's trying to maintain a poker face in a simple game of cards or keeping scurrilous gossip to himself, Asahi is a total failure when it comes to the art of deception. So what happens when he stumbles upon the most shocking secret of his life? When Asahi learns that Shiragami Youko, a beautiful girl of few words, is actually a vampire, can Asahi possibly keep his lips sealed?

MY ROOM IS DUNGEON REST STOP GN #3

(W) Tougoku Hudou (A) Takoyakiyoshi

There has to be a catch when a deluxe rental property is this cheap... and this one connects to a perilous dungeon in another world! Far from being dissuaded, Tooru jumps at the chance to sign the lease, hoping to go from high school dropout to big-time adventurer. He soon encounters a stranded knight: a gorgeous young woman named Ria. Tooru rescues her and takes her back to Earth, where she promptly mistakes him for a Great Sage, seeing normal things like running water for evidence of his powerful magic. Tooru may dreams of heroism, but first he has to figure out how to share an apartment with a cute girl from another world!

MY STATUS AS ASSASSIN EXCEEDS HERO GN #2

(W) Matsuri Akai (A) Hiroyuki Aigamo (CA) Hiroyuki Aigamo

Transported to a fantasy world for a roguish new take on the isekai genre! High schooler Oda Akira is good at flying under the radar. When his entire class is summoned to a fantasy world by a royal family, they're asked to become heroes and bring down the demon king... but Akira is suspicious. Using his stealth abilities, he sneaks into the royal library to find out the truth about this "heroic mission." Will he tell his classmates what's really going on, or is it up to Akira and his remarkable thief-like skills to solve this problem on this own?

NICOLA TRAVELING AROUND DEMON WORLD GN #3

(W) Asaya Miyanaga (A) Asaya Miyanaga (CA) Asaya Miyanaga

The Demon World is a big place, but young Nicola and her demonic pal are off to explore it! In a land populated by demons, Nicola stands out: she's a human girl traveling with her demon friend Simon. The spirited Nicola often gets in over her head, but she's got her own magic powers to help her out when things get tough! This beautifully drawn manga has a unique art style reminiscent of a European children's book, and features an enchanting atmosphere like well-known tales The Moomins and Hilda.

OUR WONDERFUL DAYS GN #3

(W) Kei Hamuro (A) Kei Hamuro (CA) Kei Hamuro

A touching yuri series about two girls falling in love in the Japanese countryside. On the first day of high school, Koharu is struck speechless at the sight of the beautiful new transfer student, Mafuyu. It turns out that Mafuyu and Koharu have a deep connection, one going all the way back to their childhood. As the two friends reconnect, their feelings start to grow into love. This sweet love story that first gained popularity on Pixiv is now a series!

PRIMITIVE BOYFRIEND GN #2

(W) Yoshineko Kitafuku (A) Yoshineko Kitafuku (CA) Yoshineko Kitafuku

A girl is sent back in time to meet the man of her dreams, but he's a caveman?! Fed up with the weak, passive men of the modern age, Mito's wish is to find her ideal boyfriend: a real tough guy! When her prayer is (literally) answered, she's whisked over two hundred million years back into the past, to an era before the rise of humankind. Has she really met the man of her dreams in Galhi, a fur-covered caveman who looks as much ape as he does human? Don't miss this hilarious shoujo series about a love for the ages!