VERTICAL COMICS
AJIN GN #10
DEMI HUMAN
(W) Gamon Sakurai (A) Gamon Sakurai (CA) Gamon Sakurai
High school student Kei Nagai is killed in a traffic accident, but immediately revives to learn that he may not be human at all. Instead, he may be a Demi-Human, a mysterious almost immortal being blessed with amazing super-human abilities. Scared, he runs away, and is aided in his escape from society by his friend Kai. Unfortunately for Kei, the manhunt is on and he will soon be caught within a conflict between mankind and other Demi-Humans as they prepare to fight for global supremacy.
DEVILS LINE GN #9
(W) Ryoh Hanada (A) Ryoh Hanada (CA) Ryoh Hanada
A modern dark fantasy tale set in a world full of vampires and vampire hunters full of romance, hope and action that pops off the page through the wonderful art of a debut artist. Unknownst to the general public vampires are rampant in Tokyo. To control and contain them, the government has developed a program to track and treat rogue vamps who decide to pray on the public. But what happens when vampire and man come together in harmony and love? Will the public accept this or will they try to tear such partnerships apart?
FLOWERS OF EVIL COMPLETE ED TP #1
(W) Shuzo Oshimi (A) Shuzo Oshimi (CA) Shuzo Oshimi
Edgy, intense, and romantic, The Flowers of Evil has been a reader favorite. This new combined edition will give fans a chance to reconnect with Kasuga, Saeki, and Nakamura as it explores the issues of bulling, loneliness, individualtiy, and identity. The routine of class and endless stupidity in a provincial town is taking a toll on middle-schooler Takao Kasuga. Though he gets along well enough with his peers, they'll never begin to dig any of that reading business that's his only true escape. What can he expect when he's in love with foreign stuff like the poems of Charles Baudelaire? Yet his life threatens to take a turn for the worse when, in a moment of weakness, he finds and takes home the gym clothes of pretty, sweet, and smart Nanaka Saeki on whom he has a major crush. Witness to the theft is the oddest girl in class, who seems to consider the whole world a pile of excrement and to nurse a terribly sadistic streak. Collects volumes 1-3 of the original publication.
HELVETICA STANDARD SC
(W) Keiichi Arawi (A) Keiichi Arawi (CA) Keiichi Arawi
The follow up to the hit manga series Nichijou, Helvetica Standard is a full color anthology of Keiichi Arawi's comic art and design work. Funny and heartwarming, Helvetica is a humorous look at modern day Japanese design in comic form. Helvetica Standard is a deep dive into the artistic and creative world of Keiichi Arawi. Part comic, part diary, part art and design book, Helvetica is a deconstruction of the world of Nichijou.
IMPERFECT GIRL GN #1 (OF 3)
(W) Nisioisin (A) Mitsuru Hattori (CA) Mitsuru Hattori
Legendary novelist Nisioisin partners up with Mitsuru Hattori (Sankarea) in this three volume graphic novel adaptation of one of his more recent mystery novels. A college aged aspiring author witnesses a horrible car accident. An elementary school girl was hit by a car as she walked home with her classmate. The other child was traumatized by the event, but that was to be expected given the circumstances. But her troubles only begin there. When the author is summoned to the child's home he discovers that she has many more horrors at home to overcome. The child lives alone in a large home. No one cares for her. She hoards food from school to feed herself. She spends her time waiting for her parents to return, but there are no signs of them anywhere.